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                R. This life we have here ends in death –
                we know it cannot go on here forever.
                We must seek God and know that God
                wants us eternally with Him in heaven.
                To hold onto the things of this world
                will not bring everlasting happiness,
                only in God can we have everlasting
                happiness in the life to come,
                in heaven, in eternity.

                    This life of ours on earth
                is passing –

Seek True Treasures

February 17, 1994 5:30 a.m.

Jesus: My little ones, how are you doing? Are you getting bogged down in this weather? Do you know yet that you do not control the elements? You live every day and you think you have much to do to control your actions but you do not see the eyes of Him Who watches over you with loving care.

I give to you this earth and all you need to sustain your life here. Man worries about the earth and if this or that will happen. Man has become so independent that he thinks he controls all things and he needs to worry about his present and future.

You, My favored, chosen ones, know that life here lasts but a moment and like smoke it is gone without a trace. Look at your ancestors. So few people ever remember their ancestors, yet your ancestors thought that at every moment their actions were so crucial. Little ones, you hold on to life. You hold on to these little happenings here and you worry in vain! Look at the big picture, My little ones. Here today, gone tomorrow, and where are you going?

The days go by with such speed. "Oh," you say, "Where have the years gone?" You think every second is so important. You worry, you fret, you wander empty roads and I watch you. I see you with your emphasis on the moment. You are being deceived, My little ones. It is in seeing the moment as part of eternity that you really know what is going on. Each moment you live, you are the teacher about the God Who dwells in your breast. Each moment you live, you are My messenger to this cold, scared world. Nothing you do means anything except as you are serving Me.

Take off your glasses. Behold the life above. See every moment as a drop of the life to come. See every moment as part of eternity. All these drops together make up your pass into My kingdom.

You worry, you wonder, you fret, you hold on. I give you a toothache, I take it away. One second and a toothache is gone. Is that not how it is with life–one second and it is gone? Oh, how those little precious moments seem to die away and you scarce can remember what happened! Yet during people's lives those moments seem earth-shattering. Those moments are yesterday's forgotten memories. You hold on, you fret, you fume and I watch you let go of each moment, only to become forgotten by today.

Store up your moments as part of eternity. Every moment here is part of your pass to My kingdom. How are you living this moment? Is it used to give service to Me and preach My gospel? Are you making all your moments count towards your eternity? Each moment is but a breath and it is gone. Did you use the moment I gave you to do My work? This time is not yours. I can snatch your moments away in one breath. It matters, My children, only as you choose to serve Me and spread My love!

If everyone had God as their primary goal, what love you would possess. What power you would know, because God is the mightiest force. I have all the power. Other power is false power!

Do you get it yet? Do you think anything you hold on to is so precious here? Here today, gone tomorrow, and I snatch you from your seats and you never return to finish what you deemed so important.

Are you comprehending My words here? The body is but an instrument to get you around. Reach with the spirit within. Live from the soul. Communicate with Me in your soul. Look for the unseen world that surrounds you constantly. Die to yourself.

You have a soul at this very moment that is a vibrant spiritual force alive within you. Live from your soul, My little ones. Focus on your soul. Live from your heart. Do not fret and fume for the things of this world. Here today, gone tomorrow, and then forgotten. Today's moments, yesterday's forgotten treasures. Do they mean so much or do you forget what seemed so important?

Reach with the soul. Live for God. Each moment is your chance to store up treasures for eternity. They will never be forgotten. What you do to help others to know Me will never be forgotten. How you loved will never be forgotten. How you gave lives on in those you touched. Your love is like a bubbling brook. It bubbles and keeps on bubbling. Your selfishness dies the moment after you live it.

Love is the force. Love is the power that reflects the God above. Love is not selfish. Love does not demand its own way. Love gives and doesn't stop giving. On the day of judgment it will be found in the hearts of those you touched. Think of only yourself and watch your moments become yesterday's forgotten moments. Love your brothers and watch the world reflect the love you gave, from now to the end.

Love or selfishness? I call you to love. I call you to plant a seed that grows into a mighty oak. Plant My seeds of love. Ask not how you can attain your goal but how you can fulfill the goal of God. Love God, love one another. Too simple, too hard for many.

Love, children. Reflect the God Who dwells within your soul. Store up your moments forever lest they become yesterday's forgotten treasure.

Like ripples on a pond, your love never dies. It reaches on and on and goes into the moments of eternity. Love is lasting. Love never dies. Love God, love one another. Die to yourself and live.

end of February 17, 1994

                R. In the Church some men rule as
                authority and some are ruled and must
                obey. God has set up this structure
                for all men working together for the
                building of the body of Christ.

                    All work as one with the talents
                God gave them – the goal the building
                up of the body of Christ. All work
                according to a Divine Plan –
                All know their place under God –

                    No man can decide he rules to
                work his own plan – Do you see
                what happened to Eve who wanted
                to be equal to God.

                    The plan is God's plan and we all will
                live our lives on earth, but life on
                this earth is passing and we see from
                the deterioration of our bodies as we
                age that we are getting older and
                from our relatives and friends we
                see many die all around us.

                The older we get – the more we see
                our friends die –

                    We are here to ask God to send
                His grace – to help us see God's
                will – to pray to God for ourselves
                and others, the souls in purgatory
                and to hope for eternal salvation,
                to help us in our actions and to ask God
                when we die to go to heaven –

                    There are many souls in purgatory,
                we need to pray for them.

e) Relationship with Members of the Church

There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church’s existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.

The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.

The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God’s own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.

This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."¹⁴ And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.

The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.¹⁵ The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."¹⁶

The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.

Not only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.¹⁷

 

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NOTES:

 ¹⁴Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
 ¹⁵ Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
 ¹⁶Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
 ¹⁷Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.

                R. We pray for the souls in purgatory,
                we pray for our own salvation.

                    We love God so much and we
                praise God and show Him love
                and give adoration to God.

                    We pray to God for the outpouring
                of grace upon us. We go to Christ –
                we are the members of the body of
                Christ – Christ is our head –
                In Him is life –
 

                R. Christ teaches us the truth –

                We receive an outpouring of
                    His life in us.

                Song: I Love You Jesus

                R. Come give me life, abundant life!

                God outpours His grace on us –

                God has all the power –

                God is omnipotent

                God knows all things –

                We seek the vision of God –

                Christ is our head –

                In baptism we receive the infused
                    virtues of faith, hope and love –

                This leads us into the supernatural
                    world – to know supernaturally –
                                to love supernaturally –

23 Years Ago

e) Relationship with Members of the Church (excerpt)

Not only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.17

NOTES:

17 Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.

Excerpt from September 1, 1995 - The Crowning with Thorns

10. R. We see all through the passion how Jesus complied to the will of the Father to His death. If we live in the Father’s will there will be peace and harmony in our lives. Each one of us dwelling in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary saturated with Their light and Their love. And living in this world in such harmony according to the Father’s will. If we all lived according to the Father’s will we would not bump heads. The Father has a plan for each one of us. It is in praying fervently to the Holy Spirit that we will see more clearly His plan for us. Such a plan that if we saw the plan we would be in awe at what He has planned for us. God created us uniquely special and loves us with such love. Dear Holy Spirit open up our eyes and help us to see more clearly the will of our beloved Father and to live according to this will.
 

                Song: A Song from Jesus

                R. This message
                22 years ago began the split
                between the Holy Spirit Center and
                the Shepherds of Christ.

                They refused to put it out on
                    the Falmouth Farm –
                    Finally they said "yes"
                    and it was taken off the
                    hand-out on the way to the
                    printer by an individual –

                Division then followed –
                    eventually after much
                    suffering and months and
                    months passing, it was put
                    out in November –

                Given May 3, 2016 

                Today's Readings
 

1 Corinthians 15: 1-8

    I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that I preached to you is; you accepted it and took your stand on it, and you are saved by it, if you keep to the message I preached to you; otherwise your coming to believe was in vain. The tradition I handed on to you in the first place, a tradition which I had myself received, was that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried; and that on the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with the scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve; and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles. Last of all he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally. 

                R. Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude

                    The virtue of justice helps a man give
                to everyone what is their due, giving to
                God what is His due, giving to other people
                what is their due.

                    A man can focus on himself and not
                give to God and others what is their due.
                A man can covet the goods of others.
                Because of greed he can steal from
                God and others.

                The man with fortitude does the difficult
                    when it is God's will.

                The man who is disciplined in his will does
                    not give into the temptations of satan
                    to take that which does not belong to him.

                Song: I Am a God of Justice

                R. It says in the scripture "justice and peace
                will kiss."

                A just man is a man of peace.

                The virtues of prudence, temperance,
                fortitude and justice help a man to
                reach for what is good.

                A man does not foolishly reach for more than
                    he should have. He judges prudently what
                    is his and what belongs to God and others.

                A man who does not give to God what is his
                    due and give to others what is their due
                    is a man in conflict.
                    He is in conflict with God, conflict
                    with the will of God – there is a struggle
                    with God – who is the master?

                A man seeking perfection of his soul under
                    God is not struggling with God. He is
                    seeking the good God wants for all
                    men. He is living the plan of God and giving
                    to others what is their due.
                    He sees the temporariness of his life – life on
                    this earth is passing and we are here as
                    pilgrims on a journey –

                We are here to identify with Christ –
                    to live in love –
                    to empty oneself for the good of others
                    as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus
                    who emptied Himself for our sake and
                    died for us and rose on the 3rd day.

                Right reasoning is paramount –

                Seeking the virtues and wanting to live in
                    peace with others, means we operate
                    as we should in these virtues in our
                    relationship to God and others.

                The conflict within a man who is not just,
                    prudent, temperate and does not
                    have the courage to do the difficult,
                    but procrastinates and justifies his
                    actions - will become so insurmountable
                    inside.
                    These virtues lead a man to peace and
                    harmony with God and others –

                Darkness inside, conflict with God's will, can
                    destroy the man, it is a rebellion to
                    do God's will, in a selfish pursuit of
                    denying that which God wants, for
                    the willful man's plan to do his
                    own thing.

                Happiness is in the pursuit of God's will
                    and living in love –
                    One cannot rebel against God
                    and have peace inside –
                    The darkness of sin brings only
                    greater darkness when one lives
                    not in the truth, but denies the truth
                    and rebels against God's will.

                    We see the effects of Adam and Eve who
                rebelled against God's will in the Garden –
                When a man has the virtues of justice,
                temperance, fortitude and prudence,
                a man is at peace with himself,
                he is at peace with God and with
                his brother.

                There must be in a man seeking to do the
                    will of God, in love, with his
                    appetites under control and his
                    goal is eternal happiness.