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April 16, 1995, Easter

Easter: Pascal Joy

R. The Jews celebrated Passover with a lamb
    in memory of their release from bondage in Egypt.

Jesus was the Pascal lamb — He gave Himself
    as a sacrifice to lead us out of the
    bondage of sin.

Jesus paid the price with His blood.
The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary, Sacramentally made present. 

 

Look at the gift Jesus gave to the Apostles —

   

Luke 22: 19

    Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ 

   

Slavery from Evil

 

Christ is Truly Present
in the Eucharist today in His Divinity and humanity.

Jesus offered Himself on Calvary to
    the Father —

He was the innocent Lamb led
    to the Slaughter —

Jesus — the Pascal Lamb —

Christ's body was broken for our
    sins —

We are, today, fed by His Body and
    Blood through the hands
    of the priest —

Jesus is Chief Priest and celebrant —

Jesus shed His precious blood on
    Calvary to set us free from
    our sins — slavery to sin —

The Jews celebrated passover as a
    memory of their redemption
    from bondage in Egypt —

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary
    sacramentally made present.

Jesus really died on the cross
    on Calvary —

Jesus rose on the third day to
    bring us new life —

Jesus' sacrifice was His offering
    to the Father —

There was the interior offering
    of Jesus Christ —

The priest offers himself to the
    Father in love for the purpose
        of . adoration
            . thanksgiving
            . petition
            . satisfaction for sin

 

Fr. Carter says in his book Response to God's Love

Liturgical Participation (excerpt)

       In Jesus' sacrifice, the same five elements occur, although not exactly in the same order. There is the interior offering; Christ as priest offers himself to the Father in love for the purpose of adoration, thanksgiving, petition, and satisfaction for sin. This interior offering is then externalized at the ritual of the Last Supper. The victim, Jesus himself, is immolated upon Calvary. The Father gives a miraculous sign that he accepts Jesus' sacrifice through the resurrection. Finally, there is the sacrificial meal at the Last Supper.

 

 

April 16, 1995

Short Joyful Mysteries

Joyful — Jesus came to the earth.

1. Annunciation

    The Incarnation - Awesome

   

John 1: 14

                    The Word became flesh,
                    he lived among us,

  

2. Visitation

     Mary goes to Elizabeth —
                    She tells somebody —
                    John will go before Jesus!

 

3. Birth of Jesus

     Birth, poverty, on the earth

 

4. Presentation

      Joy and Sorrow
          Rise and Fall
          Jesus is truly God; Mary and Jesus will suffer.

 

5. Finding of Jesus in the Temple

      Jesus shows His wisdom as a child
            in the temple —

 

We keep seeing the Father's Plan

The Chosen people — People of God
    were formed.
    They believed in the one true God.
    They had faith.
    They grew —

Time is ready as prophets foretold.

 

Jesus comes quiet —
Jesus on the earth —

We keep seeing people added to the
    picture of the Father's Plan

We are players now - on the earth
    God created —

We have a place in salvation history.

  

Jesus always accepted the Father's Plan
Jesus always accepted the Father's will
Mary and Jesus knew - we are part
    of His Plan

 

April 16, 1995

Short Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the garden —

    "Thy will be done"

    The angel appears to Jesus.
    Jesus says, if it is possible please
            remove this cup from Me.

 

2. Scourging

    "Thy will be done"

     Jesus was whipped at the pillar for our
              sins

 

3.  Crowning with thorns

     See Him crowned
     See the King of Kings
 

4.  Carrying the cross

     See Him carry the cross —

     See the Lamb of God

 

5.  Crucifixion

      The Lamb is slain for our sins.

 

April 16, 1995

Short Glorious Mysteries

Resurrection

Jesus rose from the dead

 

Ascension

Jesus ascended into heaven and leaves the Apostles behind.

 

Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Father sent the Holy Spirit and they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

Assumption

Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven - but Mary is still our Mother of love.

 

Coronation

Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

   

April 16, 1995

Mysteries of the Rosary

Short Joyful Mysteries

Mysteries of God

1. Annunciation

The Father has a Plan, the Plan of salvation
for men. The angel announces the plan to Mary,
she complies to the Father's will, her life
is in harmony with the Father, a deep
awareness of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
How all revolves around His Plan.
Living in His will.

   

Luke 1: 38

Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’

 

Mary is filled with the Holy Spirit.

If we all live in this plan we live in harmony,
    love and peace. He is our loving Father who
    created us.

 

2.  Visitation

Mary goes to Her cousin Elizabeth. She is filled
    with the Holy Spirit, "My soul doth magnify
    the Lord, My Spirit rejoices in God my Savior"
    Elizabeth carries the child that will
    go before Christ to prepare the way for Jesus.

 

3.  Nativity

In the Nativity: All is quiet, Jesus is born in poverty —
    God is on the earth — the plan is
    unfolding - with the power of God
    there is no need to fear only to live
    according to the plan. The plan is for the
    salvation of the world.

 

4. Presentation

Mary takes Jesus to the temple, she is told of
    the suffering to come, the joy of
    the salvation of many souls.

 

5. Finding in the Temple

Jesus is found in the temple. He tells all, the
    most important thing, is to follow in
    the Father's will. He shows His
    Divinity in His wisdom and answers.
    For 12 years He has lived on the earth and
    has been quiet, He is God in His Majesty.
    He has been quiet - only following the
    Plan, the will of the Father.

See the quietness the surrender, the willingness
    to live by the Plan.

 

April 16, 1995

The Rosary Is Their Lives

These are the mysteries of the lives of Jesus
    and Mary. They followed the plan. They were
    not boastful, they quietly complied to the
    will of the Father.

His plan is unfolding for us. How are we
    living in His will?

 

Short Sorrowful Mysteries

1. Agony in the Garden

The plan in the Garden
Jesus sees everything He will suffer.
Jesus sees all the sins of men.
Jesus says: Thy will be done

The plan, we must look at Him in the garden.
We have a free will. This is so hard.
He sees how He will suffer, He also
sees how souls will be condemned to
the fires of hell despite His sufferings.
He sees all the souls He loves and How some
will reject Him and He knows His
sufferings to come, but for love of us
and to please His Father - He complied
to His will.

 

2. Scourging at the Pillar

Jesus is the lamb, led to the slaughter, the
plan of salvation is at hand. Always the
Father's will.

 

3. Crowning with Thorns

Jesus is crowned not with a crown of glory.
He is crowned with a crown of thorns,
pounded into His head, always, quiet
surrender, beaten, bloodied, bruised,
spit on — Always the will of the Father.

 

4. Carrying of the Cross

Jesus carries the cross, the cross that He will be
slain on. He carries His cross. He
came to serve, to give His blood for the
salvation of many, always compliance
to the will of the Father.

Jesus gives to the Apostles the power to change
bread and wine into His body and blood.
The descendants of the Apostles,
the Bishops ordain priests to
celebrate Mass, the sacrifice
of Calvary, sacramentally made present.
Jesus was slain, He gave His life, He says, It
is finished — He gave to us His Mother,
She mother's us. She is Mother of the Church.
Mary brought Jesus into the world, Jesus was
born in her womb. The Church
was formed from Jesus pierced side. The
blood and water flowed from the
lamb, His pierced side,
who died on the cross for our sins.

 

5.  Crucifixion

     Jesus is the Lamb that was
              slain.

     The Mass is the sacrifice of
            Calvary, sacramentally
            made present.

 

April 16, 1995

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Jesus is truly present in His Divinity and humanity
in the Eucharist through the hands of the priests.

Death has no power over Jesus.
Jesus rose from the tomb — Jesus came to give us a
sharing in His life. Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
We are given baptism
and nourished in the Eucharist.

 

2.  Ascension

Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus gave to the Apostles
the mission to carry on His work. They are
awestruck and fearful. God the Father has a Plan.

The Apostles continue Jesus' work.
We are given the Church. Peter is the pope.

Jesus is the New Adam, Mary is the New Eve.

    

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles

    The Holy Spirit descends on them and transforms
        them from fear to fearlessness.

    They go out now to carry out the mission,
        the plan of the Father, to spread
        the Good News.

    The Church is the bride of Christ. Jesus is with us.
        Mary is our Mother, Mary forms us in
        Her spiritual womb through the power of the Holy Spirit
          more and more into the image of Jesus

    The Church carries out the mystery of Christ today.

 

4. The Assumption

    Mary is taken Body and Soul into Heaven.
        The Apostles are now on their own.
        Jesus and Mary are still with us.

 

5.  Coronation

      Mary is crowned Queen
      of heaven and earth.

    

     

^{1 Corinthians 2: 9}

"What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, what the mind of man cannot visualise; all that God has prepared for those who love him;"

  

 

     

Excerpt from Response to God's Love by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Chapter 7 - Liturgical Participation

                                                                           The Church's existence centers in her liturgy: "The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fount from which all her power flows" (Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 10). Furthermore, the Church's liturgical life is centered in the sacraments and, most especially, in the eucharistic sacrifice. We will briefly consider the sacraments in general, and then more extensively develop ideas about the Mass.

       In the previous chapter, we stated that the Church, in union with Christ, her head, helps continue the work of Jesus according to the pattern of Jesus. One aspect of Christ's existence, we stated, was that he was the primordial sacrament of God. We concluded, therefore, that the Church is also sacrament. The Church's sacramentality is then actualized in a special manner through the seven sacraments. In the same way that the Church in general is the visible continuation of Christ's Incarnation, so also can her individual sacraments be considered particular, visible extensions of Jesus.

       It is evident, therefore, why the sacraments are special encounters with Christ. Jesus unites himself with the sacramental sign as he offers his grace to the recipient. In this sense, Christ and his sacraments become one; the sacrament and its minister are merely instruments that Christ employs to give himself anew. The primary sacramental encounter is between Jesus and the recipient.

       Christ offers himself through the Church and her sacraments so that we might become ever more united to him. This incorporation into Christ begins at baptism, through which the Christian becomes a member of both Christ and the Church. What is more, this incorporation into the life of Christ means being incorporated into his paschal mystery because death-resurrection was the summary mystery of Christ's existence. Death-resurrection was the central mystery whereby Christ gave us life, and it is the central mystery that the Christian must relive in Christ.

       Each one of the sacraments deepens our incorporation into Jesus' death-resurrection; each one achieves this in a somewhat different manner according to its primary purpose; finally, and very importantly, each of the sacraments deepens this incorporation within an ecclesial framework. The sacraments, because they are realities of both Christ and his Church, intensify the Christian's relationship not only with Jesus, but also with the members of the Church and, ultimately, with all others.

       The death-resurrection of Jesus, which is encountered in a special way through the sacraments, is most especially renewed in the eucharistic sacrifice. Consequently, we can see the logical connection between the sacraments and the Mass. Indeed, all of the sacraments point to the Mass.

       The eucharistic sacrifice renews and summarizes the Christ-event, and likewise summarizes our participation in this mystery of Jesus. Obviously, then, the Eucharist is a multisplendored reality. All dimensions of the Eucharist are profoundly interlinked with one another; as a matter of fact, all are dimensions of the Eucharist as sacrifice because the sacrificial note is the fundamental characteristic. We say fundamental because we presuppose the idea of Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. These two aspects have always been stressed in Church teaching, as Richard McBrien has pointed out: "Catholic eucharistic doctrine has been focused on two issues: the sacrificial nature of the Mass and the real presence of Christ in the consecrated elements of bread and wine. It is official Catholic teaching . . . that the Mass is a true sacrifice . . . without diminishing the value of the sacrifice of Calvary. Christ is the same victim and priest in the Eucharist as he was on the cross, although the mode of offering is different at Mass. The sacrifice of the cross was a bloody sacrifice; the sacrifice of the Mass is unbloody" (Catholicism, vol. 2, p. 763). Because the idea of sacrifice is so fundamental to the understanding of the Mass, we will begin our discussion of the Eucharist from this perspective.

end of excerpt

 

 

Ephesians 4: 14-16

Then we shall no longer be children, or tossed one way and another, and carried hither and thither by every new gust of teaching, at the mercy of all the tricks people play and their unscrupulousness in deliberate deception. If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow completely into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole Body is fitted and joined together, every joint adding its own strength, for each individual part to work according to its function. So the body grows until it has built itself up in love.

     

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
    sacramentally made present.

We live in faith.

 

Chapter 6 - The Christian and Church (excerpt)

                                  God calls us to live the Christian existence, the spiritual life, within the framework of the Church that Jesus has established. This Church is a many-splendored reality; it has many different names, images, and dimensions that variously attest to and manifest this multifaceted richness. All of them, however, speak of one and the same reality; each in its own way emphasizes now this, now that, particular truth or truths of the Church's existence. Each of these dimensions or concepts of the Church has something to say to the individual Christian about his or her spiritual life. Let us briefly consider some of these facets.

       The Church is the Body of Christ. One of the truths that is emphasized by this concept is the idea of community. The communion that binds the members of the Church together is, in turn, connected with that wider idea of community that embraces the whole of mankind.

 

April 17, 1995 - 6:45a.m.

Wrapped in Love

R. I am wrapped by the warm arms of Mary, my
Mother, deep in my heart. Also I know the presence of
God within me. So deep is my rapture to be joined
in such a union with God.

No words can explain
Such peace and elation, joy, intensity,
    in the Sorrowful Mother Chapel.
   

 

R. My gift from Him on the 17th's, Oh
    my God, how I love you, I love
    you, I love you.

   

April 17, 1995

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Dear God outpour your life to us.

 

2. Ascension

Jesus has commissioned us to help in the renewal of the Church and the world and pray for the priests.
Priests can baptize and forgive sins, say
       the Mass and administer the sacraments.

 

3. Descent of Holy Spirit on Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Dear Holy Spirit come and fill us. Come Holy Spirit fill our hearts
enkindle in us the fire of your love.

 

4. Assumption

Mary went up to heaven.

 

5. Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

May the saints and angels lead us into paradise.

Jesus gives us the Church -
God calls us to live the Christian existence,
the spiritual life, within the framework of
the Church, that Jesus has established.

 

April 17, 1995

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Jesus came forth from the tomb

Sing: Glory, Glory, Glory Lord.

 

2. Ascension

Christ ascended into heaven —
the apostles were full of  fear.

 

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Virgin Mary

There appeared over their heads tongues
          of fire.

The apostles were transformed from fear to
           to fearlessness

 

4. Assumption

Mary was taken into heaven body and soul.

Mary is still with us.
 

5. Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

We are preparing ourselves here for
         heaven.

 

April 18, 1995  

These are the Lives of Jesus and Mary lived in the Rosary

R.  It is the story of our
    redemption of the great love of
    the Father to send His only begotten
    Son, Jesus, into this world. It is the great
    love that Jesus and Mary, His mother, have for
    us this day.

    The Symbol of this love is Their Two Hearts.
    Jesus' Heart was pierced with a lance,
    Mary's heart was invisibly pierced with a sword.

In modeling our lives after Their lives,
    in realizing the Father's Plan and
    living as little children pleasing
    always our beloved Father, we
    will have peace and joy.

Mary is our Mother, she was a human
person, the Father is our Father, He
is a Divine Person. Who are we that
He loves us so much that He created us
and that Jesus redeemed us with His
blood.

 

April 19, 1995 - 6:15a.m.

Be One with All

R. I offer myself as a little warm child wrapped
in a blanket on a platter to my Father.
I am your little baby Father, mold me, shape
me into the image of Your Son.

Song: Jesus I Love You

R. I long to be so united with You, Jesus, and be one with the
Holy Spirit and Mother Mary. To
be so immersed in this union, to know
the immensity of Your love deep, deep
immersion. Constancy, rapture,
depth, forever. My heart
pants for You, oh Lord. How I long and thirst
after Your love. To be wrapped in the
embrace of Your infinite love, a touching
of our hearts.

    I feel the oneness of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
and Mary, the angels and saints, souls in purgatory and
my brothers. Intense unity, rooted in Jesus
my beloved.
 

            

        from Tell My People

The Holy Spirit

Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My people!"

Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus, the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of the Holy Spirit within us.

 

 

 

April 20, 1995

Trinity - Love

R. God is love, Love is a virtue.
Love is a driving force. It propels
one to act with a heart on fire —
the heart of Jesus.

    Love is not sterile, dry and
inactive. Love is how Jesus
lived His life — Giving to the Apostles,
giving to the people —
giving to us.

We see the love of the Holy Spirit —
Love on fire —

We know love in how we live
in the truth.

The more one grows in
humility — the more one
is living in the truth.

To live falsely about oneself
is being unloving to God,
others and oneself.

To deceive, with the intent to
deceive another, when one has
hurt the body of Christ, one
should be sorry and work
to build up where their
actions, have torn down
what the Father wants of
us, in being creatures living
by the law of love.

   The more one knows the
Trinity dwelling in them, the
more they exist in love and truth.
In heaven there is only purity
and holiness.

We in preparing
ourselves for heaven, should want
to wipe out the stain of sin
on our soul — to repent of
sin and make amends for
our sin and to God and others.
God intended us to love
truthfully — to be true in
our presentation of ourselves
to others — not deceptive —
Love is truth and Jesus who
is love is the way, the truth
and the life —

The more one dwells in the Heart
of Jesus and knows the Trinity
in them — the more one is
loving in their ways, for they
dwell in the source of love — God.
They are authentically
living in love according to the
Father's will.

    If I am one with Jesus,
then I am one in love, I
know what God is calling me
to, in living according to His will,
in being intimately one with Jesus.

Jesus is the Divine Lover.

I cannot unite in deep oneness to God —
Really be one in Him and not
be loving.

 

April 20, 1995  6:20 a.m. - Sorrowful Mother Chapel

Knowing and Loving

R.  I, of myself am impure in some of my actions
because of my fallen human nature from
original sin, but I was created in His
image and likeness. I have been baptized.
He elevates me to such levels,
the more I am penetrated
with His life. My actions become
more likened to His, depending on
the more I am saturated with His life.

He has elevated our knowing and loving
    capacity in Baptism and has given
    us a sharing in His life.
He has raised us to such heights.

Oh my God, You have given me out of
    Your great goodness, You have
    lavished my soul with Your Divine
    life, my heart sings to know
    You, I adore You, I worship
    You, I love You and in so
    loving You and being united to You
    my being longs to love, to give,
    to be Your instrument to spread
    Your love to others.

    Penetrate my being and saturate my
soul with your life and be patient
with my sinful ways, I Love, I
Love, I Love, for You have given
me a sharing in Your life. It is this life I sing
about my God for my being proclaims
Your greatness and my heart is full
of Your goodness. I am alive as I
exist in, through and with You. You
are life and my life exists in You.

Love is not physical, I do not hug Jesus,
    I know Him in my heart, I exist in His love.
    Love is kindness,
    love is caring, love is giving, love
    is rooted in Him, love is Jesus living
    in me. We become one
    with Him, His ways become our ways.
    He is love, we are loving
    more and more because we are united to
    Him.

    We are unique individuals as the
Father created us. We want to be saturated with
His life. We want to be all God wants us to be.
   

                April 20, 1995

Fear to Fearlessness

                R. I see the fear in the Apostles. Peter
                denied Jesus 3 times. Now the Apostles
                are fearless — We see this in the Acts
                of the Apostles. Peter stands up for
                Jesus. Peter cures the cripple
                in the name of Jesus.

                    The Spirit is upon us, let us rejoice.
                Let us beg Him to transform us from
                fear to fearlessness. Alleluia, we
                are His witnesses, Jesus has died, He
                has risen and He will come again.

                Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. He leaves
                the Apostles behind to carry out His
                work. To carry on what He started. Living
                the mystery of His life, death and
                resurrection in their lives, in the Church.
                They killed Jesus, He rose from the dead,
                now Peter and John heal the crippled
                man in the name of Jesus.

                We too can do wonders in the name of
                Jesus. He is calling us to spread His
                love, we are fearful as the Apostles,
                we need the Holy Spirit to transform
                us from fear to fearlessness. Alleluia.
                Praise God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit Alleluia.

                April 21, 1995 - 3:00a.m. Friday

Pray at 3:00

                R. Waken with terrible cramps in my feet and legs, especially left leg, pulling up from my feet.

                Jesus: Pray for souls, My beloved at this 3 o'clock
                hour, I beg you from My pierced and
                wounded Heart to pray for the souls.

                Pray for the souls in purgatory. I
                beg you My beloved, souls will be lost
                and condemned to hell. Pray at 3 o'clock,
                this is the hour of My greatest mercy.
                How I suffered for My dear ones and
                they were rebellious and willful
                sinning mortally and not repenting.
                I call you at the 3 o'clock hour to pray
                the Divine Mercy, morning and night
                whenever possible, to stop what you
                are doing and call on My Father to
                pour out His mercy at this hour. Meditate
                on My Passion. Blood and Water poured
                fourth from My side, I give to you My
                Church, pray for the priest and all
                those who minister in the Church,
                pray at the 3 o'clock hour, pray the
                Divine Mercy Chaplet, beg the Father
                for Mercy, this is the hour of My greatest mercy,
                pray for mercy for the souls of your
                brothers, those that are lukewarm, those
                that are suffering and in pain for their own
                willfulness, those who resist the light
                I give to them. Pray My beloved ones for it
                is at 3 o'clock I pour out My great
                mercy to souls.

                "For the sake of His sorrowful passion have
                    mercy on us and on the whole world."

                Read December 18, 1993 explain it and
                Say the Divine Mercy.

Take Up Your Cross

December 18, 1993

Jesus: Pain? Oh, how I suffered! The pain was so intense, I could hardly bear it. I was so wounded and so covered with blood. Think of a little gash and how it hurts when it begins to bleed. I bled and I bled all over. Such intense pain. Every time you experience pain, think of Me and how minute your little pain is. There was not a place on My body that was not covered with blood. There were deep wounds all over Me. My head throbbed from the crown they had placed on Me and I was forced to carry a big cross so heavy, I scarce could move it on My shoulder. My shoulder ached so badly I felt as if it was constantly breaking by the weight of the cross. But I carried it and pushed on My way. If I stopped, I was poked and pushed and hit. The crowd jeered and they forced Me on My way. What crime had I committed? Why was I forced to endure such torture? It was out of love of you that I continued that journey. I was God. I could have stopped at any moment. I was obedient to death to the demands of My Father.

Pain, child? I suffered so much for love of you! This is how I love you at this moment. In all that befalls you you must know at every moment that I know exactly what you are suffering. There is nothing that happens in your life without My consent and it comes from Him Who loves you.

Take your crosses and truly endure them. Accept them. Know that everything that happens in your life I have allowed. Accept it with the love with which I give it. You are being taught in that pain. You are suffering for yourselves and others. I endured all that pain. Did I once say, "Father, take it away?" I am your model. I showed you the way. I took it all, every last wound, every kick and smack and vileness. I took My cross and I carried it without a word. This is what I ask of you. Know that when you are experiencing pain or suffering, or being taunted by those around you, look to the Master for your course of action. I took it all, every last wound, and accepted it to My death. I did not say, "Oh, how awful." I did not complain. I walked in silence that bumpy road with a heavy cross, with My mother suffering by My side and I never complained. I accepted it all for love of you.

Carry your crosses, little ones. They are gifts from Me. Do not look for an explanation or a way to get rid of them. I will take them when I think you have had enough. It is in suffering that you experience My life more fully. It is in suffering that I speak to you in a special way. Endure it. I know every ache and pain you are experiencing. I am this close to you! Your pain may save a soul dead in sin or get a soul from purgatory. Accept all I send you and don't complain. A lot of the pain is enhanced by your rejection. A lot of your lessons are lost by your refusal to see that crosses come from Me. I give you crosses to share in My suffering. I love you so much, little ones. Know how personal I am with you: the very hairs of your head are numbered. Come close to Me and look into My eyes. I am truly here with you at every single moment. Think of Me as a person, but I am closer than any person could ever be! I am there and I know your every breath and I care about your every breath. Who could even do this for another? Others would have to sometimes think of themselves.

I am God and I can think of you at every instant. I am so close to you you do not have any comprehension. It is not a myth. I am truly present to you at every instant. Feel My presence. Make Me alive to you. Experience all I have to give you. You will know Me as your personal Jesus the more you read and re-read these letters. I write them to each of you. Only God could love you each this way. Focus on Me and you and how close I am to you. I love you so, little one. Whence you go you never walk alone. I walked a road of torture that led to My death for love of you! When will you realize what I say is true? When will you know how close I am to you and embrace Me as I so desire? You hold yourself back because you do not focus on My love for you. I would walk that path this day for you. I love you the same this moment as I did then. Oh, little one, you want to put your little crosses down so fast. Hold them and walk awhile with Me down the road to Calvary. Be by My side and share a little in how intently I trod out of love of you.

I am Jesus, Son of the Living God. I am alive in this room with you. I am by your side. A toothache, you say-what pain! Accept your pain. I want you to feel that pain now. It will go away.* It is so little. Heartache I know, heartache to love each of My children so much and be ignored or put at arm's length! Do you know how it is to love another and not have their love? I long for your love with Me, but you are busy. You do not have the time to be with Me while I await thee. I am an ardent lover Who waits for each of My children to come and experience this great love. You stay away from Me Who is always waiting and you search this barren desert for that which I have to give you. I watch you in this search and want you to come home to My heart. I am waiting for you, little one. Don't keep yourself from Me. Remember how I suffered for love of you. When you feel a pain, remember the pain I suffered for love of you. That is how I love you this very day. Take your cross and walk with Me. Come and be with Me. I have that which your hungry soul craves.

I am your loving Jesus. I love you, child. You do not know. I wait to be closer to you. You must see Me as this personal and this alive in your life! Oh, sweet one, I love you to My death and I love you this way today. I lament My children lost in darkness. I want to be united to you. Come and make Me the center of your life. I wait for you!

R. *My toothache is gone!

end of December 18, 1993

                Jesus: Meditate on My passion if only for a few moments
                during this hour. Meditations on the Rosary from
                Ash Wednesday

                February 16th last year
                March 14p. 160-161
                February 23, 1994  I Died for You.
 

I Died For You

 February 23, 1994

Jesus: I want this emotion in the letter I told you to write. I, Jesus, Son of God, talk to you with such emotion! I am He Who died a brutal death for love of you. I died for you! I love you this much, to give My Life! Yet you couldn't even write when I asked you. You must do exactly as I say. I do not want you ever to say no to Me!

I have such emotion! I am telling you how I died a brutal death and you, My child, did not write for Me! What more can I do? What more do they want? You put others before Me or you would do as I command. I want you to do as I tell you every moment.

I am the Lord. I am the Son of God. Such emotion I let you feel for My death. I died. I am a person. I was human and I died for you. Think of yourself giving your life for someone and they do not care. What can I do to shake you? What more can I say? I am here and I am loving you and pleading with you to listen to Me with this emotion that God is telling you. I am Jesus. I died for you. I gave My life for you and do you even listen, My little sweet one? You didn't want to write it for My children. When I give you a command, you write. When I say do, you do. Selflessness! I am pushing you because I need your total surrender. Do not ever deny My writing to My loved ones. You have a responsibility. I don't care where you are when I talk. I am God and I talk to you. I am so present to you.

Listen. I need your selflessness. I need your surrender. I need your life, given for love of Me and Me alone. I need you to be the light that shines on the hill, that does not go in and out but is constant in My love. I need your commitment. I need your attention at every moment. I am feeding you My words every moment on paper and in your hand. You must obey Me exactly as I command. No questions, only action. I want action. Now! You write when I say write. I don't care where you are. You worry not for others. I am giving you the mighty medicine. Would you tell the doctor to wait? I am God and I do not ever want to wait while you play a safe game with Me. When I say do something, I want you to do it. You are My beloved and I am filling you with fire.

I am pushing you to do that which I need done. Do not ever stop to look around. Keep your focus on Me and My commands for you. I am using you every moment. I must be able to count on your constant consent to do My will immediately! I am calling you to this work and I want you to comply. I love you ardently. I am so full of love for you. Focus on this and this alone. I am Who am. I am God, child. Do not ever hesitate. Do not doubt or think. You must act as I act in you or My work will not be done.

Be selfless about My commands. You will do My work. You will spread My words of love and create emotion with My songs and I will use you to bring My flock to My love. I love every soul! You must spread My love.

Note: (Meditating on the Crucifixion) Going to Mass at the seminary at 8:00 a.m. was rushed. He said to me, "Where are you going, child. Do you not feel My presence with you?" A calm came over me. Then He started lamenting how He died for us, how He is a true person and He loves us so much. He said, "I died for you."

R. He gave His life for us. He is the little lamb led to the slaughter out of love for us. He said, "I need you to do this work now and I am pushing you." He was so upset! He died for us. He loves us so much as to give His life.

He begged me to spread His love, to tell others how He, bloodied, bruised and beaten, gave us His life.

Jesus: I am God. I am God. I died. Spread My love now! Now! Now! Now! Now! I am begging you not to hold back! Read these letters now, read and learn about My love. I beckon you to speak of My love. Shout it from the high roof. Proclaim it in the cities. Jesus Christ died for love of you and He is risen! I am He Who is God and I died for you!

Listen and preach My love and emotion here. Priests will create little cities, little cities in each church to spread the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create his own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power. His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no power except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of Jesus will be powerhouses.

I am God, My little ones. God can do all things. I can make your cities light up the darkness. I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. I am the light of life. I am God! I can do all things. I want to act in you. You need to be in constant union with Me. My priests, you need to be selfless. My soul and yours are one. I want to act in you.

Hold not back. Pray the Prayer for Union with Me.

                R. Jesus died, He has risen, He sends us now into
                    the world to be His Apostles to spread
                    the Good News. Pray to the Spirit to Sanctify
                    us and transform us from fear to fearlessness,
                    this is our mission. He ascended into heaven
                    He has given us His life, we carry out His
                    life, death and resurrection this
                    day in our lives and in the Church. Mary
                    is our Mother, she mothers us and
                    mothers the Church.

                April 21, 1995 - A Message to Fr. Carter

Emotion

                Lock between 2 Hearts. How we are being called.

                R. I'll talk about His death, you talk about His
                life and resurrection, how we carry out
                our mission in the Church, in Shepherds
                of Christ — all is rooted in the lives
                of Jesus and Mary, the Incarnation, the life,
                death and resurrection of Jesus.

                How we are being called to go into the world and
                    spread the Gospel Message, we are His
                    Apostles through our prayers we are
                    praying for the priests, the Church and the
                    world.

                Look at the big picture - look at our books
                    as interlocked (Mine and Fr. Carter's).

                The Peace of Christ   Tell My People
                    to have peace, they must know
                    the burning love of Jesus' Heart —
                    Mary leads us to the Heart of Jesus!

                Father's Will - all through the rosary — I was
                    meditating on Their lives, meditating
                    on the Father's will

                Trust in Jesus p.5

                We are selling the love of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Amen

                The one thing I know was His will, was
                    that I had these children.

                Jesus sent these people to me out of all
                    the people in this world and we are
                    going to go up there and worry about
                    the time.

                I saw Mary, last night, the night before,
                    so beautiful, who cares and
                    who listens, people want things their
                    own way, is that a display
                    of willfulness.

                I See Mary! Marty sees
                    Mary, she gives messages
                    and people say it is too long —

                    the people who come do not care, they
                    want more.

                The people who are watching the clock are
                    not realizing the great gift they
                    are getting.

                The priest here is taking 40 people to Medjugore
                    to see Mary and she is appearing
                    right here and they move the statue and
                    tell me it is too long. He says maybe they
                    should go to another church, that
                    is what they were doing to another
                    Visionary.

                Jesus isn't giving more signs because He
                    is drawing His soldiers that are
                    looking for union with Him in
                    their hearts.

                These are the ones that He will act out of.
                He can only act in them if people surrender and
                    become one in Him.

                These messages and rosaries are leading
                    men to be one in Him, to spend
                    time with Him.

                All these people taking pilgrimages and they
                    won't even let me in a room for too long.

                Only three people were here the night Mary talked
                    for 1 1/2 hours.

                Now Jesus sends me someone on Divine Mercy
                    Sunday at 3 and Jerry says spend 15 minutes.

                Do you want to sell books and get the
                    messages out, then follow Jesus.

                I have Blue Book Meetings planned
                    by Jesus, 8 books, I got in
                    1 1/2 years, songs and no
                    one has time to read the lessons.

                Why should He keep giving us more?

                Call in Visionaries that can't talk in English and
                    Mary is appearing right here and
                    everyone acts as if I am
                    taking too long.

                How Blind!!

                We are given such gifts — No one could
                    write 8 books in 1 1/2 years and songs.

                I am a Math professor

                He has chosen me as His instrument
                    to give to all these great gifts.

                Jesus: The gifts are given to you, My dear
                    ones, you are receiving gifts
                    from Me. If you continue to ignore
                    these gifts you will struggle.

                This is the Father's Plan, the Blue Book
                    is the Mighty Medicine, medicine for the sick world.

                Jesus: No one has gotten so many books of
                    messages. I am giving you these
                    books to spread the love of Our
                    Two Hearts.

                You do not listen to My pleadings.
                    Do you not care souls
                    will be lost.

                You will receive the income when you
                    spread the tapes and videos.
                    To keep Rita quiet is to block My
                    messages here. I am speaking in
                    these messages.

                I will not give more signs, I want hearts
                    rooted in deep love. Signs are external.
                    I want deep, deep, deep union to operate
                    from My beloved people's souls. When
                    souls become one in Me, I can work to
                    set the world on fire with My love.
                    Pray the Prayer for Union.

                That was a gift Fr. Carter said
                    that, so you can tell them
                    My wishes.

                Each Soul there will spread your
                    message and your books and tapes.

                Each Soul there is a Hungry
                    Soul.

                I am sending you workers to go out
                    into the vineyard and do My
                    work.

                You must feed the hungry with the
                    Fire of My Love!

                Fire will set their hearts ablaze with
                    My love. Zeal for their calling, not
                    lethargy, slothfulness.

                Do not hold back, I send you into the
                    world, armed with love from
                    the pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

                Go - Go - Go and I will give the grace
                    to those attending to carry out
                    this message.

                The things, the intimate things, the crying, the
                emotion, the experiences with Mary's
                suffering, the deep connection with the
                other side, the presence, the overwhelming
                awareness of things to tears, all sound
                silly and I was afraid to share to some degree.

                Jesus forced me to share these experiences this
                summer, each time we would be going
                somewhere (to pray and have a good time)
                I got an intense insight and experience
                into Mary's sufferings.

                This is what it is all about, union, such
                a oneness with Them that I am sensitive
                to every grace He is giving me. Such
                immense joy to be this immersed
                in Their suffering.

                I see more and more, suffering as a joy to embrace
                the Heart of Christ, the crown of thorns
                Margaret Mary saw around Jesus' Heart
                say this.

                The joy is in the thorns we are given that are
                really great gifts given to those Jesus loves
                very much.

                The thorns take us to the deepest recesses of
                Jesus' Heart for they are indeed insights
                into Jesus' immense love and Jesus'
                suffering.

                As blood and water poured forth from Jesus' Heart
                as a sign of His great mercy for all His
                precious souls, the crown of thorns leads
                to the crown of victory, the thorns leads
                to the resurrection, Mary's heart was
                pierced with a sword, but crowned
                with a gold crown in heaven.
                The way to follow in His footprints
                is to accept all the great gifts we
                are given. Suffering brings us closer
                to Him, it is in suffering we are
                given a great sharing in His life if
                we stay rooted in Him.

                Jesus: There are My children all different levels
                of experiencing My life. The Spirit transforms
                you in the heart of My Dear Mother and
                leads you to deep, deep union with Me and I
                take you to the Father. Pray to the Spirit
                to permeate your soul, pray to
                be ever united to My Mother. I am
                Jesus, your beloved one.

                R. Jesus remains with us, truly present in the
                Blessed Sacrament —

                From the pierced side of Jesus flowed Blood and
                    water, Blood as a symbol of the Eucharist and
                    water a symbol for baptism.

                Rays coming out of the tabernacle.

                He pours Himself out to us in the Eucharist.

                Eucharist a fountain of His grace and mercy.

                His grace to us especially when we go to
                    the Eucharist and do adoration.

                Are you a dedicated Shepherds of Christ member?

                Jesus: "I am the Bread of Life"

                Jesus' body was broken so we might have new life.
                They break the Holy Eucharist at Mass.

                Battered Back — once unblemished
                He was willing to die for us to give us a sharing in His life.

                Help men to open their hearts to be brought
                    back to the fold so we can
                    be united more deeply as a body.

                The Church is the Body of Christ. Jesus
                    is the Head we are the members.

                Help us to realize our mission to go into
                    this world to spread the Good
                    News.

                To answer the commission given in
                    baptism to be His Apostles of the
                    Sacred Heart to do this work.

                To Carry out in our words and our
                    actions what God wants of us
                    dying and rising in Jesus.

                For they will see Christ in us as we put on
                    Christ and witness to Christ in our
                    lives, as we live out His life, death and
                    resurrection in our lives.

                Yes they will know we are Christians by our
                    Love — He is love, to know Him is to
                    be love, to live and act in love.
                    God dwells in us.
                    In our being we are likened to Him.

                Jesus: I am the way, the truth, the life, I am
                    the bread of life, I give to you My
                    Body, My Blood, You are My chosen ones.

                I am present to you, I am forever with you.
                    I live in a special way in those who are
                    in the state of grace and baptized.

                R. Love is a bond, I live in Him,
                    you live in Him, even though we
                    are physically separated we are
                    still united in Love, in Oneness in Him.

                I am united to all men. All men are my brothers.
                    Let us unite for He comes to show us
                    the way. His way is the way of Love.

April 21, 1995

Sufferings of Mary and Jesus

R. Mary suffered, Jesus suffered.

I was crying before tabernacle on Sunday between
    5 and 6 as I had on Sundays.

Sufferings of Mary — so intense my heart felt
    as if it would break inside — no yelling
    and calling out could see Mary's pain. 

R. The eyes — holding a baby — seeing His blood
    covered face.

For the sake of His sorrowful passion have
    mercy on us and the whole world.

Souls.

Jesus: As My Heart was wounded I was
    comforted by My Beloved ones who
    loved Me so much.

R. We pray for the souls.
Children in the world today.
Schismatic's
Priests and Sisters
Those who do not believe in God
Devout and Faithful souls
Victim souls and contemplatives
Souls in purgatory
Lukewarm - Proud

December 18, 1993 - Blue Book I

December 25, 1993 - Christmas Pain - Such Pain Blue Book I

January 6, 1994 - Blue Book II

 

Jesus: I give you Myself, what more do
    you want.

R. Bare Back
Jesus is the Bread of Life.
Jesus' body was broken.
He gives us Himself in the Eucharist.

     

 

                April 22, 1995

I Love You, My Friend

                R. Why do I love you my dear friend
                I love everyone because they are a
                creation of the Father and I know that
                Jesus loved them so much that He
                suffered and shed His blood for them.
                There is such a deep love that I feel for
                certain persons, those that are so close
                united to Him, for how can I not love
                you when you reflect His love within you.
                It is so easy to love those that are
                rooted in Him. I see His life alive in
                you. I feel his presence when I am
                near to you. I can share His love with
                you. We are so blessed to love Him, to
                know His love, and to love each other.

 

 

April 23, 1995 - at about 10:30a.m. - went to Delphos

Divine Mercy Sunday
 

How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

  Begin with:

  Our Father..., Hail Mary..., The Creed.

  On the five large beads:

  Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
  of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement
  for our sins and those of the whole world.

  On the ten small beads:

  For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us
  and on the whole world.

  Conclude with repeating three times:

  Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
  have mercy on us and on the whole world.

   

Vision: Jesus statue changed, holding a Lamb.
    His mouth moved.

Jesus: Go into the world and spread the love of
    the Lord Jesus Christ.

Each soul I love so dearly, My beloved ones.
    As I walked this earth, I now send
    you out as My apostles to carry on
    the work I have began —

Go into the highways and byways and tell all
    of My immense love and My
    immense mercy. I am a fountain
    of mercy for My precious souls.

Reference: October 31, 1993

R. When we meditate on the crown of thorns
    this leads to His deep love.

His Heart had a crown of thorns around it —
    Jesus showed St. Margaret Mary His Heart.

We will have thorns and then a bed of roses!

 

John 6: 1-15

    After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee—or of Tiberias—and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. The time of the Jewish Passover was near. 
    Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’ He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, ‘Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, ‘Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Make the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.’ So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.

 

R. We are to be one. One bread one body.

Jesus comes to each of us at the Mass.
One bread, one body.

One plan — see it from the beginning to end
    living in the Father's will.

Oneness - all living in His Plan in harmony and peace.

That is why you would not reject one person
    Why would you reject your own toe?

April 23, 1995
Sorrowful Mysteries
Divine Mercy Sunday

                April 25, 1995

Intimate Moments With Jesus

                R. I remember the touching moments with my
                Savior in certain Churches. I came to All
                Saints this day and I wept to see the Eucharist
                exposed. I know how these letters from
                Jesus have touched many hearts and brought
                about their union with Him — I Love you
                my dear sweet heart, my dear Jesus.

                    I remember my moments with Him in
                this Church, when I surrendered my will
                to Him and wept and when I saw His
                Heart and was so awed by its vision.
                His hand moving in men's lives — promoting
                the Kingdom. This is the plan of the Father,
                we need only be patient and let it unfold.

                    To surrender and be totally selfless,
                a total yielding to His ways even when
                they do not seem to be our ways.

                    Impart to me oh Holy Spirit the gift
                of wisdom to know what God is telling
                me.

                    I am so touched by my loving experiences
                with Jesus in this Church. It is as if I am
                reminiscing my love experiences with someone,
                as you would say, "do you remember when
                we went to the zoo." But oh so touching with
                my intimate love, I do remember well so many
                deep special touches of His Divine love and
                graces given to me in this church, when I cried
                and knew His presence, so deep in my soul.

                And He touched me, nothing on the face of this
                earth is as the touch of the Almighty God.
                He touched me and there was a communication
                deep inside between His Divinity and my
                humanity and He shared with me deep in
                my soul His touch. I was filled with His
                Presence. The presence of the Father, Son and
                Holy Spirit in my graced baptized soul.
                I love You, I adore You, I worship You,
                and He touched me. How great are His
                precious gifts to us to allow us to receive a
                sharing in, His life in baptism. He gives me His
                Divine love and He touched me.

                    Jesus is love. We live in Him, to
                know Him is to love, to unite with Him, to be
                saturated, filled with His love. Jesus
                doesn't unite with a stiff and hard heart,
                He unites with a heart that is pure and soft
                and open. We become love, our state is a
                loving state. Unite with me oh risen Lord, let
                me feel Your touch deep in my soul. Permeate
                my soul and penetrate my being. I want to be
                filled by You. I want to give love.
                Oh God come and dwell in me.

                    You are love, You are Divine, I thirst to
                be one in You to be so saturated, fill me with
                Your life in my being. I Thirst after You, I seek
                You. I see you in Your creatures. I see
                Your goodness in men. I am deeply
                Yours. I live in You. I am filled by You.
                Come dwell in me abundantly.
                My life is Yours — Come and possess my soul.

                Oh Bread of Life, I thirst after Your
                Eucharistic Presence, You are God, one
                true, Omnipotent, You are my
                all — this is the song of my soul. IN
                You I experience life.

                    You are life, you are love, in You I
                want to be, Holy.

                We are one body in Him, He is the Head,
                we are the members. I love myself, my life is
                rooted in Him. He is the Vine, we are the branches.
                In Him, with Him, through Him I live.
                To cut myself off from the source of life
                is to wither up and die. A branch cannot
                live on its own.

Galatians 2: 19-20

...I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.

                    In You Lord, I find my life.

                Jesus: I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life, you
                are one in Me, in Me you have life, without
                Me you wither and die. I am the vine, you
                are the branches, you live as you stay
                rooted in Me.

                    My beloved ones, sell what you have and give
                to the poor and come and follow Me, for My
                yoke is easy and My burden light. A man
                attached to this world cannot follow Me, he
                is held down by all His possessions. Rid
                yourself of unneeded earthly goods. Give to
                the poor, let go, reduce your load, My burden
                is light.

                You need not extras to teach My word. Rita,
                Rita, you need Me, your words are enough.
                You have complicated your life, now you
                must simplify it and come to Me.

                    Your rest is found in Me. Give your
                things away. Your life will be spent in
                doing My work, you do not have time
                for your debris. I will help you simplify,
                you need to do it today, get rid of all
                your extras.

                    You are holding on to clutter. You are
                willful about many things, let go into
                My arms. You hold on where you need
                to let go.

                    Let go and simplify, for my life. I will
                unite ever closer to you. Let go, I will
                teach you. You need your letters, notebooks,
                religious things, the rest is extra. You
                can let go of some music.

                    Give your tapes to the center.
                Ask them to begin a video rental,
                You must simplify your life.
                I am all you need. I am talking through you,
                you do not need props and tapes and books,
                keep your bible and Fr. Carter's books, I
                will help you simplify, you best do it
                on your own. I want you free of debris.
                Give all that pertains to your past life
                away. You are My empty vessel. How
                can I operate out of you when you are
                anchored to the ground. Let go, let others
                spread My word, your job is to be totally
                free.

                    How would you go up in your hot air
                balloon? Your purse alone would weigh
                it down. Let go of your things, Rita, I
                want you free to do My work.

                    This is not My way to lug things around.
                My burden is light. I go with you in your
                heart.

                Ask Loretta and Ken to start a video rental
                    at the center.

                April 26, 1995

Love Jesus Through Mary's Heart

                R. Thank you for caring for Jesus - Mary, His
                    tiny hands and feet, my beautiful Jesus,
                    how important you were in being
                    with Him all His young life.

                Thank you Joseph for caring for Mary and
                    Jesus.

                Mary, Mary, how I love you, how I see
                    you as my Mother standing by
                    my side and protecting me.

                How knowing you makes my love with
                    Jesus so more intimate, I know
                    His whole family, I know His
                    Mother, I know more about Him.
                    You who are so closely connected
                    to Him.

                  R. And I see Mary stand at the foot
                    of His cross. His loving Mother
                    always there in adorable love
                    of her precious Son and
                    she stands by us in this maternal
                    love - loving us. I feel her presence
                    forever by my side, with me and it
                    warms my heart.

                April 26, 1995 - Mass 1:30p.m.

Mary and Jesus love the Children

                R. Such joy Marty and I went to Nursing Home
                at Seasons and no one was there, prayed the
                rosary at center. Filled with such
                a realization of Him and His
                awesomeness.

                    During Mass, such a presence of Father,
                Son and Holy Spirit did not want to move. Such
                a realization after consecration.

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. Such a presence of all three persons.
                Went off after communion, bright
                light, did not want to move.

                Everything is centered around the response
                    to His love. In response to His love
                    we love one another.

                Giving things away, gives me freedom, those
                    things are holding me tied to things.
                    The more I let go of, the more I can be
                    free just for Him.

                You may be poor and cold on the outside but
                    the fire of the love of God burns
                    bright forever in your heart.

                Jesus: Strip yourself of what is worldly and focus
                    only on Me. Thorns and Roses,
                    a crown of thorns I give to you a
                    bed of roses for your bed.
           
                R. Joy is in Him. Immense joy over His
                    resurrection, realizing His presence
                    with us and our mission to carry
                    out His work.

                I see so clear how we operate in His
                    Church guided by Our Lady. I love the
                    Church, I love the sacraments. They are
                    the outward sign of an invisible
                    reality, the sign of His Divine life.

                April 26, 1995

Pray the Rosary

                R. Prayed the rosary with the children at
                6:30 in the Sorrowful Mother Chapel.
                Prayed Glorious Mysteries for children.
                I was in an ecstatic state. I gave meditations,
                two from Mary at the end, very slow and
                pretty.

 April 27, 1995

Refuge in Him

                R. With the way this world is, I find refuge
                in Him. We need to turn to Jesus
                our best friend, without a relationship
                with Jesus you cannot stand the
                pressure the world is putting on us.

                April 27, 1995 - Mass 2:00

Immense Love

                R. Filled up with the immense realization
                of the goodness of God. How I am such a
                little speck and He infinitely loves us,
                a little drop in the ocean. Oh my God,
                how I want to just be swallowed up
                by You, lost in the infinitude of
                Your immense love. I don't like
                the word speck because it does
                not denote the specialness with which He
                loves us. Words are non-existence for His
                great, big infinite love. Omnipotent,
                what does this mean, I am so little, He is
                so big, but big is not the word either for
                He is Mighty and big and, I just realize my
                smallness and Him how He is, all loving,
                all mighty, all knowing, from all time and
                He loves me. It makes me cry with such
                great joy, He is my beloved lover.

                The more I let go of things, the more I am
                totally His.

                It is in my being I experience Him in His
                magnificence, it is inside, I know my
                littleness, I know my preciousness
                to Him, I do not want to describe myself
                less than I am because of His great love,
                but I feel the magnitude of Him in which
                I know Him and know
                myself in comparison to Him. Words
                do not express what I feel, an awareness
                of Him and me, I want to be tucked in
                a little cell in His magnificent Heart.

                To have you account such things to
                    me would make my heart swell
                    with joy.

                April 28, 1995

Songs From Jesus

                R. Prayed the rosary at noon — said
                    2 memorares.

                I was in an ecstatic state.

                        A Song from Jesus

                Refrain
                I come to you with greatest love
                I am your loving Savior
                I am your God, I died for you,
                I come to you this day.

                (1) You are my precious little one
                    I love you oh so dearly
                    Come close to me my little one
                    I love you to my death.

                (2) Reach out to me and do not fear
                    I want to be so close to you,
                    You are my child
                    My precious one
                    I love you tenderly