Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing        

June 21, 2016

June 22nd Holy Spirit Novena
 Scripture selection is Day 1 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries 
for June 22nd are Glorious.

 

Please pray for Cole.
   

Pray for special intentions.
  

Pray for Dan & Melanie, Mary W, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Mary, Catherine, Blue Book 17.

Please pray for funds & grace.

Pray for Father's Day Mailing,
Fr. Joe's new book, a special
couple, Sanja's trip.

    

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                June 21, 2016 - In the Month of the Sacred Heart

                R. Pain is not always a bad thing. If a person
                has an operation they may experience much pain
                and yet their body is healing so it can get better.

                    When we were little, many years ago, before
                shots we could catch a disease like the
                measles and we just had to wait until it
                ran its course and went away, but the
                itching from infectious diseases was hard.

                    The body has a way to heal itself from
                some things, but we just have to wait
                and let it do its thing.

                    Like a sprained foot may take a while, but
                the body heals itself.

                    I got burned last year when I spilled a
                coffee on myself. It took about 6 weeks
                because it was such a burn, but I had
                to wait and take care and let the burn heal.

                    There are wounds in our lives, heart-aches
                that happen. When I was burned I could not
                ignore it. I had to do all that was necessary to
                help it heal. My life was pretty much stopped
                as far as going and coming, but I did get
                completely over it.

                    When wounds to the heart happen we
                can't ignore them. Many wounds happen in
                childhood and although people may be
                trying to do what they think will help – they
                may try to push things under the rug.

                    Some people do things that hurt others and
                they try to keep their offenses secret.
                One thing I learned in handling situations
                we may hurt someone and because of how
                we think, not even realize the hurt we
                cause, but we are here to work through
                our difficulties –

                    Relationships need to be worked out and
                healed so we can move on. Like a wound –
                it takes time to do so – we can't just shove
                it under the rug.

                    Children in families that break up where
                they have to suffer are hurt by the relationship
                that was torn apart and healing needs to
                take place.

                    When my mom died, I was five years
                old and later in life I had to look at
                that to see how that hurt me and to
                grieve and move on.

                    Relationships need to be healed and
                worked through.

                    Secrets are another story – where a
                person is lied to about their parents
                and the whole family lives the lie to
                protect the secret. They are not free
                when people live guarded like that to
                protect a secret.

                    Jesus is the way, the truth and the life –
                We are to live virtuously and to help each
                other in relationships to grow. We need
                to forgive others and to ask to be forgiven.
                Relationships are a work in progress.
                We've all heard "Don't let the sun go down
                on your anger."

                    Satan can work in these lies and
                secrets that people use to manipulate
                and get things to be the way – THEY WANT
                THEM TO BE.

                    We have to work out old wounds in
                our own hearts – even with people who
                refuse to work on relationships with us,
                have passed this life, who want anger and
                blame put on us for their own anger inside and
                pain of the past.

                    We don't want to put wounds in our
                heart under a rug in secrets so the
                anger and bitterness from the past - keeps
                coming up and we act it out on innocent
                others. Some even project their own anger
                on others and blame them for what they
                have done themselves to them.

                    God is love and He commands us
                to love.

                    A person who has hurt others may be in denial
                of what they have done and discussions to get them
                to stop can be fruitless because they are in denial.

                    A person needs to take responsibility for their actions
                and be accountable for the damage they have done to
                others, but they may apologize and not even recognize
                what they have done and continue to become more
                and more bitter because they are in denial and
                don't want anyone stopping them from their
                anger, tricks or passive-aggressive behavior.

                    A person needs to recognize their behavior
                where it is wrong and hurting others, but
                they can see also the good that they are accomplishing
                and try to recognize what they are doing that
                is good in their life.

                    Making a list of the things that one is
                doing to help others and a list of behaviors
                one needs to change can help a person see
                in perspective what is the truth.

                    Being truthful means asking the Holy Spirit to help
                us to grow in relationships in love and
                making amends where it is necessary
                because we love God and want to build up
                the Kingdom of love –

                    God works in a heart in right-reasoning when
                a person who has been in denial wants to change
                and grow in relationships.

                    Anger that is inside of people from abuse
                done to them, must be worked through and
                not acted-out on innocent others.

                    It is like a wound, like my burn, it took
                time and care and I had to stop what I
                was doing and deal with it.
   

Matthew 22: 36-40

'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'

 

 THE TWELVE STEPS OF AA 

                    Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:

                    1.  We admitted we were powerless over alcohol,
                            that our lives had become unmanageable.

                    2.  Came to believe that a Power greater than
                            ourselves could restore us to sanity.

                    3.  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
                            over to the care of God as we understood Him.

                    4.  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

                    5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human
                            being the exact nature of our wrongs.

                    6.  Were entirely ready to have God remove all
                            these defects of character.

                    7.  Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

                    8.  Made a list of all persons we had harmed,
                            and became willing to make amends to them all.

                    9.  Made direct amends to such people wherever possible,
                            except when to do so would injure them or others.

                    10.  Continued to take personal inventory and when we
                            were wrong promptly admitted it.

                    11.  Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our
                            conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
                            praying only for knowledge of His will for us and
                            the power to carry that out.

                    12.  Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,
                            we tried to carry this message to alcoholics,
                            and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

 

                R. God has called us to work in relationships –

                Our whole life is working in relationships
                    with God and others –

                To do so we must be honest with ourselves
                    and have the goal of pleasing God and
                    of eternal happiness.

                When our actions are based on anger,
                    punishment, jealousy, envy,
                    pride, slothfulness, lust and
                    gluttony we have actions that are
                    not in the light, but in the darkness.

 

Mark 7: 14-23

On clean and unclean

He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean. Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'

     When he had gone into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, 'Even you-don't you understand? Can't you see that nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean, because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach and passes into the sewer?' (Thus he pronounced all foods clean.) And he went on, 'It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean. For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'

 

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, 
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 12

                        23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

                            Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God 
                        our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

 

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, 
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p.11

21.                     SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

    Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
    and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
    no decision is made under the influence of any
    inordinate attachment

 

Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. P.60-61
 

136. THE FOURTH DAY

        A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS

The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human nature

PRAYER.   The usual preparatory prayer.

window at a former Jesuit Seminary

137. FIRST PRELUDE.   This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.

138. SECOND PRELUDE.   This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.

139. THIRD PRELUDE.   This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
   

FIRST PART

THE STANDARD OF SATAN

140. FIRST POINT.   Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.

141. SECOND POINT.   Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.

142. THIRD POINT.   Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.

   The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
   

SECOND PART

THE STANDARD OF CHRIST

143.   In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.

144. FIRST POINT.   Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.

145. SECOND POINT.   Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.

146. THIRD POINT.   . . .
   

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

 

                R. We live one day at a time –

                God has given us minute by minute,
                    hour by hour, day by day to live.

                    When I burned my leg – I had to live this
                way  – every day – hoping it got better soon,
                but living one day at a time –
                    one hour at a time –
                    being united to Jesus today –
                    doing what He wants today –
                    hour by hour –
                    day by day

                Song: Live This Day


 

                R. Using the Blue Books all through the day
                    help us stay on the right track –

                There is a slogan for Alanon
                    "Let Go and Let God"

                God is calling us to live this Day –
                To do all we can to love Him and
                    love others –
                    to purify our hearts of old anger
                    and unforgiveness and jealousies
                    and envy –

                To put on a new face and reflect the God who
                    dwells in our hearts –

                To do what is difficult that God wants us
                    to do –

                To live according to God's will in love –

                There are problems in life and when we
                    need to handle a problem we pray
                    for guidance and try to do God's will
                    in love –

                One of the things that can keep us stuck is
                    doing the dysfunctional things we do that
                    aren't working only harder –

                Dear God – Help me today to do Your will
                    in love –
                    Holy Spirit help me to have the gift
                        of wisdom to do what God
                        wants me to do
                    Counsel me and help me to heal
                        from the wounds in my
                        heart, so I can be more and
                        more like Your Heart.

                Song: Teach Me to Love with Your Heart

                Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love


 

                R. Open anywhere and God will talk to you.
 

 

 

                R. God's power never runs out –

                Go to God –

                We are here to die to the ways not like
                    Him and to grow in the ways
                    likened to Him.

               



Pre-
Blue Book


 

                From the Pre-Blue Book

January 1992

R. I called and He answered me,
He comforted me and hugged me with
the warmth of His love, He heard
and listened and answered me.
He gave me His strength to
wash my soul to fill my heart –

And I come to You and You heard the pleas
of my heart, You gave me a clean heart and
renewed my spirit and I was made whole.
You washed me of my pain and entered
my heart with a thundering bolt and
washed me from my sins. I am sorry
for my offenses against You and I ask
Your pardon for my sins. With love
and dignity You washed my
heart and gave me Your forgiveness
that I may ask the Lord for His
blessings on my soul and heal me
of my offense.

 

January 8, 1992

R. Dear Jesus,

My heart cries out to You, Oh Lord
hear my prayer, for I was hungry and You
gave me to eat, naked and You clothed
me, for in my desperation, I cried
out and the Lord heard my pleas,
He made my enemies my footstool and
gave me love and peace and joy.

 

January 1992

R. Dear Jesus,

Jesus: Come to Me, come to Me, all of you
who are weary. Put your yoke upon
My shoulder, for My Heart is merciful, My
burden light. I have heard your prayer
and am working with My light in their
heart, My light to dispel the darkness and
cast out fear and wash the pain away,
to just let it go.

I am your God and you are My most precious
child, I love you in your suffering and your
pain and I am close to you. I am the God of
your children, they are My children, you
needn’t worry, I am there for them. I am
their Father and brother and I love them as
much as I love you and I am watching out
for them. They will be okay. You are
not their sole responsibility. I am
working in you, make yourself
putty, make yourself able to be
molded and I will do the work. I am
your most merciful Jesus, in My
merciful Heart, I see their pain,
I will guide you – be loose, be
attentive, listen and pray. Your life
is unfolding and I am your God, I
am with you and your children every
step of the way. I created all My children,
I love them all, you do not have to be god to
anyone, live your life, I am watching out and
caring for you, I want to carry you, to
nurture, love and work My light in you
to dispel any darkness and your fear –
My light is a beam in your heart –
feel its warmth and love and in ever
surrounding closeness, you are indeed
not alone. I go with you with My
light and My rod and staff, savor the moments
of your life with the joy, as I intend you
to do. I love you. I am with you,
a voice cries out in the wilderness prepare
ye the way of the Lord.
You are on the lighted path – follow it –
surrender to its beauty – it is there for you.

I love you. Jesus

 

January 17, 1992

Come to Me in Your Pain

Jesus: Do not go only to man, most especially come to Me. I am the only One Who can completely minister to you when your heart is broken. The worst pains are the pains of the heart. Stay plugged into My source. Know I am here with you every minute, every second of your life, and I will be there always.

Come unto Me all who are weary and I will comfort you. Do not be afraid for I will gently show you the way of the Lord.

I will be your rock. I will be your fortress. I will not leave you ever. I am there. My Heart is an undying source of fire and warmth and power.

I am your power. I am your strength. I am your God. I am there every instant of your life.

R. I can never live the moments of this day again. When I go to bed, today is gone forever. I must choose to treasure each moment because it is the only moment I have and it only lasts one moment.

 

January 17, 1992

R. Dear Jesus,

I want to be close to You and feel Your
presence in my heart. I ask You to open
my heart to the fire of Your love and know
Your promptings at this moment in my
life. You are my God and I am Your child and
my way in life is useless without Your
direction. My life would be so full of fear
without having the relationship that You
have given me with You. The devil tempts me
to think I am unworthy. Most Sacred Heart of
Jesus I put my trust in Thee.
No matter what day and what minute it is, You
will always be there because You do not
slumber or sleep.

Jesus: I am your rock, I am your strength,
I am your Savior. I am the only one who can
minister to you when your heart is broken.
I know your pain and your distrust and your
hurt and your numbness and fear not to trust
again. I have been offended so many times
by so many. The worst is pains of the heart.
Stay plugged into My source, know I am here
with you every minute, every second,
of your life, and I will be there ALWAYS –
I died on the cross for you.
Come to Me all who are weary and I will
comfort you. Place your yoke upon My
shoulder and do not be afraid for I will
gently show you the way of the Lord.
I will be your rock, I will be your fortress, I
will not leave you, I am there.
Pray for your friends – many are
suffering and will not open their hearts to Me
or you or anybody. Many say “yes”
to satan and “no” to Me. Pray hard for
them, go to daily Mass and Communion and
pray for them.

I have all the power.
All power comes from Me –
My heart is an undying source
of fire and warmth –
I have all the power.
I am your power –
I am your strength –
I am your God –
I am there with you now
I will always be ready to help you
if you turn to Me.

Jesus

 

January 17, 1992

Jesus: I am all powerful
I am your strength
I am your God
I am there every breath you take!!
You must stay plugged into My Power.
Without Me life is void, empty and
unproductive.
They wander a valley of pain, hiding –
they give their power to satan –
they think they are in charge and
yet they can be enslaved to satan –
because of their pride.

They can weave a web of their own making –
a web they are caught in
fallacious reasoning from the evil one,
impurities keeps them stuck.
They want power because they feel a
loss of power – so they want
power over innocent others

What is a promise from a man
who rocks with untruths –
full of sin
Some seek power over others so
they like watching others suffer.
You are plugged into My source –

You are plugged into an endless
source –
You know My light –
You know the fire of My love,
You know My warmth,
You know My ever vigilant Heart –
My Heart is burning for love of you –
I am your God –
You should have no gods before Me
I am here with you now in your heart –
I love you so much –
Come Holy Spirit
Beg for the gift of Wisdom –
Beg the Spirit of God to fill you –

The devil wants your power –

Some people want to be over authority,
but authority under God
is to be respected –

People who seek power over authority –
seek problems –
they are challenging structure –
God has put in place –

DISORDER –

Where I put order –

Fallen man

DISORDER

My power never runs out!
It is an endless source of power

 


 

R. I remember a message I received
January 1992.
I was surrendering to Jesus asking
Him to run my life. I was teaching
Math. I was in a professional religious
choir and I was the organist and choir
director at a small church in Cincinnati.
I got a message and I was falling
asleep while I wrote it, the words
were going up hill. It was January 1992.

He said there won’t be a stone left
on a stone. I was falling asleep as I wrote.
Then it happened, I lost my voice and
I couldn’t breathe or talk or sing,
He helped me to let go of my old jobs.
It was so difficult, that was
why I was crying on my knees that
spring break March 1993. I was a
mother, wife, teacher ... I couldn’t talk.
I was a singer in a choir without a voice.

He helped me to let go of the things
He wanted me to let go of. He wanted
me to work for Him.

It was a time of great suffering and
struggle teaching at the two colleges,
12 hours all together each semester
besides all my other jobs, choir
directing, playing the organ,
singing in the choir and to top
it off I was taking 5 hours of
music classes at XU. These classes
are what helped me be able to hear
the Song from Jesus I received when
Jesus gave it to me October 7, 1994
and write up the notes.

My teachers there both helped me a lot
to be able to do what I had to do to
get the music Jesus gave me down and
get it copy-writed.

It felt as if there wasn’t a stone
left on a stone.

I totally had to give up all my jobs
because of my voice.

 

January 27, 1992

Jesus: My child listen to My voice, heed My
direction, days are coming when there will
not be a stone left on a stone, but you
have nothing to fear, trust in Me and know
I am your God and I will watch out after
you. I love you, you are My child.
Go to bed.

I love you Jesus

R. This was the message I fell asleep at the
end. After this I lost my voice until I quit
all my jobs and wrote the Blue Books –

His voice came in me in rosaries and
writings.

I can never live the
moments of this day again.

When I go to bed
today is gone forever.

I must choose to treasure
each moment because
it is the only moment I have and
it only lasts one moment.

Song: Live This Day

January 1992

R. And I called and He answered me,
 He comforted me. He hugged me in my
heart with the warmth of His love,
He heard and listened and answered
me. He gave me His strength to
wash my soul – He wiped
each tear away with His
love and bathed me in His blood and I
felt His warmth and comfort deep
in my cells as a burst of love
washed through my body.

He filled me with His grace.
He restored my shattered heart –
His Spirit filled me. He breathed life into
my tattered soul and washed
me with the waters of comfort
and He said to me –

Jesus: Yes My child
beloved of My Father, You
are oh so precious and oh so
special to Me and I am Divine.
I see your little bouncy girl,
your beauty and your innocence and
I watch your tears and sorrow and
I know the pain and trials of
your heart, I share in your grief and I
really love you, turn to Me and feel
My presence and comfort in your heart,
I will take care of you, My graces
and support are endless, I love
you, you are not alone. I am
here and I hold your hand, know it
My child, you are indeed
My precious child.

Cling to Me and be not afraid, though you
go in raging waters, I am there with you,
My rod and My staff guide your way and
My light is there to illuminate your path
Oh ye, beloved of My Father, friend and
lover let the Holy Spirit embrace you. God
loves you, I am your God.
I listen to your cries and comfort you, I
turn not away, I love you, I know
you and I want to be with you at every
moment.

I made your tears as a way
to release your sorrow and cleanse yourself
of your pain. I am in touch with you
and I walk with you at every turn of your
path – know Me – you are not alone, I am
here with you now, in this silence,
I speak to you, no whisper, these are
My words to you, I am here in this room
and in your heart and I love you with
My love. My love is Divine Love.
Feel My presence, warm and close
in your heart. I am your
God, I am alive. I
neither slumber or sleep. I know
your sadness deep in your heart.
I am He who comforts you and I say again,
be not afraid, I love your every cell and I
am forever within you – Cry out to
Me and I hear each cry and I free you
from your loneliness and pain. Don’t
be afraid and lonely, I am here with you.
I love you.

 

February 21, 1992

R. My dear Jesus,

Jesus: LET GO! RELAX – I am there
to run the show. Your most important
job in life is being the light to the
world – no tension, no anxiety –
look at your jaw, look at your
voice – pulled taunt like a
string pulled too tight – you
have pulled your throat tight
you are so tensed – you are GOOD
ENOUGH – LET GO – enjoy what
you do – no anxiety – do the same thing
without the pressure – walk and ride
the bike, it is good for you.

You are creating your own
anxiety and tension and taking it out
on your throat. What ever you
do is enough.

You have not taken the time
to write to Me because you have
not wanted to. You are being anxious
I can do more things in a minute
than you can in a week.

LET GO - TRUST in ME – be
with Me and turn it over – I will
not leave you orphaned. I will
be with you that is My Promise.

By name I have called you –
You don’t need a doctor for your
throat – you need to relax and
let go – what does it profit a man
if he gains the whole world and
loses his soul.

I have worked miracles in your life –
LET GO – BE YOU –
love everyone around you and
take time for them. I will help you –
just take it slow, steady, and relaxed.
When you are tired rest – don’t push –
you are important. I will help you –
I love you. LET GO.

Jesus: To sit by a quiet brook and listen
to God’s birds chirp in the trees and
smell the freshness of the outdoor and
let go of school, of church, of work,
of the mess and just be with God and
feel the breeze on your face. You can
do that – I want you to – you are
choosing to not be serene –
You are choosing to ignore the
nurturing you need and I will give –
the warmth of the sun, the sound of
birds, the beauty of the trees – these
visions are alive in your mind – go
there, be there for a little while and
enjoy these things – they will nurture you.
See your children and spend the time
with them – these moments are gone
forever. LOVE them. I will
help you – I heal your chest –
your throat – if you want it
healed, let go, you are attacking
yourself – SO TIGHT are you –
LET GO and LOVE and RELAX –
            Love
                            Jesus

 

February 21, 1992

R. He told me - let go, relax, and let Him run
the show. My most important job is being a
light to the world - no tension, no anxiety.

 

1992

R. At the end of January, 1992, I was given a
message from Jesus that I would suffer.

Next, I lost my voice and I had trouble
breathing. It was the key that helped me let go
 of my teaching jobs in colleges, my position
in a special choir, and my job as organist and
choir director at a small church.

Here is a letter I began to write to Jesus and
the message God gave back to me.
My first letters with Jesus were a lot of
dialogue. I would write and He would speak
to me as I opened up my heart to Him.
Many times He woke me in the night with
a lengthy message.

This is a letter I wrote to Him March 17,
1992, when I was having a lot of trouble
breathing and talking.

He was working in my suffering to help me
let go of all I was doing so I could be His
messenger. It was a great time of trial when I
couldn’t breathe very well or couldn’t use my
voice very well. All my jobs depended on it. It
was from this cross that I was given my voice
to do what I am doing today. I had to
surrender to His plan – I couldn’t use my
voice as I had done in the past.
When I finally quit most everything about 1
and 1/2 years later, I had my voice to do His
work, to do this job.

In this suffering, He led me to do His will.
St. John the Baptist’s father lost his voice.
St. John the Baptist’s mother was barren.
St. John the Baptist was the ‘VOICE OF
ONE CRYING IN THE DESERT’.
I prayed to do His will and He helped me
find His will. Through great suffering and
surrender I was given greater life in Him.
The story of my struggle in doing His will
and losing my voice is accounted in an entry
in Blue Book III.

Jesus wanted the message of March 17,
1992, presented today, that we can carry it
with us and live by it. We must surrender and
let Him run our lives and do His will. Some of
the greatest trials are the way He leads us on
the right path for us.

 

March 17, 1992

Note: I couldn’t breathe again. From my
notebook I wrote:

R. Dear Jesus,

I am not feeling calm, I am so grateful for
being able to breathe.
I know an inner voice during the movie
said, I will be okay. Please help me Jesus, I
need you.

God: I am your God and I love you, you are
precious to Me. Remember how I loved you
to My death. This is the season of Lent, a time
to look and listen and learn all you can about
Christ and His passion. I am telling you of My
great love for you and all My children. Hold
close to Me and do not be tempted to go
astray, keep your eyes fixed on the eternal
end, the bright and beautiful light, your glory,
for your reward will be great in heaven. Keep
the glory of the Lord in heaven in front of
your eyes.

Don’t look for worldly pleasures and
satisfaction here on earth. Love and give to
others and forgive and know your reward will
be great in heaven.

I will show you the path to follow. Listen
attentively and be calm. In conflict don’t
react, practice removing yourself from that. It
isn’t necessary to criticize, to shame, to hurt,
to bargain for who is right and who is wrong.
Hold on to peace and love and joy and
happiness. Hold My hand and see My light.
See the big, big picture. The answers are in
you, I love you and I will teach you what you
need to know. Be still and listen, I want to
instruct you, I am talking to you now in your
heart. I love you always, stay close to Me and
know I am your God.

R. You are my God and You love me, I am
Your temple. I know You go with me with
Your rod and Your staff protecting me and
giving me comfort and hope and love and joy
and peace. The moments I spend now will be
gone in 5 minutes.
I want to spend this time with You, I don’t
want to be anywhere else, I want to know
Your presence, Your warmth, Your love.

God: You are powered by Me. You are My
child, you are precious and you know it. You
are special to Me, hold tight to Me. I love you,
My chosen daughter.

R. Create in me, Oh Lord, a CLEAN heart, Oh
Lord – create in me a clean heart.
I offer up my suffering to You.
God, help me live my precious moments.
God, help me.
Thank You, I love You.

   

April 2, 1992

R. Dear Jesus,

I am so happy to have You in my heart.
Thank You for this day and the sunshine,
thank You for helping me give my life
to You and bringing me to this point in
my life. Thank You for the trials that
has brought me closer to You and
teaching me how to love more.
Jesus, I give You my will and my life,
I give You what I am and I ask You
to run my life, please what ever happens
I surrender to You running my life.
Please Jesus help me to know the way
of life You call me to. Help me surrender
to what ever You want me to do. I will
let You run the show. I am going to do
what You want, I know today I was to go
to All Saints and spend this time with You.

Thank you for Your relationship,
thank You for the Holy Spirit and my
heavenly Mother, thank You for real
joy which I now feel in my heart.
Thank You for the image of the
wall of rocks and the door for me
to walk through.

R. That was my image from You, at that
point seeing the gray rocks oh so close
like a wall and a door, You were taking
me to a new beginning in my life – a life
of surrendering and realizing that You are
running my life. What is for today? I do
Your will. That is what is to be. I am
filled with Your love and Your joy as I
walk through this door into surrender
with You – on the other side there are
still rocks, but they are not closing in
they are opening up and the light, as
the warm sun is now seen atop the
rocks and my body is warm and secure
in Your love. You oh my Lord are in
the driver's seat. I walk through that
door. My relationship with You is alive
and new, and I surrender and walk
through the door. I have a deep relationship
with my children and my close
friends – they are there, all around me –
I, Lord Jesus walk through the door –
the rocks open up and I am not closed
in anymore, but I can always look up
and see the opening and the sky. You are
in the driver’s seat, You are rowing my
boat and driving my car, though I
tread in raging waters, I do not
need to be afraid, You are there with
Your rod and Your staff and You
comfort me, I am not afraid, Your
warmth and Your love is always there,
I am secure, I am Your child, I am
protected and held and You will stand
for me, You will say, ‘she is indeed
My child, I love her, she is Mine.
She is My child.’

Jesus: I will never forget you,
I will not leave you orphaned, I
will hold your hand and lead you.
You dwell in My Heart at this moment.
Die to the old ways not likened to
Me – to live a deeper life of resurrection
in Me. I am here and I am still in your
heart. My love for you is
real, I will not abandon you. I
will nurture you and prune you and
watch you grow in My light, I
will be your light, you will not
flicker or fade, but be constantly
aglow with the light of My love, I am
ever present in your heart. Reach out
and touch My heart, it is warm and alive
and beating for you, know you are
loved child. No earthly person can give
this love to you. Look up and see the
heavens and count the stars if you can,
your life will be even brighter, brighter
than all the stars. Bathe yourself
in My love and know it is constant and
there for you, I am your God – you
shall have no gods before Me, nothing
can compare to this love, I give to you.
Do not turn to the world, I will provide
you with nurturing and love, with
peace and joy, do My work and be attentive
to the voice within you, it is there and
you must constantly listen, you will
know when I am talking to you –
listen My child, I do not slumber or
sleep, I am attentive to your needs
and I love you, I will strengthen and
protect you always. Jesus died
upon the Cross, Christ arose from
the dead and you too will live a deeper
life of resurrection in Me. You are
through the door, surrender to Me.

Listen to My directions and carry them
out, I am in your life, I am in your heart,
I am He who comforts you, do not,
My child, be afraid, walk in the confidence
of knowing I, your God walk
before and with you every step
of the way. I am He who comforts
and walks with you. I love you,
I love you, Jesus.

  

April 16, 1992 - Holy Thursday

R. We cannot close the door on the past, we
are a product of the past, it is shutting the door
on ourselves. We can only grow if we accept
the past and learn from it.

As in a business, the boss looks back and
sees how he did it before and tries to
improve it. He would never close the door
on past interactions and start everything
new. He can only build on the past so
the company can grow.

So too with our lives, we must look to our
past and embrace it to know it well,
it is the key to our happiness and growth.
We need to live a balanced life one side
is the thinking side and the other
side is the feeling side and expressive
side (expression of self), we need
both sides in balance.

Jesus: I am the way, the truth and the life
no one comes to the Father except through Me.

The Our Father

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed
be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. Amen.

R. The truth shall set you free. I am
speaking the truth, lies are deception and
cause confusion and hurt. The truth is that
which we need to embrace and spread to
have happiness. Covering up of the truth
usually is not to our advantage. Covering
up the action to protect another person can
be enabling them to continue their lewd
behavior. In the light of truth – that which
really is, is brought to light and dealt with
– hiding the truth is what allows it to
go on. Say for example: in an alcoholic or
dysfunctional family you are not protecting
the person but enabling them to continue
their problem.

Jesus: Be of a clean heart and you will not
have to cover things up – love one another
and try honestly to give each their just due
and there will be nothing to hide. All evils
shall be brought to light and all goods shall
be revealed in the day of reckoning. Fight
a good fight live a good life, love, be kind
and be ever attentive to the needs of those
around you and you will be blessed with
ever lasting happiness.

For I say unto you, many are called
but few are chosen, it is up to you to follow
the path of right. You can do My will or
reject My will. My will is the WAY, the
TRUTH and the life. The way to a long
lived happy life and to experience life is
through the truth. The truth in all things.
Do unto others as you would want them
to do unto you. Love one another and
cherish your precious moments you
have together.

The gift of children are the great gifts
of all, in them is life and
love and innocence. Cherish these
years when they are young and teach them
honesty and truth at all cost, for you are
molding them to bear fruit. They are My
precious gifts to you to have and hold and
teach. Your example is the way you teach.
Each moment is precious to behold
because when it is over it is gone forever.
More precious than jewels are the moments
of your lives because you will only live the
moment now and it is gone forever.

Make each moment precious, by loving
one another. God is first always – Before
anything else – any other order is OUT of
ORDER and does not work – any other
ORDER is not God’s order. His life is
simple – it is not confused,
it is simple LOVE AND TRUTH – these
are the jewels of each moment.
Do the will of God.

I am your God, you shall have
no other gods before me – not WEALTH,
FOOD, SEX, DRINK, I am your God
and I am first, when I am first, I give you
everything necessary to live. You are
working for Me, I will work in you, I will
make your life work, you let go and know
I am your captain. I love you and I know
what you need to make you happy. I
have your best interest at heart. Trust
in Me and come to Me and make your
ways, My ways. I love you more than
any other human person could love you.
I love you with My Divine Love. I am your
God and you are My precious creation, I
made you to love Me and love My other
children, do this and I will bless you with
peace. I am your God and I love you,
forever, every moment in every trial and in
every tear. I cried, I cried when Lazarus
died. I wept bitterly, I cried when I carried
My cross and felt betrayed and hurt, I
created your tears as a cleanser for you. A
way to release that which builds up in you.

I am your God, I hold your hand, I want
you to put your head in My lap and weep
and come to Me and tell Me of your joy,
I want you to be you, created by God, I am
there to listen and support and love you.
I am your best friend, and I love you more
than you can love yourself – trust Me with
your will and your life and I will make it
beautiful for you. Be happy and spread
your love to each other – the devil comes
with his lies. The devil says “You are not
enough, you didn’t do enough, you can’t
do it.” – I am your God, listen to Me not
the devil. Believe in your life living
according to your vocation for My honor
and glory. Don’t be jealous, angry, envious,
mean seeking dominance for dominance
sake –

Don’t be willful. Do God’s will with love.
You were created by Me, I LOVE you
My precious child.

 

April 17, 1992 - Good Friday

R. Dear Jesus,

I am sorry for my sins. I am sorry You had
to suffer for my sins. Thank You for coming to
earth and taking on a little baby body to save
me and my family.

Thank You for Your pain and Your sorrow
and Your tears, Jesus. Thank You my God.

Oh Jesus, my Savior –
Thank You for giving me the gift of faith –
I am Your child, God!
I give my will and my life to You.
I want You to talk to me.
I want to know how You want
me to act.

Dear Father, thank You for creating me.
Dear Jesus, give me Your gentleness and
Your love, Your compassion and help me to
give myself for others.

I love You Jesus, I love You with my whole
heart and my whole soul.
God is guiding me on the right path today.

 

April 30, 1992

R. Dear God, help me to do Your will, fill me
with Your love and Your goodness so

I can be like You and give myself
to others as You intend.

Jesus: You are My most precious child,
I love you every minute of the
day, I dwell in you, I love
you and I am in your heart –
teach all about My love for them,
teach them about the Eucharist –
I am blessing you in so
many ways. I love you, I
am taking care of you –

I am your God, I am ever present in
your life,
I guard you –
I am watching you –
I do not slumber –
I do not sleep –
I constantly watch over you.
I am your God.

 

 

May 2, 1992 - Saturday

R. My Dearest Jesus,
Please help me to do Your will – fill me
with Your love and goodness so I can give to
others what You want me to give them.

Jesus: You are My precious child, I love you every minute of the day. I am in you and I love you, I am in your heart – teach your children to love Me – teach them about the Eucharist – I am blessing you each in a special way. I love you and I will take care of you – I am there for you. I am your God, ever present in your life, guarding you, watching out for you. I neither slumber or sleep. I am your God. I constantly watch out for you. I love you.

 

May 9, 1992

Jesus: Though you walk in raging waters –
you will not drown, you are precious to Me.
Live your life in the joy of Christ –
My light is within you lighting your path,
Feel My presence and My warmth
within you, I am here My daughter
My arms embrace you and
My touch is there for you,
I hold you.

R. Dear Jesus
I am Your servant Lord, I give
You my will and my life –
I surrender and ask Your forgiveness
for all my errors and ask You to
wipe away any hate and anger and
anxiety with Your spiritual
healing rays, I am here and I
feel Your rays in my heart
cleaning out my debris –
please let me live in the now
in happiness and joy –
Jesus, my Savior, Father, my Creator,
Holy Spirit my Sanctifier give to me
Your gifts of wisdom, knowledge,
understanding.

 

May 23, 1992

R. Jesus, Jesus hear my prayer, though I walk
in the valley of darkness You are there with
Your rod and Your staff to comfort and love
me –

Jesus: I will make the light shine on you.
I am your God and you are My child,
My light is deep within you, know
it and experience this in your life.
I am your God, I will not leave you –

  


 

 

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