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June 5, 2013 From Response in Christ by Fr.
Edward J. Carter, S.J. Through these brief
indications we can realize the various and many
possibilities through which Christ lives again in the
Christian. As the Christian in this manner projects Christ
to his contemporary world he relives the total mystery of
Christ. All the mysteries of Christ's life will be apparent
somehow in such a Christian existence. But as the Christian
puts on Christ more and more, death-resurrection will be
especially apparent. For the Christian will be more and more
going out of a self-centered existence, dying to that which
is not really life at all, and increasingly passing over
into a greater existence, into the life of Christ Himself.
In this manner the Christian continues that transition
process of passing from a lower to a higher mode of
existence. We have seen this transition process to be at the
heart of salvation history. We saw it in the exodus-event of
the Jewish people. We saw it in the death-resurrection of
Christ. We continue to find it in the life of the Christian
as he prolongs the paschal mystery of Christ. end of excerpt
R. Living life as God wants us to be
A father, sister, brother, priest
Living the Pascal Mystery of death/resurrection
We offer ourselves united to Christ to the
The Father gives us Christ back in Communion.
The Father accepts the sacrifice as most
He gives us Jesus in Communion in
We are to unite our whole lives to the
We are always offering up our lives
We must die to the ways not like
If they are not controlled the
This asceticism means growing in
As we grow in the Christian life the
The more a man goes out of himself
The person really growing in that
There is a deep meaningful relationship
Our life in Him is in knowing and loving
We can never sell ourselves short in
Song: I Love You Jesus
Our life of grace is centered in Trinitarian
We are to be involved in the becoming
We are to be Christ to those
Fr. Carter says
Fr. Carter says As we progress, we hope to show in
detail
From Response in Christ by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. TWO
Christian Life within the Church
1. The Church as People of God
and Body of Christ
The Christian lives out his
following of Christ within a communal framework. God
communicates Himself to us not as to isolated individuals,
but as to individuals who make up a religious community. We
are the People of God. Each of us is intended to be a fully
active member of the Church according to his vocation. The
Church is not made up of active hierarchy and passive
masses. The Church is not meant to be a community in which
the bishops actively teach, guide, and sanctify a passive
group of faithful. Rather we are all to be fully active,
contributing members. Obviously, we contribute diversely
according to our basic vocations and personal uniqueness.
But to live a full and actively contributing life, a life
open to attaining mature holinessthis is the vocation of
all of us. There are no second-class citizens in the Church.
The People of God, as they
themselves live the Christ-life, are called to a life of
service. They are called to a mission of helping to channel
the Christ-life to all men. As a pilgrim Church traveling
through history to eternal life, the People of God have the
privilege and responsibility of assisting Christ in the
continuing work of redemption.
Some two thousand years ago
Christ walked this earth teaching, healing the sick,
forgiving sins, extending His mercy and kindness. By such a
life which culminated in death and Resurrection, Christ
redeemed the world. This objective redemption was
accomplished by Christ alone. Through it, He won for men of
all time the necessary graces for their salvation and
sanctification.
However, it is necessary that
such graces be distributed to each individual as he plays
out his part in the drama of human existence. Such a
distribution of grace is the work of subjective redemption.
Unlike the work of objective redemption, Christ does not
execute subjective redemption alone. Rather it is Christ and
His members who complete the work of redemption.
Christ walked this earth those
many years ago in His physical body, and through that body
objectively redeemed the world. Today, He still walks the
earth completing the work of redemption. However, He now
walks the earth according to a different type of existence.
He does not walk the earth in His physical body, but rather
in His Mystical Body, the Church, the People of God. Through
the members of His Church, Christ continues to be present to
men as He teaches, administers the sacraments, extends His
mercyall done through the members of His Body, the Church.
This mystical Christ, in turn, derives all supernatural
power from Christ, the Head, who reigns gloriously with the
Father and the Holy Spirit.
The Church, therefore, is the earthly continuation of
Christ's redemptive Incarnation. This mission which the
Church has, although a great responsibility, is also a great
privilege. So it is for the individual Christian within the
Church. Christ asks him to fulfill a unique role in the
continued working out of salvation history. As we have
previously stated, no one else can fulfill this unique role
except the individual Christian. This is so because no human
person in the history of mankind is exactly like another.
Each Christian is a unique imitation of the Trinity. Through
each Christian Christ wants to continue His redemptive
Incarnation in a special way. Each member of the Church is
called upon to offer Christ a new humanity through which
Christ may express Himself to the world. In proportion as
each Christian so offers and commits himself to Christ, the
Church in her entirety more and more mirrors forth Christ to
the world. This Christ, whom the Church portrays to the
world, is the Christ who is prophet, king and priest.
a) Christ as
Prophet The historical Christ was
the central figure in the long list of God's prophets who
have assumed such a vital role throughout the course of
salvation history. As Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah and the rest
of the Old Testament prophets were the spokesmen for Yahweh,
so most perfectly is Christ the spokesman for His Father. A
prophet, then, in terms of salvation history is a specially
commissioned teacher sent by God to His People. What is the
task of the prophet? His role is in some way to reveal God
and God's plan for man's salvation and sanctification. Christ accomplished
the task of the prophet in an eminently perfect manner.
Through His unique words of wisdom He made a deep impression
upon His hearers: "Jesus had now finished what he wanted to
say, and his teaching made a deep impression on the people
because he taught them with authority, and not like their
own scribes." (Mt 7:28-29). Through this teaching Christ
gradually revealed the nature of God. He revealed this
nature, not only as It is in Itself, but also as It is in
Its relationship to men. Above all, He taught men the love
and mercy which their Heavenly Father has for them. He did
this in a manner which was radically adapted to their
understanding, using the language and mode of speech which
was familiar to them. Through the use of the most simple
story Christ would often bring out the most sublime truths
concerning God. His story of the Prodigal Son as given in
St. Luke is an exquisite, graphic presentation of the loving
and merciful attitude of God toward the repentant sinner. Yet Christ did not
reveal the Father and the Father's plan only through word.
He also did so through His actions. At times the events of
His life were a more eloquent revelation than His words. The
crucified Christ, as He hangs in silence upon the cross,
speaks volumes to the world concerning the love and mercy of
God, the justice of God, and the heinousness of sin. In
short, it is the total person of Christ in all His words,
actions, gestures in everything who reveals the Father
to men.1
This revelation of the Father includes within itself God's
desire for man's response. For God does not reveal Himself
in Christ to man for any empty purpose. God tells us He
loves us, that He gives Himself to us in Christ, and that He
wants us to respond with a love of our own as we live the
way Our Father wants us to live: in Christ, Who is the way,
the truth and the life. The Church, the People
of God, is destined to continue Christ's prophetic,
revelatory office.2
The most obvious way she does this is through her official
teaching mission. Primarily through the pope and the
bishops, the Church has the responsibility of continually
presenting the message of Christ in a manner which is
relevant to the men of various ages. Yet it is not only the
pope and the other bishops who accomplish this teaching
mission. The theologian, the priest in the pulpit, the
teacher of religion and theology, the mother and father
educating their children according to the principles of
Christ all such people offer examples of the various ways
in which the members of the People of God contribute to the
continuation of Christ's prophetic or teaching office. There is another
manner in which the entire People of God contribute to the
Church's teaching mission. The official teachers in the
Church, namely the pope and bishops, depend to a
considerable extent upon how the Holy Spirit is operating
within the entire People of God. The People of God in their
universal grasp of matters relating to faith and morals
assist the official teachers of the Church in their duty of
correctly projecting the truth of Christ to the Church and
world. An example of this is contained in the procedure
which preceded the definition of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII speaks about this
procedure: ". . . We considered it opportune to ask all Our
venerable brethren in the episcopate directly and
authoritatively, that each of them should make known to Us
his mind in a formal statement. Hence, We gave them Our
letter 'Deiparae Virginis Mariae', a letter in which these
words are contained: 'Do you, Venerable Brethren, in your
outstanding wisdom and prudence, judge that the bodily
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin can be proposed and defined
as a dogma of faith? Do you, with your clergy and people,
desire it? ' "3 Consequently, we see
the soundness of the newly discovered dialogue within the
Church. The more open are the lines of communication between
the pope and the bishops of the world, between bishops and
their priests, between priests and their people, between
religious superiors and subjects, the better is the
possibility that the truth of Christ the teacher will more
perfectly permeate the entire life of the People of God, and
ultimately the life of the world. We have said that the
historical Christ taught the truth of God not only through
His words, but through His actions, His attitude, His
gestures. In brief, He taught through everything He was and
did. So it must be with the Church. The Church continues the
teaching mission of Christ, not only through her verbal and
written teaching, but also through her actions and attitude,
and, summarily, through her total being as it is visible to
men. We see, consequently,
why the Church must concretely show her concern for the
poor, the oppressed, the one who suffers from racial
prejudice. The truth which the Church preaches concerning
social justice must become incarnated in the visible,
concrete action she undertakes for such a cause. Since the
Church is the continuation of Christ, she must act as He
did. Christ not only told men that He loved them, He proved
that love in a concrete, tangible, incarnate manner. It is entirely
appropriate that Christians be present at demonstrations
concerned with a true and just cause, even though, of
course, they are not usually representing the Church in an
official capacity. The witness of priests, religious and
laity demonstrating for racial justice is a powerful witness
of the truth of Christ that all men are created equal.
Sometimes such action is much more effective in projecting
to the world the Church's concern for the racially oppressed
than are the pastoral letters of bishops regarding racial
equality. Every member of the
People of God is called upon to continue the teaching
mission of Christ. The baptized Christian is incorporated
into Christ who is prophet, king and priest. This
incorporation is further perfected through confirmation.
Therefore each member within the Church receives a real
share in the prophetic, kingly and priestly mission of
Christ. In relation to our present topic concerning Christ
as prophet or teacher, no member of the Church can excuse
himself from carrying forward this particular mission of
Christ. Some of the various possibilities open to all within
the Church have already been suggested. We now emphasize a
constant and ever available opportunity which is present to
all, namely, the witness of a truly Christian life. A life
constantly lived according to the truth and example of
Christ is a powerful, persuasive witness to Christ and His
message. Perhaps because there are too few such Christian
witnesses, Christianity has failed to make the desired
imprint upon civilization. For it is only when mankind sees
the truth of Christ concretely lived out by Christians that
such truth has the power to draw men to Christ and His
Church in any great numbers.4
b) Christ as King Vatican II reminds us that
Christ is not only prophet, but also king: "Christ, becoming
obedient even unto death and because of this exalted by the
Father. . . , entered into the glory of His kingdom. To Him
all things are made subject until he subjects himself and
all created things to the Father that God may be all in
all."5 Through His
Incarnation, Christ as man became king over creation. In
assuming a human nature, He united to Himself man and also
the material creation below man. In the words of Teilhard de
Chardin, Christ is the physical center of the Universe.6
Through His redemptive sacrifice, which is the culminating
act of His Incarnation, Christ strengthened His title as
king. Christ has redeemed
man, and as a consequence of man's redemption, the whole
physical universe has been redeemed.7
The appropriateness of nonrational creation being redeemed
together with man himself is evident. In God's original act
of creation He gave man dominion over material creation.
This part of creation was meant to serve man in his quest
for happiness here and hereafter. With the intrusion of sin
into God's creation, man and nonrational creation were both
affected. Through his misuse of God's creation by sin, man
not only puts disorder into himself, but also into the
creation which he misuses. Christ's redemption
is meant to restore the disarray caused by man's sinfulness.
Christ through His redemptive grace desires to heal more and
more the sinfulness of man as this affects man himself and
man's relationship to the material universe. Christ as king
wants His redemptive grace to spread out and touch deeply
man and the physical universe. With grace man relates
properly to the material universe, for he more and more
brings the material universe back to its role in God's
creation, namely, that it serve man in achieving his
temporal and eternal happiness. What is man's happiness?
Because of the Incarnation, there is now only one destiny
for man both here and hereafter. That destiny is a
supernatural one in Christ. The material universe, through
Christ's redemptive Incarnation, has therefore entered into
this supernatural structure. Man and the physical universe
have both been marked with the blood of Christ. More and
more they are to be Christianized, that is, ever more
perfectly drawn into the supernatural order established by
Christ and centered in Him. To extend this kingly
influence of Christ over creation is the task now of both
Christ and His Church. We have long been aware that this
means deepening and extending Christ's kingdom as regards
man himself. But we are just beginning to realize what it
means to extend His kingdom to everything which pertains to
man. Vatican II, in opening up the Church to everything
which is good in the world, has impressed upon us the fact
that the Church, in prolonging Christ's kingly mission, must
be deeply involved not only with man himself, but with
everything which is of authentic concern to man. The council
unmistakably tells us this: "The faithful, therefore, must
learn the deepest meaning and the value of all creation, as
well as its role in the harmonious praise of God. They must
assist each other to live holier lives even in their secular
occupations. In this way the world may be permeated by the
spirit of Christ and it may more effectively fulfill its
purpose in justice, charity and peace."8 All within the Church
are called to extend the influence of Christ as king. Each
member of the People of God has a share in this kingly
mission. Each must fulfill his role according to his
vocation, talents, opportunities and graces. But fulfill his
role he must. No one but the individual Christian in
question can fulfill the particular role which God has
intended for that individual. The Christian's quest for
holiness is thus intimately connected with his response to
Christ the king. The more ideally each Christian responds to
this call of Christ, the more the entire Church can fulfill
her mission of continuing Christ's kingly mission. This
mission consists in imprinting the name of Jesus Christ more
deeply upon the entire universe, men and matter alike.
c) Christ as Priest Christ is prophet, king, and,
finally, He is priest. Consequently, the Church must prolong
the priestly mission of Christ as well as His prophetic and
kingly offices. But because of the centrality of Christ's
priestly office in His own life and that of His Church, this
theme will receive detailed treatment in the chapter devoted
exclusively to the liturgy. . . .
In such a spirit as described by Paul,
the Church is meant to grow more and more into the full
stature of Christ down through the ages.22
If the members cooperate as they should according to
their respective vocations and roles, the Church
continues to that extent to die with Christ yes,
continues to purify herself and thus continues to rise
more and more with Christ as she shares more fully in
His life of grace. In this manner the Church integrally
grows in the holiness of Christ. In this same manner the
individual Christian grows in the holiness of Christ,
provided he properly fulfills his role in the life of
the Church. But this is not all. As the entire Church
and her responsive members progress in the holiness of
Christ, they draw the whole world, the whole of
creation, along with them into a closer union with
Christ. This process will reach its completion with the
second coming of Christ. Then Christ will administer the
final touches to the work of His redemption. At that
time, the Church, her members, the rest of men, and all
of creation will receive the Final share in Christ's
redemptive work. At that time Christian holiness will be
brought to its ultimate completion. ________ From Blue Book 11 April 30, 1996 Tuesday at Our Lady of the Woods Glorious Mysteries The Resurrection of Our Lord Romans 6: 3-4 You cannot have forgotten that all of
us, when we were baptised into Christ Jesus, were
baptised into his death. So by our baptism into his
death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was
raised from the dead by the Fathers glorious power, we
too should begin living a new life. R. United to the Mass we can help
souls with our prayers. Romans 8: 14-17 All who are guided by the
Spirit of God are sons of God; for what you received was
not the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear;
you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry
out, 'Abba, Father!' The Spirit himself joins
with our spirit to bear witness that we are children of
God. And if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of
God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we share
his suffering, so as to share his glory. 1. R. Who are we that God loves us so
much that He gives to us such abundant gifts, that He is
outpouring His graces to us at this very second as we sit
here and pray this rosary. That Almighty God, maker of
heaven and earth, has chosen us. He has called us to be His
apostles, and to go out into this world to spread the fire
of His love. Let us thank Him with all of our hearts for the
gifts that He has given to us at this moment. 2. R. And the doors of the tabernacle
open wide and within the tabernacle is the Almighty God in
all His power and His glory, the Almighty God is in this
room and present with us at this moment. Let us thank Him
that we can be here with Him. We can feel that God is one in
us as we pray to Him and the power of our prayers are so
powerful because He is praying in this oneness with us God
is truly present and in this room. 3. R. I see the resurrected Body of
Jesus, adorned in light, and glistening in such light. We do
not even comprehend a small amount of the intensity of the
light of the Almighty God. We are so limited in our vision.
We see with our human minds and God gives to us a sharing in
His life in baptism. He elevates our knowing and loving
capacity to understand insight into the hidden mysteries. We
must pray to the Holy Spirit with all of our hearts to widen
this vision, that we may see more in this wisdom. See
through the eyes of faith with hearts of love. 4. Jesus: To those who have ears to
hear, they will hear. Many remain closed and do not listen
to the great gifts that I am giving to you. I am Jesus. I
come to you. I spread My arms and I give Myself to you. I
beg you to open your hearts, to open your ears wide and let
Me penetrate your very soul. 5. R. We see the sun and we know that
we can hardly look at the sun because of its brightness, but
if we could see the rays that come from Jesus in the
tabernacle, we would be blinded so that we would fall on our
face. Fr. Carter always said we could not even see the light
coming from our own graced soul. 6. Jesus: Why do you fear when I am
with you? I am this close to you at this very moment. Know
the Holy Spirit within your graced baptized soul. My dear,
beloved ones, do not fear. The only fear is the death of the
soul. 7. 1 John 4: 17-21 Love comes to its perfection
in us when we can face the Day of Judgement fearlessly,
because even in this world we have become as he is. In
love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives
out fear, because fear implies punishment and no one who
is afraid has come to perfection in love. Let us love,
then, because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love
God' and hates his brother, is a liar, since whoever
does not love the brother whom he can see cannot love
God whom he has not seen. Indeed this is the commandment
we have received from him, that whoever loves God, must
also love his brother. 8. R. God is love. There is no
division in the Heart of the Almighty God. God loves each
and every soul with such love that He gave His life and He
rose from the dead to give this life to us. If we want to
unite to God we cannot be divided from our brothers. We must
surrender at this moment to anyone in our lives that is
giving us trouble. Ask for help from God - do what we can
and still operate as we need to without bitterness doing
God's will. Ask God to help us love that person for we will
not have peace within our hearts as long as we hold a grudge
toward any person. Sometimes love is very difficult - do
God's will in the situation, pray to the Holy Spirit to know
God's will. I cannot unite to the Almighty God who is love,
to His Heart in which there is no division, if I am divided
with any of my brothers. I pray for this grace - to be
filled with gratitude for my brother. We pray, dear God with
all our hearts, for the grace to love as You love through
us, to know more about love. Your love is on fire and it is
burning. It is the love that You had, when You gave Yourself
and died on the cross. We do not comprehend this kind of
love but we open our hearts wide and we beg You to fill us
with this vision of Yourself that we may comprehend more
fully the real meaning of love. 9. R. God wants us to love each other
with hearts that are united. Let us ask Him to teach us His
ways of love. 10. R. We shy away from this love for
we are afraid that we will be hurt. God shows us that He
loved to His death on the cross. "I am the way, the truth
and the life." You will have peace and joy in your hearts
when you love God first and love each other. 1 John 4: 7-11 My dear
friends, let us love one another, since love is from God
and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is
love. This is the revelation of Gods love for us, that
God sent his only Son into the world that we might have
life through him. Love consists in this: it is not we
who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to
expiate our sins. My dear friends, if God loved us so
much, we too should love one another. Song: I Have Love You Jesus: What have you to fear for I am
truly with you and present in this room. I am Jesus, the
Almighty God and I give to you My burning love. Open wide
your heart and let Me penetrate your soul. I will fill you
with My abundant love. I give to you My burning Heart on
fire for you. Jesus: Open wide your heart and let
Me penetrate your soul. I will fill you with My abundant
grace and you will know within your heart the presence of
the Almighty God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Ascension Now having met together,
they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to
restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not
for you to know times or dates that the Father has
decided by his own authority, but you will receive the
power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and
then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but
throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's
remotest end.' 1. R. We see with such limited vision
in our human minds. We do not comprehend the magnitude of
the Almighty God. If we surrender and realize that God is
with us at every single second. Jesus ascended into heaven
but He remains with us in this room and He lives in our
hearts in a special way when we are in the state of grace.
Let us realize that God is here, that He will not abandon
us, that at every second, every single second, He is with
us, pondering the ways of our heart and caring for our needs
and our greatest agonies are to want to be filled by Him.
Our hearts were made for heaven. We want closer union with
Him. Let us not question the plan of God the Father but
surrender and accept all that He gives to us with greatest
love, for it is in accepting all that He sends that we will
have peace. Jesus: Seek, first, the will of your
heavenly Father. Jesus: I am Jesus, the Almighty God
and I am present. I am delivering to you this rosary with
such fire for it is fire that I want from you fire and
love in your hearts. Come to Me, My beloved ones. I am
present and with you. I love you with the deepest burning
love. Release all of the anxieties in your heart, all of the
anger toward any of your brothers and feel the rush of My
love as it penetrates your heart and you are filled with
fire. I am Jesus, the Almighty God, present in this room. 2. Romans 8: 5-8 Those who are living by
their natural inclinations have their minds on the
things human nature desires; those who live in the
Spirit have their minds on spiritual things. And human
nature has nothing to look forward to but death, while
the Spirit looks forward to life and peace, because the
outlook of disordered human nature is opposed to God,
since it does not submit to God's Law, and indeed it
cannot, and those who live by their natural inclinations
can never be pleasing to God. You, however, live not by
your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the
Spirit of God has made a home in you. 3. R. The apostles were awestruck as
they stood in the field below and they watched our beloved
Savior ascend into the air. They were filled with fear but
Jesus had told them before the Ascension that He would send
the Holy Spirit upon them and that they would be filled with
the Spirit. 4. R. We see the apostles and how
Peter denied our beloved Savior. Peter, the apostle that
Jesus made the Vicar of the Church! We see how Thomas
doubted as God stood before him. They walked with Jesus,
they were with Him, they knew Him, but they did not
comprehend because they were blind and they did not hear but
He promised to send the Holy Spirit and we know from that so
many were converted when the Apostles went out after
Pentecost. 5. Jesus: You are My apostles. I no
longer walk this earth. You are walking this earth and
carrying the message of My love to this world. Listen to all
of the words given in the Acts of the Apostles. They are
delivered to you this day for you are walking the earth and
it is you that carry the message of My love. Many souls will
be saved! Many souls will be saved! It will be through your
efforts that you will help many souls to know Me and My
Kingdom. You do not comprehend how many souls this day are
going to hell and how your prayers, prayed from the heart,
will help many to get to heaven. Pray for grace to be
released for the souls. I am Jesus. I am with you. 6. Jesus: You are My shepherds that I
am sending into the fields. It is through your works that
many will know the love of God. 7. Jesus: Grace and mercy will be
outpoured on this earth. Continue spreading the consecration
to Our Two Hearts. Consecrate your hearts to My Heart and My
Mother's Heart and unite to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
I am Jesus, I am with you and I am telling you to open your
hearts and unite in one mind and one heart. 8. R. Jesus ascended into heaven and
the apostles were awestruck. We do not realize the power of
the Almighty God, that Jesus truly rose from the dead. His
body was beaten, His body was drained of all of its blood.
Jesus died on the cross. Jesus was locked in a tomb and a
stone was rolled up to this tomb and on the third day He
rose victorious. Death has no power over Jesus. Jesus took
the apostles out to the town of Bethany and they stood there
and the Almighty God ascended into the sky. We see the
miracles every day but we do not look. We do not see the sun
come up and the sun go down. We do not see the life in each
blade of grass and the life in the trees or the life in the
flowers as they bud forth the miracles that surround us in
our world. We see as in a box and we focus on hard material
things of this life and the Almighty God shows us the beauty
of a new born baby. He shows us this life in each blade of
grass. The beauty in each bug and we are so afraid. He
parades His miracles in front of our eyes and we do not
look. 9. Jesus: Open your heart and let the
Spirit breathe into your soul, that you will be led by the
Spirit in all of your actions. I am the Almighty God and I
am coming to you in this rosary in a special way. Open wide
your hearts and let Me penetrate your soul with My burning
love. I am Jesus. My Heart is on fire for love of you. 10. Jesus: Are you afraid, are you
hungry? Come and I will give you all that you need. The Descent of the Holy Spirit 1 John 4: 12-16 No one has ever seen God,
but as long as we love one another God remains in us and
his love comes to its perfection in us. This is the
proof that we remain in him and he in us, that he has
given us a share in his Spirit. We ourselves have seen
and testify that the Father sent his Son as Saviour of
the world. Anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son
of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have
recognised for ourselves, and put our faith in, the love
God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love
remains in God and God in him. 1. Hail Mary 2. Acts 2: 1-4 When Pentecost day came
round, they had all met together, when suddenly there
came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which
filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and
there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these
separated and came to rest on the head of each of them.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power
to express themselves. 3. R. Let the fire fall on us. Let
our hearts be filled with the fire of God's love that we may
know God, that He lives in us and that as we walk this earth
He ministers to those that we touch. Who are we that God,
the Almighty God, wants to dwell within our being and be one
in us, that God gives us this great gift to unite to us in
an intimate love union? 4. R. We can turn our hearts off to
love, but we can see the intense love between Jesus and His
Mother. His Mother accompanied Jesus throughout His life and
it is made clear how she was there with Him. This was a
strength to Jesus, to know the love of His beloved Mother.
We see the love that Jesus had for Mary Magdalene and for
each apostle and this is the love that they carried out to
this world but this world tells us that we should be cold
and turn off our hearts. It is satan who wants us divided.
It is in this movement that we are joining in one mind and
one heart and that we are learning to love as He loved with
a Heart that was filled with burning love. 5. Jesus: I give to you, My beloved
ones, love. I love you so much and I want your love in
return Live in My love and you will live in love. 6. R. How many souls this day are
hungry and they reach to this world to be fed but are left
empty. The Almighty God gives to us His burning love. It is
only this love that will fill the starved soul. Jesus said,
on June 26, 1995, that until the messages of His burning
love are circulated on this earth that there will be much
bloodshed in the Church. Look at the violence and the
hatred, the anger and the cruelty among men. We have been
called as His apostles to go out to this world and to spread
His burning love, to fervently pray in one mind and one
heart at all times, in all of our activities, to be united
in one mind and one heart in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and it is in every
action that we perform that we can help spread this message
of His love - so souls will know in Him lies our happiness. 7. R. It is each action that we
perform, whether sleeping or eating, or working, when united
to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in one mind and one heart
with the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, that the graces will flow
to our brothers all over the world and many will be helped
through these prayers these daily actions that we perform,
united as an offering for the sake of souls. (Say your
Morning Offering)
8. Jesus: What is the cross that you
carry this day, My beloved ones? Unite this cross with the
Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present
in the Mass. Unite all of your actions to the Mass. This is
a most heroic deed that you perform in helping souls this
day. It is your fervor and your love that will help many in
their lives to choose heaven by serving God. You are My
instruments of My love. 9. Jesus: You are upset with the
world conditions and you must join in My Heart for I live in
your graced baptized soul. I will operate through you. I
will touch many souls through you. 10. R. Let the fire fall and let our
hearts be filled with God's love. Let us unite in love to
Him that He will live in us more and more abundantly. We can
help the souls that could be lost with our sacrifices and
prayers. The Assumption of Our Blessed Mother R. Love, love, love. This is the
answer. Look at the world in all of its pain and suffering.
Look at the video games, the violence in these games
children are being taught to kill in their own family room
on games and shows on T.V. Jesus is calling out for us to
offer every single thing that we do as a sacrifice for many
souls will be lost. Jesus is calling us to holiness to love
our brothers by saying our Morning Offering! 1. R. Every single action, if we
perform it according to the Father's will, with love, is a
mighty action in which we can receive abundant grace and
help to bring down great grace for the Church and the world.
Let us give our lives to God. Whatever it is that we do,
unite it to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and we will be
helping the Church and the world with our lives. 2. R. The angel said at Fatima to
offer everything we do as a sacrifice for souls. 3. R. Mary said at Fatima that, until
a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts
to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, that we will not have peace
in the world that peace or war depends on this. If we
unite in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, God lives in our
graced baptized soul and all of our actions are great
prayers united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, that will
help bring down great grace for the souls. 4. R. Do we love our heavenly Mother?
Do we hear her call over and over and over again? Do we hear
the words that her little children are going into hell like
rain? When we unite in one heart with Jesus and Mary and
with each other, and with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
grace is rained on this earth and many souls are helped by
our actions. 5. R. The heavens open and we see the
mystical lights the light so intense that we cannot even
describe it in any human words. We cannot describe the
wonders of heaven but we know in our hearts that there is a
heaven and there is a hell and we know that God loved us so
much that He gave His only begotten Son and Jesus loved us
so much and He gave Himself. He is asking us to love each
other as He loved us. This takes giving our lives as a
sacrifice, as an offering for the priests, the Church and
the world. 6. R. Mary showed the three children
at Fatima a vision of hell. How many times I have seen Mary,
for almost four months straight, telling me of her little
children that will be lost and begging and begging for our
prayers. It is in my insides so deeply that I cannot even
describe what it is to know this. This is our heavenly
Mother. She has delivered this message to us. We have been
called His apostles to deliver the messages of His love to
this world. Why we were chosen, why we have been called, why
He is outpouring His abundant grace to us is because of His
great love for us! He has given to us such gifts. Let us
thank Him with all our hearts and respond in love as He asks
us: love of God and love of each other. 7. R. Jesus gave to us His beloved
Mother under the cross and it is there that I suffered such
anguish for the pain that she had as she stood beneath the
cross. Mary saw her Son battered and covered with blood, and
watched Him die but Mary knew in her heart of how many souls
would reject saving grace He won for them and then would go
to hell. Mary is now appearing and she is saying, please, I
beg of you, consecrate your hearts to Our Hearts, pray the
rosary. Do the First Saturday devotions and help make
reparation to her heart and Jesus' Heart for the great
injustices and blasphemies against her Heart. 8. R. Mary is the Mother of God. She
was chosen from all women to carry the Son of God. She was
conceived without sin for God could not come in sin and she
is blasphemed for her role as Mother of God. She is
blasphemed in her Immaculate Conception. She is blasphemed
for her Virginity. The Almighty God was conceived in the
womb of the Virgin Mary through the power of the Holy
Spirit. Humanity united to Divinity in the womb of Mary and
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is made man. 9. R. The devil has waged a war
against Mary for she is the key, Mary is the Singular
Vessel. Divinity and humanity unite in her womb. She is the
highest human person. If we realize the immense love that
Jesus has for Mary, that He wants His Heart venerated next
to the heart of Mary, then we can see how God would love us
as human creatures for He has this immense love for the
Virgin Mary. She is the key for us to understand His love
for us. God gave me Blue Book IV.
In this Book we see the Love of Jesus for Mary, Mary for
Jesus and Jesus and Mary for us. 10. Hail Mary Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth R. We see Mary as the angel appeared
to her and asks her to be the Mother of God. She is afraid
and the angel tells her not to fear and she says "yes"
because she loved the Father with the deepest love and then
we see Mary crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. 1. R. Do we see how the Father had a
plan for Mary and how it ended that Mary was crowned Queen
of Heaven and Earth? Do we not see that He has this plan for
us? Out of all the possible people, God chose us to be
created God chose us to be unique, with a unique purpose
to make. God formed us in our mother's womb with the
greatest love. God is guarding our every action at this
moment and everything that we do is guiding us to Him, to
this deep, intense union with the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit for all eternity to have the beatific vision. This
is beyond our comprehension to be wrapped by this Divine
embrace for all eternity where there is no wanting, where
there is complete satisfaction and love where we have the
fullness of life. He has been leading us from the day we
were formed in our mother's womb. 2. R. As Christ was formed in the
womb of the Virgin Mary through the power of the Holy
Spirit, we are formed in the Heart of Mary through the
action of the Holy Spirit to be more and more like Jesus. 3. R. We see the Plan of the Father
for Mary from the time of the Annunciation when the angel
appeared to her to when she was crowned Queen of Heaven and
Earth. We see her suffering all through the life of her Son,
but we know Mary was crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. Why
don't we see the Plan of the Father for each one of us,
uniquely created by Him? No person on this earth is like us.
God made us each unique. From the Priestly
Newsletter "... everyone who breathes, high and
low, 4. R. How great is His Plan for us.
How He has gifted us with such talents that we cannot even
comprehend. If we realized our potential and all that we
could do, how could we run after senseless things. 5. Song: I Have Called You By Name 6. Song: Eye Has Not Seen 7. Jesus: I am Jesus, your beloved
Savior and I have delivered to you this rosary of My burning
love. Open wide your heart and let Me penetrate your soul.
Let the Spirit lead you. Let Him breathe in you. Do not give
in to the temptations and the taunting of satan to drag you
down. The Spirit will lift you high and you will feel the
fire of God's love. I am the Almighty God, all powerful and
I am with you this moment and in this room. You are My
apostles that I am sending into the world. I knew that you
would answer this call. Many souls will know My love because
of your lives offered as a sacrifice. Each act, offered with
love to the Father. Many souls will know My love because of
what you do here to spread this message. I am delivering
this message to you. You are My messengers to carry these
messages to the world. I am giving to you these rosaries.
Encourage all to pray the rosary. Reach the children with
the rosary and the consecration. I am Jesus. It is through
you that the Fatima message will reach completion. You are
the Shepherds that I am sending into the world. You will
touch many hearts and many generations to come will know of
the love of God because of the work that you do. You have
been called and you have been chosen. I am the Almighty God. 8. Song: Immaculate Mary R. Oh, Mary, the Holy Spirit came
down upon you and together you gave us the child - Jesus.
Help us to prepare our hearts so that we also may receive
the Holy Spirit and allow Him to work in us. Grant this
through Christ the Lord. 9. R. The source of all life is the
Almighty God. Life flows from the Father in the Holy Spirit,
through the pierced Heart of Jesus, through the heart of
Mary, to us. God wants to operate in us in the world. Let
our hearts be open that the life may flow from the Father in
the Holy Spirit through the Heart of Jesus, in the heart of
Mary, to us and we are His instruments of love in this
world. God the source of life.
He is alive in us. His life is too mighty to be contained.
It is beauty beyond all beauty to have this life within us
in such abundance. We see the life in a blade of grass and
the leaves on the trees. The life of the Almighty God within
a soul is the brightest light to the darkened world. Jesus: Pray, My beloved ones, to the
Father in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the
Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of Our Lady
with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory
and offer every action that you do as a sacrifice united to
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the souls. I am Jesus. I love you
with the most burning love. I am truly here and I am giving
to you this message, My beloved ones. May you be bathed in
My love and feel within your hearts the fire of God's love
for I am present and I am with you. Consecrate your hearts
all through the day to Our Hearts and pray to the Spirit to
lead you on your way. Song: I Have Called You By Name Jesus: I love you, I love you, I love
you. There is so much violence in this world today. Children
are suffering this violence. I beg you from My Sacred Heart
to pray with all your heart for this world. I am Jesus.
Thank you. Tuesday at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center Glorious Mysteries The Resurrection R. This is Mary's house. We have come
to this house to pray the Holy Rosary. Let us put ourselves
in the presence of the Almighty God. Let us feel that God is
truly present with us at this moment and He is in this room
in His power and majesty. The Almighty God is in the room
and He wants us in this rosary to meditate on these
mysteries with all our hearts filled with greatest love for
Him. How Jesus longs for us to have a heart filled with love
and to tell Him tenderly that we love Him. Tell Him we are
so grateful to be in the presence of the Almighty God.
1. R. See Jesus. See Jesus on the stained glass
windows in this room in the Rosary Chapel. Focus on Jesus
present in your graced baptized soul in a special way. See
Him as He carried the cross with bitter anguish to His
death, covered with blood, His hands pierced, His feet
pierced and His head crowned with thorns. See His withered
body as He hung on the cross. But death has no power over
Jesus. We see Jesus on the Crucifixion window, next to the
Resurrection. He is filled with light in the Resurrection
window.
If we could have
been there to see God as He came forth from the tomb,
adorned in such celestial light, beyond all our
comprehension light that we cannot even imagine, for God
rose from the dead after suffering such a brutal death.
Death has no power over Jesus. If we stay rooted in God we
can live forever. If we remain in the state of grace God
lives in us in a special, special way. When we are baptized,
God dwells in our graced baptized soul. Jesus died that we could
share in His life. This is a rosary to meditate on that
sharing in His life that He gave to us, paid for by the
price of His precious blood and He remains with us in this
room truly present in the Eucharist, in greatest love
longing for us to love Him and to be so close to Him in our
hearts. 2. R. They came to the tomb and they
saw that the stone was rolled back, and the angel said, "why
do you look for the living among the dead?" Jesus says to us today: I am alive, I
am alive, I am alive and I am with you. I live within you in
a special way. I am truly present in the tabernacle in My
Divinity and humanity, no less present than the day I walked
the earth and I am waiting for you to come to Me. I am a
Person that longs for your love, longs for you to have a
relationship with Me. A deeper and deeper relationship you
cannot have with any human person.
R.
This is the love that God has for us: that He wants us to
share in the deepest oneness with Him. 3. R. My precious Jesus, I know that
You are truly present here in this room with me now, but
there are so many distractions in this world. Give me the
grace to know You with the deepest love at every moment, to
realize that You dwell in my graced baptized soul and that
You never leave me. Give me the grace to love You, my
adorable God with the greatest love. You, who are all worthy
of my love, I beg for this grace. Dear Holy Spirit, fill me
with the fire of God's love that I will give to God my
greatest love the love that is His due. 4. R. Jesus walked with them on the
way to Emmaus and they did not recognize Him and Jesus
accounted to them the scriptures that pertained to Him from
Moses and the early prophets. When they got to Emmaus Jesus
broke the bread and they recognized Him. Later the disciples
said, "Were not our hearts burning within us as He accounted
for us the scriptures?" This is the story of God-made-Man,
God, who came to this earth out of greatest love for us, who
died on the cross and who remains in this room with us this
evening and Mary appeared Our Lady of Grace. 5. Song: Are Not Our Hearts 6. R. Mary tells us over and over
again that souls are dropping into hell like rain. Think of
the souls on earth. God is talking to us and He is asking us
to come to Him and to share our love with Him. He will give
us many graces if we ask Him and are doing His will. It is
in holiness, in this oneness that our prayers, united to the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, are so powerful that we will
help to bring down great graces for the souls. We are being
called to help through our prayers, for many souls will be
lost. We can pray for them and offer our lives as an
offering united to the Mass. 7. Jesus: How the fires burn in hell.
My dear beloved ones, I came and I gave Myself for love of
you. I am calling you to a special union with Me. From the
deepest chamber of My Heart, I call you to Me and I will
fill you with My deep, burning love. I love you, My dear
ones. You are My soldiers that I am sending into the world
that is cold and dark and it is in your love that you will
light the light, that you will touch the cold hearts. I am
calling to you. I am Jesus, the Almighty God. I beg you
listen to My plan. 8. R. Dear Jesus, I see so many
things this day that we do not like in the world but we need
Your grace and we need Your Wisdom, wisdom given from the
Holy Spirit, that we may know the will of God and live to
know, love and serve God. We beg You, Jesus, we beg You, to
fill us with Your grace to do what You are asking us to do,
that we will be the soldiers that will go into this dark
world, fearlessly moving ahead and bringing Your love to
those that we touch. We love You, our beloved Jesus! 9. R. Life flows from the Father, in
the Holy Spirit, through the pierced Heart of Jesus, through
the heart of Mary, into our hearts and we act as channels of
this life, as we live in this world. Jesus no longer walks
the earth but He lives in us and we carry out His life,
death and resurrection in our lives. 10. Song: Come Holy Spirit The Ascension
R.
The soul searches this barren desert for something to fill
it. Endlessly it searches and what fills the starved soul
but the love of God?
1. R. Before Jesus ascended into heaven He gave to
the apostles the power to Baptize and to forgive sins.
2. R. It is in Baptism that we are commissioned to go
out and spread the Good News.
3. R. God gives to us this day such gifts and we
treat these gifts so lightly. God is truly present and in
the room and at this moment He is giving to us such graces.
Let us see Jesus as He ascends into heaven, the power and
the might of the Almighty God going into the sky and the
cloud taking Him out of sight. These are the Glorious
Mysteries. The glory is that God gives to us a sharing in
His Divine Life. Who are we that God loves us so much that
He gives us these gifts? God wants to be one in us and to
unite to us. We search for so many things to fill the
craving and the soul waits and waits. He longs for us to
come and to be so close to Him. Nothing, nothing on this
earth feeds the starved soul but the love of God.
4. R. In the windows at the Holy Spirit Center in
this chapel we see Jesus in the Ascension window, as He
ascends into heaven. Jesus left behind His apostles to carry
out His work. The Father said that the windows in the chapel
are so important. The windows across from this one is the
visitation. In the Visitation, Mary carried the Child Jesus
within her womb to tell the Good News to one person. The
Good News that the Almighty God has come to this earth to
save men from their sins and Mary proclaims the magnificat.
Jesus ascended into heaven, leaving behind the apostles to
carry out His work. We are His apostles this day. Jesus is
calling us to go into the world, commissioned through
Baptism to spread the Good News. Look how the Church has
spread.
In the Visitation,
Mary told Elizabeth the good news. In the Ascension
Jesus ascended into heaven. God has a unique plan for each
one of us. We carry out His life, death and resurrection in
our lives. As we live in this world, do we shine in the
light? Do we give as imitators of Christ? Today, Jesus
shines in this world through our lives. This world will be
lighted and the Sacred Heart of Jesus will Reign and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary will Triumph when hearts are joined
in one mind and one heart to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
It is in this Movement that we consecrate our hearts to
Jesus and Mary. We are one in Their Hearts. We pray these
prayers joined in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary to be the
lights that shine in this darkened world.
5. Jesus: My dear beloved ones, you cannot comprehend
in your human minds the fire of My love. I am Jesus. I am
giving to you abundant graces to be one in My Heart, My
sweet ones. Open your hearts and and let Me fill you with My
light. You will go into this darkened world carrying the
torch of My love and hearts will be touched as I touch them
through you.
You are My soldiers that I am sending
into this world to carry My messages of love. You must love
the hearts that are cold and dark for I will touch these
hearts through you. They whipped Me. I loved those men. I
call you now to love all men with this selfless love. I
showed to you that I gave Myself on the cross. I love you
and I ask you to love your brothers when they persecute you
and spit on you. It is through you that I will touch the
hardened hearts. You are the lights that I send into the
darkness. The fire of My love will be spread on this earth
through hearts consecrated to My Heart and their Mother. I
love you. I love you. I love you. I am Jesus, your loving
Savior.
Song: A Song from Jesus
6. Hail Mary
7. R. The apostles were afraid and they locked
themselves in the upper room for Jesus promised that He
would send the Holy Spirit to them.
8. R. We see the apostles as a sorry lot. They did
not understand what Jesus said when He said that He would
rise from the dead. Peter denied Jesus. Peter was afraid.
You see the apostles and how they were, that Jesus made
Peter the Pope. Jesus is commissioning us this day to go
into the world and to carry the badge of His Sacred Heart
across this world. Jesus calls us to have a heart likened to
His - filled with love. Jesus calls us to carry the love to
the cold, dark streets, to always love, even when we are
persecuted and rejected. To know that His way is love, to be
one with Jesus, we must love. He is love. How can I say that
I love God when I hate my brothers? God is love. Unite in
the deepest union with God. We must clear all the debris
from our hearts.
Jesus: I call to you, My beloved ones to sweep your
hearts clean, to banish all hatred and anger from your
hearts, and to come to My Heart and unite in deepest love
with Me. Only a heart of love can unite deeply to My Heart.
I am waiting for you. I stand at the door of your heart and
knock. Will you open the door and let Me come in? Will you
rid yourselves of all anger and unforgiveness toward your
brothers? Do you see, My beloved ones, do you see the love I
have for you, that I died for you?
This is love. Love is giving, giving to
the other. I show you the way. I spread My arms and I give
My all for love of you. Will you love those who persecute
you? I am Jesus. I am calling to you to love.
9. Hail Mary Song: Come Holy Spirit The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the
Apostles
R.
They were gathered in the upper room, the apostles and the
Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Holy Spirit descended upon them
and there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire.
These are the Glorious mysteries. We think with human minds.
God gives us this gift. Our knowing and loving capacity is
elevated in baptism. In baptism we receive a sharing in His
life. He gives us more and more a wider vision into the
mystery of God's love. The Holy Spirit descended upon these
men that were filled with fear and they became fearless and
they went out and preached the Gospel. 1.
R.
Dear Holy Spirit, please come upon us and fill us with this
fearlessness to carry out the work that the Father has asked
us to do. It is so hard so many times to stand up for what
we believe in, in this world today - this world that has
turned godless in many cases. We need to pray for
fearlessness from the Holy Spirit. As Mary said over and
over again: Pray, my children, pray for many souls this day
that are being lost. This is an urgent call from our Mother
Mary who has called out, over and over again, to pray as we
have never prayed before. Dear beloved Mary, we ask
you to ask your Spouse, the Holy Spirit, to descend upon us
that we will have the fearlessness of the apostles to carry
this great, great message of God's love to this world, that
is suffering and in pain. 2. R. And the Holy Spirit descended
upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin and they were
filled with the fire of God's love. God is truly present and
in this room and He is listening to our prayers as we join
in one heart, consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
The more we pray from our hearts, the more He outpours His
grace on the world. Let us, with our whole hearts, tell Him
how sorry we are for our sins and the sins of this world and
ask for the grace to love Him more and to carry this love
out to this world that is suffering and in pain. Jesus: You are My apostles that I am
sending into this world carrying the banner of My love. Will
you answer this call? See, My beloved ones, see the souls
parading into hell forever and ever. I am the Son of God. I
gave My life for each and every precious soul. So many souls
will be lost. I am pouring such grace on you this day. From
your heartfelt prayers, pray with all your hearts. I am
truly present and listening to you at this moment. 3. Hail Mary Song: Spirit Song Jesus: My Heart is a Heart of love.
Only the hearts that are filled with love will unite with My
Heart. This is an urgent plea to each and every person
joined in this room. I have called you to go into the world
with your hearts filled with love and spread this message to
the cold and dark world. 5. R. We see the Heart of Jesus
surrounded with thorns from the injustices and indifference
against His Most Sacred Heart. Jesus suffered so through the
Passion, for the sins of men. Jesus was comforted by our
acts of love. Let us look into the eyes of our suffering
Lord as He walked His Passion and tell Him that we love Him
and that, with great love, we will be apostles of His Sacred
Heart and carry His message to the world. 6. Jesus: My dear one, I want to be
so one with you. I beg you to come deeply into My heart. 7. R. We go to the heart of Mary, the
heart that is pure and sinless and Mary places us deeply in
the Heart of Jesus. The Holy Spirit's penetrating action
sanctifies us more and more. It is in the deepest center of
the Heart of Jesus that we unite with the Father. We know
the love of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit a presence
far beyond our comprehension. Jesus is calling us to go to
His Heart. It is there we will find refuge on a cold night. Jesus: If the wind blows and the rain
comes, My dear one, you will be protected in My Heart. Come
to Me and pray alone with Me so I can tell you about My love
for you. It is only in this quiet that you will hear Me
speak to you. The world is a busy place. You must come in
the silence and let Me tell you of My love for you. Nothing
on the face of this earth will feed your starving soul. 8. Jesus: So as you are in your
heart, you are in this world. If your hearts are angry, you
will be angry in this world. Hearts likened to My Heart are
filled with love, My light will shine forth in your eyes and
your face. You are My lights I am sending into this world.
Only with a heart filled with love will the world see My
light. 9. Song: Oh, Lady of Light R. When we go to the heart of Mary
she places us deeply in the Heart of her Son. It is there
that we unite to the Father and know His love, the fire of
His love. The light that comes from the Heart of Jesus is a
light beyond our human comprehension. 10. Hail Mary The Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven
R.
Mary was taken, body and soul into heaven. 1. R. Dwelling in the Hearts of Jesus
and Mary, we are filled with such grace. 2. R. Dwelling in Their Hearts is our
"little heaven on earth." Let us go to our Mother and ask
her to lead us to deeper and deeper union with the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. 3. Hail Mary 4. R. Mary knows the hurt her Son
suffered so well. Mary loved her Son so much, Mary was pure
and sinless, Mary, our Spiritual Mother, the Mother of our
Christ-life. Mary will take us to the deepest chamber of
Jesus' Heart. 5. Hail Mary 7. R. Jesus is pouring grace on this
Center. Our Lady of Grace is truly present with us. 8. Hail Mary Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and
Earth R. Mary is alive in the Lady of Grace
statue. 1. Hail Mary 2. R. I can see the celestial light,
the light of the Almighty God. I could not describe this to
any other person. Grace is being spilled out on this earth.
As our hearts are united to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and
we unite at every moment to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
grace and mercy flow and we unite to the Mass, and our every
act of love is joined to the act of self-giving love of
Jesus as He gave His life on the cross. It is in that act of
loving the unloving, that we see Jesus as He hangs on the
cross. It is so hard to love someone who is cruel to us but
it is a heroic act when I realize that in loving the person
He is loving through me and I am helping to spread Christ's
love in the world. I am called to be an Apostle of His
Sacred Heart in the world. Mary, our Mother has said that
souls are burning in hell. (She is so beautiful - alive in
the statue) 3. Hail Mary 4. Revelation 12: 1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a
woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on
her head a crown of twelve stars. R. She is Our Lady of Grace. As we
consecrate our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and
become one in Their Hearts, we can love more and more
likened to Jesus. Jesus wants us to love. Love is
self-giving for the sake of the other. Let the grace pour on
this Center and on the Shepherds of Christ Movement. (Mary
is appearing - She is brilliant and in such light!) Let the grace pour on
this Center and on the Shepherds of Christ Movement that as
we join in one heart in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we
will be as the Father intends us to be the lights that
shine in this dark world and the fire of His love will be
spilled out on this earth. It will spread speedily across
this land as we go out into the world for the Father has a
plan and He has given to us great gifts. God intends us to
be the children of light, to carry the message of His love
across this land, to touch the hearts. This takes hearts
that love like Jesus loved. Jesus gave Himself for others. Jesus: I tell you, My dear ones, you
must rid yourselves of all anger and hatred toward your
brother, children of the light, to carry My message of love.
Your hearts must be pure as the heart of My Mother. I am
giving to you great graces to carry out this work. This is
the Father's Plan. It is unfolding here in the Center and
through the Shepherds of Christ Movement. You will carry
this message of love to this world. I am Jesus. This is an
urgent pleas to come to My Heart and be one with Me. I want
to be so one in you and minister to this world through you. 5. Hail Mary 10. Mary: I am Mary, your Mother and
I am calling to you to come to My heart and I will take you
to the Heart of my Son. Jesus is waiting for you. He is
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living united to Christ in every
aspect of our vocation
We die to our own will we rise in
our life of grace
Father in the Holy Spirit
pleasing and
lavishing love
Mass
to the Father, united to the Masses
going on around the world
Christ control ourselves
die to actions not in the Father's
will
life of grace cannot dominate
the life of grace is living
the life of resurrection
the two go hand-in-hand;
our Christ-life is the way
we rise to new life
selflessness going away from
self centeredness.
life of resurrection our focus is
more Christ and others;
loving Christ and men.
the more he becomes himself
the ideal self as God wants
him to be
dying to self and rising in Him!
Christ-life is living the
Christian virtues of
FAITH, HOPE and LOVE
with God and with men and
the rest of creation.
God more and more This takes prayer,
time in relationship with God
particularly the Eucharist
being united to the Mass all day.
being open to God's magnificent
outpouring of His grace in the
Eucharist at Mass and in adoration
God abundantly outpours His
grace to us WOW
His life abundantly fills us
life of knowing and loving God
of knowing the Mystery of God
It is from this love relationship
with God He operates in
us in the world.
of the individual Christian,
the Church and the world.
He sends into our lives.
"The
Christian through his life
of grace in Christ has
been called to further
the creative and redemptive
effort of God.
He must, therefore, involve
himself in the affairs
of this world."
that Christian holiness is life in Christ,
for our life in Christ contains everything
our love of God, our love of men,
our love of all creation.
We hope to portray the Christian
as one who believes from the depths
of his being that to live is Christ.
1. Cf. R. Latourelle, The
Theology of Revelation (New York: Alba House, 1966), p.
359.
2. For a contemporary, creative approach to the
Church's prophetic office, cf. H. Nouwen, Creative
Ministry (New York: Doubleday, 1971), pp. 1-40.
3. Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus, cited
in The Encyclicals of a Century (Boston: Daughters of
St. Paul), pp. 386-387.
4. Cf. Edward Schillebeeckx, Christ the
Sacrament of the Encounter with God (New York: Sheed &
Ward, 1963), p. 209.
5. Constitution on the Church, No. 36.
6. Cf. Christopher Mooney, Teilhard de Chardin
and the Mystery of Christ (New York: Harper & Row,
1966), pp. 70-103.
7. Cf. S. Lyonnet, "The Redemption of the Universe"
in The Church, compiled at the Canisianum, Innsbruck
(New York: Kenedy, 1963), pp. 136-156.
8. Constitution on the Church, No. 36.
22. For an extended, current
treatment on the Church, cf. R. McBrien, Church: The
Continuing Quest (New York: Newman Press, 1970).
Before the Tabernacle
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on,
and a cloud took him from their sight.
Cardinal
Newman said
educated and ignorant, young and old,
man and woman,
has a mission, has a work. We are not
sent
into this world for nothing; we are not
born at
random. . . God sees every one of us;
He creates every soul, He lodges it in
a body, one by one, for a purpose. He
needs,
He deigns to need, every one of us.
He has an end for each of us... we are
placed in our different ranks and
stations, not to
get what we can out of them for
ourselves, but to
labor in them for Him, as He rejoiced to
do His work,
we must rejoice in ours also."
(Discourses addressed to
mixed congregations)
April
16, 1996
Before the Tabernacle
10. Hail Mary
4. Hail Mary
6. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail Mary
6. Hail Mary
7. Hail Mary
8. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
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concepts presented in the Gospels and the readings. Anyone can read a
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believe that Christ's truth is our Roman Catholic Church. We, as
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