We have to replace the heat pump/AC
in China & they are really expensive.
We pray in there 24 hours a day.
Pray for Dan, Jeff, Fr. Joe & Larry.
Pray for Jeff 13
July
18th - Prayer Service
12 to 3 and 6:20pm
Please tune in to the radio
and pray with us.
Pray for Dan N. & Fr. Joe.
Pray for Fr. Joe, Dan, Melanie, Mary, Sanja, Rita,
Jim, Rosie, Louie's family, Carol R.
& Family –
Madonna, Christopher, a special
couple,
all Shepherds of Christ intentions on
lists.
Pray for China and the mailing.
Also pray for Urgent intention
Prayer for Grace for our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made
present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We
offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and
one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ
our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through
the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints
and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our
country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for
unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood
of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast
the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred
Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our
families, the priests, the Church and the world.
In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our
president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation
under God to work together in love as God wants.
July 18, 2020
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19
For there is no god,
other than you, who cares for every one,
to whom you have to prove that your
sentences have been just.
For your
strength
is the basis of your saving justice, and
your sovereignty over all makes you
lenient to all. You show your
strength
when people
will
not believe in your absolute power, and
you confound any insolence in those who
do know it. But you, controlling your
strength, are mild in judgement, and
govern us with great lenience, for you
have only to will, and your power is
there. By acting thus, you have taught
your people that the upright must be
kindly to his fellows, and you have
given your
children
the
good
hope
that after sins you
will
grant repentance.
Psalm 86: 5-6, 9-10, 15-16
Lord, you are kind and
forgiving,
rich in faithful love for all who call upon you.
Yahweh, hear my prayer,
listen to the sound of my pleading.
All nations will come and adore
you, Lord,
and give glory to your name.
For you are great and do marvellous deeds,
you, God, and none other.
But you, Lord, God of tenderness and mercy,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love and loyalty,
turn to me and pity me.
Give to your servant your strength,
Romans 8: 26-27
And as well as this, the Spirit
too comes to help us in our weakness, for, when we do not know
how to pray properly, then the Spirit personally makes our
petitions for us in groans that cannot be put into words; and he
who can see into all hearts knows what the Spirit means because
the prayers that the Spirit makes for God’s holy people are
always in accordance with the mind of God.
Matthew 13:
24-43
He put
another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may
be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel
all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat
sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well.
The owner’s labourers went to him and said, "Sir, was it
not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where
does the darnel come from?" He said to them, "Some enemy
has done this." And the labourers said, "Do you want us
to go and weed it out?" But he said, "No, because when
you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with
it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest
time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the
darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather
the wheat into my barn." ’
He put another parable
before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard
seed which a man took and sowed in his field. It is the
smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is
the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the
birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.’
He told them another
parable, ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a
woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour
till it was leavened all through.
In all this
Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would
never speak to them except in parables. This was to
fulfil what was spoken by the prophet:
I
will speak to you in parables,
unfold what has been hidden
since the foundation of the world.
Then,
leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his
disciples came to him and said, 'Explain to us the
parable about the darnel in the field.' He said in
reply, ' The sower of the good seed is the Son of man.
The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of
the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the Evil One;
the enemy who sowed it, the devil; the harvest is the
end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then,
just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire,
so it will be at the end of time. The Son of man will
send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom
all causes of falling and all who do evil, and throw
them into the blazing furnace, where there will be
weeping and grinding of teeth. The the upright will
shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Anyone who has ears should listen!
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 23, 2017
INTRODUCTION – Our first reading today is
from the book of Wisdom, a book of the bible written about 100 years
before Christ. At the time, the Greeks were trying to force the Jews
to give up their faith and believe what the Greeks believed. As a
consequence, many Jews were giving up their belief in God and were
becoming pagans. The author of this book is struggling with the
question: “why is God allowing this evil to go on?” His conclusion
is that God's way is not to destroy but, rather, to be patient and
to lead people to repent. The theme prepares us for the gospel,
which also deals with the problem of evil.
HOMILY – Today we hear a parable and, if I
had read the long form, we would have heard an explanation of the
parable, but the explanation doesn’t closely fit the parable itself.
I used the short form of the gospel so we could see the parable in
what is considered to be its original form. Suffice it to say that
most probably the explanation for the portion of the gospel I didn’t
read came from the time after the resurrection and it doesn’t
address the main point of the parable - which is patience.
Jesus is patient with sinners; he
is patient with the Pharisees (for the most part).
God is patient with the behavior
of those who ignore his laws. He gives people time to reform their
lives. (Sometimes we feel as if he’s being too generous.) The time
will eventually come when the good are separated from the evil
(Matthew touches on this theme often). Apparently Matthew believes
humans are not capable of making such judgments about who fits with
which group, so he tells us God or the angels will be making the
judgment of who belongs to those who will enter into eternal life or
who will be with those who enter into eternal unhappiness. (Fire is
constantly used in Matthew to describe the judgment to eternal
misery.)
I think that when people envision
the Last Judgment they think of it like a court room - where a
person is judged and sentenced or acquitted and sent to either
heaven or hell. It is not quite so simple. Actually we are all
guilty; we are all sinners and are not worthy of eternal life.
Redemption means that we recognize we are not worthy of God’s grace,
and we recognize God offers us a sharing in his life anyway through
Jesus our redeemer. In this humble attitude, we respond to God’s
love with love and obedience on our part. Then God will bless his
children far beyond what any of us can imagine.
You might be wondering if it is
possible the weeds can turn into wheat? In our everyday world, wheat
is always wheat and a weed is always a weed, but in a world where
there are miracles, in the world of God, a weed can become wheat.
That’s why God is being patient; he waits for us to turn our lives
over to him.
We really can’t see into the
heart of another, but if we see someone who seems to us that they
need God in their life, pray for them, or possibly talk with them if
they are receptive. That way we would be sharing in God’s patience.
If we don’t get immediate results from our prayer, don’t give up. It
will be an opportunity for you to learn greater patience. I’ll
conclude with this thought: weeds require no labor. Gardening
requires time and patience (and so do our spiritual lives).
May 4, 2020
Mary: Pray to the Holy Spirit.
Keep consecrating to the Sacred Heart and my
Immaculate Heart as I have told you.
Do not let up on your prayers –
China is the Eucharistic Center of the world.
I appear as Our Lady of Clearwater to
deliver these message from
God the Father –
25 years later May 5, 1995
26 years ago this was blocked May 4, 1994.
I am Mary your Mother –
Tell Sheila to read my message
from 2 days ago and this
message
and May 5, 1995
May 4, 1994
and do the rosary in today's
daily message from Blue Book 10.
May 5, 2020
25 Years Ago
May 5, 1995
Consecrate Your Churches, Home, and
Workplace to Our Hearts
Jesus: I
want you to consecrate the human race to Sacred Heart of Jesus. I want
to be enthroned in all homes, churches, and businesses.
June is the month of the
Sacred Heart. I want to be king and center of all hearts. I will keep My
promises given to St. Margaret Mary of Alacoque. I promise all this from
My most Sacred Heart. Consecrate your chapter to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. Consecrate the church or room in which you hold your meeting.
Today is First Friday. I want
you to circulate the message I gave to you on consecrating your homes to
My Sacred Heart. Make booklets available for people to be able to
consecrate their homes and businesses easily. Use the message I gave to
you when you consecrated your home.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph. Consecrate all
homes and businesses to Our Two Hearts. Tell all to have displayed and
honored, pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart
of Mary. May and June are the months of Mary and the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. Tell all to consecrate their homes to Our Two Hearts. I am the
Sacred Heart of Jesus. On this day, the 5th of May, 1995, First Friday,
I request that you spend the next two months encouraging all to do this
consecration.
Gather your friends and say
the prayers I have instructed you to say. Sing "To Jesus Heart All
Burning" and "Immaculate Mary." May these Two Hearts of love give all
members of the human race peace, joy and love in their hearts.
R. Jesus
said He desires to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament.
Jesus: Circulate the Blue Book messages. They promote this devotion. How My
Heart is filled with happiness by the souls who come to the tabernacle
and sit with Me. I am Jesus Christ, I wait and long and thirst for My
precious souls to come. The souls of men have turned cold. I want souls
to come to daily communion and be with Me in front of the tabernacle.
Men's hearts have turned
cold. They do not know what love really means. I want hearts that are
filled with fire for love of God. Men's hearts have turned to stone.
You are to promote devotion
to My most Sacred Heart. I want hearts that burn with love for My Heart.
It is through Me that you will know the Father's love. I am the Way, I
am the Truth, I am the Life.
Offer a holy hour for the
indifference, ingratitude, and sacrileges committed against Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament, the Sacrament of His greatest love.
R. He
promises great graces to those who give reparation to His Sacred Heart
and who tell others about offering reparation to Him.
end of May 5, 1995
Pictures from May 5, 2002
May 2, 2020
Mary:
What is important is praying to the Holy Spirit.
Come Holy Spirit Come and fill us with the fire
of Your love.
R. We love You God with all of our
hearts. Our Lady of Clearwater help us – we
pray during this retreat. We consecrate
the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart
and Immaculate Heart as far as we are able.
We consecrate ourselves to the Sacred Heart and
Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate our families to the Sacred Heart
and Immaculate Heart as far as we are able –
We consecrate our homes to the
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart
and Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate the Shepherds of Christ Movement,
our Centers to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate all priests and hierarchy to the Sacred Heart
and Immaculate Heart as far as we are able.
We love You, God, thank You,
thank You.
Mary:
I want this said at all prayer
services, first, during this retreat.
Follow with Holy Spirit prayers at 6:20
The 6:20 Format.
I am Our Lady of Clearwater –
Pray fervently for the healing of this
virus and its extinction – pray through
my Immaculate Heart – pray to
the Father in the Name of Jesus –
Oh my children, satan is
strong and he wants to scare you.
Pray the rosary, consecrate your
family and homes – the family
that prays together, stays
together.
Pray, Pray, Pray, I am
Our Lady of Clearwater,
Pretty Mary, Mother of the Church,
Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas.
Pray to the Holy Spirit –
Pray as you have never prayed
before –
Do not fear – pray, my children.
I love you, I am your Mother,
Mary, I love you my precious
child.
Sing Veni Sancte Spiritus
Say Holy Spirit Sequence
From the Lectionary
Pentecost Sequence
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine!
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul's most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our Labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, man has naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill!
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away;
Bend the stubborn
heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sev'nfold gift descend;
Give them virtue's sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end. Amen.
Alleluia.
May 2, 2020 - First Saturday
R. Let the thoughts be
positive.
My God help everything in my brain and body to work toward
health.
God gave us a beautiful body.
The brain is the pilot. Let it be filled with light and healing
energy.
God gave us this beautiful machine to operate through life.
Our eyes help us see.
Our brain helps direct the body.
Our ears give us hearing.
Our arms and legs help us live, maneuver.
Oh God thank You for all You have given us.
You gave us breath for our body.
You gave us organs to operate, so we can live.
You gave us cells to reproduce, a skeleton and nerves.
You gave us blood and a system to maintain life.
Oh God thank You for the peace we can have, the interior life,
the brain to think,
the heart to love.
Oh God thank You for the world with such beauty, the sky, the
rolling hills and mountains, lakes and streams, the ocean so
wide and beautiful.
Oh God all the animals, fish, greenery and flowers.
So much beauty, God.
God is love.
God gives us each other to love, to know, to be with.
God gives us our family to love, to be with.
Oh my God, You are so good to me.
My God, Thank You.
I love Thee so.
God is love and in Him is no darkness.
God loved us into existence. God wants us with Him.
Pure and perfect love.
Thank You God for this day and all it brings.
I love You.
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