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July 22, 2010 - St. Mary Magdalene
Mary of Magdalene is the one Jesus
cast out 7 demons
Mark 16: 9
Having risen in the
morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of
Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils.
Mary was with the Blessed Mother
and John under the cross
The other apostles were not there —
She was at the tomb on Easter
morning and Jesus talked to
her outside the tomb —
The Risen Lord was seen by Mary Magdalene
Today's Readings
Jeremiah 2: 1-3, 7-8, 12-13
The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Go and
shout this in Jerusalem's ears: 'Yahweh says this: "I remember your
faithful love, the affection of your bridal days, when you followed
me through the desert, through a land unsown. Israel was sacred to
Yahweh; the
first-fruits of his harvest; all
who ate this incurred guilt, disaster befell them,
Yahweh declares." '
I brought you to a country of plenty, to enjoy its
produce and
good things; but when you entered
you defiled my country and made my heritage loathsome. The priests
never asked, "Where is Yahweh?" Those skilled in the
Law did not know me, the shepherds
too rebelled against me and the prophets
prophesied by Baal and followed the
Useless Ones.
You heavens, stand aghast at this, horrified,
utterly appalled,
Yahweh declares. For my people have
committed two crimes: they have abandoned me, the fountain of living
water, and dug water-tanks for themselves, cracked water-tanks that
hold no water.
John 20: 1-2, 11-18
It was very early on the first day of
the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She
saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came
running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus
loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we
don’t know where they have put him.’
But Mary was standing outside near
the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside,
and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had
been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, ‘Woman, why
are you weeping?’ ‘They have taken my Lord away,’ she replied, ‘and
I don’t know where they have put him.’ As she said this she turned
round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that
it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Who
are you looking for?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said,
‘Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him,
and I will go and remove him.’ Jesus said, ‘Mary!’ She turned round
then and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbuni!’—which means Master. Jesus
said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to
the Father. But go to the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to
my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ So Mary of
Magdala told the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord,’ and that he had
said these things to her.
Mary loved Jesus so much —
The bride of Christ is the Church —
Mary of Magdalene shows us her great love —
Jesus died for our sins —
Through His pierced Heart the Church
was born
water for baptism
blood for the Eucharist
We pray in the Shepherds of Christ for the priests,
the Church and the world
The feast of St. Mary Magdalene is
before this message
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved priest-companion, I intend
to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the
movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the
renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the
chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument
for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds
of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will
use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate
Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the
members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be
deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to
My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J.
Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The
Jesuits)
1 Peter 2: 4-9
He is the living stone, rejected by
human beings but chosen by God and precious to him; set yourselves
close to him so that you, too, may be living stones making a
spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer the spiritual
sacrifices made acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. As scripture
says: Now I am laying a stone in Zion, a chosen, precious
cornerstone and no one who relies on this will be brought to
disgrace. To you believers it brings honour. But for
unbelievers, it is rather a stone which the builders rejected
that became a cornerstone, a stumbling stone, a rock to trip people
up. They stumble over it because they do not believe in the
Word; it was the fate in store for them.
But you are a chosen race, a kingdom
of priests, a holy nation, a people to be a personal possession
to sing the praises of God who called you out of the darkness into
his wonderful light.
Sing: Let Us Build the City of God
Ignatius after being wounded found Christ —
Ignatius founded the Jesuits
Fr. Carter founded the Shepherds of Christ
Ignatius gave us the "Spiritual Exercises"
Philippians 2: 10-11
so that all beings
in the heavens, on earth
and in the underworld,
should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
and that every tongue should acknowledge
Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Prayer from
St. Ignatius
Lord,
teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed
the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor and not to ask
for any reward,
Save that of knowing
that I am doing your will.
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
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.
Jeremiah 13: 1-11
Yahweh said this to me, 'Go and
buy a linen waistcloth and put it round your waist. But do not dip
it in water.' And so, as
Yahweh had ordered, I bought a
waistcloth and put it round my waist. A second
time the word of
Yahweh came to me, 'Take the
waistcloth that you have bought and are wearing round your waist.
Up, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a hole in the rock.' So
I went and hid it by the Euphrates as
Yahweh had ordered me. A long
time later,
Yahweh said to me, 'Up, go to the
Euphrates and fetch the waistcloth I ordered you to hide there.' So
I went to the Euphrates, and I searched, and I took the waistcloth
from the place where I had hidden it. And there was the waistcloth
ruined, no use for anything. Then the word of
Yahweh was addressed to me as
follows, 'Yahweh says this, "In the same way I shall ruin the
pride of Judah, the immense
pride of Jerusalem. This
evil people, these people who
refuse to listen to my words, who follow their own stubborn
inclinations and run after other gods, serving and worshipping them
— this people
will become like this waistcloth,
no
good for anything. For just as a
waistcloth clings to a man's waist, so I made the whole House of
Israel and the whole House of Judah cling to me,
Yahweh declares, to be my people,
my glory, my
honour and my pride. But they have
not listened."
Advertising spends lots of money to entice
people to sex and sin — to make things appealing
while the person wasn't even focused on them —
nor did they want them —
Help us combat the luring of satan in
the world by sending this Priestly Message as
God told Fr. Carter 16 years ago —
The homily books for all Michigan priests
are in the car — now for 2 weeks and
we need about $750 postage —
Here are a few letters from priests —
We have a list so long for priests wanting
Cycle A of Fr. Joe's book — we need to print
it now for the liturgical year beginning
in a few months —
Response Letters from the mailing of
Fr. Joe's Homily book - Cycle C
13.
5/2/2010 - Priest - OH
I have
Cycle B & C of your publication Guiding Light. What must I do to assure
my receiving Cycle A? I do want to complete my series. I took full
retirement when I turned 80 five years ago. What I missed mostly was
preaching homilies after all those years since 1950 working in
parishes. Now instead of giving homilies I read them.
12.
4/12/2010 - Priest - CT
I
enclose a donation for your ministry. Thank you for the book of homilies
by Fr. Robinson. They have helped me in preparing my own homilies. Would
you kindly send me Cycles A & B. Also please send me "Spiritual
Newsletter" (compilation of 9 newsletters) and also "Ecce Fides" and
please bill me at the above address.
11.
3/22/2010 - Priest - NY
Many
thanks for the copy of your brother's homilies for the Sundays in the C
Cycle. They are useful and I thank you. At one time, I use to get your
newsletter. Have not in some time. Is it possible to be put on your
mailing list?
10.
3/11/2010 - Priest - PA
Thank
you for your letter, your very kind words, and for the copy of Guiding
Light: Feed My Soul. I appreciate your brother, Father Joe Robinson,
graciously sharing with his fellow priests the gift of his homilies. I
am certain it will be a useful addition to my library and a good
companion to my prayer and contemplation. I appreciate your
thoughtfulness, Ms. Ring. May you have a blessed Lenten season and a
joyous Easter! God's blessings.
9.
3/10/2010 - Priest - CA
Thank
you and all in our special ministry. Please also, thank your brother
Joe. His book comes at an opportune time. Frankly, I'm in a "rut". After
52 years I am "running on empty" for new homiletic ideas. While in Kenya
and Tanzania for 30 years, no problem! Now, in retirement, "filling in"
at local parishes, I need good reference for ideas- not the homily
itself but the ideas it generates for my own. Joe's book really is a
"Guiding Light".
8.
3/1/2010 – Priest – NY
Recently I received your book of homilies by
Fr. Joe Robinson, and trusting it will be helpful for preparing our
Sunday Celebrations, enclosed is a check. It was my understand that
Shepherds of Christ Ministries was no longer in existence, especially
since my classmate of High School and College in Cincinnati, Fr. Ed
Carter had died. Peace, Prayers & Progress in Jesus. By the way, my 1st
prayer every morning is the Morning Offering.
7.
2/6/2010 – Priest – Ethiopia
I
received the 3 volumes of homilies, thanks again for your generosity and
sending to me this marvelous works of divine power. Let us be and work
together to build our church. May the almighty God bless you and your
work.
6.
1/29/2010 – Priest – IL
I am
so pleased to know that I am remembered and prayed for by such holy
people and society. I am ever grateful to you and assure you of my
remembrance at Mass your organization and mission. Thank you also for
the book of sermon notes of your brother priest Fr. Joseph. I appreciate
it and I find it very inspiring and enlightening which I will be using
very effectively in my preaching ministry. I shall be pleased to have a
copy of the other two cycles as well, if possible later on. Thank you
once again and asking God’s blessings upon you and your good work.
5.
1/25/2010 – Priest – NY
Thank
you for the Cycle C Homilies by Fr. Joe Robinson. Please send me a copy
of B Cycle and the A Cycle if possible. I’m enclosing a small offering.
“Oremus Pro Invicem”
4
.
1/2010 – Priest – NY
Thank you for the
C cycle copy of “Guiding Light”. I’m enjoying it in my prayer life … and
preparing homilies. I would like to buy the A & B cycles. Send me the
bill and mailing cost. Thanks again.
3
.
1/10/2010
– Priest - Florida
I was so happy and
overjoyed to receive this past Advent the best Christmas present – one
that I had wished for – in your brother’s Cycle c homilies – Guiding
Light. The book cover is beautiful and when Cycle B ended I said to
myself I wish I had the new cycle, but alas, I didn’t know where I was
going to get it…Then like an answer to prayer, it was in the mail! I was
already missing his homilies at the beginning of December until the book
arrived. I love the cover and I love the work you are doing. In the Year
of the Priesthood this is certainly a welcome gift and presentation to
the priests. And for me the best Christmas gift. And it came free!! The
cover is great, the print is nice and big and easy to read, and the
thoughts, of course, are great. One week Fr. Robinson talked about how
long he was in a parish and changes, and I could use that talk myself.
So the Scripture, reflections, homilies, and personal antidotes are
perfect. With your generous gift you have certainly made it a blessed
and Merry Christmas for me. Thank you for your prayers before the
Blessed Christmas and be assured of our prayers every week when we pull
out “Guiding Light – Feed my Soul” for encouraging words for our
parishioners here.
2. 12/2009 - Priest -
Florida
Thank you for Guiding
Light by your brother, Fr. Joseph Robinson. I greatly appreciate this
gift and I thank you very much. This "Feed My Soul" is based on the
Sunday Gospels of Year C — Do you still have spare copies for Years A
and B? What do they sell for? Thank You. Enjoy the Christmas Season.
1.
2009 – Priest - Ohio
Enclosed, please find a check for the book entitled, “Guiding Light:
Feed My Soul”, by Fr. Joe Robinson. I enjoy his homiletic reflections
very much. They are very helpful and spiritually uplifting. Thank you
for sending the book so quickly. I received it in just a few days
following my order, just in time for the First Sunday of Advent. I would
be very interested in receiving the Cycle A edition when it is in print.
Thanks again for all your help.
Please help us do what Jesus told
Fr. Carter to do May 31, 1994 —
Here is the message again Jesus told
Fr. Carter July 31, 1994 - 16 years ago
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved priest-companion, I intend
to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the
movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the
renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the
chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument
for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds
of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will
use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate
Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the
members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be
deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to
My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J.
Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The
Jesuits)
and the message I got the next day as Mary
appeared at the old seminary —
which was at St. Mary's
August 1, 1994
Pray For The Success Of The Priestly
Newsletter - Shepherds of Christ
R. The following is the first
official message I received before the statue of Mary at Our Lady of the Holy
Spirit Center. It is a personal message for Father Carter.
Mary: (in front of the glowing
statue of Our Lady of Sorrows) I am the Immaculate Heart. My Heart is glowing
for love of all my beloved children. I am your most loving Mother. I am with
you this day. Pray for the success of the priestly newsletter Shepherds of
Christ. I am guarding your way. You will receive such graces to accomplish
this task! Grace from God is so abundantly bestowed on you and will lead to
the success of this endeavor! Pray for this cause at the Center. The priests
will lead the people to the love of My beloved Son. This is no little task. It
will take many prayers and graces. Pray hard, little one. Your prayers will
change many hearts.
I am Mary, your Immaculate Mother. I bring
this message to My beloved priest-son.
end of August 1, 1994
In books and lose we have circulated
15,000,000 Priestly Newsletters to priests
and hierarchy and prayed in these prayer
chapters as Jesus directed for the priests,
the Church and the world —
We are lured into things — the Sunday morning
paper — What about doing what Jesus asked for
instead of giving into the allurement —
desires that were subjected by the ways of the world —
Let us follow the call of Jesus given through
Our Lady of Clearwater to consecrate our hearts to the
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and spread
these prayer chapters and the Priestly
Writing — Come to the Virgin Mary building
Mary by day
July 5, 2000 |
by night
July 5, 2000 |
Men can make themselves their own god —
They can selfishly do things to promote their
ego and rebel against the greatest commandment —
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 more one gives into sin — the more blind one
becomes and as the Holy Spirit guides — satan counsels
and works in pride, isolation and a desire to
do exactly as one rebellious person chooses —
against love —
rebelling against the will of God —
lacking faith — that is seeing through the eyes
of God — lack of seeing God's Plan and
giving into satan —
giving one's power away to helping satan —
The world lures men into thinking that sex —
selfishness, acceptance of men
self image before others — is what is
important — while some even use
religion to promote their weak self image —
It takes looking at the cross to see what authentic
love is — Jesus who suffered and died for our sins
out of love
Exodus 3: 11-20
Moses said to
God, 'Who am I to go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of
Egypt?' 'I shall be with you,' God said, 'and this is the sign
by which you will know that I was the one who sent you. After
you have led the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on
this mountain.'
Moses then said to God, 'Look,
if I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The
God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and
they say to me, "What is his name?" what am I to
tell them?' God said to Moses, 'I am he who is.'
And he said, 'This is what you are to say to the
Israelites, "I am has sent me to you."'
God further said to Moses, 'You are to tell the
Israelites, "Yahweh, the
God of your
ancestors, the
God of Abraham,
the
God of
Isaac and the
God of Jacob,
has sent me to you." This is my name for all
time, and thus I am to be invoked for all
generations to come.
'Go, gather the elders of Israel together and
tell them, "Yahweh, the
God of your
ancestors, has appeared to me — the
God of Abraham,
of
Isaac and of
Jacob — and has
indeed visited you and seen what is being done
to you in Egypt, and has said: I shall bring you
out of the misery of
Egypt to the
country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the
Jebusites, to a country flowing with milk and
honey." They
will listen to
your words, and you and the elders of Israel are
to go to the king of
Egypt and say
to him, "Yahweh, the
God of the
Hebrews, has encountered us. So now please allow
us to make a three-days' journey into the
desert and
sacrifice to
Yahweh our God." I am well aware that the king
of
Egypt
will not let
you go unless he is compelled by a mighty hand;
he
will not let
you go until I have stretched out my arm and
struck
Egypt with all
the wonders I intend to work there.
We look to God for justice — not to men
seeking their own promotion —
Justice and Peace will kiss —
We seek mercy from God for our sins
Jesus is beside us in life —
Jesus wants oneness with Him —
Jesus carries our burdens
Matthew 11: 28-30
‘Come to me, all you who
labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my
yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden
light.’
We need order in our life —
God loves us so much and has gifted us abundantly —
In today's world — people that live hurting and
controlling others do so because
they don't see how precious they are
to Jesus —
they can be weak and want to gain power —
force others to do it their way —
Song: A Song from Jesus
Song: Give Me Your Heart Oh Jesus
Act of consecration
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
"Lord Jesus, Chief
Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred
Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You
have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ
Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your
Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your
most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in
this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help
me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my
life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust
in You!
"Dear Blessed Virgin
Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart,
this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother
of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most
special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates,
a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the
renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give
myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed
Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to
imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor
so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever
closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the
flock."
Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love
Given July 21, 2010
There is a devil
There is a spiritual battle —
Choosing to do God's will is the answer.
The heavenly Father is so good —
Jesus told us the Father is full
of love and mercy.
Excerpt from Response to God's Love
The Mystery of
Christ and Christian Existence
... In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery.
Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his
inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this
inner life of God.
The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a
perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the
immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father.
Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy
Spirit in a perfect act of loving.
At the destined moment in human history, God's
self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner
self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression.
Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ,
God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation
and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell
within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their
own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish
through Christ.
end of excerpt
Jesus said He will send us the Holy Spirit —
The Holy Spirit deepens our love
of God —
The evil spirit is evil —
Relationship with God and others —
Sing: Abba Father
Sing: Dwelling Place
Jesus: America, America, why are many
dishonest.
Live by the 10 Commandments —
Obey your God —
Many do not want anyone
telling them what to do —
How can there be unity —
operating like a body —
if some say —
we want no rules —
we want to do what we
want —
Then others who we are to -
work with are our enemies —
because we say "I want to do what I
want and the people who want
to work with me get in
my way"
This is chaos —
God is order —
R. God commanded us to love
God and love one another
as ourselves —
Discipline is necessary —
Dads and moms are both over the children —
Obedience to the commandments —
The Ten Commandments
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You
shall not have other gods besides me.
2. You shall not take the name
of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the
Sabbath day.
4. Honor your father and your
mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit
adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet anything
that belongs to your neighbor.
Love God above all things —
When we sin we put ourselves
above God —
When we are angry and want to hurt
our brother — premeditated
anger — holding out what
is needed to block God's
work —
to punish those who need
something by holding back —
Jesus gives us Himself — truly
present in the Eucharist —
He feeds the life we receive
in baptism —
The Almighty God is love —
Love Gives
God gives us the gift of His life
in baptism and He feeds this
life with the Eucharist —
Ephesians 5: 21-30
Be subject to one another out of reverence for
Christ. Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,
since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so
is a husband the head of his wife; and as the Church is subject to
Christ, so should wives be to their husbands, in everything.
Husbands should love their wives, just as Christ
loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her to make her holy by
washing her in cleansing water with a form of words, so that when he
took the Church to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or
wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless. In the same
way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies;
for a man to love his wife is for him to love himself. A man never
hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is
the way Christ treats the Church, because we are parts of his Body.
The husband is to sacrifice himself
for his wife —
LOVE
Christ is the groom —
The Church is His bride —
Jesus calls us in the Shepherds of Christ
to pray for the priests, the
Church and the world —
God has given us these prayers and
this message —
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved priest-companion, I intend
to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the
movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the
renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the
chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument
for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds
of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will
use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate
Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the
members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be
deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to
My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J.
Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The
Jesuits)
Jesus told us to do the Holy Spirit
prayers at 6:20 - daily —
Jesus told us to do the Shepherds of Christ
prayers at 6:30 daily —
and the rosary
A person can sin and then
put the blame on the
person they sinned
against — they can
abuse another and then
project their guilt on the
innocent person offended —
A person can act out great anger
because of their own guilt —
A person who is clean of heart —
will not rage over
nothing —
Get rid of bags of wounds and
guilt — don't lie to yourselves
about your sinfulness —
It's like burying a live worm —
The guilt builds when we
lie about our sins —
Live to be clean of heart —
Live to be pure —
Jesus is truth — if you want to
unite to God you must be truthful.
The devil is deception —
The devil tries to trick you
to do what is evil —
The devil wants discord
The devil wants no unity —
The devil attacks religious
communities —
The devil attacks families —
The devil attacks parishes
in those that are
to be unified —
Luke 8: 27-35
He was stepping ashore when a
man from the city who was possessed
by devils came towards him; for a long
time the
man had been living with no clothes
on, not in a house, but in the tombs.
Catching sight of
Jesus he gave a shout, fell at his
feet and cried out at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with
me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I implore you, do not torture
me.' For
Jesus had been telling the unclean
spirit to come out of the man. It
had seized on him a great many times, and then they used to secure
him with chains and fetters to restrain him, but he would always
break the fastenings, and the
devil would drive him out into the
wilds. Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Legion' —
because many devils had gone into him. And these begged him not to
order them to depart into the Abyss.
Now there was a large herd of
pigs feeding there on the mountain, and the devils begged him to let
them go into these. So he gave them leave. The devils came out of
the
man and went into the pigs, and the
herd charged down the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had
happened they ran off and told their story in the city and in the
country round about; and the people went out to see what had
happened. When they came to
Jesus they found the
man from whom the devils had gone
out sitting at the feet of Jesus, wearing clothes and in his
right mind; and they were afraid.
The devil disrupts —
unity in prayer —
devil comes to tear apart —
to have a fight — to argue
The devil wants to tear apart the
unity God wants in the
Church —
tear apart religious communities —
tear apart families —
tear apart businesses —
The devil wants discord
The devil wants division
The devil wants disobedience to God's will —
Opposing the will of God is
working for what the devil
wants —
The devil tried to tempt Christ
after He fasted 40 days —
Luke 4: 1-13
Filled with the
Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into
the desert, for forty days being put to the test by the devil.
During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then
the devil said to him, ‘If you are Son of God, tell this stone to
turn into a loaf.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Scripture says:
Human beings
live not on bread alone.’
Then leading him
to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the
kingdoms of the world and said to him, ‘I will give you all this
power and their splendour, for it has been handed over to me, for me
to give it to anyone I choose.& Do homage, then, to me, and it shall
all be yours.’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says:
You must do
homage to the Lord your God,
him alone you must serve.’
Then he led him
to Jerusalem and set him on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are
Son of God,’ he said to him, ‘throw yourself down from here, for
scripture says:
He has
given his angels orders about you,
to guard you,
and again:
They will
carry you in their arms
in case you trip over a stone.’
But Jesus answered
him, ‘Scripture says:
Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.’
Having exhausted
every way of putting him to the test, the devil left him, until the
opportune moment.
Satan wanted Jesus to bow
to him —
Satan wants a man to try
to have power over God —
Power - over
Seeking dominance for
dominance sake —
Satan tells you to do what
you want —
Satan tells a person
no rules - only your rules —
Satan says no one over you —
control everybody —
manipulate everybody —
force everybody —
so you have all the Power —
Satan says:
"Don't work with others —
your workers are your
enemies they are not as
good as you — they should
bow to you"
The devil wants the startling —
I tell you things (untrue) to
make me look smart and to
get your attention — to
control you — "You are so great,
you are to say" That is
what satan wants —
Satan wants always — up and down work —
satan wants you to rage,
force, manipulate,
hold out, control —
to have the power —
seek dominance for
dominance sake —
NOT recognize power as
coming from God —
Satan says:
"Why brother with being holy —
all that matters is what people
think of you —
wear a mask and
get the approval of men —
men will bow to you —
men will say you are smart"
Matthew 4: 8-10
Next, taking him to a very high
mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and
their splendour. And he said to him, ‘I will give you all these, if
you fall at my feet and do me homage.’ Then Jesus replied, ‘Away
with you, Satan! For scripture says:
The Lord your God is the one
to whom you must do homage,
him alone you must serve.’
Satan is the father of lies
Satan wants to keep tempting
a person until he can
get your soul —
Satan doesn't stop
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Decline of Discipline
for the purpose of
dying to our
imperfections —
To rise in God —
The devil operates in secret —
he tempts and tempts —
a person gives into sin and
it can become vices —
bad habits —
Romans 2: 12-24
All those who have sinned without the
Law
will perish without the Law; and
those under the
Law who have sinned
will be judged by the Law. For the
ones that
God
will justify are not those who have
heard the
Law but those who have kept the
Law. So, when gentiles, not having the Law, still through their own
innate sense behave as the
Law commands, then, even though
they have no Law, they are a
law for themselves. They can
demonstrate the effect of the
Law engraved on their hearts, to
which their own
conscience bears witness; since
they are aware of various considerations, some of which accuse them,
while others provide them with a defence . . . on the day when,
according to the gospel that I preach, God, through
Jesus Christ,
judges all human secrets.
If you can call yourself a Jew,
and you really trust in the Law, and are proud of your God, and know
his will, and tell
right from wrong because you have
been taught by the Law; if you are confident that you are a guide to
the blind and a beacon to those in the dark, that you can teach the
ignorant and instruct the unlearned because the
Law embodies all
knowledge and all truth- so then,
in teaching others, do you teach yourself as well? You preach that
there is to be no stealing, but do you steal? You say that
adultery is forbidden, but do you
commit adultery? You detest the worship of objects, but do you
desecrate holy things yourself? If, while you are boasting of the
Law, you disobey it, then you are bringing
God into contempt. As
scripture says: It is your fault
that the name of
God is held in contempt among the
nations.
Our conscience tells us
not to sin —
The more we give in —
the easier it is to sin —
Example — one cheating on their
spouse —
Satan lies — he tells you
how what is evil is
good —
Satan lies — satan is the
father of lies
The devil tells us pride, greed,
hatred, argumentation —
seeking dominance for dominance sake is okay —
After you sin
then the devil makes you
feel awful —
tries to get you to despair —
or anger —
or acting out your guilt
by accusing innocent others —
But the devil doesn't want
you saying you're sorry
and making amends and
begging God for mercy
The devil wants you to
turn inward in
darkness —
When you sin — you are more
miserable because you
have chosen yourself
over God —
Jesus wants us to say we are
sorry and He will
repair the relationship
with us if we repent —
(confession)
But the devil wants you to
despair —
The devil wants division
The devil wants disobedience to
the 10 commandments —
There is but one way —
living in the truth of Christ and
if you sin — say you
are sorry and ask for
forgiveness
The other way is to deny the
evil — to be full of
pride, anger, discord,
jealousy, control, etc. —
Jesus gives us the Eucharist —
Jesus shed His Blood —
Mary crushes the head of satan —
It is important that we are going to the Eucharist
It is important that we are going to Confession
It is important that we are doing adoration
It is important that we are doing the rosary
It is important that we are giving our
hearts to the Hearts
of Jesus and Mary —
December 19, 1996
T
HERE IS A MAN
ON THE CROSS
God wants union with us. He wants fire. Many try to
love God with a cold heart. They tell Him words that they think they
should say that are loving.
When one loves, they do not need to be prompted to
say words. From the depth of their being they cry out their words of
love. It is a cry from within, from the fire within their chest,
behind the words. The words are burning in their chest and must be
released because of the fire behind them.
We are as blind men. We do not see the great gifts
that God gives to us. It is as if we stand by the shore of the sea
and throw little words at Jesus. We must not be afraid to jump into
the water and be completely immersed in His love. He was consumed
with such love for us. He gave Himself to His death on the cross.
There is a man on a cross and he tells us so many
things. He does not have to speak. When we study Him on the cross,
He speaks to us with His pierced hands, His head covered with blood,
His body withered and beaten. He speaks to us of His undying love.
Oh, beloved Savior, I am blind. I am selfish. I do
not see the great reservoir of love that you give to Me. I see the
man dying on the cross. How do I see Him? Do I see a figure and
think, oh, is it a pretty cross, would it look good in my living
room? Do I see the cross and think, oh, I guess I should have one in
my house, others will think I am holy then? Holy people do have a
cross in their homes.
Do I see the body of a man, a live man? Do I see His
labored breath? Do I see His chest move as His Heart beats within?
Do I see the real skin of a man? Do I see the real blood He shed? Do
I see the light that silhouettes His withered body? Do I see the
Light of the World? Do I see the tender skin of an infant laid on
bare wood in the manager and then the torn, lacerated, bloodied skin
of this man?
This is love! There is a man on the cross. There is
a child born to us today. He is the Light of the World. His light is
shining in the darkness, but people do not see. They see the wood,
but they view it for the beauty it will create in their newly
decorated living rooms.
The cross is not a thing of the past, the cross is
with us today. We carry it on our backs as He showed us we would,
but we try to take it off and throw it away.
It is in the cross there is the resurrection. It is
by meditating on the crucifix, we see His undying love. We must open
up our eyes and see. Pray for vision to see clearly the man Who gave
Himself for love of us, Our Divine Lord.
And how do we return His love?
Love is spontaneous, love is fire in our hearts,
love is alive and emitted with force. God is love.
Do we realize that His last thoughts on the cross
were for us. In this agony, as He hung on the cross, He was consumed
with burning love for us. When He was scourged at the pillar, He was
comforted by our acts of love that we give to Him today. Our burning
love for Him was sweetness to His most Sacred Heart in the moments
of His bitter Passion.
Love gives and wants to give its all. A person in
love does not need to be prompted and told to love. Love wants to
give.
Love is given spontaneously, it is not controlled.
Love is tenderness pouring forth from the heart. Love is not
concerned with commitment, love by itself is committed. It pours
forth from the mouth of the lover because of the fire burning deep
inside.
Let us study the battered body of Christ on the
cross. As I study His pierced hands and feet, His head crowned with
thorns, the blood pouring forth from His Heart, as I view the
lacerations covering His body, I feel His word well up in my heart.
He speaks to me in the depth of my soul and I hear Him say, "I love
you. I love you. I love you, to My death on the cross."
He gives, He gives, He gives to us constantly. He
gives and how is He treated by us? We take and we take and we take
and we don't even say thanks. Thanks for our breath, our heartbeat,
the beautiful sky, the sunlit day, the moon at night, the beautiful
eyes of our friends. Oh, how many things He gives to us and how
ungrateful we are!
How is your day? Is your glass half-empty or
half-full?
How often my glass is half empty, as I am reminded
by my spiritual director, Fr. Carter. How often I do not thank Our
Divine Lord for His gifts!
When I am filled with love, I see more clearly. The
secret is to know God's love. We must pray for the grace to know His
love more and for the grace to love Him more.
There is a man on the cross. Do we see His undying
love for us? He speaks no words. He shows us the crucifix. The words
are alive in our hearts.
The Father created us to love and to be loved. God
is love. He wants union with us. He gives Himself to us. This is
love. There is union in proportion to how I give myself to Him.
Jesus gives and gives and gives and we treat Him
"nonchalantly". He gives us love, but we must give ourselves to Him
to have union with Him. He wants us to be one with Him.
We must relish the great gifts He gives to us - the
greatest gift being the gift of Himself. We should anticipate the
great gift of receiving Him in the Holy Eucharist with such
eagerness in our hearts. The words I feel in my heart are expressed
in the song, "I Love You, Jesus":
Oh Burning Heart, Oh Love divine, how sweet You
are to me. I see the host, I know You're here to love and care
for me. I know Your love a little now, so dear You are to me.
Come give me life, abundant life, I thirst to be with Thee. I
cannot say. There are not words to say what my heart feels. I
love You so, I scarce can breathe when You come into me. I know
Your love a little now, so dear You are to me. Come give me
life, abundant life, I thirst to be with Thee. Your tender
Heart, Oh how it beats for love of each this day. I want to give
You all my love, surrender totally. I know Your love a little
now, so dear You are to me. Come give me life, abundant life, I
thirst to be with Thee.
When we awake at night, we must think of Him and how
we will receive Him the next day. We long to go to Communion to
receive Him. We love Jesus in the Eucharist so much. A King comes to
us. He enters our body and unites with our soul. He is the King of
the kingdom of heaven...He is our Lover, He is the Almighty God, a
Divine Person, and He comes to us. He wants us to come to Him with
such longing. He wants us to think of Him all day. He wants us to
long for Him.
Ps. 63:1-8:
God, you are my God, I pine for you;
my heart thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
as a land parched, dreary and waterless.
Thus I have gazed on you in the sanctuary,
seeing your power and your glory.
Better your faithful love than life itself;
my lips will praise you.
Thus I will bless you all my life,
in your name lift up my hands.
All my longings fulfilled as with fat and rich foods,
a song of joy on my lips and praise in my mouth.
On my bed when I think of you,
I muse on you in the watches of the night,
for you have always been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
my heart clings to you,
your right hand supports me.
The priest says in the Mass at the Offertory, "By
the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the
Divinity of Christ, Who humbled himself to share in our humanity."
He gives Himself to us. He shares His Divinity with us. We are human
creatures and He shares Himself with us. My heart burns when the
priest puts the drop of water in the wine. This is, indeed, a great
mystery that God remains with us today, truly present in His
Divinity and humanity in the Holy Eucharist, that He gives Himself
to us in Communion, and that He waits for us to come to the
tabernacle and be with Him. He wants to outpour His divine love and
His divine life to us.
We should swoon for our Lover the Almighty, Divine
God, yet we go to Him with such cold hearts. He wants our burning
love.
The song "I Love You, Jesus":
Oh Burning Heart, Oh Love divine, how sweet You
are to me. I see the Host, I know You're here to love and care
for me. I know Your love a little now, so dear You are to me.
Come give me life, abundant life, I thirst to be with Thee. I
cannot say. There are not words to say what my heart feels. I
love You so, I scarce can breathe when You come into me. I know
Your love a little now, so dear You are to me. Come give me
life, abundant life, I thirst to be with Thee. Your tender
Heart, Oh how it beats for love of each this day. I want to give
You all my love, surrender totally. I know Your love a little
now, so dear You are to me. Come give me life, abundant life, I
thirst to be with Thee.
end of excerpt
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. pp. 141-150
313. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
I
Rules for understanding to some extent the
different movements produced in the soul and for recognizing those that
are good to admit them, and those that are bad, to reject them. These
rules are more suited to the first week
314. I.
In the case of those who go from one mortal sin to another, the enemy is
ordinarily accustomed to propose apparent pleasures. He fills their
imagination with sensual delights and gratifications, the more readily to
keep them in their vices and increase the number of their sins.
With such persons the good spirit uses
a method which is the reverse of the above. Making use of the light of
reason, he will rouse the sting of conscience and fill them with remorse.
315. 2. In the case of those who go on
earnestly striving to cleanse their souls from sin and who seek to rise in
the service of God our Lord to greater perfection, the method pursued is the
opposite of that mentioned in the first rule.
Then it is characteristic of the evil
spirit to harass with anxiety, to afflict with sadness, to raise obstacles
backed by fallacious reasonings that disturb the soul. Thus he seeks to
prevent the soul from advancing.
It is characteristic of the good
spirit, however, to give courage and strength, consolations, tears,
inspirations, and peace. This He does by making all easy, by removing all
obstacles so that the soul goes forward in doing good.
316. 3. SPIRITUAL
CONSOLATION. I call it
consolation when an interior movement is aroused in the soul, by which it is
inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord, and as a consequence, can love
no creature on the face of the earth for its own sake, but only in the
Creator of them all. It is likewise consolation when one sheds tears that
move to the love of God, whether it be because of sorrow for sins, or
because of the sufferings of Christ our Lord, or for any other reason that
is immediately directed to the praise and service of God. Finally, I call
consolation every increase of faith, hope, and love, and all interior joy
that invites and attracts to what is heavenly and to the salvation of one's
soul by filling it with peace and quiet in its Creator and Lord.
317. 4. SPIRITUAL
DESOLATION. I call
desolation what is entirely the opposite of what is described in the third
rule, as darkness of soul, turmoil of spirit, inclination to what is low and
earthly, restlessness rising from many disturbances and temptations which
lead to want of faith, want of hope, want of love. The soul is wholly
slothful, tepid, sad, and separated, as it were, from its Creator and Lord.
For just as consolation is the opposite of desolation, so the thoughts that
spring from consolation are the opposite of those that spring from
desolation.
318. 5. In time of desolation we should never
make any change, but remain firm and constant in the resolution and decision
which guided us the day before the desolation, or in the decision to which
we adhered in the preceding consolation. For just as in consolation the good
spirit guides and counsels us, so in desolation the evil spirit guides and
counsels. Following his counsels we can never find the way to a right
decision.
319. 6. Though in desolation we must never
change our former resolutions, it will be very advantageous to intensify our
activity against the desolation. We can insist more upon prayer, upon
meditation, and on much examination of ourselves. We can make an effort in a
suitable way to do some penance.
320. 7. When one is in desolation, he should
be mindful that God has left him to his natural powers to resist the
different agitations and temptations of the enemy in order to try him. He
can resist with the help of God, which always remains, though he may not
clearly perceive it. For though God has taken from him the abundance of
fervor and overflowing love and the intensity of His favors, nevertheless,
he has sufficient grace for eternal salvation.
321. 8. When one is in desolation, he should
strive to persevere in patience. This reacts against the vexations that have
overtaken him. Let him consider, too, that consolation will soon return, and
in the meantime, he must diligently use the means against desolation which
have been given in the sixth rule.
322. 9. The principal reasons why we suffer
from desolation are three:
The first is because we have been tepid
and slothful or negligent in our exercises of piety, and so through our own
fault spiritual consolation has been taken away from us.
The second reason is because God wishes
to try us, to see how much we are worth, and how much we will advance in His
service and praise when left without the generous reward of consolations and
signal favors.
The third reason is because God wishes
to give us a true knowledge and understanding of ourselves, so that we may
have an intimate perception of the fact that it is not within our power to
acquire and attain great devotion, intense love, tears, or any other
spiritual consolation; but that all this is the gift and grace of God our
Lord. God does not wish us to build on the property of another, to rise up
in spirit in a certain pride and vainglory and attribute to ourselves the
devotion and other effects of spiritual consolation.
323. 10. When one enjoys consolation, let him
consider how he will conduct himself during the time of ensuing desolation,
and store up a supply of strength as defense against that day.
324. 11. He who enjoys consolation should take
care to humble himself and lower himself as much as possible. Let him recall
how little he is able to do in time of desolation, when he is left without
such grace or consolation.
On the other hand, one who suffers
desolation should remember that by making use of the sufficient grace
offered him, he can do much to withstand all his enemies. Let him find his
strength in his Creator and Lord.
325. 12. The enemy conducts himself as a
woman. He is a weakling before a show of strength, and a tyrant if he has
his will. It is characteristic of a woman in a quarrel with a man to lose
courage and take to flight if the man shows that he is determined and
fearless. However, if the man loses courage and begins to flee, the anger,
vindictiveness, and rage of the woman surge up and know no bounds. In the
same way, the enemy becomes weak, loses courage, and turns to flight with
his seductions as soon as one leading a spiritual life faces his temptations
boldly, and does exactly the opposite of what he suggests. However, if one
begins to be afraid and to lose courage in temptations, no wild animal on
earth can be more fierce than the enemy of our human nature. He will carry
out his perverse intentions with consummate malice.
326. 13. Our enemy may also be compared in his
manner of acting to a false lover. He seeks to remain hidden and does not
want to be discovered. If such a lover speaks with evil intention to the
daughter of a good father, or to the wife of a good husband, and seeks to
seduce them, he wants his words and solicitations kept secret. He is greatly
displeased if his evil suggestions and depraved intentions are revealed by
the daughter to her father, or by the wife to her husband. Then he readily
sees he will not succeed in what he has begun. In the same way, when the
enemy of our human nature tempts a just soul with his wiles and seductions,
he earnestly desires that they be received secretly and kept secret. But if
one manifests them to a confessor, or to some other spiritual person who
understands his deceits and malicious designs, the evil one is very much
vexed. For he knows that he cannot succeed in his evil undertaking, once his
evident deceits have been revealed.
327. 14. The conduct of our enemy may also be
compared to the tactics of a leader intent upon seizing and plundering a
position he desires. A commander and leader of an army will encamp, explore
the fortifications and defenses of the stronghold, and attack at the weakest
point. In the same way, the enemy of our human nature investigates from
every side all our virtues, theological, cardinal, and moral. Where he finds
the defenses of eternal salvation weakest and most deficient, there he
attacks and tries to take us by storm.
328. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
II
Further rules for understanding the different
movements produced in the soul. They serve for a more accurate discernment
of spirits and are more suitable for the second week
329. I. It is characteristic of God and His
Angels, when they act upon the soul, to give true happiness and spiritual joy,
and to banish all the sadness and disturbances which are caused by the enemy.
It is characteristic of the evil one to
fight against such happiness and consolation by proposing fallacious
reasonings, subtilties, and continual deceptions.
330. 2. God alone can give consolation to the
soul without any previous cause. It belongs solely to the Creator to come into
a soul, to leave it, to act upon it, to draw it wholly to the love of His
Divine Majesty. I said without previous cause, that is, without any preceding
perception or knowledge of any subject by which a soul might be led to such a
consolation through its own acts of intellect and will.
331. 3. If a cause precedes, both the good angel
and the evil spirit can give consolation to a soul, but for a quite different
purpose. The good angel consoles for the progress of the soul, that it may
advance and rise to what is more perfect. The evil spirit consoles for
purposes that are the contrary, and that afterwards he might draw the soul to
his own perverse intentions and wickedness.
332. 4. It is a mark of the evil spirit to
assume the appearance of an angel of light. He begins by suggesting thoughts
that are suited to a devout soul, and ends by suggesting his own. For example,
he will suggest holy and pious thoughts that are wholly in conformity with the
sanctity of the soul. Afterwards, he will endeavor little by little to end by
drawing the soul into his hidden snares and evil designs.
333. 5. We must carefully observe the whole
course of our thoughts. If the beginning and middle and end of the course of
thoughts are wholly good and directed to what is entirely right, it is a sign
that they are from the good angel. But the course of thoughts suggested to us
may terminate in something evil, or distracting, or less good than the soul
had formerly proposed to do. Again, it may end in what weakens the soul, or
disquiets it; or by destroying the peace, tranquility, and quiet which it had
before, it may cause disturbance to the soul. These things are a clear sign
that the thoughts are proceeding from the evil spirit, the enemy of our
progress and eternal salvation.
334. 6. When the enemy of our human nature has
been detected and recognized by the trail of evil marking his course and by
the wicked end to which he leads us, it will be profitable for one who has
been tempted to review immediately the whole course of the temptation. Let him
consider the series of good thoughts, how they arose, how the evil one
gradually attempted to make him step down from the state of spiritual delight
and joy in which he was, till finally he drew him to his wicked designs. The
purpose of this review is that once such an experience has been understood and
carefully observed, we may guard ourselves for the future against the
customary deceits of the enemy.
335. 7. In souls that are progressing to greater
perfection, the action of the good angel is delicate, gentle, delightful. It
may be compared to a drop of water penetrating a sponge.
The action of the evil spirit upon
such souls is violent, noisy, and disturbing. It may be compared to a drop of
water falling upon a stone.
In souls that are going from bad to worse, the action of
the spirits mentioned above is just the reverse. The reason for this is to be
sought in the opposition or similarity of these souls to the different kinds
of spirits. When the disposition is contrary to that of the spirits, they
enter with noise and commotion that are easily perceived. When the disposition
is similar to that of the spirits, they enter silently, as one coming into his
own house when the doors are open.
336. 8. When consolation is without previous
cause, as was said, there can be no deception in it, since it can proceed from
God our Lord only. But a spiritual person who has received such a consolation
must consider it very attentively, and must cautiously distinguish the actual
time of the consolation from the period which follows it. At such a time the
soul is still fervent and favored with the grace and aftereffects of the
consolation which has passed. In this second period the soul frequently forms
various resolutions and plans which are not granted directly by God our Lord.
They may come from our own reasoning on the relations of our concepts and on
the consequences of our judgments, or they may come from the good or evil
spirit. Hence, they must be carefully examined before they are given full
approval and put into execution.
end of excerpt
The failure of one can be the
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Look at Jonah
In the belly of the whale —
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So they repented and many
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Jesus: I want this emotion in the letter I
told you to write. I, Jesus, Son of God, talk to you with such
emotion! I am He Who died a brutal death for love of you. I died for
you! I love you this much, to give My Life! Yet you couldn't even
write when I asked you. You must do exactly as I say. I do not want
you ever to say no to Me!
I have such emotion! I am telling you how I died a
brutal death and you, My child, did not write for Me! What more can
I do? What more do they want? You put others before Me or you would
do as I command. I want you to do as I tell you every moment.
I am the Lord. I am the Son of God. Such emotion I
let you feel for My death. I died. I am a person. I was human and I
died for you. Think of yourself giving your life for someone and
they do not care. What can I do to shake you? What more can I say? I
am here and I am loving you and pleading with you to listen to Me
with this emotion that God is telling you. I am Jesus. I died for
you. I gave My life for you and do you even listen, My little sweet
one? You didn't want to write it for My children. When I give you a
command, you write. When I say do, you do. Selflessness! I am
pushing you because I need your total surrender. Do not ever deny My
writing to My loved ones. You have a responsibility. I don't care
where you are when I talk. I am God and I talk to you. I am so
present to you.
Listen. I need your selflessness. I need your
surrender. I need your life, given for love of Me and Me alone. I
need you to be the light that shines on the hill, that does not go
in and out but is constant in My love. I need your commitment. I
need your attention at every moment. I am feeding you My words every
moment on paper and in your hand. You must obey Me exactly as I
command. No questions, only action. I want action. Now! You write
when I say write. I don't care where you are. You worry not for
others. I am giving you the mighty medicine. Would you tell the
doctor to wait? I am God and I do not ever want to wait while you
play a safe game with Me. When I say do something, I want you to do
it. You are My beloved and I am filling you with fire.
I am pushing you to do that which I need done. Do
not ever stop to look around. Keep your focus on Me and My commands
for you. I am using you every moment. I must be able to count on
your constant consent to do My will immediately! I am calling you to
this work and I want you to comply. I love you ardently. I am so
full of love for you. Focus on this and this alone. I am Who am. I
am God, child. Do not ever hesitate. Do not doubt or think. You must
act as I act in you or My work will not be done.
Be selfless about My commands. You will do My work.
You will spread My words of love and create emotion with My songs
and I will use you to bring My flock to My love. I love every soul!
You must spread My love.
Note: (Meditating on the Crucifixion) Going
to Mass at the seminary at 8:00 a.m. was rushed. He said to me,
"Where are you going, child. Do you not feel My presence with you?"
A calm came over me. Then He started lamenting how He died for us,
how He is a true person and He loves us so much. He said, "I died
for you."
R. He gave His life for us. He is the little
lamb led to the slaughter out of love for us. He said, "I need you
to do this work now and I am pushing you." He was so upset! He died
for us. He loves us so much as to give His life.
He begged me to spread His love, to tell others how
He, bloodied, bruised and beaten, gave us His life.
Jesus: I am God. I am God. I died. Spread My
love now! Now! Now! Now! Now! I am begging you not to hold back!
Read these letters now, read and learn about My love. I beckon you
to speak of My love. Shout it from the high roof. Proclaim it in the
cities. Jesus Christ died for love of you and He is risen! I am He
Who is God and I died for you!
Listen and preach My love and emotion here. Priests
will create little cities, little cities in each church to spread
the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create his
own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power.
His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no
power except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of
Jesus will be powerhouses.
I am God, My little ones. God can do all things. I
can make your cities light up the darkness. I am the Way, the Truth,
the Life. I am the light of life. I am God! I can do all things. I
want to act in you. You need to be in constant union with Me. My
priests, you need to be selfless. My soul and yours are one. I want
to act in you.
Hold not back. Pray the Prayer for Union with Me.
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