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July 4, 2025
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and 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.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
July 4, 2025
Happy 4thHappy 5th tomorrow
July 5, 2000 was when the
image first turned gold25 years
We need a mother for life!
Mary is our Spiritual Mother.
Our Lady of Clearwater help
us do this mission Jesus and
Mary called us to today and
in the future.We love you Mary, thank
you for Clearwater!!!Sing: Our Lady of Clearwater
July 5, 2000
This is God's fireworks!!
Love and Prayers.
Amen.
Thank you!!!! Happy 4th!
July 4, 2025
Love makes
the world go
round.
Our lives
lived in loving,
according to God’s will, can
give and give in memories,
in fruit helping to build the
Kingdom of God, long after
we did the kindness, long
after we worked so hard.
God sees the
beauty of all we
did long after we did it.
We are here
to help build
the Kingdom of God.
Our kindness
and sacrifices
and love last and last and
goes with us to eternity.
When we are
selfish, against
God’s will, and fail to love,
it dies so fast.
Oh Jesus,
thank You for
taking flesh and teaching us
Your loving ways.
Thank You for
the Church
and the priest and the sacraments.
Oh God You
are so good
to us.
And the best
is yet to come for
those who loved and served
the Lord.
We were
created for the “more”
of heaven.
Let us praise
God for giving
us the moment, the gifts of today.
I love You,
Jesus, thank You
for Your on-fire love.
July 4, 2025
A Few Thoughts
Thank you for
praying with
and for me.
Sacrifice is
what Jesus showed
us.
Sacrifice and love of God first
And love of others as ourselves.
God’s Plan
for our lives is the
perfect Plan.
Adam and Eve did their own
will.
Now is not yesterday;
now is not tomorrow;
now is today,
and today
is a gift from the Lord.
July 4, 2025
A Few Thoughts
Why is it
called the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass?
We give in
love for others,
as God wants us to.
For better or
for worse, the
married couple say - in
sickness and in health, until
death do us part.
We live the
life, death and
resurrection of Christ in our
lives.
We see Jesus
(the Bridegroom
of our soul)
Giving
Himself on the cross,
His Mother at the foot of the
cross, watching her Son, our
Redeemer and Savior give
Himself in love.
The Mass is
the sacrifice
of Calvary sacramentally
made present.
From the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
“… the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed, at the same time it is the font from which all her power flows.”
Priest is Persona Christi.
The Father said listen to Jesus.”
Are we really
living the Father’s
will, living in love and listening
to Jesus.
The Church
must be rooted in
love and obedience to God -
His design - to reach the souls….
Listen to Him…..
Sacrifice
Offering
I am Yours Lord!!
I want to have my life in You!!
July 4, 2025
A Few Thoughts
Happy July 4, 2025
We are as
trapped as we let
ourselves be.
God is always
with us in the
darkest night, shinning His light
and holding our hand, loving
us with His Sacred Heart.
No matter
what, God loves us
in every trial.
Love makes the world go round.
Our lives
lived in loving,
according to God’s will, can give
and give in memories, in fruit
helping to build the Kingdom
of God, long after we did the
kindness, long after we worked
so hard.
God sees the
beauty of all we
did long after we did it.
We are here
to help build the
Kingdom of God.
Our kindness
and sacrifices and
love last and last and goes with
us to eternity.
When we are
selfish, against
God’s will, and fail to love, it
dies so fast.
Oh Jesus,
thank You for taking
flesh and teaching us Your
loving ways.
Thank You for
the Church and
the priest and the sacraments.
Oh God You are so good to us.
And the best
is yet to come for
those who loved and served the
Lord.
We were
created for the “more”
of heaven.
Let us praise
God for giving us
the moment, the gifts of today.
I love You,
Jesus, thank You
for Your on-fire love.
From the Priestly Newsletter Book 3
Living in the Present Moment
I suggest that one of the most difficult acts of self-discipline in the spiritual journey is to concentrate on the present moment. We have a very strong tendency to often disregard the importance of the present moment by focusing in a wrong way on the past or in a wrong way on the future. When we give in to this tendency we suffer a significant spiritual loss. There are proper occasions for thinking of the past and the future. For example, we have to learn from the past and we have to prepare for the future, but our great emphasis has to be upon the present. There is a latin axiom which says, age quod agis, which means: do what you are doing, concentrate to get as much as we can out of the present moment. People with a terminal illness have an opportunity, as they prepare for death, for increased prayer, contrition, love of God. For those who have this opportunity of knowing with some certainty the time of their death, I’m sure as they look back on their lives, they are saddened by the times they did not use time and opportunities for the service of the Lord properly, and are overjoyed at those times in which they did use the present opportunity properly. A great means we have of living in the present properly is a greater focus upon our Lord. For if I have that awareness of the fact I am united with Jesus here and now, why should I be concerned so much about the future or the past? Yes, a great help in living in the present and deriving all the good we can from it for ourselves and others is an ever greater focus on Jesus, because the more I focus upon Jesus and the more I live with Him in the present moment,the more I am satisfied with the present moment. And so let us resolve to grow in that self-discipline which is required to really live in the present with the fullness of our being as much as is possible, with the help of God’s grace. To do so is extremely important for proper growth in the spiritual life. Now is the time. Now is the time to live and to love. Now is the time to become more united to Christ, to be more one with Him. Now is not yesterday; now is not tomorrow; now is today, and today is a gift from the Lord.
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March 10, 2024
Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father
Dear Saint Joseph,
I turn to you, you who cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You taught men and women, the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest commitment
and love.
You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.
You showed us how you
lived in loving conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.
You guided Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.
Protect us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did the Holy Family of Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.
How intimately you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them. You showed us love.
Your heart was pure and gentle and
yet you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for when we
are weak we are strong in God.
St. Joseph please intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick loved ones.
Amen.
St. Joseph help us now in this nine
day novena to you.
Amen.
May 14, 2024
R. Dear Holy Spirit come to me, possess
my soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.
Help me, dear Holy Spirit to know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my life.
I turn to You. Amen.
When I find doing God's desire for my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude, dear
Holy Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act purely for the
honor and glory of God.
I may be willing, but I need Your gift to
give me courage to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of God.
Help me to always put God first in my life,
in love for God in my heart.
Help me to walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.
Help me to be patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.
Please Holy Spirit give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me in the gift
of piety to do that which pleases my Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His little child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this "All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
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.'
Dear Holy Spirit, strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.
Alleluia.
March 23, 2024
Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home
R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.
My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.
I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.
I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.
Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.
I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.
July 29, 2024
R. Dear Mary,
My Mother, I love you so much.
Please take care of my needs in my family.
Ask your precious Son Jesus to help me
and my family.
You are the Mother of Jesus. You cared
so lovingly for Him in your life on earth.
You are His most perfect disciple.
Oh Mary, I love you so much, you are my
spiritual Mother.
There are many of my friends I ask you
to pray for, too.
I know your powerful intercession from
the wedding of Cana.
You stood beneath the cross on Calvary,
after you endured the bitter treatment of
your precious Son Jesus.
Oh Mary, you know so well the trials and
pains of life. Help me now, I turn to your
powerful intercession.
You stand by the altar at Mass and intercede
for Grace for us all day long, please never
abandon me, your little child.
Oh Mary I love you so, so much.
Oh Mary you are the Queen of Peace, please
help us in peace in the world, the Churchs,
the family, the work place for all your little
children of the world.
We need your help for peace now, hear our
pleas as we turn to your powerful intercession.
July 3, 2025
A Few Thoughts Rosary
Sorrowful Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
1. Luke 22: 39-46
The Mount of Olives
He then left to make his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, with the disciples following. When he reached the place he said to them, ‘Pray not to be put to the test.’
Then he withdrew from them, about a stone’s throw away, and knelt down and prayed. ‘Father,’ he said, ‘if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine.’ Then an angel appeared to him, coming from heaven to give him strength. In his anguish he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. When he rose from prayer he went to the disciples and found them sleeping for sheer grief. And he said to them, ‘Why are you asleep? Get up and pray not to be put to the test.’
2. Sacrifice - Jesus showed us
sacrifice.
3. Love - Jesus showed us love.
4. Obedience - Jesus showed us
obedience.
5. Only one thing is important -
eternal salvation.
6. Jesus' sweat fell to the earth
as drops of blood.
7. Jesus paid for our sins.
8. Jesus said “yes”.
9. Mary said “yes”.
10. Adam and Eve did their
own will.
Doing the Father’s will is
the perfect will to follow.
The Scourging at the Pillar
1. Matthew 27: 24-26
Then Pilate saw that he was making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent. So he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood. It is your concern.’ And the people, every one of them, shouted back, ‘Let his blood be on us and on our children!’ Then he released Barabbas for them. After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be crucified.
2. Jesus showed us He followed
the Father’s will.
3. Jesus showed us sacrifice.
4. Jesus showed us that He perfectly
pleased His Father.
5. Jesus showed us in doing the
Father’s
will we may suffer very much.
6. Jesus showed us endurance.
7. Jesus showed us love for the
Father.
8. Jesus showed us love for us.
9. Jesus gave and gave and gave
for love.
10. God is love, we were created
for love.
The Crowning with Thorns
1. Matthew 27: 27-31
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
2. Jesus' head was crowned, not
with jewels, but thorns.
3. Jesus is head of the Body, the
Church.
4. Priests and hierarchy, the pope
who do so much for us, know
criticism, suffering from being
another Christ for us.
5. God is light and in Him is no
darkness.
6. Jesus showed us that when we
are called by God, especially
our priests, they will suffer
sometimes, like Jesus suffered.
7. Jesus was so tired, He fell
asleep in the boat.
8. Jesus’ head bled profusely
because of the crowning of
thorns.
9. Jesus is the head of the
Mystical Body, the Church.
10. The Church is the body
of Christ.
The Carrying of the Cross
1. Mark 15: 15-23
So Pilate, anxious to placate the crowd, released Barabbas for them and, after having Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified. The soldiers led him away to the inner part of the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and called the whole cohort together. They dressed him up in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on him. And they began saluting him, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' They struck his head with a reed and spat on him; and they went down on their knees to do him homage. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple and dressed him in his own clothes. They led him out to crucify him.
They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it.
2. Jesus endured the heavy cross
laden with our sins.
3. Jesus sacrificed.
Jesus loved us, He got up 3
imes after He fell under the
cross.
4. Can you imagine His blood
falling on the earth?
5. Can you imagine the wounds?
6. Can you imagine the suffering?
7. So many people suffer in so
many ways: physical, mental, etc.
8. Fr. Carter said: “It’s not there
is too much suffering in the
world, but so much is wasted.”
9. Jesus showed us joys and
suffering. (Death / Resurrection).
10. May God give us the grace we
need most to endure the sufferings
He asks us to bear and the love
and holiness in our hearts to
identify it with Jesus for the
priests, the Church and the world.
This mystery teaches me about
the endurance of Jesus when
we are called to carry a cross.
Jesus did!!!!
The Crucifixion
1. Mark 15: 24-38
Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get. It was the third hour when they crucified him. The inscription giving the charge against him read, ‘The King of the Jews’. And they crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and one on his left.
The passers–by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, ‘Aha! So you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days! Then save yourself; come down from the cross!’ The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way with the words, ‘He saved others, he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.’ Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.
When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ When some of those who stood by heard this, they said, ‘Listen, he is calling on Elijah.’ Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink saying, ‘Wait! And see if Elijah will come to take him down.’ But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. And the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.
2. Jesus, the
Good Shepherd, laid
down His life for the flock.
3. Jesus carried our sufferings,
Jesus carried our sorrows.
4. We were the ones who did not
listen to the teachings of Jesus
and Jesus was wounded for
our sins.
5. Jesus suffered for our rebellion
against the Father’s will.
6. Jesus suffered because men
were selfish and refused to love,
when we were commanded by
God to love.
7. Did we hear the voice of Jesus,
did we listen to Jesus?
8. From Fr. Carter: “He hung upon
a cross on a hill called Calvary.
Death was near. How much Jesus
had already suffered! He had been
derisively crowned with thorns."
9.
“In
a terrible weakened condition,
He carried the heavy cross to the
hill of Golgotha. There He was
stripped of His garments and
mercilessly nailed to the cross.
After all this brutal and agonizing
suffering, Jesus finally died.”
10. “Truly the.Good Shepherd had
laid down His life for His sheep.
that magnificent Heart, over-
flowing with love for His Father
and all of us had beat it last.”
(Priestly Newsletter, Fr. Carter)
Sing: A Song from Jesus
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 Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new life.
