| Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing |
 |
| Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing |
|
July 7, 2015
|
July 8th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Pray for special intentions.
Pray for Dan & Melanie, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Sonny & family, Blue Book 15,
We need funds to print Blue Book 15.
Please pray for funds & grace.
July 7, 2015
R. We need God's grace to act supernaturally.
We need God's grace to see the vision of God.
We need to want and love to do God's will.
We have to stop sinning to do this
and be pure. We must be accountable
and responsible for sin, repent and
ask for God's mercy.
If we want to quit sinning we
have to pray for grace. We must
want order, obey structure –
pray for grace to not sin –
We have tendencies toward the
deadly sins – we cannot give
into them, we need grace to do this.
The deadly sins are: pride, greed, envy,
wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth.
To perform supernatural, god-like
acts of loving and knowing we need
God's grace. Faith, hope and love are theological
virtues and we need to pray to God
for grace to increase in faith, hope and love.
It is a gift from God. God gives
the grace if man seeks
this and man because he has
a free will must cooperate with
that grace to have God-like,
supernatural actions. (If he is baptized.)
This way a man acts – cooperating
with God's grace – leads him to
happiness – The goal of the
man is God!
God infuses into the soul
these gifts – God will increase
in us the gifts of faith, hope and love
which we receive at baptism –
God put His handprint on our
soul –
We seek Him – these actions make
us happy. God as our goal
makes us happy –
In baptism we receive a sharing
in God's life – the life of grace.
Man can reason and will. Man is
a human person. A dog does
not reason and will like a man.
God elevates man's knowing and
loving capacity in baptism to
share in God's loving and knowing
acts. Man must cooperate
with God to perform supernatural
acts – God infuses these gifts
on our soul. We can be
raised to such heights with
God's grace infused in our
soul.
Everything we do that is
in this, is a gift of God's grace
working in us –
We must seek to always
remain in the state of grace –
not commit mortal sins –
keep the soul clean. We don't
want to lose God's grace.
We seek to increase our grace.
God is all goodness. We should
perform good actions to be
like God!
We see the beatific vision –
We prepare here for life - eternal
in heaven.
R. Blue Book 15 Pray for this
Life
The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary
sacramentally made
present –
Today's Readings
That same night he got up and, taking his two wives, his two slave-girls and his eleven children, crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had taken them across the stream, he sent all his possessions over too. And Jacob was left alone.
Then someone wrestled with him until daybreak who, seeing that he could not master him, struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob's hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him. He said, "Let me go, for day is breaking." Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." The other said, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he replied. He said, "No longer are you to be called Jacob, but Israel since you have shown your strength against God and men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." He replied, "Why do you ask my name?" With that, he blessed him there.
Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "and have survived." The sun rose as he passed Peniel, limping from his hip. That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh sinew which is at the hip socket: because he had struck Jacob at the hip socket on the thigh sinew.
Psalm 17: 1-3, 6-8, 15
Prayer Of David
Listen, Yahweh, to an upright cause,
pay attention to my cry,
lend an ear to my prayer,
my lips free from deceit.
From your presence will issue my
vindication,
your eyes fixed on what is right.
You probe my heart, examine me at
night,
you test me by fire and find no evil.
I have not sinned with my mouth as most people do.
I call upon you, God, for you answer me;
turn your ear to me, hear what I say.
Show the evidence of your faithful love,
savior of those who hope in your strength against attack.Guard me as the pupil of an eye,
shelter me in the shadow of your wingsBut I in my uprightness will see your face,
and when I awake I shall be filled with the vision of you.
Matthew 9: 32-38
They had only just left when suddenly a man was brought to him, a dumb demoniac. And when the devil was driven out, the dumb man spoke and the people were amazed and said, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.’ But the Pharisees said, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he drives out devils.’
Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to his harvest.’
R. Jesus cured the people possessed with demons.
We see Jesus healing and teaching and yet for most
of 30 years we do not hear much of Jesus'
life.
Jesus lived a quiet life with Mary and with
Joseph. We see our lives are lived, many
times in quiet, doing tasks that bring us
joy and suffering. God wants whatever we
do to be good actions, done according
to the Father's will, done in love.
We never want to sin mortally, but pray to
God for the grace to be holy and to
be ready to go to confession and confess our sins.
What has God called us to do today and do it with
enthusiasm and love. Do it united to those
He called us to work with. Obey just authority
over us.
The devil wants people to be independent –
we see the independence of Eve in the
garden – learning to work with others
is what we are to do – not try to be
independent, but united to the people
God has called us to serve –
Be in one mind and one heart –
Jesus always taught us to say before we speak
"I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love."
I added yesterday
"Holy Spirit help us to serve God in one heart."
We have not been saying this and division,
confusion becomes a struggle.
Tonight we will watch the Bible Movie
Jacob
Given June 23, 2015
R. Dear Jesus, I offer You all I do today.
Soon the dark night will
pass and the light of day like a person opening up the
store for a new day, the dark of night will peel away
and the morning light will come.
Jesus You are
always there - at every moment, with me, to be with me
in the day - I am not alone.
Today is the day You
have made and when I go to bed tonight I can never live
this day again.
The opportunities You bring,
to do Your work today, are before me.
Help me to
serve You and to let You operate me to do Your holy
work.
Come Lord, fill me now with
Your life in me.
Holy Spirit sanctify me, dwell in
me, enlighten me, help me to be docile to Your touch,
Please bless the work of my hands today.
Fear is a big way the devil
tries to block what God wants us to do this day.
We
can fear all kinds of things.
We can fear health, we
can fear acceptance, we can fear we will be made fun of,
we can fear nobody will hear us,
we can fear we are
too tired or we can fear we are too fat or thin, we can
fear that we won't have what we need, we can fear others
will not accept us, we can fear...
Isn't that the way the media works to try to get us to give in.
Jesus, I give You myself to use for Your day today operating in me, I want to serve You, Come and dwell in me now.
Come Holy Spirit help me to be an empty vessel ready to be filled.
Mary, my mother, walk by my side.
Mary, my Mother, I come to dwell in your Immaculate Heart - take me to the Heart of Jesus.
Come to me Lord and possess my soul.
I offer everything I do all
day united to the Mass.
I offer all my prayers,
works, joys and sufferings to You Lord, united to the
Mass for the building of the Kingdom of God, for the
priest, the Church and the world.
I offer my day for
my private intentions, I offer my day for my family and
the Shepherds of Christ members and needs.
Come to me Lord and possess my soul.
Sing: Come Holy Ghost
Sing: Come to me Lord and Possess my Soul
I love you God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - come dwell in me now.
I adore You, I worship You, I love You, I thank You, God. Amen.
I surrender God in love to
do Your will today.
Help me to love.
Dear Heavenly
Father help me to see through your eyes.
Guardian Angel
"Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen."
end of excerpt
R. Man offers himself interiorly to God in the Mass.
He gives himself – it is offered to God so we
die to our selfish self and we will live
the life of resurrection –
God the Father accepts the sacrifice of Jesus, His Son.
We unite our sacrifice to Jesus.
We adore God and recognize we are under Him –
our lives are in total submission
under Him.
We are to unite all we do as a sacrifice –
all day in total submission to the Father's
will –
We see ourselves as bowing to God,
giving ourselves to God – in every act –
An emptying of self to love and serve Him –
We interiorly empty ourselves –
A promise or vow of a religious of
poverty, chastity and obedience is
a way religious worship God.
A vow is a promise that a person
sees that he is held to.
Fr. Carter was so serious about his
vows –
It comes from a heart of love of
a religious to offer oneself to God because
of their marriage to God.
In religious these vows are under a
superior they obey in the consecrated
life.
It is showing God – they bind themselves
in this promise because they love
Him so very much. It is a
Covenant so to speak between
the religious and God –
It is so serious the Franciscans wear
a rope signifying poverty, chastity and
obedience by 3 knots, they display
always before others.
Superiors ask for that which is to
help serve God and spread the Kingdom of God –
to help the person grow to be holy –
more and more in the image of God –
From the Our Father
"... Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven"
A man of religion wants to worship
God. He wants to pray and sing
to God. His life is a life of love and service
given to his spouse, Jesus, so
a religious should want to pray
and sing openly to worship God, they love.
God wants this open worship –
Singing songs in great honor given
to God – honor of outpouring
to Him praise and
the gift of self in their marriage
to God –
Love is in the heart of the religious who
gives themselves as a gift to God –
Prayer and Singing, Praise and honor
is what God deserves – especially
from religious in community –
in Church – in worship – in
dependent surrender to God –
Man can worship himself before God –
Man can close his heart in
independence before God and
give bad example instead of
giving God what He deserves.
When the Eucharist is exposed it is very
powerful for a community to join
and sing songs to God and to
pray united together – especially
when the world is so focused on
their independence and fan fare –
God calls us on Sundays to spend this
Day worshipping and showing
worship before others to Him –
God wants love, praise, worship given
in loving surrender from those
who profess they are religious and
married to Jesus –
A person can show bad example before
Jesus, before others – when prayer
is called to honor Him –
how they openly rebel against it.
This drags down the whole Church
when a person sees that they
can't show any reverence
and worship to God – like He
isn't even there –
The person puts themselves before God –
a person can put another person
before God even during a worship
at Church.
The devil does not want any praise and love
shown ever to Jesus Christ in
the Exposed Eucharist –
The devil hates – he doesn't love –
The devil wants to block song and
prayers in community before God.
God wants the interior disposition of the
person taking vows and promises
to empty themselves and give great
love through prayer and song
to God –
to be a witness before others –
It is a paradox to wear a habit
and to go and be angry before
the Blessed Sacrament.
God wants to be loved and adored by man
and He is truly present in His
Divinity and humanity in the Eucharist
God loves man –
God deserves honor and adoration and
praise.
God deserves our time to sing and pray
together in prayer and love –
our retreats are just this –
It is awful for one to show others
disrespect before God – truly
present in the Blessed Sacrament
when one is to be a witness and leader
of love and adoration to God.
Who is our god –
When we worship ourselves
When we worship other people
When we worship sports, things –
God has called us to honor Him and keep
holy the Sabbath Day –
It is about Him – praying to Him –
going to Mass – loving Him –
The devil wants to stop love and devotion given
to God.
When we know and love God more and more
deeply – filled us with His grace
we do not give into satan –
The religious man wears a habit so he
can be the voice of what God wants
to the world.
God is to be honored and praised – A person
acting out of step – tries to disrupt,
confuse – tear apart the honor that is
being given to God. Worship shows
honor and love to God, order –
God is above – we are below –
God loves community prayer
in songs and praise before
Him –
His 8 days of prayer are for
this –
Dear God help us to put God
on the throne and not
give into the bad example
of others working against
love for God –
Why would we unjustly offend
God if we recognized that
in prayer – we empty ourselves
before God, we lift our heart
to God –
Matthew 18: 19-20
'In truth I tell you once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in my name, I am there among them.'
R. Being right in relationships –
the order is God deserves worship and
praise
God deserves our respect –
God deserves love
God tells us to keep holy the Sabbath
Day –
It is God's day –
How grave is the way we show disrespect
before the tabernacle –
God wants love –
God wants honor –
God wants respect –
God wants prayer and singing –
we give Him ourselves –
under Him –
empty ourselves in love –
God wants adoration chapels around the world
For the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and Lent
$10.00 plus shippingBlue Book 14
One of the following DVD
Prayer Brochure
Give the gift that keeps giving.
6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Books available in limited supply for this sale.
The more you use the Blue Books and
become one with Jesus – more
intimate with Jesus –
the more your lives are a blessing and
everything you do in life can help
to bring down great grace for the world
because of your being so
one with Jesus.
Guiding Light Homily Book Series
Fr. Joe’s Books
|
|
|
|
|
4 for $20 plus postage of $5.95
These books can be given to:
1) All Priests
2) Good for Music Ministers
3) Good for DRE's
4)
Good for Deacons
5) Good
for Principals of Schools
6) Good for Teachers
7)
Good for Mom and Dads
Given March 21, 2014
R. Pray for These Things
1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
6) People going to Florida and China.
7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
9) Pray for pope helping us.
10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
11) Blue Book 15 and cover and all involved.
For our Publisher and all involved
12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
15) Donors and members and their families.
16) Healing of the Family tree.
17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
18) All who asked us to pray for them.
19) All we promised to pray for.
20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
21) 2 babies and moms.
22) Funds and insurance.
23) Jerry's garage.
24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
26) Consecrate all hearts.
27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.
The Wedding Rosary
Crystal Image Rosary
$40 plus shipping
Original Image Rosary
8mm glass beads
in a matching gift box$40 plus shipping
In Spanish with the Imprimatur
Also we are ready to print
5000 copies of the
Parents and Children's Rosary Book
in SPANISH.
Can you help with a donation?
Give the gift that counts.
Give to your priests Fr. Carter's Books plus postage.
Tell My People $5.00
Response to God's Love $8.00
Response in Christ $8.00
Old Mass Books with the Imprimatur
$2.00 plus postage
New Mass Book with Imprimatur
$8.00 plus postage
New Parents & Children's Book with the Imprimatur
$8.00 plus postage
Fr. Joe's Cycle A – Steadfast to the Sun – Starts in Advent
$5.00 plus postage
Give the gift that keeps on giving!
Give to your priest.
Fr. Carter's Priestly Newsletters Book II
$6.00 plus postage
Get a canvas print of Mary's image
with a sliver of glass and a little
bottle of Jesus and Mary water.
The glass will be fixed behind the
back of the picture.
$200.00 plus postage
Dan called and gave the report to me, when I hung up I saw this rainbow and took a picture for him.
Shepherds of Christ Ministries
P.O. Box 627 China, Indiana 47250
Telephone: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or (812) 273-8405
FAX: (812) 273-3182
Copyright
© 2014 Shepherds of Christ.
