July 6, 2021 

John 17: 20-26

I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me. May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me. I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one. With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me. 

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.

                R. Jesus wants unity –

                Jesus: I sent them out 2 by 2. You
                    were created to be a social being –
                    to be united in community.
                    You are intended to live in
                    communion with others.
                    You are to be aided in your
                    eternal destiny by others and
                    you are to help aid others
                    to their eternal destiny.

                R. As a Christian we are to
                    deepen the idea of being
                    united more and more to others.

                We have a responsibility to stay
                    united to Christ and others.

                We are to help build Christian
                    community in our lives.

                This life in our vocation helps
                    us to live in unity with
                    God and others eternally.

                We are to help build up the body of Christ
                    being baptized Catholics.

                This is a privilege and we are to
                    love the Church, love the body
                    of Christ, love the children of
                    the Church.

                    The Church belongs to
                        Christ – we don't have
                        the right to rule.

                If we love Christ, we
                    will love the Church.

                Jesus is the founder of the Church –

                From the pierced side of Christ
                    came blood and water.
                    Water a symbol of baptism
                    and Blood the symbol of Eucharist.

                The Church is a Pilgrim Church –
                    there are imperfections in
                    her members.
                    The Church is in the state
                        of becoming more
                        Christ-like.

                We know how we love the Church,
                    but its members can be
                    sinful and imperfect.

                We have a responsibility to contribute
                    to making the Church more and
                    more what Christ wants it to be.

                The unity of the Church grows
                    more and more as its members
                    grow according to the
                    Gospel pattern Jesus has
                    left to her.

                This unity develops as we labor as God
                    intends the Body of Christ to do.
                    It may entail sweat and tears –
                    look at hierarchy and priests
                    who give faithfully.

                In baptism we are incorporated
                    into the mission of the Church.
                    Christ is the head of the Church.

                Fr. Carter says
                    "The Church is the earthly
                    and visible continuation of the
                    redemptive Incarnation. The Church
                    has the responsibility of continuing
                    therefore, the redemptive mission
                    of Jesus. As members of the Church,
                    each of us has a responsibility
                    to assume our part in the
                    Church's work." Fr. Carter, Founder

                What we do as members of the mystical
                    body effects the whole body.

                We are to live out our baptismal
                    life and reach greater
                    maturity because of confirmation.

                When we live our life as God intends
                    the Church is strengthened –

                When we do not do what Jesus
                    wants us to be it hurts
                    the Church.

1 Corinthians 12: 4-6

There are many different gifts, but it is always the same Spirit; there are many different ways of serving, but it is always the same Lord. There are many different forms of activity, but in everybody it is the same God who is at work in them all.
 

                R. We all have different gifts and talents
                    we are to use in the Church to
                    bring greater strength and
                    unity in the Church.

                    We are to make our own unique
                contribution to helping to build
                up the Church. We must resist
                ALL JEALOUSY –

                If God has called me to be
                    giving gifts how can I
                    be envious of others giving
                    what God wants of them.

                We should rejoice in the
                    God-given gifts given
                    and developed by others, just
                    as they should in mine.

 
Use Your Talents

October 3, 1993 Chicago Marian Conference 11:30a.m.

Jesus: I am your Savior, Son of the Living God. I come to you that you might have life, not as the world gives you life, but My life which is life eternal. I carved you from My special carving and made you little less than an angel. I love you and cherish all the moments when you, My special child, come to sit with Me. I wait here and I hope you will choose to come, but I never force you. Your will is totally free and I give it to you because of My love and the will of the Father. I inform you in numerous ways. You do not have to guess and wonder. Come be with Me in this silence and all you need to know will be told to you. Your life is unfolding as a beautiful rose. Each petal falls and you plant My odors about as I so desire. I make your life full and sure as you trust in Me. No need for worrying, My little flower. My ways give you freedom if you listen to your heart. I am a personal God and you know Me as giving you fullness and life. You know there is some magnetism to Me and the way you crave to be part of Me. This is the work of the one, true God Who created you with a thirst that can only be quenched by Me. All roads that lead to Me give you fullness, worth, peace and joy, not as the world thinks, but as you yourself know true peace and joy. When I really touch you, you do not remain the same. I shed My Blood for you that you will have the life only I can give. What friend in this world would die for you? You, My child, were worth My dying for. I came that you will have life eternal and the gift I give is My Precious Blood for your sins. Come to Me in trouble and when you are bowed down. Come to Me in joy. Come to Me every day that you live and I will give you all you need. Seek to know Me more and more. Knowledge of Me, being with Me, are the only way to perfect peace. They lead to eternal life.

I have a divine plan for you. I created you with special gifts and talents to be used to do My work. They are not for your own self-promotion. You, My child, are nothing except as I created you. Why try to promote yourself? It is none of your own doing. I gave you the talents you are using. You had nothing to do with it. These talents were given to you to do My work. To use these talents to make yourself feel better than your brother is indeed a sin. You must realize they are loaned to you to work for Me. As you give someone a car, or loan them a place to stay, I loan you your talents to use to work for Me. If you do not work for Me and use them to make yourself better than your brother, you are offending Me. Likewise, if I give you talents and you do not use them because you think you are not as good as your brother, you are not being thankful to Me for My gifts to you. You are not using My gifts and that offends Me greatly. Each person was created by Me to do My work. Each person has all he needs to do My work. To be envious of others is fruitless. They have their job. You have yours. You are not supposed to do their work. That is why you were not given their talents.

Do your own work. Don't be envious of your brothers. Don't hide your talents. You did not earn them. I gave you your talents. You must sing because I will it. Others must do as I will them to do. It displeases Me to give you a gift and watch you hide it and make light of it. I give the gift. You must use all your gifts. They were given to you to do My work. Your brother has his gifts. Be grateful for your brother and he should be for you. You are all chosen by Me for a special mission. You know what to do. It feels right. I plant little seeds in your heart and all you do that is for you in the end feels right. You are not to be doing your brother's work or he yours. Talk to Me that you might know just what your work is and do it.

Do not hide your talents. Praise your God Who gave you these talents. Embrace and use them. This is not pride. This is My plan. I love you. I give to each of you, My precious children, as a mother who buys special Christmas gifts for each child. To buy gifts all the same for all your children is not to respect their specialness, their individuality.

Oh, I love you, little ones, so much. Please come to Me. I am so good and I wait to be with you and share My love with you. Come now. This is your top priority. All else will work when you come to Me first. I love you. You are My chosen children. Come and be filled and I make your loads light and I fill you with the Spirit of Salvation.

All roads that lead to Me are the right roads. Praise Me for I am good and I love you, little dear ones. end of excerpt

                R. We all share when one contributes
                as God intends us to do.

                    We see division in the world –
                There is much division, disharmony
                in families, in communities,
                in nations etc.

                    The Church is to help families,
                countries, communities grow
                in harmony and love.

                    We see this mission given to Fr. Carter.
                The mission of consecrating our
                hearts to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate
                Heart –
 

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                R. The Church should help
                    this unity and harmony
                    in all these walks
                    of life.

                The world needs our witness
                    of love and unity!

                    Christ desires we are one
                in the Church.
 

John 17: 20-21

I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me. May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.

Acts 7: 55-60

But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand. 'Look! I can see heaven thrown open,' he said, 'and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.' All the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they made a concerted rush at him, thrust him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses put down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. As they were stoning him, Stephen said in invocation, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' Then he knelt down and said aloud, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' And with these words he fell asleep.

Luminous Mysteries

The Baptism of Jesus

1. Mark 1: 9-11

It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. And at once, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’

2. The sky was thrown open.

3. The voice of the Father was heard.

4. This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.

5. God wants our soul to go to heaven.

6. Baptism for us is so important.
    Clear-water.

7. The Father gave a sign with His words.

8. The Holy Spirit was over Jesus’ head.

9. This was at the Jordon River.

10. God gives us grace and blessings.

 

The Marriage at Cana

1. John 2: 1-10  

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said, ‘Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’  There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water,’ and they filled them to the brim. Then he said to them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.’ They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—the president of the feast called the bridegroom and said, ‘Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.’ 

2. God is a God of miracles.

3. Faith, Hope and Love.

4. The Father has given us signs.

5. Jesus changed water into wine.

6. Jesus wants us to grow in His image and likeness.

7. We receive a sharing in His life in baptism.

8. We pray for the grace we need most.

9. We are the brides of Christ.

10. We eat His Body and drink His Blood.
    We are fed by Him.

 

The Kingdom of God

1. Matthew 5: 3-12

How blessed are the poor in spirit:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Blessed are the gentle:
they shall have the earth as inheritance.
Blessed are those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Blessed are those
   who hunger and thirst for uprightness:
they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Blessed are the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
they shall be recognised
   as children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
   in the cause of uprightness:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

2. Christ fed thousands with 2 fish and a few loaves of bread.

3. Jesus is King of heaven and earth.

4. Jesus was given a crown of thorns.

5. We pray for the Reign of the Sacred Heart and triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart.

6. Jesus’ Kingdom is not of this world.

7. Jesus loves us so much.

8. The world, the Church and the Individual Christian are to grow in the image of Jesus.

9. The Church is a pilgrim Church.

10. Jesus paid for our sins.

 

The Transfiguration

1. Mark 9: 2-8

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. Then Peter spoke to Jesus, ‘Rabbi,’ he said, ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He did not know what to say; they were so frightened. And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’ Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.

2. Jesus is the Light of the world.

3. The Father gives a sign.

4. This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, listen to Him.

5. Jesus showed them Himself transfigured.

6. Jesus asks us to see Him crucified.

7. Meditate on this.

8. God is all powerful.

9. 1 Corinthians 15: 20-28

In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

10. Song: A Song from Jesus

 

From Color Book 7

The Institution of Eucharist

1. Jesus sat with the apostles at the last supper.

        2. Jesus took bread and wine and changed
                it into His Body and His Blood.

        3. This is called the last supper.

        4. Jesus also washed the feet of the apostles.

        5. At the last supper Judas was there.

         6. Judas betrayed Jesus.

        7. Jesus loved Judas.

        8. Jesus forgives our sins, we must be sorry
                and ask Him to forgive our sins.

        9. The priest hears our sins in confession,
                the priest can forgive mortal and
                venial sins.

       10. This is a power God gives to His priest.