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August 17, 2024
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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. We pray for the upcoming election.
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.
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Nursing Homes Messages
November 19, 1999
Mary: Will you help me reach my children? Please, I cry to thee.
Mary: What can you do to help me?
My Son wants the whole world praying this Christmas.
Keep Christ in Christmas.
The family that prays together stays together.
Pray the rosary for peace in the world.
Little cards are available, they can be ordered from Shepherds of Christ. Please circulate them all over the world.
Mary: These cards will help bring peace and love.
I am Mary, your Mother.
July 16, 1995
Mary: My dear, sweet children,
I call you my children because you are my little children. I mother you as I mothered my Son, Jesus. I love you more than an earthly mother could love you. I love each one of you with a personal love, more than you can love any of your own children.
I call you to come to my Heart. I carried my Son, Jesus, in my womb. I carried Him, a Child, in my arms. I held Him in my arms under the cross. I hold you now, my sweet children, in my arms and press you to my Heart.
When you are cold and alone, come to my arms and I will press you to my Heart and take you to the Heart of my Son, Jesus. His Heart is burning with love for you. You, my little children, are never alone. How dearly I love you! I send you my sweet love.
I am Mary, your Mother. I am with you every second of your day. Come into my Heart, I will protect you.
I love you. I am Mary, your heavenly Mother.
To the Reader
R. Jesus loves you so much. Your life is so important to Him. In this time of your life, you have a lot of time to be with Him. He wants to be with you to talk to you, to share every thought you have. He wants you to share your every moment with Him.
This is a special time in your life because you can be alone with Him. If you offer your day to Him, offer up your eating and sleeping and sitting to Him - it is a prayer.
At this time in your life, your life offered to Him, your sufferings offered to Him, can help save many souls. Your brothers are suffering today. Many have chosen lives of sin. Many could go to hell. Your daily offering of your life to Him can help so many souls today.
Jesus wants you to be so close to Him and to help the world and the Church. Will you offer all your actions to Jesus? Will you offer everything you do as a prayer to Him? Will you offer it for our brothers who are hurting? Will you offer it for our priests and religious?
Oh, Jesus needs you. This is a special time in your life to be close to Him and to help to save souls. You have been called as His apostles of prayer. He loves you. He wants you to offer all your little actions to Him to help renew the Church and the world. Will you help by being His apostle? He is calling you an apostle and He will reward you with the greatest gifts in heaven. Jesus loves you and He wants you to love Him. You are His precious one.
Listen to these songs and messages. Jesus wanted me to give them to you. These are messages of love from Jesus.
August 17, 2024
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Tender words to read to sick loved ones.
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.
R. This book is 8 by 11 great big print for them to read.
October 23, 1999 - Nursing Home Message
Jesus: I was crucified. I DIED FOR YOU.
I DIED FOR YOU.I want you to hear Me say over and over again to you,
"I LOVE YOU", "I LOVE YOU",
I AM ALIVE, I AM WITH YOU TODAY.
YOU DO NOT SEE ME, BUT I AM HERE.
TALK TO ME NOW.
PRAY TO ME.
I AM YOUR BEST FRIEND.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Hear Me say this over and over again. Tell yourself all day,
"Jesus is with me now, Jesus loves me so much He died for me."
"Jesus wants me to be with Him in heaven, I will offer up my little trials for His Movement, Shepherds of Christ, and for souls and for the priests and the Church and the world."My life given as an offering to God can help the souls that are hurting. I can help the whole world by staying close to Jesus and offering up my life sufferings and joys for these intentions. My life is helping the world, the children, the Church, the priests."
Jesus: My sweet one, I love you so much, I love you so much, will you help Me today? Will you talk to Me? Oh, I want to be with you, you are so precious to Me. I love you so, so much, my beautiful soul. I love you, Jesus.
July 16, 1995 (second message)
Mary: My dear little children,
I want to tell you of the sweet, gentle love of my Son. Many do not know how sweetly my Son loves you. Be still and let Him talk in your heart. His Heart is sweet and gentle, always loving and waiting for your love. He longs to hear you tell him of your sweet love. In all your sufferings, He is forever with you. He allows you to suffer to bring you closer to Him. Turn all your sufferings over to Him and offer the sufferings as prayers for the priests and ministers of this world. Pray for all the religious of this world. I am Mary. The Father hears the prayers when prayed from your heart. Offer your prayers and sufferings to the Father. Offering your sufferings to Him is a most powerful prayer. The Father loves you so much. My sweet children, I am Mary, and I thank you for responding to my call.
November 28, 1999 - Nursing Home Message
For Nursing Home Residents, The Sick and All Others
R. It is our pleading cry that God grant grace to the earth and have mercy on us. We want the souls to be reached and that they quit sinning.
Jesus: My
chosen ones, in your sufferings I release great
grace to the earth when you unite everything you
do everyday with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
My holy ones in the nursing homes, the ill and
all others, your sufferings when offered in love
to God are powerful prayers. I hear your cries.
I am pleased you are pleading as members of the
human race and addressing Me to have mercy on
you. This helps make reparation for your sins
and the sins of men.
Your life today is of the greatest importance to
the Church and the world.
Oh, please pray for them by offering up your
sufferings. Pray for My Movement, Shepherds of
Christ, that great grace is given to them to be
able to do what I have asked them to do and that
great grace is given to all to respond. I have
called you. I am Jesus.
I stand by your bedside.
I stand by your chair.
I am in your brothers.
When you love them, you love Me.
Praying for them is love given to all.
I want this. I want you to pray that they will
be one.
Prayer of Jesus before He suffered the bitter
Passion:
John 17:21
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.
Fr. Joe in the Nursing Home,
2 months before he died.
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 10, 2024
Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father (2024)
Begins March 11, 2024 - March 19, 2024
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.
August 4, 2024
Mysteries of Light
The Baptism of Jesus
1. Mark 1: 9-11It 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. We hear the Father introduce Jesus to the world.
Jesus is not only the servant, but God’s beloved Son.
3. ”This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
4. The Father is pleased at Jesus, the Father wants us
to be in the image and likeness of Jesus.
5. To be in the image and likeness of Jesus, we must
try to love like Jesus.
6. Many went before us and sacrificed in their lives for us.
7. We were all created by the Father for a special purpose.
8. Romans 8:14-17All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God; for what you received was not the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear; you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba, Father!' The Spirit himself joins with our spirit to bear witness that we are children of God. And if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we share his suffering, so as to share his glory.
9. The greatest sacrifice is Jesus dying on the cross.
10. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
The Marriage at Cana
1. John 2: 1-10On 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. Jesus began His public life at the Baptism of Jesus.
3. Jesus performed His first miracle at Cana.
4. Jesus lived the quiet life for 30 years.
5. Romans 6:3-5You 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. If we have been joined to him by dying a death like his, so we shall be by a resurrection like his;
6. Jesus performed so many miracles in His public life.
7. God is a God of miracles.
8. Prayer for Union with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
9. A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb the Bridegroom of the Soul
Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.
10. A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest
love.
I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.
Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.
Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.
Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.
Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.
-Mass Book, December 27, 1995
Building the Kingdom of God
1. John 18: 36-37Jesus replied, ‘Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not belong here.’ Pilate said, ‘So, then you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘It is you who say that I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.’
2. When we love someone we give them what is
most precious to us.
We give them ourselves.
3. God the Father gives us Jesus.
Jesus is most precious to God the Father.
4. Love gives for the good of the other.
The Father accepts our sacrifice united to Jesus
in the Mass and the Father gives us Jesus in
Holy communion.
5. Then Jesus emptied Himself for us, His beloved ones.
Jesus comes to us - Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity
in the Eucharist!!!
6. This is love.
This is His message!
Love gives of oneself, like Jesus the greatest lover!!!!!!
7. Pedro Arrupe“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”
8. Sing: The King of Glory
9. Sing: In My Heart
10. Sing: Our Lady of Clearwater
The Transfiguration
1. Mark 9: 2-8Six 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. The Father’s voice was heard.
3. "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased, listen to Him."
4. Jesus took Peter, James and John up Mt. Tabor,
that was a big walk.
5. Jesus appeared transfigured at the top.
6. Our life can be a hard journey, up rocks etc and then
if we go to heaven we can have the beatific vision.
7. I saw Jesus appear to me 4 times in January of
1996 at Holy Cross Immaculata.
It is written in Blue Book 10.
8. I saw Jesus appear that way February 5, when we
opened up the rosary factory.
All these apparitions were in the Sacred Heart statue.
9. Fr. Carter said we could hardly stand the beauty
of our own graced, baptized soul.
10. I love the Mass, so much it makes me cry to be there.
The Institution of the Eucharist
1.
Matthew 26: 26-29
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples. ‘Take it and eat,’ he said, ‘this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them saying, ‘Drink from this, all of you, for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. From now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father.’
2. We were created for more, we cannot be completely
happy here below.
We were created for heaven and eternity with God.
3. Prepare for the beatific vision.
Relationship eternally with Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
4. The Mass helps us enormously to grow in that
relationship with the Trinity.
We know and see the relationship with the Persons
of the Trinity at Mass.
This helps us know God as 3 Persons and know
God as one.
5. God the ultimate mystery!!
We know greater insight into the Divine mystery at
Mass and greater relationship with God: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
We will spend all eternity in this relationship in
heaven, if we go to heaven.
6. With every Mass we should be changed in growing
spiritually with God and others.
It takes surrendering to God and asking Him to
permeate our soul more and more.
7. Oh Holy Spirit infuse in our intellect wisdom,
understanding and knowledge!
Increase in our heart Your capacity more fully to
love like Jesus, for when we love more like Jesus,
we are more in His image and likeness.
This is our treasure to be likened to Jesus.
8. Reach and believe in that which is infinite, that
which lasts forever.
We were created for more than what we know and
experience here on this earth.
Love is ineffable, beyond our comprehension here
below.
9. Knowledge and relationship and love of the Trinity,
makes my chest swell with greater fullness, and
there is more to know.
His love is, indeed, infinite, above and beyond.
10. Sing: God's Love
Sing: I Love You Jesus
