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August 18, 2015
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August 19th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Pray for special intentions.
Pray for Dan & Melanie, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Sonny & family, Blue Book 15.
Please pray for funds & grace.
Blue Book 15 Available
Introductory Price $5.00 plus postage
Given August 17, 2015
R. The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Jesus called the Apostles – they were imperfect
Peter was a fisherman, he had much to learn –
he was to learn for he needed it!
Jesus invited Matthew to supper – he
was a tax collector –
he was focused on money – he had
a lot to learn
Jesus taught them, He trained them –
He healed sins and He healed
the sick.
Jesus, the Son of God –
teacher and healer
He worked miracles
The paralytic rose and walked –
Did you read Hebrews 11 a couple of days ago?
We saw the faith of the prophets – it was
because of faith they did what they
did –
We need intimacy with Jesus, love from
our hearts –
Jesus called the Apostles and they left many
things to follow Jesus –
God calls people today to faith, hope and
love –
God calls us to worship God and put
aside false gods,
Jesus loved all –
Jesus came for sinners –
Jesus said sinners may enter heaven
before the ones thinking they were holy.
God reads the hearts. Jesus wants conversion.
Jesus ate with sinners –
We cannot be self-righteous –
Jesus called Matthew and James –
The Apostles had to change their tempers,
they had to believe Jesus –
they heard the parables Jesus taught them.
Jesus showed many things in the parables –
We see the message of conversion –
Mary came at Fatima telling us we needed
to convert, we need to make reparation –
The message of the scriptures is clear –
Jesus is the Word –
We can ignore what it says and call ourselves
holy – we can be hypocrites –
The Word and the Eucharist is the Bread of Life.
Sing: I Am the Bread of Life
Jesus paid a precious price for us to be
able to have the Eucharist –
Think of how they endlessly beat Jesus'
flesh – wound on top of wound –
think of how they hit Jesus – all over
with terrible whips
Jesus taught them to open up to each other.
We are brothers in Christ –
He told them the prodigal son parable
because, the son home all the time,
could have turned away the brother
who left –
God the Father loves us, Jesus said He came
for sinners.
The devil works in anger. We are to forgive –
really forgive – not be frozen in our hearts
and store up years and years of unforgiveness
and anger and nurse it and feel sorry
for ourselves and blame innocent others.
A person can project their anger on the past
on a victim as long as they can find one
to take it.
Only God can give the grace to help us
heal and get rid of old unforgiveness
and anger, but we are to pray for grace
whenever we get angry Fr. Joe says –
not nurture it, hold onto it, hold out
what God wants for the building of His Kingdom
because we have anger that we nurse,
anger that takes down the house,
anger we have to hurt people. This
is wrong. The devil tries to to work-up a person
who gives into anger. He tells them why
they should be angry and tries to work them up.
Were the apostles men on a pity-pot to
do what they did – Many were martyrs –
Jesus says to us
Come Follow Me
Fr. Carter's two books
Response to God's Love
Response in Christ
Call – Response!
God first loved us –
John 3: 16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
R.
Jesus is teaching us His truths and many
today do not live by God's truths.
Matthew 19: 27-30
Then Peter answered and said, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?’ Jesus said to them, ‘In truth I tell you, when everything is made new again and the Son of man is seated on his throne of glory, you yourselves will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and also inherit eternal life.
‘Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.’
R. Jesus healed the sick
He told them to have faith –
Jesus told us we needed faith
Jarius' daughter died and Jesus
rose her from the dead –
R.
Heal our hearts God of unwanted tendencies
that the devil uses and we give in –
Dear God increase in us the virtues
of faith, hope and love.
Jesus gives us life –
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
Jesus told Thomas he needed to believe.
John 20: 24-29
Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord,’ but he answered, ‘Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.’ Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you,’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him:
You believe because you can see me.
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet believe.
R.
Jesus asked the Apostles to follow Him and
they had to leave many things to
follow Him –
Jesus had to deal with 12 men, who had to
learn and get along and be able to
carry on the Church after Jesus
ascended into heaven.
God has a plan for us
From the Priestly Newsletter
Cardinal Newman said"... everyone who breathes, high and low,
educated and ignorant, young and old, man and woman,
has a mission, has a work. We are not sent
into this world for nothing; we are not born at
random. . . God sees every one of us;
He creates every soul, He lodges it in
a body, one by one, for a purpose. He needs,
He deigns to need, every one of us.
He has an end for each of us... we are
placed in our different ranks and stations, not to
get what we can out of them for ourselves, but to
labor in them for Him, as He rejoiced to do His work,
we must rejoice in ours also."
(Discourses addressed to mixed congregations)
R. John the Baptist prepared a way for Jesus
and he lost his head!
John the Baptist was on fire for God's law.
Jesus: Men don't change many times because
they do not want to. They do not want
to give up power, attention, they
want to rule, they want affections
and lording over others how they are better
than everyone else – They can tell
themselves they don't need relationship –
everyone is under them and
they see themselves as better than
everybody else (they think) –
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Blue Book 14
One of the following DVD
Picture of Our Lady of Clearwater 4X 6
Prayer Brochure
Give the gift that keeps giving.
6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage
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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
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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
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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.
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Tell My People $5.00
Response to God's Love $8.00
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