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August 2nd - 5th
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and Special Intentions. 
 

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 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.   

 

August 2, 2022

R. Bitterness can be deep and
triggers can get at that root
of bitterness, that lurks
beneath the surface.
God teaches us we are to
live the Father’s will.
Acting out anger on
innocent others is bringing
a clogged pipe down on
our life. It’s hating ourselves
deciding we can punish
others for our deadly sins.
Trying to block God’s will
for others is raising
ourselves in pride before
God.
We are to give love and
accept love God wants
others to give to us.
Order is the tranquility of
peace.

God’s will must be our top
priority if I want to grow in
the spiritual life.

Jesus was a baby and
Simeon told Mary and
Jesus of the sufferings to
come.
Transition, Jesus would
pass over to His death on
the cross.
The cross leads to life.
Transition - dying to our will
to have the life of
resurrection.
Dying to our will, to live in
the Father’s will.
Love is giving to promote
the good God wants for the
other.
The 3 loves - we can’t leave
any out.
Loving God, others, self.
Loving self is living God's
will.
Loving.
Giving and receiving.
Dying to willfulness, to live
God's will.

Surrender.

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

R. Living the ordinary life.
Jesus lived the hidden life,
Rahner says for 30 years.
Living the mystery of Christ
is living the hidden life, the
public life.
Living - is in Him - the
Christ-life,
A life of living and loving
God's will for us.

Living the life so we can go
to heaven and helping
others go to heaven.
Mary, our model, taught us
joy is in living God's will in
love - not fighting God's will
like Eve did.

We must pray for healing of
the family tree. Some roots
of bitterness, jealousy,
envy, anger, punishment,
disobedience, family
division, go back
generations thick.
The Christian family has a
responsibility to reflect
Christ and His cause to the
world. We pray for our
ancestors and healing and
blessings for generations to
come.
We are here to seek healing
and live in holiness and
purity, reflecting Christ's
love and obedience to the
Father's will.
There are many things in
our lives we need God's
help to change - we are
constantly asking for God's
help to be what He wants
us to be.

Pray for families, bad habits
are like poisonous roots,
they can go back
generations.
Families need the Sacred
Heart and Immaculate
Heart!!!

May 5, 2019

R. This picture needs to be in
every home.
To Jesus, through Mary's
Immaculate Heart.
Clearwater

Mary was taken body and
soul to heaven.
Our goal to go to heaven,
and help in the work of
Redemption (Blue Book 11).

Mary is first and most
perfect disciple of Jesus -
perfect handmaid of Jesus.

Our true home is in heaven.
God made us for this, living
according to God's plan for
our lives.

Excerpt from Response in Christ - Chapter 4 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.

    “How does the Christian help Christ redeem the world? (Henceforth the term “world” is to be understood as including both rational and nonrational creation.) As previously stated, the Christian helps Christ redeem the world by reliving Christ’s mysteries. The same “events” or mysteries which accomplished the objective redemption further the subjective redemption also. Since at the heart of Christ’s mysteries are His death and Resurrection, it is especially these that the Christian must relive. As the Christian dies mystically with Christ through loving conformity with the Father’s will, he rises with Christ to an ever greater share in the Resurrection, in the newness of life, in the life of grace. As the Christian in this manner relives the paschal mystery of Christ, he is accomplishing not only his own redemption, but he is also, in a mysterious yet real manner, helping Christ redeem the world.”
 

 

R. Jesus heals.
We need to depend on
Jesus.
Jesus died doing the
Father’s will for our sins.
The cross leads to life!
Simeon told Mary and
Jesus the sufferings to
come.
Jesus died on the cross for
our sins to raise us to
greater life in Him!!!
Death/Resurrection the
Pascal Mystery.

Fr. Carter says:
Christ perfectly fulfilled the
Old Testament theme of
death-resurrection. In
doing so, He was
experiencing a religious
transition. He was passing
over—gradually, at first, and
then definitively in His
death—to a new kind of
Existence, to the life of
resurrection. He achieved
this life not only for himself
but for us also. To achieve
this new life of resurrection,
Jesus was willing to pay
the price. Jesus was willing
to suffer to His death for us.

Hope!!

Hope is free!

Honesty helps us dance.

 

August 2, 2022

Joyful Mysteries

The Annunciation

1. Luke 1:36-38

 And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her. 

2. Mary served as the Mother of the Divine Redeemer.
3. Mary, the perfect, humble handmaid of Jesus.
4. Mary conceived Christ. Mary brought forth Christ. Mary fed and took care of Jesus.
5. Mary took Jesus to the temple. Mary presented Jesus to the Father, there.
6. Mary is our spiritual Mother, Mary works to help souls to go to heaven.
7. Mary suffered with Christ in the bitter Passion.
8. Mary is the singular vessel.
    Mary is Mother of Jesus.
9. Mary is the most perfect disciple of Jesus.
    No person ever followed Christ as perfectly as Mary did.
10. Mary was centered in Jesus. Mary went with Christ to the Father, in the Holy Spirit.

 

The Visitation

1. Luke 1:46-50

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.

 
2. Luke 1: 39-45

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’ 

3. We see Mary teaches us a lesson on humility. Mary knew without God she was nothing.
4. Mary knew God makes us great!
5. Humility is truth. God is the Creator, we are His creatures.
6. Humility helps me to see myself as I truly am, to look at both good and bad points in me.
7. Humility helps me realize God's gifts and use them to help promote God's Kingdom on earth.
8. In humility, I recognize I will have pain, I am a sinner, I have a fallen human nature.
9. Humility helps me realize I am a social creature and I need to help others.

10. James 4:6
    God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
 

The Birth of Jesus

1. Colossians 1:15-20

He is the image of the unseen God,
the first–born of all creation,
for in him were created all things
in heaven and on earth:
everything visible
    and everything invisible,
thrones, ruling forces,
    sovereignties, powers—
all things were created through him
    and for him.
He exists before all things
and in him all things hold together,
and he is the Head of the Body,
that is, the Church.

He is the Beginning,
the first–born from the dead,
so that he should be supreme in every way;
because God wanted all fullness
    to be found in him
and through him
    to reconcile all things to him,
everything in heaven
    and everything on earth,
by making peace through his death
    on the cross.

2. The world belongs to Christ.
3. Christ came, the Son of God, born in a stable in Bethlehem.
4. Christ is our Savior. We live the Mystery of Christ in our lives.
5. Christ reigns over all creation. Man's sinfulness has mared this Christic image.
6. Jesus came a little baby, to teach us we are to grow in love.
7. Sing: Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
8. Sing: Silent Night
9. Jesus lived the quiet life. We are to live united to God in the Mass in the ordinariness of our lives.
10. Jesus desires love and obedience to the Father's will.

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Luke 2:35

    and a sword will pierce your soul too — so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'   

2. 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.

 3. We see the Pascal Mystery: Death/Resurrection.

 4. Luke 24:25-26

And he said to them, "Oh how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"

5. Sing: Little Baby Hand and Feet

6. Jesus went to the temple a baby, Simeon showed Him
    Jesus would pass over to His death.
    The transition to the life of resurrection.
    Jesus was willing to pay the price.
7. Christ has structured the Christian life by the way He lived, died, and rose from the dead.
8. Death/Resurrection is at the heart of the Church's life.
9. Mary is Mother at our side.
10. We are to continually die with Christ, so we can continually rise with Him.
 

The Finding in the Temple

1. Luke 2:48-50

They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’ But they did not understand what he meant.

2. The Father's will is our guiding principle.
3. Jesus showed us this in giving Himself, emptying Himself to His death on the cross.
4. We are to die to our will, to live the Father's will, in love.
5. Jesus obeyed His Father's will.
6. This conformity to God's will can bring hurt and sorrow to those we love.
7. Mary always perfectly conformed herself in love to God's will.
8. Mary loved the Father's will, it brought her joy.
9. Mary did God's will if it was carrying a boulder or a pebble.
10. Luke 1:38
"Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."

    Dear Mary ask God for the grace to do God's will.