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Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

September 13, 2014

September 14th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 1 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for September 14th are Joyful.

Pray for Dan & Amanda,
for a really special intention.

September 13, 2014

Feast of the Exultation of the Cross

Numbers 21: 4-9

They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither food nor water here; we are sick of this meagre diet.’

    At this, God sent fiery serpents among the people; their bite brought death to many in Israel. The people came and said to Moses, ‘We have sinned by speaking against Yahweh and against you. Intercede for us with Yahweh to save us from these serpents.’ Moses interceded for the people, and Yahweh replied, ‘Make a fiery serpent and raise it as a standard. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will survive.’ Moses then made a serpent out of bronze and raised it as a standard, and anyone who was bitten by a serpent and looked at the bronze serpent survived.

Psalm 78 1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38

The lessons of Israelite history

Psalm Of Asaph

My people, listen to my teaching,
pay attention to what I say.
I will speak to you in poetry,
unfold the mysteries of the past.

Whenever he slaughtered them, they began to seek him,
they turned back and looked eagerly for him,
recalling that God was their rock,
God the Most High, their redeemer.

They tried to hoodwink him with their mouths,
their tongues were deceitful towards him;
their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.

But in his compassion he forgave their guilt
instead of killing them,
time and again repressing his anger
instead of rousing his full wrath,

Philippians 2: 6-11

Who, being in the form of God,
did not count equality with God
something to be grasped.

But he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
becoming as human beings are;
and being in every way
    like a human being,
he was humbler yet,
even to accepting death,
death on a cross.

And for this God raised him high,
and gave him the name
which is above all other names;

so that all beings
in the heavens, on earth
    and in the underworld,
should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
and that every tongue should acknowledge
Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

John 3: 13-17

    No one has gone up to heaven
    except the one
        who came down from heaven,
    the Son of man;
    as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,
    so must the Son of man be lifted up
    so that everyone who believes
        may have eternal life in him.
    as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,
    so must the Son of man be lifted up
    so that everyone who believes
        may have eternal life in him.
    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.
    For God sent his Son into the world
    not to judge the world,
    but so that through him
        the world might be saved.

                R. Moses was to make a bronze
                serpent and put it on a pole —
                any one who was bitten could
                look on it and be healed —

John 19: 25-27

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

Matthew 27: 50-51

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ When some of those who stood there heard this, they said, ‘The man is calling on Elijah,’ and one of them quickly ran to get a sponge which he filled with vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it him to drink. But the rest of them said, ‘Wait! And see if Elijah will come to save him.’ But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.

And suddenly, the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, the rocks were split,

                R. September 14, 2008 in Cincinnati we lost power
                and so many trees split straight
                down.

Tree outside church at China

R. Tomorrow is the Feast of the
Sorrowful Mother

Mary's Message
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary: I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light.

end of Mary's Message

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11

There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:

A time for giving birth,
a time for dying;
a time for planting,
a time for uprooting what has been planted.
A time for killing,
a time for healing;
a time for knocking down,
a time for building.
A time for tears,
a time for laughter;
a time for mourning,
a time for dancing.
A time for throwing stones away,
a time for gathering them;
a time for embracing,
a time to refrain from embracing.
A time for searching,
a time for losing;
a time for keeping,
a time for discarding.
A time for tearing,
a time for sewing;
a time for keeping silent,
a time for speaking.
A time for loving,
a time for hating;
a time for war,
a time for peace.

What do people gain from the efforts they make? I contemplate the task that God gives humanity to labour at. All that he does is apt for its time; but although he has given us an awareness of the passage of time, we can grasp neither the beginning nor the end of what God does.

Written September 24, 2000

R. Mary stood beneath the cross of her Son and she was in such anguish, of this I write.

She saw the anguish of her beloved Son. She watched, she heard Him sigh, breath, she endured the time, knowing the time was near for His death.

There was the intensity of waiting during the passion. Think of her anguish watching him as He hung on the cross.

Mary knew things from the prophecy of Simeon. She knew of a deep sorrow to pierce her heart.

Think of the anguish of her heart.

Think of Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus under the cross. Meditate on the sufferings she endured.

Think of how she felt at the tomb where they laid her Son.

Pray for light to know more fully the heart of Mary in these sufferings.

Mary had such a deep connection in her heart to Jesus. They were so united.

Death by crucifixion was used to kill criminals. They crucified Jesus, the Son of God.

July 5, 2001

R. It is painful to see injustices in the world.

We go through sufferings concerning injustices in the world. Mary cries out about the sins of her children. We identify with Jesus. He knew all the souls that would be lost despite His suffering.

Be with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane and see the sins of the world. Pray for knowledge to know more about the souls being lost. We must pray more fervently. Beg for mercy from God for our sins and the sins of the world.

I could write forever of those moments of Mary as she stood beneath the cross or when she held the lifeless body of her Son in her lap.

She shared in His Passion. She stood and watched Him suffer. She did not take a pill to numb her pain, nor was there any mechanism used to dull it. Every moment was with full intensity as she watched His mutilated body be drained more and more of fluid and blood until He took His last breath, giving His life for His precious souls.

A person watching someone linger with cancer can identify with Mary as she watched her beloved Son die.

We will die.

We must keep our focus on the life hereafter.

A woman of beauty, our Mother Mary, God allowed Mary to suffer.

Luke 2: 35

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

~ The Seven Sorrows of Mary ~

1. The Prophecy of Simeon

2. The Flight into Egypt

3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple

4. Jesus and Mary Meet on the Way to the Cross

5. Jesus Dies on the Cross

6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Laid in Mary's Arms

7. The Burial of Jesus

end of the Seven Sorrows

R. Many times we try to alleviate suffering from our lives.

    Suffering was a major part of the life of Mary.

    Her heart was filled with such knowledge. She knew joy and suffering. She watched her Son die a pitiable death. Jesus is the Lamb of God.

    We think we are so smart here. Do we really know the ways of our God? We think the way it is at present may go on and on. The flower eventually withers and fades and the beauty of the full blossoming flower goes with time. A flower, once an instrument of awe because of its beauty, may soon be thrown on a dung heap pile.

    Our bodies may deteriorate and decay, but God promises eternal life to those who love and serve Him.

    Be with Mary outside the tomb of Christ. Feel the emotion in Mary’s heart.

    Pray for sorrow for our sins and light to know God more and more.

    Contemplate the joy of Mary to know Christ has risen.

    She saw her little baby born in Bethlehem. Now she sees Him die on the cross. Christ her beloved Son, rose victorious. We receive a sharing in His Divine life through baptism.

    The rosary is so beautiful. We meditate on the lives of Jesus and Mary.

    We identify our lives with Theirs. We live His life, death and resurrection in our lives. We ask God to help us grow in a greater likeness to the New Adam and the New Eve.

    Many times we take our health for granted. God can call us from this life at any moment.

        end of September 24, 2000

Exultation of the Cross

                R. O Bread of Life — Oh God we love You, You are our
                Divine Redeemer, You are our strength — You are
                the Light of the world, oh Our Beloved Jesus —

R. You are Christ, the Living God —
Fill us with Your grace —

Oh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus we adore You —

Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart:

    1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
    2. I will establish peace in their homes.
    3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
    4. I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.
    5. I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.
    6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
    7. Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
    8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
    9. I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.
    10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
    11. Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
    12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the
        first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving
        their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

                R. Oh Sacred Heart — shower us with Your blessings —
                Oh Sacred Heart — shower Your blessings on the Church —
                Oh Sacred Heart — shower Your blessings on the Holy Father

                We pray for the priests, the Church and the world —
                Oh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus shower us all with Your blessings —
                Oh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus we pray for conversion in our souls and
                    the whole human race.

Oh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus make us humble, help us to do God's
will, heal us of co-dependent relationships —

Help us to do God's will in all things —
Pray that God's will be done —

Let Your Blood Jesus be spread on us — so we
are protected from satan —

                Let us never try to force another to act
                    under us because of our dysfunction —
                    anger, jealousy, control, envy, etc. —

                Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I pray for the will of God —
                    I pray to help us to be pure in our
                        hearts — not operating from vices —
                        not operation from bad habits
                        acting out the past, jealousies,
                        control, anger etc. blocking
                        God's work —

                Let go of trying to inflect on others slavishly
                    dependent relationships —
                    God is in control —

Oh God make haste to help me —

                Oh God help all of us, our friends
                    and relatives, our donors —
                    help us in sicknesses, help the
                    souls in purgatory —

Give to us Your precious love — poured
out on us now — Oh sweet Jesus

                Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — You are our God —
                    Outpour Your grace to us —
                    I give You My Heart — Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus

                Help us to be holy —
                To rely on You for our every need —
                    for everything —

We sing: Oh Lord Hear our prayer —

                God help us to have sorrow for our sins and
                    not to want to ever offend You through
                    our sins of trying to control others
                    selfishly, in vain glory, blocking
                    Your work —
                    help us not to seek supremacy
                        in work because of our need to
                        control —
                    Help us to be holy Dear God —
                    Submissive to Your will —
                    Obedient to Your will —

Help me Good Jesus to live in You —
Help me Good Jesus to live for You —

                Grant us health of body and soul —
                Help us to use the talents You gave us
                    to do Your work —

                Oh God protect us from danger —
                Oh God outpour Your blessings —
                Help us at the hour of death —

John 19: 31-37

The pierced Christ

It was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies’ remaining on the cross during the Sabbath—since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity—the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it—true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true—and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:

    Not one bone of his will be broken;

and again, in another place scripture says:

    They will look to the one

        whom they have pierced.

Litany of the
Most Precious Blood of Jesus

(For public or private use.)

Lord, have mercy on us.
   Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
   Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
   Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
   Have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, Price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, river of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, Victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, Courage of martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, Strength of confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, Help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, Relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, Solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, Hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, Consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, Peace and Tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, Pledge of Eternal Life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from Purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Have mercy on us, O Lord.

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood,
R. And made of us a kingdom for our God.

Let Us Pray

   Almighty and Eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may worthily adore this Price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of this present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in Heaven. Through the same Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.

R. A darkness came on the land
after Jesus died —

                Mary held Jesus' body
                Mary wept outside the
                    tomb of Jesus

The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
at a Shepherds of Christ Meeting

February 22, 1995

1. The Prophecy of Simeon
Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus went to the temple. Simeon, the prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, met them and told Joseph and Mary of the great sufferings of Jesus and Mary. He told Mary that a sword would pierce her heart. From that point on, Mary ever remembered the prophecy of Simeon whenever she beheld her child. When she looked at His little body, even as an infant, she knew He would suffer. Every time she clothed Him and watched Him at play, her heart was torn in her chest as she knew what He would suffer. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
2. The Flight into Egypt
Joseph was told by the angel to flee. Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus had to flee because of what might happen to Jesus. They had to pack for a long stay. The child Jesus was so small! They left on their journey, hearts full of fear, trying to protect Jesus. They were forced to flee into Egypt.
3. Jesus Is Lost, In the Temple
Imagine the sufferings in Mary's heart when she realized the child Jesus was not with them. Think of how it would be to lose your child and not know where he was or if anything happened to him. With sorrow in their hearts, Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem to look for the child Jesus. And a sword, too, shall pierce your heart, O Mary!
4. Jesus Carries His Cross
Song: See the eyes that look at Mary, her tender infant child. See the child's Heart beat so tenderly, the Savior of the world!
See the eyes of Jesus and Mary as they met on Calvary. Mary's Heart knew Jesus' Heart so well! From the first moment of conception and throughout His life, Mary was so connected with Jesus and now she peered into His eyes. The crown of thorns adorned His Head! Blood ran down His face! A heavy cross on His back! Wounded, His whole body covered with bleeding wounds! And her whole life flashed before her, the life that she had spent with Jesus. This was the beloved child that she had held in her arms when Simeon told Mary that 'a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!'
5. Jesus Dies on the Cross
Mary stood under Jesus' cross as He was put to death. The child that she had held in her arms as Simeon prophesied, And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary! Now Jesus is dead on the cross! He gave His flesh, He gave His blood so that we might be with Him forever in heaven. He held not back. He gave His all. He calls out to us this day to see through the eyes of His mother as she appears and calls out with a Heart of great love, "Return to the love of my Son! He is with you this day. He remains with you, no less present than the day that He hung on the cross, in the Eucharist. He longs for you to come and be with Him. He is in your brother. How can you not love your brother when Jesus died for your brother?"

Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a lance. What came forth was blood and water, the sacramental life of the church. He lives with us this day in the Church. He gives to us His sacraments, the source of His life! He gives to us the Sacrament of Penance whereby any sin that we commit can be taken away through the priest. He wants us to be so close to Him! He gives us everything to be close to Him. But we see with such limited vision only those things that are right before our face, when the true reality is that which we don't see with our eyes, the reality of the invisible divinity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the consecrated Host! This is reality! This is our life! This is our power! This is God! And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross
If we ever doubted for one second that we were loved, we could visualize the picture of Mary as she sat beneath the cross with the lifeless, battered, bruised and bloodied body of her Son in her arms, the same child that she held when Simeon prophesied her suffering. He gave His last breath. He gave the last beat of His Heart. He gave His all! This is the way He complied with the Will of the Father. He came to show us the way. He died in perfect peace. To His death He was in peace because He knew the Father's love. The Father loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son for love of us! The Spirit descended upon the Virgin Mary and the Word was made flesh! The love of the Two Hearts! Such immense love beating for us!

In all love there is suffering. Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a lance. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!

7. Jesus Is Locked in the Tomb
And now Jesus, His body lifeless, is locked in a tomb! What cold reality for Mary to realize that His body is now gone! A stone separated her from her Son!

He gave His last breath! He gave the last beat of His Heart for love of each one of us! And she comes to us this day with her sweet, beautiful voice and she asks us to go to her Son and love Him! How can we refuse Jesus who spread His arms and gave His life for each and every one of us? How can we not trust Him when He loved us so much that He allowed them to tear His flesh, to crown Him with piercing thorns and, lastly, to hang Him on a cross? He truly gave His life for us! He, truly God, is with us this day, the same as the day He died on the cross, in the tabernacle! And we take it so lightly! Death has no power over Him! Locked in the tomb for three days, He rose triumphant on the third day as He had foretold. He comes to give us life. He gives us the sacrament of Baptism that initiates us into His life, that makes us children of God and heirs of heaven if we remain in the state of grace. He asks two things: love of God and love of one another! He came to show us the way and His way is love. To His death on the cross He loved each one of us! He calls out to each one of us here today to be His soldiers, to march on a world that has forgotten God, that has forgotten what it is like to love! It is a battle to live in this world. But the battle is won with hearts that are filled with His love, empowered by the grace and might that He pours out in the Eucharist. He calls out for us to come to the Eucharist and to the tabernacle and be fed with His very flesh and blood. To feed on Divine Life, the greatest nourishment, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! This is the love He gives. This is the love He asks us to share.
end of seven sorrows

Philippians 2: 6-11

Who, being in the form of God,
did not count equality with God
something to be grasped.

But he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
becoming as human beings are;
and being in every way
    like a human being,
he was humbler yet,
even to accepting death,
    death on a cross.

And for this God raised him high,
and gave him the name
which is above all other names;

so that all beings
in the heavens, on earth
    and in the underworld,
should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
and that every tongue should acknowledge
Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

                R. Jesus showed His
                    love for us
                    to the end!

Galatians 6: 14

But as for me, it is out of the question that I should boast at all, except of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Psalm 116: 12-13, 15-18

What return can I make to Yahweh
    for his generosity to me?
I shall take up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of Yahweh.

Costly in Yahweh’s sight
    is the death of his faithful.

I beg you, Yahweh! I am your servant,
I am your servant and my mother was your servant;
    you have undone my fetters.
I shall offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and call on the name of Yahweh.

I shall fulfil my vows to Yahweh,
    witnessed by all his people,

Sing: Oh Lord Hear our prayer

R. We pray for some special intentions —
and Dan and Jerry's mom, Jerry's list, my list —

Sing: Glory Be to the Father

R. Oh Lord make my heart pure —
I am ready to be healed

                My heart is ready —
                    I will sing to You, oh God —
                    I love You so much —
                    Awaken my soul —

                I thank You God
                I will praise You —
                I love You —

Sing: Glory Be

R. Oh God heal my heart —

You paid a precious price
for my sins —

Oh God, I give You my heart —
I praise Your holy Name —

I will sing songs of thanksgiving —

Isaiah 61: 10

I exult for joy in Yahweh,
my soul rejoices in my God,
for he has clothed me
in garments of salvation,
he has wrapped me in a cloak
of saving justice,
like a bridegroom wearing his garland,
like a bride adorned in her jewels.

Isaiah 62: 5

Like a young man marrying a virgin,
your rebuilder will wed you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices in his bride,
so will your God rejoice in you.

                R. Oh God help us to be holy —
                Oh God help us to bear fruit
                    for the Kingdom

Sing: Hosea

Sing: Glory Be

Sing: We Praise You, Oh Lord

Sing: Glory Be

Deuteronomy 4: 39-40

‘Hence, grasp this today and meditate on it carefully: Yahweh is the true God, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and live long in the country that Yahweh your God is giving you for ever.’

                R. Oh God free us from the
                    darkness —
                    Shine on us —

                Oh God help us see —
                Oh God help us hear —
                Strengthen us in temptation

Sing: Our Father

The Our Father

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Sing: Jesus My Lord My God My All

March 27, 2009

                Jesus: I have asked you to pray from the heart —
                My Movement Shepherds of Christ is to teach people to
                pray from the heart —

To pray in My Heart and Mary's heart

To do all things in love —

                Families have a dad and mom and children from
                    love — This is how I intended from the
                    beginning

Loving God means you obey the commandments
of God —

Jesus: People who love give to others

They are happy

                I gave you the Handmaids of the Good Shepherd —
                    It is a calling to be, in a special way —
                        My spouse

Examination of Conscience

7 Capital Sins
Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth

R. Pride — Do I think I am superior to others?

                            Am I obedient to those over me —
                                obey the commandments —
                                seek dominance for dominance sake —

children obedient to parents
religious obedient to superiors

                            Every talent I have is a gift from
                                God — why am I vain in thinking
                                I am responsible for my talents —

My very existence depends on God —

                Jesus: Some people start combat with others when asked
                        to do a simple task — it is because of
                        their vain heart wanting to catch innocent
                        others because of their own hidden guilt
                        and pain —
                        punishing others for their own lack of
                            love to themselves, God and others that
                            lead them to pain, anger and darkness
                        You were created to love
                        You were created to do good

                            The cycle of abuse —
                        passive-aggressive people cannot
                        usually get aggressively angry —

they stuff anger for
their whole life —

                        They provoke others or
                            one other until they
                            get them angry —
                            then they walk away
                            calm.

This is wrong.

The virtue opposite of pride is humility

R. Do I have an excessive love of wealth
and things

Do I give to charities and the Church —?

Do I desire illicit sexual pleasure?

                Am I revengeful, angry, full of hatred —
                    quarreling —
                    COMBAT —
                    arguing to seek dominance
                    DISORDER, DISHARMONIOUS

Jesus is meek and tender of heart —

                Envy — sadness when others are happy
                            sadness when others have good things happen
                            opposite of love

                Sloth — laziness
                            not doing as I am supposed to —
                            sleeping at church on Sunday Mass
                            missing Sunday Mass

Gluttony — abuse of drink and food

Act of Contrition

"O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen."

Exodus 32: 7-14

Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Go down at once, for your people whom you brought here from Egypt have become corrupt. They have quickly left the way which I ordered them to follow. They have cast themselves a metal calf, worshipped it and offered sacrifice to it, shouting, "Israel, here is your God who brought you here from Egypt!" ’ Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘I know these people; I know how obstinate they are! So leave me now, so that my anger can blaze at them and I can put an end to them! I shall make a great nation out of you instead.’

Moses tried to pacify Yahweh his God. ‘Yahweh,’ he said, ‘why should your anger blaze at your people, whom you have brought out of Egypt by your great power and mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, "He brought them out with evil intention, to slaughter them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth?" Give up your burning wrath; relent over this disaster intended for your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom you swore by your very self and made this promise: "I shall make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and this whole country of which I have spoken, I shall give to your descendants, and it will be their heritage for ever." ’ Yahweh then relented over the disaster which he had intended to inflict on his people.

Jeremiah 11: 18-20

Yahweh informed me and I knew it; you then revealed their scheming to me. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughterhouse, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in its strength, let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may no longer be remembered!’

    Yahweh Sabaoth,
        whose judgement is upright,
    tester of motives and thoughts,
    I shall see your vengeance on them,
    for I have revealed my cause to you.

Numbers 21: 4-9

They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither food nor water here; we are sick of this meagre diet.’

At this, God sent fiery serpents among the people; their bite brought death to many in Israel. The people came and said to Moses, ‘We have sinned by speaking against Yahweh and against you. Intercede for us with Yahweh to save us from these serpents.’ Moses interceded for the people, and Yahweh replied, ‘Make a fiery serpent and raise it as a standard. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will survive.’ Moses then made a serpent out of bronze and raised it as a standard, and anyone who was bitten by a serpent and looked at the bronze serpent survived.

Jeremiah 20: 10-13

I heard so many disparaging me,
‘Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’
All those who were on good terms with me
watched for my downfall,
‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.
Then we shall get the better of him
and take our revenge!’
But Yahweh is at my side
    like a mighty hero;
my opponents will stumble, vanquished,
confounded by their failure;
everlasting, unforgettable disgrace
    will be theirs.
Yahweh Sabaoth,
    you who test the upright,
observer of motives and thoughts,
    I shall see your vengeance on them,
for I have revealed my cause to you.
Sing to Yahweh,
praise Yahweh,
for he has delivered the soul of one in need
from the clutches of evil doers.

The Ten Commandments

I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange gods before Me.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.

Honor your father and your mother.

You shall not kill.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

Contrition is absolutely necessary for
the forgiveness of any sin —

                    We are to be sorry for our sins —
                    because sin hurts our relationship with
                    God, ourselves and others

                True sorrow always includes a firm
                    purpose of sinning no more and
                    avoiding the near occasions of sin —

                Our sorrow is to come from our heart —
                We are to make an act of love to God and
                    recognize we are sorry for offending
                    God and others —

                Contrition is sincere sorrow for having
                    offended God and hatred for
                    the sins we have committed,
                    with a firm purpose of sinning
                    no more —

A good confession
is humble and sincere

The devil wants people to make a
bad confession

                    not humble
                    not truthful
                    not entire

The devil is the patron of every bad
confession —

The devil tries to counsel in confession
— "oh its nothing" — the devil says

Betty gives her her life praying before the exposed Eucharist.

end of March 27, 2009

March 1, 1995

Sorrowful Mysteries
Ash Wednesday Rosary

The Agony in the Garden

Jesus: Surrender! Surrender to Me as I surrendered to the Father in the Garden. I said to My Father, "...Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine." (Lk 22:42) As you are in your hearts troubled and anxious, I am there ever present to comfort you, to give you My peace. Let go, let go, let go! I am forever with you at every second, at every moment. I do not go! I forever remain in your hearts. Let go! As you live, so do I live in you!

Jesus: I knelt in the Garden in such agony! I saw before Me all that I would undergo, all the beatings, all the scourging. I knew the Father's Will. I complied with the Father's Will as I ask you to surrender totally to Me. Let go! Focus on Me! Do not focus on those things that are parading in your mind, but release your mind to the mysteries of heaven, to My Passion and My death!

Jesus: And My faithful ones, who came to comfort Me-they slept!

Jesus: Indifference! Ingratitude! Neglect! I saw before Me all those who would neglect Me and treat Me with indifference. How My Heart ached with pain to see the souls that I loved so dearly filled with such nonsense!

Jesus: My Heart, an endless furnace of divine love, of divine life, beating and burning for love of precious souls and they do not see! They have closed their eyes and plugged up their ears and I wait and long to be ever close to them! Spread My love throughout this world. You will be met with resistance on all sides. But I beg you this day to listen to My cry. I cry out to you to stand firm. I am calling you to stand up against the world.

Jesus: As one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord. I cry out to you to go to the highways and byways. Shout from the rooftops that I am Lord and that I am in your midst this day. Prepare Me a way, for I am coming!

Jesus: I saw before Me all the souls that would be lost to eternal damnation despite all My sufferings. I call out to you this day to harken to My pleading to be about this world spreading My love. There are souls that are at stake, depending upon what you do with your lives. Will you spread My love? Will you be My mouthpiece to this world? I call out to you. You must stand strong and pray to the Spirit for He transforms you from fear to fearlessness. You are My apostles to go into this world and spread the love of My Most Sacred Heart!

Jesus: As I knelt in the Garden, as I suffered so many agonies in My Heart, I was comforted by the love that you show to Me this day.

Song: O Burning Heart, O Love divine! How sweet You are to me. I see the Host, I know You are here, to love and care for me.

Jesus: The world is blind and deaf! They have plugged up their ears and covered their eyes. You must go into this world. You must stand strong. You have a message of My love to give. I beg you to give this message to the world that is in much pain, that has covered its eyes and plugged up its ears. I beg you to spread this love in every corner of this world this day. You are apostles that I send into this world.

Song between decades: I come to you with greatest love. I am your loving Savior. I am your God. I died for you. I come to you this day.

Jesus Is Scourged at the Pillar

Jesus: The blood that I shed when I was scourged was blood red! My Heart, which beats out of endless love for you, is a Heart that is red, beating with a burning fire for love of you. I call out to you to draw yourselves ever closer to My Heart for I am waiting and longing and thirsting for your love. Let go of the little distractions you have this day that keep you from increased union with Me. Release yourself and be totally alone in deep union with Me. See only Me. Let go. Release yourselves! I am here with You!

Jesus: Totally focus on Me!

Jesus: Release yourself from all the distractions in your heart. Be alone in deep union with Me!

Jesus: Just as I shed My blood for you as they scourged Me, My Heart cries this day in endless love.

Jesus: See them as they beat Me at the pillar. Hear the blows! This is the love that I have for you. This day will you be alone with Me and totally focus on only Me? Let yourself go. Be in a room where we are together in close union.

Jesus: And our hearts beat so closely, as one!

Hail Mary ...

Jesus: See Me at the pillar! See Me as I stand with the deepest love for all souls.

Song: Come unto Me all who are weary and find rest for your souls. Come unto Me, all who are burdened. I will comfort you.
Jesus: I am with you in deep union despite the distractions and all that goes on around you. I am so closely connected with you! Your concentration on Me is important to your union with Me. Focus totally on My beating Heart and the love that I have for you. My Heart beat with deep love as I stood at the pillar and bled dark red blood.

Jesus: It is this blood I shed for you, this blood I gave for you, that I ask you to focus on this day. Think of what it is like to shed your blood for another person. Would you shed your blood for another person? I shed My blood for you. In meditating on this blood that I shed, you will realize more and more the immensity of My love.

Song between decades: I come to you with greatest love…

Jesus Is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns

Jesus: I come to talk to you to tell you the desires of My Heart. As people are blind and do not see, I talk to you this day and ask you to focus on Me and to know that I am truly with you. As you breathe and as your heart beats, I am ever present and within you. I am here present with you. I am the Almighty God! My love I outpour to you. My grace I give to you.

Jesus: I am the Almighty God! I am forever present. It is in your suffering that you are strengthened. I ask you to focus on the crown of thorns they placed on My head. As the blood ran down the sides of My face, think of how this felt! As I sat wounded, My body covered with deep wounds and bleeding, the blood ran into My eyes and into My ears. This is the blood that I shed for you.

Jesus: Put yourself there as I sit. Feel as they spit on Me! Feel as they poke at Me! Think of how you would feel to be treated the way they treated Me! Put yourself on the chair and go through My sufferings with Me.

Jesus: Feel your head as it pounds from the thorns! Feel the blood as it runs on your body! Feel the gashes that burn so deeply under the cloak! Feel the spit as it hits your face! This is the love that I have for you!

Jesus: I ask you to be My soldiers, to go out into this world. They persecuted Me. They whipped Me. They crowned Me with thorns and they put Me to death. I loved those who treated Me so violently. I ask you this day to focus entirely on Me. If the earth falls down around you, interiorly the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are forever within your breast with such love.

Jesus: No person can ever take away your union within with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Your union forever and ever and ever in eternity depends upon the union you have with God here.

Jesus: I call you to sainthood! I call you to holiness! As I suffered this spit that hit My face and body, I call you to suffer with Me all the persecution that you may receive. For in this persecution I am totally present at every second. As your heart beats, as you breathe every breath, I never leave you! If the earth shakes around you, if it rocks and the floor cracks, you will sit steadfast for I never leave you. Hear the small, gentle voice within your heart as it calls to you, "I love you, I love you, I love you!"

Jesus: My Heart is bleeding from the indifference I receive in this world. I call out to you to be strong soldiers. You must focus on Me and this interior committedness to Me.

Hail Mary ...

Song: Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne. His regal scepter knows no bounds. All kingdoms are His own. All Christians come and sing to Him who died for Thee. And hail Him as our Savior King for all eternity.

Song between decades: I come to you with greatest love…

Jesus Carries His Cross Up Calvary

Jesus: Hear the still, small voice as it says so gently inside: "I love you, I love you, I love you!"

Jesus: I ask you to carry your crosses as I carried Mine. The cross was so heavy I could scarcely move. I fell under its weight. I ask you to accept your crosses willingly. It is in accepting these crosses that you will be strengthened for I provide everything you need. Your lessons I teach you with the greatest love. Your crosses I give you out of great love for you. It is in these crosses that you receive new life, new life in Me! Accept all that I give you!

Jesus: As I walked with My cross on My back, I peered into the beloved eyes of My dear Mother. Her face was reddened! The tears from her eyes! I could see the sufferings deep within far more than the features of her face. How My Heart was torn to see My beloved Mother, whom I love so much, riddled with such suffering!

Jesus: I watch you, My child. I am forever with you! I know all the desires, the sufferings, of your heart. It is in your sufferings, your acceptance of your sufferings, that you give Me such great love.

Jesus: How do you love Me, child? You love Me through holiness, through loving your brothers. Always love! I loved those who persecuted Me. You must always love! Focus on the love I have for you and hear the still, small voice as it whispers within your heart: "I love you, I love you, I love you!"

Jesus: You are My beloved ones. You I love. You I want closer union with. You, you, My precious loved ones!

Jesus: Carry the crosses that I give to you with great joy, for they are given to you with My great love. It is in carrying these crosses that you will receive new life in Me.

Jesus: I was crowned with thorns! I was beaten over My entire body! I was always at peace. Remain at peace for you know the immense love that I have for you. I never leave you.

Jesus: It is in following the Father's Will and living in His Will as a little child that you will have peace, joy and true happiness.

Jesus: My dear soldiers, you are being strengthened for the days ahead. I am totally with you and present. All that you undergo I am allowing. I ask you to accept each and every suffering that I give you as a gift from Me to you, given out of great love! It is in these sufferings that you will be drawn ever closer to My Most Sacred Heart.

Song between decades: I come to you with greatest love...)

Jesus Dies on the Cross

Jesus: I hung for three agonizing hours to My death on the cross! Put yourself on the cross. Your hands nailed, your feet nailed to the cross! Your body covered with wounds! Put yourself there!

Jesus: It is in meditating on My passion that you will know of My immense love.

Jesus: I truly hung there to My death!

Jesus: I accepted death on the cross in compliance with My Father's Will and in great love for you.

Song: I come to you with greatest love. I am your loving Savior. I am your God. I died for you. I come to you this day.

Jesus: This is the love that I have for you this day. I ask you to put the world aside. Focus on loving one another. Focus on Me! I fill you with this immense love. Hear the cry of the voice inside: "I love you, I love you." Do not be angry with those around you. It is your committedness to Me, committedness to this union with Me, to making Me the center of your every thought, to letting Me live in you, through you and with you, and at every second to totally surrender, that allows Me to operate in you. It is no longer you who live, but I who live in you!

Jesus: You are My chosen ones, to whom I give My Heart!

Jesus: My Heart was pierced with a lance and what poured out was the abounding love from My Heart, blood and water for your salvation!

Jesus: It is up to you to let go! Always love! I loved those who persecuted Me. I did not hold grudges. I loved. There is no division in love. There is always unity in love. You must love all! I loved those who put Me to death! I surrendered always to the Father's Will. Anything that happens to you this day I am allowing! Accept what I am giving to you today and love it as coming from Me.

Jesus: Among the thorns there will be a bed of roses. Come to My bed of roses!

Song after the last decade: I come to you with greatest love…

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