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                R. God loves us first – we respond.

    ... In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).

 

                R. To know Divine things the
                    soul must be pure –
                    purity is produced by love –

                Love unites the soul to God –

                Negative behavior is not of God –

                God is not dark –

                God is light and love

                Love breaks down the barrier
                    between men and they
                    unite in God –

                To see God –
                We must be pure –

                The more pure we are –
                The more we know and see Him –

                The loving soul is open to
                    the Divine inspiration –

                The soul steeped in deadly
                    sins is closed-in
                    and the Holy Spirit needs to
                    move in a soul
                    open to His delicate
                    touch!

                God is love!

                A person who loves God
                    abandons the self to this
                    delicate action of the Holy Spirit
                    to lead them in the ways
                    of the beloved –
                    It helps the soul lose
                    its own grasp of
                    dominance for dominance
                    sake and to surrender
                    itself to love –

                God is the Master of the
                    soul –

                God is love –

                The soul seeks the mystery
                    of God's love –
                    the Divine Mystery –
                    the soul seeks its
                    expression in God –
                    is not closed in and
                    self-focused –

                In the rosary on September 5th
                    the message was "Focus
                    on Jesus" –

                The heart of the man who loves
                    God is focused on Jesus –
                    Jesus is the King and Center
                    of the man's life –

                To love God is to be united
                    more and more like Him –
                    to live in Him –
                    to let go of self –

                The abandonment of self
                    to the will of God as
                    Mary has shown us –
   

Priestly Newsletter Book II - September/October 1997

Scriptural Reflections

In all this Mary offers an example. Selfishness was totally foreign to her. She did not belong to herself. She belonged to God. She was not closed in upon herself. She was completely open to God. When God spoke, she listened. When God pointed the way, she followed. She realized that life is not a process a person masters by carefully mapping out one's own self-conceived plans of conquest, but a mystery to be gradually experienced by being open to God's personal and loving guidance.

Selfishness, then, did not close Mary off from God's call. Neither did fear. God asked her to assume a tremendous responsibility. He asked her to be the Mother of Jesus. Mary did not engage in a process of false humility and say that such a great role was above her. She did not say that she did not have the proper qualifications for this awesome mission. Briefly, she did not waste time looking at herself, making pleas that she was not worthy, telling the angel he had better go look for someone else. No, Mary did not look at herself. Her gaze was absorbed in God. She fully realized that whatever God asked of her, His grace would accomplish. She fully realized that although she herself had to cooperate, this work was much more God's than hers.

Mary's words, then, truly sum up what is the authentic Christian response at any point of life, in any kind of situation: "I am the handmaid of the Lord," said Mary, "let what you have said be done to me".

                R. We love the Holy Spirit –

                We love the Divine God –

                We are docile to the touch
                    of the Holy Spirit

                As a leaf blowing in the
                    wind –

                We surrender our will to
                    God's will –

                We let ourselves be possessed
                    by God
   

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.F

    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. The more pure we are – the more
                    we let go to this possession
                    by God and God can move
                    in us – operating in us
                    to do His work

                The closed down person is caved
                    in
                    controlling –
                    wanting their space
                    wanting their bad habits to
                        be the rule of their
                        lives and
                    trying to force others to their
                        dysfunction –

                As soon as a man and woman
                    marries there is a community
                    and with each child this
                    community grows –

                In the Movement
                    I have watched couples
                        who have been responsible
                        for purity in their families
                        while they give to one another,
                        in love in unity with their children,
                        grandchildren, great grandchildren
                        united in love to God –

                Religious life in communities
                    must be under the supervision
                    of a superior who has
                    authority. Those under
                    in religious life must
                    live in obedience and
                    chastity or the playing
                    out of dysfunction
                    and closing down by
                    isolated individuals
                    can almost take out the
                    institution –

                Life is not a battle of a
                    man trying to form their
                    life situation into their
                    wounded human image and likeness.

                People can be filled with envy
                    and pride, anger and
                    jealousy to take down
                    the house and keep
                    going so they can
                    control, have power,
                    seek negative attention
                    and live in argumentation
                    turning a holy place into
                    their private dysfunctional
                    battlefield – if a person already
                    choosing an isolated life
                    tries to force their stilted
                    vision on others –

                Life is to be lived in peace
                    and joy and harmony
                    with Life in God –
                    Structure under God –
                    Love is the ruling force.
                    God is the Master!
                    The will of God is the Plan!

                A person fixed on inordinate
                    attachments can try to
                    take down the house for
                    their attachments –

                St. Ignatius tells us about the
                    Purpose of the Spiritual
                    Exercises.

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, 
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.  p. 11

21.                     SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

    Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
    and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
    no decision is made under the influence of any
    inordinate attachment

                R. Love of the Holy Spirit is found
                in abandoning oneself
                to be possessed by Him –
                in complete surrender and
                living purely and seeking
                perfection –

                Love consists in union –

                Did you ever hear it takes
                    2 to tango –
                    How could an isolated
                    person shut down and
                    in darkness tango
                    with anyone

                    satan

                Love is
                    God first loved us

                and we abandon ourselves
                    to God
 

                Give and take –

                Working out problems in
                    love and still loving –

                Living in obedience and
                    structure

                The Holy Spirit is the Gift of God

        From the Priestly Newsletter Book III by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

The Holy Spirit And Mary

The late Archbishop Luis M. Martinez of Mexico strikingly speaks of the ongoing cooperation of Mary with the Holy Spirit regarding the reproduction of Jesus within us: "Christian life is the reproduction of Jesus in souls…

"Now, how will this mystical reproduction be brought about in souls? In the same way in which Jesus was brought into the world, for God gives a wonderful mark of unity to all His works. Divine acts have a wealth of variety because they are the work of omnipotence; nevertheless, a most perfect unity always shines forth from them because they are the fruit of wisdom; and this divine contrast of unity and variety stamps the works of God with sublime and unutterable beauty.

"In His miraculous birth, Jesus was the fruit of heaven and earth…The Holy Spirit conveyed the divine fruitfulness of the Father to Mary, and the virginal soil brought forth in an ineffable manner our most loving Savior, the divine Seed, as the prophets called Him…

"That is the way He is reproduced in souls. He is always the fruit of heaven and earth.

"Two artisans must concur in the work that is at once God’s masterpiece and humanity’s supreme product: the Holy Spirit and the most holy Virgin Mary. Two sanctifiers are necessary to souls, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, for they are the only ones who can reproduce Christ.

"Undoubtedly, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary sanctify us in different ways. The first is the Sanctifier by essence; because He is God, who is infinite sanctity; because He is the personal Love that completes, so to speak, the sanctity of God, consummating His life and His unity, and it belongs to Him to communicate to souls the mystery of that sanctity. The Virgin Mary, for her part, is the co-operator, the indispensable instrument in and by God’s design. From Mary’s maternal relation to the human body of Christ is derived her relation to His Mystical Body which is being formed through all the centuries until the end of time, when it will be lifted up to the heavens, beautiful, splendid, complete, and glorious.

"These two, then, the Holy Spirit and Mary, are the indispensable artificers of Jesus, the indispensable sanctifiers of souls. Any saint in heaven can co-operate in the sanctification of a soul, but his co-operation is not necessary, not profound, not constant: while the co-operation of these two artisans of Jesus of whom we have just been speaking is so necessary that without it souls are not sanctified (and this by the actual design of Providence), and so intimate that it reaches to the very depths of our soul. For the Holy Spirit pours charity into our heart, makes a habitation of our soul, and directs our spiritual life by means of His gifts. The Virgin Mary has the efficacious influence of Mediatrix in the most profound and delicate operations of grace in our souls. And, finally, the action of the Holy Spirit and the co-operation of the most holy Virgin Mary are constant; without them, not one single character of Jesus would be traced on our souls, no virtue grow, no gift be developed, no grace increased, no bond of union with God be strengthened in the rich flowering of the spiritual life.

"Such is the place that the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary have in the order of sanctification. Therefore, Christian piety should put these two artisans of Christ in their true place, making devotion to them something necessary, profound, and constant." ¹⁸

18. Archbishop Luis M. Martinez, The Sanctifier, op. cit. pp. 5-7.

                R. We are commanded to love God
                    first, with our whole
                    mind, our whole soul
                    and our whole being and
                    love our neighbor as
                    ourselves –

                The Holy Spirit infuses virtue into
                    our heart –

                We receive a SUPERNATURAL
                    gift to love –
                    likened to God –
                    to love in a God-like way!

                The Holy Spirit moves in the soul
                    like a docile breathe,
                    but the window
                    must be open –
 

                R. The person who is closed down
                    has control –
                    he never lets go of
                    control –
                    It can be his actions
                        of pride, envy and jealousy
                        from his wounded
                        human nature and

                    He can try to force his dysfunction
                        in controlling, punishing
                        ways on others –
                    Who wants to live their
                        angry ways of pride
                        and darkness –

                    It's like thorns on a
                        rose bush –

                    Do you want the thorns
                        and stems or

                    Do you want the beautiful
                        rose – designed by
                        the Divine Creator?

                We want God to come to us and
                    penetrate and possess
                    our heart and soul –

                In this we will be
                    consumed with Divine Love and
                    we will know joy for
                    which we were,
                    created –

                The selfish man - seeks himself
                    and gets himself – usually
                    strung in a life of darkness
                    and misery – he seems to
                    idolize and wants others to
                    let him force this sickness
                    on them –

                Jesus: What a fool to turn to sin
                    and to throw supernatural
                    love away; purity is
                    the key to happiness –
                    purity brings joy!

                You can give yourself freely
                    to God and know
                    Divine Love.

                To be advancing in the
                    mystical life one must
                    be letting go more and more
                    to the possession of one's
                    soul by the Holy Spirit.

                This unifies the group
                    when the Holy Spirit is working
                    in their hearts –
                    this brings perfection
                    and peace and love in souls –

                This brings profound simplicity
                    in serving God and loving
                    God –

                You can live eternal peace
                    in heaven –
                    but it is a reward
                    for those who love and
                    serve the Lord.

                The Divine artist working
                    in the soul – more and
                    more being molded
                    in My image and
                    likeness is the Holy Spirit –

                    When the people were lead in parishes
                and communities by the Holy Spirit they flowered
                and grew – their fruits numbered so
                many –

                    When men forced their dysfunction,
                isolation on institutions –
                the institutions finally
                withered like the withered
                branch and then died off –
                living the deadly sins –
                ends in darkness and
                thwartedness, isolation
                and utter pandemonium
                while satan rules in the
                enslavement of the one
                who forces the dysfunction.

                I bled for their sins – souls suffered.

                R. Baptism gives us a sharing in God's
                    life –

                A baby is baptized a lot of times –

                A baby is beginning his life so
                    therefore it is beautiful to
                    think of a baby being given
                    this beautiful gift of sharing
                    in Divine life in baptism –

                Our knowing and loving capacity is
                    elevated in baptism –

                God can give to us the gift of
                    supernatural prudence in
                    baptism – even children –

                    How foolish it is indeed for man
                to operate in envy of those who God
                has chosen to teach them about
                Himself.

                    A man has a wounded human nature
                and tendencies toward the deadly sins:
                pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth

                    How foolish it is for a man
                to be so envious of others to
                try to block teachings given
                by God through men helping others
                to know about God –

                    How foolish to think supernatural
                gifts are not to be looked upon
                with great gratitude for
                God's goodness.

                    A man who is prideful seeks
                dominance for dominance
                sake like Eve in the Garden –
                We see how far reaching was
                the sin of Adam and Eve in
                effecting the souls of the human race –

                    What a fool a man is who
                puts his desire and actions
                of pride in thinking he is
                equal to God –

                    Man in sinning is not
                equal to supernatural gifts
                of knowing and loving likened
                to God.

                    Every time we go to Mass
                we renew our covenant of
                love to God –

                    Mass is a gift of God's
                love for man

                    and Man in return should
                    unite in deepest love to God.

                    We can compare our union with
                God at Mass as the love we
                have with Jesus as the bridegroom
                of the soul.

                    The idea of sacrifice may seem
                "irksome" to a person – The idea of
                sacrifice is a gift we give to God –
                It should be the opposite of "irksome"

                    A sacrifice means to make
                something 'holy'.

                    To take something out of
                this world and put it in
                God's world –

                Sanctify – Consecrate

                If I am sacrificing my day in
                the Morning Offering – I am
                giving it to God –

                It is going from my possession
                    to God's world –

                A religious sacrifice is an attempt
                    to give something to God –

                The Jews sacrificed Lambs and
                    Oxen – pigeons – grain –
                    first fruits etc. –

                In sacrifice they burned these
                    things as a sacrifice to God –
                    They couldn't just throw them
                    around – so they burned them
                    and they envisioned God taking
                    the gifts.

                    Fire was a symbol for God –
                    God owns all of creation, birds,
                    animals, fruits of the earth.
                    God does not own man's heart.
                    Man has a free will to chose
                    to love – Man has a free
                    will to give himself to God freely.
                    In giving these gifts to God in
                    sacrifice he was trying to tell
                    God he was giving God himself.
                    This is why food was offered.
                    This is why lambs were offered to God –

                    Sometimes the food was totally
                consumed – sometimes offers
                would eat the food –
                This was sacred food – so they
                considered themselves as taking
                place in a sacred banquet –
                eating a meal with God –

                Passover

                    Christ' sacrifice was a perfect
                act of love. Christ offered Himself
                as a sacrifice –

                Christ gave Himself as a gift to God!

                This was the perfect sacrifice –
                    since Christ was fully open to God!
                    Christ offered His Heart and will
                        totally to His Father!
                    For love of men, Christ gave
                        Himself to God – it was
                        a gift of love –
 

John 17: 19

and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth.

   

                R. And Christ did this so we, too,
                    can be sanctified in truth.

                By being made part of this
                    sacrifice, we too are sanctified –

                We hear God's word at Mass
                We put our faith in Him –

                Faith in God!

                We are united with God in this!
                We are made holy –
                We adore God –
                We show love to God
                We thank God
                We ask God to outpour
                    goodness to us –
                We show repentance to God –
                We turn to God –

                The bread and wine at Mass is
                    changed into the Body and
                    Blood of Christ!

                The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary,
                    sacramentally made present.

                We are united to the offering of Christ!

                Our prayers and sacrifices are
                    lifted up and made part
                    of His prayer and sacrifice!

                "We come to you Father, with praise
                    and thanksgiving - through Jesus Christ,
                    your Son" –

                From the Priestly Newsletter

• Through the Eucharistic Sacrifice Christ the Lord desired to set before us in a very special way this remarkable union whereby we are united one with another and with our divine Head, a union that no word of praise can ever sufficiently express. For in this sacrifice the sacred ministers act not only as the representative of our Saviour, but as the representative of the whole Mystical Body and of each one of the faithful. Again, in this act of sacrifice, the faithful of Christ, united by the common bond of devotion and prayer, offer to the eternal Father through the hands of the priest, whose prayer alone has made it present on the altar, the Immaculate Lamb, the most acceptable victim of praise and propitiation for the Church’s universal need. Moreover, just as the divine Redeemer, while dying on the Cross, offered Himself to the eternal Father as Head of the whole human race, so now, ‘in this clean oblation’ He not only offers Himself as Head of the Church to His heavenly Father but in Himself His mystical members as well. He embraces them all, yes, even the weaker and more ailing members, with the deepest love of His Heart. (Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis AAS, XXXV, 232-233)28

28. Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Letter, Mystici Corporis, AAS XXXV, pp. 232-233.
 

                R. At baptism we dedicate ourselves to God –
                    God gives us a sharing in His life –

                At Mass we offer ourselves to God –
                God gives Himself to us –
                We receive a greater sharing
                    in His life –

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

                R. When we don't go to communion
                    it's like saying –
                    God I want You to accept me,
                        but I don't need You!

                Holy Communion

                Love desires union
                Love gives of itself –

                Jesus is present in the Blessed Sacrament
                    Body, Blood, soul and Divinity –

                We believe Christ is really
                    and truly present that the
                    bread and wine become
                    the risen Christ!!

                Christ showed us power in His
                    words – Christ calmed the storm
 

                R. Christ raised Lazarus from the dead!

                When Christ said
                    "This is My body given for
                        you we take Him at
                        His word"

                The appearance of bread and
                    wine remain!

John 6: 57

As the living Father sent me
and I draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me
will also draw life from me.
 

                R. Jesus gave power to the Apostles
                    to continue the
                    memorial supper –

                The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary
                    sacramentally made present –

                Song: I Love You Jesus

                R. Many grains make ONE Bread

                Many grapes make ONE Wine

                Many people receive
                    one bread – the
                    Body and Blood of Jesus

                This union unites us to Christ –

                The symbol of food is important –

                We need food for our body –
                We need Christ for our spiritual life –

                Without Christ we grow weak
                    and we could die –

                We are told to fast one hour
                    before communion –

                How does communion
                    work –

                It will not work automatically –

                We need to be open –

                It depends on our attitude
                    toward Christ –

                We should reverence the Eucharist –

                Jesus is truly present in His
                    Divinity and humanity –
                    no less present than when
                    He walked the earth
   

                R. Teresa Neumann

                Born Good Friday April 18, 1898

                    1918 she had a back injury –
                            it lasted 7 years –
                            she suffered several falls and
                            became totally blind in a year,
                            along with abscesses on
                            her body and lung disease,
                            and no cures available,
                            she was cured miraculously –

                    1926 she received the stigmata –
                            she had visions of the passion –
                                many people came to
                                see her

                    1927 a full investigation by the
                            bishop and 2 doctors (one an
                            atheist), 4 nuns and
                            nurses
                            she lived without food and drink –
                            15 days sister watching
                                no food, only the Eucharist –
                            She lost 11 lbs during ecstasies.
                            She gained it back
                                without nourishment!
                            This weight gain would
                                have required a lot of food!
                            They checked everything –
                                no nourishment –
                                except 1/8 of a host –
                                less than a teaspoon of water –
                            She weighed the same at the
                                end of the investigation
                                as at the beginning –
                            Since Christmas 1922 – went without
                                                                       food
                            Since Christmas 1926 – went without food
                                                                and a few drops of
                                                                water –
                            Since September 1927 – even went
                                                                without this
                            She had little or no sleep
                            She still remained active and
                                healthy –
 

                Why should we offer Mass

                We publically honor God – Our Father
                    (it would be most ungrateful for a
                        son to ignore their Father)
                    (we publically honor others –
                        president, kings - men of honor)

                To be good and holy - we need God –
                    holiness is God's creation in us –
                        not our own!

                We need to realize we need God.

                The Mass is a sign of our love for God!
                The Mass is our dependence on God!

                God is our friend –

                Married people need to express their
                    love for each other –

                God gives us the Mass to show
                    love to Him and receive
                    Him –

                God has made us His children and
                    brothers to each other –

                The Mass helps us lead good
                    lives if we are sincere
                    in our worship.

                If we do not perform acts of worship
                    to God – we will gradually
                    get away from God –
                    forget about God –
                    grow indifferent to God –

                We need to remind ourselves
                    that faith is a gift from
                    God and pray for an increase
                    of the faith, hope and love we
                    received in baptism!

                God dwells in our graced baptized
                    soul –
                    God wants to work in us
                        transforming us –
                        we must be open to God!

                The Holy Spirit wants to make us holy –

                The Mass is a sacrament –

                Christ works in us in the Mass –
                    We receive grace to grow
                    in friendship with God –
                    God expects us to have a
                    holy interior disposition –

                Mass gives us the liturgy of the Word
                Mass gives us the liturgy of the Eucharist

                The Word and the Eucharist is
                    the Bread of Life!

                We give ourselves to God in
                    sacrifice in the Mass –
                    united to the sacrifice
                    of Jesus –

                This is an act of great love –
 

                R. We help in the work of
                    redemption being
                    united to Christ with a
                    proper disposition at Mass –

                We offer ourselves to God
                    in the Mass –
 

                In sin we say "no" to God –

                We turn away from God –

                Mortal sin is serious –
                                    (destroys God's life in us)
                Venial sin is less serious –
                                    (failure to love, but
                                    not complete turning away)

                We can see in the relationship
                    in a marriage –
                    where a man is unkind to his wife –
                    where he is completely unfaithful to his wife –

                Sin can be doing something we
                    shouldn't

                Sin can be not doing
                    something we should –

                If we make up our mind to sin and
                    something prevents us –
                    we still sin –

                We are liars if we say we love
                    God and love
                    serious sin – like a man
                    who says he loves his
                    wife but continues
                    to remain unfaithful with
                    another person –

                God has given us Confession –

                Temptations are not sin until
                    we accept it –
                    ie. bad thoughts are not sins
                        until we decide we want
                        to keep them!

                The Commandments of God are
                    for our good and our happiness –
                    like instructions for a car –
 

  1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
  3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
  4. Honor your father and your mother.
  5. You shall not kill.
  6. You shall not commit adultery.
  7. You shall not steal.
  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
  10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

                R. Think of the mess we would
                    be in – if all society
                    broke the 10 Commandments –

                R. God commands us to love –
                    The only answer to the world –
                        to unity –
                        to growth is
                        to love!!

                    God is love!

                    God created us to love!

                Most evils we suffer are
                    due to our failure to
                    not keep Christ's commandments.

                Prayer from the heart is essential
                    if we are to find God –

                We can't make friends with
                    people without communication,
                    talking to them –
                    working on problems and moving
                    ahead in the relationship –

                We need communication with
                    God – if we want friendship
                    with God –
                    We must spend time talking to God!
 

                R. Readings – read scripture every
                        day to see a picture of Jesus!

                    Gospels of
                    Luke and John

                Acts of the Apostles
                Chapters 5 to 12

                I Corinthians

                James

                1 Peter

                1 John

                II John