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September 13, 2024
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September 14th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Prayer Service at 12 Noon today.
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants. We pray for the upcoming election.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
Shepherds of Christ
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R. We are doing the consecration to homes today at noon.September 12, 2024
R. Mary is the temple of holiness.
Mary is temple of Love.
Mary is Spouse of the Holy Spirit.
Mary is Jesus’ Mother and my Mother too.
“The Virgin’s name was Mary!!”
Mary, seat of wisdom!!
Our Lady of SorrowsJohn 19:25-27
Jesus and his mother
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.
R. Mary, you are the highest human person!!!
Mary treasured all this things about Jesus in
her heart.
Mary, my Mother, I love you!!!!!
Mary Queen of Peace, help me.
Mary was by the side of Jesus, to the cross.
Mary be by my side in this cross.
Amen.
Mary was by Jesus, or deeply united in Their
Hearts.
Mary my beloved Mother, be by my side.
Amen.Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I unite to the Mass,
live out the Mass in my life, I love You, so
much and trust in Thee.
Amen.
Alleluia
God is good, all the time.
I am Yours Lord, I want to have my life in You.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
R. Oh my God come to my aid.
Jesus suffered so.
Disease entered the world after the sin of
Adam and Eve.
And death.
God hear our plaintiff cries, help us.
Mary, mother us.
St. Joseph help in our need, now. St. Joseph
patron of a holy death, help us.
I live united to the Mass in my life, Father, I
give my life to You, come to my aid.
Today is the day that God has given to us for
His purpose to build the Kingdom of God.
Hear our prayer.
September 12, 2024
R. Mary takes us to Jesus’ tender Heart, the
Heart of her Son, such a relationship between
Jesus and Mary, the Two Hearts of Greatest Love!!What about Mary’s powerful intercession.?
We have been given Our Lady of Clearwater,
pray through her powerful intercession.
Mary is the Queen of Peace, it’s God’s will we go
to her,
our spiritual Mother.
Jesus walked side by side with Mary, His whole life.
Pray through the powerful intercession of Mary,
our spiritual Mother, Our Lady of Clearwater.
Mary by day
July 5, 2000
by night
July 5, 2000R. And pray for the Holy Spirit to infuse our
intellect with wisdom, knowledge and
understanding.
Pray for an increase in supernatural faith,
hope and love.
Mary always did the Father’s will.
The Father said of Jesus: "This is My beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased, listen to Him."
(At the Transfiguration)
Too many people want to do their will, be on
their agenda.
Mary and Jesus, the New Adam and New Eve
did the Father’s will.
Isaiah talked about the suffering servant.
Jesus shows us the way!!
He is the way, the truth and the life.
We need Him to work the Father’s Plan.
Through Him, with Him and in Him.
Mary, my spiritual Mother intercede to God for
our needs and for peace.
Mary is perfect handmaid of the Lord, she did
the Father’s will if carrying a pebble or a boulder -
she loved the Father’s will.
Mary Queen of Peace, my heavenly Mother,
please help us.
The fact Mary was walking side by side with
Jesus, His whole life…
what does that tell us about how important our
relationship with Mary is?
Jesus worked His first miracle of His public life
at the Marriage of Cana, turning water into wine
because of Mary’s powerful intercession.
Jesus spent 30 years in His private life with Mary.
If we follow Jesus, we should have a good
relationship with our spiritual Mother.
Her heart is one with Jesus.
Mary was perfect handmaid, disciple of Jesus.
Jesus spent 30 years with His mother, only 3 in
His public life!!!!!!
Mary is so important in relationships with Jesus,
as our spiritual Mother.
God is an awesome God.
Jesus knows our hearts.
The Father loves us as His little child.
September 13, 2024Also for 13th in China
Vision to Lucia, Feast of St. Anthony
June 13, 1929
You can consecrate your homes with China
September 13, 2024 during prayer service.
Do this together.
Consecrate your homes together.
Have pictures of Jesus and Mary or your home.
Consecration of Homes
to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart
Prayers and Songs from Shepherds of Christ Ministries
Imprimatur: Mons. Francisco Castillo
Santana
Administrador Diocesano
Torreón, Coah. México
Shepherds of Christ Ceremony for
the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
1.
The Two Hearts and The Mass
2. Song: I Love You, Jesus
3. Procession - to the enthroning of the picture of the Sacred Heart
4. Song: To Jesus Heart All Burning (or Oh Burning Heart)
5. Prayer:
Apostles Creed
6. Enthronement of My Sacred Heart
7. Images of Our Hearts
8. Find Refuge in My Most Sacred Heart
9. Consecrate Your Churches, Home, Workplace to Our Hearts
10. Songs
11. Signing of the Enthronement papers
12. Promises of the Sacred Heart
13. Song:
Immaculate Mary
14. Rosary (optional)
15. Songs from Jesus
The Two Hearts and the Mass
Jesus: My beloved friend, tell My people that they are living in the Age of the Two Hearts - that of My Heart and Mary's heart. My people live in the initial stages of this great era. I call My people to take up their refuge in My Heart and My Mother's heart. In Our Hearts they will become more and more transformed into My likeness.
The greatest source for growth in devotion to Our Hearts is the Eucharist. I wish My people to attend Mass often, daily if possible. What a great gift I have given to My people in the Eucharist! Yet many of My people are indifferent to the treasures contained in the Mass. Think of it! My people are privileged to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass together with Me! And yet how many prefer to do other things rather than attend Mass. How this attitude offends My Sacred Heart!
I long for My people to participate in the Mass and to receive Me worthily! Think of it! I, Who am your God, long to come to you each day! In the Eucharist I come to you in My Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. Present within you. I long to take you close to My Sacred Heart- this Heart which is truly within you. The more you allow Me to do so, the more closely I press you to this Heart. I shower you with its riches. I abundantly give you great graces which increasingly form you in My likeness.
I am Lord and Master! Please listen to My words. Pray, pray for a deeper understanding of the Mass. In union with Mary, approach Me daily in the Eucharist. I, your God, long to come to you. How much do you long to receive Me?27
Song: I Love You Jesus
Song: To Jesus Heart All Burning or Oh Burning Heart
Prayer: Apostles Creed
Enthronement of My Sacred Heart
We are gathered here to honor our King, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is our most honored guest. He loves us so ardently and wants to be King of our home and King of our hearts. We all join together and most graciously welcome Him in our midst. We love You, dear Sacred Heart of Jesus. We honor You this day and are privileged that You, God, love us so much.
Please help us all grow in our knowledge and love of You. We honor You. We praise You. We adore You, and we love You.
We ask You to come and dwell in our hearts. As our King and the center of our lives, we forever want to be with You, most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we love You so much.
Come and be with every member of this family in a special way. Guard us in our undertakings. Dear Holy Spirit, lead us to the on-fire love of Jesus' Heart.
Mary, our most loving Mother, as you carried Jesus in your womb, you who cared for Him as a child, you who forever stood by Him and walked with Him on Calvary, you, dear Mary, as you stood under His cross and suffered so for love of Him and us, you who held His lifeless body under the cross, you who saw His glorified body after the resurrection and watched Him ascend into heaven, you, dear Mary, you who know this most Sacred, tender, loving Heart, place us so gently into His most Sacred Heart.
Protect and lead every person present and their families to this intense union with your Son. We pray for the priests the world over, Your special anointed sons, to lead all children to the love of Your most Sacred Heart.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus forever reign in the hearts of all people through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We praise You, we honor You, our beloved Jesus. We tenderly love Your heart so!
Dear Father, thank You for Your beloved Son. Thank You for Your gifts to us. We thank You for giving us a sharing in Your divine life through baptism. We are Your beloved children. Draw us ever closer to union with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and Mary, in communion with the angels and saints. Amen.28
Images of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Jesus: My beloved friend, tell My people that I desire them to have pictures or statues of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart in their homes. This will greatly help them to give honor to Our Hearts. All My churches and chapels should also have these images. I will bestow great blessings on all who heed My request. I am your Lord and Master. Please do as I ask.29
Find Refuge in My Most Sacred Heart
Jesus: My Dear Child,
I bless your home in a special way. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary ever reign in your hearts. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Please spread devotion to My most Sacred Heart. Tell people to hang pictures of My Sacred Heart and My Mother's heart throughout their homes. I will bless in a special way any home that hangs My picture and that of My Mother, her Immaculate Heart and My Sacred Heart.
Read the promises of the Sacred Heart to people and circulate them among your friends. Tell them to pray to us all through the day. Such devotion will be the key to your happiness now and in your everlasting life to come.
Tell people to carry pictures of My Sacred Heart and Mary's Immaculate Heart in their pockets and purses and to look at our pictures when praying to us. When you are having a difficult day, reach for our pictures and find refuge in My most Sacred Heart.
How deep is the love I and My Mother have for you? Our love is deeper than any human mind can imagine. Come into My Heart and be protected from all kinds of weather. The wind may blow and the fire of love may grow dim in your hearts, but it forever burns brightly when you are sheltered by My most Sacred Heart. If the wind blows and the rain comes, you will never lose the flame of My love if you have taken refuge in My most Sacred Heart.
Mary leads you to the closest union with Me. Go to Mary, see her, let her lead you deeply into My Heart. She loves you so. She is your most loving Mother. She is pure and tender of heart. It is through her you will experience such intimacy with Me. It is through her heart that you are lead to the deepest union with the one, triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
I am your most Sacred Heart. I am Jesus, Son of God. I am a burning furnace of endless love, waiting to shelter you in My Heart. Come to Me, My beloved ones. I love you so.30
(Song: I Am Your Sacred Heart)
Consecrate Your Churches, Home, and Workplace
to Our Hearts
Message given through to Rita Ring
Jesus: I want you to consecrate the human race to Sacred Heart of Jesus. I want to be enthroned in all homes, churches, and businesses.
June is the month of the Sacred Heart. I want to be king and center of all hearts. I will keep My promises given to St. Margaret Mary of Alacoque. I promise all this from My most Sacred Heart. Consecrate your chapter to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Consecrate the church or room in which you hold your meeting.
Today is First Friday. I want you to circulate the message I gave to you on consecrating your homes to My Sacred Heart. Make booklets available for people to be able to consecrate their homes and businesses easily. Use the message I gave to you when you consecrated your home.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph. Consecrate all homes and businesses to Our Two Hearts. Tell all to have displayed and honored, pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. May and June are the months of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Tell all to consecrate their homes to Our Two Hearts. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. On this day, the 5th of May, 1995, First Friday, I request that you spend the next two months encouraging all to do this consecration.
Gather your friends and say the prayers I have instructed you to say. Sing "To Jesus Heart All Burning" and "Immaculate Mary." May these Two Hearts of love give all members of the human race peace, joy and love in their hearts.
R. Jesus said He desires to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament.
Jesus: Circulate the Blue Book messages. They promote this devotion. How My Heart is filled with happiness by the souls who come to the tabernacle and sit with Me. I am Jesus Christ, I wait and long and thirst for My precious souls to come. The souls of men have turned cold. I want souls to come to daily communion and be with Me in front of the tabernacle.
Men's hearts have turned cold. They do not know what love really means. I want hearts that are filled with fire for love of God. Men's hearts have turned to stone.
You are to promote devotion to My most Sacred Heart. I want hearts that burn with love for My Heart. It is through Me that you will know the Father's love. I am the Way, I am the Truth, I am the Life.
Offer a holy hour for the indifference, ingratitude, and sacrileges committed against Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the Sacrament of His greatest love.
R. He promi
ses great graces to those who give reparation to His Sacred Heart and who tell others about offering reparation to Him.
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 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 of 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.
Song: Immaculate Mary
Song: A Song from Jesus
Song: Teach Me to Love with Your Heart
Song: I Am Your Sacred Heart
end of consecration
May 14, 2024
R.
Dear Holy Spirit come to me, possess
my
soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am
weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your
precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel
me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.
Help me, dear Holy Spirit to
know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my life.
I
turn to You. Amen.
When I find doing God's desire for my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude,
dear
Holy Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act
purely for the
honor and glory of God.
I may be willing,
but I need Your gift to
give me courage to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of God.
Help
me to always put God first in my life,
in love for God in my heart.
Help me to
walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.
Help me to be
patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.
Please Holy Spirit
give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good
and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me
in the gift
of piety to do that which pleases my
Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His little
child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this "All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
Matthew 22: 36-40
'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
Dear Holy Spirit, strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.
Alleluia.
March 10, 2024
Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father
(2024)
Begins March 11, 2024 -
March 19, 2024
Dear Saint Joseph,
I turn to you,
you who cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You taught men and women,
the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest commitment
and love.
You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.
You showed us how you
lived in loving
conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.
You
guided Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.
Protect
us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did
the Holy Family of Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.
How intimately you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them. You showed us love.
Your
heart was pure and gentle and
yet you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for when we
are weak we are strong in God.
St. Joseph please intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick loved ones.
Amen.
St. Joseph help us now in
this nine
day novena to you.
Amen.
March 23, 2024
Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home
R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.
My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.
I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.
I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.
Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.
I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.
September 12, 2024
Joyful Mysteries
The Annunciation
1. Luke 1: 26-38In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. 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 was maybe 14 or 15, she is in the little
house with her parents.
3. Fr. Carter’s Last Homily - September 8, 2000Matthew 1:23Look! the virgin is with child
and will give birth to a son
whom they will call Immanuel,
a name which means ‘God–is–with–us’.
HOMILY – We notice that the Church in Her liturgy for the celebration of the birthday, the Birth of Mary, immediately puts her with Jesus: "She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins." (Mt 1:21) – words from today's Gospel.
And so the Church reminds us that Mary was born for the sake of Jesus. Again, in celebrating her birth, the Church links her very, very directly with Jesus. Yes, this is the reason for her birth: to be Mother of Jesus, and in doing that, everything else about her takes its proper place.
And just as Mary was dedicated entirely to Jesus and to His cause, we in giving her a birthday present of the highest value can only promise her, "Mary, as you were completely dedicated to Jesus, help me be completely dedicated to Him. You were His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ."
4. Mary was conceived without sin.
5. Think of Mary’s innocence.
6. Mary was not tainted by Adam’s sin.
7. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.
8. The Angel Gabriel is a messenger from God.
9. God sent the Angel Gabriel to ask Mary to
be the Mother of Jesus.
10. Mary said “yes”.
Luke 1:38
Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Visitation
1. 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.’
2. Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
3. Mary filled with the Holy Spirit proclaimed
the Magnificat.
4. God is with us.
5. Mary said: “My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
6. “For the Mighty One has done great things
to Me.”
7. “And holy is His Name.”
8. “For nothing is impossible with God.”
9. Help me God.
10. I have faith in You my beloved God, I
surrender to Your power and might. I am
Yours God, I want to put my life in You.
The Nativity
1. Luke 2: 8-14
In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night. An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified, but the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.’ And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
Glory to God in the highest heaven,
2. Sing: O Holy Night
3. Sing: Silent Night
4. Sing: Away in a Manger
5. Sing: Angels we have Heard on High
6. Think of the simplicity of the crib, the
stable, the nativity scene.
7. Think of the love of the Christ child.
(So little, a little baby).
8. Think of Mary carrying Jesus on a donkey,
this makes us think of the dignity of
pregnancy.
9. Envision the tiny baby in the crib, Jesus
the Son of God. So simple.
10. I love Your simplicity, baby Jesus. I love
You so much!!
The Presentation in the Temple
1.
Luke 2: 25-35
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:
Now, Master, you are letting
your servant go in peace
as you promised;
for my eyes have seen the salvation
which you have made ready
in the sight of the nations;
a light of revelation for the gentiles
and glory for your people Israel.As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too — so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'
2. Sing: Little Baby Hand and Feet
3. Simon told Mary and Jesus of sufferings
to come.
4. A sword too will pierce your heart, O Mary.
5. Mary so young, so beautiful, so happy
in the Temple to carry Jesus, then this.
6. Mary always said “yes”.
7. Mary loved the Father’s will.
8. Mary pondered these things in her heart.
9. Mary, so beautiful, so loving and St. Joseph
and Jesus, the Holy Family.
10. Come to me Lord and possess my soul.
Come into my heart and permeate my soul.
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
1. Luke 2: 41-52
Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. 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. He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people.
2. In the Temple again.
This time Jesus is 12 years old.
3. God had a Plan for this trip to the Temple,
Jesus was talking to the doctors.
4. Mary and Joseph learned of separation
from Jesus when they lost Him and this
pain of separation.
5. We think of the quiet life the next 18
years and how we would have probably
planned Jesus’ life quite differently.
6. The quiet life and public life of Jesus are
very important - all part of Jesus’ life as
the Father showed us.
7. We live the life, death and resurrection
of Jesus in our lives.
8. Jesus told Mary and Joseph when they
found Him - He had to be about His
Father’s business.
9. That is a key for us to always be about
“Our Heavenly Father’s business".
10. Jesus taught us to be about the heavenly
Father’s business,
the essence of the spiritual life to live
the Father’s will in love.
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Response to God’s Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10 |
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Shepherds of Christ — Volume 2: by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13—29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 — Issue 5, 1999) $15 |
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Shepherds of Christ — Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carter’s tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10 |
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Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.) One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a book and here is that book." $10 |
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Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 20he Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3 |
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The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5 |
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