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September 16, 2010
September 17th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 1 Period II.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for September 17th are Sorrowful.
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Messages given September 13, 2010
China, Indiana
transcribed from a live tape
During the Rosary of March 21, 1995
The Crowning with Thorns
Jesus: And I speak to you and I tell you of My love, but you do not hear and what is this message worth to the earth this day that is suffering and in need of the message that I have given. In your impudence you can turn away and say it's not for me to hear this message. And yet I have courted you, and blessed you, and kissed your wounds so many times, beneath the cross as I gave Myself to you in the Eucharist, and you turned away and you said "Not today Jesus, I'm mad." How it offends My Heart when I have given such love to you and you treat Me so coldly, for My Heart is on fire. As I died on the cross, My thoughts were of you — My love for you, My giving of Myself for you, and you ignore Me with such a coldness. My people today are dying in their hearts, and I have given to you the medicine, the medicine of My love. Do not turn away from Me, for I cry blood for the babies today, that are being murdered in their mothers' wombs. Help Me, My child. The blood is on the hands of many.
Jesus: The blood is on your hands. I have called you to reach My people.
R. Oh my Jesus, I am so sorrowful, for I do not want to think that anything, that we could have done, could have in any way been the very thing, that blocked a soul from being born. And yet we do not know how important this call is to You, and with my voice I deliver Your message over and over again. But it is Your grace in their hearts, that will touch them, that they will know how our lives lived as You have asked us, can affect the whole world, if we believe, if we hope, if we love, if we come to You in docility and humility. Oh my God, forgive us for our trespasses against Thee.
Mary: So many children, so many of my children, every day that go to Catholic schools, that go to schools, that are being taught so many things, that will not help them in the end. My people, you see more with the eyes of the world, and less you listen, listen to the messages that I have given to you, listen to the messages of my Son Jesus. Keep the focus that your hearts are sensitive, that they do not grow cold and hard, that you will be the light in the darkness, that you will answer the call to the mission to which God has called you.
For I have called you, my little children, and Jesus has called you by name. Do you not hear His call in the middle of the night? Or do you listen to the noisy clang of the one who speaks to you of the darkness. My children, my children! I am Mary your Mother and I have appeared over and over and over again, pleading and begging and telling you the truth. Listen to me, your heavenly Mother, for within your hands and your heart, has been given great gifts from God, to help so many souls today. It is mind boggling, but you do not hear with a heart that is open, but with one that is closed, with one that is measuring by the world's standards. Oh my precious ones, read my message that I gave to you long ago. Know it by heart, every day that you do not miss the calling of my Son, the calling that I gave to you, to reach my precious little children. I am Mary your Mother, and I thank you for responding to my call here today.
R. "We look for love in so many places when minute by minute" — Why does this make me want to cry? To me, minute is so real. Because I know when God gives me these revelations, in even less than a minute, He can open up lights of heaven and give to you great knowledge of Himself that is reality, of what exactly is happening here on this earth, and how He is trying to reach the world. And the more that we keep out our measuring stick, and keep trying to get into the details of everything, and close off our hearts, the more we miss, in essence, the message that They have delivered. The message takes vision, it takes surrender. It takes wanting that intimacy that is in the Blue Books. That to me is such an intensity that it is written like words on a page. The word 'love' that God says over and over and over and over and over again. And we can listen to it like its a verbal direction, one with no spice.
You know, did you ever eat a bland dish? Think of the most bland dish you ever ate in your life. As if your taste buds had died and you were given this. How do you think it is for the Heart of Jesus, consumed with so much love for us, that He died on the cross, that He shed every drop of His blood, that He gives to us all this love, that He gives to us Our Lady of Clearwater, that Jesus is truly present here — and we give back to Him the most bland response, so many times. There's all different degrees of taste, isn't there? It can be so - ug, where it has nothing to it at all, or it could be so delectable.
Now, let's talk of the Heart of Jesus, consumed with so much love that He took on flesh, that He came to this earth, that God created us to love, giving to us a sharing in His life, elevating our knowing and loving capacity at baptism, to be more likened to Him, to be the real lovers, to love Him more intimately, to return to Him more precious love, because of our unity with God. Does He not deserve this in a world that has given to Him such coldness and violence, blasphemies. And you to whom He has given all this knowledge of the scriptures, of His Heart, of the Eucharist, of His love and what do we want to give back to Him — baby food of the worse blandness.
Let's give Him from the richness of a heart filled with maturity and ready to go, more and more into the depths of intimacy with our God, that when we are called from this life that we don't stand at the door and He says to us "I do not know you for when I asked for love you persecuted, when I asked for harmony, you were disharmony, you were argumentative. When I asked for meekness of heart, as My Heart, you never even heard the word." Spray us oh God, spray us with Your love, that the wounds that are fresh and gouging, will sink back and a scab will go over, that the love that You have, will be the contents of our soul, and the burning within, will not be the slothfulness of one who is dead in their hearts, for the spirit is not coming forth at all with vibrancy for this, but that the Spirit of God will fill us with joy, exuberance and delivery of these messages of love, that You have given, of the gifts that you have given to us in the Shepherds of Christ.
Oh my precious Jesus, is it not Your grace that will help us to do all that we need to do. Shower us with the richest blessings, outpour Your grace as the creek flows when it is high and running. Let Your grace run from this altar, to the sound of any one who hears my voice, that they will know that God has spoken here, and that their hearts will not be dry and inactive, filled with the self of turning in, but upon gazing upon the cross of Christ, seeing the arms open wide and the blood and water flowing from the pierced Heart of Christ, consumed with love for the souls of this earth, for He has called us to this mighty mission. Listen to the sound of my voice and hear His message.
R. "They shout at Him and they holler angry and ugly remarks to Jesus and He does not respond, but He only grunts as they hit Him." And He withstood this for love of us, for love of His precious souls that are out there today, that need this book and this message and the message of His love. For you can read one paragraph in God's Blue Book and hear 10/12 times of the love of our Savior. Is not this the message that the world needs to be healed? Will anything else bring us to where the Creator wants us to be? And He gives to us His word, and the explanation in the books, and all the things and we wallow around, and what? Oh Jesus, my God! From the very day that You delivered this rosary, and I sat on the chair in the Holy Spirit Center, I had not left that place. And to this day, 16 years later, all this has happened around the world. Let us not be blind any longer, but on fire as the Blue Book II says, on fire, action from the heart, knowing that the intimacy that we have with God will bring us to the happiness that lasts eternally. Amen.
Mary: I stood beneath the cross of my Son and my heart was in such anguish, for the little ones that would be lost forever. And I come and I cry to you as your Mother Mary. Answer my call, my little ones. Do not turn a deaf ear on your Mother Mary. It is not a little thing that God has spoken to you, nor that I appeared in Clearwater. But it is major in helping to bring to completion my mission at Fatima. But if you turn a deaf ear and you focus on the darkness, you will be as 'dead wood'. When I speak, you will say "give me more, I have not heard", and I will say to you, "but Honey, your fingers are in your ears" and you will say "but your message should come ever louder, that it would knock me over and put me on my feet." No dear, God will not take away your free will. It is your free will. Say yes! As I said 'yes' and I rode on the donkey in that condition, that you today would hear me speak to you, of the love of my Son Jesus, for the souls He died for. Do not turn a deaf ear. I am Mary your Mother and I speak to you. It is your faith that is waning. Listen to the message and help me.
end of excerpts from September 13, 2010
September 16, 2010
R. Chapter 15 the last chapter of the Corinthians we begin
chapter 15 today.
The whole chapter is dedicated to the resurrection —
1 Corinthians 15: 12-19
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ cannot have been raised either, and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without substance, and so is your faith. What is more, we have proved to be false witnesses to God, for testifying against God that he raised Christ to life when he did not raise him — if it is true that the dead are not raised. For, if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is pointless and you have not, after all, been released from your sins. In addition, those who have fallen asleep in Christ are utterly lost. If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are of all people the most pitiable.
Today's Readings
1 Corinthians 15: 1-11
I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that I preached to you is; you accepted it and took your stand on it, and you are saved by it, if you keep to the message I preached to you; otherwise your coming to believe was in vain. The tradition I handed on to you in the first place, a tradition which I had myself received, was that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried; and that on the third day, he was raised to life, in accordance with the scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas; and later to the Twelve; and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles. Last of all he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally. For I am the least of the apostles and am not really fit to be called an apostle, because I had been persecuting the Church of God; but what I am now, I am through the grace of God, and the grace which was given to me has not been wasted. Indeed, I have worked harder than all the others — not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Anyway, whether it was they or I, this is what we preach and what you believed.
Psalm 118: 1-2, 16-17, 28
Alleluia!
Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,
for his faithful love endures for ever.Let the House of Israel say,
‘His faithful love endures for ever.’Yahweh’s right hand is victorious,
Yahweh’s right hand is triumphant!’I shall not die, I shall live
to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.You are my God, I thank you,
all praise to you, my God.
I thank you for hearing me,
and making yourself my Saviour.
Luke 7: 36-50
One of the Pharisees invited him to a meal. When he arrived at the Pharisee’s house and took his place at table, suddenly a woman came in, who had a bad name in the town. She had heard he was dining with the Pharisee and had brought with her an alabaster jar of ointment. She waited behind him at his feet, weeping, and her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them away with her hair; then she covered his feet with kisses and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would know who this woman is and what sort of person it is who is touching him and what a bad name she has.’ Then Jesus took him up and said, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ He replied, ‘Say on, Master.’ ‘There was once a creditor who had two men in his debt; one owed him five hundred denarii, the other fifty. They were unable to pay, so he let them both off. Which of them will love him more?’ Simon answered, ‘The one who was let off more, I suppose.’ Jesus said, ‘You are right.’
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, ‘You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but she has been covering my feet with kisses ever since I came in. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. For this reason I tell you that her sins, many as they are, have been forgiven her, because she has shown such great love. It is someone who is forgiven little who shows little love.’ Then he said to her, ‘Your sins are forgiven.’ Those who were with him at table began to say to themselves, ‘Who is this man, that even forgives sins?’ But he said to the woman, ‘Your faith has saved you; go in peace.’
Fr. Joe said
We will hear more from St. Paul about
the resurrection in the next couple
days —
You should read it — read the whole chapter —
Jesus rose and appeared to the Apostles —
It is the same doctrine we believe today —
It is the resurrection that led to so many
conversions today
Gospel: Jesus is being entertained in the Gospel
Luke doesn't say that was Mary Magdala —
Jesus showed His Divinity in that He forgave
sins — only God can forgive sins —
This is how Jesus showed His Divinity —
by forgiving sins —
by healing the sick —
by raising people from the dead —
The early martyrs held onto the fact
that the early Church could
forgive sins — there was a heresy once
over this —
Turn our confidence to God —
Pray for leaders in the Church —
Pray — Pray — Pray
Prayer for Union with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
Joyful Mysteries
Annunciation
(1) The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and asked for her yes!!
(2) God uses angels —
The angel appeared to Joseph in a dream —
(3) God is so close to us —
We must take time to be with Him —
to meditate - to spend time loving Him —
(4) We think about how He loves us so much —
How He has been with us our whole life
(5) Love —
God is love and He loves us — Alleluia —
(6) Mary is such a gift
She shows us her love for God and us - in serving God
and in saying yes
(7) Sing: The Angel Gabriel
(8) Oh God - I love You —
Thanks for the Annunciation —
Thanks for Mary
(9) The Angelus
The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary . . .Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary . . .And the Word was made Flesh:
And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary . . .
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
that we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Your Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
(10) The Holy Spirit filled Mary —
Mary is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit.
Mary conceived Jesus through the Power of the Holy Spirit.
The Visitation
(1) Sing: Holy Is His Name
(2) Luke 1: 39-45
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’
(3) Elizabeth was considered barren —
(4) John the Baptist was carried in Elizabeth's womb —
(5) John was his name —
(6) John's message was "Repent".
(7) John called Jesus the "Lamb of God".
(8)
Luke 1: 46-55
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
(9) Sing Magnificat to the tune of Amazing Grace.
Magnificat — Magnificat — Magnificat praise God!
(10) "I once was lost, but now am found"
A person caught in anger inside is lost —
They keep seeking control with others —
so they can use them to punish with the anger they
have in them —
Listen to Jesus' message September 13, 2010.
Message from Jesus from the Rosary of September 13, 2010
Jesus: And I speak to you and I tell you of My love, but you do not hear and what is this message worth to the earth this day that is suffering and in need of the message that I have given. In your impudence you can turn away and say it's not for me to hear this message. And yet I have courted you, and blessed you, and kissed your wounds so many times, beneath the cross as I gave Myself to you in the Eucharist, and you turned away and you said "Not today Jesus, I'm mad." How it offends My Heart when I have given such love to you and you treat Me so coldly, for My Heart is on fire. As I died on the cross, My thoughts were of you — My love for you, My giving of Myself for you, and you ignore Me with such a coldness. My people today are dying in their hearts, and I have given to you the medicine, the medicine of My love. Do not turn away from Me, for I cry blood for the babies today, that are being murdered in their mothers' wombs. Help Me, My child. The blood is on the hands of many.
Jesus: The blood is on your hands. I have called you to reach My people.
R. He says people are blessed, kissed, loved,
given the Eucharist and then after He loves
them so much they say to Him
"Not today Jesus, I'm mad."
and He says it offends His Heart when He has
given such love to them and they treat
Him so coldly when His Heart is on
fire and He died for them and His
thoughts were for them — loving them and
He gave Himself to His death —
Today He told me — what Fr. Mike said is true —
some people are angry their whole life and
they can never deal with it —
they don't work well with others —
then they seek control in a family, a Church
an institution and
then start acting out anger —
because they give, in service there —
they have the right to punish and act angry —
The anger is in them and they are looking for a
reason why they have the right to act their
anger out on somebody being loving —
In doing this to others —
We do it to Jesus —
They can serve to control so they can get down to their
anger inside of them and
then tell others it is their fault —
Then they can play games of ping-pong, Jesus says,
hateful games —
the innocent person doesn't want —
they use the service as force and think they
have a right now to punish an innocent
other with their life-long hatred —
Jesus says —
they look for people to serve — not to serve
Him and build His Kingdom —
but to act out their anger and have the right
to do it —
holding others at bay — like they really
violated them —
they need a 'scapegoat', Jesus says —
He was the little innocent Lamb led to
the slaughter for this sin of hatred —
The Birth of Jesus
(1) Jesus the Divine God, the Son of God took flesh.
(2) Jesus came in the womb of Mary —
(3) Mary's Immaculate Heart is her
spiritual womb.
(4) Excerpts from Blue Book I — God-Made-Man is Born - December 24, 1993
Jesus, God-made-man, Son of Mary is born in Bethlehem in a stable, under the eyes of beasts.
(5) Such poverty for a mighty King! He is not a king of riches.
(6) Sound the trumpet, blow the horn, roll the drums!
(7) The angels are all that declare His coming-and a few shepherds.
(8) All honor is yours today for a Savior is born and He will come as a baby.
(9) But He will save all from their sins and they will be heirs of His Kingdom. Alleluia. Alleluia.
(10) His star burned bright in the east and the world did not even know what might come on that night!
The Presentation
(1) Jesus was taken to the temple.
(2) Song: Little Baby Hands and Feet
(3) Mary is the Lady of Sorrows.
(4) Mary gave us the 7 Sorrows to
recognize her sorrows.
(5) Mary watched Jesus as a baby and
knew He would suffer —
(6) Look at the Love of the 2 Hearts.
(7) Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!
(8) Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."
(9) 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
(10) Excerpt from the Rosary of August 27, 1996
