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September 16, 2017
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September 17th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
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Please pray for Dan.
Please pray for Monsignor.
Please pray for Dennis serving our country.
Please pray Fr. Joe's book & cover & all involved.
Please pray for Regina's sister-in-law who
died and their whole family
Prayer for Grace for our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our new president as he takes office. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
September 16, 2017
R. We are preparing to send out
Cycle B – the new homily book.
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R. An excerpt from Fr. Joe's new book.
1st Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 63: 16-17, 19; 64: 2-7
After all, you are our Father.
If Abraham will not own us,
if Israel will not acknowledge us,
you, Yahweh, are our Father,
‘Our Redeemer’ is your name from of old.
Why, Yahweh, do you let us wander
from your ways
and let our hearts grow too hard
to fear you?
Return, for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
We have long been like those
you do not rule,
people who do not bear your name.
Oh, that you would tear the heavens open
and come down
—in your presence
the mountains would quake,at the unexpected miracles you would do.
(Oh, that you would come down,
in your presence
the mountains would quake!)
Never has anyone heard,
no ear has heard, no eye has seen
any god but you act like this
for the sake of those who trust him.
You come to meet those
who are happy to act uprightly;
keeping your ways reminds them of you.
Yes, you have been angry
and we have been sinners;
now we persist in your ways
and we shall be saved.
We have all been like unclean things
and our upright deeds like filthy rags.
We wither, all of us, like leaves,
and all our misdeeds
carry us off like the wind.
There is no one to invoke your name,
to rouse himself to hold fast to you,
for you have hidden your face from us
and given us up
to the power of our misdeeds.
And yet, Yahweh, you are our Father;
we the clay and you our potter,
all of us are the work of your hands.
1st Sunday of Advent
November 30, 2014
– (Isaiah 63, 16b-17. 19b; 64, 2-7) A true prophet has an ability to see and know God more profoundly than anyone else can. In our first reading taken from Isaiah, the prophet recognized that when the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Israel, it was a disaster that the leaders of God’s people brought upon themselves for having ignored the guidance God had tried to give them. After 50 years of captivity, the Persians, who conquered the Babylonians, allowed the Jews to return to their homeland, Israel. The job of rebuilding what had been destroyed 50 years earlier was enormous. With this background, we hear the prophet lament how God’s people are now suffering and, in the name of God’s wayward people, the prophet prays for their heavenly Father to forgive them and help them. Just notice some of these beautiful expressions in the prayer: “Oh that you would rend the heavens (tear them open) and come down. Would that you might meet us doing right...Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful...our guilt carries us away...Yet, you are our father, we are the work of your hands.”INTRODUCTION
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
R. God is a Supreme Being –
God the Father sent His only Son –
Jesus teaches us about God –
God wants us to be united –
We see ourselves as a family
in the Church.
The Church is the Body of Christ.
There is unity and love –
going out of ourselves and
being connected with others –
Abraham set out to do as God
asked. They suffered on the journey
God gave to Abraham, but Abraham
did not give up – Abraham
had faith – Abraham trusted
God –
Abraham's response was wholehearted.
Abraham was obedient right away
when God asked him and Abraham
gave generously.
God calls us to say "yes" to what He
asks us to do.
We see Jesus answered the call
of the Father to His death on
the cross
Mary said "yes" to God. Mary did
the will of God. Yesterday we celebrated
the Sorrowful Mother. Mary suffered,
but she did what God called her
to do in love. She didn't disobey God,
ever. She didn't act nasty – she is
the perfect handmaid of the Lord.
Mary and Jesus are models in
their lives for us.
Religious should be special
examples to the Church of
Christian holiness – so people
see the image of God in them.
Religious are given a special
calling to show others how to
be like Jesus, to show others
obedience to God's will in obeying
their superiors and they should
be examples of the Love of the Two
Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
We are on this earth such a
short time and God has a plan
to help build His Kingdom by our
yes to God's plan. God's plan
for salvation is unfolding in
our lives. We are to help in the
work of redemption. We belong
to God. He is the Creator – we are
His creatures. We are to give
witness to others of how we
are holy. We are to be witnesses
of deep faith, like Abraham.
God loves us and has commanded
us to love Him with our whole heart,
our whole soul and our whole being
and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
We were baptized into Christ. We
are commissioned in baptism to
go out and spread the Good News.
It is our baptism covenant with
God. We are to live in faith,
being disciplined, living in sacrifice
and service.
The angel of Portugal told the Fatima
children to sacrifice. Sacrifice
means we do God's will for us
in love. We are good. We control
ourselves out of love of God.
In Blue Book I Jesus gave me a
message He is a Personal God.
He Is A Personal God, A Real Person!
November 19, 1993
Jesus: I come with My grace to penetrate your soul. You open your heart and I enter in. My Blood washes you clean. I dwell in your heart. I am truly present there. Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless you eat this Body and drink this Blood, you shall not have life in you. You speak from Me. What flows from your mouth is the result of My presence within you. I am He Who writes these letters. You are only My servant. I use you. I give you honor because I come to you, but it is I Who do this writing. Your hand is My hand. I am using you in this work. I want all My letters published in a book-not a few. They were written as words for all to hear. With such material, many will turn their hearts to Me. I became real to you as you read My letters. I am a real person and I want to be known as I am, Son of God, loving and true. I want to be known on a personal basis to all My children. You are only being used. I am writing to My people. You cannot stop the hand of God. You are My candidates to execute this work. I want My letters out and soon. I do not want you to waste any more time. You both have nothing to do with this. You are My servants. This is My task. I want it accomplished. Many hearts will know Me in a new way from these letters.
I have spoken to Rita with all the love I have for each of My children. I am this personal with every soul. If they come to Me they will know this. They need to read and study these letters. Your job is to get them published. I want Rita to talk to her brothers. This will be accomplished in time. The proof of this is in the contents of these letters. No person could have the insight but Me alone. I am commanding you to do this work. Do not tarry.
Do not fear. I go before you and I make ready the path. You will not falter on your way. The road will open as it should. Any obstacles I will remove from your path. It will be transacted as I have planned and you will know this by the love with which it happens.
I am Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God. I live in this world in the hearts of all. I want all to know how alive I truly am. I never go from My people's side. I am vigilant and always there. It is they who move from Me. I want them to be drawn closer to My Sacred Heart, closer and closer through the content of these letters. I am alive. I am here. I am your love. I want all to know this message of love. It is not up to you to question My ways. My ways I make known to you for I want to save every last soul. You will be a big part in helping Me do this with many souls. They are thirsty. They will drink. I love you both very much and appreciate your trust and faith in Me. My ways, I have made clear. Do not tarry. I work before you. I do the work. You will know it is Me because of its ease. If a door shuts, it is not the way I want to go. All doors are open doors in My plan. It is easy to follow.
I love you and I am truly Jesus, Son of the Living God. Your work I bless and I go with you on your way. I am as present here as I was on My death on the cross. You will not fear. You will be fearless and without worry. Be steadfast in delivering these messages to your brothers. It is their souls that are at stake. The world preaches so many awful messages. These are so powerful and will reach men's hearts. I am a personal God. I am a God of love. I am a person Who wants to love My people in a personal way. I will give them these messages through you.
R. He has a plan to do His work. You don't ask why. You just do as He wants. He acts through you to minister to whom He wants, maybe only one person. You don't ask if what you did was good or not because He is doing it.
I became selfless and I surrender. The more I spoon out of me, the more He possesses me and it is He Who acts in me. If I did it, it would surely flop. If He does it, it will never flop.
It is for His honor and glory that I act. It has nothing to do with self-promotion. To be persecuted or glorified focuses on self. We must become selfless. We must act and empty ourselves. Don't ever ask if it was good or bad. We didn't do it. We are His servants.
Jesus: I am in you in this. I am working in you. I am giving you wisdom and insights to deliver My messages. I want you to speak. This has nothing to do with you. I use you. I have primed you to trust in Me and not ask any questions. It is for Jesus you act. This is your main concern: you must become selfless-totally. Drop your selves. Die to your self. Be of Me.
It is not you who act, but I Who act in you. Be selfless, child. You don't understand but when you question you are not selfless in your soul. I have planted these messages. It has nothing to do with you. I use your hand and write My words. You are a servant, My Servant. You are honored by Me that I use you, but I am He Who is acting!
Be selfless and unquestioning. Be as a baby at the breast. You wait and I do all things. Wait, baby. Wait on Me. I will use you. Be open, unattached and selfless. Be totally submissive. Do not fret or fume or worry. Let go and I will do all I need to. Just be willing. I have been teaching you about My will daily. You have studied under Jesus Christ. I would think you know some things about Me. I am the teacher. You are My people. Your life I use to teach you lessons. Your trials teach you profound truths. What gems those little trials are, gems of great knowledge from Me. Every day unfolds and you are taught by Me. You are My pupil. I am your teacher. Teach your brothers how to be My pupils in their lives.
I am the teacher of all truth. My teachings are truths of the soul. I am the greatest teacher. My school is run on My love. It is always good for you. Take your tests and receive a golden reward. Graduation is into My Sacred Heart, into the kingdom of God. I love you so!
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R. In today's world people can
treat others like objects instead
of being connected and loving
and united to others
as a family as God wants.
There is sexual promiscuity where
people can not even look in the face
of another and have sex.
The killing of babies, acting
as if their little lives don't count.
God wants relationships of love –
giving to others – If a person
becomes hard-hearted they can
be so frozen in their hearts,
there is not relationship - connection
with others. When they look at
others they can see them as objects –
a means to an end – even abuse
them acting out their own evil
ways.
Man was created in the
image of God. We have dignity –
God gives us dignity – we are
wonderfully made – God wants
us to be united in our hearts
in love. God commands us to
love – Love and Relationship
go together.
The devil wants people to see
others as enemies. A person
can live their whole life
practicing being jealous and
envious of others instead of
seeing their brothers through
God's eyes and loving their brothers
as God commands us to do.
A person has a free will to live
a disciplined life as God calls
us to do or try to force their
undisciplined, rebellious, unloving,
behavior on others.
Heaven is a reward promised
to those who love and serve the Lord.
To go to heaven we must be
absolutely pure and holy –
Jacob too was chosen by God. These
are figures we study and know how
important was their lives.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Joshua 24: 1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; he then summoned all the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges and officials, and they presented themselves in God’s presence. Joshua then said to all the people:
‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this, “From time immemorial, your ancestors, Terah, father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River, and served other gods. But if serving Yahweh seems a bad thing to you, today you must make up your minds whom you do mean to serve, whether the gods whom your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now living. As regards my family and me, we shall serve Yahweh.’ The people replied, ‘Far be it from us to desert Yahweh and to serve other gods! Yahweh our God was the one who brought us and our ancestors here from Egypt, from the place of slave–labour, who worked those great wonders before our eyes and who kept us safe all along the way we travelled and among all the peoples through whom we passed. We too shall serve Yahweh, for he is our God.’
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 23, 2015
INTRODUCTION –
(Joshua 24,1-2a,15-17,18b; Ephesians 5,21-32; John 6,60-69) Shortly after Moses led God’s people to the Promised Land, Moses died and Joshua took over the position Moses had held. In our reading today, Joshua gathered God’s people together to renew their covenant with Yahweh. They enthusiastically chose to commit themselves to follow God faithfully. History has shown that later generations did not remain so faithful or so enthusiastic. The enthusiasm of God’s people in today’s first reading is contrasted with the unenthusiastic response of many who had been following Jesus until he taught them that he was the bread of life. They started walking away thinking he was talking nonsense. To their credit, the apostles, who did not understand Jesus any better than the crowd, stayed with Jesus for they had accepted that Jesus was the Holy One of God. Today’s Letter to the Ephesians, the second reading, encourages married couples to live a life of mutual love and such love will bring them supreme joy.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 19: 4-8
He himself went on into the desert, a day’s journey, and sitting under a furze bush wished he were dead. ‘Yahweh,’ he said, ‘I have had enough. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down and went to sleep. Then all of a sudden an angel touched him and said, ‘Get up and eat.’ He looked round, and there at his head was a scone baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. But the angel of Yahweh came back a second time and touched him and said, ‘Get up and eat, or the journey will be too long for you.’ So he got up and ate and drank, and strengthened by that food he walked for forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, God’s mountain.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 9, 2015
INTRODUCTION –
(I Kings 19,4-8; Ephesians 4,30; John 6, 41-51) Jezebel was an evil queen who reigned in Israel eight hundred fifty years before Christ. One of her many goals in life was to eliminate faith and worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel. At the same time in Israel, there also lived the prophet Elijah who was dedicated to serving Yahweh. Naturally, these two would collide. Just previous to today’s first reading from the Book of Kings, Elijah had worked a powerful miracle on Mt. Carmel, a place now known as Haifa, which dramatically demonstrated in the presence of the King, 450 of the pagan priests, and all the people of Israel, that Yahweh was truly God and that the gods Jezebel promoted were nonexistent. Jezebel, instead of being converted, became a sore loser. She sent her army after Elijah to kill him. Elijah quickly got out of town. He ran to the desert in southern Judea and this is where we meet him in today’s first reading. He is hungry, tired, deeply depressed and hoping to die. However, God did not desert his faithful prophet. Instead, God sent Elijah to the same mountain in Sinai where God had given Moses the 10 Commandments, that is, to Mt. Sinai, aka Mt. Horeb. This passage has been chosen because it speaks of a special food God gave Elijah, a food that sustained him in his journey to Mt. Horeb for 40 days and 40 nights. The passage connects with the gospel where Jesus tells us he is the bread that will strengthen us on our journey through life and into eternal life.
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘Disaster for the shepherds who lose and scatter the sheep of my pasture, Yahweh declares. This, therefore, is what Yahweh, God of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd my people, "You have scattered my flock, you have driven them away and have not taken care of them. Right, I shall take care of you for your misdeeds, Yahweh declares! But the remnant of my flock I myself shall gather from all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; they will be fruitful and increase in numbers. For them I shall raise up shepherds to shepherd them and pasture them. No fear, no terror for them any more; not one shall be lost, Yahweh declares!
Look, the days are coming,
Yahweh declares,
when I shall raise an upright Branch
for David;
he will reign as king and be wise,
doing what is just and upright
in the country.
In his days Judah will triumph
and Israel live in safety.
And this is the name he will be called,
‘Yahweh–is–our–Saving–Justice.’ "
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19, 2015
(Jeremiah, 23, 1-6; Ephesians, 2, 13-18; Mark 6, 30-34) Our first reading comes from Jeremiah the prophet who lived during the years of the Babylonian conquest and exile of Israel, about 600 years before Christ. In this passage, Jeremiah is speaking to the Jewish kings and leaders of his day. He refers to them as shepherds, an image that goes back to around the time of Abraham hundreds of years before Jeremiah. Jeremiah denounces the Jewish kings and leaders as useless and evil shepherds who cared only about themselves. It was their failure to guide God’s people in God’s ways that led to the Babylonian exile and the destruction of many people, the nation, and the Temple. In today’s passage, God promises he himself would make sure that good shepherds would take over and caring for his people. However, God’s promise that “the days are coming” took a long time to come; not just the 50 years of exile in Babylon, but 600 years before the king would arrive who would govern wisely and who would save Judah. We hear about this king in today’s gospel, a good shepherd who guides hundreds and thousands of people who flock to him looking for wisdom and guidance. NoticeINTRODUCTION –
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ezekiel 2: 2-5
As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. He said, 'Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been in revolt against me up to the present day. Because they are stubborn and obstinate children, I am sending you to them, to say, "Lord Yahweh says this." Whether they listen or not, this tribe of rebels will know there is a prophet among them.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 5, 2015
(Ezekiel 2, 2-5; II Cor. 12, 7-10; Mark 6, 1-6) Sometimes prophets predicted the future, but most of the time their task was to remind God's people of how God wanted them to live. Their efforts were not always appreciated by the people who heard the message. The prophet Ezekiel lived about 600 years before Christ. He had to warn the people of the national disaster that was headed their way if they did not change their ways. In the beginning of his book, he describes, as much as it is possible, a vision of God in heaven. He was so overwhelmed he fell flat onto the ground. This is where our first reading comes in. God got him back on his feet and commissioned him to be a prophet. God cautions Ezekiel that as a prophet he would not have an easy job of it. The passage prepares us for the gospel that tells of Jesus, the greatest prophet of all, who was rejected by his own people when he came to preach in his hometown of Nazareth.INTRODUCTION –
5th Sunday of Lent
Jeremiah 31: 31-34
‘Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not like the covenant I made with their ancestors the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt, a covenant which they broke, even though I was their Master, Yahweh declares. No, this is the covenant I shall make with the House of Israel when those days have come, Yahweh declares. Within them I shall plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I shall be their God and they will be my people. There will be no further need for everyone to teach neighbour or brother, saying, "Learn to know Yahweh!" No, they will all know me, from the least to the greatest, Yahweh declares, since I shall forgive their guilt and never more call their sin to mind.’
5th Sunday of Lent
March 22, 2015
(Jeremiah 31,31-35; Hebrews 5,7-9; John 12,20-33) The prophet Jeremiah lived 600 years before Christ. He was sent by God on a mission of mercy to warn God’s people that they were living on the edge of a catastrophe. If they didn’t start following God’s ways, the Babylonians would invade their land and destroy them. Centuries of wanton idolatry, social injustice and even human sacrifice had seriously weakened the moral fiber of God’s people. God was telling them through the prophet Jeremiah how they could avoid disaster. Of course, they ignored Jeremiah and persecuted him for his message. Today’s first reading comes shortly before the Babylonian invasion. Centuries earlier, God had made a covenant with his people through Moses and the people continually violated it. In spite of their unfaithfulness, God still loved his people and he promised he would make a new covenant with them as the former one did not work out so well. Six hundred years later, Jesus used these words, “new covenant” when he gave the cup of his blood to his disciples at the Last Supper. We renew that covenant with him each time we come to Mass.INTRODUCTION –
R. We are chosen by God in baptism.
We can answer God's call or rebel
against God and serve satan –
Do you see salvation history?
When the people disobeyed God
in the Old Testament bad things happened
and then they made a mess
and were conquered and had
to turn back to God because
they were in dire misery
rebelling against God. Why
didn't they obey God –
They were filled with pride and
wanted to do their own will –
They didn't want anyone telling
them what to do.
We have received a mission
in our lives – we live the life,
death and resurrection of Jesus in our
lives. We have a duty to do what
God calls us to. There are
consequences when we disobey
God.
We see Joseph (son of Jacob)
how he loved and served God
despite what his brothers did to him.
God's providence is at work in
Joseph's life and it is at work
in our lives. Joseph had so
many trials. Joseph was sold
as a slave.
The Old Testament prefigures the New
Testament. We know Joseph was sold as
a slave and Judas betrayed
Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
God formed His people and
they had to obey Him or they
suffered tremendously. God
is so good to us, why would we
not learn this story of rebellion
and its consequences from
salvation history.
Abraham had a covenant with
God. Today God gives us baptism –
God gives us a sharing in His life.
A covenant is a sacred relationship
with God. Our lives are to be
lived in relationship with God
and others.
Matthew 22: 34-40
‘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.’
R. We are not independent here –
the devil wants people to live
independently –
We are dependent on God –
He is above – we are under Him –
We are to obey God.
God calls us to obey Him – We
have a free will – we can disobey
and reject God and sin against
God and others. Why does
someone choose to be unfaithful
to God – raise themselves above
God and authority in pride?
They have misery and darkness
if they do. Darkness inside
can grow deeper and deeper
and a person can become
more and more blinded by
the darkness – distorted thinking.
God wants to forgive our sins,
but we must admit we are
sinners, ask for forgiveness and
with a firm purpose of amendment
turn away from the sin.
God loves us – God forgives even
the greatest sin and grants mercy
but we must repent.
What is worse than sin, Bishop
Sheen says, is the sinner who
denies their sin and stores up guilt.
Sin offends God. Sin is being
unloving and God created us to love.
God wants an intimate loving
relationship with us, but we
must work to stay in an
intimate loving relationship
and pray for grace to be faithful
to God and obey Him.
God promises to those who
love and serve Him they
will gain eternal life.
God keeps His promise –
Do we trust Him? Would
we allow someone we trust
and God has given us as
a spiritual leader to help us
grow in holiness?
Abraham had to trust God –
Joseph had to trust God –
We are to trust God –
God is true to His Word –
How is it when somebody
lies and you can never
trust them to do what
is their duty and
responsibility and then
they use their job
to hold back and hurt
the people they are to
protect –
One of the sorrows in life is when
a person is to be an adult or
older sibling and they sexually
abuse the child that looks up
to them that is to protect them –
So a person can secure a place
of authority – if they are not
healed and have been sexually
abused and keep acting out
on people who need their
trust to pay their bills and
protect their homes and
what they need and
the unhealed person who
gains authority and is to
be trustworthy and protect
others – keeps constantly
pulling tricks with what
is needed for the life of
those they are to protect
and have a DUTY to serve.
God asked Abraham to
go into uncharted lands
and to trust Him –
God is faithful to His promise –
God expects us to be trust-
worthy and faithful
to our duty and our jobs when
given authority over others –
authority is power given
to someone to serve
others.
Fr. Mike told me, a person,
who is untrustworthy and
acting out can use power
to hurt others and they
need to be healed.
God wants us to give
our wills to Him – to
sacrifice our wills to Him.
Abraham shows us faith
Abraham shows us obedience
Abraham trusted God –
People are to be faithful
and trustworthy when they
are leaders –
Abraham showed God
he was willing to sacrifice
his son.
How are you in practicing
obedience to superiors and to
God. We need to practice obedience –
...Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven –
We have to let Go to God if
we want Him to help us –
We can't hold on and do
our own will or have
one foot on and one foot
off –
We have to let go to God –
God wants us to sacrifice
our will –
The story of Abraham teaches
us this!
Jesus died on the cross, obeying
the will of His Father –
When we know God wants
one thing and we want
something else – we have
to give our will and heart
to God – this is sacrificing
our will to God –
From the Apostles Manual
February 23, 1997
Rita Ring
Sacrifice
When I go to Mass I offer a sacrifice. God wants our all. He wants to be first in our life. He asked Abraham to sacrifice his son.
Gen. 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18:
It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. "Abraham, Abraham!" he called. "Here I am," he replied. God said, "Take your son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you are to offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I shall point out to you.
When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
But the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven. "Abraham, Abraham!" he said. "Here I am," he replied. Do not raise your hand against the boy," the angel said. "Do not harm him, for now I know you fear God. You have not refused me your own beloved son." Then looking up, Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a bush. Abraham took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
The angel of Yahweh called Abraham a second time from heaven. "I swear by my own self, Yahweh declares, that because you have done this, because you have not refused me your own beloved son, I will shower blessings on you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will gain possession of the gates of their enemies. All nations on earth will bless themselves by your descendants, because you have obeyed my command.
The Father gave His Son for us. This is how great the Father's love is for us.
When we go to the altar many times we are suffering. We want something really bad, but we know we love God the most. What the Father asks for us is to offer that which we are so attached to as a sacrifice, united to the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus. If we offer this sacrifice to Him, the Father will pour out blessings that will be divine blessings, greater than anything we could have here on earth.
The Mass is the perfect sacrifice we offer to the Father, in which God pours out His blessings and we are one with Him and with all others in a profound expression of love. God shares His divine love with us and we partake in an intense way in His divine loving capacity. In order to become one in Him and to feel His love like this, we must surrender ourselves and be open.
He told Abraham to offer his son. God gave him his son back. He wanted Abraham to love God above all things and people.
Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice to the Father. This is the most pleasing sacrifice to the Father. If He gave His Son Who died for love of us, will He deny us when we unite our petitions with Jesus and offer these at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass?
He took them to the highest mountain and He was transfigured before them in the greatest light.
Mark 9:2-10:
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. Then Peter spoke to Jesus, "Rabbi," he said, "it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." He did not know what to say; they were so frightened. And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him." Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.
As they were coming down from the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead. They observed the warning faithfully, though among themselves they discussed what 'rising from the dead' could mean.
We go to the altar of sacrifice. The mountain to come, in which so many graces will flow, is the altar of sacrifice where the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered through the hands of consecrated priests.
We hear the Father say, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, listen to Him." He is speaking to us. He is the Word. He is speaking in these messages. He is unveiling the Scriptures and speaking to us in plain talk. This is a great gift He is giving to us.
We are transformed in the Mass. We unite with the greatest sacrifice offered in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We have the most perfect sacrifice to offer to the Father when we offer this sacrifice. He gives us great blessings. We die to ourselves, we become white.
We must unite all of our sacrifices to this Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being said all over the world. This is the greatest way to magnify all of our offerings - by uniting everything we do as an offering, a sacrifice to the Father in union with His Son.
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October 29, 2016
R.
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