September 17,
2014
September 18th Holy Spirit
Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Pray for Dan & Amanda,
for a really special intention.
September 17, 2014
R. Jesus healed and taught –
We can study Jesus as Prophet today
and how He taught in the parables. Jesus
taught us about Himself, how God loves
and is merciful – Jesus taught us about
His power, how He calmed the sea and
how He walked on water, how He
fed the crowd with the loaves and fish –
Jesus teaches us how He healed and brought
people back from the dead – healed Peter's
Mother-in-law –, healed the demonic,
healed the paralyzed, healed the lepers,
brought sight to the blind,
but Jesus healed men of their sins!
We see the story of man's rebellion
in the Bible beginning with Adam and Eve
and how Cain slew his brother – the
corruption of the world at the time of
Noah and how God flooded the earth,
but Noah and his family survived on the Ark.
We see so many gifts God has given us
and how ungrateful many men were
and willful to rebel against a good
and loving God.
Let us tell God of our gratitude and
walk with God in all we do – be
so close to God who loves us and wants
us to love Him in return –
God is love –
John 3: 16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
R. We see the prophets of the Old Testament and how
God used them to form and guide
and lead His people –
We see men like Joseph and his jealous
brothers who were brought to
their knees, but Joseph
forgave them showing, once
again, God's merciful love –
Lack of forgiveness is like a worm
in the heart –
Satan-Like A Worm in an Apple
December 10, 1993 - 3:34a.m.
Jesus: Come and let Me write to you. I awoke you from your sleep to be with you. I am your precious Jesus and I come in the night to tell you My word.
Today I want to tell you about people. Your brothers are in need of your prayers. No longer be angered by their actions. They are sick. If Satan has infiltrated their life, they do not even know it. They continue down a dark path to destruction. One person can do so much good or so much damage. Once Satan comes on the scene and acts out of another, great damage can be done. Satan works like a worm in an apple: he burrows in and keeps attacking the apple. He will go as far as he can. Finally, the whole apple becomes rotten. He burrows his way to the core. It is in the beginning when people agree to little sins that he gets in. He is no good. He is hungry to zap every last bit of life from you.
It is the same way when you allow Me to possess your soul. I operate from you to love and give to those around you. It is I Who loves and acts through you.
A person in darkness has Satan acting in him. He thinks he is free but he is a slave to Satan. How sad to be overtaken by Satan. Satan is debased. No evil is bad enough for him. The more you move away from Me, the more he gets in and uses you. His works are cunning and crafty. His game is deception, twisting the truth, outright lies, division and real heartache.
When I enter your soul, your heart is nourished and plump and red. It beats as a healthy heart and I dwell there and operate from you. I love and act to your brothers. Be of a clean heart, America. Turn back to the commandments. The first commandment alone would change your lives. I am the Lord, thy God. Thou Shalt not have strange gods before Me! If all turned their wills and their lives over to Me we would have a world of love and caring and kindness.
Why do people act this way? Why do they let Satan in? Satan convinces you. You are being cheated and you must do some selfish act. He talks in your head and his reasoning is very convincing. He works on your feelings and tells you you are being treated unfairly. He works you up. You decide to rectify the wrong and then you act. He stirs up hate and anger in the heart.
Oh, little ones, please guard your hearts. Be careful what you agree to take in. Will you listen to Satan and his ugly, selfish words or listen to Me. It is when Satan attacks that you need to recognize his paralyzing grip and cast him out in My name. Recognize it is he who is interrupting your calm life. He comes like a whirlwind and stirs up your life. There is instant chaos. That, dear ones, is Satan. Who else could do such a work of evil art? You have to be strong and recognize that what is happening is of him. He comes like a thief in the night to steal the hearts fixed on God. He wants your hearts. He wants your wills. He wants to operate you. He is cunning and debased.
When an attack occurs, identify it as from Satan and cast him out. This is so hard. He is really gripping you. Pray hard and get him out. He plans to divide you and trip you up. How does it happen so quick? How can you be called so quickly to an argument? It is very easy for Satan. He gets you when you are tired and hungry. He knows what will get to you. He is so cunning. He baits you for his kill and then you wonder what happened. Like a whirlwind, he blows no good. He enters and sweeps away your good works and you feel so empty inside. You must see his work as soon as it begins. When you are at peace and chaos starts, it is he. Pray hard, "Jesus, Jesus." Pray, focus on ME and My beautiful love for you. See Me bleeding on the cross!
You can ward off his nasty, nasty tricks. They are not nice. I love you from the bottom of My heart. Let Me operate you, little one. Open wide the gates of your heart to Me. Constantly offer your life as a prayer. Your prayers today will save your brothers.
I want to use you to do My work. I want to love through you. It is in loving we are made whole. It is in Christ's presence we are happy. Watch out for the Evil One. He aims to trip you up. If you love Me, he hates Me and wants you to be joined to him. It is a battle to gain your soul!
You are finished My child. I love you intently. Go back to bed.
end of excerpt
R. We see the stubbornness of the
Pharaoh against God at the
time of Moses and God sent
10 plagues –
We know that we will suffer –
Look how these prophets suffered
dealing with rebellious and willful
people who opposed the
word God gave through them –
David suffered
Jeremiah suffered
We see how Solomon, so richly
blessed, gave into sin and
hurt the plan God was giving them
for growth –
We see Elijah, the prophet, Isaiah,
the prophet, Daniel, the prophet
and how God used them and
we can read in the scriptures
from this time –
Jeremiah warned them and they
threw him in a cistern for
prophesying to the King –
In the end Jerusalem was captured
by the Babylonians because
they wouldn't listen to Jeremiah.
From Response in Christ by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
a) Christ as Prophet
The historical Christ was the central figure in the long list of God's prophets who have assumed such a vital role throughout the course of salvation history. As Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah and the rest of the Old Testament prophets were the spokesmen for Yahweh, so most perfectly is Christ the spokesman for His Father. A prophet, then, in terms of salvation history is a specially commissioned teacher sent by God to His People. What is the task of the prophet? His role is in some way to reveal God and God's plan for man's salvation and sanctification.
Christ accomplished the task of the prophet in an eminently perfect manner. Through His unique words of wisdom He made a deep impression upon His hearers: "Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and his teaching made a deep impression on the people because he taught them with authority, and not like their own scribes." (Mt 7:28-29). Through this teaching Christ gradually revealed the nature of God. He revealed this nature, not only as It is in Itself, but also as It is in Its relationship to men. Above all, He taught men the love and mercy which their Heavenly Father has for them. He did this in a manner which was radically adapted to their understanding, using the language and mode of speech which was familiar to them. Through the use of the most simple story Christ would often bring out the most sublime truths concerning God. His story of the Prodigal Son as given in St. Luke is an exquisite, graphic presentation of the loving and merciful attitude of God toward the repentant sinner.
Yet Christ did not reveal the Father and the Father's plan only through word. He also did so through His actions. At times the events of His life were a more eloquent revelation than His words. The crucified Christ, as He hangs in silence upon the cross, speaks volumes to the world concerning the love and mercy of God, the justice of God, and the heinousness of sin. In short, it is the total person of Christ in all His words, actions, gestures – in everything – who reveals the Father to men.1 This revelation of the Father includes within itself God's desire for man's response. For God does not reveal Himself in Christ to man for any empty purpose. God tells us He loves us, that He gives Himself to us in Christ, and that He wants us to respond with a love of our own as we live the way Our Father wants us to live: in Christ, Who is the way, the truth and the life.
The Church, the People of God, is destined to continue Christ's prophetic, revelatory office.2 The most obvious way she does this is through her official teaching mission. Primarily through the pope and the bishops, the Church has the responsibility of continually presenting the message of Christ in a manner which is relevant to the men of various ages. Yet it is not only the pope and the other bishops who accomplish this teaching mission. The theologian, the priest in the pulpit, the teacher of religion and theology, the mother and father educating their children according to the principles of Christ – all such people offer examples of the various ways in which the members of the People of God contribute to the continuation of Christ's prophetic or teaching office.
There is another manner in which the entire People of God contribute to the Church's teaching mission. The official teachers in the Church, namely the pope and bishops, depend to a considerable extent upon how the Holy Spirit is operating within the entire People of God. The People of God in their universal grasp of matters relating to faith and morals assist the official teachers of the Church in their duty of correctly projecting the truth of Christ to the Church and world. An example of this is contained in the procedure which preceded the definition of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII speaks about this procedure: ". . . We considered it opportune to ask all Our venerable brethren in the episcopate directly and authoritatively, that each of them should make known to Us his mind in a formal statement. Hence, We gave them Our letter 'Deiparae Virginis Mariae', a letter in which these words are contained: 'Do you, Venerable Brethren, in your outstanding wisdom and prudence, judge that the bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin can be proposed and defined as a dogma of faith? Do you, with your clergy and people, desire it? ' "3
Consequently, we see the soundness of the newly discovered dialogue within the Church. The more open are the lines of communication between the pope and the bishops of the world, between bishops and their priests, between priests and their people, between religious superiors and subjects, the better is the possibility that the truth of Christ the teacher will more perfectly permeate the entire life of the People of God, and ultimately the life of the world.
We have said that the historical Christ taught the truth of God not only through His words, but through His actions, His attitude, His gestures. In brief, He taught through everything He was and did. So it must be with the Church. The Church continues the teaching mission of Christ, not only through her verbal and written teaching, but also through her actions and attitude, and, summarily, through her total being as it is visible to men.
We see, consequently, why the Church must concretely show her concern for the poor, the oppressed, the one who suffers from racial prejudice. The truth which the Church preaches concerning social justice must become incarnated in the visible, concrete action she undertakes for such a cause. Since the Church is the continuation of Christ, she must act as He did. Christ not only told men that He loved them, He proved that love in a concrete, tangible, incarnate manner.
It is entirely appropriate that Christians be present at demonstrations concerned with a true and just cause, even though, of course, they are not usually representing the Church in an official capacity. The witness of priests, religious and laity demonstrating for racial justice is a powerful witness of the truth of Christ that all men are created equal. Sometimes such action is much more effective in projecting to the world the Church's concern for the racially oppressed than are the pastoral letters of bishops regarding racial equality.
Every member of the People of God is called upon to continue the teaching mission of Christ. The baptized Christian is incorporated into Christ who is prophet, king and priest. This incorporation is further perfected through confirmation. Therefore each member within the Church receives a real share in the prophetic, kingly and priestly mission of Christ. In relation to our present topic concerning Christ as prophet or teacher, no member of the Church can excuse himself from carrying forward this particular mission of Christ. Some of the various possibilities open to all within the Church have already been suggested. We now emphasize a constant and ever available opportunity which is present to all, namely, the witness of a truly Christian life. A life constantly lived according to the truth and example of Christ is a powerful, persuasive witness to Christ and His message. Perhaps because there are too few such Christian witnesses, Christianity has failed to make the desired imprint upon civilization. For it is only when mankind sees the truth of Christ concretely lived out by Christians that such truth has the power to draw men to Christ and His Church in any great numbers.4
3. Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus, cited
in The Encyclicals of a Century (Boston: Daughters of
St. Paul), pp. 386-387.
4. Cf. Edward Schillebeeckx,
Christ the
Sacrament of the Encounter with God (New York: Sheed &
Ward, 1963), p. 209.
Given September 16, 2014
R. A house is built on structure, on
love, on trust, on faithfulness.
Christ had power of the tumulant
sea –
Christ could calm the sea –
Christ came walking on the water –
With 5 loaves and 2
fish
Christ fed 5,000
Jesus calmed the sea and the
Apostles were sent out
to teach and heal.
Jesus rested –
Jesus obeyed the Father's Plan for
Him –
Jesus lived a quiet life for
30 years –
The Golden Rule –
Matthew 7: 12
'So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the Law and the Prophets.
The Beatitudes are
Matthew 5: 3-10
How blessed are the poor in spirit:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Blessed are the gentle:
they shall have the earth as inheritance.
Blessed are those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Blessed are those
who hunger and thirst for uprightness:
they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Blessed are the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
they shall be recognised
as children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
in the cause of uprightness:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Mark 3: 13-19
The appointment of the Twelve
He now went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message, with power to drive out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave the name Peter, James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or ‘Sons of Thunder’; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.
Jesus: I have called My people to help
Me in the Shepherds of Christ to bring
about the Reign of My Sacred Heart –
It is obedience to My Father's
Plan I ask for –
It is love in your hearts that
will bring about the
Reign of My Sacred Heart –
I cured the cripple –
I taught and healed –
You are in need of My healing –
Willful men see themselves
as right and in need of no healing –
they live their lives trying to
not change and force others
to do it their impure and
dysfunctional way –
Whatever they did – that hurt
others and didn't work
before –
they do harder –
A holy man is one who knows
he is in need of healing –
of dying to self and rising in Me –
R. Jesus in His public life was
healing and teaching –
Jesus healed miraculously –
showing us that man needs
to be healed –
He healed the blind –
He cured the lepers –
He freed the men of devils –
He rose the dead –
He healed numerous
diseases
Jesus: Only a fool lives his life
in darkness –
he does not trust anyone, but
himself –
he can see those he needs to
work with as enemies
and he sees in darkness –
not trusting God or man –
When he criticizes a well
giving man - he doesn't
see his own blindness and
darkness and sterile heart that
is ready to throw a friend to the
wolves because his heart is
tainted and shut down –
How can you build up, when
a man is dark inside and
doesn't want union with
others because life-long –
he never trusted any man
I sent –
A man was on a boat and
he was drowning –
I sent a man to rescue him
and he criticized him and he
continued to drown –
I sent another and he did the
same –
sent him away because of
his own sterile darkness –
If he would have made friends
with the first man and taken
his gift wanting to save him,
he could have had love,
friendship and time in his
own life to help others in
need –
Instead the man drowning
lived an isolated life of
shutting down everything God
wanted him to do, to make his
independence and isolation
his gods –
Did you ever see a wall
built with one brick –
Silly you say to Me –
Silly I say to you the man
who knows it all, disobeys
the rule I command him
to love and tries to trap and
punish the men I send to
build a wall for My Kingdom –
He is the loner
Building his wall with one brick
Stranded and drowning and refusing
other men –
And setting waves to rock
his own boat with
a big leak –
Foolish you say –
Blind I say and more than
this, his time is always
working in a dark
room without light –
The devil is like that –
he tempts men to think he
is independent –
while the "loner-man" is
really enslaved to
satan and listening
to his deception –
Pride, anger, greed, jealousy
slothfulness, envy,
lust, gluttony –
come from a heart
that is tainted –
bad habits or vices
Faith, Hope and Love are good
habits
A wise man knows the Bible –
A wise man knows I come to
teach you about healing
and teaching God's way –
A wise man doesn't give into
the deception of satan –
disobeying authority –
disobeying rules –
A wise man is always seeking
the Father's will –
he isn't like the blind
man in darkness –
And they couldn't catch nothing
all night and
they were told by Jesus to
put in their nets and
they caught so many
fish
Jesus called them and
they responded and
they became
"fishers of men"
R. Jesus was rejected in His
own town –
Jesus: The wise know the Plan
of the Father – they
live by it –
they seek it –
I healed the sick – the
pompous man lives to
prove he needs no
healing –
he is wasting his hours
and days living a
fallacy
R. Jesus expelled the money-changers
in the Temple in
anger –
Jesus prayed –
Jesus prayed to the Father
In the Transfiguration we see
a lesson –
that man is to obey God
and be changed –
Satan tells a man he has
arrived and prove he is right
when he is wrong –
The holy man - never stops
changing and dying to
his tainted ways as he
grows more and more in
God's ways
Death/Resurrection
This was the last 17th before the 13ths started.
Mary appeared 3 months later in Clearwater.
3 Months before Mary appeared at Clearwater.
At Tom’s Farm
Dear Holy Spirit, we ask You to come and to fill our hearts with the fire of Your love, to permeate our being that we may feel the Spirit move and know He is alive within us, for when the Spirit is alive within us, we are filled with God. Satan presses in, but the Spirit of God is alive within us. Come to us in a special way. Move within us. Fill us with the fire of God’s love that we will know You and be so close to You, that as God lives in us that others will be touched by His life in us in the world.September 17, 1996 - Blue Book Meeting
R.
Jesus:
I have called you, My chosen ones. I have called each one of you to this meeting on the 17th of this month. The Fatima message will soon reach completion. Everyone, every person, I have called to this farm, you are a big part of the completion of the Fatima message. Do not underestimate this calling. This message has been met with the greatest opposition. You are facing grave opposition this day because of the importance of the Fatima message. You will receive strength in this rosary to go forth as the Apostles went forth. You will go into the world, and you will spread the fire of God’s love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph. You are a major part of the completion of this message from Fatima.Song:
Take Lord ReceiveGlorious Mysteries
September 17, 1996
The Resurrection
1.
Jesus: Come to Me now. Do not be afraid. Open your heart, and let Me come in your heart. I am Jesus. You must open your heart. I want to touch you in a special way.2.
R. See the glorified body of Jesus as He rose on the third day. See His body glistening in white. Let this rosary live in your hearts. As we meditate on the mysteries of this rosary, see how the rosary connects to our lives, how many times we have struggled, how many times we felt as if we would not smile again. The struggle pressed in. It was so hard. And the light came stealing across the sky, and we saw the glory of a new day, and our hearts were filled with great joy. Jesus allows us to suffer. We are constantly living His life, death and resurrection in our lives. We constantly struggle and struggle, sometimes so painful that we feel as if we are dying, and we say, “Jesus, Jesus, are You there? Jesus, I know You’re allowing me to suffer.” And the suffering presses in, but He showed us. He showed us by His life that in the death there is the resurrection, and when we are down so low that we feel as if a tomorrow will not come, as if we will not smile, He shows us the folly in our ways. He shows us the brightness of the new day. He shows us how the plan of the Father is unfolding in our lives and to hold on to some things would have interfered with this plan unfolding in our lives. Darkness has covered the earth, but He is giving to us these messages that we may be the lights that go into the darkness, that will spread His light to the troubled world. The struggles that we have will be immense. Jesus and Mary say constantly of the struggles to come and how we are being prepared to handle these struggles.Jesus:
The only way, My beloved ones, to be able to handle these struggles is to dwell in Our Hearts. I am allowing you to suffer that you will learn to come to Our Hearts.3.
R. How has your week been? Have you called upon Him, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!” Have you cried and felt the pain within your chest? We see Jesus as He hung on the cross, His body covered with blood, His body withered. We see His Mother beneath the cross in such agony to see her beloved Son. And we see Jesus on the third day, for He came from the tomb victorious, His body covered in light. He is the light of the world.4.
Jesus: How will you learn if you do not struggle? Will you come to Our Hearts? You resist the invitation to come and to dwell in Our Hearts. I give you immense suffering that you will surrender. Surrender to Me. You must surrender. The Father has a plan, and you are a major part of the completion of the Fatima message. You must be strong for you will be the leaders that will carry My light to this world. You will carry My burning love. You will be My Heart beating in this world. I am allowing you to suffer, to go through persecution and trials. And there will be the day when the light will steal across the sky, and you will know I dwell in you in a special way. I am alive. I am alive. I am alive, and I will live in you in this world today. My chosen apostles, open your heart and surrender. Come to Me. Come to My Heart.5.
Jesus: Wherever there is division, there is satan. My beloved ones, satan aims to stop you. You will be filled with confusion, doubt, and anxiety, for satan attacks your thoughts. It is in disciplining your thoughts that you will be able to fight his attacks. I am Jesus. I rose victorious on the third day. I am living in you today. You must be strong. You must not give into the attacks of satan to stop you, for you have been called. You have been chosen, and I am giving to you the greatest graces that many saints did not receive. Do you thank Me? Do you tell Me that you love Me, or do you complain? Do you know the great graces that you have been given, these teachings that I have delivered to you that you will grow more and more in your life in Me? Do you thank Me, or do you complain? You are living My life, death, and resurrection in your lives. You must model your lives after My life.R.
And He died on the cross, but on the third day He rose victorious. It is in Him that we share in His life.Jesus:
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. Come follow Me, and you will be filled with the greatest joy.6.
R. Do you struggle? Are you suffering? How bad does it get? Our heavenly Mother keeps telling us that we must go to her spiritual womb, that we must go to her heart, that we must go as a little, dependent embryo into her womb and take refuge.Jesus:
Come to Me. Come to Me, and make your home in My Heart.7. Song:
A Song from JesusJesus:
I want to take you into My Heart. Let go of distractions in your mind and focus on the love in your heart. Be focused on your heart. Let go of your run-on thinking in your head, blaming others for your own ill-tempered ways. Focus on love in your heart.8.
R. What do we all want? We want to be loved. The strongest craving within us is to be loved. Look at Jesus on the cross. He spread His arms. He gave His all for love of me. Jesus is the greatest lover. No one can love us like Jesus. Our hearts were made for His love, learning to love Him in return.9.
R. And I crawled on my knees and I begged the Father to hear my prayer, for the darkness pressed in and it was so hard, and I thought I would never smile again, and I cried out in utter pain, “Are You there, God? Are you there, God? Do You hear me? I only want to do Your will, God. Help me.” And I begged our heavenly Mother to send a sign, and she sent a sign. She sent a great sign, and I knew, I knew the presence of God. It was not in the sign that I saw with my eyes or heard with my ears. It was in the presence of the Almighty God that enveloped my very being, and I knew nothing but Him.Jesus:
I allow you to struggle, My dear ones. It is in the struggle that you will grow more and more, that you will know more about Me, that you will share greater in My life. You must accept the struggle, and know that I am with you. You must come to the heart of My Mother, for she will protect you from the evil one. I am allowing you to suffer. I am allowing you to be taunted and tempted by satan. You see your weaknesses. You see how you fall. You know that you are dependent on Me. You will come to Me on your knees and you will beg. You will beg because I will give you this grace, the grace to love Me. You will not fall. You will not give into satan. You will come to Me and I will give you the grace, and you will grow more and more in your life in Me.10. Song:
O Lady of Light, shining so bright, be with us this day, guiding our way, O Lady, O Lady of Light.
The Ascension
1.
R. See the glory of these mysteries. See Jesus covered in white, His glorified body, and see Him ascend into the sky. All through the Passion, we see a man suffering at the hand of evil men. But through the Glorious mysteries, the glory unfolds. How, many times, we feel that He is hidden from us. As we crawl on our knees and we struggle and we do not see, we fall flat on our face. We see that we fail. We see how we sin. We see how we really are. We see that it is a grace, that He gives us a grace to be holy, that He gives us a grace to be good, that it is not because of us but because of His grace that we are holy and we cooperate with that grace. We see how dependent we really are on Him. He allows us to struggle and to suffer and to fall and to sin and to complain, and we look back at ourselves and we say, “O God, I am so sorry.” And then we say, “I am dependent on You, my God.” Jesus looked as an ordinary man that was beaten at the pillar and crowned with thorns, that carried His cross, and died on the cross. And they laughed at Him and they spit on Him, and He took it all. But on the third day, the Almighty God came forth glorified from the dead. Then He ascended into heaven, into the sky. We must have faith. We must believe. O God, I believe. I believe. I believe. When I am down on my knees and flat on my face, Father I call to You and I say, “I believe. I believe. I believe. Help Me.” For I see the glory of the resurrection, the glory of the Ascension, and although my heart is aching, I know I must turn to Him. Thank You for the graces that You are giving to each of us to help us to grow more and more in our relationship with You, to be filled more and more with Your Divine life.2.
R. And God elevates our human nature to such heights through the sacrament of Baptism, and we share in His Divine life.3.
R. A dog is a dog, and a plant is a plant. We are a human person, but He raises us to such heights and gives us a sharing in His Divine life in baptism. Who are we that God allows us to share in His Divine life in baptism?4.
R. We know of our dependence on Him. We know that we are dependent on Him for our every breath and our every heart beat, but we are so haughty and so proud in our hearts. And He allows us to fall and to sin and to see ourselves so that we come crawling to Him, and we say to Him, “O my God, I am so dependent on You.”5.
R. We are creatures and He is Divine.
John 3:16
For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.R.
God gives us a sharing in His life in baptism. Look at the thanks that is given to Him for the great gift that He gives to us. We hold on to all these things that are momentary pleasures. The great gift of this sharing in His life, we may not treasure like we should. How this offends God that He is treated with such indifference and neglect. Jesus died on the cross. He looked as an ordinary man. He was buried in a tomb and a heavy stone was rolled up against the tomb, but on the third day He rose from the dead. Jesus ascended into heaven. We have such limited vision. We see those things in front of our face. We are so focused on the things of this world, and He tells us we must keep each moment as a part of eternity.6.
R. We too will be taken into heaven someday if we love and serve God and do what is needed to get to heaven. Oh, do we even know the glory of heaven? Do we know what it is to be wrapped in a celestial embrace? Do we know how it is to long for the courts of the Lord? I cannot explain, even burns within my heart to know this and to know God like this and watch a blind world. Think of this heavenly embrace of the Almighty God wrapping us in His Divine love, every desire that we have being satisfied. Everything that our heart craves is found in Him. And He comes and He shows us His Heart and tells us that all the treasures are found within His Heart.7.
Jesus: Come to Me. Come to Me, My beloved ones. Come to My Heart. Let go of all of the thoughts that are keeping you from Me. I want to be so close to you. In this rosary, I am giving to you the greatest graces to unite to Me in a special way. You must surrender. Surrender. Surrender. Surrender. Surrender. Surrender and come to Me. Come to Me. Let go. You will fall. You will struggle. You will be persecuted. You will be tested. You will know pain and agony. You will cry out, “Lord, Lord where are You?” And I will be so close to you in your struggle. And then the light will steal across the sky, and you will know the glories of My embrace.8.
Jesus: I touch you. I touch you and I call out to you and I give you grace, and I am neglected and I am ignored, and I call out to you and you wander and you look, and you try to find something to fill your heart, and I am waiting. I am waiting for you. I am watching you at every moment. I am watching where you go when your heart is broken. I am watching you, and you do not see. Come to Me. Come to My Heart. You will be tested. You will be tried. You will know trials that you cannot even comprehend. I will allow satan to confuse you and test you, but you will become strong, for in the new era, there will be such peace and love. You are a major part of the completion of the Fatima message. It is through you that many will know the love of My Heart, that will know God’s love in them, that will fervently love Me. Many today are blind and do not see. I am giving to you great grace to see. I am lifting the veil that you will see with eyes unveiled, that you will know Me in your heart. You must open your heart and surrender at this moment that I can touch your heart. Some hearts are locked. I cannot touch you if you will not open your heart. I beg you to unlock the lock on your heart. You will not surrender. You will not let go. I am the Almighty God. Surrender totally to Me. Give Me yourself. Give Me your all. Let Me run your life and you will know peace and joy in your heart. You will struggle, but in your heart, you will have joy.9.
Jesus: Did you fall on your face? Did you cry out, “Lord, Lord.” Get up from ground and thank God for the sufferingthat I have given to you, for it is a great gift from heaven for you will be closer to Me, closer and closer to Me through the suffering.10. Song:
Spirit Song
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
1. Song:
Come Holy Spirit2.
R. And they were gathered in the upper room, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary. And there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in foreign tongues as He prompted them to speak.3.
Jesus: Let the Spirit fill your heart. Let the Spirit move within you. You will be lead by the Spirit. Pray to be filled with the Holy Spirit, My dear ones. The devil presses on you. He knows exactly how to press on you. I am Jesus. You must come to My Heart. You must be filled with My love. Pray to be filled by the Holy Spirit. I give to you freely. You refuse many times when I give you love. Let the Spirit move within your heart. Feel the vibrancy of His life within you. It is a force that is mighty.4. Song:
Come Holy Ghost5.
R. And they proceeded fearlessly ahead. They were not afraid for they were filled with the Holy Spirit, these same Apostles that were afraid after Christ ascended into heaven, the apostles were filled with fear, the same Apostles that did not recognize Him after the Resurrection, the same Peter that had denied Him, the same Thomas that had doubted. Then the Holy Spirit descended on them and they were filled, filled with the Holy Spirit and proceeded ahead with their hearts on fire for the love of God, and thousands were converted.6.
Jesus: Do you see the way the world is being brainwashed by the evil in this world? Let the Holy Spirit fill you with the fire of God’s love, that you will not be afraid, that you will go into the world, and that you will speak about My love. You are My Apostles that will help bring about the reign of My Heart. You must be on-fire. You cannot be afraid to speak about My love. You must be filled with fire in your hearts. You must surrender your heart at this moment and let go that I can fill you with My love, for My love will shine from your eyes and radiate from your skin, and others will see My life alive within you. Do not be glum. Do not look down. Do not grumble and complain. Do not look at your brother with hatred and envy. You are My apostles. They proceeded steadfastly ahead in one mind and one heart. They did not bump heads. You have been called, each person here a unique person, to carry My message to the world. You have been formed by the hand of My Father. I have guided your life. I have given you all the talents that you need to carry out this plan. Every moment of your life, I watched you. I led you to this place, to this farm, to this night, with all the talents that you have to help the plan of the Father unfold. You are a major part of the completion of the Fatima message, you, My chosen ones. I am filling you with the Holy Spirit that you will march into the world, that your spirits will be filled with the fire of God’s love, that you will be led by God, and that many, many will beconverted because of the work that you do. I live in your graced baptized soul, My chosen ones. I look into your face, and I see your eyes. I see My light in you. When I look into your eyes, I see a holy soul. I see a soul that is consecrated to My Heart, and it gives Me great joy. You are struggling. You are suffering. You are falling to your knees. But your heart is a holy heart, and it’s a heart that is filled with love, that will help many to know Me and be with Me forever in heaven.7.
R. I see the beating Heart of Jesus. After communion, I see His Heart beat, and I am so one in Him and then I have this struggle here and to know how many do not even think of God. It tears my heart apart.8.
Jesus: I have let you know torments a little, think of souls in hell. In hell, there is constant torment, constant hate, constant wanting. There is isolation in hell. Souls are tormented beyond all torments in hell. There are many this day that are falling into the fires of hell. I am giving to you this message. The work that you do here can help to bring about the completion of the Fatima message and help many souls. It is your help that will help many souls.9.
R. O Lady of Light, you appeared over and over and over again. Help us to see that we truly are the children of light, that we have been called and it is a great honor. How can I say, how can I say seeing you so many times, day after day for 14 months, how can I say what you said? It’s in my heart. It’s the message, the message to your children of light.What an honor that God has chosen us and is delivering messages to us, that He has chosen us as His apostles that will help many souls, that He is giving us great graces that we know Him and love Him. Thank You, God.
10. Song:
I Have Called You By NameR.
And there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire, and He is sending His Spirit to fill our hearts with the fire of His love, that the fire of His love will spread as a mighty force across this earth, as this movement, Shepherds of Christ, spreads across the earth and hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Fatima message unfolds before our eyes, and we are a big part of the completion of this message.
The Assumption
1.
R. Mary appeared to three little children at Fatima, and we know the Fatima message. We all know the Fatima story, but did we realize that we would be so linked to this in our lives, that we would be chosen by Mary, that when we saw the picture of Our Lady of Fatima with three children that we are a vital link in the completion of this?2.
R. Mary appeared at Fatima, and she said that there will be peace in the world if we consecrate our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, if we pray the rosary, if we observe the First Saturday devotion, and make reparation to Their Hearts. It is so simple, but satan has blocked this message. He has blocked it in the Church. He has blocked it in the hearts of the priests. He has blocked the message. Many souls alone could be reached and helped from the First Saturday devotion if people realized the great gift that we are given by Our Lady.3.
R. Mary was taken body and soul into heaven and we too someday, if we love and serve the Lord, will be taken into heaven. Mary promises so many great gifts in the Fatima message. Mary promises in the First Saturday devotion that anyone who devoutly does the First Saturday devotion will not see the fires of hell. How many souls would be helped by this alone if people knew this?4.
R. There is a soul at this moment on the edge of death. That soul will go to heaven or hell. Mary gives us a First Saturday promise.5.
R. Why, why has this message not been lived? If the peace or war of the world depends on these factors, why in the Church, are we not talking about consecrating our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary? We must give ourselves to Jesus and Mary. I can unite deeper if I do give my heart to Mary for she is the pure and sinless one. As I give my heart to Mary at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, I unite deeper to Jesus in Mary’s pure and sinless heart and can enter deeply into Jesus’ Heart. It is so important to understand total consecration, total giving of ourselves to the heart of Mary and to the Heart of Jesus. It is so important to the immense amount of grace that can be released when we offer ourselves as a sacrifice with the priest in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It is so important but satan has blocked this message. We are a major part of the completion of the Fatima message. It is through this consecration of holy hearts united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass that immense grace will be released on this earth.6.
R. O Mary Immaculate, pure and sinless one, how can I go deeply into the Heart of Christ in my sinfulness? And Mary says that she is pure and sinless. Jesus told me that Mary is the sinless one. When I go to the heart of Mary and I am wrapped in her sinless heart, then I can go deeply into the Heart of Christ, for how can I go into the Heart of Christ in all my sinfulness? But Mary is pure and sinless. It is Mary. She is the gateway to the Heart of Christ. It is in giving myself to Mary totally that I will go deeply into the Heart of Christ.7.
R. O the glories of heaven, the glories of heaven, the glories of a Divine embrace, one second of a Divine embrace cannot compare to an immense amount of suffering. We do not comprehend the great gifts that He is giving to us that were only given to a few of the greatest saints. We are given these gifts and we are not thanking God for these great gifts.We must recognize the graces that He is giving to us here, that He has called us especially, that we truly are the apostles that will lead many into the new era, that many will know the love of Jesus’ Heart because of the love that He has given to us. We are the leaders to carry the message of His love into the new era. It will come in giving our hearts totally to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
8. Song:
Immaculate Mary9.
R. Mary, our Mother, lead us deeply into the Heart of Your Son.10.
R. She stood beneath the cross, and Jesus gave us Mary as our Mother. She is the gateway to His Heart.
The Coronation
1.
Jesus: Do you see, My beloved ones, that I allow you to suffer that you will grow more and more in your life in Me? Surrender to Me. I beg you. At this point, open your heart and give Me yourself.2.
Jesus: Come, come to Me. Give yourselves to My beloved Mother. Give yourself totally to Mary, and she will place you deeply into My Heart and I will wrap you in My Divine love.3.
Jesus: These are the Glorious Mysteries. You walk a road, a road that is covered with holes and with pitfalls and you fall. But I am with you. I am with you, and I pick you up and I brush you off and I lead you on your way.4.
Jesus: You hear the bells in the distance. At any moment,you can be snatched from your place, and your life is ended. Make every moment of your life a drop of eternity, every5.
Jesus: You hold on to so many things that are unimportant, and you do not tell many how much you love them.R.
Mary was crowned “Queen of Heaven and Earth.” Let us look at Mary, the pure, the sinless one, the all-loving Mother of all of us.6.
Jesus: I have given to you My Mother, the pure and sinless one as your model, the highest, human person. How would she act? Would she act as you are acting? Do you act like Mary would act? You hold on to so many incidentals. What is important is that you love, that you love God, and you love one another.7.
Jesus: How will you teach the message of My love if you do not love? If you are divided with each other, how will you carry this message to the world? In My Heart, there is not division. Wherever there is division there is satan. You must learn to love each other. I have called everyone here as My apostle. You must love each other. The apostles proceeded steadfastly ahead in love. There was not bumping of heads for they all were filled with the consuming desire to spread God’s love. This movement will spread across this earth with the fire of My love, but your all-consuming desire must be first and foremost to love God, to love one another. The reason you are spreading this movement is for the love of God. Do you love? Is there love in your hearts?8.
Jesus: Satan attacks you. Satan is trying to divide you. You must not give in to the tactics of satan. You must look to My Mother as your model. You must model your hearts after her heart. Go to the heart of My Mother. Her heart is pure and sinless, and she will lead you to My heart.9. Song:
May the angels lead you into Paradise10.
Jesus: I am asking you to offer all of your actions as a sacrifice to help souls to go to heaven. You must not give into satan. You are My chosen ones. He will tempt you. He will taunt you. He will try to lead you astray. I am guarding you and sending My angels to protect you. I am Jesus. I love you. Surrender at this moment and give your hearts totally to Our Hearts. Give Me yourself. Give Me yourself. Beg for the grace that you may give yourself more completely to Me. At the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, at the consecration, beg for the grace to give yourself more completely to Me. I am waiting for you. I am longing for you. When you are tempted and taunted by satan, come to Me and tell Me how much you love Me. I want your love. I want to hear you tell Me how much you love Me. Please, My dear ones, I am waiting for your love for I am ignored and forgotten by so many, and your love is such comfort to My Most Sacred Heart.Jesus:
I am alive. I am alive. I am alive, and I live in your heart. Let Me fill you with My life. Be My instrument of love in this world. I beg you to surrender, to love God, and to love one another, to touch hearts with My love.
21 Years Ago Today
September 17, 1993You Are Important to Me
Jesus: My dear child, I am not mad at you. You feel such fear in your heart. That is Satan. Focus on Me and My love. I love you intently. All will work out. You have to always see Me as by your side. You are so afraid inside that you are not good enough. You are, My precious child. I love you with My Godly love. You I guard, you I watch, you I wait for and want to be with. Feel your preciousness and value. There is not a time I like you, then I don't. I am not like man. I love you unconditionally. In your bad days, in your darkness, I wait, I watch, I am hyper-vigilant. I never leave your side. Know My presence in all things. Be assured of My fabulous love for you. Whatever transpires, I did it out of love of you. I long to be close to you and see you in heaven. You are My favored child. I watch and wait. Do not doubt yourself, little one. I am pleased with you. Satan would have a field day if he could work on you.
You must never doubt your specialness. You must always know that you are My love. I love you so. All I do is for love of you. Make a list of all the times you felt My marvelous love, when you knew only I could have helped you. Keep this list in front of your mind. When doubt arises, read the list to yourself. Study and memorize this. This will help cast all doubts aside. The more you read and reread these letters, the more true I will become to you.
I am Jesus, the one, true God. I was crucified for love of you and you are still doubting your worth. You are so important to Me. I would die for you. Oh, little children, wake up, see your specialness. Know I love you with the greatest love. Cast Satan and his hatred and doubts aside. Send him back to hell! Let My light shine in your hearts. Be open to Me as loving you at every second. Know I, God, wait to be with you. Never look at yourself with anything but so much value and love. Then your light will shine because you will be filled by all I can give you.
You are My special, special child. Tell all of My intense love for them. It never dies, it does not flicker, it is so bright, it fills the empty heart and makes it radiate with love. Then you can do My work. You cannot work for Me when you are bowed down. It is only when you are filled up that My light shines from you. I, yes, make the crooked ways straight. I am the spark to the cold heart. I am He Who holds you in My hands and warms your troubled soul. I love you, I love you. Realize this so you may love others. See yourself with My light glowing about you. This will make you realize how special you are. You must love yourself, and see your own beauty, to love others for Me. You are indeed beautiful, you are precious, you are My child. I love you, baby. Know this-you are loved by your Father, the greatest Father that ever was. Your Mother is the most loving Mother. I am Jesus. I am your spouse. I love as no man ever could. The Holy Spirit is on fire with the love He gives you.
You are a fireball if you see yourself as such. Now love for Me with this fire. Set your hearts about the job of radiating My embers to all My children. You will shine and all will know I am your God and they are loved by Me.
I love you, children. Listen to Me. This is where your strength lies in this cold, cold world.
I love you. It is food. It is fuel. It is I, on fire with love of you.
Precious you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
Excerpt from November 4, 2001
Jesus speaks:
To those who pray My prayers I
promise the following special
graces:- A deeper understanding of the
Divine Mysteries through fervent
recitation of the litanies.- I promise a deeper love in your heart
for your God and a deeper love
for your fellowmen.- Those who pray the prayers fervently
will experience a deep union
in My Heart and My Mother's heart,
they will be given special insights
into My unfathomable love for men
and experience a thirsting within
themselves to want to help souls
through intercessory prayer and sacrifices.- They will have a deeper love of the Mass
through this deeper consecration.
[consecration to Their Hearts]- They will know Me more intimately.
- They will want to live their lives to
help save souls.- They will have a deeper love for the priests shepherds.
- They will have a deeper love and dedication
to the Church. (I founded)- They will want peace on the earth.
- They will want peace in their own hearts.- You will experience a fearlessness the more
you pray the Holy Spirit Novena prayers
given to you.- As you meditate on the scriptures you will
understand more fully the plan of
the Father to lead the souls into the
great Reign of My Sacred Heart.- You and all who pray the Holy Spirit Novena
and the Shepherds of Christ Prayers will be
united in a deep oneness with each other
and the souls of the earth.- The more you pray these prayers (both sets)
you will live in the truth as you
dwell in Our Hearts.- You will be given gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- You and your family will be protected by
My Precious Blood and your families
will receive special protection
against satan from fervent recitation
of the prayers. (the Holy Spirit Novena
and the Shepherds of Christ Prayers)- I promise to take you and the members of
your family in a special way
into My Sacred Heart. I will lavish
you in the fires of My love.- The priests and the people of the Church and the world
will receive special graces from the fervent
recitation of these prayers. (both sets)- I will unite My people in a deeper love
from the graces granted from
fervent recitation of these prayers.- I give these prayers from My image site
in Florida.
I appear there daily as the Sacred Heart.
Some see Me, some do not, but there
is a special presence there.
My Mother appears there for her children.- In the five years of her apparitions many
souls who have come have been
given special graces of conversion.
Many have been given grace to lead
them into a deeper love union with
God and the Blessed Virgin.
- The image site in Florida has touched
the world.- I outpour great grace to those who come
to the site.- There are tremendous graces of healing
granted to all who come.- People who come rarely leave unchanged.
- The grace granted works in their lives and in
their hearts, long after they have gone.- A reminder of their visit only need be given
and they experience a memory of
that moment.I ask you to circulate the prayers I have
given, the Shepherds of Christ Prayers
and the Holy Spirit Novena prayers.End of excerpt from November 4, 2001
Given March 21, 2014
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