WE MUST MARCH ON WITH A WHITE BANNER

I am very disturbed to have a problem with anyone for I love them and do not want to hurt them in anyway, but I want to always respond according to the truth.

The truth is my banner, to march on this world. The truth is the banner I carry, the message, the message of His love and my great love for God and for the Church. I love the Church and His especially chosen religious. He has anointed them, and they will lead the strayed ones home. He has chosen them. I want to spread this book to the religious. He calls out, and His cries fall on deaf ears. He wakes them from a dark, long sleep and they begin to see the light of day. The Church will carry a white flag filled with purity and burning love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Song: Oh burning Heart, oh Love Divine, how sweet You are to me.

All through the day, I unite in the Mass with all the Masses all over the world. I love the Mass so much. I see Christ acting through the priest in the Mass, and I love him deeply in his deep love for Jesus. My whole life is spent in this quest for deeper and deeper union with God. I thirst with the driest mouth for this knowledge of God. Knowing Him helps to love Him - to more deeply in Him.

I thirst for Thee, my God. My mouth is so dry and my thirst is so deep. Only in You do I find my joy. The world parades its beauties before me. I focus on Jesus. He is my all. My goal is to have deeper and deeper union with Thee. I thirst, and I am quenched by the knowledge of You given in the Scriptures and from my spiritual director, Fr. Carter. I call and You quench my thirst. You have provided Fr. Carter as a great gift given to help in the renewal of the Church and the world. His love for the Church will be passed on through his writings. It is in Jesus' Heart and the heart of Mary that men will realize the love of God.

The priests will answer this call through the newsletter and the graces they are receiving from God through the prayers of many. We must all unite in one heart delivering His message of love to the world. He loves us so much.

My deepest union with the priest is in the Sacrifice of the Mass, when I unite with Jesus as victim and offer myself with Jesus and Mary to the Father. The priest merges with Jesus, offering Himself to the Father. It is Jesus offering Himself, through the priest, to the Father.

In one moment bread, and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ through the priest. This is the intense moment when I unite so deeply with God. I am in awe of this act. I see the priest, at this moment, as Christ, and I love God so deeply for the great gift given to men. Who are we that God gives a man the power to change bread into His Body and wine into His Blood?

I love Jesus so much. I adore Him. I love Him. I worship Him. In this moment, my heart is filled with such union with God for His goodness. I love the priest deeply as I know the great gift God has given to us in him. I love the Church. It is through the priest, I love the Church more for He has chosen the priest to represent Himself to me. I see Christ in the priest. I receive His life from the Church. The priest administers the Sacraments to me. The priest celebrates the Mass.

I love the priest so much because he is chosen by God and is acting as Christ in the Church today. I love the Church with my whole heart, with all its flaws and problems. I love the priest because he represents Christ to me. I know Christ is acting in him and in the Church this day.

If I do not have this love for the Church, for the priest, for the Mass, for the Eucharist, I am missing this special encounter with Christ given to us this day. I love the hand that feeds me.

Priests are not being loved by the faithful this day. The Church is disrespected and made fun of in many cases. We must pray for the people to love the Church and love the priests and pray for them.

My love of others enhances my love for God, my love for the Church, my love for the Sacraments, my love for Christ. I love God's holy priests. We must love the Church, the Sacraments and thank God for these great gifts given to us.

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