Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing |
November 8, 2008
November 9th Holy
Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
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November 5, 2008
Rosary from Clearwater, Florida
Joyful Mysteries
Mary: I call you to peace. But to have peace, you must obey the commandments of God. There are those that give in more and more to the evilness of the world. Your life here is only temporary. You must realize that God is with you at every moment watching your performance as if you are on a stage, He is looking at you. You cannot see yourself as an isolated individual, but you must see yourself as affecting all those around you. You must take the responsibility as it is, for you are responsible for your actions.
R. For an ever greater increase of faith and hope and charity.
Jesus: I will come to you and I will speak to you. I will come to you and I will speak to you, and if you listen you will hear, and if you ignore you will not hear. You will not hear the gifts that I have given or the words that I speak to you. But if you listen, you become more and more wise, in the ways of God. To know Me is to know the Word, the gift I give to you in the scriptures. Hail Mary
Jesus: Suffer with Me. (Jesus says as He appears) Suffer with Me for the babies that are aborted. I shed My blood. I sweat the blood in the garden for the babies of this day that are aborted -- killed. I suffered for the sins of abortion — squeeze out the dirt and debris. I am Jesus. I am all pure. I died for your sins.
Annunciation
1. R. Jesus is appearing and He said
Jesus: I came into this world a little baby, a little baby in the womb of My Mother. Such dignity God gives to the mother in the womb. It is wrong what is done to the babies.
2. Mary: I am Mother of Jesus. I am Mother of all my children. There is such dignity and sweetness given to the mother, to be able to carry a child within her womb, to bring forth a beautiful little person — such dignity, the greatest honor to carry a child and bring a child into this world. Do you not see the evilness? Jesus the fruit of my womb. Do you see how Eve ate the forbidden fruit? The fruit of the womb of the mothers is yanked - desecrated — Obedience to the commandments leads all to joy, to order, to harmony, to peace, to unity. The commandments, the laws are given by God to be obeyed. The Church is the Bride of Christ.
3. Jesus: The Church is My Bride. I love My Bride. I have given to you this precious gift. Those who are baptized into the Church and have fallen away are suffering far more than they know because of their lives.
4. Sing: I have Called You by Name
5. R. Our Lady of Clearwater, Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas, Our Lady of Light — pray with us please Mary. Our Lady of Life, pray with us. We are suffering as Jesus said. We are suffering for this atrocity. Oh please help us. Help us God, please, please, please God!
6. R. And I pray from this building where Mary appeared. Her image appeared on this building for 7 1/2 years and she still appears. Hear us Mary, please Mary.
7. R. I see the flight into Egypt. Jesus was born and then He had to flee into Egypt because the babies were killed and it is so horrible to hear of the babies that were killed. But what about the babies that are born alive after an abortion was attempted?
8. R. Our Lady of Clearwater, please help us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, help us. Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas help us. Please through the intercession of Fr. Carter and Pope John Paul II and Rosella who died on November 4th, please help us God. Please hear our prayer.
9. R. Plastic bodies. Do you care for the body and forget about the soul? What about the babies and the little souls that they have?
Mary says and Jesus says -- Life is given by the Father to the little children, and it is snuffed out at the hand of a man. Do you remember Cain, who killed his brother? Two will be in the bed, one will be left and one will be taken.
10. R. I believe God, that if there are these people that are praying like this with all their heart, and they love You so much, and its so hard that we are suffering because of the babies. I believe God that You will answer our prayer. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee. I put all the little babies in the future that could be aborted in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, there, that they will be protected, I put the whole United States and every one in it, as far as I am able, in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, that the people of this earth will choose holiness and will not disobey the commandments. I put the whole Church and the whole world within the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, that the law of God will be obeyed. Help us God. Father in the Name of Your Son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory, please God hear us.
The Visitation
R. Mary went to help Elizabeth who was considered barren, for within her stomach was John the Baptist. John the Baptist was the one called to prepare the way of the Lord. John said, "I must decrease and He must increase." John knew what it meant that Jesus was the head and yet his head was knocked off. In this place here, the head of the image was shot out by a sling-shot. Think of how it is for a baby to be beheaded in an abortion.
1. R. We want to make a spiritual communion and we want to be united in a special way to the people in China, Indiana and all the other people that are praying. And in this mystery at every Hail Mary we ask that the Blood of Jesus is spread on all the priests, the Church and the world, especially on any woman or doctor that would allow an abortion -- that God would not like -- that the Holy Spirit will come and give them greater vision, that these peoples' hearts will be consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and we cast the devil into the fires of hell, for all those in office and running for office, we ask the same and we believe that You will help us God.
2. R. Oh precious Blood of Jesus shed in the garden, for the men that committed such vile sins against Thee. Oh precious Blood of Jesus wash us clean as a nation, as a people, that we will be obedient to God and His commands.
3. R. Oh precious Blood of Jesus, douse the wombs of those women that would even consider in any way, shape or form, of stopping a life of a healthy baby, or in any way would even think to interfere with a baby that is born alive — Spread Your Blood on all the hospitals and doctors of this world, anyone performing abortions, anyone killing babies because of sex, we pray dear God that this demon be cast into the fires of hell.
4. R. Our Lady of Clearwater, Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Grace — crush the head of the serpent. Our country was founded on this principle and people observed this in their lives in this country — "In God We Trust".
5. Hail Mary
6. R. Hear our prayer, hear our prayer, hear our prayer. Father, please in the Name of Your Son Jesus in the Holy Spirit, united to all the Masses going on around the world, hear our prayer.
7. Hail Mary
8. R. Protect us all dear God from the vileness.
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail Mary
The Birth of Jesus
R. Hear us God and help us.
1. Hail Mary
2. Hail Mary
3. Hail Mary
4. Hail Mary
5. Hail Mary
6. Hail Mary
7. Hail Mary
8. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail Mary
The Presentation
1. R. Simeon says "A sword too shall pierce your heart O Mary." Mary's the mother of all those little babies. And then there's the sin in choosing abortion of a healthy baby -- from a healthy mother, or maybe doing an abortion a couple times because a person feels they are inconvenced by a baby. Please God help us. Oh Jesus who has said, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, through the intercession of Mary thy most holy Mother, please hear us God, please, please.
2. R. You know, everybody that's listening to me really needs to try to say those Shepherds of Christ prayers all you can, and go to Mass and do your hour. If you are Apostle of the Eucharistic Heart, do that. Come to the retreats and pray with me. Don't just say we can't do nothing. God has told us what to do. This is major to the completion of the Fatima mission. And Mary appeared on this building here for 7 1/2 years and who even cares? That's what's just — this reminds me of Mary appearing to me at the Holy Spirit Center and them saying "Are you going in there because nobody believes you?" If I would have did that in 1995, listen to that guy, none of this would have happened. All the people that were touched through Shepherds of Christ — and so I go back to that and I think of that, and think it didn't depend that there were two people there. It depended that I believed, and God called me as a messenger to deliver this message, that is crucial to the completion of the Fatima mission. And it is just like people would rather have what's going on, this lack of peace, than even take a chance and even listen to what's she's saying. Do they think that God who came to this earth, died on the cross, gave of Himself, had His hands nailed and His feet nailed, would not send a messenger in the state that the world is in — to help to bring to completion the mission that Mary began at Fatima, like its a 'done deal' or something that God the Father said, "Well, they aren't going to obey so lets just stay up here in heaven." (In truth - God the Father would never say this.)
Has God acted that way in history? He went through one prophet after the other, reaching out for the sake of souls, promising at Noah that He would never flood the earth again, but allowing this image of our Blessed Mother to appear here in Clear - Water and after her head was knocked off — all these hurricanes to ravage the state of Florida - back and forth, and back and forth - and nobody will listen. People aren't listening to messages I got for 14 years, and actually 17. Even after Mary appeared on the building here for that long, even after the corner fell off the old seminary on Lucia's birthday, even after all that has been accomplished by this Movement, people won't listen to the message of Fr. Carter that said to pray these prayers, but a handful of us. God I don't know what to do, but to beg You to help us. Help us God to do this mission, because we are faithful. We want to help to bring to completion this era of peace that Mary ask for at Fatima and the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the Triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart — a world in which children are safe. This abortion stuff and killing of babies is horrendous.
Sing: Your vineyards are trampled, uprooted and burned, come to us Father of Might Save Us Oh Lord etc.
R. And then I'm suppose to hide that all this stuff happened, because they want to act like God didn't say nothing.
3. R. Like jailing the Fatima children. God, I have prayed and begged and pleaded and asked for mercy. Please God, help me. Help me God, as your messenger, as all of us called in the Shepherds of Christ, for the world to even believe that God sent Our Lady of Clearwater.
4. Hail Mary
5. Hail Mary6. R. And I want to pray for some intentions, especially for funds for Fr. Pasquini's and Fr. Joe's books to get the mailing out like Jesus told us, and the Italian Prayer Manual. Please God, please send a donor to help us, and to help us to keep this building. We don't have this building free. Some people think that. It's a least $11,000 a month just for the loan and that's not anything else.
7. R. So how do you think things would be if God gave us this building where Mary appeared like this for 7 1/2 years and then we just let the building go. I think that the earth would shake.
8. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail Mary
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
1. Hail Mary
2. Hail Mary
3. Hail Mary
4. Hail Mary
5. Hail Mary
6. Hail Mary
7. Hail Mary
8. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail MaryHail Holy Queen
R. You know, Jesus really wants us to get those two homily books out. And to start printing on Fr. Pasquini's, we need $4,200 and we need money to start printing on Fr. Joe's and then to send it out, more than ever before in the history of the world. The cardinals are writing back to us and they're telling us to do this. And if you really want to help the world, you'll help us spread these prayer chapters, pray the prayers yourself, come to the prayer services, offering reparation while we pray for hours — praise to God, telling God we're sorry -- but nobody wants to give up their time. I don't know. I mean we have really been hit with a lot of stuff, so sitting around listening to the television all day, deciding you are going to hear something on there — it'd be far better if you ended up coming down to China, Indiana or to this building where Our Lady appeared for 7 1/2 years and praying here, especially when I'm here, and God has called me to do a prayer service for reparation, to help bring down a lot of grace. But that's how it is, it's just like, you know, "Oh, we don't want to be bother."
Well, the housing dropped out, the bank stuff happened, Wall Street happened, the gas is the way it is — it's just like the signs. He keeps giving signs and signs and signs and signs. And Jesus gave Fr. Carter that message 14 years ago. Our Lady appeared to me every day for 14 months in 1994 and 1995 and told me to spread that School Rosary Program 15 years ago. Can you imagine how the United States would be different if somebody would have listened to me just to help me to spread the School Rosary Program and the consecration. Anyway, that's the same message Our Lady gave at Fatima and she was giving it right then and there. But we disobeyed the Fatima message, there was World War II, there a rise of secularism. There's a lot of atheism and now here we are today.
It's like up in Cincinnati, all the lights went out. Our lights were out like 7 days and it's like the only thing we could get on the radio — we couldn't even find anything -- trees were split right in half, roads were closed, wires were all over the place. Everybody had to throw all the food out of their refrigerators — and the only thing you could get on the radio was sports. I mean even the grocery stores were closed because there was no electric and lights in the mid-west. I mean — okay. It just is strange.
God is asking for something very small — Obedience to the commandments, praying the Shepherds of Christ prayers, helping us spread these books and newsletters to the priests and the hierarchy, spreading the consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the rosary and the Eucharist. Coming to the building and doing reparation and to China, Indiana during these retreats that I give. And everybody says "Oh - no time." These are messages that God gave to me and Mary appeared on this building for 7 1/2 years. And we have to come up with the building payment every month, that is absolutely horrendous, and we have been doing it for over 10 years to keep this building. And it's mostly coming from this small body of people that are really praying hard and believe. Please help us. God is calling a lot of people that just turn their heads. We turn our heads and we watch the things happen in the finance and the banks and the gas.
I've been getting messages for 17 years. Then Mary appeared at the Holy Spirit Center and the corner fell off on Lucia's birthday, then Falmouth flooded and Falmouth closed. And we had this building for 10 years with Mary's image on it for 7 1/2. Then we have 3 feet of letters from hierarchy thanking us for what we're doing. And people get focused on themselves. What do you want out of the Shepherds of Christ? Why don't you come into it and see all that you receive from the Blue Books, and all the writings and give to God for what He has given to you. I remember Fr. Carter going out to Morrow and he cried. He went out to Morrow and it was before a prayer service, and he said "It's payback time." God has called. It is your response to the message God has given that can help change things. This is major to the completion of the Fatima mission. Look at the building and how it looked for 7 1/2 years. Amen.
Given September 6, 2008
We see with tainted vision.
A man was making a cabinet and
the very lengthy instructions came
with parts and screws
and everything needed.
A man had planned what an
average man or woman like you
and me could assemble — following
the directions to assemble the
pieces of the cabinet — He had the plan —
the man who put it together and we
who bought the pieces had to follow
his plan to do it.
Once we had a big swing set for
the children — we worked for
several days — it was so involved —
There was all kinds of swinging
things and it really tested our
skills to follow the instructions
and do it so it would swing and
be safe —
After lots of work we got a
big dog, a German shepherd, in our
fenced in yard — the dog was really
high strung, disobedient and willful —
he ate the horse on the swing set —
he mangled him —
When we took the dog to a very
good obedience school and she
tried to break - him — he bit the
instructor and she had to go to the
hospital —
After that we were told not to
bring the dog back.
Finally we gave him away to
someone with a big farm, but
before he did this — one day trying to
hook him up with a big chain
that would allow him to run —
he made me chase him and chase
him — until I was wound up
around the pole and down on the
ground under him —
It was so awful, but that dog
was over — he was willful or
disobedient or whatever you say for
dogs and he was testing all the
time to be over —
The fall of the garden also affected the
animals and the elements —
I think of this song and scripture used at
Christmas
"the one where the lion lies down
with the lamb"
If we are to live in peace we must
return to the love of God — This is
the mission of the Shepherds of Christ — so that
men will be united in love — doing the
Plan of the Father — honoring the
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart —
the hearts of greatest love.
We must believe in the Father's
Plan — beg for greater faith —
see with eyes unveiled the plan of
the Creator — hope in God which brings
lasting happiness and love God and one
another with all our hearts.
God loves us so much to give us
the gifts He has given us. When man
puts himself above God — when he
goes from God he becomes more and
more angry inside — Man was created
for God - to love God and others —
In assembling the cabinet — one must
follow the directions of the one
who put the pieces of the cabinet
together —
The more we veer from God's
holy plan — the more we are unhappy —
God created us — In this lies our happiness
to love and serve God.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
(1) St. Ignatius first principle and (2) foundation
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God Purpose of the Spiritual
Exercises Which have as their purpose the conquest of
self
our Lord, and by this means to save his
soul.
and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
no decision is made under the influence of any
inordinate attachment
God is all good
God has given us the Plan
There is order in God's Plan
Man is under God.
If we have inordinate attachments
we see the world so we can
have these attachments. You
may not even notice the things
in our lives that we should
notice —
A man and woman attached to their own
career - rather than putting it in
it's proper place - may not notice
how they neglect their children,
their spouse —
they see only what will give them
satisfaction for their own
glory and career.
One can see things in the world that
only reinforce their thinking
that is not the truth — This
reinforces their falsity and
they see their improper convictions
even more deeply —
How do we see?
Do we see through the more pure vision
of our heavenly Father - seeking
His will —
or do we see our own attachments —
want our old dysfunctional habits
try to force others to comply to
our dysfunctional ways —
A person seeking power, not wanting
to be under anyone will perform
their actions so they are never
subject to anyone over them —
This is their vision
Dominance for themselves at
all costs —
They throw everything off for everybody
else —
A person - living in a community wanting
to not share meals or community
interaction —
sees their isolation as their end —
they can cause disharmony on
trips, at meals, in cars —
for they see their inordinate attachment
as being alone and dominant
as their goal —
all else for them works through
their impure vision
I see a world of love —
The Reign of the 2 Hearts —
I see the vision of the Father —
The remedy for the world —
that we return to the love of God.
Our happiness lies in following
the plan of the Creator.
What God has created bears the
hand print of God — We see the little
fish under the sun, a lady bug,
beautiful flowers, little animals
Why are our eyes so blinded — a
man steeped in his inordinate
attachments sees differently than one
seeing with eyes that embrace the
vision of God —
A child's smile —
The color of a beautiful flower —
The fish under the sea —
What of stubborn men — seeking to
punish — to deceive that they
bring with them our good — when
in fact it is for their own
vain glory or to live with
their dysfunction because they
don't care about their bad
habits and how it hurts others —
they won't change - because they
don't care about being just and
loving and following God's plan
These people can trick others or try
to into believing they have our
best interest at stake —
Having our best interest at stake —
being a leader - means - we're not
selfish — we see with the eyes of
the Father's Plan and our actions
have a good end not an evil
selfish end.
A man who lives to promote his
dysfunction, his own control to
be dominant, may use manipulative
tactics that also are impure to
accomplish the goal of forcing others or
trying to force others to live in their
unproductive, passive-aggressive or
rageful ways —
They become more and more seeped
in their dark vision — an active alcoholic
is going no where and his family
has to deal with his dark games —
Likewise an abuser, a controller,
an angry man, one who fights to
have normal social activity in a family
can see through their tainted vision
and try to manipulate events for their
inordinate attachments or their
dysfunctions —
Their vision of seeing things as
God wants becomes more impaired by
their stubbornness to insist on their
way and punish others —
Jesus lived a quiet life for 30
years with His Mother — we would
have written His life differently —
God is all good
God is all mighty, all powerful
We have not seen God, but we seek
to know Him and we can never
comprehend His ways —
our lives are to be lived in
this pursuit of knowing God —
When we follow Jesus, we want
to live in God's will — we want
His truth
God is the Creator
We are the creatures
Exodus 3: 13-14
Moses then said to God, 'Look, if I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they say to me, "What is his name?" what am I to tell them?' God said to Moses, 'I am he who is.' And he said, 'This is what you are to say to the Israelites, "I am has sent me to you."'
We are dependent on God
We are to follow - His plan
John 1: 1-17
In the beginning was the Word:
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being
except through him.
What has come into being in him was life,
life that was the light of men;
and light shines in darkness,
and darkness could not overpower it.A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
to bear witness to the light,
so that everyone might believe
through him.
He was not the light,
he was to bear witness to the light.The Word was the real light
that gives light to everyone;
he was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had come into being through him,
and the world did not recognise him.
He came to his own
and his own people did not accept him.But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believed in his name
who were born not from human stock
or human desire
or human will
but from God himself.
The Word became flesh,
he lived among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory that he has from the Father
as only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.John witnesses to him. He proclaims:
‘This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
has passed ahead of me
because he existed before me.’Indeed, from his fullness
we have, all of us, received—
one gift replacing another,
for the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come
through Jesus Christ.
Philippians 2: 5-8 Make your own the mind of Christ
Jesus: Who, being in the form of God,
But he emptied himself,
did not count equality with God
something to be grasped.
taking the form of a slave,
becoming as human beings are;
and being in every way
like a human being,
he was humbler yet,
even to accepting death,
death on a cross.
Ephesians 3: 17
so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love,
1 Corinthians 12: 13, 27
We were baptised into one body in a single Spirit, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.
Now Christ’s body is yourselves, each of you with a part to play in the whole.
Galatians 3: 27
since every one of you that has been baptised has been clothed in Christ.
end of September 6, 2008
Given August 23, 2008
Religious Life
and life in the Shepherds of Christ Movement for Servants, Handmaids and
Apostles
Galatians 2: 19-20
...I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
Luke 1: 46-55
The Magnificat
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
Galatians 2: 19-20
...I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
For the Pope.
For all bishops of the world.
For all priests.
For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
For all members of the Catholic Church.
For all members of the human family.
For all souls in purgatory.
Excerpt from Response in Christ
by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.e) Relationship with Members of the Church
There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church's existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.
The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.
The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God's own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.
This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."13 And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.
The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.14 The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."15
The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.
Not only can we be aided by the saints' intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.16_____
13Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
14Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
15Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
16Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.
A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.
I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.
Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.
Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.
Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.
Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.
-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995
Prayer for Union with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
From the Shepherds of Christ
Prayer Manual
10. Prayer for Priests. "Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the Flock, we pray that in the great love and mercy of Your Sacred Heart You attend to all the needs of Your priest-shepherds throughout the world. We ask that You draw back to Your Heart all those priests who have seriously strayed from Your path, that You rekindle the desire for holiness in the hearts of those priests who have become lukewarm, and that You continue to give Your fervent priests the desire for the highest holiness. United with Your Heart and Mary's Heart, we ask that You take this petition to Your heavenly Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen"
11. Prayer for all members of the Shepherds of Christ Associates. "Dear Jesus, we ask Your special blessings on all members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. Continue to enlighten them regarding the very special privilege and responsibility you have given them as members of Your movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates. Draw them ever closer to Your Heart and to Your Mother's Heart. Allow them to more and more realize the great and special love of Your Hearts for each of them as unique individuals. Give them the grace to respond to Your love and Mary's love with an increased love of their own. As they dwell in Your Heart and Mary's Heart, abundantly care for all their needs and those of their loved ones. We make our prayer through You to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary our Mother at our side. Amen"
12. Prayer for the spiritual and financial success of the priestly newsletter. "Father, we ask Your special blessings upon the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ. We ask that You open the priest-readers to the graces You wish to give them through this chosen instrument of Your Son. We also ask that You provide for the financial needs of the newsletter and the Shepherds of Christ Associates. We make our prayer through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary at our side. Amen"
13. Prayer for all members of the human family. "Heavenly Father, we ask Your blessings on all Your children the world over. Attend to all their needs. We ask Your special assistance for all those marginalized people, all those who are so neglected and forgotten. United with our Mother Mary, we make this petition to You through Jesus and in the Holy Spirit."
14. Prayer to St. Michael and our Guardian Angels:
"St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen."
"Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen."
15. Pause for silent, personal prayer. This should last at least five minutes.
16. Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!
"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."
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