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December 24, 2008 - Christmas Eve
The more we become like the Heart of
Jesus, the more we can help all of
society.
Dear God I offer you this day all
my prayers, works, joys and sufferings
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass around the world. I offer
my life as a sacrifice to You my
Heavenly Father — I lay myself down
before You and beg for grace for this
world and for myself — Oh heavenly
Father, I am sorry for the offenses
of the human race. It is sin
that blinds men more and more
and yet they have a free will — they
do not see how they can become more
and more blind.
We have faith that You will hear
this humble prayer and know we
live our lives to serve You our
heavenly Father.
Oh Holy Spirit give us wisdom
to love You more and more — to love
You, just because we want to
love You, help us to be so one with
You — that we become Your instruments
in this world —
Even in suffering, instruments
of Your love —
Instruments to live our vocation
with joy and hope and gratitude
for all You have done for us —
Unite our hearts as one in purity —
not selfish vain glory — seeking
dominance for dominance sake,
but docility like Mary, the perfect
handmaid of the Lord.
Mary's love for God and for all
was to serve the heavenly Father
by living every moment in
purity according to the Father's
will and in much love —
When I saw Mary, how beautiful she
was, beauty beyond, beauty and her
beauty she said is because of her
love.
The devil comes and he works
in a person to choose selfishness,
control, disobedience and disharmony —
Mary Mother of her children wants
them united and working together
in much love —
Love — love — love — Do you see
the clouds covering the earth —
the sun can come through so
bright in a moment — God's grace
can work in a soul, but we must
believe and not carry the cart
with negativity.
Dear God help me to make room
in my heart for You, the Christ child
this Christmas — The devil wants
a person inordinately attached to
another, stuck on their wounds,
wanting love (if it is really love at all)
in all the wrong places.
A person who is free knows happiness
is in a pure heart — one focused
like Mary on God first — Mary, the
perfect handmaid of the Lord —
And Jesus says:
I call you to a vocation to live
your lives giving love and service
to Me and to others. Some peoples
eyes are focused inward and their
actions are focused on their own
self glory and themselves. Their
services are tainted for it comes
from an impure heart —
No attachment inordinately
to any person or thing or place
will help you attain happiness.
A person loving is one who knows
My love and knows the mystery of
the cross.
It is in giving you receive (not
from a heart giving first for your
own impure intention)
Lying to yourself about what
is the truth is a vat of darkness —
First to thine own self be true —
Live your vocation — Fr. Carter
prayed all day to live his vocation
as the Father wanted and to thank
God continually for His love and
blessings.
R. By our commitment and example
and love for Jesus' way of love
we can affect so many people —
The way of Jesus and Mary is the
way of purity living according
to the Father's will in love —
Giving love as God desires —
loving one's vocation to serve
God — not carrying around a ball
and chain of impure reasons
why we give to get things for our
wounded selves — We are actors
of love — our eyes are not focused
inward — we are obedient like
Jesus and Mary who obeyed the
Father's will for the honor and glory of
God —
Give me your heart Oh Jesus
To focus on giving love to others,
to give and not to count the
costs of giving love that God
intends —
Jesus: Did you know I called you
today to give love to this person
this day and you never let go with
your heart —
Your head set about why
you acted — You had ulterior
impure motives most of the
time that spelled me — "I will
get power, I will get affection,
I will get wealth"
Your tainted motives were not
for giving to the other as I
wanted with a pure heart of
love, of doing the Father's will,
of being in My image and likeness —
Pray to the Holy Spirit to help
you to love purely, not act
for your own vain glory — the
selfish tainted person says
"I do this and this for you, but I
do it to get things for myself first"
As you have these schemes in your
service, tainted reasons for giving
you deceive yourself more and
more.
Live your vocation in love —
because the Father has put you
here to be likened to Me and
to love.
Those who have lied to themselves
to get affection and wealth and
power because of failed things
in the past or for self glory —
live every day - Bound like
in a tomb — it is very easy
for them to give into self
pity — they act for themselves —
not because it is God's will —
they manipulate events and others
for their own impure desires —
not for God's will —
You are here to act because it is
God's will — to act in love —
Your wounds will never get
healed by thinking of yourself
first and manipulating others.
Live to love likened to Our
Hearts (Jesus and Mary)
This will bring the era of love
of the 2 Hearts —
Now so many live to serve
themselves first —
Let the sun coming through the
clouds be in your heart as
you let go of controlling others
for your own impure wants —
What a ball and chain!!
What a block to the sunny day,
being locked in your
wounds and controlling others —
R. Come Holy Spirit — fill our hearts with
love, help us not to be enslaved
by our wounds to selfishness,
power, greed, envy, possessiveness,
jealousy, lust,
dominance for dominance sake —
Help us to live the little moments
we have in giving the love as
the Father wants us to give —
Troubled by anxiety and guilt and
inferiority or loneliness would
be soothed by the experience
of happiness in loving others
as God intends with pure
hearts —
The eye sees — if an eye is
covered with mud it doesn't
see at all —
dear God remove the mud of
selfishness from our eyes — so we
give love these little moments
we have here —
So we give as the Father wants
us to give from pure hearts —
living our lives according
to the Father's will —
Ulterior motives for our actions
become more and more complicated
as we try to manipulate events
because we want to control —
Let us live in the Spirit — as God
lives in us and we act as He
intends — being Christ-like
to others in the world —
Admit your failure to love and
want to control — to try to deceive
others —
Live lives of truth —
Live with God's will being
the reason we act —
Many people do actions that
are not God's will and
cause a street of problems
for themselves
They are "zigging" when they
should have "zagged"
They are always out of sync
with others —
The Christ child comes to show us
pure love —
Some are uncomfortable with others —
they can never be under anyone —
they want to possess people to
control them —
they do other things when they
should have purely
done the thing asked of
them
then when they did everything
against the way it
should have been done
they don't feel good and they
want someone else to make them
feel better
sin makes us not feel good
deceiving others makes us not feel good
controlling events for the sake of
controlling makes us miserable
No one can fix our own controlling
will against God's will, but us
We have the choice to let Go and
let God run our lives —
or just control and make
a mess —
Happiness comes in loving and
being obedient to God's will
Jesus: Let go of the ball and chain
Pray for the Holy Spirit to heal you
Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you
Live as the Father desires
Love your vocation
Quit causing all your own
problems —
trying to run everything
around you so you can
isolate and manipulate
I control the sun
I control the wind
I control the universe
I make the baby in the womb
I am the Almighty God
Discover the power of love —
don't let the devil fool
you with his fallacious
reasoning
When you live according to
God's will you will
be set free —
Love your vocation —
When others are doing God's will
around you — you try to
stop them —
the devil is deceiving you —
There were 12 Apostles
But you would have fired the
other 11 — instead of working
as a unit
Love is the Heart of the Kingdom
of Jesus Christ
Jesus: What must you do to be saved?
You must love the Lord your
God with your whole heart,
your whole soul, with all
your strength, and with all your
mind and your neighbor as
yourself.
Let go of the fear —
I control the universe
Love — "On this is based the
whole law and the prophets
as well"
I intend you to love — to make peace
to help each other —
Not be ready from your past
wounds to fight your neighbor and
fellow workers, family —
Love is at the Heart of My
Ministry —
Do you love Me?
1 John 3: 10-14
This is what distinguishes
the children of God
from the children of the devil:
whoever does not live uprightly
and does not love his brother
is not from God.
This is the message
which you heard from the beginning,
that we must love one another,
not to be like Cain,
who was from the Evil One
and murdered his brother.
And why did he murder his brother?
Because his own actions were evil
and his brother’s upright.
Do not be surprised, brothers,
if the world hates you.
We are well aware
that we have passed over
from death to life
because we love our brothers.
Whoever does not love, remains in death.
John 21: 15-17
When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Look after my sheep.’ Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was hurt that he asked him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.
Matthew 22: 40
On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
Love is the gift of self to promote the true good of those loved. He states the reception of love is the receiving of the gift of the other, so my good will be promoted.
Love is Friendship with
God and with Each Other
Matthew 25: 34-40
Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome, lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me." Then the upright will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?" And the King will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."
1 John 4: 8, 18
Whoever fails to love does not know God,
because God is love.In love there is no room for fear,
but perfect love drives out fear,
because fear implies punishment
and no one who is afraid
has come to perfection in love
Matthew 5: 44-48
But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike. For if you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax collectors do as much? And if you save your greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional? Do not even the gentiles do as much? You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.’
Cling to Me
May 13, 1993
Jesus: My dear child, if you stay close to Me, then I live in you and you live in Me. I am He Who created you and I love you with such an intensity that you will never know. My words are your truth. You must abide in My heart in all things. There is no room for doubt. My ways are steadfast, direct, and without error.
You must stay rooted in Me to ward off the power of the evil one. His grip is paralyzing and crippling. His power is stronger every day.
When you live in Me, I am in your heart and he has no power over Me. I am your God. I am your true lover. I want to protect you. I want to guard you from this force. Stay rooted firmly in Me and he will have no power.
I am He Who comforts you. My hand is upon you. Hold tight to Me, My child. My eyes are fixed right on you. You are My most precious child. I love you as no other can. My arms are about you. My tenderness surrounds you. My love is in your heart. You go not alone. I walk with you.
I share every aspect of your life with you. Cling to Me, feel My presence. It is warm and secure within your chest. There is no room for fear, for I cast out fear and bring you comfort and joy.
end of May 13, 1993 message
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.
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