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November 21, 2016 - Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today's Readings

Revelation 14: 1-3, 4-5

Next in my vision I saw Mount Zion, and standing on it the Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty–four thousand people, all with his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of the ocean or the roar of thunder; it was like the sound of harpists playing their harps. There before the throne they were singing a new hymn in the presence of the four living creatures and the elders, a hymn that could be learnt only by the hundred and forty–four thousand who had been redeemed from the world. These are the sons who have kept their virginity and not been defiled with women; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they, out of all people, have been redeemed to be the first–fruits for God and for the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths and no fault can be found in them.

Psalm 24: 1-6

To Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains,
the world and all who live there;
it is he who laid its foundations on the seas,
on the flowing waters fixed it firm.

Who shall go up to the mountain of Yahweh?
Who shall take a stand in his holy place?

The clean of hands and pure of heart,
whose heart is not set on vanities,
who does not swear an oath in order to deceive.

Such a one will receive blessing from Yahweh,
saving justice from the God of his salvation.
Such is the people that seeks him,
that seeks your presence, God of Jacob. Pause

Matthew 24: 42, 44

'So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.

Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Luke 21: 1-4

Looking up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury: and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins, and he said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them; for these have all put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in all she had to live on.'

                R. Life is short. We must face this
                reality how short life really is. We
                are given so many signs to prepare
                and focus on God and eternity and
                we can ignore the cold, hard facts
                how short life really is. We think
                it won't happen to us.

                    God has called us to love Him with
                our whole heart, our whole soul,
                our whole being and to live by His plan.
                God really is ultimately in charge. We
                are under Him. He is our ruler.

                    Life goes on in petty pace Jesus
                would always say. What does that
                mean?

                    We are called to embrace the reality
                of the things that are alive and then
                they die. It can be a process just to
                learn this truth, we can ignore it
                and never let go of things here – we
                can pray for God's grace to live every
                moment as He wants us to, the best
                way we can and prepare for our
                true home in heaven.

                    The world is teaching many, many
                bad lessons, that we can ignore God
                and live for this world.

We are to teach the truth of this
reality how really short life is.

                    Things may change around us,
                electronics, cars, cell phones,
                computers, televisions we may
                even struggle to operate, but the
                basic rules God gave us never will
                change. We are here for only so long
                and our true home is in heaven.

                    Life may be likened to a flower that
                grows. It may start as a seed and
                then grow a little more and a little
                more and flower so beautiful and
                have its day – and then die.

                    No matter how much we want
                to never leave this earth or want
                our own way we can't have it –
                permanently – no matter how we
                manipulate things and try to get
                power – God has all the power
                and we can't live in this
                world forever.

                    Our lives are a mystery and
                God knows all things. God
                is Divine and we are human –
                we must see through the
                eyes of God – His plan for us –
                if we want to please Him – we
                live by His plan and we seek
                His plan to live by –

                    Reality and truth are found in God.
                God is absolute truth – we go to
                God to know the truth – God
                gives us the commandments and
                His Word and the Church.

                    We have a free will to obey
                God or to disobey Him and
                try to live running the show
                in our lives –

                    This is God's world – He is
                the Creator and we are the
                creatures – and we are to
                live to please Him as our ruler.

                    God is Divine and God created the
                world and its creatures. God gave
                us order, God is the Divine architect –
                Our purpose here is to get closer
                to God, we were created in the
                image and likeness of God –
                this is reality – Our lives are to
                grow to be more perfect as
                Our heavenly Father is perfect.
                This is our goal!

                    We look at God's creation in
                this world and we know Him
                more and more as we look with
                open eyes. God is Divine.
                God is love. God is infinite
                goodness. Happiness is found in
                embracing the truth and living
                to please God.

                    We are restless until we
                rest in Him. We are God's
                and we belong to Him. Our
                mind here cannot even comprehend
                the mystery of God's goodness to
                us in loving us as He does. We
                were created in God's great love
                for us.

                    We see how a child is born
                and the mother and father can
                bring that child into the world
                with God in an act of love –

                    Do we see we were created
                because God loves us?
                We cannot even comprehend all
                there is to know here on earth.

                    In the beginning God created
                heaven and earth from nothing!
                God has given us so much we
                do not even understand. So much
                to use in this world for our life.

                    The other day, my brother used
                the lepers scripture at a Thanksgiving
                Mass for children. 10 lepers were
                cured, but only one returned to say
                thanks.

                    How are we even going to Mass
                on Sunday to say thanks. Out of
                10 baptized Catholics, how many
                do you think come to Mass.

                    God must always be first
                in our lives. When we do
                something wonderful with our
                talents we must realize His
                hand in it.

                    Some day we will be laid
                to rest on this earth and our
                days here will be over, but we can
                go on forever in our heavenly
                home if we loved and served
                the Lord.

                    Can we see the beauty of
                God's creation, the beauty of
                the earth – watch a little baby
                learn to eat and walk and
                talk, go to school, marry,
                have children and then grandchildren
                of their own and then die and
                not see the hand of God in
                the lives of the faithful to
                bring forth such fruit for the Kingdom.
                Life is but a breath, we
                flower and we fade –
                Our lives are in His hands!
                We are dependent on God –

                    How can anyone choose
                independence and power
                for themselves over God?
                God really creates the infant
                in the womb, parents stand
                in awe at the gift given
                through them if they embrace
                reality!

                    We see love in the birth of
                a child. We see a beginning –
                we watch a child grow –
                we are amazed at the growth!
                Man has been given a free will,
                an intellect, a heart –
                given by God for His
                purpose –

                    Why would man not want
                to give thanksgiving to God
                for all he has been given.
                In the Blue Books Jesus has
                outpoured such gifts of
                wisdom and love, why do
                so few not recognize the gift
                God has given.

                    Thanksgiving is about
                telling God – thanks for all
                He has given to us and living
                our lives loving – Giving to
                God and to others –

                    This is reality – God
                commands us to love.
                Life is so short.

Song: Live This Day

From a Lenten Homily, March 24, 2000

Live in the Moment

Today’s Gospel in its story certainly points ahead to Jesus in His Passion and death. And as we read passages such as this during the Lenten season, we are reminded once again that the Church in her Liturgy of the Word gives us an opportunity to undergo a purification, an ever deepening cleansing of ourselves so that we may be a more fit instrument for receiving the great graces which are to be given to us at the time of the Resurrection memorial on Easter. And so all in all, Lent is a time of purification to prepare us for ever-greater gifts of the Lord. It’s a time of self-discipline, a time to renew our efforts to be self-disciplined in the service of the Lord. Self-discipline is an aspect of purification. And I suggest that one of the most difficult acts of self-discipline in the spiritual journey is to concentrate on the present moment. We have a very strong tendency to disregard the importance of the present moment by focusing in a wrong way on the past or in a wrong way on the future. There are proper occasions for thinking of the past and the future. For example, we have to learn from the past and we have to prepare for the future, but our great emphasis has to be upon the present. There is a Latin axiom which says, age quod agis, age quod agis, which means: do what you are doing, concentrate on the present. And of course we are familiar with that term in the history of spirituality: the sacrament of the present moment. And so the discipline of Lent certainly encourages us to include in a deeper self-discipline a greater determination to get as much as we can out of the present moment. People with a terminal illness have an opportunity as they prepare for death for increased prayer, contrition, love of God. However, some are taken very, very quickly. But for those who have the opportunity of knowing with some certainty the time of their death, I’m sure as they look back on their lives, they are saddened by the many times they did not use time and opportunities for the service of the Lord properly, and are overjoyed at those times in which they did use the present opportunity properly. A great means we have of living in the present properly is a greater focus upon our Lord. For if I have that awareness of the fact I am united with Jesus here and now, why should I be concerned so much about the future or the past? Yes, a great help in living in the present and deriving all the good we can from it for ourselves and others is an ever greater focus upon Jesus, because the more I focus upon Jesus and the more I live with Him in the present moment, the more I am satisfied with the present moment. And so let us in our Lenten activity resolve to grow in that self-discipline - which is very difficult at times - to really live in the presence with the fullness of our being as much as is possible, with the help of God’s grace. Now is the day of salvation. Now is the day of salvation.

end of Father Carter's homily

R. God gave Fr. Carter this message.

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

R. to pray for the priests, the
Church and the world –

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                R. We must always keep our
                gaze on eternal salvation –
                The reason we act must be
                done for this goal to do the
                will of God in love –

                Why would a person base
                their life long actions on
                envy, pride, anger, jealousy,
                slothfulness, gluttony or pride.

God is Divine. God is so good
to us –

Given October 29, 2016

                R. Please spread blessed holy water
                (You can also mix Jesus and Mary water
                with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)
                in your yard, around your house,
                in the state you live in.

And ask God to bless your state
Ask God to bless the United States

Pray all prayers through the intercession of
Our Lady of CLEAR – WATER.

Ask the Lady of CLEAR - WATER
to help with the blessed water.

Mary has appeared to me for 22 years,
in Ohio and Florida.

Jiffy Sheet: 108 day Novena beginning November 22, 2016 to March 9, 2017

You will need:           1. This sheet
                                2. Holy Spirit Novena Book
                                3. Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual

I. Begin at 6:20 p.m. by singing, "Come Holy Ghost" (verse 1).

Say, "I want to make a Spiritual Communion."

"I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love." (This will unite us in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.)

Cast out Satan: "We cast Satan into the fires of hell, far from us, our families, our Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

Holy Spirit Novena and Rosary Novena Chart

Day:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Period I	Nov 22 - J	23 - L	24 - S	25 - G	26 - J	27 - L	28 - S	29 - G	30 - J
II	Dec 1 - L	2 - S	3 - G	4 - J	5 - L	6 - S	7 - G	8 - J	9 - L
Period I	10 - S	11 - G	12 - J	13 - L	14 - S	15 - G	16 - J	17 - L	18 - S
II	19 - G	20 - J	21 - L	22 - S	23 - G	24 - J	25 - L	26 - S	27 - G
Period I	28 - J	29 - L	30 - S	31 - G	Jan 1 - J	2 - L	3 - S	4 - G	5 - J
II	6 - L	7 - S	8 - G	9 - J	10 - L	11 - S	12 - G	13 - J	14 - L
Period I	15 - S	16 - G	17 - J	18 - L	19 - S	20 - G	21 - J	22 - L	23 - S
II	24 - G	25 - J	26 - L	27 - S	28 - G	29 - J	30 - L	31 - S	Feb 1 - G
Period I	2 - J	3 - L	4 - S	5 - G	6 - J	7 - L	8 - S	9 - G	10 - J
II	11 - L	12 - S	13 - G	14 - J	15 - L	16 - S	17 - G	18 - J	19 - L
Period I	20 - S	21 - G	22 - J	23 - L	24 - S	25 - G	26 - J	27 - L	28 - S
II	Mar 1 - G	2 - J	3 - L	4 - S	5 - G	6- J	7 - L	8 - S	9 - G

Pray the Holy Spirit Novena using the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet.

After the novena, read the appropriate meditation. For example: period 1, day 1; period 1, day 2; etc. This will continue until further indicated.

It is enormously important that you feel as a body praying together, asking for the special coming of the Holy Spirit.

After the meditation say: "We consecrate the Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

Ask that the Blood of Jesus be spread on the Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world.

Begin the 6:30 p.m. prayer service as usual.

II. Begin the 6:30 prayer service

Begin praying: Dear Father in the name of Your Son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of the Virgin Mary, with all the angels and the saints and the souls in purgatory, we join in one mind and one heart and ask the Holy Spirit to come to all the world in a special way, especially to our priests. We pray all prayers for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world and for the Shepherds of Christ intentions. By the precious Body and Blood of Jesus we cast out Satan far from this place, our families, the Shepherds of Christ Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world. We ask the Blood of Jesus be spread on us, the Shepherds of Christ Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world. We beg for grace and mercy for the world and wish to make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We give our hearts to Jesus and Mary with all gathered here in love. We wish to be forgiven for offending one another. We love You God, help us.

Sing A Song from Jesus.   Refrain: "I come to you with greatest love, I am your loving Savior. I am your God, I died for you, I come to you this day."

Then begin the prayers of the Good Shepherd (Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual).

Sing The Rosary song   Refrain: "Oh the rosary, the rosary is the love of Their two Hearts,   Oh the rosary, the rosary is the love of Their two Hearts."
      1) Ave Maria, Ave Maria.
      2) Jesus we love You, Mary we love you.
      3) This is her peace plan, Children must pray it.
      4) We turn to Mary, She is the Queen of Peace.
      5) Oh Sacred Heart Divine, Oh Heart of Mary pure, Ave Maria, We love to pray it!

Begin the rosary. Please use the Rosary Books and the Rosary Aves. The important thing is to pray the prayers and the rosary at 6:30 p.m., if possible. (Rosary mysteries need to be according to the Rosary Novena.)

Read the Ten Commandments.

1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
2.  You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
3.  Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
4.  Honor your father and your mother.
5.  You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7.  You shall not steal.
8.  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9.  You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10.  You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.


Pray A Prayer of Thanksgiving then read the Daily Message for the day.

The more you use the Blue Books and
    become one with Jesus – more
    intimate with Jesus –
    the more your lives are a blessing and
    everything you do in life can help
    to bring down great grace for the world
    because of your being so
    one with Jesus.

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                Given March 21, 2014

                R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
                    Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
                3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                6) People going to Florida and China.
                7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                9) Pray for pope helping us.
               10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
               11) Blue Book 17 and cover and all involved.
                    For our Publisher and all involved
               12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
               14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
                    2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                    Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) 2 babies and moms.
               22) Funds and insurance.
               23) Jerry's garage.
               24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
               25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
               26) Consecrate all hearts.
               27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.

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