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November 4, 2013
From Blue Book 12
July 13, 1996
The Devil Tries to Stop Us
R. The devil presses on us. Sometimes we give in easily. The devil does not want us to pray or pray the Morning Offering. The devil does not want us to work together. He tries to create division and tries to stop us, and to keep us at odds with one another.
The Prayer meeting on Tuesdays and the Blue Book meeting are always important. The devil tries to get my mind upset every times I have to do a rosary. The devil wants to stop us.
Jesus: I am telling you, you are being pressed on. Please, I beg you to continue in love. When you are pressed on, give Me yourself and I will help you. Renew your Consecration and dwell in Our Hearts.
You must pray to the Holy Spirit and renew the Consecration. The devil will attempt to divide you. He works in hunger and tiredness. You must pray.
Once he has gripped you, you feel paralyzed and disappointed in yourself. You must ask for forgiveness and continue in love.
I am Jesus. Spray your house and consecrate your hearts. The work you do here is to help souls to get to heaven.
Do not give up. Tell Me of your love. Say, "Jesus, Jesus, I love you. Mary, My Mother, protect me from the snares of the devil."
1 John 4: 18-19
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. Let us love, then, because he first loved us.
R. Fear brings punishment. Perfect love casts out fear!
Jesus: The devil works in fear. The devil attacks your minds and your minds are filled with fear. Fear brings punishment. Perfect love casts our fear. When you begin to fear you must respond in love and trust. The evil one works in fear to attack you. I am guarding and watching you. Do not fear! Satan will talk in your minds to divide you. The work you do here will help souls. Do not give in to fear, you must respond in love.
1 John 4: 7-11
My dear friends, let us love one another, since love is from God and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is love. This is the revelation of God’s love for us, that God sent his only Son into the world that we might have life through him. Love consists in this: it is not we who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to expiate our sins. My dear friends, if God loved us so much, we too should love one another.
July 20, 1996
Say: "I Love You" in Your Hearts, to All
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.
R. Such a realization of identification with Jesus. Being wed to Him, being one in Him, that He is loving through me, He is acting in me. I want His life to be alive in me. It takes grace - grace filling me.
His grace fills me. I have life in Him. Life flows from the Father, in the Holy Spirit, through the pierced Heart of Jesus, through the heart of Mary, through me, and I act as a channel of His life to the world. It is Jesus acting in me. We will operate with His life in us when we are filled with Him. How do we get His grace? We can go before the Eucharist.
I must identify with the Heart of Jesus. Say, "I love you _____" (my enemy). Jesus loves them.
I must be one with Him at all times. I cannot hate people or want to divide with them. Jesus loves the souls at every moment. He gave His life for every soul. The key to your heart is in loving the person that you feel divided with. "Perfect love casts out fear." (1 John 4: 18). Satan talks in our head and tells us to dislike someone, causing division. I must say to all my brothers, "I love you ____". Look into the eyes and face of the person you are harboring ill thoughts toward, and say, "I love you, I love you." Look at each person and say, "I love you."
The fear comes from satan. Even if someone has wronged you, talking about the person will not change him. God's power is mighty. When I identify with Him and pray a heartfelt prayer, it is so powerful. The more I love, the more I unite to Him, the more powerful the prayer, for He is living in me. He is mighty. We must depend on Him. My holy prayer is worth more than anything I can do by myself.
We must leave it to Him. (I smelled roses.) I must love them, if they love me or not. No matter what they do, my heart is a heart of love for I am identified with Jesus. He loves always.
Fear brings punishment, in this is love perfected, "perfect love casts our fear." 1 John 4: 18
If I continue in my fearful thinking, then I punish myself and all those I talk to. Fear can tear away at my insides. Jesus operates in peace. If God is warning me, He will also take care of me. I want Him to live in me and use me. I identify with Him always in love. When He says He will break the backs of someone, He is God, He can do that. He does not want me to break their backs. If He uses such harsh talk, we must realize that He is saying, "I am going to act when it is necessary." Jesus, I trust in You.
Fear brings punishment. I must always love my neighbors, even the ones I find difficult to deal with. If I think I have to control some things by force or anger, I must pray about my actions and do God's will. God is love. God can break the backs. God is a just God. We must love God and love one another. The greatest Commandment tells us that we must love God, and one another.
It is an act of the will, to love. We must constantly love our brothers. We must decide to love enemies. I thought God's grace would change me. I didn't know what to do because my heart was definitely divided with some of His beloved children. I prayed for grace and asked others to pray for me. He gave me this grace in this letter.
Loving means I make a decision to love. If my heart is divided every time I have thoughts that are not good thoughts toward that person, I must love them, if they are opposing God's will, I pray for them. Jesus, I love my brother, help me to love with Your Heart, not only the loving, but the unloving.
It is easy to love the loving; it is in loving the unloving He can touch their heart with His love through me. I want Him to live in me. He lives in my heart if my heart is a heart of love.
We have a fallen human nature from Eve, the mother of all the living. We must model our life after our spiritual Mother, Mary. We must go to her heart of pure love and dwell in her heart and Jesus' Heart. We will be saturated with His life and He will live in us. Are we children of the light?
Revelation 12:1
Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
In Mary's peace plan for the world, one of the requirements is to dwell in Their Hearts. We cannot dwell in Their Hearts if our hearts are filled with division and hatred for our brothers and unforgiveness. We cannot have peace and division at the same time. We must resolve to do the will of the Father with love and we will have peace even in struggles. We find peace and love, dwelling in Their Hearts.
And I say in my heart, "I love you" ... and send this love silently to one of my brothers. God's love is in this world through my love rooted in Him.
Vision: Last week at the Farm when I prayed the rosary, on the last Hail Mary, I saw the miracle of the sun. The sun looked like heart tissue that kept dividing. I thought that it was heart tissue. Today He told me that this was a vision of heart tissue, that in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, though we are many, we are one in Their Hearts and we are multiplying rapidly, dwelling in His beating Heart.
Song: Give Me Your Heart of Jesus
July 21, 1996 - Sunday
Satan Will Try to Stop You
Jesus: I am Jesus Christ. At this moment you are being guarded by My hand. I am telling you not to act. The seeds of time move exceedingly slow, you must be entirely free of all attachments. Let go and surrender, give yourself to Me, do not be attached to money, clothes, material possessions. I do not mean to give them up, I mean to not have any attachment of these things. The very hairs of your head are guarded.
This is a main source of communication for the completion of the Fatima message. You will be met with the greatest resistance because of the importance of these messages. It is through these messages that many souls will fervently love Me and love My Mother's Immaculate Heart. It is through these messages that many will know the secrets of My Heart. I have revealed secrets to My Heart and My Mother's heart in these messages. The Reign of My Sacred Heart and Triumph of My Mother's Immaculate Heart depends greatly on these messages. You must not fear. I am guarding your way and anyone who fervently helps you.
Great resistance will come through the leaders in the Shepherds of Christ Movement who are delaying the circulation of these messages by their lack of support. I will deal with all directly. You must remain wed to Me. I am operating through you. You will receive resistance, but you are being guarded because of My great love for you and the importance of these messages to help bring about the Reign of My Sacred Heart and My Mother's Immaculate Heart.
My Farm (Tom's Farm) is My main center for the renewal of the Church and the world. Do not worry about the details, surrender and give all your cares to Me.
The Father's Plan will unfold despite _____ and all opposition. Opposition is eminent. You must be one in Me that I will operate in you and strengthen you. This is the mighty medicine for the sickness in the world and the Church. I beg you to publish the Mass Book and all books as soon as possible.
Satan will delay you with problems. Ignore the problems and continue doing My work. Do not spend time justifying your actions, looking for solutions, or solving problems. Proceed as if nothing is attacking you and saying, "I love you, Jesus. I love you, Mary. It is for the sake of the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, I am working. God, come and strengthen me. I want to be one in Thee. Come and live in my soul."
I am Jesus. I have spoken. You must not look for signs. By your fruits you will know I truly speak here. I refer to your messages as THESE messages, joined with Father Carter's. It is through these messages that the Sacred Heart will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph for they are a major contribution to this new era.
July 24, 1996 - After Mass
I Saw Jesus in the Priest
R. The Mass was the greatest. I was joined in one mind and one heart with the priest. I saw Jesus celebrate the Mass. I united with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father. He showed me my sins and He showed me His love despite my sins, and how I can unite to Him and offer sacrifice to Him in reparation for my sins and the sins of all men.
It was Jesus who celebrated the Mass. I was one in Him in this sacrifice to the Father. I could feel the graces flow on the earth as it flowed in the visions, from the cross, from the altar, on the flowers – from on high the grace flows. I see the reflective mirror like light – the light I long to be able to describe but cannot for I see it clearly, like a mirror, but a mirror does not give this description justice. It is a golden mirror of reflective light. It isn't even light – I don't know what to call it – I see it in greatest clarity and I know the grace is released from the Father, in the Holy Spirit, through the pierced Heart of Jesus who is one with the priest (Fr. Carter), through Mary, under the altar, and it flows through me and on to the earth. The deeper I unite in this oneness with our Lord and Mary, the more this grace flows, for I unite and offer this to the Father with Christ in the Holy Spirit. Grace is outpoured on the earth at Mass.
Oh, the Mass - the great treasure of bountiful graces. The grace that is watered on the earth as glistening rain is poured on all of mankind. The immensity of this grace released from a holy priest, united to Christ and the people united in one mind and one heart with Christ, is beyond our comprehension.
The grace will be outpoured on the earth as hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and unite at every second to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, for grace for the souls of the earth. We make reparation to Their Hearts in this Holy Sacrifice. The immensity of grace released during the Mass, celebrated by a priest, with the holy hearts of people, is beyond all human comprehension.
He has allowed me to suffer for the sake of my sins and others. He has shown me how greatly He suffered on the cross for my anger and division toward others. He has allowed me to experience the sufferings He felt for my sins – it was awful.
This is what I see: the immense oneness, and this must be realized in the Mass. We are one body in Him. We unite in oneness with the priest. The priest should consecrate his heart to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary so that he is more and more one with God. The people need to consecrate their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary so that they are more deeply one with God. Then, the priest is deeply one in their hearts - the people are deeply one in their hearts, and they are deeply one in their hearts together. It is so powerful for the priests to consecrate their heart to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary with the people. There is such bonding between them. They are one with each other.
The immensity of grace that is released on the world when all are one, is beyond any human comprehension. Each priest will be a power house - a little city to light up the world with the fire of God's love!
Excerpts from Blue Book 2, February 23, 1994, p. 119
Jesus: ...Priests will create little cities, little cities in each church to spread the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create his own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power. His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no power except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of Jesus will be powerhouses.
January 26, 1994, p. 54 Jesus: ...When you live in Me, your life is a song and you play for the world the song of Jesus.
end of excerpts
R. I saw the immense oneness at Mass. Me - one with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and Mary and all the angels and saints, one with all those gathered, one with God's children in the world, one with the priest, one with the Church.
One with Jesus - offering the sacrifice to the Father – one body, actively worshiping at Church.
Since the Mass is this great a gift, given from God to release grace, why do we not join in this oneness with Christ and the Father, and Holy Spirit, and all as mentioned above? Why would we not give our all as He did? Why would we not try to get the most out of every Mass? It is God's great gift to us.
One, holy, Catholic, apostolic – we are one in Him, we are one with Him, we are one with each other "in Him". We are more and more holy saturated with His grace. We renew this consecration and live it that we will be holy at every moment. We are Catholics: this means we are to be greater "one". We are His apostles; He pours out His grace on us and we go into this world as His apostles and He lives in us.
He allowed me to suffer. I felt as if I was on the point of death and wanted to call out from the depths of my being to the Father. The pain was the greatest ever. I will never forget how He allowed me to suffer this time. Pain - it was utter anguish and pain so deep in my guts, I cannot describe it. He revealed to me that this is how He suffered for my sins. The sins I have committed against my brother. I knew He suffered. I never knew He suffered like that. How can I have such hatred for my brothers when He loves them so much? He suffered for my refusal to love them, for my acts of anger and wanting to prove my brother's wrong and make myself right.
It is all relative: a sin must be paid for. He paid for my sins by His suffering and pain. He allowed me to feel the pain of my own sins and it was awful. I made Him suffer because I would not love. I must say to everyone I feel divided with, "I love you."
September 3, 1996
Shepherds of Christ Meeting
Jesus: You are in a spiritual battle. My dear, chosen ones, how satan will come against you. You do not know how you must pray and how you must come to Our Hearts. You will be protected from the terrors of the night when you come to Our Hearts. You must spend time in private prayer, each day, before the tabernacle if at all possible, My sweet ones. If not, come to Me. Come to Me in the quiet time and spend this time with Me, that I may refresh you and instruct you, that I may love you and comfort you, that you will be strengthened for the battle ahead, for you are My soldiers that I am sending into the world, and I am strengthening you with My grace and My love. Do not give up. Do not give in to the tauntings of satan. You are so important to My plan. You will help many souls. You must see before your eyes the souls in hell. See the souls shriveling before you. The world will hate you, My beloved ones. You will feel alone. You must know that I am with you in all your struggles, that you are not of the world, that you belong to Me.
Joyful Mysteries
The Annunciation
1. R. The angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and asked her to be the Mother of God.
2. R. This is the plan of the Father. The plan of the Father, we see this plan unfold in the lives of Jesus and Mary, but do we see the plan unfold in our lives this day? This is the plan of the Father for salvation history. The Apostles marched into the world and carried the messages of Jesus' love. Today, we will march into the world, and we will help bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Jesus: I have called you, My beloved ones. As I called Peter and John, I call you by name. I call you, _____, _____, _____, _____. I call you by your name as My apostle. Do not turn your back on Me. You must be committed to Me. You must come to My Heart, and I will refresh you. This is the plan of the Father to help renew the Church and the world. See Mary, and the angel appeared to her, and the angel says, "Do not be afraid, Mary." Do not be afraid, My beloved ones, for I am with you. You will feel the fear close in on you. You will feel alone and persecuted. You are not like the world. You are My chosen ones. You must come to My Heart for you will want to run away.
3. R. We see the sins in the world today. We see the pride and the desire for riches. We see the self-seeking in the hearts of many. We see the Blessed Mother as she kneels, and the angel appears to her. Mary so humble, her whole desire to do the will of the Father, to please her Father, her heart filled with love for the Father. This is the plan of the Father. We are His apostles. We must focus on our love for Him. We must focus on pleasing our Father. It is in pleasing Him that we will have joy and peace in our lives.
4. Jesus: My beloved ones, are you afraid? Do you awake in the night, and you are afraid? I am Jesus. I wait by your bed. I am there with you at every moment. You will want to run away. You must not give up for satan aims to stop you. The angel appeared to Mary, and she said 'yes' to the angel. Will you say 'yes' to Me, My beloved one? 'Yes' to all the suffering that I send you? Do you know how I love you? Do you know how short this life is? A moment, and it is up in smoke. I am Jesus. You must focus on all eternity. For all eternity, you will be embraced by the Almighty God. Many will be helped through your efforts. Do not give up. Do not give in to the fears in your heart. Tell Me of your love, and focus on Me.
5. Jesus: See before you My Heart, the Heart of the Divine Savior burning and on-fire.
R. See the light and feel the warmth of the Almighty God. See this little Heart formed within the womb of the Virgin Mary. The Father sent His only Son into the world in the womb of the Virgin Mary. His little Heart was formed in her womb. Mary tells us this day to come to her spiritual womb, for our heart too will be formed in the image and likeness of Jesus within her womb, and it is there that we will be protected from the terrors of the night, for the times ahead will be dark and will be hard.
Jesus: If you run away, you will not find shelter. The shelter is found in My Heart and the heart of My Mother.
6. Jesus: Are you afraid? Is the embryo afraid in the womb of their mother? I call you, My beloved ones, to come to the heart of My Mother as a little embryo that is not afraid. You are fed with My life in her spiritual womb, her Immaculate Heart. You are protected. If you remain outside of her womb, satan will attack you. Come to the Immaculate Heart of My Mother, your spiritual womb. Mary crushes beneath her feet the head of the serpent. You are protected. You are the stars. You are the stars, the apostles, the children of light. And there appeared in the sky a woman clothed as the sun, the moon was under her feet, beneath her feet the serpent that she crushes, and surrounding her head was a crown of twelve stars. You are My stars that will light up the darkened nights. My apostles, My brilliant lights, My stars that are lighted as you dwell in Our Hearts. I will saturate you with My Divine life and fill you with My light. I am the light that shines in the darkness.
7. Jesus: You are the children of light. And there appeared in the sky a woman clothed as the sun, and you are lighted within the spiritual womb of My Mother, her Immaculate Heart.
8. Jesus: The end times are near, My beloved ones. You must pray as you have never prayed before, for Mary will protect you, comfort you, and guard you, but you must come to her spiritual womb unafraid and protected.
9. Jesus: Do you wake in the night? Are you afraid? Come to the spiritual womb of your Mother, into her Immaculate Heart and be free.
10. Jesus: There is no fear in Our Hearts.
Song: The Rosary Song
The Visitation
1. Jesus: You are not of the world. You will struggle, My beloved ones. You will struggle, and you will need My strength.
2. R. Mary went to the hill country to visit her cousin Elizabeth. She carried within her womb the Child Jesus. Today, as we walk about the earth, we are carried within the spiritual womb of Mary, constantly protected as she protected the Child Jesus, as she traveled to her cousin Elizabeth's. We must not be afraid, for Mary our Mother is caring for us and protecting us.
3. R. Mary has the most pure heart, Mary, the sinless one. No matter how many of our sins, how bad our sins, we can be forgiven Jesus says, for our sins if we ask with a contrite heart. We can go to confession if we sin mortally. We go to the Heart of Mary, we are protected by her pure and sinless Heart. She dwells most perfectly in the Heart of her Son. We can go to the deepest chamber of Christ's Heart through the sinless heart of Mary. God gave us Mary, the sinless one, the only human person without sin. He gave us Mary that we could go to her heart, her spiritual womb, that we could dwell there, despite all of our impurities, and that we could go to His Heart and unite in such depth with Him. This is our little heaven on earth, dwelling in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
4. R. To unite deeply to the Almighty God, we must be more and more pure. How can sinful man unite to the Almighty God? How on earth could we unite in such depth to Him, but through the heart of our pure and sinless Mother Mary. This is our little heaven on earth, for as we go to the heart of the pure and sinless one, Mary's Immaculate Heart, we can dwell in the very depth of Jesus' Heart.
5. R. We are purified in purgatory before heaven. The souls are purified before they go to heaven. Mary's Heart is pure, Mary's Immaculate Heart is our spiritual womb. The Holy Spirit formed the Child Jesus within the womb of Mary. The Holy Spirit sanctifies and makes us holy today within Mary's heart, our spiritual womb.
6. R. Do we want to go to heaven? The more we dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary here on earth, the more we are purified, the more holy we become. It is in Their Hearts that we are sanctified and made holy. Let us go to the heart of our Mother. Let us go to her heart and the Holy Spirit will sanctify us, and she will place us in the deepest chamber in the Heart of Jesus. It is there that we will unite to our heavenly Father.
7. R. There we find treasures, within the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
8. Jesus: Do not be afraid. Do not let satan keep telling you, holy ones, that you are bad. Don't listen to satan. My dear ones, come to your Mother and dwell in her spiritual womb. Tell Me that you are sorry for all your sins, and come and dwell in her heart. Satan uses this to stop you, that you will continue in negative thinking. You must say you are sorry, and you must come to her heart. At every Mass, come to the heart of My Mother. Give yourself to her that you will come to My Heart in the heart of the pure and sinless one, Mary, My Mother. It is in this gift of self to Mary, this gift of self to Me, that you offer a more holy sacrifice united to Me in the Mass. The Father is so pleased. And in this sacrifice, grace is spilled on the earth because of your holiness and your fervor as you dwell in Our Hearts. Do you want to help this world that is sinful? You must give yourselves to the heart of My Mother, to My Heart. You must unite all of your actions with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered to the Father, and the grace will spill out on the earth, pouring forth through the pierced Heart of Jesus, and many souls will be helped. My beloved ones, you have to help many souls, and the fire of My love will spread across the earth, and the earth will be lighted with light as My grace flows into the hearts of many because of the fervor in your hearts. One heart fixed in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass can make such a difference. It is in your holiness that you can help in offering up your lives for the souls. You are so important to the Father's plan. You have been called, and you have been chosen for the highest holiness, each one of you, My apostles in this room. Mary said 'yes' to the angel. Will you say 'yes' to this holiness, to Me, for your life, your individual life is so important. Offer your life up praying for souls. Your life is so important to the renewal of the Church and the world, your individual holiness, your dwelling in My Heart and in the heart of My Mother, and uniting with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. O, how I long for the holy soul to come to Me and to tell Me of their love. How the Father loves this, your life united to the Mass. I am Jesus. I love you. Will you give yourself to Me? Will you give yourself to My Mother? She is the gate keeper of My Heart.
9. Jesus: And she carries you within her spiritual womb. Why are you afraid, My beloved ones, for you have been called and you have been chosen, and I am giving to you special grace to join ever closer to Our Hearts? This is your little heaven on earth. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
10. Jesus: O, that one holy soul would come to Me and profess their love. I hear the words from you. I see the tears in your eyes, and you say to Me, "O Jesus, how I love You. O Jesus, how I love You." This is what I long for, to see the tears in your eyes, to hear the sincerity and the love in your heart, for I am a person. I am the Almighty God. I am love, and I long to be loved by you. I came into this world a little baby for love of you. Will you love Me? Will you come to Me before the tabernacle? Will you sit in the silence of your room and look at My picture and tell Me how you love Me? I will give you the grace that you will feel this love in your heart, but you must give yourself to Me. You must ask for this grace to love Me more, I want this love from you, My holy soul. I want you to love Me.
Song: Little Child
Jesus: Do not worry little child for I am with you at this moment. I know the anxieties in your heart. You must let go and come to the heart of My Mother. I came into this world in the womb of the Virgin Mary. You must come to Me in her spiritual womb. Do not be afraid little child. I will never forget you. I came into this world a baby, and I died on the cross for you. I love you so much. Do not be afraid.
The Birth of Jesus
1. R. We pray: O holy Hearts of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary we love You, we want to dwell in You. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary beat within the body of Mary when she carried Him in her womb. So now we place our heart in her heart.
As we meditate on the mysteries of this rosary, we see that these Two Hearts were so intimately linked within the body of Mary. The life of the Almighty God flows through the heart of Mary into us. O heart of Mary, how beautiful you are, and how lucky we are that God gave to us His Mother under the cross. She is our Mother. See Mary our Mother. She carried the Child Jesus within her womb, but Jesus gave us His Mother to care for us as we go about this earth.
Jesus: Why are you afraid little child? Do you not know that there is shelter and warmth and refuge within the heart of My Mother and within My Heart? You must see yourself within her heart, within her womb, curled up, and do not be afraid. At every moment, do not be afraid. Come to the spiritual womb of your Mother, for she is waiting for you. She will give you life and love. I came into the world in the womb of My Mother. You come to Me now in her spiritual womb. I give you Mary your Mother. She loves you.
2. Jesus: Are you afraid? See your heavenly Mother. She is with you at all times. She is holding you in her heart, and she dwells within My Divine Heart.
3. R. Jesus came into the world a little baby in such poverty. The Almighty God, all powerful and Almighty, came into the world in a little stable in such poverty. Why are we so greedy? Why do we covet our riches? Why do we focus so much on the riches of this world? It is the devil that comes into our hearts and wants us to always want more, want more and more. But Jesus showed us the way He came into the world in extreme poverty.
4. Jesus: How the devil attacks the heart with riches and with pride. I came into this world, My beloved ones, a little baby. The Almighty God, all powerful, comes into the world in the womb of a human person, and He is born in the most dire poverty, in the town of Bethlehem. No place to lay My head, yet you coveted your riches, and you go with your proud hearts, but I showed you the way. You must come to Me, and I will make your hearts soft and supple and ready to love, for you are My chosen ones, and it is My love that you will show to this world today, a heart filled with Divine love.
5. Jesus: Will you circulate the messages of My tender love? Will you give to the world these messages, My love letters? Will you tell them? Will you go to them? Will you see the one that is bowed down with a tear in the corner of their eye? Will you go up to them, and will you say, "Jesus loves you," and give them My letter of love. Feed the hungry, My dear ones. The hungry ones are the ones that need My letters of love. They are crying out. Do you see them curled in the corner with the tear in their eye, but you are afraid to give them My messages of love? Do you see their pain? Do you see the hurt within them? I am the food for the starved soul. You are My apostles to deliver this food to My loved ones. You are the ones that are praying for the priests and the sisters, that will carry this message to the world. Your life is so important to Me. Your role is so important to My Father's plan. You must come to Me for satan is strong and wants to stop you, My chosen one, but you are chosen and guarded by Me, My child of light.
R. And He was in the town of Bethlehem in a little stable, and above His bed there was the brightest light, for He is the light of the world. He is the light to the darkness. It is through His Heart and the heart of His Mother that this world will be lighted with the brightest light. We are the children of light. We deliver to the world that is starving the messages of His love, then we will see the tear dry in the corner of their eye and their face be filled with light as we look at the people whose faces are bowed down and whose hearts are wounded, but they know the love of God.
Jesus: This is the mighty medicine for the sick world. I hand mixed it Myself with care. Will you give this medicine to My beloved ones? I beg you. I beg you to feed the hungry souls with the fire of My love. Watch the tears dry. Watch the faces light with My light, for their souls are hungry for the love of God, and nothing will feed the starving soul but My medicine. O, but the hearts would know how dearly I love them. Do you know? Do you know how I wait for you? Do you know how I want you to come with tears in your eyes and love in your heart, and say to Me, "O Jesus, how I love You. I love You. I love You. I love You, my Jesus." You are that soul I wait for. I wait for you to come. I wait for you to come and to spend time with Me, time in your room in the middle of the night. I wait. I wait for you.
6. Jesus: These are the messages that you must deliver to this world, that they hear My words, that they know how much I love them, for their hearts are suffering and in pain. You are My shepherds that I am sending out to bring the strayed ones back to Me. You are praying for My beloved priests. One, holy priest, how a priest can change so many hearts. You must pray your prayers fervently.
R. I see the Child Jesus in the crib in Bethlehem surrounded by the little sheep. He is the Chief Shepherd of the flock. We are the little sheep that surround His bed, and He is giving to us His love. As He gives this love to us, we will take it out to all the little sheep. The strayed ones will come for His love. They will see the light in our faces and His love in our hearts.
7. Jesus: I give you love. I give you love. I give you the greatest love. My little shepherds, you are the ones that I have called to pray for My priests. It is through My holy priests that My grace will flow upon the earth, and it will be lighted with the brightest light, and there will be that time when souls will fervently love Me. You are the leaders that I am sending into the world to help this to come about. Do you know how important you are to this plan? You must spread the messages of My burning love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph when hearts are fervently loving God and knowing how much God truly loves them. You must spread the message. This is the mighty medicine for the sick world.
8. R. O little Child Jesus in the stable in Bethlehem, there is no place to lay Your head, and You are the Almighty God. Why are we filled with such pride in our heart and wanting to get ahead when You come and You show us that You are not afraid, that You came in such poverty, that You will care for us and take care of us, and that Mary our Mother is the same Mother that cared for You?
9. Song: O Lady of Light, shining so bright, be with us this day, guiding our way, O Lady, O Lady of Light.
Jesus: And there appeared in the sky a woman clothed as the sun and the moon was under her feet, and there were twelve stars about her head. You are My children of light. As you dwell within the spiritual womb of My Mother, you are saturated with My light, and it will shine from your face, and many will see that light and know Me through you.
10. Jesus: I no longer walk this earth. I live within your heart.
Song: The Rosary Song
Jesus: Have you put aside the fear within your heart now, My beloved ones? When you walk from this room, you must continue to dwell in Our Hearts. It is then that My life will flow through you to all those that you touch. Do not be afraid for perfect love cast out fear, and I love you with My Divine love.
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
1. R. Jesus was carried in the arms of His Mother to the Temple to be presented to the Father.
2. R. Jesus, the Almighty God, comes in the womb of a human person. Jesus is carried in the arms of a human person, the Almighty God. Why do we not see that He is showing us this way. The way to Him is through Mary.
3. R. And Simeon said, "This Child is destined for the rise and fall of many in Israel." Once Jesus touches our heart, we are never the same. We can accept His love or reject His love. Our hearts can be hard or soft. Once Jesus touches a heart, the heart is never the same.
4. Jesus: The sun shines on wax and it melts, and the sun shines on the mud and it becomes hard. My beloved ones, let My light shine in your heart that your heart will become soft and supple. Your hearts must be purified. You must let go of all debris that is in your heart. You must not fill yourself with any impurities, take in anything that is not of Me. For in order to dwell in Our Hearts, you must be free of all those things that are holding you bound. It is in purity of heart that you will most deeply unite to My Heart.
5. R. The more we unite in oneness with Him, we try to rid ourselves of those things that hold us bound. Peace and joy is found in Their Hearts. It is found in the surrender of letting go of those things that we know are not of Him and letting go of those things that are poison to our heart and letting go of anything that will poison our heart, for what goes inside of a man is inside of his heart.
Jesus: I am calling you to purity in your hearts. It is in this purity that you will unite more deeply to My Heart. You must surrender to many things for you are not of the world, and you will be persecuted by the world, My dear ones. I came into this world to die. You come to Me and die to those things that are not of Me, and I will give you My Divine love. Let your hearts be pure. Fill your body with pure things.
6. Jesus: You are My holy hearts that I have chosen. You are My apostles that I will send into the world. It is My light that will shine from your face. Many will be touched because of your purity of heart, My dear ones. You must surrender and let go of those things that are not of Me, and I will give to you My Divine gifts, My treasures found deep within My Heart. In order to go to the depths of My Heart, you must let go of those things that are not like Me.
7. R. "This Child is destined for the rise and fall of many in Israel." The hardest hearts are turned to hearts of love. Prostitutes can be converted, turned to holy hearts. Once the Heart of Jesus touches a heart, the heart can be a holy heart or the heart many reject Him and become hard.
Jesus: The sun shines on the wax and it melts, and the sun shines on the mud and it is hard. Let My light shine on your heart and make your heart a heart that is soft and supple. It is in doing the will of My Father, living every moment of your life according to His will with love, that you will have peace. You must surrender, My beloved ones, for this is what your soul craves. Nothing on the face of this earth will satisfy you but this. Senseless pleasures, senseless pleasures and people lose their souls. My beloved ones, will you be pure and loving to help change other hearts. You are My instrument that I am using in this world today. Your heart must be holy and pure. In each prayer that you pray united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, grace will flow on this world. Pray for the souls at Mass. You pray to the saints because of their intercessory prayer. Let go of all the poisons that you take within your body that contaminate your heart. The world today is contaminated. You must give to the world the mighty medicine, the messages of My burning love. Be a channel of My love.
8. R. And Simeon told Mary that, "A sword too shall pierce your heart, O Mary."
Song: See the Eyes That Look at Mary
9. Jesus: I love you. I love you. I love you. Will you come to Me with tears in your eyes and love in your heart, and look at Me and say, "Jesus, I love You more than anything in this world. You are number one to me, God."
10. Jesus: What is your God? What is holding you bound? What is holding you that is keeping you from uniting in this deep union with Me? I am Jesus. I want you to be a holy heart. I love you.
The Finding in the Temple
1. R. Imagine the heart of Mary, and feel the sorrow in her heart to know the loss of her Child Jesus.
2. R. Think of the pain of those this day that have cut themselves off from God, that are dead in sin, that are giving into the things of the world, many in sin, who have chosen sin as their god. Do we think about these people, our brothers, the ones who have cut themselves off from His life and how lonesome they are that they do not even know as they go from pleasure to pleasure to pleasure to try to satisfy the sick cravings within the soul?
3. R. What of the fear in their heart when they think of the future, for what is the future when your heart is dead in sin? It is a black hole.
4. R. Think of the souls in purgatory that are longing and wanting the Almighty God, to know God, to see God. It is so hard for me to see Mary and Jesus and hear Jesus lament or Mary speak of the souls going to hell. Blindness! There is such pain and such suffering. Think of the souls in purgatory, but not be able to have Him.
Excerpt from Response in Christ by Fr. Edward 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."14 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.15 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."16
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.17
NOTES:
14Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
15 Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
16Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
17Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.
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