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April 22, 2005

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April 22, 2005

Jesus speaks:    I call you to be the Apostles of My
                                Sacred Heart —

                            A person went through one superior
                                after the other —

                            I call you to understand I have given
                                you My Movement —

                            My Mother appeared over and over again
                                to the world.

                            I have given you writings in My Blue
                                Books since 1993.

                            I have taken you into the depth of
                                My Heart.

                            A priest got up on Sundays and focused
                                on the people who were not helping
                                the church by selfish behavior —

                            Soon nobody went to that church —

                            The devil can work through one to cause
                                conflict —

                            I come to tell you of My love and hold
                                you in My Heart —
                                I come to make you Apostles
                                    of My Sacred Heart - to go
                                    forth and spread My love —

                            Satan focuses on you —
                                he tempts you to be selfish,
                                    prideful, looking at the glass
                                    as half-empty —
                                    He wants you to tear down
                                        while others build up.

                            Satan is the devil —
                            He wants souls for hell —

                            I am your God.

     

Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
 

136. THE FOURTH DAY

        A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS

The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human nature

PRAYER.   The usual preparatory prayer.

window at a former Jesuit Seminary

137. FIRST PRELUDE.   This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.

138. SECOND PRELUDE.   This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.

139. THIRD PRELUDE.   This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
   

FIRST PART

THE STANDARD OF SATAN

140. FIRST POINT.   Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.

141. SECOND POINT.   Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.

142. THIRD POINT.   Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.

   The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
   

SECOND PART

THE STANDARD OF CHRIST

143.   In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.

144. FIRST POINT.   Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.

145. SECOND POINT.   Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.

146. THIRD POINT.   . . .
   

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

             

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
p. 12

                        23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

                            Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God 
                        our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

    

p. 11

21.                     SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

    Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
    and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
    no decision is made under the influence of any
    inordinate attachment

        

April 22, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I called you to help Me spread My
                                love.

                            I give to you My Church.
                                My Church is My bride —
                                The Church has rules —

                            I give you the commandments —
                                I give you these rules —
                                I give you the priests —
                                I give you the structure of
                                    the family.

                            I operate in structure.

                            You can set out to perform a task —
                                all may work diligently — satan
                                works through the weakest link
                                to tear down —

                            All the once energetic souls working
                                toward an end can then be left
                                like dragging rags as satan
                                comes through one to sap the
                                energy from the endeavor by
                                one who gives into satan, is
                                self-focused and causing trouble

                            I have given you My Heart in My writings —
                                I have given you My writings of
                                    love.
                                I have written to you personal love
                                    letters —
                                When few come do you take responsibility
                                    how your lack of energy contributed
                                    to this —

                                A man dragged a ball and chain every
                                    where he went - at the end of a
                                    long day he sat on the ground
                                    and he cried —
                                        "Oh, I am so tired"

                                Mary appeared to him and said
                                    "Let go of the ball and chain"
                                He looked and he saw how heavy
                                    it was and in that moment he
                                    cut it loose —

                                Do you carry bags of garbage on your
                                    back, and when you are tired
                                    try to put them on somebody else's
                                    back —

                                Do you ever look at your habits?

                                A man tried every boss that was sent
                                    to the office of a big company ——

                                Finally after 4 bosses, the owner's
                                    son showed up to see how
                                    was the atmosphere of the
                                    place because it was
                                    constantly losing money and
                                    could not support itself.

                                What he saw was one person
                                    answering the phones growled
                                    at everyone who called —
                                    another man never did the job
                                    of greeting the people who came —
                                    he was so focused on himself —
                                    wherever he was he caused
                                    problems —
                                    he didn't greet the people with
                                        warmness and do the job —
                                    He didn't do the things that the
                                        management wanted —
                                    another man caused disharmony
                                        where ever he was —
                                    As long as they were permitted to
                                        live this way - 4 bosses
                                        could not make any difference
                                        to the center, unless the trouble makers
                                        were fired.

                                I am the Lamb that was slain —
                                    If you walk in My footprints
                                        you act as I would act.

                                The blossoms come up every year.
                                The sun comes up every day.
                                    I give you the sun
                                    I give you the moon  

                                2 men looked out prison bars
                                    one saw mud, the other stars.

                                I have asked you to be an Apostle of
                                    My Sacred Heart and spread
                                    My Mission —

                                I give you My writings —
                                    This is My Movement to help
                                        renew the Church and the world.

                                    I give you a writing from the
                                        Bible

    

April 22, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I give you the Our Father

        

The Our Father

    Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

     

April 22, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:         how can you say three rosaries
                                    a day and carry such bitterness
                                    in your heart —

                            I want you to thank Me —
                            I want you to be an apostle —

                            Satan will try to get you to focus
                                on yourselves.

                            A man and woman got married —
                                he was very imperfect and wouldn't
                                change — he hurt the whole
                                family by forcing his dysfunctional
                                ways on others —

                            They functioned many years later
                                as a very unloving, unhappy
                                home.
                                It was because of the force,
                                    the noise, the anger - others
                                    finally gave into the angry man.

                                Satan is like that — the
                                    mild may yield to the angry —
                                    some people are in the community,
                                        family still saying

                                    "Nobody will ever tell me what to do"
                                        they haven't changed since the
                                        day they left home at 18 — they
                                        force others to live with their
                                        dysfunctional ways.

                                I have given you great gifts from heaven —
                                I have chosen you —
                                I have called you to be thankful —
                                I have called you to My site to
                                    spread My love —

                                If you are unloving you don't
                                    belong there —
                                    You are to be a light —
                                    You are to smile —
                                    You are to be filled with
                                        energy and love.

                                I am love ! !

                                You have been called to the site
                                    to spread My Mission.

                                Until now you could have never
                                    been able to handle pilgrims
                                    of any number —

                                Now will you be My pilgrims of love
                                Now will you spread the message
                                    of My Jesus water —

                                A bull dog guarded the fence
                                    of a house filled with love —
                                    A man came from afar and said —
                                    "how can I learn of your message
                                    when I come a bull dog bites
                                    at my feet and chases me
                                    away" —

                                Open your arms like mine when I
                                    hung on the cross —

                                Smile My smiles and give love
                                    and light —

                                I am God —
                                I am the Light of the World.

                                Be thankful for all the gifts I have given
                                    you — some have treated My gift
                                    so wrongfully — you suffer for them —
                                    lack of gratitude —
                                    lack of vision —
                                    lack of really even understanding -
                                        what it is to forgive —
                                        How do you want Me to forgive
                                            you?
                                        You don't forgive anyone else and
                                            you see yourself as
                                            perfect —

                                        I see all your faults and I died
                                            for your sins —

                                I give you this commandment —

                                    "Love one another as I have
                                        loved you"

                                What if a man built a castle, but has a heart full of debris?

                                    

 

 

 

 


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