Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing          

July 26, 2015

July 27th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is 
Day 3 Period I.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries 
for July 27th
are Glorious
.


Pray for special intentions.
  

Pray for Dan & Melanie, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Sonny & family, Blue Book 15.

Please pray for funds & grace.

   

                  

Blue Book 15 Available
Introductory Price $5.00 plus postage

  

               

                July 26, 2015

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

2 Kings 4: 42-44

A man came from Baal-Shalishah, bringing the man of God bread from the first-fruits, twenty barley loaves and fresh grain still in the husk. 'Give it to the company to eat,' Elisha said.But his servant replied, 'How can I serve this to a hundred men?' 'Give it to the company to eat,' he insisted, 'for Yahweh says this, "They will eat and have some left over." 'He served them; they ate and had some left over, as Yahweh had said.

 

Psalm 145: 10-11, 15-18

Yod
All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, 
and your faithful shall bless you.

Kaph
They shall speak of the glory of your kingship 
and tell of your might,

Ain
All look to you in hope
and you feed them with the food of the season.

Pe
And, with generous hand,
you satisfy the desires of every living creature.

Zade
Upright in all that he does, 
Yahweh acts only in faithful love.

Qoph
He is close to all who call upon him, 
all who call on him from the heart.

 

Ephesians 4: 1-6

I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called. With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love. Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

 

John 6: 1-15

    After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee—or of Tiberias—and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. The time of the Jewish Passover was near. 
    Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’ He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, ‘Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, ‘Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Make the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.’ So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.

 

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

July 29, 2012

HOMILY - (2 Kings 4: 42-44; Eph 4: 1-6; John 6: 1-15) Last week's gospel told us Jesus and his disciples tried to get away for a little while from their ministry of teaching and healing so they could get some rest. But somehow the crowd found him. He was not annoyed or angry that he and his disciples were going to miss out on this well-needed time to rest. Rather, he saw the crowd as sheep without a shepherd and he began to teach them many things. After meeting their spiritual needs, Jesus knew they had gone a long time without eating. So Jesus provides what the people needed for their empty stomachs.

    Many people have asked, "did this really happen?" Because we have no details how it happened, many have tried to deny there was anything miraculous about what Jesus did and they invent some natural explanation of what took place. The story is presented to us as something awesome and marvelous. We just have to take it on faith. It is clear from all that we know that if something memorable and miraculous did not occur when Jesus fed 5000 people with five barley loaves and two fish, then we might as well deny all the other miracles in the gospels too. I say this because there is no other miracle in the gospels (except for the resurrection of Jesus himself) that is so well attested to and confirmed as genuine. It is the only miracle (again except for Jesus' resurrection) that is found in all four gospels. You might notice that John's gospel does not use the word "miracle." He calls it a sign as we heard today: "when the people saw the sign he had done�" A sign is something that seeks to communicate some deeper reality to us. John is very explicit and expansive about what the multiplication of the loaves and fishes is trying to tell us. During this year (liturgically called "year B") most of our gospels are taken from St. Mark. At this point, however, we leave St. Mark and for five weeks, counting this week, we will reflect on St. John's much longer version of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and what it all means. This is one of the most beautiful chapters in the gospel as far as I am concerned.

    I do have some other items I want to talk about today. Starting with a personal item, I have acquired an additional responsibility. I have been appointed as Parochial Administrator of St. Leo for three months. I have been assured it will not involve much additional work. The pastor, Fr. Jim Schutte, is going away for three months to study. There is a priest who will say Mass there during that time. I tell you this so you don't have to hear about it by way of rumor.

Another item concerns our regular finances. Since our increased offertory support program a year ago, we have been doing well. I just want to offer everyone a great big thank you. We have a finance statement for the past fiscal year in today's bulletin. The extra money that put us ahead this year will help with our painting the church and with making up for the losses we suffered in the past three years. I am immensely grateful for your generosity.

    Finally, I want to say something about the painting. The painters were hoping to start with the choir loft and move forward, but scheduling with the scaffolding company has run into a few snags, so until we get more scaffolding up the painters have been working on some of the lower walls. You can see some difference in the two transepts. All of the pews that have to be taken up to make room for scaffolding will be returned, except for the six that have been permanently removed to provide a gathering space in the back of church. It has become more popular to have funeral visitations in church before the funeral and we do not have enough room to accommodate many people with our small vestibule. Also, in bad weather, sometimes after a Mass or a wedding people may want to stay and visit for several minutes. When I came to St. Boniface 20 years ago, I asked people to remain silent before Mass for those who want to pray and to feel free to visit if they wanted to stay afterwards. People have been very considerate about keeping that practice and I am grateful.

    I discovered a week ago that the church is actually far dirtier than I was aware. I guess I shouldn't be surprised after 50 years with candles constantly burning and sending their carbon up into the air. One of the workers recently took a ladder up to the gold leaf dome, just to check it out. It is gold leaf. He took a dozen or so dry cotton balls and just rubbed it over the gold. This is what he got. (show very blackened cotton balls) Then he went over the spot with a dry cleaning sponge and got more dirt. It's an expensive project but our church is a sacred place to be honored and respected and it is our place to pray each day the greatest prayer we have.

    There is one other thing. A few weeks ago a very generous parishioner called to make an offer. This parishioner said if we had a capital campaign for the church painting, that person would match every dollar that was donated up to $50,000 dollars. You will receive a letter about this matching gift this week. I could not let this opportunity slip by. I hope our parishioners can come up with $50,000 (or more), then (somewhat like the loaves and fishes on a smaller scale), it will be multiplied and we will receive an additional $50,000 to help us out. When I first heard about this offer, I told a friend of mine and within a day he gave me a check for $5000. So, I just need nine more people like that. Please, I ask you if you would read carefully the letter I am sending and consider helping us this way.

 

 

  From Blue Book 8

Joyful Mysteries

July 25, 1995

The Annunciation

1. Mary: My dear little children, come to the heart of your Mother. Satan is pressing down on all of you. My beloved children, it is only when you take refuge in my heart that you will be able to withstand the sufferings, persecutions and the trials that you will experience daily. I am Mary, your Mother and I ask you now to come to my heart, to lay yourself in my heart, to be rocked and loved within my tender heart. I know all of the struggles in your mind and in your hearts.

I am the most loving Mother and I am with you. I give to you, my dear ones, love. I lead you to my Son and my Son Jesus outpours His love! As it flows through His Heart, it flows from my heart to you and you are filled with such vibrancy and love. I am Mary, your Mother. Put yourself, my dear ones, in my care. As you go through these mysteries of the rosary, meditate with your whole heart, your whole mind and your whole soul. Put yourself in the presence of the Almighty God and realize that He lives within you. When you are in the state of grace, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is within you.

Satan will test you, he will try you, he will try to trip you up. I am Mary, your Mother. I crush satan’s head. Come to the Heart of Jesus. Come to my heart. This is the Mighty Medicine — Our love — the Love of Jesus. Come dwell in Our Hearts. You will be strengthened to fight the battle against satan. Come now, my beloved children, and meditate on our lives with your whole heart. Release yourself of all anxieties, all the tightness, all the fears, all of the problems with everyone in your life and let go, and surrender to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as We carry you through Our lives.

2. Mary: Satan will get you focused on problems, my dear ones. You must pray for the grace to be able to fight the temptation and come and dwell in my loving heart. I caress you and hold you tenderly to my breast. I am Mary, your Mother and I am mothering you in my arms.

3. R. The angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and asked her to be the Mother of God.

4. R. The most highly favored daughter of the Father was chosen by God, Mother of His Son. This tells us of the immense love that the Father had for the Virgin Mary and how He loves women that His Son Jesus came into this world in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

5. Hail Mary
6. Hail Mary

7. Jesus: The seeds of time move exceedingly slow and satan gets you focused on problems, My dear ones and you see the details in front of your lives. You do not see the big picture — the picture of the plan of salvation. As you meditate on this rosary, see the plan as it unfolds.

R. The Son of God enters this earth in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He lived His life. He walked all through the Passion, He died. He rose and ascended into Heaven and we live His life, death and resurrection in our lives. Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, today.

8. Mary: It is in the constancy, to stay fixed forever in the love of Jesus, that you will have peace and joy in your heart to know the presence of the Almighty God within you at every single second to be focusing on your union with Him and to tell Him of your moments of struggle and of your deep love for Him. To share these moments with Him and to put aside the distractions, my dear, dear, sweet little children. Please listen, I beg you to listen and to come to my heart and I will join your heart in such union with the Heart of my Son. You, my beloved ones, were created with a soul to know, love and serve God. Nothing will feed the soul but the love of God.

9. Mary: You may be satisfied for a short time by little whims here, but you must be focused on your union with Jesus. I am Mary, your Mother. The only thing that feeds the soul is the love of God. No matter how hard you try to make other things work in your life, they do not work if they are not rooted in His love. I am asking you this evening to come and picture yourself cradled and caressed in my heart. As I dwell in the Heart of my Son, you too will dwell in Him, in His Sacred Heart in such deep, deep love if you go to His Heart.

10. Mary: My dear ones, the world is very sick. In the hospital many people are not cared for spiritually. They are cared for physically but their souls are left to wither and die in pain. The soul must be fed by the love of God. In the nursing homes many patients are cared for physically and they sit and stare at the walls with hearts that are aching. My Son Jesus loves each and every soul. I call out to you to spread these messages of His love to the world. The souls are starved and aching and crying out and they are being fed by things of the world and their hearts cry out for more and more and more. The world is suffering and in pain and they are sick in their hearts. Many of my little children have a disease far worse than any physical disease. Many are withered in their hearts and in their soul and are dying from lack of nutrition. You contain, my sweet children, the mighty medicine to feed the sick children of the world. The medicine is the love of my Son Jesus.

 

The Visitation

1. R. Mary made haste to the hill country to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Her cousin Elizabeth had conceived a child in her old age and when Mary arrived at Elizabeth’s home, with the Child Jesus within her womb, the child in Elizabeth’s womb leapt with joy and Elizabeth cried out,

Luke 2: 42-45

‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’

2. R. How is it that the Mother of our God should come and speak to us? How is it that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in His Divinity and humanity, remains with us this day in the Blessed Sacrament, longing and searching and waiting for us to come and to be with Him. How is it that the Father loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son into the world, incarnate in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and He is neglected and treated with indifference and ingratitude. How is this that we can be so cold and callous in our hearts when Jesus is so tender, so gentle, and so loving and He waits and thirsts for us to come and be with Him. I hear the constant lamenting from the tabernacle. How He is waiting and thirsting for His precious little ones to come and be with Him. Many times these words fall on deaf ears — many men have turned their back on Jesus.

3. R. We receive the Word of God! He is talking to us, today in His Word. Let His Word live in us!! This day when He calls out in the Scriptures how He loves with the dearest love that He would not forsake us or forget us.

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these were to forget, I shall not forget you.

R. Do we hear the Word — His Word of deepest love from the burning Heart of Jesus, our Savior?

4. R. Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth. Jesus comes to us this day in the Holy Eucharist. Jesus comes inside of us and unites with us in deepest love and He calls out over and over again and He asks me to tell all of His deep and burning love. I hear Him speak of His Heart, gentle and kind. Jesus is with us. He is waiting for our love affair with Him. He is alive.

5. R. Let your heart be open. Let your soul be filled with love, make it shine as light in the darkest night. May your face show the love of Almighty God that lives within your being. Make all those you touch know His presence in you. Tell them of the Might of the Almighty God, a power too mighty to be contained.

Jesus: I want to fill your heart and permeate your soul with My light and My love.

6. Song: On This Day, O Beautiful Mother

7. Mary: Let not your hearts be hard but soft and supple. Do not speak against your brother. Do not speak unkindly at all about your brothers. If you are to unite to the Heart of my Son, you must put aside all those things. My Son is burning and on fire with love for each one of you and wants to be so close to you. Only a heart that is pure will unite in deepest love with my Son. I am Mary, your Mother. I am present and with you. I appear to you, my beloved ones, in such light for as you learn my ways and the ways of my Son, you will light up the darkness. (I am the Lady of Light. I appear to you this day as the Lady of Light, to shed the light of my Son into your hearts.)

8. Mary: The way to my Son is many times filled with bumps and hard times. My dear children, you must come to my heart and rest in my heart and dwell in the Heart of my Son for the road ahead will be bumpy and hard and you will suffer very much persecution. It is only in dwelling in Our Hearts you will have peace and joy. Where can you go — there is not a place to go. The times will move ahead, they will be hard. You must come to my heart and dwell in my heart and the Heart of my Son. As the light flows around me, His light too will radiate from your eyes and your face, for in joining to Our Hearts you will show the love of God to a world that is suffering and in pain. I am Mary, your Mother, Our Lady of Light. I have come to deliver this message of my love to you this day. My sweet and dear children, I have come to deliver this message to you.

9. Mary: If you could see the rays of the Holy Eucharist, my sweet little children, you would fall to the floor. You do not know the great gift that you are given. My Son Jesus is received so lightly and with such ingratitude. I ask you to make reparation to His Heart for all the injustices and for the indifference and the neglect that He suffers. In the Sacrament of His greatest love, the Holy Eucharist, you receive a visit from Jesus my sweet children. Go to the Eucharist. It is there that He pours out His abundant grace and you will know, more and more, His love when you go to the Eucharist.

10. Mary: I am Mary, your Mother, Mother of the Eucharist. I am united with the Heart of my Son. Go to His Heart, my dear ones. Your souls are thirsting for His love and nothing, nothing, nothing on the face of this earth will feed the starved soul, but the love of God.

 

The Birth of Jesus

1. R. In the town of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is born in such poverty and rejected by men. He comes to this earth to give His love to each and every soul. He is not adorned in glory, He comes in such humbleness and the stars shine over Him and proclaim the greatness of the Almighty God!

2. R. The little shepherd was born in the manger, surrounded by sheep and shepherds.

3. R. Jesus Christ, Chief Shepherd of the Flock, comes to this earth. The Son of God comes to lead all men to their real home, in heaven. Each little lamb He holds so close to His Heart and comforts them and gives them His tender love.

4. Jesus: I am Jesus, My beloved ones. Many of My flock have strayed and have lost their way and I am calling out to you to pray, pray, pray, as you go into this world with hearts that are filled with My love. I am calling you to unite in the deepest union with My Heart, for I long and thirst and wait for you. It is in this union that I can operate from your soul and minister to My little stray sheep in this world. I call out to you - do you hear? Will you answer the call? You are My shepherds that I am sending into this world to bring My flock home. I operate in you, through you, and with you. Come to Me and unite with Me, in deepest love. I am gentle and kind of Heart. I love you, My dear one.

5. Song: Like A Shepherd

6: Jesus: How the flock has strayed and look at the lives of the little, innocent children. How many are lost and many cannot find their way! It is only in spreading My love across the world that children and adults will be led back and on their way to their true home in heaven. I am calling out to you to send messages of My love into this world. To do this you must be filled with fire for love of God within your hearts. I am burning with love for you. Will you come to Me and let Me fill you with love? Will you spend time with Me in front of the tabernacle and receive My grace and light? I am fortifying you with My supplies and sending you out into the world.

7. Jesus: It is in suffering that you are joined closer to My Heart. My dear ones, many things will happen to lead you to My Heart and many will still refuse the signs that are given to them. You must pray to the Father at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being offered throughout the world in the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary united to Me. All through the day offer up all of your prayers, works, joys and sufferings for the souls of My beloved ones, for many are very sick in the world and have lost their way. I am Jesus. I am sending you, My chosen ones, on a journey to lead the little sheep home.

8. R. Jesus came as a helpless little baby, born in a manger, in Bethlehem.

John 3: 16

For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
 

R. God is calling out to us to spread His love through the world. 9. R. Jesus calls out to us to feed the hungry. The souls are hungry and are starving for the love of God. It is only in the love of God that is rooted deeply within your heart that you will feed the starved souls.

Jesus: I want to be one in you, that you feel My presence so connected to you and that your hearts are joined in deepest intimacy with Me and I will minister to the starved souls through you and they will see the light of the Almighty God from your eyes and this world will know that I live in you.

10. Jesus: Many in Medjugorje lost their homes. They did not have water, they did not have food, they lost everything they had. You, America, are given such great blessings and you do not even say thanks for the gifts that you are given. There is always a cry for more, more and more — to feed the starved soul, only the love of God will feed the starved souls! Many hearts have turned cold as stone. I am Jesus and you are My soldiers, you are going into battle to fight a battle in a godless world. It is through your love, through your days united with Our Hearts, that you will light up the darkness.

 

The Presentation in the Temple

1. R. Jesus was taken to the Temple to be presented to His Father and they offered a pair of turtle doves. In His Divine knowing, He knew of the sacrifice that would come someday.

2. R. The prophet Simeon told Mary of the sufferings of Mary and Jesus to come and he says to her, “a sword too shall pierce your soul, O Mary.”

3. R. Mary knew of the sufferings the Child Jesus would suffer whenever she looked at Him. Jesus in His Divine knowing knew of the sufferings to come. There is such intimacy between the Hearts of Jesus and Mary all through the Joyful Mysteries. We see the connection between the Two Hearts that beat in the same body. Jesus was carried in the womb of His Mother. The child received the milk of His Mother after His birth. Mary was the life support of her Son. Mary is our Mother. Mary mothers us this day, Mary leads us to Jesus. Jesus outpour Your grace to us. We are thirsty for You, oh God!!

4. R. It is through the pierced Heart of Jesus that the sacramental life of the Church was born. Mary is the Mediatrix of all grace. Mary stands at the foot of the cross and she stands by the altar.

5. R. God outpour Your grace to us!!

6. R. Simeon says to Mary, “A sword too shall pierce your soul, O Mary” we remember the 7 Dolors —

The Seven Sorrows of Mary

(1) The prophecy of Simeon
(2) The flight into Egypt
(3) The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple
(4) Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross
(5) Jesus dies on the cross
(6) Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in Mary’s arms
(7) The burial of Jesus

7.

Luke 2: 25-34

Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:

Now, Master, you are letting
your servant go in peace
as you promised;
for my eyes have seen the salvation
which you have made ready
in the sight of the nations;
a light of revelation for the gentiles
and glory for your people Israel.

As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’

8. R. Let us go and cradle in the heart of our beloved Mother, with all of her motherly tenderness, we dwell in her heart, we dwell in the Heart of her Son. We want His abundant love. We want to be saturated with His grace. We understand more the mystery. We meditate on the mystery of Their lives. We understand more the mystery of God’s love. We seek greater life in Him. We seek His love!!

9. R. We thirst and long and beg to receive more grace, more and more life, to know more fully for it is in this life, this saturation of grace, that feeds the starved soul and as we are fed more and more, you want more and more, for it is an endless source. We can always grow deeper and deeper in this life and be saturated more and more, so as we are saturated more and more with His life today, we are more holy.

10. Song: I Love You Jesus

 

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

1. Song: Amazing Grace

2. Song: A Song from Jesus

3. Jesus: Many little lambs this day are lost and cannot find their way. Pray that they may receive this grace so that where they are blind that they will see. I fill you with My life where you were blind before - you now see so clearly. My dear ones, pray, pray, pray to receive grace to know and love God more and more. Pray for your brothers.

4. Jesus: In one second you can see so clearly the mysteries when you are given My grace. My dear ones, pray for grace to see more and more and pray to the Holy Spirit for His gifts.

5. R. Wisdom, Counsel, Understanding, Fear of God, and Fortitude, these are gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Mary: My dear ones, go to my heart. Go to the Holy Spirit, pray to Him all through the day to fill you with the vibrancy of the fire of God’s love. Allow the Spirit to move within you, to operate you and to lead you on your way. It is in my heart that you are formed more and more in the image of Jesus, My Son, through the Holy Spirit. I am Mary, your Mother. Come to my heart.

From the Priestly Newsletter Book III by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

The Holy Spirit And Mary

The late Archbishop Luis M. Martinez of Mexico strikingly speaks of the ongoing cooperation of Mary with the Holy Spirit regarding the reproduction of Jesus within us: “Christian life is the reproduction of Jesus in souls…

“Now, how will this mystical reproduction be brought about in souls? In the same way in which Jesus was brought into the world, for God gives a wonderful mark of unity to all His works. Divine acts have a wealth of variety because they are the work of omnipotence; nevertheless, a most perfect unity always shines forth from them because they are the fruit of wisdom; and this divine contrast of unity and variety stamps the works of God with sublime and unutterable beauty.

“In His miraculous birth, Jesus was the fruit of heaven and earth…The Holy Spirit conveyed the divine fruitfulness of the Father to Mary, and the virginal soil brought forth in an ineffable manner our most loving Savior, the divine Seed, as the prophets called Him… “That is the way He is reproduced in souls. He is always the fruit of heaven and earth.

“Two artisans must concur in the work that is at once God’s masterpiece and humanity’s supreme product: the Holy Spirit and the most holy Virgin Mary. Two sanctifiers are necessary to souls, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, for they are the only ones who can reproduce Christ.

“Undoubtedly, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary sanctify us in different ways. The first is the Sanctifier by essence; because He is God, who is infinite sanctity; because He is the personal Love that completes, so to speak, the sanctity of God, consummating His life and His unity, and it belongs to Him to communicate to souls the mystery of that sanctity. The Virgin Mary, for her part, is the co-operator, the indispensable instrument in and by God’s design. From Mary’s maternal relation to the human body of Christ is derived her relation to His Mystical Body which is being formed through all the centuries until the end of time, when it will be lifted up to the heavens, beautiful, splendid, complete, and glorious.

“These two, then, the Holy Spirit and Mary, are the indispensable artificers of Jesus, the indispensable sanctifiers of souls. Any saint in heaven can co-operate in the sanctification of a soul, but his co-operation is not necessary, not profound, not constant: while the cooperation of these two artisans of Jesus of whom we have just been speaking is so necessary that without it souls are not sanctified (and this by the actual design of Providence), and so intimate that it reaches to the very depths of our soul. For the Holy Spirit pours charity into our heart, makes a habitation of our soul, and directs our spiritual life by means of His gifts. The Virgin Mary has the efficacious influence of Mediatrix in the most profound and delicate operations of grace in our souls. And, finally, the action of the Holy Spirit and the co-operation of the most holy Virgin Mary are constant; without them, not one single character of Jesus would be traced on our souls, no virtue grow, no gift be developed, no grace increased, no bond of union with God be strengthened in the rich flowering of the spiritual life.

“Such is the place that the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary have in the order of sanctification. Therefore, Christian piety should put these two artisans of Christ in their true place, making devotion to them something necessary, profound, and constant.”18

18. Archbishop Luis M. Martinez, The Sanctifier, op. cit. pp. 5-7.

6. R. I was blind, but now I see...

7. Mary: Many of my little ones are lost and wandering far from the Heart of my Son. It is through your prayers that many will be led home. Pray for my beloved priests, pray for the priests to lead the flock to the Heart of my Son. Many priests have wandered and are not filled with deep love of Jesus within their hearts. You must pray for your priests to return to the Heart of my Son, Jesus, to come to the Eucharist and to sit in front of the tabernacle to come with love and be filled within their hearts and souls with the love of God, to know Jesus as a Person and be intimately in love with Jesus. When the priests love Jesus with their whole hearts, their whole soul and their whole being, they will know more and more the love of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the Flock.

I am Mary, your Mother. I am asking you to pray for the priests and the religious of the world. For many have turned worldly and they need your prayers. Satan is pressing down on the Church. He wants to stop the Eucharist. He wants to stop the priests. It is through your prayers that many will be helped. My little children, I am asking you to spend your days in pleasing the Father, in doing His will, and offering everything that you do as a prayer for the suffering souls of my little, lost children of the world. My Son was lost in the Temple but my heart is sorrowing for my little, lost children — lost in this world this day. I am Mary, your Mother and I am asking you to unite with the Heart of my Son. It is in this deep union that your prayers will become very strong for the suffering souls in this world.

8. Mary: Come to the Heart of my Son. Come to the Heart of my Son. Come to the Heart of my Son. Your souls are starved and craving for love and the gifts that you receive when you unite with Him, they are far beyond your comprehension. You do not understand the great gifts that you are given. You must reach to understand more — pray for grace. You have a human mind. You stay so close to the earth, when Jesus, my Son, is outpouring His Divine love to you and wants to fill you more and more with His grace.

I am Mary, your Mother. I am guarding you and protecting you with my mantle every second of your lives. You are my apostles that I have called to go into this world to spread the love of my Son. Come and dwell in my heart and I will form you more and more in the image of Jesus. My dear, dear, little children, I am crying out to you. I see before me the sufferings of my little children of this world - the children, the little children, that are being killed by abortion, and persecuted and taught such vileness in the schools. Do you see the sick ones? Do you see the sickness?

They are being fed things of this world, the bloodshed will continue and hearts will remain cold unless you obey my message. I am Mary, your Mother and I am asking you to pray as you have never prayed before and to spread the messages of my Son’s love into this world, to spread these rosaries across the country. I am begging you to turn your hearts to love — love of God — love of your brother.

9. Mary: I give to you mighty medicine for this world, for this world is suffering and in pain and the medicine is the love of my Son, Jesus. Will you spread this love through the world? Will you carry these love letters to those that are hurting? Will you come and spend time with Him? Will you surrender and offer up the day to comply in the Father’s will for the suffering souls? What you do with every minute of your day will make a difference. You will be taunted and satan will try to stop you in your path — he will try to tell you that what you do is not going to make very much difference.

I am Mary, your Mother. With all of your efforts, my Son cries out to you this night. The love of God will flow throughout this land as you live in love as God wants. My Immaculate Heart will triumph and the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and there will be an era of peace with all, and a spirit in their heart of the deepest love, men united in Our Hearts. This love begins with love in your hearts. Let your heart be filled with the love of Our Hearts.

10: Song: Let There be Peace on Earth
 

 

Special

$10.00 plus shipping

Blue Book 14

One of the following DVD

Picture of Our Lady of Clearwater  4X 6

Prayer Brochure

 

 

 

Give the gift that keeps giving.

6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage 

       


$
6.00


$5.00


$4.00


$2.00


$2.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00


$3.00

   Books available in limited supply for this sale.

 

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.

 

Guiding Light Homily Book Series

Fr. Joe’s Books


Cycle A –
Steadfast to the Son


Cycle B –
Focusing on the Word


Cycle C

Feed My Soul

 
Cycle A
 
Inspired to be Genuine

4 for $20 plus postage of $5.95 

 

These books can be given to:

1) All Priests

       2) Good for Music Ministers
       3) Good for DRE's
       4) Good for Deacons
       5) Good for Principals of Schools
       6) Good for Teachers
       7) Good for Mom and Dads

     


 

                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 15 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.

 

 

 The Wedding Rosary 

Crystal Image Rosary

$40 plus shipping

 

Original Image Rosary

8mm glass beads
in a matching gift box

$40 plus shipping

 


 

In Spanish with the Imprimatur

Also we are ready to print
5000 copies of the
Parents and Children's Rosary Book
in SPANISH.
Can you help with a donation?

  

Give the gift that counts.

                Give to your priests Fr. Carter's Books plus postage.

Tell My People                    $5.00
Response to God's Love    $8.00
Response in Christ              $8.00

      

 

Old Mass Books with the Imprimatur 
$2.00 plus postage

New Mass Book with Imprimatur   
$8.00 plus postage

New Parents & Children's Book with the Imprimatur
$8.00 plus postage

Fr. Joe's Cycle A – Steadfast to the Sun – Starts in Advent
$5.00 plus postage

Give the gift that keeps on giving!

Give to your priest.


Fr. Carter's Priestly Newsletters Book II
$6.00 plus postage

     

Get a canvas print of Mary's image
with a sliver of glass and a little
bottle of Jesus and Mary water.
The glass will be fixed behind the
back of the picture.
$200.00 plus postage

Dan called and gave the report to me, when I hung up I saw this rainbow and took a picture for him.


Shepherds of Christ Ministries  
P.O. Box 627  China, Indiana 47250

Telephone: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or (812) 273-8405  
FAX: (812) 273-3182

Main Shepherds of Christ Page


SofC LogoCopyright © 2014 Shepherds of Christ.
Rights for non–commercial reproduction granted:
May be copied in its entirety, but neither re–typed nor edited.
Translations are welcome but they must be reviewed for moral and 
theological accuracy by a source approved by Shepherds of Christ Ministries 
before any distribution takes place. Please contact us for more information.