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"the disciples and I gathered
in
the upper room of the temple they were filled with great
anticipation. Many of them, though I had told them before were
soon to see My words unfold for they were much like the foolish
virgins. My heart was so overcome with joy at the work they would
carry out after I leave them. "
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"I had given them all the necessary things in order for them to
carry
out their work of spreading My words in the world. Yet what they
did
not know was that this last supper was only the beginning supper for
those who would receive My Most Precious Body and Blood. "
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Then he took bread,
said the blessing, broke it,
and gave it to th saying
"This is my body
which will
be
givenfor you;
do this in memory
of me."
And likewise the cup
after
they had eaten, saying,
"This cup is the new
covenant in my blood,
which will
be
shed for you."
~ Luke 22:19-20 ~
I then
held up before
them the cup filled with wine. I told them this was the new and
everlasting covenant. As I said these words to them they remained
silent yet what they did not realize was that this last supper would be
the institution of the Mass. Each time My people come to Mass
they
come to the Last Supper. All are called yet few are chosen.
All are
called yet few seek the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Body
of Christ, Save Me!
Save me from my great arch-enemy,
my weak and faltering self.
Save me for all greed of money,
of power and praise.
Save me from thirst for pleasure,
worldly show, and midnight revelry.
Save me from betraying you,
Dear Lord, in though, or in word, or in
deed.
Amen.
"My people, My Passion, Death,
and Resurrection was the greatest gift given to the world.
"From the
moment My Crucifixion, Death, and Resurrection were fulfilled,
My Body and Blood was handed over to the world."
Each time you come to
Mass, each time you receive Me in the Holy Eucharist you are uniting
yourself to Me.
If your soul is in a state of grace
then your soul is saying yes to Me completely."
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"As
I wandered into the garden My soul was again inundated with tremendous
suffering. I knew that My fate was coming yet the suffering in which I
endured at the sight of each and every soul that would reject Me
throughout the course of time. "
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Blood
of Christ, Inebriate Me!
Inebriate
me with your Love,
that I may be absorbed in Your interests
and Your Will.
Absorbed so as to be unmindful of my ills and petty
cares, and disappointments.
Heedless of the lash of cruel words, and patient
under wrongs.
Amen
"reflect on My Agony
in the garden."
So much blood that I sweat and yet each drop of blood represents each
and every soul that ever walked the face of the earth. I saw
within the cup every soul that would deny Me. Every soul that would
kill, commit abortion, worship money, worship power; every soul that
would suffer because of the injustice of his fellow man; every family
that would be divided; every priest that would turn away because of his
own selfish desires.
"Father, if you are
willing,
take this cup away from
me;
still, not my will but
yours
be done."
~ Luke 22:42
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"My love was shown to you
when I
suffered in the garden for all the sins of the world"
And to strengthen Him
an
angel
appeared to Him.
He
was
in such agony
and
he
prayed so fervently
that
his
sweat
became like
drops of blood
falling
to the ground.
~ Luke
22:43-44 ~
PASSION
OF CHRIST
Strengthen me that I may
never
swerve
from You,
Dear
Christ,
nor
weaken
through human respect,
through
a
desire to be popular,
through
hope of social distinction.
"All
that you see upon this world today, and what is to come, I saw before
Me in the chalice. Oh how the blood would drip from My head, yet
more
from My Most Sacred Heart, for I knew that few would be saved. I
pleaded with My Father for I knew that it was His will, yet in My human
form I knew that the suffering would be tremendous."
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"My
soul is
crushed by sorrow to the point  of death; stay here and watch
with me."
He went on a little further and
fell to the ground and prayed
that if it
were possible the awful hour
awaiting him might never come.
~ Mark 14:34-35
"As
I was approached by the one who would betray Me, I could see the evil
that had consumed him. I spoke and said, “Judas, why is it that
you
betray your Master with a kiss?”
The light had shined into
the darkness that had consumed his soul. I spoke no words for
they
summoned and asked for the one who claims to be the true Messiah.
I
heard the words, “The so called chosen one,” and after these words
followed great laughter.
"There were no words in which I could speak for the ideologies of those
who were sent to claim Me. One after another they would take
turns at beating My face, My back. My hands were not free yet,
again, I knew this was My fate and this torture that I must go through
with My body did not suppress the agony that I had come to face in My
soul. "
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 Pilate said to them,
"Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said,
"Let him be crucified."
And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all
the more, "Let him be crucified."
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot
was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd,
saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."
And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"
Matthew 27:22-25
"As
I stood there, four soldiers grabbed hold of Me and were ushering Me
out of the courtyard to go before Pilate. My body was becoming
weak
and My spirit was growing weary at what I knew was to come. As I
was
walking, I saw the face of the one who would deny Me three times.
His
face looked lost for he was seeing the words in which I had spoken to
him unfold. I gazed at him and My heart was again overcome with
profound love for the mission that Peter was about to fulfill. I
was
again surrounded with profound peace at the sight of My Mother. "
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"My love was shown
to you when My flesh was shed at the pillar.
I gave
my back to
those who beat me;
my cheeks to those who pluck
my beard:
My face I did not shield from
buffets and spitting. ~ Isaiah 50:6
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My
love for them was overflowing like lava from a mountaintop. As
the
soldiers released Barabbas I was then led to face the moment of
scourging. As they tied Me to the pillar I began to see the face
of My
Mother, this granted Me unsurpassed strength for the torture that was
about to come.
I began to pray yet My prayers brought no comfort to Me
for I felt deserted amongst mankind. They began to whip Me as I
could
feel pieces of My flesh being ripped apart. And as they would
swing at
Me, one after another, I could feel the whip coming back over My open
wounds. When they stopped, at the order of the head soldier, they
untied Me from the pillar, placed the reed of thorns on My head and
said, “I was, Crowned like a king”.
He
was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before
its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. ~ Isaiah 53:7
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"During
My scourging the greatest agony was not the continuous blows to My
flesh, it was the faces of many of My priests sons who would pierce Me,
scourge Me, by their lack of devotion to their vocations, by their lack
of seeking to bring souls closer to Me. So many of My people have
been
misguided by some of My chosen sons for My mercy is open to all who
seek it."
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As
I was led back to Pilate I could feel the blood drip from My head. The
wounds so deep that the wind would pierce them like driving salt into
an open wound. Pilate spoke to Me yet even in the truth that he
knew
he turned away from it in order to please his fellow man.
He said, “Do
you not see that I have the power to release you?” As I looked up at
him, blood running down My face, I struggled to open My one eye. I
said, “You have no power over Me unless it was given to you from
above.” As he received My words, his eyes pierced at Me and he
ordered
crucifixion.
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PASSION
OF CHRIST
Strengthen
me to do
Your
Will, My
God.\
Pilate said to
them, "Behold the man!"
When
the
chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out,
"Crucify him,
Crucify
him!"
Pilate
said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime
in him."
~ John 19:2-4 ~
"I
am the same Lord and Savior who
stood before an angry crowd that lashed
out to Crucify Me."
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When
they stopped, at the order of the head soldier, they untied Me from the
pillar, placed the reed of thorns on My head and said, “I was, Crowned
like a king”.
As they placed My robe back over Me I was overcome with such pain that
the only means of consolation in which I had was the souls that I knew
would remain faithful. The souls that would see My true presence
in
the tabernacle. The souls that would witness My words in the
world and
would be willing to sacrifice everything for Me.
And the soldiers plaited
a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple
robe; 
they came up to him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
and struck him
with their hands.
Pilate went out again, and said to them,
"See, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no
crime in him."
So Jesus came out, wearing
the crown of thorns and the purple
robe.
~ John 19:2-4 ~
"I am the same Lord and Savior who
suffered agony in the garden
for the sins of this world
and was
scourged at the pillar,
and I did this to save you from the
fires of
hell"
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The
soldiers led Me away and placed upon My back a wooden beam that was My
stake of death. As I moved through the streets with the heavy
wooden
beam I felt that My body could give no more. I was suffering in
My
soul at the voices that I heard coming from the crowds. They were not
cheers of victory rather cheers of an unjust execution.
My knees began
to tremble for I felt My strength dissipating and I fell on the stone
street. That would be the first of three times that I would fall.
As I
stood up, I felt that My body could give no more. I could hear
the
crowds laughing and yet in the laughter I was given the interior
strength in My soul to continue for I was seeing within the chalice the
need of My people for My mercy.
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PASSION
OF CHRIST
Strengthen me to accept
my cross and carry
it generously to the end.
And they began
to salute him,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
And they struck his head with a reed,
and spat upon him,
and they
knelt down in homage to him.
And when they had mocked him,
hey stripped him of the purple
cloak,
and put his own clothes on him.
And they led him out to crucify
him.
~ Mark 15: 18-21 ~
"I come with words because I am the
same Merciful Savior who carried the weight of the Cross to Calvary.
"Each day you are to pick up your
cross and follow Me for there
is not one day where you do not share in some moment of My Passion."
"Do not rush your words,
rush your prayers for Mass is a time of meditation on My Passion, Death
and Resurrection."
PASSION OF CHRIST
Strengthen me in moments
of suffering,
in times of loneliness,
in periods of depression.
But
he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our
iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that made us whole,
and with
his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own
way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
~
Isaiah 53:5-6 ~
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