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BEGIN A HOLY HOUR IN THE LORD'S
GARDEN
Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet while
accompanying Jesus along the Way of the Cross during a Holy Hour before Holy
Mass.
More people enter the church and they
begin praying also.
PRAYING IN UNION WITH THE MASTER
GARDENER
Next, you are shown people praying through all time and space but experience everyone praying at the same time, individually and also collectively.
Together everyone prays as one family, as God's family, as the Mystical Body of Christ.
Our words are real things with
meaning and power.
The prayers of one holy soul that has surrendered itself to God can be more meritorious and more powerful than the prayers of many which are self serving and half-hearted.
In fact there are many ways that the prayers of one can be more efficacious than the collective prayers of many.
The prayers of one holy soul that has surrendered itself to God can be more meritorious and more powerful than the prayers of many which are self serving and half-hearted.
In fact there are many ways that the prayers of one can be more efficacious than the collective prayers of many.
The most powerful and desirable is the collective
action from combined prayers of many holy people.
You are shown your prayers as if
they are balls in motion in a pinball machine. You see one ball in particular, and on its trajectory are the prayers of
others. Our prayers make contact with theirs one by one and then bounce off on their way to their intended
targets: invaluable immortal souls the Lord has planted in His Garden.
While our prayers benefit
humanity individually, they can be combined with the prayers of others and become
stronger. How does that happen? It’s a mystery called the Economy of Salvation, explainable as God’s lavish love for us and His unfathomable generosity.
Your prayers meet the prayers of others and since the intentions are the same, to save souls, their merits are added to yours and these more empowered prayers go in search of their intended "targets."
The targets of so much love and goodness are the precious immortal souls of those for whom you are praying.
Our individual and collective prayers
are fueled by the power of sacrificial love, which is the love of our Father dispensed through our Mother. We entrust all souls to Blessed Mother, who is the dispenser of all God's graces and
knows exactly what every one of her children needs.
Not one precious soul is
ever left out, and as Saint John Vianney said, “No prayer is ever lost."
Be sure to pray, and also be sure to
develop a strong prayer life. The Lord reveals many things to us and
answers many questions when we integrate spending time with Him in prayer into
every day. Praying is an integral part
of living as authentic Catholics because when we pray we spend time with our Lord. He helps us express the Faith we believe by properly caring for everyone.
Our prayers become more powerful
when we pray with confidence, with hearts open completely, when we strip ourselves
of everything in imitation of our Lord Crucified before us, and when we submit
ourselves to God’s will as Jesus and Blessed Mother did.
Our prayers have real effects on people. They produce fertilizer that
cares for and helps sustain the beautiful flowers in the Lord's Garden.
HOLY MASS IN THE LORD'S GARDEN
As Holy Mass begins, the Lord shows
you the church and everyone in it as His Garden. The Catholic Church is God’s
beautiful Garden, and we are the flowers that make it so beautiful. The
beauty we add depends upon the degree to which we are willing to love sacrificially,
serve others submit to God’s will, and be
transformed into His likeness.
The devil sends his gardeners to work in the Garden also and they have been training many gardeners within it who have very good intentions.
We help make the Garden beautiful when we keep it a Garden and care for the flowers within it, instead of turning It into an ugly marketplace and constantly asking the flowers for money for every cause and product, at the foot of Christ's Cross, as their basic need to be loved and valued as God's creation is ignored.
The Gardeners need to be educated properly and taught to operate the Garden using the Economy of Salvation as the model, instead of the Economy of Man model which sees others only as a means to an end. That end tends to be acquiring more money. Properly loving and nurturing the flowers must be the first priority. God's love is free, and there's an unlimited supply. "The Devil's Great Weapon Against Humanity."
There is way too much focus on raising money for anything and everything within the Lord's precious Garden. As a result some gardeners quit, many flowers are not thriving, some have died, and others left the Garden for good. Jesus and Blessed Mother never, ever behaved this way. It is going to take an act of God to change this because the mindset of many gardeners is set, and they have no interest in changing. Acquiring money or even more money for every cause under the sun brings some gardeners great pleasure; grace is necessary to encourage the self mastery required to fix this poisonous behavior.
"We are a hypnotized nation." ~ Servant of God, Father John A. Hardon, S.J.
The devil sends his gardeners to work in the Garden also and they have been training many gardeners within it who have very good intentions.
We help make the Garden beautiful when we keep it a Garden and care for the flowers within it, instead of turning It into an ugly marketplace and constantly asking the flowers for money for every cause and product, at the foot of Christ's Cross, as their basic need to be loved and valued as God's creation is ignored.
The Gardeners need to be educated properly and taught to operate the Garden using the Economy of Salvation as the model, instead of the Economy of Man model which sees others only as a means to an end. That end tends to be acquiring more money. Properly loving and nurturing the flowers must be the first priority. God's love is free, and there's an unlimited supply. "The Devil's Great Weapon Against Humanity."
There is way too much focus on raising money for anything and everything within the Lord's precious Garden. As a result some gardeners quit, many flowers are not thriving, some have died, and others left the Garden for good. Jesus and Blessed Mother never, ever behaved this way. It is going to take an act of God to change this because the mindset of many gardeners is set, and they have no interest in changing. Acquiring money or even more money for every cause under the sun brings some gardeners great pleasure; grace is necessary to encourage the self mastery required to fix this poisonous behavior.
"We are a hypnotized nation." ~ Servant of God, Father John A. Hardon, S.J.
JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY OF THE
CROSS
There is a very important path that
passes through the Lord’s Garden. During the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Jesus,
Blessed Mother, and the devout faithful travel along this path which leads to
God and to heaven.
Throughout the Liturgy of the Word,
you see the people in the Lord’s Garden praying at the same time with Jesus in
yet another important garden, the Garden of Gethsemane.
This sight is so extraordinary; as Jesus sheds His Sacred Blood for us through sweat and tears in the Garden prior to His Passion and Crucifixion, He is providing the flowers with fertilizer consisting of Himself.
This sight is so extraordinary; as Jesus sheds His Sacred Blood for us through sweat and tears in the Garden prior to His Passion and Crucifixion, He is providing the flowers with fertilizer consisting of Himself.
Jesus' Precious Blood is our nutrition; He sustains us with Himself.
The Lord factored it into His design
that we are to participate with Him in the salvation and sanctification of all
mankind, of every single soul through all time. This is our Christian duty,
our obligation, as members of God's Family.
THE
SCOURING AT THE PILLAR
You also see the devout faithful
leave their places in church and stand by Jesus at the pillar. There, their own wounds and patient suffering
is shown as the mystical shedding of their blood. As it projects out into the garden, each drop meets with a drop of Christ's Precious
Blood in an action similar to our prayers and the pinball analogy.
Our merits are joined with those of our Savior, and our prayers and sacrifices for others are given supernatural power. This mystical shedding of our blood in union with Christ’s nurtures the souls of all God’s children.
Our merits are joined with those of our Savior, and our prayers and sacrifices for others are given supernatural power. This mystical shedding of our blood in union with Christ’s nurtures the souls of all God’s children.
So many good people stand with Jesus
at the pillar and help the Master Gardener care for and restore His Garden.
You also see that in addition to the
devout faithful who stand with Jesus at the pillar and offer Him their love and
obedience, there are a lesser number of people who have placed themselves face down on
the ground around the pillar in complete submission to God’s
will. Their bodies are positioned into the form of a cross. These people love and
sacrifice to higher degrees than the others, and they are able to fertilize
more of the flowers in the Lord's Garden when their efforts are unified with the love of
God.
After these precious drops of mystical blood are unified with Christ's Sacred Blood, many flowers are saved from death and many, many are nurtured, sustained, and thrive. They then become wonderful caretakers of precious, immortal souls, too.
After these precious drops of mystical blood are unified with Christ's Sacred Blood, many flowers are saved from death and many, many are nurtured, sustained, and thrive. They then become wonderful caretakers of precious, immortal souls, too.
THOSE WE PRAY FOR JOIN US IN THE GARDEN
Next, you are shown that the devout
faithful are not the only ones in the church! Appearing among us are our family members, friends, colleagues, and all those we have prayed for who choose not to live sacramental lives for whatever reason.
They have been brought into the Garden mystically by the prayers of those who go to Church in obedience to God’s will for every single soul.
The Lord wants to give His love to
everyone, He wants to give everyone the graces of which they are in need, and since not
everyone is willing to receive them or knows to receive them, we are to ask the
Lord for the graces for them and accept them on their behalf.
We are to act as tremendous channels
of grace for all souls through all time.
Be sure to go to Holy Mass for
everyone who will not go. Go for
everyone in your family, go for your friends, go for all you know and for
everyone you don’t know.
Ask the Lord for graces for them.
Love the Lord in their place. Love Him for everyone.
Ask the Lord for graces for them.
Love the Lord in their place. Love Him for everyone.
Pray for everyone, sing on behalf of
everyone, receive Holy Communion for everyone, be unified with Christ in
everyone's place.
THE
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
During the Liturgy of the Eucharist, you see the Lord drag His
catastrophically injured and Sacred Body to Calvary, along with the Cross, and hear as He petitions God the Father to help Him to make it so He can be
crucified there for our sake.
Think about that for a moment.
What love; what courage.
You are inspired to utter a prayer
to God the Father in imitation of Christ.
“Lord,
I love You and surrender my will to You.
Help me carry my cross to Calvary also, so that I may make it there and
fulfill the Lord’s will for my life entirely.
Help me to carry all the crosses you send my way with love, an open
heart, generosity, humility, gentleness, concern for the eternal welfare of
others, and with courage like You did.”
In response, the Lord shows you the
many crosses He has given you, and they are stacked one on top of another next to His
Cross on Calvary. Your crosses have created a ladder; ascend higher on it, and it will lead you to heaven.
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THE CONSECRATION
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During the Consecration you see Father's hands elevated and holding the Sacred Host. His hands appear as two flames. As bread becomes our Savior's Body, minds are illuminated and hearts are warmed. You are also shown our Lord on the Cross and He shares a moment of His suffering very intimately with you. This opens your heart to Him even wider.
How incredibly much Jesus was beat
up for us, how much He suffered for us, how extravagantly He loves us!
The Precious Blood pours forth from
Jesus' Sacred Body on the Cross above the altar, from the Consecrated Host and
from the chalice containing His Precious Blood.
You see Christ's Precious Blood mystically flowing through the Priest and also through every member of the congregation, where It is united with the mystical pouring forth of their own blood which spreads throughout the garden and fertilizes all the flowers in it.
You see Christ's Precious Blood mystically flowing through the Priest and also through every member of the congregation, where It is united with the mystical pouring forth of their own blood which spreads throughout the garden and fertilizes all the flowers in it.
The more our hearts are open, the
more we love sacrificially, the more we have surrendered our wills to God's
will, the more fertilizer is generated to care for all the flowers in the
Garden.
Remember that although everyone is a member of God's Family, many including good and well intended people do not live sacramental lives. They need these graces conferred through the sacraments to live and to thrive, and your efforts to care for them are essential.
Remember that although everyone is a member of God's Family, many including good and well intended people do not live sacramental lives. They need these graces conferred through the sacraments to live and to thrive, and your efforts to care for them are essential.
HOLY COMMUNION
As you kneel to receive our Lord's
Sacred Body in the Eucharist, your heart is open wide to receive your Divine
Bridegroom and from it pours forth more precious fertilizer. Give yourself to Jesus completely as He gives Himself completely to you. Even more fertilizer is created from your union which cares for every single precious, immortal soul.
GARDENING CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY
There are so many obstacles to your
attempts to care for the Lord's Garden.
Sometimes the flowers that most resemble the Master Gardener don't even feel welcome, or needed, nor do they feel cared for in His Garden because the focus is on things other than gardening. Some gardeners are busy with so many other things or have set ideas about gardening and as a result, don't see the needs of some of the flowers. Sometimes, they don't see some of the flowers at all.
Even worse, people close to you who refuse to bloom in the Lord's Garden call you unbalanced, crazy, and extreme because you spend time with the Master Gardener learning how to love and properly care for the Garden. The devil loves to use such people to try and stop you from caring from the flowers in the Garden, but the Lord uses them as instruments of change.
Blessed Mother stands next to Father as you receive the Blessed Sacrament. She dispenses all of the Lord's graces, and she is there to help you fulfill your mission according to God's will.
With gratitude and relief, you entrust all your responsibilities to her, including guiding and encouraging others who also work in the Garden where they have been planted to listen, work together, and be obedient to the Lord for the sake of all the flowers and not just some of them.
You place all souls into her most capable and loving hands as she sees to it you receive what you need to accomplish your mission, first and foremost her Divine Son!
Sometimes the flowers that most resemble the Master Gardener don't even feel welcome, or needed, nor do they feel cared for in His Garden because the focus is on things other than gardening. Some gardeners are busy with so many other things or have set ideas about gardening and as a result, don't see the needs of some of the flowers. Sometimes, they don't see some of the flowers at all.
Even worse, people close to you who refuse to bloom in the Lord's Garden call you unbalanced, crazy, and extreme because you spend time with the Master Gardener learning how to love and properly care for the Garden. The devil loves to use such people to try and stop you from caring from the flowers in the Garden, but the Lord uses them as instruments of change.
Blessed Mother stands next to Father as you receive the Blessed Sacrament. She dispenses all of the Lord's graces, and she is there to help you fulfill your mission according to God's will.
With gratitude and relief, you entrust all your responsibilities to her, including guiding and encouraging others who also work in the Garden where they have been planted to listen, work together, and be obedient to the Lord for the sake of all the flowers and not just some of them.
You place all souls into her most capable and loving hands as she sees to it you receive what you need to accomplish your mission, first and foremost her Divine Son!
Blessed Mother knows how to care for
the Lord's beautiful flowers perfectly.
Blessed Mother said to Saint Brigid,
“The rose gives a fragrant odor; it is beautiful to the sight, and tender to the touch,
and yet it grows among thorns, inimical to the beauty and tenderness. So may also those who are mild, patient, beautiful in virtue, be put to a test among adversaries. And as the thorn, on the other hand, guards, so do wicked surroundings protect the just against sin by demonstrating to them the destructiveness of sin.”
“The Virgin may
suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among
thorns, so this gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow.” ~ Saint Brigid
UNSEEN
BUT POWERFULLY PRESENT IN THE GARDEN
We never garden alone. God,
His most holy Mother, the angels, martyrs, saints, Holy Souls in Purgatory,
Holy Innocents, and devout faithful around the world, through all space and
time, work in the Garden also. They cooperate with you and work together as an effective team.
DIVINE UNION
While unified with Christ Crucified
during Holy Communion, ask the angels to take a particle of the Eucharist and
place them within monstrances, and then place them in the tabernacles within
the hearts of every single flower, especially all the spiritually sick ones,
the ones who are dying, the neglected and abandoned, and the ones most in need of God's love and mercy.
Thank you for all your efforts to
care for every single flower in the Lord's Garden and for your efforts to love
God with all your heart. Your sacrificial love is helping repair the Lord's Church, restore
It, and properly care for all the flowers so that
they bloom, thrive, and grow as God intended. He is so in love with us all.
"Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and
to Mary, Help of Christians,
and you will see what miracles are."
~ Saint John Bosco
"Francis, repair My House."
~ The Lord
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St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden
when someone asked what he would do if he were to suddenly learn
that he would die before sunset that same day.
"I would finish hoeing my garden,"
he replied.
"Francis, repair My House."
~ The Lord