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GRADE SEVEN
(John 15) The Lord says I have shosen you from the world to go and bear fruit. "I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in him will bear much fruit. Without Me you can do nothing"
(1 Peter 2:9) You are a people God claims as his own.
(Ps 17:21) I will be a witness to you in the world, 0 Lord. I will spread the knowledge of your name among my brothers.

A Meditation
By Cardinal Newman
God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission - I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place while not intending it - if I do but keep His Commandments.
You are Peter upon this rock I shall build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom. Whatever you bind on this earth shall be considered bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosened in heaven...
Matt. 16 (18 - 20)

PRAYER FOR THE POPE
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to Your shepherd, the Pope, a spirit of courage and right of judgement, a spirit of knowledge and love.
By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care may he, as successor to the apostle Peter and vicar of Christ, build Your Church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for all the world.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
"You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church." Matt. 16[18]
[Matthew 20] Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many
Love as He loves
Help as He helps
Give as He gives
Serve as He serves

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness.
Let every action of yours be Something beautiful for God.
Lord - Let me preach You without preaching,
Not by my words but by my example.
Mother Teresa

Cardinal Newman's Prayer
Lord, help me, wherever I go
To spread Your fragrance.
Let me spread it without preaching.
Wordlessly... by my example...
By the forces of attraction...
By my very acts, let me show
The obvious fullness of the love
My heart feels for you...
Mother of Jesus
From the dawn of Christianity, one saint has stood out above all others. That saint is Mary, the mother of Jesus. Mary's specialness flows from the fact that God chose her to be the mother of Jesus. The angel Gabriel said to her: "Pease be with you! The Lord is with you and has greatly blessed you! ... You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus..."
Mary said to the angel, "I am a virgin. How, then, can this be?"
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God..."
"I am the Lord's servant," said Mary; "may it happen to me as you have said."
Luke 1:28,31,34-35,38

Mary's words, "I am a virgin," testify to her virginity. The child she conceived in her womb was not of human origin, but of the Holy Spirit. Thus Mary is traditionally referred to as the "Virgin Mother of God." Moreover, tradition teaches that she remained a virgin throughout her life.
from Path Through Catholicism by Mark Link
Blessed are you among women [Luke 1]
Mother Teresa's Words: Love to Pray
Love to pray, feel often during the day the need for prayer and take trouble to pray
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift Himself. Ask and seek and your heart will grow big enough to receive Him and keep Him as your own
(Acts 1-14) The disciples were constantly at prayer together, with Mary the mother of Jesus, the other women, and the brothers of Jesus.

Prayer changes our hearts
Prayer is joy
prayer is love
prayer is peace.
You cannot explain it
you must experience prayer.
It is not impossible.
God gives it for the asking
"Ask and you shall receive "
The father knows what to give his children
-- how much more our heavenly father knows.
Mother Teresa

"More things are wrought by prayer than this world drums of."
Alfred Tennyson
"The Angels are here; they are at yourr side, present for your needs. They are here to protect you and serve you."
St Bernard
Scholar and Doctor of Church

Prayer to our Guardian Angel
0 most faithful companion,
Appointed by God to be my guardian,
And who never leaves my side,
Thank you for your faithfulness and love.

You are there when I sleep and ready to Comfort me when I have troubles.

Each day, you are protecting me
From the dangers that surround me.
Withdraw me from sin and inspire me
To do good.
Help me to confess when I do wrong
So that I can reconcile with God.
Never leave me and help me to persevere
In pleasing God until I come to everlasting life.
Amen
I am going to send an angel in front of you to guard you on the way to the place that I have prepared for you. Be attentive to him and listen to his voice. Exodus 23 (20,21)
Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Piety, Counsel, Fortitude, Fear of the Lord
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit, fill the heart of your faithful and kindle in themthe fire of your love.
Send forth. your spirit, and theyshall be created and you will renewthe face of the earth.

Let Us Pray
0 God, who, by the light of the Holy Spirit,, didst instruct the hearts ofyour faithful, grant that, by the same Holy Spirit we may always be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through Christ Our Lord!
Amen
From Isaiah 54 (1 -7)
We despised Him and rejected Him - a man of sorrows, acquainted with the bitterest grief
We turned our backs on Him and looked the other way when Hs went by. He was despised and we didn't care.
Yet, it was. OUR grief He bore, OUR sorrows that weighed Him down ... But He was wounded and bruised for OUR sins.
He was chastised that we might have peace. He was lashed and we are healed!
We are the ones who strayed away like sheep!
We-who left God's path to follow our own way!
Yet God laid on Him, the guilt of everyone of us.
He had done no wrong and had never spoken an evil word...
He bore the sins of many and He pled with God for sinners.
Isaiah 53 (9) (12)
How is your King!
Jesus of Nazareth
Away with him! Away with him!
Shall I crucify your King?
I find no case against him.
You shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus [Luke 1:31]
(from Luke 1) Hail holy Mother! The child to whom you gave birth is the King of heaven and earth forever.

MEMORARE
Remember, most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, and sought our intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you, 0 Virgin of virgins, my mother. To you I come; before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me.
St Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153
He was willing to be beaten at the pillar, crushed in humiliation and broken in heart to become for us the Living Bread come down from heaven.

He said "the bread I will give as my flesh for the life of the world".

PRAYER
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me, inflame my heart with love for You, until, with You, I have one will, that I may love the things You love, and do what You would do, for You have said: "Anyone who does the will of My Father is brother and sister and mother to me".
"HE WHO EATS OF MY FLESH AND DRINKS OF MY BLOOD HAS ETERNAL LIFE AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP ON THE LAST DAY FOR MY FLESH IS REAL FOOD ANDMY BLOOD IS REAL DRINK" John 6 [54,55]
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