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New Heavens, New Earth

Our Lady of Light, Beacon on a hill

The New Jerusalem, place of God’s Perfect Will.

The Bethlehem star hovers at night

Heaven’s reminder of Jesus, the Light,

Born in our hearts, Salvation and King

Born in our hearts, rejoice, let us sing!

Here Mt. Zion, the Glorified Church

Here the new Heavens, here the new earth!

“Be it done unto me according to Your Word”

Mary’s fiat again in our hearts can be heard.

“No greater Love than to lay down your life”

At Bellwether, we know, each soul’s worth the price!

The Father announces “It has begun”

Each “yes” we give, births Jesus, His Son!

His Kingdom on earth is now proclaimed

It is Love made visible, the Lamb Who was slain!

“I came that you might have Life and have It more abundantly.”

(Jn 10:10)

“Celebration of Light”

Advent Retreat

“In the beginning, God said “Let there be Light,

and there was Light and God saw that the Light was good”!

(Genesis 1:3)

On December 2-4th, Friends and Companions of the Lamb from 12 different states and from as far away as Canada and Australia joined us at Bellwether in Omaha, NE for a contemplative and Spirit-filled Advent Retreat, “Celebration of Light.” Pondering the Joyful Mysteries with Mary, Our Lady of Light, we prepared our hearts for a new birthing of Jesus through the four pillars of contemplation: prayer, penance, silence and solitude. We experienced the joy of being “gathered together in one place,” as we received a new outpouring of the Father’s Love through the Power of the Holy Spirit, to live as “children of the Light” (Jn 12:36) and to go forth clothed in the “armor of Light” (Rom 13:12) to make visible the Kingdom of God on earth.

Even the peaceful snowfall upon Bellwether during the weekend led us to experience Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart and the pure Lamb of God, Jesus, Who we eagerly await to come again in hearts this Christmas.

Prayerful talks were given by M. Nadine and members of the Bellwether

community on the four pillars of contemplative prayer:

The Gift of Annunciation Prayer, The Joy of Visitation Penance,

The Peace of Bethlehem Silence andThe Glory of Desert Solitude

Listen to "Introduction" : by M. Nadine

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Listen to "The Gift of Annunciation Prayer" : by M. Nadine & Community

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Listen to "Joy of Visitation Penance": by M. Nadine & Community

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Listen to "The Peace of Bethlehem Silence":· by M. Nadine & Community

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Listen to "The Glory of Desert Solitude": by M. Nadine & Community

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We were also blessed to have Greg Hansen again as our dedicated M.C

Lifting our hearts up to the Lord in prayer,

worship and praise was a special highlight of the weekend.

We enjoyed sharing laughter and fun together

throughout the weekend!

Daily Messages

Excerpt from New Covenant Power By M. Nadine

Intercessor Talks

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Excerpt from New Covenant Power

Talk given by M. Nadine

“Exalted at the right hand of God, He received the Promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured It forth…” (Acts 2:33)

God is Love and the rainbow is a symbol of His Covenant Love for us. His Covenant Promise is contained in the prayer that Jesus taught us, the Our Father. Jesus is the New Covenant, the Word made flesh. Matthew 6:6 says, “When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in private.” In Acts 6:4, we read that when the people came out of the upper room, “they were devoted to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.” God began to show me that the prayer Jesus taught us, the Our Father, accomplished both of these things. It is a prayer that also contains the ministry of the Word, His ministry.

One of the reasons He is ‘our’ Father is because we are part of the Blood Covenant. By virtue of our Baptism, we have been purified by Jesus’ Blood, consecrated by the Spirit to a life of obedience. Saint Peter tells us about this in one of his first homilies as the first Pope. Our union with Jesus is possible only through the Blood Covenant that washed away our sins. It is also mentioned in the Book of Revelation, “Their robes were made white in the Blood of the Lamb” (cf. Rev 7:14). Through the Blood of the Lamb we have been given the tremendous gift of union with the Father. We are able to call Him Father only by the power of the Holy Spirit, because we have been consecrated by the Spirit. Scripture says, “No one can cry out ‘Abba, Father!’ except in the power of the Holy Spirit” (cf. Rom 8:15).

Paul said, “If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation” (cf. 2 Cor 5:17). Paul understood that we are all born anew in Christ. When we call God our Father, we acknowledge our birth into the family of God, the Trinitarian family. Jesus said, “When you pray, go into your inner room” (Mt 6:6). That inner room is the enclosed garden within where we go to find intimacy with God. We are to seek out a place of solitude, where no one can find us, so that we may have some alone time with the Father in our inner room, shutting out everything that might distract us, keeping us from giving the Father our undivided attention. So shut out all the things that you did not do, all the things you still need to do. Shut the door for five minutes, ten, fifteen, or longer. It might take a little discipline, but then again, prayer is discipline.

“So then the Lord Jesus, after He spoke to them, was taken up into Heaven and took His seat at the right hand of God.” (Mk 16:19)

Excerpt from Healing Power of Compassion By M. Nadine

Intercessor Talks

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Excerpt from Healing Power of Compassion

Talk given by M. Nadine

"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” (Lk 9:23)

The power is right there in the Cross of Jesus Christ. That’s what compassion is all about. This is where the real power of intercession is. We’re not going to find too many intercessors at this level of intercession. Remember that Jesus didn’t find too many at the foot of the Cross either. But God doesn’t need many people. He can use each of us for the birthing that’s needed now for the entire Church if we, with God, will enter into this healing ministry of compassionate love – of compassionate intercession.

We can’t talk about compassion without talking about the Cross because everything about the Cross is passion. It’s passionate love. It’s love at it’s very best. Jesus said, “Greater love than this no one has” (Jn 15:13). It’s the epitome of love. So as we grow in our love relationship with the Lord, we will be growing more and more into the mystery and beauty and joy and power and wisdom of the Cross.

The word compassion basically means “with passion.” This means that we need to identify with the one that we love. It always speaks about identification. “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8). The very nature of love at any level is to seek union. Love must unite whether it’s love at a friendship level or at a deep marital level or at this relationship with God level. God’s love within you and His love within me must unite. That’s Church; that’s community. So it only stands to reason that those who would be deeply in love with Jesus would have been there at the foot of the Cross, identifying with the One they love, in His passionate love affair with the Father and all of us.

“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” (Jn 13:34)

Excerpt from Healing Power of Intercession By M. Nadine

Intercessor Talks

Monday, 14 May 2012

Excerpt from Healing Power of Intercession

Talk given by M. Nadine

“I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (Jn 10:11)

The Lord showed us that intercession is a prayer ministry where there is absolutely no focus on oneself. Maybe this is one of the reasons why there are so few intercessors – it’s not prayer for self in any way. It’s always prayer for others that is directed by Him. It’s more of an interest in the concerns of the Heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary. Intercession is very selfless, but the beautiful part is that when we forget our concerns, problems, and needs and become interested in the needs of God’s family and His concerns, somehow He takes care of all of our concerns. I don’t know if He calls on other intercessors, or if He’s just so grateful that we can lay aside our own concerns, but we have found that the more we intercede for God’s children, the more He does for us. May it’s because He will never, ever, be outdone in generosity.

In conclusion, there is tremendous power in communal intercession. Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered in My Name, there I am in their midst” (Mt 18:20). This gives intercessory prayer another level of power. We can intercede privately, but we have found that it is in communal intercession that the power lies. We have more direction from the Lord and word knowledge operating. So, if you can, always try to find one or two or three prayer partners. It doesn’t take many. Maybe Jesus know there never would be a lot who would gather together to pray. So He said “if only two or three are joined in My Name, there I am in your midst” (cf. Mt 18:20).

So intercessory prayer will always put God into action. It’s the ministry of the Holy Spirit. God is calling us now to really be “qualified ministers” with Him in this beautiful ministry of intercession. So “fear not, little flock, because it truly has pleased your Father to give you the Kingdom” (Lk 12:32).

“Not that of ourselves we are qualified to take credit for anything as coming from us; rather, our qualification comes from God” (2 Cor 3:5)

Excerpt from Healing Power of Intercession By M. Nadine

Intercessor Talks

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Excerpt from Healing Power of Intercession

Talk given by M. Nadine

“When you call Me, when you go to pray to Me, I will listen to you.” (Jer 29:12)

We can see that in intercession, distance has nothing to do with it. That’s the beauty of the ministry. It can go anywhere, anytime. God always give us His ear. Intercession is always directed by God, and so we never know where it’s going to take us. We never know. It is good to be directed by God because it releases us from any prejudice that we might have. Sometimes it’s difficult to pray with people if we have certain opinions about them or certain notions or if we know certain things that people have done.

Intercessors rise above that; we go into neutral. We pray for everybody and anybody according to the direction of the Lord. A Scripture that He gave me to back this up was from Jonah, the reluctant prophet who kept running away from God. Remember when Jonah was running away from God and was on a boat and this big storm came up? Now those men on that boat were pagans, and yet they came to Jonah and said, “Rise up, call upon your God! Perhaps God will be mindful of us so that we may not perish” (Jon 1:6). And so we pray for all people. We pray for them to our God that they may receive the full fruit of Jesus Christ. We want all of God’s people to come Home.

One time at Medjugorje, Our Lady said that the problem with churches and religions is primarily here on earth. She said that in Heaven there are no walls; we’ll all be together. And so intercession rises above all countries, all nationalities, and all religions. So there’s a healing power of unity, a healing power of reconciliation, and a healing power of miracles. It’s a healing power of spirit, soul, and physical healing, and it’s all because this is the ministry of Jesus Christ Himself.

“Therefore, He is always able to save those who approach God through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for them.” (Heb 7:25)

Excerpt from Prepare the Way of the Lord By M. Nadine

Intercessor Talks

Sunday, 13 May 2012

Excerpt from Prepare the Way of the Lord

Talk given by M. Nadine

"Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world.” (Jn 1:29)

In Luke 1:31-33 we read, “The Holy Offspring to be born will be called Son of God. He shall be called Jesus and shall save His people from their sin.” Right there the name and mission of Jesus is given. We must identify with Jesus, the Lamb of God Who takes away sin, Who is constantly distributing these graces through us for His people. Mary, Lady Wisdom, invites us to be Her holy offspring, to be Jesus, and to continue His redemptive mission of taking away sin. But there is a condition. We need to eradicate sin in our own lives every day.

We are here today because He chose to give us life – to bring us into existence. He said, “I chose you to be holy and blameless, sinless in My sight” (Eph 1:3-4). Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, is sinless. She wants us to be sinless as well. In the end her Immaculate Heart will triumph. When the Church has that Immaculate Heart, that kind of love, then we will conquer sin. That will be the triumph.

The condition for participation in this redemptive mission is conversion – change. God wants to change us so that we can participate with Him in His mission. Yet, He is a respecter of our free will. He wants our consent, our permission. “Come let us set things right” (Is 1:18). Everything about God is incarnational. He is not going to do it without us. He set it up that way. That is why intercessors, in union with Him, have a power. His whole redemptive ministry is done in, with and through us. He distributes these graces through each one of us. Holiness is very important so that nothing within us is blocking the Mission of the Lamb.

“And Mary said: ‘My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” (Lk 1:46-47)

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