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Dear friends, family and companions of the Lamb, May the joy, peace and love of the Risen Lamb be with all of you! In this holy Easter season, we are deeply grateful to the Heavenly Father for the most precious gift to us of His only-begotten Son, Who laid down His life for us upon the Cross and Who won the victory over sin and death! We celebrate with great joy the triumph of Jesus’ Cross and we gaze upon His glorious wounds, which are a constant reminder of the Father’s infinite and everlasting Love for us! We feel that, in the urgency of these times, we are all called to be all the more steadfast in living this sacrificial life-style of the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world, so that others might receive new Life through the power of His Resurrection! We now fervently intercede for the Father to send a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit to increase within our hearts the grace to live out Jesus’ commandment to “love one another as I love you” (Jn 15:12). We look to Mary, who was given to us as our Mother at the foot of the Cross, to help prepare our hearts for a new Pentecost! As she prayed and waited with the disciples in the upper room, may she also intercede for each of us to receive the Fire of the Holy Spirit to transform us into Jesus! We hope that you will be able to join us for our Workshop, “New Pentecost Fire!” from JUNE 1-4, 2017. The Lord showed for us to have the Workshop in June, which is the weekend of Pentecost and the anniversary of our Mother Foundress being called Home to Eternal Life. We are excited for all that the Heavenly Father has for us in this new Pentecost! As we continue to prayerfully celebrate this holy season of Easter, may we recall the words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “In the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty that the Lord is near, that He does not abandon us, that He is near to us, and that He surrounds us with His love.” Prayerfully in the Risen Lamb, Diana and the Bellwether Lambs “Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore...be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” (1 Cor 15:57-58)

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Dear friends, family and companions of the Lamb,

May the joy, peace and love of the Risen Lamb be with all of you!

In this holy Easter season, we are deeply grateful to the Heavenly Father for the most precious gift to us of His only-begotten Son, Who laid down His life for us upon the Cross and Who won the victory over sin and death!

We celebrate with great joy the triumph of Jesus’ Cross and we gaze upon His glorious wounds, which are a constant reminder of the Father’s infinite and everlasting Love for us! We feel that, in the urgency of these times, we are all called to be all the more steadfast in living this sacrificial life-style of the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world, so that others might receive new Life through the power of His Resurrection!

We now fervently intercede for the Father to send a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit to increase within our hearts the grace to live out Jesus’ commandment to “love one another as I love you” (Jn 15:12). We look to Mary, who was given to us as our Mother at the foot of the Cross, to help prepare our hearts for a new Pentecost! As she prayed and waited with the disciples in the upper room, may she also intercede for each of us to receive the Fire of the Holy Spirit to transform us into Jesus!

We hope that you will be able to join us for our Workshop, “New Pentecost Fire!” from JUNE 1-4, 2017. The Lord showed for us to have the Workshop in June, which is the weekend of Pentecost and the anniversary of our Mother Foundress being called Home to Eternal Life. We are excited for all that the Heavenly Father has for us in this new Pentecost!

As we continue to prayerfully celebrate this holy season of Easter, may we recall the words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “In the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty that the Lord is near, that He does not abandon us, that He is near to us, and that He surrounds us with His love.”

Prayerfully in the Risen Lamb,

Diana and the Bellwether Lambs

“Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore...be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord,

knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” (1 Cor 15:57-58)

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“From Mary we learn to surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when

all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and

the Son of God!” ~Pope Saint John Paul II

“...Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.” (Rev 5:12)

An excerpt from “Heart to heart Listening” by our Mother Foundress

Jesus Himself was led and empowered by the Spirit at all times, and He died so that we could receive the Spirit… It is interesting that Jesus gave His message to Mary Magdalene at the tomb and not to any of the Apostles. What a message that she was given to evangelize: “I have seen the Lord!” Such Good News! Since Mary Magdalene was accustomed to listening to Jesus as she sat at His feet, she knew His voice. This is why God calls all of us to be contemplatives: to listen to Him daily so that we will recognize the risen Jesus no matter what the disguise is or through whom it comes because we know Him…We see Paul, a man of tremendous passion and zeal, misguided until he encountered the Lord. Then the Lord led him into the desert for three years where he learned to listen, becoming one of the greatest lovers of Jesus that we’ve ever seen…All renewal in the Church has come forth from the desert, where we are in touch with our hearts, purified, and cry out to God. The contemplative spirit is a spirit of fire, love, passion, and zeal. It all has to do with the heart…This is what God is calling us to ---to be totally transformed into pure love. We need to ask for this love and passion to break through any fears that are within us. Passion is the breakthrough virtue as it releases the Holy Spirit within us and drives us towards God. When we have the passion and love of God in us, we are going to save souls…The Lord so wants us to carry one another’s burdens and to pray for one another…We start by saying, “Okay, I’m available Lord. Use me. Here I am.” … As we become more aware and listen to the Lord, we will hear Him, and He will be free to act in us all day long. We will be contemplatives in action…and we will be totally changed into fire!

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Please join us in interceding for the following intentions:

For a new springtime of faith in every heart!

For New Pentecost Fire in all people’s hearts!

For the Risen Life of Christ to go out through all the world!

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“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire!”

~Saint Catherine of Siena