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“Behold, I make all things new”

(Rev 21:5)

Dear Bellwether Friends, Family and Companions of the Lamb,

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

We want to give all of you a prayerful update on the status of our mortgage and financial situation. At the eleventh hour, through all of you, we were able to stop the foreclosure of our Bellwether Campus as well as the off-campus houses. As we have already mentioned, these funds came in from our support both here in the U.S. and abroad.

However, making ends meet continues to be difficult in this economy as we enter the new year. We are asking all of you to please give prayerful consideration to a monthly tithe of any amount, for one year (2012) to continue to assist us in keeping our mortgages current and to meet our operational expenses. If you would like, we are able to provide envelopes for you and can also process monthly credit card donations, which is especially convenient for our international community.

If you feel the Lord is calling you to commit to this pledge, please fill out your commitment sheet and send it back to us. Some of you are unable to commit to a monetary tithe, but please know that your prayers of intercession are equally important in the support of this Charism and ministry.

All of you remain in our daily prayers of intercession and we welcome your prayer requests. You are also most welcome to schedule a retreat at Bellwether to “come apart and rest awhile”!

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Rom 15:13)

In the Heart of Jesus and Mary,

M. Nadine and the Bellwether Lambs





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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

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Excerpt from New Covenant Power

Talk given by M. Nadine

“You are My friends if you do what I command you.” (Jn 15:14)

I was drawn to the passage in the Gospel of John, which reads, “Little children, it is the final hour” (1 Jn 2:18). We are in the final hour today, and the final confrontation has begun. We have the power to face it head on. This power comes from the Spirit. It is in the meek, loving, obedient little Lamb of God Who comes in power because of a simple “yes”. “Be it done unto me according to Thy Word” (Lk 1:38). The Lamb is always upon the altar of sacrifice and that altar is now within our hearts.

There is a consecration that goes on within our hearts because we are a priestly people, as Peter tells us in 1 Peter 2:5. By virtue of our Baptism, we are called to offer spiritual sacrifices, consecrated by the Spirit. The Spirit Himself will let me know what sacrifices (yeses) He desires from day to day. They can be very simple, yet so powerful. It is as simple as hearing form the Lord, and then responding with the words that allow His power to shine forth, “Yes, Lord!”

This is the power of the New Covenant Blood. The power comes when we allow ourselves to be consecrated by the Spirit to a life of obedience. Our affirmative response, “Yes, Lord,” will bring us to deeper intimacy with God each time. If He has not taught you this, He certainly will.

In Luke 22:19, we hear Jesus’ words to us, “Do this in memory of Me.” What He is referring to is sacrifice. He recalls His sacrifice for us and calls us, in turn, to lay down our lives and die to self, with each “yes”. Jesus once said that He had the power to lay down His life, and the power to take it up again (cf. Jn 10:18). We too have the power to lay down our lives and the power to rise again, in Him. It is a win-win all around.

“A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.” (Ps 51:12)

Excerpt from Church Alive By M. Nadine

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Excerpt from Church Alive

Talk given by M. Nadine

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

Truly the Holy Spirit has written His law of Love on our hearts. The Catechism has many names for the Holy Spirit, and one of the names given throughout the Church’s history is “Finger of God.” The Holy Spirit is the Finger of God on the Father’s right hand. The Father’s right hand is the Power. Isn’t that beautiful? The Finger of God is what wrote the Ten Commandments. Now it’s the Finger of God that’s writing this new law of Love within our hearts, and He’s writing it with the Father’s right hand. It’s engraved in our hearts. It’s there as a Person – He is the new Law. So we have the Love power, but there’s always a struggle. We don’t always die so easily, even though Jesus said, “I want you to take up your cross daily (see Mt 16:24). I want you to die daily. I want you to decrease daily.” We struggle, and God lets us struggle, but in the struggle, we grow stronger.

It’s really like living the Passover of the Lord at all times. We’re passing from death at one level to Life. We’re passing from darkness within us at one level to Light. We’re passing from negativity or hate or anger at one level into Love. We’re passing from bondage within ourselves into freedom. We’re always experiencing the Passover of the Lord because the Lord within us is carrying us over the threshold.

Jesus said to the Father, “Sacrifice and oblation you did not desire, but a Body you have prepared for Me … Then I said, ‘As it is written of Me in the book, I have come to do Your will, O God’” (Heb 10:5,7). Not just an individual body, but all of us together form that Body. God the Father has prepared a Body, a Mystical Body for Jesus to come again, so that the perfect will of God can be done in, with, and through Jesus who has taken up residency within us. Scripture tells us that we are temples of the Living God (1 Cor 3:16). The Father says, “When you live in accordance with My Word, when you allow Jesus to lay down His life within you and come into union with Me, in, with, and through Him, then I will welcome you and be a Father to you. You will be my sons and daughters.”

“We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is Love, and whoever remains in Love remains in God and God in him.” (1 Jn 4:16)

Excerpt from Your Kingdom Come By M. Nadine

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Excerpt from Your Kingdom Come

Talk given by M. Nadine

“But God proves His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.” (Rom 5:8)

At the Baptism at the Jordan, which is the First Luminous Mystery, Jesus is actually identifying Himself with sinners. We think of Baptism as washing away sin, taking everything away that is not of God. And it does. But at the Baptism at the Jordan, it almost seems to be the opposite. Sinners were going there and Jesus identified with sinners at the Jordan. I think that is very significant because Jesus is the bridge, isn’t He? He is the bridge to cross that Jordan for us. He is the bridge for all of us into the Promised Land. It was not by chance that He was baptized in the Jordan and was taking on sin. He became sin so that He, identifying with us, could set us free.

The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan is very much “mission.” His public ministry was definitely beginning. There He was – the Lamb of God! “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (Jn1:29). Now we, in this baptism are also baptized into His life, His death, His resurrection. We now must identify with Him as the Lamb. We identify also with His mission. This becomes our identity as well – who we are and what we do. This is what intercession is all about – helping the Church today cross over the Jordan, into the Promised Land, into the Kingdom. This is what it is all about. This is why we are here.

“For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of Life-Giving Water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." (Rev 7:17)

Excerpt from Pillars By M. Nadine

Monday, 20 February 2012

Excerpt from Pillars

Talk given by M. Nadine

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest ” (Mt 11:28)

Contemplation is heart language, and if it was ever needed in the Church, it is needed now. John the contemplative said, “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8). Of all the ways he could describe God, St. John summed it up in those three little words, “God is love.” So the fruit of contemplative prayer is always union. It’s God’s gift to us. He initiates it; He calls us. God is love; we are the beloved. John the contemplative referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (Jn 13:23; 19: 26). John experienced Love. Contemplative prayer is a Heart-to-heart communication of Love.

St. Augustine said, “Our hearts are ever restless till they find rest in Thee” (The Confessions, Book 1, 1-3). “Rest” is a very contemplative term. When we are at home with God, when we are being loved and are experiencing His Presence, there isn’t anything more to say. We are satisfied. Love is touching us, we are touching Love, and are hearts are resting in His.

In the Song of Songs, God invites us, “Eat, friends; drink! Drink freely of love” (Sg 5:1). He knows what we need. He knows who we are. He has made our hearts like His. He is always seeking union because that’s the nature of Love – it has to have union. So He has made our hearts restless so we too would seek that union with Him.

“All you who are thirsty, come to the Water!” (Is 55:1)

Excerpt from Church Alive By M. Nadine

Saturday, 18 February 2012

Excerpt from Church Alive

Talk given by M. Nadine

“Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." (Lk 1:45)

One of the gifts we receive at Baptism is the gift of faith. Oftentimes these gifts can remain dormant. For example, the gift of faith that we received at Baptism could still be in that seed form. We might not have any more faith twenty years later than we had when we first received the gift if we don’t allow it to grow.

The gift of faith is such a special gift. St. Elizabeth commended Our Lady for this gift. She said, “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." Elizabeth is praising and commending Mary for Her faith. Faith is the key gift. It opens all the doors to the other gifts and treasures.

Faith allows us to speak freely to God. With Jesus we can ascend, if we believe that Jesus truly ascended; if we believe He is the Son of God; if we believe He is within us; and if we believe that with, in, and through Him, we can go right to the throne room of the Father. Look at the power of intercession when we know, that we know, that we know, that we have direct access to the Father. Knowing we have direct access to the Father gives us tremendous confidence.

This is the kind of believing that Queen Esther had when she was given the courage and deeper gift of faith to tell the king, “I beg that you spare the lives of my people” (Est 7:3). We need to go to the Father in the same way. Whichever way the Spirit is telling us to pray, we can ascend freely to the Father and tell him, “These are my people. This is my country. Don’t let any harm come. Send Your Spirit again. Send Your grace. Set them free.”

“And whatever you ask in My Name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” (Jn 14:13)

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