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January 1, 2007

January 2nd Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 7 Period I.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries  
for January 2nd are Joyful.

   

 

Retreat in January

is the 12th & 13th only

     

There will be a big Apostle Retreat in February

10th thru the 13th

   

 

January 1, 2007

Messenger:                 I know the presence of my God
                            after the reception of the Eucharist.

 


                           

 

January 1, 2007 message continues

Messenger:               We are part of the Plan of God to help
                            strengthen the Church — to help it become more
                            holy.

                                Our Lady told us to venerate her heart
                            next to Jesus' Heart at Fatima.

                                God sent Christ into the world to free
                            us from our sin.

                                Mary comes to us to tell us what to
                            do in the Apparitions of the 20th Century.

                            The Consecration is so very important.

                            Our Church will be a very holy Church —

                            Our Church is growing in greater holiness
                                   every day.

                                   We need to spread these prayer chapters

                                   to the priests and bishops to begin

                                   in their churches.

                                   People need to realize how powerful

                                   these prayers are when prayed in

                                   church or as a family.
 

                            Every one may think of New Years resolutions —

                            What about praying the Shepherds of Christ Prayers
                            every day for the priests, the Church
                            and the world.

                                What about praying the prayers once
                                a week in Church.

                            Spreading the prayers —

                            Telling people about the

                                      Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Movement

 

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:

    My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.

    These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.

    I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.

    I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.

    I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.

    This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:

  1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
  2. For the Pope.
  3. For all bishops of the world.
  4. For all priests.
  5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
  6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
  7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
  8. For all members of the human family.
  9. For all souls in purgatory.

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

                 

   

Excerpt from November 4, 2001 message

Jesus speaks:  To those who pray My prayers I
                        promise the following special
                        graces:

                                 - A deeper understanding of the 
                                     Divine Mysteries through fervent
                                     recitation of the litanies.

                                 - I promise a deeper love in your heart
                                     for your God and a deeper love
                                     for your fellowmen.

                                 - Those who pray the prayers fervently
                                    will experience a deep union 
                                    in My Heart and My Mother's heart,
                                    they will be given special insights
                                    into My unfathomable love for men
                                    and experience a thirsting within
                                    themselves to want to help souls
                                    through intercessory prayer and sacrifices.

                                 - They will have a deeper love of the Mass
                                    through this deeper consecration.
                                    [consecration to Their Hearts]

                                 - They will know Me more intimately.

                                 - They will want to live their lives to 
                                    help save souls.

                                 - They will have a deeper love for the priests shepherds.
                                 - They will have a deeper love and dedication
                                    to the Church. (I founded)

                                 - They will want peace on the earth.
                                 - They will want peace in their own hearts.

                                 - You will experience a fearlessness the more
                                    you pray the Holy Spirit Novena prayers
                                    given to you.

                                 - As you meditate on the scriptures you will
                                    understand more fully the plan of
                                    the Father to lead the souls into the
                                    great Reign of My Sacred Heart.

                                 - You and all who pray the Holy Spirit Novena
                                    and the Shepherds of Christ Prayers will be
                                    united in a deep oneness with each other
                                    and the souls of the earth.

                                 - The more you pray these prayers (both sets)
                                    you will live in the truth as you
                                    dwell in Our Hearts.

                                  - You will be given gifts of the Holy Spirit.

                                  - You and your family will be protected by
                                    My Precious Blood and your families
                                    will receive special protection
                                    against satan from fervent recitation
                                    of the prayers. (the Holy Spirit Novena
                                    and the Shepherds of Christ Prayers)

                                 - I promise to take you and the members of
                                    your family in a special way
                                    into My Sacred Heart. I will lavish
                                    you in the fires of My love.

                                 - The priests and the people of the Church and the world
                                    will receive special graces from the fervent
                                    recitation of these prayers. (both sets)

                                 - I will unite My people in a deeper love
                                    from the graces granted from
                                    fervent recitation of these prayers.

                                 - I give these prayers from My image site
                                    in Florida.
                                   I appear there daily as the Sacred Heart.
                                   Some see Me, some do not, but there
                                    is a special presence there.
                                   My Mother appears there for her children.

                                 - In the five years of her apparitions many
                                    souls who have come have been
                                    given special graces of conversion.
                                    Many have been given grace to lead
                                    them into a deeper love union with
                                    God and the Blessed Virgin.

                                 - The image site in Florida has touched
                                    the world.

                                 - I outpour great grace to those who come
                                    to the site.

                                 - There are tremendous graces of healing
                                    granted to all who come.

                                 - People who come rarely leave unchanged.
                                 - The grace granted works in their lives and in
                                    their hearts, long after they have gone.

                                 - A reminder of their visit only need be given
                                    and they experience a memory of
                                    that moment.

                                I ask you to circulate the prayers I have
                                    given, the Shepherds of Christ Prayers 
                                    and the Holy Spirit Novena prayers.

End of excerpt from November 4, 2001 message

 

 

 

Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
(these should be read by the prayer leader):

(1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

(2) I will establish peace in their homes.

(3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

(4) I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.

(5) I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.

(6) Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.

(7) Tepid souls shall grow fervent.

(8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

(9) I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.

(10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

(11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.

(12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

  

 

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

 

January 1, 2007 message continues

Messenger:                  I will be in Florida on January 5, 2007

                                please come and pray with me —

                            I will be there on January 7th for the feast
                                of the Epiphany.

                            One prayer service can help to bring

                                   down so much grace —

                                    as we pray and sing and honor

                                    God.

                            The next Newsletter is on the Eucharist.

                                   Please help us to reach the

                                   priests with the Newsletter.

                            Pray for the Newsletter and all

                                    involved.

                            There will be a big retreat in

                                      February and while this

                                      is going on February 10, 11, 12, 13

                                      others will be working on the

                                      Newsletter —

                            We have a new Prayer Manual —

                                    here is the English and French.

  

  

 

January 1, 2007 message continues

Messenger:            The Blue Book 6-A — meditations on the
                                   rosary will soon be printed.

                                We need your prayers — Tune in

                            every day at 6:20 — the prayers

                            are live on the radio.

                                God tests us to see how we

                            respond — when we keep doing what

                            He wants instead of what we are

                            tempted to do against God's will —

                            We can be made very strong —

                                God has called us to this mission

                            to help strengthen the Church — to

                                        pray for our priests and thank God for

                                             our priests and love our priests.

                                We have been called to love our

                            Church and pray for our Church —

                                We all know how the world needs

                            prayers — In the Shepherds of Christ we pray for

                            the world — CONSTANTLY

                                    Begin a prayer chapter —

                                    Pray with us —

                                    Help us

 

From Blue Book 6

 

Excerpt from January 22, 1995 - Circulate These Letters

                      

March 10, 1994 - Surrender (excerpt)

R. Love includes giving up what you don't want to give up. Love is saying, "Yes, Lord", even when you would rather do it your way. It is in your surrender and love of God that you teach mighty lessons to those around you. You teach by your being in love with Jesus. I love you, Jesus. I give of My bounty, not little bits and pieces I stingily let go of. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, how can I love You as I ought? Do I give My all, or do I say, "Oh, Lord, you can't mean that you want this," and hold on to what I want.

Do I hold on to people and don't even know it, or do I put You first, Lord, above all persons, places and things? I see how really attached I am to everything, things I do not even know I am attached to. It is easy to give lip service to surrender and tell God to possess our soul and make me selfless, but do I really mean it? This is what keeps us from increased union with Him! It is in total surrender, of living for love of Him and Him alone, that we are free. And what freedom! The bittersweetness to let go, to find freedom from all we hold on to! The things we hold on to most are what keeps us from our increased union with Him.

"Oh, not that, Lord! Oh, do I look at your crucifix and see You letting go?" You held not one thing back. Your arms open wide, nailed to the cross! Total surrender!

What does He ask of me today that I want to hold on to? Holding on to things stops my freedom. To be totally free, I must let go. I cannot hold on and let go at the same time. Freedom is obtained in letting go. See yourself with your arms tight, holding on to all you possess.

Jesus: I call you to surrender. Open your arms as I did when I died on the cross. Let all your sacred worldly possessions drop around you and you will experience the joy of being free, united only to Me, of letting go and knowing that I, God, tend to your every need. To My death on the cross I loved you and I love you this way this very day. Let go and give it all to Me. I will care for you far better than you could for yourself. I am God and I love you more than you can love yourself.

Jesus is dead, hanging on the cross, arms outstretched. His feet are not even on the ground. He is hanging by nails on a piece of wood. What do we hold on to? He wants us in midair in total surrender. Oh, little ones, how you squander your possessions. How you hold on to people. How you won't let go. See Me in total surrender.

I gave My very life for you. What do you hold on to, My little ones? Little bits and pieces you give to Me and you hold tight to your lives. They will be up in smoke and all that will remain will be the things of God. Not one pair of shoes do you take with you, only your love, given to God and others.

end of March 10, 1994

 

R.  The mind of man can not ever see with the vision of God, unless He gives them His vision.

    I am so limited in everything I do, He is almighty, I love a little, He gives us His all, I must constantly study His ways to be more and more like Him.

    Spirit transform my heart, more and more into the image of Jesus.

    Spirit move in me to lead me closer and closer into the image of Jesus.

    The more we call on the Spirit, the more we are transformed. The Spirit descended on the apostles. The Spirit leads us to action.

    Impart to us the vision of God. Dear Holy Spirit transform us from blindness into Vision.

    Where we are blind, we can now see more and more as the Spirit imparts to us His Vision.

    We are raised to see more through His grace —

    Come Holy Spirit fill us with the fire of Your love, give us Your Vision, Godly Vision, to be raised from a  human sight to more of Your vision — Oh Divine Lover, we are all blind, we do not see that Jesus is truly the Son of God.

    We do not realize the great gifts we are given in baptism — set us ablaze with the FIRE of Your Divine Love. Let us be burning with Your love in us.

   

 

 

December 7, 2006

Messenger:           Dear Friends,

                                Well we have a very limited amount of
                            crucifixes carved by Felix Avalos who
                            carved the magnificent crucifix on
                            the site.

                                 These crucifixes will be sold in Florida
                            on a first come, first serve basis for $750.
                            It is indeed a gift for your home, Church,
                            priest, school, nursing home.

                                 When the crucifixes are sold we can
                            take orders for ones for you, but
                            we have some for Christmas.

 

 

 

Messenger:        PLEASE PRAY WITH US

                                    and help us.
                           
                                  

                                        

From December 7, 2006 message

 

 

From the cross — Jesus heard me whisper
"I love you Jesus" YES - Yes

Jesus speaks:            As I hung on the cross, I heard
                            the whispering of your voice to Me
                            "I love you Jesus"

                            When others were cold - treating Me
                                without a personal love
                                relationship - I heard your
                                voice to Me.

                            You said
                                "I love you, Jesus"
                                "I love your souls, Jesus"
                                "I want to be with you in heaven
                                    in deepest love, Jesus"

                                Others were so busy, not giving a
                            thought to Me and

                                You came before the Eucharist and
                            I knew how hard you were working
                            trying to love and be good and you looked
                            like crying sometimes and then you
                            looked at the exposed Eucharist and
                            said
                                "I love you, Jesus, help me, Jesus
                                I want Your help" and I saw
                                you - looking tired and feeling
                                so wounded sometimes because
                                you wanted the world to be good and
                                love Me and
                                then you would cry and say

                                "Oh Jesus can't You help us now -
                            I want the world to know You and love
                            You, but Jesus only You can do this" and
                            you would look at the Exposed host
                            and cry some more and say

                                "Oh Jesus I love you so much —
                                    You are everything to me —
                                Jesus - help me do this —
                                    please Jesus help me"

                            and then you would try to do things to
                            help spread My gospel and My love
                            and tell people about the Eucharist and
                            the consecration and people were
                            always in a hurry wanting to do
                            their "busy" things and — sometimes
                            things were hard to do and you tried and tried
                            and talked to me and

                            then I heard you say —
                            "But Jesus, I do it all for You Jesus,
                            I love You so much Jesus, help me
                            please"

                                And I hung on the cross and I saw
                            you there today struggling and sometimes
                            crying in desperation and I heard you
                            whisper "I love you Jesus" and
                            you were faithful to Me and I saw
                            it — I saw and loved your faithfulness
                            and it comforted Me when I was bleeding
                            and so wounded on the cross.

                                I heard you say and never afraid to
                                say it "I love you Jesus, I want
                            to be in heaven with you someday
                            in the deepest love —

                                Help me Jesus I want to do this
                            work for You and I want souls to be
                            good like the Father wants and get to
                            heaven" and I heard you say as I
                            hung on the cross — knowing many
                            would listen

                                "I love You Jesus"

                            And you never stopped trying
                            with enthusiasm you did it —
                            with energy and love — not worrying
                            who rejected you and

                                then some came and argued with you —
                                tried you over and over again and
                                you kept doing it anyway saying

                            "I love you, Jesus"

                            Then you kissed My pierced feet
                                on the crucifix and gazed
                                at My wounded side and

                            No matter what happened — you
                                never quit for the sake of My precious
                                souls —

                                I knew you would do this today
                            in all the sin and rejection and
                            arguments —

                                You would keep on — keeping on,
                            sometimes crying, but saying
                                "I love You Jesus"

                            And to others, many - you were never good
                                enough - you were judged and persecuted
                                but you kept on saying

                            "I love You Jesus, strengthen me, help me
                                give me grace - Jesus I need you"
                                "Not by my might God
                                only You can do this"

                            And I hung to My death seeing
                                My precious souls — knowing
                                you loved them so much too and
                                you would beg Me to help you do
                                what the Father wanted of the
                                human race for the sake of souls -
                                then you cried

                            "I love You Jesus —
                                please help me
                                strength me
                                I love You so much"

                                When you thought you were doing
                            something wrong — you wanted to
                            change it to do the right thing —
                            you prayed for this and

                                I heard you talk. You said to God the Father and
                            to Me and to the Holy Spirit — "I
                            love you so much!!"
                           

 

Mary's Message
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary speaks:  I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light.

end of Mary's Message, August 27, 1996

 

 


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