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Ezekiel 34: 11-16
“For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness. I shall bring them back from the peoples where they are; I shall gather them back from the countries and bring them back to their own land. I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the inhabited parts of the country. I shall feed them in good pasturage; the highest mountains of Israel will be their grazing ground. There they will rest in good grazing grounds; they will browse in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest–declares the Lord Yahweh. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them."
Psalm 23: 1-6
Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
In grassy meadows he lets me lie.By tranquil streams he leads me
to restore my spirit.
He guides me in paths of saving justice
as befits his name.Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death
I should fear no danger, for you are at my side.
Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.You prepare a table for me
under the eyes of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup brims over.Kindness and faithful love pursue me
every day of my life.
I make my home in the house of Yahweh
for all time to come.
Romans 5: 5-11
and a hope which will not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. When we were still helpless, at the appointed time, Christ died for the godless. You could hardly find anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that, for a really good person, someone might undertake to die. So it is proof of God’s own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. How much more can we be sure, therefore, that, now that we have been justified by his death, we shall be saved through him from the retribution of God. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more can we be sure that, being now reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. What is more, we are filled with exultant trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.
Luke 15: 3-7
So he told them this parable:
The lost sheep
‘Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety–nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost." In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety–nine upright people who have no need of repentance.
Think of the love Jesus has for the
lost sheep —
Fr. Carter had a dream.
18 Years Ago
December 17, 1991
His Burning Heart
R. I was alone in All Saints Church after Mass and Communion, in front of the tabernacle, when I saw the Sacred Heart. It was red around the outside, then a layer of yellow and then the brightest light in the center. I felt heat and it looked like an open furnace.
I thought about it all day and it instantly gave me peace and warmth in my heart. This is the purpose of these letters—to draw hearts to the ardent on-fire love of Jesus. I received the following message that day:
"Open your heart to the fire of God's love. He is ablaze in your heart. He wants to dwell in you and love you and others through you. Love God, yourself and one another and experience the fire set aglow in your heart and experience the warmth of His love."end of writing
5 Years to the day
December 17, 1991
Mary appeared on building of Clearwater
Come to our centers and pray with us
during the retreats
Jesus wants us to make reparation to
His Heart and
Mary's Immaculate Heart
We have had a share in offending
the Heart of Jesus filled
with burning love for us —
We humbly ask for pardon for
offending our beloved Jesus
who loves us so much He
died for our sins —
Begging God to have mercy for our
sins — God has asked me to
pray 4 days in Florida —
4 days in China, Indiana
in reparation for our sins and
to pray for the priests, the
Church and the world —
John 4: 7-16
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me something to drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew. How is it that you ask me, a Samaritan, for something to drink?’—Jews, of course, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied to her:
If you only knew what God is offering
and who it is that is saying to you,
‘Give me something to drink,’
you would have been the one to ask,
and he would have given you living water.‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered, ‘and the well is deep: how do you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:
Whoever drinks this water
will be thirsty again;
but no one who drinks the water
that I shall give
will ever be thirsty again:
the water that I shall give
will become a spring of water within,
welling up for eternal life.‘Sir,’ said the woman, ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never be thirsty or come here again to draw water.’ ‘Go and call your husband,’ said Jesus to her, ‘and come back here.’
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us (repeat after each invocation).
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,
Heart of Jesus, sacred temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,
Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim of sin,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in You,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints,
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto Yours.Let us pray: O almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your dearly beloved Son and upon the praise and satisfaction He offers You in behalf of sinners and, being appeased, grant pardon to those who seek Your mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.
Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart:
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.
June 1, 2000 - MONTH of the SACRED HEART
A Burning Heart I give you
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
(to be used on June 2, 2000)
(PRAY ON RED IMAGE ROSARY IF AVAILABLE)
Agony in the garden
Jesus:
1. I loved you so much I gave Myself for you.
2. You do not fully comprehend how real I am.
3. You wander a barren desert.
4. You make this world your God.
5. This is My Mission to help bring about the Reign of My Heart.
6. Look at My red rosary, think of the drops of red Blood I shed in the garden for you.
7. Blood coming from My pores.
8. Blood mixed with water.
9. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
10. I give you such dignity - you do not comprehend.
Scourging at the Pillar
Jesus:
1. I was whipped for your sins of hatred and disharmony, the stubborn ways you act that come from deep in your heart.
2. Look at My red rosary, think of My Precious Blood I shed for you.
3. My Heart is an endless furnace of love.
4. The men were full of hatred in their hearts, they whipped Me and I loved them so much.
5. I love the souls today that laugh at Me and make fun of Jesus, fun of My Name, that raise themselves indignantly over Me.
6. They whip Me today, the way they treat Me.
7. They tear My Flesh.
8. My Heart beats for My beloved ones.
9. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
10. Look at the picture of My Heart on Blue Book II - It is a furnace of endless love.
Crowning with Thorns
Jesus:
1. In this month of the Sacred Heart spend time reading My personal love letters to you in My Blue Books.
2. Hear Me whisper My gentle words of love.
3. See My red Blood pour down My cheeks from the thorns. Look at the red rosary, think how much I love you. Carry it with you. Look at My picture, think of My deep love. Let My Sacred Heart remind you of My burning love.
4. Look at My Mother's picture on the building. God loves you so much, He gave you this gift of Mary on the building. Are you grateful?
5. See My pierced head.
6. See the Blood on My cheek.
7. See the Consecrated Host in the Mass
8. See My Blood poured out for you.
9. Gaze upon the Exposed Eucharist.
10. I am there, I remain with you in such love.
Carrying of the Cross
Jesus:
1. A heavy cross I carried on My back.
2. Why do you think you should not suffer?
3. My Blood was red, My Heart is a symbol of My great love.
4. My walk to Calvary was painful.
5. I paid the price for the sins of today.
6. Do you have to go with the world? Quit watching the filthy movies and the dirt on television.
7. It hurts My Heart to see you won't take a stand for Me.
8. Don't visit places where people are sinning. It hurts My Heart that you do that.
9. My Heart bleeds when you say yes when you mean no, and no when you mean yes. Don't confuse matters, that is from Satan. Tell the truth.
10. I called you to be an Apostle of My Sacred Heart. Will you serve Me?
Crucifixion
Jesus:
1. My dear soul, I love you to say to Me when receiving the Eucharist, "I scarce can breathe when You come into Me."
2. My dear soul, I do love you so, so much, see My red Blood shed for you.
3. My dear soul, see My bleeding hands and feet.
4. My dear soul, look at the crucifix.
5. My dear soul, the most important thing you do everyday is going to Mass and receiving Me.
6. My dear soul, tell others of the gift of Myself in the Eucharist.
7. My dear soul, do you like favors, ice cream, candy? My dear soul, I give you Myself, I am the Son of God.
8. My dear soul, during this month of the Sacred Heart, pray this rosary, look at My red rosary, think of My drops of Blood. Oh My soul, it is Blood I shed for you.
9. Unite to the Mass at every moment. Feel united as a body.
10. My dear soul, My Mass is a gift I give to you. Love your priests, pray for them, the Church and the world. Oh My dear soul, the more you do for Me the more you will unite to Me. I am the Chief Shepherd of the Flock, I give My prayers to you. I will give the greatest graces to anyone who says My prayers and promotes My prayers. Churches that have prayer chapters, even small, will experience the greatest grace. They will turn into little cities of light, run by Me to give honor to Me and devotion to My Eucharistic Heart. I will bless abundantly all churches which have prayer chapters. In this month of June, the month of My Sacred Heart, I implore you to spread My prayer chapters. This is My plan to help enormously to renew the Church and the world.
I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Chief Shepherd of the Flock. My Heart is on fire for love of you, I loved you to My death on the cross. What did I think of on the cross? I thought of you. I knew you by name, I gave Myself as a sacrifice for you. Oh I love you, I am the Sacred Heart, I love you so much. My Heart is a burning furnace of love.end of June 1, 2000
From June 2, 2000
R. A rosary given June 2, 2000, second day of the month of the Sacred Heart, to be used June 3, 2000. (Do at 6:20 prayers if possible).
Jesus: My chosen ones, pray this rosary June 3, 2000.
Resurrection
1. I gave My life for you.
2. How precious you are to Me.
3. This is the month of My Sacred Heart.
4. My Heart is on fire for you.
5. Thomas did not believe until he touched My wounds.
6. Where is your faith?
7. My Mother appears, one so fair, for those who are filled with doubt to remind you she is there as your spiritual Mother.
8. See the glory of that first Easter morn.
9. See Me clothed in white, Victorious after the brutal death.
10. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the risen Lord is with you today in the Eucharist.
Ascension
Jesus: I ascended into heaven, I left you here to help continue the work I began.
1. I am the Bread of Life.
2. I am the One Who saves.
3. I am the One Who sets the captives free.
4. I open the minds of the blind.
5. I gave My Apostles the power to forgive sins.
6. I gave you My Church, My Bride.
7. I sent the Holy Spirit to come to you.
8. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
9. The Spirit of Truth comes to you.
10. You must walk in the ways of truth.
Descent of the Holy Spirit
1. On that Pentecost the Holy Spirit came upon them in tongues of fire.
2. Where they were once blind they could see.3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to come alive in your hearts. Pray the Holy Spirit Novena I gave you. It is for your Church and your world, for you and your family, for healing, for protection from the evil one. It is to help you be My spouse
4. Say often, "Oh Holy Spirit, enkindle in me the fire of God's love."
5. See the fire from My Heart.
6. See the love of God as a burning furnace, a flame of the deepest intensity, beyond your human comprehension.
7. Pray the Holy Spirit Novena as a body at 6:20, being united to all others all over the world.
8. Have the pictures of these mysteries fixed in your mind. See Mary and the Apostles and the fire above their heads. Meditate on this mystery. Meditate how the Apostles were no longer afraid, but fearless.
9. Say, "Oh Holy Spirit, fill US WITH the FIRE of God's love."
10. Sing: Come Holy Ghost, think of every word, pray to Him with all your hearts as you sing. Feel the words deep in your hearts. The Holy Spirit is your God.
Assumption
1. Mary was taken into heaven.
2. Mary is Mother of all.
3. Mary has an Immaculate Heart.
4. Mary is model.
5. You must think of the great feast to end this month and the great feast to begin next month.
Look forward to the feast of the Sacred Heart all month.
Look forward to the feast of the Immaculate Heart.
The day July 5 is very important to My Mother, I want a great celebration in Florida.
6. Mary appears on the building for her children.
7. Mary's peace plan was given at Fatima.
8. Mary's promises for those that recite the rosary are:
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armour against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.31
9. The promises of My Sacred Heart given to St. Margaret Mary are:
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.
10. The promise I made to your Founder is:
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.
Coronation
1. Mary told her children to wear the scapular and pray the rosary.
2. Mary wants peace, the Father wants peace. God wants you to be children of love.
3. Mary will be recognized by her children.
4. You must spread the devotion of the First Saturdays and tell them Mary has given a great promise to those that observe the 5 First Saturdays.
5. I promise you great things for observing the First Fridays.
6. I promise you great things for spreading devotion to My Heart.
7. I will write your name in My Heart if you heed My wishes.
8. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus on fire for love of you.
9. I will reign in all hearts.
10. R. The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph. Alleluia, the risen LORD is with us today.
From June 3, 2000
Month of the Sacred Heart June 3, 2000
The Rosary
The Joyful Mysteries to be used on June 4, 2000.
Annunciation
Jesus:
1. My Heart is an endless furnace of love.
2. My Heart is that of the Divine God.
3. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.
4. I am the Son of God.
5. I am He Who comes to fill you with My life.
6. My staff I hold in My hand.
7. I come announced by the messenger (the angel).
8. Mary accepted.
9. Let My life transform you.
10. The incarnation goes on in you.Visitation
Jesus:
1. I come a Babe in the arms of Mary.
2. I am the Savior of the World.
3. My love is eternal.
4. My Heart is on fire for you.
5. A child carried in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
6. A Heart filled with love.
7. My endless love I pour out to you now.
8. Come and be with Me.
9. On the long hot days of summer, feel the love I give to you.
10. Sufferings are gifts I give you. The sufferings are given to draw you closer to Me.Birth of Jesus
Jesus:
1. A little Baby carried in the womb of the Mother.
2. Mary takes you as a little baby into her Immaculate Heart.
3. In her Heart, the Holy Spirit transforms you more and more into My image, if you cooperate with the grace I give you.Messenger:
4. O Holy Spirit, come and fill the hearts that are weary.
5. O Holy Spirit, fill them with fire.
6. O Holy Spirit, enlighten the blinded minds.
7. O Holy Spirit, spark a fire burning in the children of Mary.
8. O Holy Spirit, it is a light and love the children of Mary seek in their hearts.
9. O Holy Spirit, enlighten the little babies' eyes.
10. O Holy Spirit, let them see God and hear the voice of the Good Shepherd.Presentation
Messenger:
1. Oh a little Child, God-made-man.
2. Taken to the temple.
3. Simeon foretold, ...'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel...' (Lk 2:34).
4. Oh Heart of Mary pierced by a sword, oh Mary help us endure the sufferings of life.
5. Oh Heart of Mary, help us to spread the rosary.
6. Oh Heart of Mary, help us to teach the world how to pray the rosary.
7. Oh Mary so fair, protect us from the devil and all that could come against us as we spread the rosary.
8. Oh Mary most pure, we humbly pray for this grace.
9. On this first Saturday of June, 2000, Mary help us, Jesus help us. Dear Father, Son and Holy Spirit help us. Amen.
10. Into the arms of our Mother we give ourselves as little dependent children of our God.Finding in the Temple
Jesus:
1. You must obey your God.
2. I am a just God. All your deeds will be judged.
3. I am just!!
4. So many are lost, today.
5. At the end of this rosary, I ask you to see Me, My hands on either side of My Heart. I want you to see the fire, I want you to see My eyes, I want you to see Me, a Child in the temple, 12 years old. I want you to know I gave My life for you.
6. My life is given for you. My love is an endless furnace of love that does not flicker.
7. I am the Son of God.
8. Pray for the children of Mary to find their way home to My Heart.
9. Oh children, be humble.
10. Oh children pray for enlightenment, go to the spiritual womb of your Mother, she is your spiritual mother. Oh My children go to her now.
On this 3rd day of the month of My Sacred Heart, I ask you to show My picture before this rosary.On the left I want Mary with the babe, as in the church in China, Indiana. On the right I want My Sacred Heart.
I want you to see yourself as a little babe in the arms of Mary. Put your little body in her arms. I want you to see yourself this way now.
I want you to think of yourself as a child, a child of God, learning to be like God in your ways.
God is your Father, Mary your Mother, pray this rosary to your Father and Mother for help.
See yourself in the spiritual womb of your Mother being more and more formed in My image.
My little sweet baby, I love you so much.
I am the Sacred Heart.
end of June 3, 2000
A PLEDGE FROM AN APOSTLE OF THE SACRED HEART
Messenger:
I am but a little speck on this earth,
but with His might He can use me
to spread the devotion to His
Most Sacred Heart.Oh dear and precious Heart of Jesus
I give myself as completely as
possible to Thee so you will use
me to spread the devotion to the
ends of the earth for Your most
precious Heart.I am Rita your precious soul.
Use me to help to spread this burning
devotion to the souls of this earth.I am yours, take me, use me as you
will.I surrender myself to you.
It is your might behind me, your power
that sends me. I am an Apostle of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I give
myself as completely as possible to
Thee.Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.Father hear us please. We beg through
the intercession of Father Carter
and Our Lady of Clearwater that
prayer chapters are started all over
the world and the Priestly Newsletter
gets there immediately with the
Prayer Manual.
Commitment Prayer"I want to be an Apostle of
the Sacred Heart for the
Shepherds of Christ Movement.
I thank God for His gifts to me
and I want to serve and love
God in this Movement.
God help me to do Your will
always and help me to spread
this message and these prayers
to the world. Help me to spread
Your peace.Help me to be an instrument of
love.Outpour your grace to me for
this vocation in the Shepherds
of Christ Movement."October 13, 2003
Song: God's Love
From Spirituality of Fatima
Yes, St. Margaret Mary holds a preeminent place in the history of devotion to the Heart of Jesus. I consider myself very privileged to have been able to make a recent pilgrimage to Paray-le-Monial. This is the French town where St. Margaret Mary lived out her religious life at the Convent of the Sisters of the Visitation. I was privileged to make a holy hour in the Chapel of Apparitions, the place where St. Margaret Mary received apparitions and revelations from the Sacred Heart. This was one of the most special experiences of my entire life.
From the interview with Father Carter January 20, 1995
It was the last day
of June. I was sitting at my desk and I was looking
at a picture of Jesus, that one which is reported to
resemble His or be His true image and I was looking
at that and not thinking about anything in particular and
I had the real strong message, "I want you to go to
Paray-le-Monial."Jesus said, "I want you
to go to Paray-le-Monial." Well, what or where is Paray-
le-Monial? It's a small town in France not too far from
Paris and that is where Our Lord as the Sacred Heart
appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and gave His
famous revelations concerning devotion to His Heart.
Shepherds of Christ Priestly Newsletter
July/August 1997
Here are words from St. Claude de la Columbiere, one of the great apostles of devotion to the Heart of Christ. Speaking to Jesus, Claude says:
You share my burdens,
You take them upon yourself.
You listen to me fondly when I tell you my troubles.
You never fail to lighten them.
I find You at all times and in all places.
You never leave me.
I will always find You wherever I go.
Old age or misfortune will not cause You to abandon me.
You will never be closer to me than
When all seems to go against me.
No matter how miserable I may be,
You will never cease to be my friend.
You tolerate my faults with admirable patience.
You are always ready to come to me, if I so desire it.
Jesus, may I die praising you!
May I die loving you!
May I die for the love of you.1212. St. Claude de la Columbiere, as published by Apostleship of Prayer, Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus.
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St. Claude La Colombière, one of the great apostles of devotion to the Heart of Christ, speaks eloquently concerning confidence or trust in God. Trust in God is one of the great fruits of devotion to the Heart of Christ. Claude says: "My God, I am so convinced that you keep watch over those who hope in you, and that we can want for nothing when we look for all from you, that I am resolved in the future to live free from every care, and to turn all my anxieties over to you…"Man may deprive me of possessions and honor, sickness may strip me of strength and the means of serving you…but I shall never lose my hope. I shall keep it till the last moment of my life; and at that moment all the demons in Hell shall strive to tear it from me in vain…
"Others may look for happiness from their wealth or their talents; others may rest on the innocence of their life or the severity of their penance, or the amount of their alms, or the fervor of their prayer. As for me, Lord, all my confidence is my confidence itself. This confidence has never deceived anyone. No one, no one has hoped in the Lord and has been confounded.
"I know, alas! I know only too well that I am weak and unstable. I know what temptation can do against the strongest virtue. I have seen the stars of heaven fall, and the pillars of the firmament; but that cannot frighten me. So long as I continue to hope, I shall be sheltered from all misfortune; and I am sure of hoping always, since I hope for this unwavering hopefulness.
"Finally, I am sure I cannot hope too much in you, and that I cannot receive less than I hoped for from you. So I hope that you will hold me safe on the steepest slopes, that you will sustain me against the most furious assaults, and that you will make my weakness triumph over my most fearful enemies. I hope that you will love me always, and that I too shall love you without ceasing. To carry my hope once for all as far as it can go, I hope from you to possess you, O my Creator, in time and in eternity. Amen."21
21. St. Claude La Colombière, "An Act of Confidence in God", Apostleship of Prayer, Chicago Regional Office.
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From June 1, 2001
excerpt from June 1, 2000 Daily Message
Jesus speaks:
This is the month of My
Sacred Heart.I ask you to love Me
and sing to Me.Sing My praises.
Sing the songs I have
given you, listen
to them.Think of My love and
My Blood.I want us to grow in our
love union today.
end of excerpt from June 1, 2000
June 1, 2001
Jesus speaks:
Today is the first day of the month
of My Sacred Heart.
Today's First Reading:
Acts 25: 13-21
Paul appears before King Agrippa
Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king, saying, ‘There is a man here whom Felix left behind in custody, and while I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and elders of the Jews laid information against him, demanding his condemnation. But I told them that Romans are not in the habit of surrendering any man, until the accused confronts his accusers and is given an opportunity to defend himself against the charge. So they came here with me, and I wasted no time but took my seat on the tribunal the very next day and had the man brought in. When confronted with him, his accusers did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected; but they had some argument or other with him about their own religion and about a dead man called Jesus whom Paul alleged to be alive. Not feeling qualified to deal with questions of this sort, I asked him if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to be tried there on this issue. But Paul put in an appeal for his case to be reserved for the judgement of the emperor, so I ordered him to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar.’
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: On this June 1, 2001 I ask you to
spend quiet moments with
Me, I want to be your
love. I want to be the
Center of your life and your
heart.Will you help spread the devotion
to My Sacred Heart?The prayers I give you in the
prayer manual are a gift
I give you.
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I want you to read the message
I gave to Father Carter on
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., as given on July 31, 1994, feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits).
end of July 31, 1994 message
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I promise to those who fervently
pray My prayers to take
them to the depth of
My Heart.I give you these prayers to
help bring about the
Reign of My Sacred
Heart.I will give those who
pray My prayers
very special graces.I want to be loved by
you.
Read My Letters of Love in
God's Blue Book.
(open anywhere and I
will speak to you)I LOVE YOU SO
MUCH.
I GAVE MY LIFE
FOR YOU.
Today I give you Myself
in the Eucharist.I call you to spend an hour
with Me before the
tabernacle.It is there I will lavishly
pour out My love
to you.It is in those quiet moments before
the tabernacle I outpour
My grace.It is there in those special
moments with Me
that you will know Me more
and more.The more you come to Me before
the tabernacle, the
more I will outpour
My special grace to
you.Please pray My prayers
before the tabernacle.So much grace is granted
before the tabernacle,
I am truly present
in the Holy Eucharist
in My Divinity and Humanity.
I give you so much grace
when you come to the
Eucharist and pray before
the tabernacle.I long for you.
I want to be so close to you.
I want to take you to the
depth of My Heart.Please pray for your priests,
your Church and your
world.
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I love My priests so much. Please
spread My Movement. I love you
so much. I am love,
I am the Sacred Heart.
I am Jesus.Please spread devotion
to My Heart this month.Here are the promises I gave
to Margaret Mary for those
devoted to My Sacred Heart.
Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
I will establish peace in their homes.
I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.
I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.
Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.
I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
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.
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: Please come to Me, I want
you to dwell in the
depth of My Heart.I am a Heart consumed
with love for you.I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Jesus
June 1, 2001 message continues
Messenger: Jesus I love you so
much.Thank You for Yourself
given to me.Thank You for the Eucharist.
I LOVE YOU MY
SACRED HEART
SO MUCH.It makes such a difference to me when
the priest is so devout and in love
with Jesus. It makes my heart burn.Jesus speaks: Please I beg you
Pray for My Priests.
PLEASE - My Heart is on fire
for them and for you.
This is Father Carter's homily
he delivered in the Mass in China, Indiana
on the Feast of the Sacred Heart
at 12:00 noon Mass.
June 30, 2000
John 19: 31-37
The pierced ChristIt was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies’ remaining on the cross during the Sabbath—since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity—the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it—true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true—and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:Not one bone of his will be broken;
and again, in another place scripture says:
They will look to the one
whom they have pierced.
Fr. Carter's homily: The time of the great stock market crash in 1929, there are stories of how many people committed suicide jumping from windows to their death and no doubt taking many other forms of suicide. These no doubt were those who, at least many of them had lost a great amount of money in the crash of the stock market. They had made god their money, and when that money was destroyed, lost, they felt life was useless.Some people do not make money so much their god as some other human person. They put their quest for happiness in a wrong way in another human person. For instance, and we've heard of it many, many times: a woman devotes her whole life lovingly with such great dedication to her husband and after thirty or forty years the husband suddenly says, "I want a divorce," and walks away from her. Because she had approached the relationship in a wrong way, making him a little god, her life is now shattered. Others put their god in achievement of a great goal, whatever it may be. They carefully plan for it, so carefully that they say, "This cannot fail, I know I will achieve this goal." They find out that they are not in control of this world's events and that goal is not achieved, and again their whole life–because they have sought fulfillment in the wrong way–their whole life lies shattered, so they think, as a bunch, as a pile of burnt-out ashes at their feet. We have been given the gift of faith and we know the goal, the God that we should seek, it is the God revealed to us in Christ Jesus.
Pope John Paul II reminds us in one of his writings that the only source of happiness, of fulfillment, of salvation, is going to the pierced Heart of Jesus, and these words then I work very well off of today's Gospel, where we read how Jesus' side was pierced with the soldier's lance. And the Holy Father also brings very beautifully in the place of the Heart of Mary in all this, so as we look forward to the great Feast of the Immaculate Heart tomorrow, the words of the Pope allow us to admirably join the two feasts. Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart and tomorrow the Feast of the Immaculate Heart.
The Holy Father says, "The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus reminds us, above all, of those moments when this Heart was ‘pierced by the lance,’ and, thereby, opened in a visible manner to man and the world. By reciting the litany and venerating the Divine Heart in general, we learn the mystery of the Redemption in all its divine and human profundity."
And the Pope also speaks to us about the heart of Mary: "The Immaculate Heart of Mary was open to the word, ‘Woman, there is your son.’ It went to meet spiritually the Heart of the Son opened by the soldier’s lance. The heart of Mary was opened by the same love for man and for the world with which Christ loved man and the world, offering up himself on the cross, even to that lance stroke from the soldier.
"Consecrating the world to the Immaculate heart of Mary means approaching the same Source of Life, through the Mother’s Intercession, that life which flowed forth from Golgatha, the source which gushes out ceaselessly with redemption and grace. Reparation for the sins of the world is continually being accomplished in it. It is ceaselessly the font of new life and holiness.
"Consecrating the world to the Immaculate Heart of the Mother means returning under the Cross of the Son. More: it means consecration of this world to the pierced Heart of the Savior, by bringing the world back to the very source of its Redemption. Redemption is always greater than man’s sin and ‘the sin of the world.’ The power of Redemption infinitely surpasses the whole range of evil in man and in the world.
"The Heart of the Mother is aware of it, more than anyone in the whole cosmos, visible and invisible. This is why she calls. She does not call only to conversion; she also calls upon us to let ourselves be helped by her, the Mother, to return to the source of the Redemption."
1
Notes:
1. Pope John Paul II. Prayers and Devotions, edited by Bishop Peter Canuis Johannes Van Lierde, Viking, pp. 449-451.
end of Father Carter's homily
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: Come on June 5, 2001 or pray with all at 6:20.
Here is the Message I gave last June 1, 2000.
June 1, 2000 Daily Message
Jesus: This is the month of My Sacred Heart. I ask you to love Me and sing to Me. Sing My praises. Sing the songs I have given you, listen to them. Think of My love and My Blood. I want us to grow in our love union today.
Jesus: I love you so much. Circulate the message April 15, 1994. Pray the Prayer for Union with Me. Consecrate your hearts.
"I AM THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS,
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH"
Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
I will establish peace in their homes.
I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.
I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.
Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.
I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
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.
Here is another promise of Our Lord:
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.
June 1, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I love you so
much,Jesus
end of June 1, 2001
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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,
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