Mary has requested that the daily message be given each day to the world. It is read nightly at the prayer service from her Image Building in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A. This is according to her request. All attempts will be made to publish this daily message to the world at 11 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.A.


We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages rests with the Holy See of Rome.


I appear my children on this former bank building in Florida, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun.

October 2, 2004 - Guardian Angels

October 3rd Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 5 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for October 3rd are Glorious.

          

From Jesus: I desire all to come October 13, 2004
            to China, Indiana at 12 noon 
            to celebrate the 87th anniversary 
            of the last apparition at Fatima. 
            Mass will begin 12 noon China time.
            This will be an important day of prayer 
            for your world. I am calling all apostles, 
            servants and handmaids and members 
            of the Shepherds of Christ to come and 
            attend the Mass and prayers for peace 
            and unity.

    

   

Special prayer meeting in Florida 

on October 5, 2004

      

      

Retreat begins at 6:20pm on October 11 
and goes to October 15.

There will be Mass every day.

Please pray for the success of this retreat.    

 

 

October 2, 2004

  

Today's Readings

   

Exodus 23: 20-23

‘Look, I am sending an angel to precede you, to guard you as you go and bring you to the place that I have prepared. Revere him and obey what he says. Do not defy him: he will not forgive any wrong–doing on your part, for my name is in him. If, however, you obey what he says and do whatever I order, I shall be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. My angel will precede you and lead you to the home of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, whom I shall exterminate.

  

Matthew 18: 1-5, 10

At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.

‘Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

    ‘See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.

   

1st Commandment

  1.   I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.

 

October 2, 2004 message continues

Messenger:         Mary appeared December 17, 1996 like this.

  

  

December 19, 1996

Mary: My dear children, I give to you, my Son, Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

    I appear to you, my children, on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money is your god.

    I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book.

end of December 19, 1996 message

   

October 2, 2004 message continues

Jesus speaks:      You have made your bodies your gods —
                            You have made your money your gods —
                            You have made so many things your gods —

                            Today many eat to make themselves look
                                beautiful and then act very un-beautiful.

                            They watch everything they eat and say then
                                my body will be beautiful and
                                I will look so good.

                            How is the disposition of your heart I ask —
                                I measure your beauty by your
                                heart and soul.

                            A lady fasted 3 days in a row —
                                she was "off" mentally and effected
                                    millions of people because she
                                    was a spokes lady on a widely
                                    viewed television show.

                                She could not think clear —
                                    her mind was starved of needed
                                        nutrition's.

                                Who would focus on the shape of the
                                    baby — you feed them to help
                                    them grow to eat right for
                                    the health of the body.

                            Many sins are being committed with
                                regard to ones body that people
                                do not even recognize as sin.

                            If your thoughts are to starve the body of
                                needed nutrition to make yourselves
                                look beautiful on the outside, have
                                a good shape etc. — what about the
                                snarly disposition, the anger,
                                when you hurt everyone around
                                you for starving your mind and
                                stomach of needed nutrition's.

                            Fade diets to look good have majorly
                                effected many peoples health —
                                they may have acted mean depriving
                                themselves of needed nutrition and
                                some do a half-hearted slow
                                job at work —

                            What is health of the body?

                            Mary Lou went to a popular health food
                                store, to get 20% off on her vitamins
                                she signed up for a card that now
                                gave her a new "health magazine"
                                in her mailbox. It was pornography.
                                Pornography is all over because of
                                health excuses.

      

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
p. 12

                        23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

                            Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God 
                        our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

    

October 2, 2004 message continues

Jesus speaks:      I give you a free will —

                            Many youth in colleges are using drugs
                            they are being taught untruths about
                                the Catholic faith

                            IS SIN RECOGNIZED AS SIN?

                            - JEALOUSY THAT STOPS IMPORTANT
                                WORK TO BUILD MY KINGDOM

                            - PRIDE — THAT DESIRE ALWAYS TO
                                LOOK BETTER PHYSICALLY THAN
                                    EVERYONE ELSE (this being
                                    the motor force and constant
                                    obsession of the mind)

                            - BE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE
                                ("one-up" on everyone — if you say
                                green, they say greener and think
                                they are better than you — is that sin? —
                                the whole purpose being to be better
                                than another)

                            In the Father's family — you are to be one
                                operating in love —
                                (I have seen My people who call themselves
                                holy, some wear My habit, focus on
                                themselves so much, eat improperly,
                                are slothful, watch unholy things
                                and entertain jealous and prideful
                                thoughts, look unhappy and snap
                                at people —

                                if you are religious are you acting like
                                a spouse of Jesus?)

                            You may have blocked My work here to bring you
                                back to the truth —

                            Many are becoming more worldly —

                            Many in the world are focused on worshipping the
                                body —

                            A young man was sent to a Church by the
                                Procter of the order — he ate 
                                sea-weed once a day and had an
                                awful selfish disposition because
                                of his conviction he was always right,
                                he told others to eat like him, he
                                criticized authority, because of pride
                                he challenged the authority and kept
                                the place in a constant flux —
                                he did not recognize, because of pride,
                                his own involvement in the problem —

                            WAS HE RIGHT
                                WHY MODEL YOURSELF AFTER
                                        SOMEONE LIKE THAT?

                            He continued to eat this way starving his body
                                and hurting the order — he tore down
                                the good things and looked at the sins
                                of others —

  

7 Capital sins

1. Pride
2. Greed
3. Envy
4. Wrath
5. Lust
6. Gluttony
7. Sloth

  

October 2, 2004 message continues

Jesus speaks:      Mary is sinless.

                            All other human creatures have weaknesses
                                because of original sin.

                            The head of an order ate sea-weed and
                                thought this was right — others felt
                                guilty eating snacks and other
                                things —
                                soon the whole place ate dysfunctionally.

                            Foods provide energy —
                            When all the people in a community are
                                eating sea-weed they may pray all
                                day, but when you meet them in
                                the court-yard and they criticize and are
                                always sad they are not being Christ-like.

                            My eyes were bright as the brightest light —
                                My heart was filled always with
                                    joy while on earth —
                                    even in the deepest suffering
                                    My Heart was consumed with
                                    joy and love.

                            A man opened the UDF and talked on his
                                cell phone all day — he didn't make
                                fresh coffee, he acted snarly and
                                tired — he drank beer at night
                                and it made him tired — he didn't
                                want to serve the people —
                                the focus was always himself

                            Another young guy came in at 3:00 PM — he
                                did not own the place — he smiled
                                he ate right, he had energy to help and to love the
                                people with the joy of Jesus when they came
                                in.

                            On this First Saturday —
                                lets see how the mysteries of the rosary
                                    live in your life

                                1) the Annunciation —
                                    Mary said yes to the angel —
                                    Mary lived to serve God —
                                    Mary lived to do God's will —
                                        Is the person eating to be a better
                                        servant of God? —

                                    Some saints wore "hair shirts" —
                                        when the man who ate sea-weed
                                        was questioned — all he talked
                                        about was self-induced suffering —
                                        controlling his desire for food — being
                                        higher than everyone else in purity
                                        because he suffered all day offering
                                        up his food, drink etc. — literally starving
                                        himself and priding himself on how he
                                        was better than everyone else —
                                        but he never smiled, nor did he do anything to help
                                            he never had a good word to say or recognized
                                            any good others did — because he
                                            was "so smart", he thought.

                            Dysfunction is dysfunction

                            A person strongly dysfunctional wants
                                all in a community to do their dance
                                of dysfunction, they keep working to
                                get others to fit into their mold.

                            Confrontation by those under, many times, is like men 
                                on the battle front, or moves on a football field —
                                Every confrontation they win moves the community 
                                    into their dysfunctional way.

                            Ways in which people eat may be dysfunctional,
                            they may hurt others and may hurt themselves,
                                but they continue telling themselves
                                they are right. People in charge have a dysfunctional
                                advantage. That is why they must be humble and pray to
                                do what will build a strong, healthy community God wants.
                                It is like dysfunctional parents — they usually win.

                                (Father Carter always told us to allow the people to eat 
                                    as they desired, although some strong willed individuals 
                                    underneath in the past have tried to get others to eat 
                                    dysfunctionally. Fr. Carter said that you must do God's 
                                    will in eating. He told me not to fast 2 days in a row and 
                                    later because of our busy schedule said the people in this 
                                    movement that are active servants, handmaids and apostles, 
                                    as we are, should not be fasting.)

                            People who have lived dysfunctional lives
                                not working on their own sins may
                                try to get the whole place to fit into
                                their dysfunctional play —
                                using football moves to get their goal.

                            The best play to play in one's mind is the
                                real play — when people do not mix
                                or go off by themselves they may make
                                up a play in their minds and put in
                                the people around them, that has
                                nothing to do with reality. People
                                must interact and look into the
                                face of others so they aren't isolating
                                and making up some story that is not
                                true.

  

  

September 4, 2004

    

October 2, 2004 message continues

Jesus speaks:      I am peace —
                            I am love —
                            I call you to love and serve Me.
                            I call you to love and serve each other.
                            I call you to truth.
                            Being humble does not mean — not
                                recognizing your gifts.
                            A humble person is grateful in truth.
                                A humble person does God's will.

                            Mary thought she could sing, she was hired as a cashier —
                                she tried to do a singing performance every 
                                chance she got. That was her focus.

                            In communities dysfunctional ways can
                                function and be accepted as okay,
                                because the dysfunctional person uses force, argumentation,
                                confrontation, disharmony and authority to get his way.

                            The rosary is not something you pray and
                                never reflects how it works in
                                your life.

                            You are to put aside the sins of jealousy,
                                pride, anger etc. and work toward
                                purity as you see more clearly in
                                meditating on the mysteries of the
                                rosary.

                       

Matthew 23: 25-28

    ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of cup and dish and leave the inside full of extortion and intemperance. Blind Pharisee! Clean the inside of cup and dish first so that it and the outside are both clean. 

    ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

  

Matthew 5: 43-48

    ‘You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike. For if you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax collectors do as much? And if you save your greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional? Do not even the gentiles do as much? You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.’

  

Matthew 5: 33-37

    ‘Again, you have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord. But I say this to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God’s throne; or by earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great King. Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black. All you need say is "Yes" if you mean yes, "No" if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the Evil One.

  

Matthew 5: 22

But I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother "Fool" will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him "Traitor" will answer for it in hell fire.

  

Matthew 5: 14-16

    ‘You are light for the world. A city built on a hill–top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp–stand where it shines for everyone in the house. In the same way your light must shine in people’s sight, so that, seeing your good works, they may give praise to your Father in heaven.

  

Matthew 5: 27-30

    ‘You have heard how it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say this to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body go to hell.

  

Matthew 5: 19-20

Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.

‘For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.

  

Matthew 13: 36-43

Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain to us the parable about the darnel in the field.’ He said in reply, ‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the Evil One; the enemy who sowed it, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of falling and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the upright will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Anyone who has ears should listen!

  

Matthew 20: 1-16

‘Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard. Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place and said to them, "You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage." So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same. Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing around, and he said to them, "Why have you been standing here idle all day?" "Because no one has hired us," they answered. He said to them, "You go into my vineyard too." In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, "Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the first." So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each. When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each. They took it, but grumbled at the landowner saying, "The men who came last have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us, though we have done a heavy day’s work in all the heat." He answered one of them and said, "My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius? Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the lastcomer as much as I pay you. Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?" Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.’  

  

October 2, 2004 message continues

Messenger:         Jealousy
                            Pride
                            Anger —
                                is not showing love to
                                    our brothers

     

1 John 1: 5-7

This is what we have heard from him and are declaring to you:
God is light,
    and there is no darkness in him at all.
If we say that we share in God’s life
while we are living in darkness,
we are lying,
    because we are not living the truth.
But if we live in light,
as he is in light,
we have a share in another’s life,
and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
cleanses us from all sin.

  

1 John 2: 3-6

In this way we know
that we have come to know him, 
if we keep his commandments.
Whoever says, ‘I know him’
without keeping his commandments, 
is a liar,
and truth has no place in him.
But anyone who does keep his word, 
in such a one
   God’s love truly reaches its perfection.
This is the proof 
that we are in God.
Whoever claims
    to remain in him
must act as he acted.

   

The Ten Commandments
 

  1.   I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.

  2.   You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.

  3.   Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.

  4.   Honor your father and your mother.

  5.   You shall not kill.

  6.   You shall not commit adultery.

  7.   You shall not steal.

  8.   You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  9.   You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

  10.   You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

    

1 John 3: 11-24

This is the message 
which you heard from the beginning, 
that we must love one another, 
not to be like Cain, 
   
who was from the Evil One 
and murdered his brother. 
And why did he murder his brother? 
Because his own actions were evil 
    and his brother’s upright. 
Do not be surprised, brothers, 
if the world hates you. 
We are well aware 
    that we have passed over 
        from death to life 
because we love our brothers. 
Whoever does not love, remains in death. 
Anyone who hates his brother 
    is a murderer, 
and you are well aware that no murderer 
has eternal life remaining in him. 
This is the proof of love, 
that he laid down his life for us, 
and we too ought to lay down our lives 
    for our brothers. 
If anyone is well–off 
    in worldly possessions 
and sees his brother in need 
but closes his heart to him, 
how can the love of God 
    be remaining in him? 
Children, 
our love must be not just words 
    or mere talk, 
but something active and genuine.
This will be the proof 
    that we belong to the truth, 
and it will convince us in his presence, 
even if our own feelings condemn us, 
that God is greater than our feelings 
    and knows all things. 
My dear friends, 
if our own feelings do not condemn us, 
we can be fearless before God,  

and whatever we ask
we shall receive from him,
because we keep his commandments
and do what is acceptable to him.
His commandment is this,
that we should believe
    in the name of his Son Jesus Christ
and that we should love one another
as he commanded us.
Whoever keeps his commandments
remains in God, and God in him.
And this is the proof
    that he remains in us:
the Spirit that he has given us.

   

St. Ignatius

    

July 31, 1994
Feast of St. Ignatius 

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)

end of July 31, 1994 message given to Fr. Carter

                        

Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. pp. 141-146

  

313. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
I

Rules for understanding to some extent the different movements produced in the soul and for recognizing those that are good to admit them, and those that are bad, to reject them. These rules are more suited to the first week
  

314.  I.  In the case of those who go from one mortal sin to another, the enemy is ordinarily accustomed to propose apparent pleasures. He fills their imagination with sensual delights and gratifications, the more readily to keep them in their vices and increase the number of their sins.

    With such persons the good spirit uses a method which is the reverse of the above. Making use of the light of reason, he will rouse the sting of conscience and fill them with remorse.

315.  2.  In the case of those who go on earnestly striving to cleanse their souls from sin and who seek to rise in the service of God our Lord to greater perfection, the method pursued is the opposite of that mentioned in the first rule.

    Then it is characteristic of the evil spirit to harass with anxiety, to afflict with sadness, to raise obstacles backed by fallacious reasonings that disturb the soul. Thus he seeks to prevent the soul from advancing.

    It is characteristic of the good spirit, however, to give courage and strength, consolations, tears, inspirations, and peace. This He does by making all easy, by removing all obstacles so that the soul goes forward in doing good.

316.  3.  SPIRITUAL CONSOLATION.  I call it consolation when an interior movement is aroused in the soul, by which it is inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord, and as a consequence, can love no creature on the face of the earth for its own sake, but only in the Creator of them all. It is likewise consolation when one sheds tears that move to the love of God, whether it be because of sorrow for sins, or because of the sufferings of Christ our Lord, or for any other reason that is immediately directed to the praise and service of God. Finally, I call consolation every increase of faith, hope, and love, and all interior joy that invites and attracts to what is heavenly and to the salvation of one's soul by filling it with peace and quiet in its Creator and Lord.

317.  4.  SPIRITUAL DESOLATION.  I call desolation what is entirely the opposite of what is described in the third rule, as darkness of soul, turmoil of spirit, inclination to what is low and earthly, restlessness rising from many disturbances and temptations which lead to want of faith, want of hope, want of love. The soul is wholly slothful, tepid, sad, and separated, as it were, from its Creator and Lord. For just as consolation is the opposite of desolation, so the thoughts that spring from consolation are the opposite of those that spring from desolation.

318.  5.  In time of desolation we should never make any change, but remain firm and constant in the resolution and decision which guided us the day before the desolation, or in the decision to which we adhered in the preceding consolation. For just as in consolation the good spirit guides and counsels us, so in desolation the evil spirit guides and counsels. Following his counsels we can never find the way to a right decision.

319.  6.  Though in desolation we must never change our former resolutions, it will be very advantageous to intensify our activity against the desolation. We can insist more upon prayer, upon meditation, and on much examination of ourselves. We can make an effort in a suitable way to do some penance.

320.  7.  When one is in desolation, he should be mindful that God has left him to his natural powers to resist the different agitations and temptations of the enemy in order to try him. He can resist with the help of God, which always remains, though he may not clearly perceive it. For though God has taken from him the abundance of fervor and overflowing love and the intensity of His favors, nevertheless, he has sufficient grace for eternal salvation.

321.  8.  When one is in desolation, he should strive to persevere in patience. This reacts against the vexations that have overtaken him. Let him consider, too, that consolation will soon return, and in the meantime, he must diligently use the means against desolation which have been given in the sixth rule.

322.  9.  The principal reasons why we suffer from desolation are three:

    The first is because we have been tepid and slothful or negligent in our exercises of piety, and so through our own fault spiritual consolation has been taken away from us.

    The second reason is because God wishes to try us, to see how much we are worth, and how much we will advance in His service and praise when left without the generous reward of consolations and signal favors.

    The third reason is because God wishes to give us a true knowledge and understanding of ourselves, so that we may have an intimate perception of the fact that it is not within our power to acquire and attain great devotion, intense love, tears, or any other spiritual consolation; but that all this is the gift and grace of God our Lord. God does not wish us to build on the property of another, to rise up in spirit in a certain pride and vainglory and attribute to ourselves the devotion and other effects of spiritual consolation.

323.  10.  When one enjoys consolation, let him consider how he will conduct himself during the time of ensuing desolation, and store up a supply of strength as defense against that day.

324.  11.  He who enjoys consolation should take care to humble himself and lower himself as much as possible. Let him recall how little he is able to do in time of desolation, when he is left without such grace or consolation.

    On the other hand, one who suffers desolation should remember that by making use of the sufficient grace offered him, he can do much to withstand all his enemies. Let him find his strength in his Creator and Lord.

325.  12.  The enemy conducts himself as a woman. He is a weakling before a show of strength, and a tyrant if he has his will. It is characteristic of a woman in a quarrel with a man to lose courage and take to flight if the man shows that he is determined and fearless. However, if the man loses courage and begins to flee, the anger, vindictiveness, and rage of the woman surge up and know no bounds. In the same way, the enemy becomes weak, loses courage, and turns to flight with his seductions as soon as one leading a spiritual life faces his temptations boldly, and does exactly the opposite of what he suggests. However, if one begins to be afraid and to lose courage in temptations, no wild animal on earth can be more fierce than the enemy of our human nature. He will carry out his perverse intentions with consummate malice.

326.  13.  Our enemy may also be compared in his manner of acting to a false lover. He seeks to remain hidden and does not want to be discovered. If such a lover speaks with evil intention to the daughter of a good father, or to the wife of a good husband, and seeks to seduce them, he wants his words and solicitations kept secret. He is greatly displeased if his evil suggestions and depraved intentions are revealed by the daughter to her father, or by the wife to her husband. Then he readily sees he will not succeed in what he has begun. In the same way, when the enemy of our human nature tempts a just soul with his wiles and seductions, he earnestly desires that they be received secretly and kept secret. But if one manifests them to a confessor, or to some other spiritual person who understands his deceits and malicious designs, the evil one is very much vexed. For he knows that he cannot succeed in his evil undertaking, once his evident deceits have been revealed.

327.  14.  The conduct of our enemy may also be compared to the tactics of a leader intent upon seizing and plundering a position he desires. A commander and leader of an army will encamp, explore the fortifications and defenses of the stronghold, and attack at the weakest point. In the same way, the enemy of our human nature investigates from every side all our virtues, theological, cardinal, and moral. Where he finds the defenses of eternal salvation weakest and most deficient, there he attacks and tries to take us by storm.

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

         

Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
    

328. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
II

Further rules for understanding the different movements produced in the soul. They serve for a more accurate discernment of spirits and are more suitable for the second week
  

329.  I.  It is characteristic of God and His Angels, when they act upon the soul, to give true happiness and spiritual joy, and to banish all the sadness and disturbances which are caused by the enemy.
   It is characteristic of the evil one to fight against such happiness and consolation by proposing fallacious reasonings, subtilties, and continual deceptions.

330.  2.  God alone can give consolation to the soul without any previous cause. It belongs solely to the Creator to come into a soul, to leave it, to act upon it, to draw it wholly to the love of His Divine Majesty. I said without previous cause, that is, without any preceding perception or knowledge of any subject by which a soul might be led to such a consolation through its own acts of intellect and will.

331.  3.  If a cause precedes, both the good angel and the evil spirit can give consolation to a soul, but for a quite different purpose. The good angel consoles for the progress of the soul, that it may advance and rise to what is more perfect. The evil spirit consoles for purposes that are the contrary, and that afterwards he might draw the soul to his own perverse intentions and wickedness.

332.  4.  It is a mark of the evil spirit to assume the appearance of an angel of light. He begins by suggesting thoughts that are suited to a devout soul, and ends by suggesting his own. For example, he will suggest holy and pious thoughts that are wholly in conformity with the sanctity of the soul. Afterwards, he will endeavor little by little to end by drawing the soul into his hidden snares and evil designs.

333.  5.  We must carefully observe the whole course of our thoughts. If the beginning and middle and end of the course of thoughts are wholly good and directed to what is entirely right, it is a sign that they are from the good angel. But the course of thoughts suggested to us may terminate in something evil, or distracting, or less good than the soul had formerly proposed to do. Again, it may end in what weakens the soul, or disquiets it; or by destroying the peace, tranquility, and quiet which it had before, it may cause disturbance to the soul. These things are a clear sign that the thoughts are proceeding from the evil spirit, the enemy of our progress and eternal salvation.

334.  6.  When the enemy of our human nature has been detected and recognized by the trail of evil marking his course and by the wicked end to which he leads us, it will be profitable for one who has been tempted to review immediately the whole course of the temptation. Let him consider the series of good thoughts, how they arose, how the evil one gradually attempted to make him step down from the state of spiritual delight and joy in which he was, till finally he drew him to his wicked designs. The purpose of this review is that once such an experience has been understood and carefully observed, we may guard ourselves for the future against the customary deceits of the enemy.

335.  7.  In souls that are progressing to greater perfection, the action of the good angel is delicate, gentle, delightful. It may be compared to a drop of water penetrating a sponge.
    The action of the evil spirit upon such souls is violent, noisy, and disturbing. It may be compared to a drop of water falling upon a stone.
    In souls that are going from bad to worse, the action of the spirits mentioned above is just the reverse. The reason for this is to be sought in the opposition or similarity of these souls to the different kinds of spirits. When the disposition is contrary to that of the spirits, they enter with noise and commotion that are easily perceived. When the disposition is similar to that of the spirits, they enter silently, as one coming into his own house when the doors are open.

336.  8.  When consolation is without previous cause, as was said, there can be no deception in it, since it can proceed from God our Lord only. But a spiritual person who has received such a consolation must consider it very attentively, and must cautiously distinguish the actual time of the consolation from the period which follows it. At such a time the soul is still fervent and favored with the grace and aftereffects of the consolation which has passed. In this second period the soul frequently forms various resolutions and plans which are not granted directly by God our Lord. They may come from our own reasoning on the relations of our concepts and on the consequences of our judgments, or they may come from the good or evil spirit. Hence, they must be carefully examined before they are given full approval and put into execution.

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

          

1 John 4: 1-4

My dear friends,
not every spirit is to be trusted,
but test the spirits
   to see whether they are from God,
for many false prophets
   are at large in the world.
This is the proof of the spirit of God:
any spirit
   which acknowledges Jesus Christ,
      come in human nature,
is from God,
and no spirit
   which fails to acknowledge Jesus
is from God;
it is the spirit of Antichrist,
whose coming you have heard of;
he is already at large in the world.
Children, you are from God
and have overcome them,
because he who is in you
is greater than he who is in the world.

  

1 John 5: 5

Who can overcome the world
but the one who believes
    that Jesus is the Son of God?

   

1 John 5: 11-12

This is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
Whoever has the Son has life,
and whoever has not the Son of God
    has not life.

    

 

October 1, 2004

My dear friends,

    I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you
in love. In these troubled times of the election and war
and wonders of peace — we have suffered many hurricanes
since Mary's image head was knocked off.

    Florida appeared to be squeezed like a wet wash cloth
August 13, 2004 a hurricane, September 5, 2004 another hurricane,
September 13, 2004 another hurricane. Jesus sent me to Florida last
Thursday to take the path across Florida, 60 and 70 to bless
the state before the hurricane. It was terrible — I was on
the west side all through it. On September 5th I was in the building
in Clearwater and on August 13, 2004 the hurricane was averted as
we prayed in China.

   Mary's message of peace must be sent to the priests.
A Jesuit with the blessing of his provincial and his rector has
completed the Priestly Newsletter — he studied in Rome and can
teach in the Pontifical Colleges — The Newsletter is literally a
work of art dedicated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary based on
the Word and the writings of the Church. It will be a special
issue and surprise to you. It is ready to go to 75,000 priests.
We need at least $7,000 for the postage in the United States and
then the foreign mailing. It can really help the world in
these decisive times before the election.

   October 13, 2004 is the 87th anniversary of Mary's last apparition
at Fatima. We need to make reparation to God for how Mary's
image was destroyed. We are about to put protection over Jesus'
face which is costly. Please we desperately need your help to do this.
MARY IS THE QUEEN OF PEACE — spreading the consecration
to the 2 Hearts to 75,000 priests can help the peace of this world.

LOVE in Their Hearts, Rita

   

 October 1, 2004

     We have had many trials in Florida .

 

     Mary appeared 7 years every day before her image head was knocked off.

 

 

     We pray from Clearwater and all our centers for the priests the Church and the world united on the internet and with many others.

 

     Fr. Carter our founder circulated the Priestly Newsletter for over 8 years.

 

     A Jesuit of over 40 years and who can teach in the Gregorian colleges in Rome and all pontifical colleges has written the new Priestly Newsletter to continue the work Jesus gave to Fr. Carter 10 years ago. Fr. Carter died.

 

The day he accepted was Pentecost Eve - here is the picture taken.

   
 



     At 6:20 our prayer time. He accepted with the blessing of his provincial and rector.

     Here is a message from Jesus to Fr. Carter when Fr. Carter began the Newsletter that finally went to 85,000 priests.

 

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)

 

August 1, 1994

Pray For The Success Of The Priestly Newsletter - Shepherds of Christ

Messenger: The following is the first official message I received before the statue of Mary at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. It is a personal message for Father Carter.

Mary speaks: (in front of the glowing statue of Our Lady of Sorrows) I am the Immaculate Heart. My Heart is glowing for love of all my beloved children. I am your most loving Mother. I am with you this day. Pray for the success of the priestly newsletter Shepherds of Christ. I am guarding your way. You will receive such graces to accomplish this task! Grace from God is so abundantly bestowed on you and will lead to the success of this endeavor! Pray for this cause at the Center. The priests will lead the people to the love of My beloved Son. This is no little task. It will take many prayers and graces. Pray hard, little one. Your prayers will change many hearts.

I am Mary, your Immaculate Mother. I bring this message to My beloved priest-son.

end of August 1, 1994 message

 

 

     The New Priestly Newsletter will be ready to mail in about one week. It is so very awesome. The new Jesuit edited it and quotes from scripture and the writings of the Church.

 

     For the 87th anniversary of the last Apparition at Fatima October 13, 2004 we ask if you can help with the postage.

 

 

April 5, 2004

 

     Also we must spend thousands and thousands of dollars to protect Jesus’ face with the proper structure. We are presently repairing the sink hole under Mary's image and Jesus’ face and then we will put up the bullet proof glass for protection from vandals and hurricanes.

 

Here are some of our ministries -

 

            1) Supply priestly Newsletter to 75,000 priests centered
                        in Consecration to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.

 

            2) Send about 50,000 homemade rosaries to
                        the schools twice a year with
                        consecration cards to the 2 Hearts and meditations.

 

            3) Prayer Chapters to pray for the priests, the
            Church and the world - all over the
            world in 6 languages.

 

            4) Monthly retreats before the exposed Eucharist
            in our Church from the diocese for
            for 4 days, with Masses from priests
            who support the ministry daily -
            praying for the priests, the Church and the world.

 

            5) People praying in China , Indiana before the
            tabernacle for the priests, the Church and
            the world - 24 hours a day,   live on TV web camera.

 

            6) Live radio - 24 hours praying for the
            priests, the Church and the world.

 

            7) Prayer daily at all centers at 6:20 daily

 

            8) Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus - all over
            the world praying before Blessed Sacrament.

 

            9) Nursing Home Ministry

 

            10) Prison Ministry

 

            11) 10 years of service in all of our ministries-

                        including supplying 75,000 priests regularly
            6 times a year with the priestly Newsletter.

 

     Come to Florida October 5, 2004 for a special prayer service praying and singing for special grace to be outpoured on the priests, the Church and the world.

 

 

Excerpt from October 1, 2004 message

 

God the Father speaks:

                            I sent Mary as a messenger to
                                you --
                            You ignored her
                            You defaced the rainbow image
                                Remember Noah's arch --

                        Remember the sign of the rainbow

   

Genesis 9: 12-15

    And this’, God said, ‘is the sign of the covenant which I now make between myself and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come:  I now set my bow in the clouds and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I shall recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature, in a word all living things, and never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all living things.

   

God the Father speaks:
                            I sent the rainbow 1996.
                           
Florida has had to deal
                                with many hurricanes
                                and floods.

                            I am God the Father -- you refuse to
                                listen to Mary. …

                           This is My sign sent to you --
                                the sign of the rainbow 

                            You will not listen --

                           peace is found in
                               listening to Mary

 

 

   

Mary's Peace Plan

1.   Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary –– 
until a sufficient number of people make and live the 
consecration, we will not have peace in the world.

2.   Praying the rosary.

3.   Observing the First Saturday Devotion.

4.   Making reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

 

 

God the Father speaks:

                        I want the Newsletter
                            sent out.

                        Please help Me.

                         This, Shepherds of Christ, is My Son's 
                            Movement.

                         I am God the Father.

end of excerpt from October 1, 2004  message

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

We have DVDs available of the
Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries
of the Rosary with short mediations
especially for schools.

These DVDs can be shown on
a projector for classrooms.

It is really wonderful!

 


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