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.

June 20, 2003

June 21st Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 3 Period II.
The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for June 21st are the Mysteries of Light.

                     

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb
the Bridegroom of the soul

    Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

                  

   

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Come on the 5th

Please join us July 5, 2003 
in Clearwater, Florida
for the prayers and live rosary
at 6:20 pm.

It will be broadcast live on
the internet.

      

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We had a broadcast tonight of the Sydney Rosary
and when I was talking about the fire of God's love,
this is what the Image window looked like

       

June 20, 2003

     

June 20, 2003

Messenger:     Dear Lord Jesus help us to build your
                            Kingdom here on earth.

     

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

136. THE FOURTH DAY

        A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS

The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human nature

PRAYER.   The usual preparatory prayer.

window at a former Jesuit Seminary

137. FIRST PRELUDE.   This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.

138. SECOND PRELUDE.   This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.

139. THIRD PRELUDE.   This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
   

FIRST PART

THE STANDARD OF SATAN

140. FIRST POINT.   Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.

141. SECOND POINT.   Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.

142. THIRD POINT.   Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.

   The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
   

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     We are so tempted, as Ignatius says,

                            by riches, honors of this world and pride.

                         Satan tries to trick us into wanting more
                              riches and vain glory and
                                he tries to get people to
                                raise above the authority
                                to try to be the leader
                                many times.

                        We should want what God wants
                                for us.

                        Think of these three ways 
                                satan tempts men.

                        Some want glory among men and
                                will do everything to be
                                above men, vain power.
                        Some want money and lives their
                                lives seeking greater riches
                                for riches sake. Some just want to
                                be more rich and more powerful for
                                their own vain glory, for themselves
                                for their own names.

                        We must want what God wants.

                        Some are so prideful they do not ever
                                want anyone over
                                them.

                        Some priests do not even want
                                Mary to get her rightful
                                place.

                        Some do not want to recognize
                                people over them, even
                                when it is God's will the
                                person is over them so they
                                create conflict always
                                trying to "rise up" and be
                                the head leader. There 
                                is always conflict because
                                they don't like authority
                                over them.
                        This is very difficult in a community
                                when one is the head and the other
                                is always trying to discredit the authority
                                and raise up.

                        God operates in structure.

                        Look at Genesis and Eve.

    

Genesis Chapter 3

The Fall

Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' The woman answered the snake, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death." ' Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will not die! God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.' The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

The man and his wife heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. But Yahweh God called to the man. 'Where are you?' he asked. 'I heard the sound of you in the garden,' he replied. 'I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.' 'Who told you that you were naked?' he asked. 'Have you been eating from the tree I forbade you to eat?' The man replied, 'It was the woman you put with me; she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.' Then Yahweh God said to the woman, 'Why did you do that?' The woman replied, 'The snake tempted me and I ate.'

Then Yahweh God said to the snake, 'Because you have done this,

    Accursed be you
    of all animals wild and tame!
    On your belly you will go
    and on dust you will feed
    as long as you live.
    I shall put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and hers;
    it will bruise your head
    and you will strike its heel.'

    To the woman he said:

    I shall give you intense pain
        in childbearing,
    you will give birth to your children
        in pain.
    Your yearning will be for your husband,
    and he will dominate you.

To the man he said, 'Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat,

    Accursed be the soil because of you!
    Painfully will you get your food from it
    as long as you live.
    It will yield you brambles and thistles,
    as you eat the produce of the land.
    By the sweat of your face
    will you earn you food,
    until you return to the ground,
    as you were taken from it.
    For dust you are
    and to dust you shall return.

The man named his wife 'Eve' because she was the mother of all those who live. Yahweh God made tunics of skins for the man and his wife and clothed them. Then Yahweh God said, 'Now that the man has become like one of us in knowing good from evil, he must not be allowed to reach out his hand and pick from the tree of life too, and eat and live for ever!' So Yahweh God expelled him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been taken. He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the great winged creatures and the fiery flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.

 

  

      

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Think of how it would be if
                       everyone used their talents to

                        promote God's Kingdom and
                        not for their own vain glory.
   

                        What is God's will for us.

                        In the Reign of the Sacred Heart

                            people will live to serve

                            the Father, not for their

                            own vain glory.

                        God is our Master,

                        Jesus is our King.

                        We live to love and serve Him.

                        He mounted the cross and He

                            gave Himself for us.

  

  

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Today God gives us the Holy

                            Sacrifice of the Mass -

                            it is the sacrifice of

                            Calvary, Sacramentally

                            made present. 

  

  

  

  

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Oh God the gift of the Mass and

                            our beloved priest.

                            Help us God.

                            Let grace be outpoured over the

                                earth as we unite so

                                deeply to the Masses being

                                celebrated all over the

                                world.

                            Oh God - Your grace

                                    We beg for Your grace and

                                            Your mercy.

                                    Oh God we love you so much.

                            Oh God I am your servant -

                                    help me to do Your holy will.

                            Outpour Your grace on us.

                    Oh God we praise, honor and adore

                            you and love you so much.

                        You are all holy.

                        Oh God I love you so much.

                        Fill us with your life.

                        Outpour your grace to us.

                        Help us to build your Kingdom

                                not tear it down.

                        Please God - give people the light

                                so they make you the Head

                                of their lives.

                        Oh God, we pray that the

                                Sacred Heart of Jesus

                                will Reign in all men's

                                hearts on the earth.

                    Oh all you angels and saints we unite with

                            you praying - To the Father,

                            in the Name of Jesus, united

                            to the Holy Sacrifice of the

                            Mass in the Holy Spirit through

                            the powerful intercession of Mary

                                our Mother and our founder Father Carter,

                                St. Ignatius and St. Xavier.

                        God please outpour Your grace

                                on the earth, I pray with

                                all my heart, oh God hear

                                my prayer.

                        My God, I love you, I call to you.
                                You are my all, I trust in
                                 in you, I give myself wholly and
                                 completely to you and ask for
                                 Your help for myself.

                        I want to serve you and be holy. I long
                                for heaven when I will be complete
                                in Thee, when I will be wrapped
                                in your heavenly embrace.

  God gives us Himself in the Eucharist
      This is the gift of His great love to
      us that He comes to us in
      Holy Communion.

                        It is God's great gift to us that He gives
                                us Himself in the Mass.

                            The Divine, Almighty God comes to us
                                and lavishly outpours His love
                                to us, Greater than all riches
                                or honor on this earth - God
                                is so good to us.

  Let our hearts burn with this love we
     have for Him, a sonnet of love
     to You I sing -
     heaven and earth kiss and
     we know more the treasures found
     in His Eucharistic Heart, the
     Heart of endless love.

                        Oh Savior outpour your gifts to us -
                                impart to us light that we will
                                see the gift given to us in the
                                Eucharist.

                        Oh God I love you so much I love
                                to be with you before the tabernacle
                                You are My love and My all, oh God!

                        Oh Jesus You are the Son of God -
                                God-Made-Man -
                                You came to this earth for
                                        love of me.
                                Oh God you are my Savior.

                        No riches here are likened to
                                Your love you outpour to
                                 us in the Holy Eucharist
                                when you give Yourself 
                                to me.

                        Oh Mother of the Eucharist -
                        Oh Mary my spiritual mother -
                          take me into the purity of
                            your Immaculate Heart -
                            that I am more deeply
                            united with my God and Savior
                            and with Thee my holy mother -
                            mother of the children of this
                            race.

                        Oh Mary, I love you so much.
                        Thank you for appearing to me and to      
                            the world in Clearwater.
                       
July 5th is the anniversary when Mary
                            first appeared to me 9 years ago


July 5, 2000

        

From the Red Rosary book

July 5, 1994 6:30 p.m.

I was told to go to Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center to pray the rosary with my children. There were people in the front of the church, so we decided to pray the rosary in the back before the Sorrowful Mother statue. I had the following vision at the end of the rosary.

The statue of the Sorrowful Mother was lit up as if she had fire around her. The light was very bright. Her whole gown was all-white, but the statue's gown is blue and pink. She was all aglow. It looked like the glow that comes off of a fire. Her face kept changing but remained totally sorrowful-the sorrow of an older woman. She was in such pain and sorrow! (It was hard to explain how she looked-extremely pained!) Her face looked as though she was in such pain that she could hardly bear it.

The vision remained like this for about ten minutes, having begun during the last Hail Mary of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary. She was holding something-it was all bright white-the brightest light ever!

    
June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Mary told me to do Rosary gatherings on the 5th
                            of each month publicly April 5, 1995.
                            We have done this ever since on the 5th.

                        Mary appeared to me on the 5th of each
                            month for 2½ years on

                            December 5, 1996 Jesus appeared on the cross

      

Excerpt from April 4, 2003

Messenger:    I saw Him at the point of death on the cross December 5, 1996, after Mary appeared 500 times.

He hung, all battered, greatly weakened. His mouth moved very clearly. It seems that a man in His condition could not move His mouth to that extent.

Later in the rosary that night, He gave messages and said: "No one was listening."

end of excerpt

      

Excerpt from Rosary on December 5, 1996:

Jesus speaks:  I am alive, I am alive. I am alive. My beloved ones, I show you My face. Do you see the body of a man? Do you see Me alive on the cross? I am speaking to you but the world does not hear. They do not hear the message that I deliver to them. You must pray fervently. You must come to Me that I can be one in you and that I can operate through you as you go into the world this day. I love you. I love you with the most tender love. I am Jesus. I am alive. You are My main soldiers that I will send into the world to lead the strayed ones to My Heart.

The days ahead will be dark days. You must come to My Heart and take shelter in My Heart. It is there that you will be rooted on a firm rock. For My Heart is your home. You will not know the terrors of the night if you stay rooted in My Heart.

Division is blackness in the heart. You must not be divided, divided from anyone. You must remain in union with all men. You must see yourselves as part of the Father's family. Each one of you is so important to the Father's plan.

Jesus on the cross at Immaculata Church

end of excerpt from rosary of December 5, 1996

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      On December 17, 1996 this book left the publisher -
                            Mary and Jesus had told Fr. Carter and me
                            to get it out immediately before
                            Christmas.


   

                        On December 17, 1996 Mary appeared on the 
                            building in Clearwater.

      

December 19, 1996 

Mary speaks:  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

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Jesus had instructed us to do these gatherings
                                on the 13th of October, November, December

                            Fr. Carter led the rosary, I got the
                                    following messages verbally -
                                    they were transcribed and taped and
                                    are available live as I received them
                                    as Father Carter prayed the rosary

                                October 13, 1996, November 13, 1996, December 13, 1996,

                        I was told to make Mary's message on the
                                    Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12, 1996
                                    and pass it out on the Farm December 13, 1996.

  

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

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

end of Mary's Message, August 27, 1996  

    

                      "Jesus and Mary requested that 
                        this tape be made and circulated on 
                        December 12, 1996, the Feast of 
                        Our Lady of Guadalupe."

                        Also these 3 rosaries are important after Mary appeared in
                            Clearwater. January 13, 1997, February 13, 1997, March 13, 1997.
   
                     
                        Today Mary still appears.

                        On the 5ths when I do the prayer

                                service at 6:20 in Clearwater, Florida - here is 

                                how she has appeared - no lights -
                                                                    no flashes.

    


July 5, 2000


September 5, 2000


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February 5, 2003

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Here are the pictures from the video of January 5, 2003

                                feast of the Epiphany.

                            Mary clothed with the sun.

                            Mary Mother of the Eucharist. 

   

Transcribed from a live tape given by Mary and Jesus
during the Nursing Home video on January 5, 2003

  

January 5, 2003
Feast of the Epiphany
   

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

   

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

    

Song: Song from Jesus  

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003
during the Song from Jesus)

   

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

     

Song: Ave Maria  

Mary speaks:  My beloved nursing home ones,  
And I call you children for you are my children and I am your Mother Mary. Oh my beloved people of the earth, oh my beloved elderly, I ask you to offer your days every day
— 

 

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

 

Mary speaks:   whatever it is that you do that day in trying to do God’s will offer it as a sacrifice and an offering to God in union with the Mass to help to bring down grace for the souls of this earth. 

 

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

 

Mary speaks:  Your life is so important. There are so many today that are sinning and in need of healing grace. 

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

  

Mary speaks:   In your suffering at the nursing home think of the souls of the earth that are crying out because of their pain and how they need to know of God’s love. Offering up your days in the nursing home and the elderly can make such a difference to the souls of this earth when you offer your days as a sacrifice united to the Mass that grace will be released for the souls that are hurting. I am the Mother of love and I want the children of this earth to know the love of my Son Jesus. I appear here 

 

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

 

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

  

Mary speaks:    on this building in Clearwater and you are given this recording as a special gift to circulate it and to show it to your friends and others so that all the earth will know that I am Mary your Mother and I appear here to reach my hurting children of this earth in need of grace. 

 

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

 

Mary speaks:   I ask you my elderly to especially offer up your lives for the souls that are hurting in this world. Your life is so important for the souls of this earth. My Son Jesus gave His life on the cross for the precious souls and He has asked me today to ask you to offer up the little things that you do everyday in trying to do God’s will in union with the Mass that grace will be released for the souls of this earth. I am Mary your Mother. My children are hurting and many are dropping into hell like rain. My children will you help me? 

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

  

Mary speaks:   Will you hear the plea of my Son Jesus? For He wants them to know that He loves them so dearly and He wants them to love Him in return.

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

  

Mary speaks:   The prayer has been given to you. It is on a card and it is a very small prayer. Say it every day and throughout the day to remind yourself how important your life is when you offer it up in trying to do God’s will for the souls of this earth. I am Mary your Mother. Will you hear my cry to you today? 

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

 

Mary speaks:   Will you circulate these videos that my children of the earth will know that I am Mary and I appear here? These videos are not only for the nursing homes. They are for all the souls of the earth that they will be able to see me.  

   

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

    

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

    

Mary speaks:  I am Mary your Mother. This is a gift that God the Father has given to this earth. I have appeared on this building every day for over 6 years. I ask you to help circulate the pictures of this image that people will know that I am speaking to them, that my Son Jesus is calling out to the world to obey the commandments.

  

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)

    

Mary speaks:   My children God loves you. This is the love your heart craves. Your time is so short on this earth. Please hear the words that I speak to you today and see Our images as We appear here before you.  

         

(Taken from the video at that moment 1-5-2003)
  

Song: Song from Jesus  

Jesus speaks:  This is My message to you My beloved Nursing Home ones that I love you. This is the song that I give to you today that you know that I am with you at every moment, that you are not afraid. I am Jesus the Son of God.  

Song: Song from Jesus

end of the January 5, 2003 video

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:      Come on the 5th of July, it is a very

                            big anniversary

  

Mary by day
July 5, 2000

by night
July 5, 2000

  

                        The last day Fr. Carter said Mass at

                            the building.

   

July 5, 2000

     

                Christ casts the Sellers from the Temple

   
John 2: 13-22

The cleansing of the Temple

When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the dove sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop using my Father’s house as a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us that you should act like this?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty–six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?’ But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.

 

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     Jesus gives us the Church.

                        The Church is the bride of Christ.

                        Jesus wants us to love the Sacraments.

                        Jesus wants us to come to Mass
                            and receive Him and to
                            sit before the tabernacle.

                        Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist
                            in the tabernacle in His
                            Divinity and humanity.

                        Jesus wants us to love Him.

                        The Church should teach the little
                            children of Mary to love the
                            Eucharist.

                        The parents should tell the children
                            about the sacraments at an
                            early age and tell them
                            how Jesus loves His Church.

                        We must reverence God in the
                            Blessed Sacrament.
  

                The Sermon on the Mount

  
Matthew 5: 1-48

The Beatitudes

Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was
seated his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak. This is
what he taught them:

How blessed are the poor in spirit:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Blessed are the gentle:
they shall have the earth as inheritance.
Blessed are those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Blessed are those
   who hunger and thirst for uprightness:
they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Blessed are the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
they shall be recognised
   as children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
   in the cause of uprightness:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and
speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this
is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

Salt for the earth and light for the world

‘You are salt for the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled under people’s feet. ‘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.

The fulfilment of the Law

‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved. 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.

The new standard higher than the old

‘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. 
    ‘You have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. 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. So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering. Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. In truth I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny. 
    ‘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. 
    ‘It has also been said, Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal. But I say this to you, everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of an illicit marriage, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 
    ‘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. 
    ‘You have heard how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. But I say this to you: offer no resistance to the wicked. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer him the other as well; if someone wishes to go to law with you to get your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone requires you to go one mile, go two miles with him. Give to anyone who asks you, and if anyone wants to borrow, do not turn away. 
    ‘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.’

  

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     At the Religious stores convention someone
                            gave us some salt in a little salt
                            shaker. It got all over everything.

                        If we are a light in all we do we
                            spread our little light everywhere
                            if God is the light behind us.

                        Sometimes people may not recognize
                            what we do for years, but then
                            a sudden illness or death
                            may bring them back to the
                            seed we planted long ago. 

  

1 John 1: 5-10

I: TO WALK IN THE LIGHT

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.

First condition: to break with sin

If we say, ‘We have no sin,’
we are deceiving ourselves,
and truth has no place in us;
if we acknowledge our sins,
he is trustworthy and upright,
so that he will forgive our sins
and will cleanse us from all evil.
If we say, ‘We have never sinned,’
we make him a liar,
and his word has no place in us.

  

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     God's light is eternal.

                         It never goes out.

                        Jesus is the Light of the World.

Jesus speaks:
                       
My people read Chapter 5 of Matthew
                                and meditate on its contents -
                                meditate - close your eyes -
                                forget your problems - just focus
                                on the words I speak in the
                                Gospel of Matthew. Be still, let
                                Me speak to you through My Words of
                                the Gospel.
  

                    Christ Calms the Storm

 

   

Matthew 8: 23-27

The calming of the storm

Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him and woke him saying, ‘Save us, Lord, we are lost!’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith?’ And then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. They were astounded and said, ‘Whatever kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?’

   

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     I know God is with me, but sometimes

                            I do not trust as I should.

                            I remember Fr. Carter said that

                                Jesus would outpour His grace

                                in proportion to how we

                                trust Him.

                            This Month, the Month of the Sacred Heart

                                is a month to especially consider

                                looking at His Sacred Heart and

                                saying

                                Jesus, I trust in Thee. 
  


  

Jesus, I trust in Thee.
  

                            Before every Mass Fr. Carter would say

                                    the consecration prayers Jesus

                                    gave him.

                                They are so beautiful

  

  

Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."

  

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I love you

                                    so very much, please help us

                                    spread these prayers to the whole

                                        world. 
  


  

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     These prayers are in 6 languages with the

                                imprimatur - print them off

                                the internet and circulate them

                            click on French, Spanish, Portuguese

                            Please begin these prayer chapters this

                                is what Jesus told Fr. Carter.

   

Given to Father Carter
on the Feast of St. Ignatius
  


  

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)

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

    

  

A message for the Earth from Jesus

January 22, 1998

    I am the Good Shepherd, these are My prayers, the prayers I give to help renew the Church and the world, all prayer chapters are asked to include these prayers (found in the Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual). As My Apostles and Shepherds I ask you to encourage all existing Chapters to try to encourage all existing prayer groups to pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Encourage all Churches to pray these prayers. It is most urgent that the people of this earth concur with the Father's wishes to begin Prayer Chapters. This is an urgent request from the Good Shepherd. The flock will become one when they have given their hearts to Jesus and Mary. Encourage all priests to pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Your world will be lighted with great light as the people of this earth pray these prayers.

    My promise is this to you My beloved earth: When you give your heart to Me and spread the devotion to My Sacred Heart, I will write your name In My Heart. I promise to give the greatest graces when you pray these prayers for renewal of the Church and the world and take all who pray them deeply into My Heart. The prayers I give will bring about the reign of My Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. I am Jesus Christ, this is My message of January 22, 1998, Please circulate this message to your world. I am the Good Shepherd, I know Mine and Mine know Me and they follow Me. Grace My Shepherds, I will give you the greatest graces for spreading these words to this earth and to your Church. I love you, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, it is the Plan of the Father that Prayer Chapters are begun immediately and the Priestly Newsletter is given to all priests. The Voice of the Good Shepherd speaks through it.

end of January 22, 1998

   

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

 

 

  

June 20, 2003 message continues

Messenger:     End with Song Take Lord Receive

    

 

 

  

       

           

 

    

     

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