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.

September 18, 2006

September 19th Holy Spirit Novena Scripture selection is Day 1 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries   for September 19th are Glorious.

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September 18, 2006 - 7:05am

Messenger:        The sun was a perfect ball of fire — the
                            sky around it was all reddish —
                            but the color, I cannot describe, orange
                            is too ordinary —

                            I have no words to describe this marvel
                                and its light is golden — yellow — orange
                                with the red hue.

                            It made such a statement — the sky around
                                is not red, like distinct red, but
                                reddish, golden, yellow

                            The redness has changed in the sky around
                                to golden, reddish undescribable hues
                                of richest light.

                        How is it that God gives to us this beauty —
                            God creates man and
                            some can even deny God.

October 13, 1917

    On October 13, 1917, there were more than 70,000 people gathered in the Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal. They had come to observe a miracle which had been foretold by the Blessed Virgin to three young visionaries: Lucia dos Santos, and her two cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto. (1) Shortly after noon, Our Lady appeared to the three visionaries:

    As the Lady was about to leave, she pointed to the sun. Lucy excitedly repeated the gesture, and the people looked into the sky. The rain had ceased, the clouds parted, and the sun shone forth, but not in its usual brilliance. Instead, it appeared like a silver disc, pale as the moon, at which all could gaze without straining their eyes. Suddenly, impelled by some mysterious force, the disc began to whirl in the sky, casting off great shafts of multicolored light. Red, green, blue, yellow, violet—the enormous rays shot across the sky at all angles, lighting up the entire countryside for many miles around, but particularly the upturned faces of those 70,000 spellbound people.

    After a few moments the wonder stopped, but resumed again a second and a third time—three times in all—within about 12 minutes. It seemed that the whole world was on fire, with the sun spinning at a greater speed each time.

    Then a gasp of terror rose from the crowd, for the sun seemed to tear itself from the heavens and come crashing down upon the horrified multitude.... Just when it seemed that the ball of fire would fall upon and destroy them, the miracle ceased, and the sun resumed its normal place in the sky, shining forth as peacefully as ever.

    When the people arose from the ground, cries of astonishment were heard on all sides. Their clothes, which had been soaking wet and muddy, now were clean and dry. Many of the sick and crippled had been cured of their afflictions. ⁽²⁾

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NOTE:

2. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to 
        Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: 
        TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). pp.7-8.
  

Messenger:        Jesus wants the Newsletter out
                            October 13, 2006 — please pray for this
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Excerpt from the Spirituality of Fatima

by Father Edward Carter, S.J. 

October 13, 1917

    In her message that day, Our Blessed Mother told the children:

    I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day.⁽¹⁷⁾

    While the people in attendance were beholding the great Miracle of the Sun, the three young visionaries, and they alone, were privileged to see striking visions in the heavens:

    As Our Lady had promised, St. Joseph had come with the Holy Family and had blessed the world. Then, Our Lady appeared as the Mother of Sorrows, accompanied by her Divine Son, Who also blessed the world. Finally, Lucy had seen the Blessed Virgin, dressed in the brown robes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth, holding a brown Scapular in her hand, with her infant Son upon her knee. However, in none of these visions had any of the figures spoken to the children. ⁽¹⁸⁾

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NOTE:

17. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to 
    Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN 
    Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.7.
18. Ibid., p.8.
 
end of excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima

  

 

 

                                                            INDIA

August 30, 2006

Dear Fr. John,

Thank you very much for sending me Shepherds of Christ Newsletter and a copy of Fr. John _____ book, 'Authenticity'. In your letter, you have written that you would be happy to send extra copies of the newsletter and the prayer book for our Priests. I have 50 Priests incardinated in my Diocese and I would be happy if you could send me 50 copies of 'Authenticity' free of charge, which I could distribute to my Priests.

Thanking you for this kind favour and assuring you and all your associates in Shepherds of Christ Ministries our humble prayers.

Yours sincerely in Christ,

                                            Bishop of ________

 

         

AFRICA

August 31, 2006

Dear Mr. Weickert,

I send you greetings from ______.

Thank you very much for your letter (undated), informing me of the continuation of the publication of the Shepherds of Christ Priestly Newsletter.

I congratulate you on the wonderful apostolate you are undertaking. I am grateful for the copy of the Newsletter and book of prayers you sent me. We would be grateful if you could send us 10 copies of each of the Newsletter and the book of prayers.

May God bless you and your work.

With every good wish,

Yours sincerely,

Archbishop of ________

Ghana

 

                                                                INDIA

August 29, 2006

Dear Mr. Weickert

Thank you very much for sending me the 'Shepherds of Christ' Newsletter and also the book by John J. ______.

I have gone through both and find them very interesting and helpful.

I have 65 priests in the Archdiocese and I will be happy if you could send me copies of ______ book so that I can distribute them to my clergy.

With kind regards and best wishes,

                                            Yours sincerely in Christ,

                                            Archbishop of ______

 

Date:    Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Bishop of Philippines
To:       info@sofc.org
Subject:   Greetings

                                                                DSIJ 06 – 084

30 August 2006
  
Mr. John Weickert
President
Shepherds of Christ Ministries  
  
Dear John Weickert,
  
Greetings of joy and peace!
  
  Thank you for the newsletter, prayer book and Prayer Manual.  I have 59 priests – diocesan, religious and guest – in the Diocese of ______. We have 26 parishes.  
  
  We can make use of additional copies of the newsletter, prayer book and Prayer Manual.  They may help in establishing prayer chapters  
  
  In Jesus and Mary,  
  
  X Most Rev. ______
     Bishop of ______

    

 

Date:   Sun, 3 Sep 2006 07:30:34 +0530
From:   Bishop in India
To:  info@sofc.org

Dear and Rev. Fr. Weickert,
Thank you for your kind letter that you sent recently with the Authencity by Fr. John. Yes, we had been receiving the newletter for sometime and we send them to the priests in the diocese. I know of many priests who used the same for their meditation and prayer. I would like to continue getting the same. It was sent in the name of my Vicar General.... Now that he is transferred and has gone to a parish, please send the same to my address to the new residence of the bishop which is 75 km away from ___. I am giving below the new address:  _______

I would also like to get 200 (two hundred) copies of the book Authenticity by Fr. John. It is a very useful book for us. Ours is a missionary diocese in the _____ part of India with 35 parishes catering to 55,000 catholics. Our state is predominently a christian state. The rest are all baptists who were evangelized by the American Baptists about 130 years ago. Hence, the vast majority are Christians.

Wishing you all the best and praying for you,
I remain,
Yours in Christ Jesus,

Bishop of ____

Diocese of _______

August 25, 2006

Dear Mr. Weickert:

I am grateful for your work of promoting prayer chapters for the perseverance and sanctification of priests. This is an intention that is certainly close to the heart of the Church.

The Diocese of _____ is a small diocese in the Philippines with more than half a million Catholics. We have only forty eight priests serving thirty five parishes.

May I respectfully request you to send us fifty copies of the red prayer manual and fifty copies of the book "Authenticity" for the priests of our diocese. I promise you my full support for this worthy apostolate.

I will lift you up to the Lord when I lift the host and chalice in my Masses at the Cathedral of Saint _____.

Sincerely yours,

Bishop of _____

 

Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:36:52 +0700
From:  Bishop in Thailand
To:       info@sofc.org

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