Circulate the prayers
                                in English, Spanish, French, 
                                Portuguese.

 
  
Ezekiel 4:10

Of this food, you are to weigh out a daily portion of twenty shekels and eat it a little piece at a time.

Messenger:         When Fr. Carter first was ready to
                                publish Tell My People a
                                publisher put it together
                                and printed 3 books —
                                then they decided they
                                wouldn't do it.

December 14, 2000

Messenger:        Father gave me one of the copies —   
                                in the front he wrote a
                                message Jesus gave him —

                            Never published before in his
                                own handwriting I give
                                this message to you.

A plate Fr. Carter got in a foreign country

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    My dear people

                                I write to you of some of the 

                                Ministries of Shepherds of Christ —

                                I have called handmaids, apostles,

                                servants, associates, apostles of the

                                Eucharistic Heart, prayer apostles,

                                the elderly, youth (Junior Shepherds)

                                to pray for the priests, the Church and

                                the world.

Given to Father Carter
on the 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

The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Today I wish to speak of the Nursing Homes.
                                I wish to make Handmaid Kathleen Wren the
                                National Coordinator of the Shepherds of
                                Christ Nursing Homes.

                                I wish Ann to continue her functions
                                as head of the Nursing homes in
                                Florida.

Here is Fr. Carter and Kathleen

                                Here is Kathleen's witness letter from
                                    years ago when Fr. Carter was here.
  
  

Kathleen W.

 
I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love! I write this for the honor and glory of God and in thanksgiving to Jesus for calling me to this Movement.

Jesus says in St. John's Gospel, "You did not choose me, no, I chose you…" Jn 15:16.

What a calling! To be chosen to be a Handmaid of the Good Shepherd! His special spouse! The spouse of THE KING & CREATOR of the Universe!

WOW! And a Movement personally directed by Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!

Words cannot express all I would like to say. Since 1st grade I wanted to be a nun. I saw the nuns at my school and I wanted to be like them. Unfortunately growing up... all the peer pressure in school and the struggles of young adulthood took away any hope of being a nun. I followed the ways of the world and left Jesus out of my life.

During my senior year of nursing, the seed of pursuing a religious vocation sprang up again in my heart. I started attending daily Mass as often as I could, and Mary our Mother was bringing me closer to Jesus. My 1st choice was Mother Teresa's Order, however, that didn't happen for me.

After graduation from nursing school I went to a Bible Institute Retreat at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. While there, I attended a Baptism of the Spirit Seminar and felt a strong presence of the Holy Spirit.

That fall, in 1996, I went back to Ohio for another retreat, and while I was in the chapel one evening, I picked up God's Blue Book II and read a message on Communion from Jesus. I almost fell out of my pew! The message touched me deep in my heart. Thankfully, I was able to take the book home. the messages were awesome! I never knew of having such an intimate relationship with Jesus!

I started spending an hour everyday after Mass. I joined the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart and later started a Shepherds of Christ Prayer Chapter. I got the other Blue Books, the rosary book and rosary tapes. I felt so committed to praying the prayers and the rosary mediations were so powerful! I thank Jesus and Mary for all these revelations!

I heard about the handmaids in 1998, while ordering through the Shepherds of Christ. I was really interested in them. I thought maybe this is where God is calling me. I kept praying to do His will.

Jesus, in His time, made it all work out. When we give our lives to Jesus, He can do more than we could ever ask for or imagine! Jesus loves us!

I feel so blessed and privileged to be in the formation of being a handmaid! Thank you, my Father, for this Movement and all the beautiful people in it! Thank you, Holy Spirit, for your tremendous work in my soul! Thank you, Jesus, for choosing me for this special calling. And like Mary, my life is a continuous FIAT. "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior." and "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:        Her duties will be made clear, they will
                                    unfold slowly, now she is in
                                    training.

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    I ask you to circulate the big cards

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    I ask you to make the Mass Video
                                available for the elderly and for
                                the nursing homes.

                        Here are the Nursing Home videos
                                available

                            Here are other videos available
                                for the nursing home use

                        Books available

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    There is the old home

                          And the time comes and the elderly
                                may have to go to a nursing home.

January 25, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    My people I write to you,
                                I want you to visit the nursing
                                homes and take the nursing
                                home videos and cards

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:         Both Kathleen and Ann are
                                registered nurses

                            Today I want to tell you many
                                married couples serve in the
                                ministry

                            here are some

                            there were a few people present at
                                Fr. Carter's farewell four days
                                before he went to Columbiere

                            here is one couple very important to
                                the movement
   
  

                            Other couples from October 13, 2002 when
                                married couples recommitted themselves
                                as apostles couples to the movement.

                            Steve & Shelia (Steve is the vice president)
                                Emily's mom and dad
  

                            The married couple who have said
                                the prayers daily at Our Lady
                                of the Holy Spirit Center for many years

                            Karen & Mike
  

                            Mary & Bob helped to build up China.
  

                            Don & Nancy

                                in charge of Florida for a long
                                    time and the Sidney center
                                    (also with Hal and Diane)
  

                            Gerald & Donna
  

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:        There are many, many more

                            Sue & Ken in Toledo

                            etc.

                            There is a Married Couple Movement
                                in the Shepherds of Christ—Many are
                                committed jointly and run things.

                            You know we have lots of Servants
                                and Handmaids of the Good
                                Shepherd—here are a few

                            Emily is in charge of Handmaids and
                                Servants.

                            She is in the ones who run the
                                Movement picked by Fr. Carter
                                for this position.

                            Emily puts the daily message on the
                                internet daily with the help
                                of Doris sometimes. Doris types and
                                so does Kathleen, Sheila and Sue
                                from Toledo (many times).

                            Emily is in charge of publications,
                                discs, books, broadcasting etc.
  

                            Joe (servant) in China

                                Joe was in charge of mailing the
                            Priestly Newsletter books around the
                            world. Lots of servants, handmaids
                            and sub-servant helped.

                            Joe is in charge of the Servants and China,
                                but he moves around to the other sites.

                             He wrote the song Our Lady of Clearwater
                                 and plays it.

                               He recorded the song In My Heart. He has
                                    written up all the music for publication.
  
  

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:        Doris is seen here with Rita & John.
                            Doris is in charge of money with
                                the help of Dan and Mike A., Treasurer.

                            She is in charge of the Morrow center.
                            Both she and Dan worked in a bank
                                and now we know why.

                                Mike said he was always
                                    good in math.

                            It is a job of stretching
                                $0 to something that
                                pays the bills.

                            God helps us and your donations.

Doris J.

What has Shepherds of Christ and being a Handmaid done for my life and for my relationship with Jesus?

I first heard of Shepherds of Christ from a letter received concerning a rosary gathering at Tom’s Farm in October 1996. My family already had plans for the 13^th. When I received a notice for November 13^th my brother and I went not knowing much about Shepherds of Christ, but if it was praying the rosary-it had to be good. It was the most powerful rosary I ever attended. I didn’t go for several months, but felt drawn to this ministry and compelled to pray the prayers and read the blue books. Jesus was talking directly to me through them and it was great.

Jesus has always worked slowly in my heart. Pain and suffering in my early adult life brought me to realize that God was the only one I could turn to in my need. God alone was my strength.

In July 1997, news came that the department where I worked was being phased out by the parent company on the east coast. I was disenchanted with my job and I only continued working there to live, so I wasn’t concerned about the lack of a job.

During this same time, I felt pulled in my heart to pray with Shepherds of Christ as a body. I was shy and I would just come, sit, pray and be silent, not really talking to anyone very much.

I knew from my childhood that I would never marry. The pull Jesus had on me was stronger than the world’s, though I didn’t realize the source. For the past year I had become closer to Jesus and I felt what I would do with my life, next, would be for him alone.

On August 13, 1998, I went to China, Indiana, to the monthly rosary knowing something was going to happen-but not knowing what. During the rosary the president of Shepherds of Christ started reading a letter from Jesus about women being called as handmaids and their way of life. I felt the power of the Holy Spirit descend on my head and I was glad to be sitting. I knew Jesus was calling me to become a handmaid, a call that I had been waiting patiently for, for over two years.

After the rosary I acted on the Holy Spirit’s prompting immediately-knowing if I didn’t, I would find excuses not to. Jesus’ hand is very strong in my life. I was accepted as a candidate for a handmaid within a few days and gave two weeks notice at work. I found myself in Clearwater, Florida, within three weeks.

As a Handmaid of the Good Shepherd my life is very prayerful and very one on one with Jesus as His spouse. He is the Bridegroom of my Soul. Just being with him after Mass and in front of the tabernacle is candy to my soul and leaves me speechless. Being a handmaid has brought the joy, love and peace of my Divine Bridegroom into my life to an extent I didn’t even know could exist.

He calls me to constant change and growth. I cannot remain the same, for my life and love for him would stagnate. I live to serve him. I have only scratched the surface of the depth to which my soul craves union with my Lord and Savior. Any life in God is hard work, but the rewards are unbounded.

Jesus loves each and everyone of us on a personal level. He died on the cross to save each soul. He, the living God, is truly waiting in the tabernacle for us, to love us, if we would only come and sit with him.

Since my move to Clearwater, Florida, in 1998, I have recently traveled to China, Indiana, for a stay and I am currently in Morrow, Ohio, doing the work Jesus has called me to do. Jesus knows where I will be next, even though I do not.

There is nothing boring about being on Jesus’ roller coaster. The ride is into eternity! I can’t wait to see you there!

                            Here is Deacon Bill who has been
                                a member of Shepherds of Christ
                                a long time.

                            I will put this message in a more
                                prominent place soon, but
                                here is what was in the
                                Iowa diocese Papers.

                            Most of these pictures were taken on
                                Tom's farm October 13, 2002
                                when we renewed our
                                commitment to the Shepherds
                                of Christ Movement.

                            Here is a picture of Tom
  
  

                            Fr. Carter loved Tom's farm and
                                loved to go there.

                            It was on Tom's farm August 27, 1996
                                I got the Mary Message.
  
   

                            Here is a song from the girl who drew
                                this picture of Mary and designed
                                these book covers
  

                        Here is the picture of Tom of
                            Tom's farm
  
    

Here is a picture of Rita committing herself as
an Apostle of the Shepherds of Christ Movement

Here is a picture of John committing himself as
an Apostle of the Shepherds of Christ Movement

Accepting Commitments from those in Florida by phone
(those working the site on October 13th)
 

John on the phone

Rita and John on the phone

Rita on the phone

John, Rita, and Deacon Bill

Rita reading the Fatima messages
from Father Carter's book 

Some Servants and Handmaids Committing

Margaret Mary, the Handmaid from Minnesota

Rosie in charge of Florida

Rosie committing

Paul, our servant in Florida

Sheila from Cincinnati and China

Jerry from China

Ann from Florida

Sophie in China

Kathleen from Cincinnati and Morrow

Betty from China

Some Apostles committing at Tom's farm
    to be Shepherds of Christ 
    Apostles of the Sacred Heart
  

Tom

Mike A.

Rachael from Florida

Ellen from Florida

Mary Ann

Kathy from Cincinnati

Pat from Kansas

Karol from Pennsylvania

Elaine from Ohio

Sally Jo from Ohio

Ed from Cincinnati

Fernando from Texas

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:        From our Church in China on the 13th
                                praying for the priests, the Church 
                                and the world.

Where Fr. Carter taught 31 years at Xavier University  
    

  



    
   

We now have a store in Cincinnati
  



Cincinnati, Ohio
  

Cincinnati, Ohio

This picture was taken from Holy Cross-Immaculata.

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:        Mary appeared to me at Holy-Cross
                                Immaculata in the
                                Lordes grotto many
                                5ths October 5, 1995 -
                                December 5, 1996 when
                                Jesus appeared on the
                                cross right next to Mary
                                 at the point of death.

We took this picture of Mary just recently at Holy-Cross Immaculata.
She looks alive. The statue really doesn't look like this.
This is the statue she appeared in all those 5ths.

Holy-Cross Immaculata
People make the steps on Good Friday

  This is where Jesus appeared at the point of death on the cross
after Mary appeared all those 5ths in the back corner of the church.

Jesus appeared to me transfigured four times
in the front of Holy-Cross Immaculata in January 1996.

St. Al's where we go to Mass
  

Here is St. Al's where we go to Mass in Cincinnati. It is an orphanage.

Sacred Heart statue at St. Al's

taken at the basilica in Kentucky

January 25, 2003 message continues

Messenger:        Here are the promises given to Margaret Mary

Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
    given to St. Margaret Mary: 

1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
2. I will establish peace in their homes.
3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
4. I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.
5. I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
9. I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.  

Mysteries of Light

In my Father’s house 
    there are many places to live in; 
otherwise I would have told you. 
I am going now to prepare a place for you, 
and after I have gone 
    and prepared you a place, 
I shall return to take you to myself, 
so that you may be with me 
where I am.

Jesus said: 

I am the Way; I am Truth and Life. 
No one can come to the Father 
    except through me.

                    4.   Matthew 3: 13-17

Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John. John tried to dissuade him, with the words, ‘It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come to me!’ But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that uprightness demands.’ Then John gave in to him. 

    And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’

                    5.  Jesus is the New Adam    

                    8.   Jesus is the Light of the World.

                    9.   Jesus is the Son of God.

                            God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.

                    Marriage at Cana        

                    1.  Jesus performed miracles on earth. 

                    2.  Jesus performed a miracle at Cana 

                    3.  Jesus changed water into wine.

                    4.  At Mass the bread and wine
                            is changed into the Body and
                            Blood of Jesus through the priest.

                    5. God is so good to us.

                    6. God loves us so much.

                    7. God wants us with Him forever
                            in heaven. 

                    8.  Jesus is the Light of the
                            World. 

                    9.  Jesus is the Son of God

                  10.  God is almighty.
                         Thank you God for Your
                         gifts.

                    Kingdom of God

                    1.  God wants us to obey
                            the commandments.

                    2.  10 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.

                    3.   We are creatures.
                           God is the creator.

                    4.   God created us.
                           God created the world.

                    5.   God is the King of
                              heaven and earth.

                    6.   We may be many people
                              on this earth, but God
                              wants us to be one happy family. 

It was the Day of Preparation, about the sixth hour. ‘Here is your king,’ said Pilate to the Jews.

                    Transfiguration

There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light.

                    2.    I saw Him transfigured
                                before me.

                    3.    I saw Him transfigured
                                on the cross.

                    4.    I saw Him transfigured in
                                the Sacred Heart Statue in
                                Clearwater, Florida February 5, 2000.

                    5.    I saw Him transfigured
                                in the Sacred Heart
                                statue at Holy Cross -
                                Immaculata Church.

                    6.  I heard the Father say
                                "This is My beloved
                                    Son in whom I
                                    am well pleased."  

                    7.  I heard the Father say
                            "This is my beloved Son  in
                              whom I am well pleased
                              LISTEN TO HIM.

                    8.  Jesus is the Light of the
                              World.

                    9.  Jesus is the King of
                                Heaven and Earth.

                    10.  Jesus is the Son of
                            God, He is truly
                            present in the
                                Holy Eucharist.

                            We must pray for
                                our priests as
                                Our Lord told us
                                they are so important
                                     to us.

                    Last Supper

    After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee—or of Tiberias—and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. The time of the Jewish Passover was near. 
    Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’ He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. Philip answered, ‘Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, ‘Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Make the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted. When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, ‘Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.’ So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.

                    2.  Philippians 2:8-9

he was humbler yet, 
even to accepting death, 
    death on a cross. 

And for this God raised him high, 
and gave him the name 
which is above all other names;

                    3.  Deuteronomy 8:2-3

Remember the long road by which Yahweh your God led you for forty years in the desert, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart—whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your ancestors had ever known, to make you understand that human beings live not on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of Yahweh.

This is the bread
   which has come down from heaven;
it is not like the bread our ancestors ate:
they are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread
   will live for ever.

                    8.  Psalm 147: 12-15, 19-20

Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, 
Zion, praise your God. 

For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, 
he blesses your children within you, 
he maintains the peace of your frontiers, 
gives you your fill of finest wheat. 

He sends his word to the earth, 
his command runs quickly,

He reveals his word to Jacob, 
his statutes and judgements to Israel. 
For no other nation has he done this, 
no other has known his judgements.

                    9.   Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26

I am the living bread
   which has come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread
   will live for ever;
and the bread that I shall give
is my flesh, for the life of the world.'

    Then the Jews started arguing among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' Jesus replied to them:

In all truth I tell you,
if you do not eat
   the flesh of the Son of man
and drink his blood,
you have no life in you.
Anyone who does eat my flesh
   and drink my blood
has eternal life,
and I shall raise that person up
   on the last day.
For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
Whoever eats my flesh
   and drinks my blood
lives in me
and I live in that person.
As the living Father sent me
and I draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me
   will also draw life from me.
This is the bread
   which has come down from heaven;
it is not like the bread our ancestors ate:
they are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread
   will live for ever.

Father Carter and Rita Ring
are the only messengers for the
Shepherds of Christ Movement.

Nursing Home Videos
4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 are available 
and can be purchased.

  The store in China
   

A Spiritual Bouquet

for Valentine's Day

Suggested Donation $2.00

New Blue Books available
for $10 plus shipping

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