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From Fr. Joe
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - A Cycle
November 13, 2011
In two weeks we are celebrating the beginning of a new Church year with the first Sunday of Advent. We begin again to tell the story of Jesus, his birth, his ministry of teaching, healing, forgiving and exorcisms, his saving death, resurrection, ascension and his sending the Holy Spirit upon us. We will also begin to use a new translation for the prayers in the Roman Missal at Mass. This is what I want to talk about today.
When I said my first Mass in May, 1964, it was a traditional Latin Mass. Even the Scripture readings were first read in Latin and then they were repeated in English before the sermon. In Advent that same year, we began to say some of the parts of the Mass in English. For me that was refreshing and exciting. I had studied Latin for seven and a half years and I sat through two years of a course in St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa when the teacher taught in Latin and the tests were essay tests in Latin. Even with that background, I found myself more often translating the prayers of the Mass and of the Divine Office rather than really praying them. Gradually more and more of the Mass was prayed in our own language. The first official translation of the entire Mass into English came out in 1974. A second edition came out in 1985. It is that translation we have been using for the past 25 or 26 years. Pope John Paul and the International Congregation for English in the Liturgy felt that this 1985 translation was missing some of the dignity, beauty, doctrinal precision, nuances and poetic expressions of the Latin prayers, so a new translation was ordered. Our style of prayer for the past two dozen years expressed a certain familiarity with God; however, not to the extent of walking up to greet God and saying, "Hi, God, how are ya'?" Yet our prayer is almost conversational and comfortable. The Church wants our prayers to reflect to a greater degree how awesome God is. For example, we will usually say "O God" rather than simply "God" when we address God; or another example we will frequently hear in our prayers "we humbly beseech you" rather than simply telling God what we expect God to do for us. The new text also tries to render accurately words and phrases that we find in the Scriptures. I think these are all good things. One other good thing about the new translation is, because it is new, we will hear and pray the prayers with greater attention, at least for a while.
One of the speakers we had on the new translation gave us the example of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, which many of us memorized in grade school: "Four score and seven years ago?" It is a speech that is literary and even poetic. The same things could have been said in a more mundane way. Lincoln could have said: "Eighty seven years ago our ancestors started this country because they wanted to be free and because they believed we're all equal. Now our Country has been in a big fight over these principals, etc. etc." The point I am trying to make is the same thing can be said in different ways. Our new translation purports to be a more beautiful, dignified, humble, nuanced expression of the original Latin prayers.
We will have a prayer card in the pews in two weeks. You will be able to easily follow the prayers and all the changes are printed in bold print. I'm not going to comment on all the changes right now. After we get familiar with the new wording, I will offer a more detailed explanation. Right now I just want to point out a couple of things that will immediately strike you. This will probably be the hardest thing to get used to at first: when the priest says "The Lord be with you." You answer "And with your spirit." For those of you who remember when the Mass was in Latin, this was the response: "Et cum spiritu tuo." This response reflects the language St. Paul uses at the end of four of his letters. Before the gospel, when the priest or deacon announces, "A reading from the holy gospel according to Mark," you answer, "Glory to you O Lord." (That is the O inserted before Lord that I mentioned earlier).
There are other changes you will notice. If you want to read more about it, there is an insert in today's bulletin with a good explanation of most of the changes in detail. If you still want to read more, there are a few booklets on the radiators. They do a very good job explaining the new translation.
Some people love change; some people hate it. It will be that way with this until we all grow comfortable with it. A year from now, it will all come automatically. I like it that the wording is more scriptural; that the attitude behind the prayers expresses the greatness of God and how privileged we are to enter into God's presence. Stay tuned for more information in a month or two. Amen
From Blue Book 7
June 3, 1995
History — His Story, Our Story
R. History — His story, our story.
I see His life as one from the incarnation to
His dying to His rising and ascending
into heaven. I see my beloved Savior
baby, man, God, Redeemer,
King, Savior, Teacher, Prophet,
Priest, I see Jesus, my
beloved Glorified! I see Jesus!
I know Him, I am one in Him, in sufferings
I go to His wounds my wounded
soul is comforted by His
physical wounds.
He knows wounds, shown on the outside,
by His lacerations, deeply felt inside
in His Divine Heart.
(Agonies of the mind, mental torture)
He wore a crown of thorns, within
the agonies of a mind that knew
it all, all the vileness in some
men despite His great mercy
and love.
At birth He is not surrounded by a
court of well dressed men, He is
surrounded by sheep and shepherds.
He guards His flock, even at birth, He is
the Good Shepherd, surrounded by His
flock. We see His Might. The heavens
declare His glory.
He raises up the lowly, He is the
Almighty God, He comes to save the
sinners. He is King of heaven and earth.
Wait my children, wait on the Lord and you
will be given gifts, far more precious
than any gold and silver, you will
be given the gift of Divine Life and
Divine Love.
All in the Father's Plan, surrender and let
it unfold, there is not a need to
be anxious, surrender to the Plan,
when you are backed up against a
wall, surrender to the plan.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem among the
beasts of the earth. Surrender, there
was not a place for Him (GOD) to
lay His head.
Rejected by mankind at birth — He comes
in poverty.
He ascends into His glory. He comes a
baby, He ascends a glorified
Christ to open the portals of heaven.
Oh blessed Lord, open the portals of my heart as
You opened the portals of heaven, the
gates opened wide through Your blood.
Bathe my soul in Your blood, open
my heart to Your word, let it
penetrate my being, let me be
a believer of all You impart to
me.
How closed I am, body, mind and soul,
I think I believe, My faith
is so weak, strengthen my faith,
help me to see all You are
showing me.
Jesus is presented as a baby in the temple,
He ascended into heaven.
We can no longer touch Him, He does not
walk the earth, we have a
greater relationship with Him —
He gives us a sharing in His life in baptism.
He gives us the Eucharist.
He lives in us. He becomes one in
us. We receive His Body and Blood
and He is taken into our body. Such
oneness, such intimacy.
After the child is lost for three days, His
Mother finds Him and He says He
was about His Father's business.
Mary was forced to let go of Him in
the tomb for three days and on
the third day He rose victorious.
He was about His Father's business.
Jesus: Always surrendered to the Father's Plan.
R: Do we see our whole life as part of the
Father's Plan?
Jesus: From the day you were
born, I have been with you and
you will rise in me — I give you
the Church, the sacraments, I
give you Myself.
The Plan of the Father is unfolding, why be
you anxious, do you not know I have
gone before you to prepare a place
for you.
R. This is what Mary talked about at Fatima.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary will
triumph, the Sacred Heart of Jesus will
reign and we are in the middle of it.
What a gift God gives us to live in this
time and to help lead souls to God. To
pray for the Church and the world.
Jesus: From the day you were born I guarded
you and watched you. You are called by
My Father. This is His Plan for you to pray
for the priests, the Church and the world.
You are the child of My Father, you are
My beloved spouse, My brother,
My child, the Spirit comes to you and
fills you with the fire of God's love.
Fire, Fire, Fire, the mystery of a Fire,
a power, a burning, God's love is
beyond your comprehension now.
Meditate on God's love.
Fire is good, Fire is bad
Life Death
warmth destruction
Sing: Choose Life
Song: I have set before you life and death, a blessing
or a curse, choose life that you might live
R. Agony in the garden, He looked to the Father and
He said: if you can take it away,
He carried the cross, He looked up
to the heavens, He endured.
Jesus had endurance in the greatest sufferings.
Sufferings are shown on the outside,
Sufferings that go on inside are
somewhat greater.
Pain and Torment — Torment in the mind
Bearing down on the person — Most
Adorable Heart of Jesus I trust in Thee.
This child is destined for a rise and a fall
in Israel
The angel said at Fatima —
Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
(3)Before receiving the six apparitions of Our Lady, May through October of 1917, the three Fatima visionaries were visited by an angel on three different occasions during the preceding year. He appeared to them in the spring, summer, and fall. Lucia (now Sr. Lucia) describes the springtime apparition of the angel:
"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You."
Then, rising he said: "Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."
His words engraved themselves so deeply on our minds that we could never forget them
During the summer of 1916, the angel again appeared to the three visionaries. He said to them:
(4)Pray! Pray a great deal. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices continually to the Most High. Make everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and as a petition for the conversion of sinners. Bring peace to our country in this way.... I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal Accept and bear with submission all the sufferings the Lord will send you.
In the fall of the same year, the angel visited the visionaries a final time:
(5)The angel came...bearing a golden chalice in one hand and a Host above it in the other. The amazed children noticed that drops of blood were falling from the Host into the chalice. Presently, the angel left both suspended in mid-air and prostrated himself on the ground, saying this beautiful prayer: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [the intercession of] the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners."
Sr. Lucia relates how the angel gave them Communion:
Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hand. He gave the Sacred Host to me and shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so:
(6)"Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make reparation for their crimes and console your God."
Reflecting upon these messages of the angel, we see how much they contain for our spiritual instruction.
NOTES:
3.
Louis Kondar, SVD, editor, Fatima in Lucia's
Own Words (Fatima: Postulation Center,
1976), p.62. Distributed in the U.S.A. by the
Ravengate Press, Cambridge, MA.
4. Our Lady's Peace Plan,
op cit.,
pp.1-2.
5. Ibid., p.2 (The words in brackets are
my own-added for clarification).
6. Fatima in Lucia's Own Words,
op
cit., pp.64-65.
R. Mary appeared at Fatima — Mary told us —
Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
May 13, 1917
"Do not be afraid, I will do you no harm..... I am from Heaven.
"I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at the same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want
"Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners?
"Pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war." (8)
June 13, 1917
"God wishes you to remain in the world for some time because He wants to use you to establish in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart. I promise salvation to those who embrace it, and their souls will be loved by God as flowers placed by myself to adorn His throne." (10)
July 13, 1917
"During her appearance in July, Our Lady, in answer to Lucia's plea, promised that in October she would work a great miracle so that all might believe and know who she was. Again, the Mother of God told the children to sacrifice themselves for sinners and to say many times, especially when making a sacrifice, this prayer: "O my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of poor sinners, and in reparation for all the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." (11)
"During this same July apparition, Mary showed the three children a vision of Hell. She told them:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish, in the world, devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
"The war (World War I, then raging) is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light [January 2, 1938], know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. (12)
"To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays. If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed....
"But in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, Russia will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world." (13)
August 19, 1917
She told them she was greatly displeased by the action of the mayor. As a result, the miracle promised for October would not be as impressive as originally planned. (15)
September 13, 1917
More than 30,000 people were present in September, and saw a shower of mysterious white petals fall to within 10 feet of the ground before dissolving into the air. Many also saw the globe of light bearing the Lady come to rest atop the tree, and the branches bend as though someone were standing on them. Later, they saw the cloud depart into the east, from whence it had come.(16)
October 13, 1917
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)
Besides the messages associated with the major Fatima apparitions, there were other revelations given by Our Lady. Before Jacinta died, she told of other messages given her (during her illness) by Mary:
More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason.
Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.
Many marriages are not good; they do not please Our Lord and are not of God.
Priests must be pure, very pure. They should not busy themselves with anything except what concerns the Church and souls. The disobedience of priests, to their superiors and to the Holy Father, is very displeasing to Our Lord.
I can no longer restrain the hand of my Divine Son from striking the world with just punishments for its many crimes.
If the government of a country leaves the Church in peace and gives liberty to our Holy Religion, it will be blessed by God.
Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask grace from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her. (19)
NOTES:
8. Frere Michael de la Trinite', The Whole Truth about Fatima
(Buffalo: Immaculate Heart Publications, 1989), pp.112-114.
9. 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.30.
10. Ibid., p.3.
11. Ibid., pp.3-4.
12. Ibid., pp.4-5.
13. Ibid., p.5.
14. Rev. Edward Carter, S.J., Mother at Our Side: Mary's Role in
the Spiritual Life (1993: Faith Publishing Co., Milford, Ohio), p.21.
15. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., p.6.
16. Ibid., p.6.
17. Ibid., p.7.
18. Ibid., p.8.
19. Ibid., pp.9-10.
R. Jesus in the Eucharist
Jesus is the center
These message will lead hearts to the on
fire love of Jesus through
Mary's heart.
The Rosary is a gift from the Hearts of
Jesus and Mary to man.
Jesus and Mary no longer walk the earth,
Jesus gives us His body.
Jesus is God, Jesus gives us Himself.
Jesus will reign in the hearts of all.
These letters are written for me, I do not see
my own unique role in this plan.
I do not see Fr. Carter's role.
When I truly believe the content of
these letters is coming from God,
I will quit reading them for
validation and read them for
wisdom.
This day June 3, I see before me
that Jesus is speaking and I am
bolted to the earth.
May 26, 1995
Jesus: The Holy Spirit will descend upon the minds of those
involved in the Shepherds of Christ and the Center —
you are reaching with the thoughts of earthly men,
you are willful in your ways to control
what is happening. Until you surrender
and release yourself to the Plan of the
Father you will bump heads.
June 3, 1995
R. Intellectual vision
Jesus started telling me about the rosary,
at the Holy Spirit Center - about the windows.
The angel tells Mary she will be the Mother of God,
then the window opposite, the Assumption.
R. All in the plan of the Father!
R. Mary bears the child Jesus in a stable, Jesus is chief
Shepherd of the Flock at birth, surrounded
by sheep and other shepherds, in poverty,
not adorned in gold and silver.
R. Mary is Mother of the Church, apostles are beneath
her, opposite window the Descent of the
Holy Spirit — they go out to preach so
many were converted.
All in the plan of the Father!
He is the Almighty God.
Even the windows in the Church were put there.
His hand is in everything.
This is the Center to send the messages out to the
world, through the Shepherds of Christ
Movement.
March 13, 1994 "I am bleeding from the neglect"
talking about the precious souls.
"ready yourself for a big boom, no one is
listening"
May 13th - such suffering —
pressing down persecution in the mind
Jesus has been giving me great sufferings or
experiences on the last 7 First Saturday's
on this First Saturday I was given this revelation.
May 26, 1995
R. Each person has a part to play. To
decide how it will be played is not up to you.
Validation — reading messages for validation
or not reading at all —
nobody is studying them for content
Mary and Jesus said the Shepherds of
Christ Movement is major to the
Fatima mission.
Satan wants to stamp out the Eucharist
wipe out the priest — he has an
attack out on the priests
May 22, 1995 at end click
June 3, 1995 - Pentecost
Acts 2: 1-4
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
From the Red Rosary Book
Importance of the Windows
The Father has a plan for each one of us. He intends us to love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, our whole being. Each person is an important thread in the tapestry in the work of the salvation of mankind.
The Father gives us special gifts and talents and loves us, His precious creations. Jesus loves us so much He gave His life for us!
The Rosary is the lives of Jesus and Mary, their love for us.
The Rosary Chapel at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Chapel in Norwood, Ohio is part of His plan for the salvation of mankind. I received most of the rosaries at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. Jesus told me the windows were part of His plan. As I sat in the Rosary Chapel, Jesus revealed many insights into the mysteries of His life and His Mother's life. These mysteries will be revealed in more detail in future volumes. As requested by Jesus, pictures of these windows are included here. As you meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary, the lives of Jesus and Mary will come alive in your hearts.
The Rosary Chapel and the windows give me such joy. I see their lives, alive, in these windows. Jesus said many miracles will happen in this chapel when he is in the tabernacle and we pray the rosary there. I love the rosary so much. I love Jesus and Mary, and I thank them for this great gift from their hearts.
November 5, 1996
Before the Exposed EucharistJesus told me He wanted this explanation in the Rosary Book.
The Father has told me that His plan will unfold despite all resistance. We are to carry out the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in our lives. We must meditate on the lives of Jesus and Mary to live His life.
It will become so difficult before the era of peace. One way that we will stay focused on Him is to meditate on His life as we pray the rosary.
Mary told St. Dominic that the rosary and the scapular will be great instruments in the salvation of the world.
Satan presses on our minds. We must discipline our thoughts. We must focus on God and not give into Satan who is constantly trying to torment our minds.
This is why Mary has asked us to pray three rosaries a day. We are constantly, all through the day, turning our thoughts to the mysteries of their lives. It is hard to get the three rosaries in, but by praying them, we are meditating on Christ's life. We cannot pray three rosaries fervently and not stay focused on Christ.
About the Windows
The windows are very important to this plan of the Father. He wants people to go from window to window and pray at each window the mysteries of the rosary.
The Annunciation is across from the Assumption. We see the plan of the Father unfold in the life of Mary from the greeting of the angel Gabriel until she is taken up, body and soul, into heaven.
Do we not see that this is the same plan of the Father unfolding in our life? We struggle, we are joyful, we do ordinary things. We sometimes feel as if we are carrying a cross and falling to the ground. We are persecuted and we feel we are being crowned with thorns, but there is always the resurrection when we experience His life deeper and deeper and we know He lives.
The windows show the lives of Jesus and Mary. As we walk from window to window we watch our spiritual life unfold in Him. Each window and its location are part of the Father's Plan. He wants people to pray the rosary and walk, as Christ walked, and live His life in our life.
The Annunciation is opposite the Assumption and so the Father's plan unfolds in our lives from our conception in our mother's womb to our death when we too, hopefully, will be taken into heaven.
We see the Visitation. Mary goes to share the good news with one person, her cousin Elizabeth.
The window opposite shows the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. The Apostles are sent out to share the good news to the world. We are His modern-day apostles, sharing the good news, the message of His love and His life to the world. We too are sent by the Holy Spirit and Mary our Mother is forever with us.
We see Jesus, the little Shepherd, born, surrounded by little sheep. Even as a little child, He is the Chief Shepherd of the Flock.
Across from this window is the Ascension into Heaven. We see Jesus going into heaven and leaving His shepherds behind to carry out His work. He came to show us the way. He came as a baby to give love and He ascends into heaven, leaving us to give His love to others.
We see the Presentation in the Temple. Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother: 'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed- and a sword will pierce your soul too.' (Lk 2:34-35). This window is opposite the Resurrection. Once we encounter Christ we are never the same. We can choose life or death.
The Resurrection window is right next to the Crucifixion. I love these two windows. I see Jesus, battered and bruised, bloodied and dead for love of me and I see Him at the next window, radiant and glistening in glory, victorious. Oh, how I love these two windows! Our whole life, a constant dying and rising in Him.
We see the joy of young Mary as she brings her Son to present Him to the Father. The news of Simeon is a sword in her heart. He tells her of the sufferings to come. We see the death and resurrection in the windows across the Chapel. We see a baby-in-arms. We know the prophesy given; the prophesy is fulfilled. We see the crucified and resurrected Christ in the windows opposite the Presentation.
We see the Child Jesus in the temple. We know of the separation between Jesus and Mary. Across from this window we see the Crucifixion. From the prophecy of Simeon Mary knew of the sufferings to come. She had a constant ache in her heart. Jesus and Mary both shared this secret deep in their hearts. Her heart was so joined to His from the first moment of conception. This separation between Jesus and Mary was a foreshadowing of the separation to come. We see the loss of the Child Jesus in the temple and the window opposite is that separation between Jesus and Mary by His death on the cross. Next to His death is the Resurrection. He was lost for three days in the temple, He was locked in the tomb for three days, but He rose on the third day.
Mary's heart is so closely connected to the Heart of Christ. His Heart was formed in her body through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is through this pierced heart the life in the Church flows. Mary gave Him His life through her body. He gives us His Divine Life through this Heart, formed in her body. Divine Life flows from the Father, in the Holy Spirit, through the pierced Heart of Jesus, through Mary's heart to us.
If we walk these windows we see the close connection between Jesus and Mary. His Heart is within her body for the first two mysteries. Although she is a separate body, when He is born, He receives His food from Mary's breast. In the fourth window, she is still providing Him with His food.
It is through Mary we receive His life.
In the back of the Chapel are the Sorrowful Mysteries. It is through His immense suffering that we realize more fully His overwhelming love for us. In His Divine Knowing, He knew all the anguish and suffering that He would undergo. Because of His great love for us He accepted the Will of the Father and suffered immense torture to His death on the cross. It is a great experience to view all five mysteries together for we see His willingness to suffer for love of us.
In praying the rosary, all through our walk we are seeing the compliance of Jesus and Mary to the Will of the Father. He is bound in a baby body. He is tied at the pillar. He is nailed on a cross. He always complied to the Father's Will.
We see how Mary complies to the Will of the Father. She says "yes" in every window. She says "yes" to the angel. She says "yes" to His birth. He was born in such poverty. She says "yes" to the prophecy of Simeon, carrying the great suffering within her pure heart. She says "yes" when she stands beneath the cross and watches Jesus die. She says "yes" at the Resurrection, at the Ascension, and at the Descent of the Holy Spirit. Her reward is that she is taken into heaven, body and soul, and in the final window, which is separate, she is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Oh, the beatific vision when we are wrapped with Love itself, we will exist completely in Him, when there is no time, no fear. Oh, the glory that awaits us for serving the Lord, we will be united with God Himself and completely satisfied! In praying the rosary, His life lives in our life. He no longer walks the earth; He lives in us. As we walk, as we talk, as we love, we carry Christ alive within us in this world today. Mary carried the Child Jesus in her womb. We carry His life within us. Oh, that we would walk as He wills us to walk!
The Incarnation goes on. We are constantly being formed within the womb of Mary through the Holy Spirit to be more and more like Christ. This is our spiritual journey to our glory!
The first ten windows show Jesus and Mary as they walked the earth. His divinity is hidden all through His Passion, but the glory shines forth in the Glorious Mysteries. Christ rises from the dead and ascends into heaven. The Holy Spirit comes and sends His apostles out with the good news. Mary is taken into heaven and crowned Queen.
We walk the earth. We do not see the glory. Heaven and hell are realities. I cry when I meditate on the Resurrection. No matter how hard it seems here, I know that He is risen. He is alive and the victory is won.
Mary appeared almost every day for fourteen months at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. God has chosen Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center as a special place. It is Mary's house. Divinity has contacted man there with these revelations. Many of my experiences, visions and messages were received there. God's Blue Books and Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary are important messages from God to help bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Jesus and Mary wish all to pray and walk the rosary in the Rosary Chapel.
Jesus is using the Shepherds of Christ Movement in a powerful way to renew the Church and the world. This chosen instrument of Our Lord will greatly bring about the completion of the Fatima message. He has called His special apostles in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, under the direction of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J., spiritual director and founder of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, to go into the churches, schools and families to spread the consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Available are all of the materials that He has given to help bring about this renewal. By contacting Shepherds of Christ Ministries, you can receive information that will help you to carry out their request. Jesus is encouraging His special apostles to contact priests and ask them if they are receiving the priestly newsletter Shepherds of Christ. He is asking His apostles to set up prayer chapters, centered in consecration, in churches, schools, meeting places and homes. It is in consecration that we will comply with Our Lady's request made at Fatima.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary triumph!
Mary said until a sufficient number have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world. She now appears to me as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. She appeared first as Our Lady of Light, then as Our Lady of Sorrows, and lastly, as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. It is through Shepherds of Christ Ministries that we are complying to Our Lady's request and spreading the Consecration to the Two Hearts and the Rosary to the world. On the feast of the Sorrowful Mother, September l5, l995, Mary told me that I would continue to suffer until I spread the Rosary to the world.
From these teachings, I love the Rosary with all my heart. I hope that these meditations and messages from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary will lead you to the deepest union with Their Hearts. I love you and ask you to follow Our Lady's request and pray the Rosary and to help spread the Rosary to the world. Our Lady told St. Dominic that the Rosary and the Scapular will be great instruments in the salvation of the world. Please write to Shepherds of Christ Ministries and help Jesus and Mary, for the time is urgent.
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From Holy Spirit Center
Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
| The Annunciation
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The Visitation
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The Nativity
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The Presentation
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Finding in the Temple
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Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
| Agony in the garden
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Scouring at the pillar
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Crowning with thorns
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Carrying of Cross
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The Crucifixion
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Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
| The Resurrection
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The Ascension
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Descent of the Holy Spirit
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The Assumption
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The Coronation
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June 3, 1995 - Pentecost - After Communion
R. I was overwhelmed with the presence of the
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit loves us so much —
Realizing the goodness of God so overwhelming.
Then went to the other room, such an
intense ache in my heart, no crying
could ever express the heartache.
So weakened, wanted to roll up in a
ball, heartache so bad, intense heart
ache.
Jesus suffered so much agony to His heart.
It felt as if a sword was piercing
my heart.
I know more and more the sufferings of Mary's heart.
A sword invisibly piercing her heart,
pain, constant ache, like
a sword is in it. No pushing,
bending will take it away.
Jesus: Suffer with joy My beloved one, this is
a constant reminder of Our deep love
for you. The deep love of the two
Hearts.
R. And a sword too will pierce your
soul, O Mary.
I feel so weak.
Mary: As my heart was invisibly pierced with a sword
at the loss of my Son in the temple,
my heart is pierced by the loss of
my beautiful children who have
strayed from my Son.
All through my life I had a constant
aching heart, always in my heart
the prophesy of Simeon.
My heart aches for the indifference given
to my Son in the Sacrament of
His great love the Holy Eucharist.
R. Jesus is forgotten, Jesus is ignored by so many today.
Jesus is God and He is waiting for His beloved
souls.
Had this experience of Mary's suffering to her heart —
This lasted about 1 1/2 hours on Pentecost.
Behold, this child is destined for the
fall and rise of many in Israel.
June 4, 1995 - Sunday 1:00pm
R. We have been persecuted and scourged for
Jesus' sake, but we have been raised
to new life in Him. Jesus raises us up,
we are saturated with His life and
made more likened to Him.
Jesus: Though you walk in the valley of darkness
you shall fear no evil for I am your rod and
your staff protecting you and guarding
you and keeping you from harm.
Do you see My little child how I have allowed
you to suffer greatly. It is in this
suffering you have been taken so
deeply in My Heart on fire for
love of you. My grace I have
imparted to you in such abundance
and you live in Me. Through Me, in
Me, with Me, you will perform all
tasks given to you by My Father.
Satan will press down, you will know My
life. Through the intercession of
My Mother pray for all your needs.
You will know a deepening in her
motherly love. Through her heart
you will enter the door of My
Heart. You will penetrate My
Heart and be forever comforted and
dwell there in My Heart — Your
little heaven on earth — dwelling
in Our Hearts.
Fear not for I am Jesus and I strengthen you.
R. Born — Jesus died - to give us life.
In baptism we are born, as we die to the
things of this world, we grow in
His life.
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the
ground and die it remains a grain of
wheat.
Baptism
Birth
Growth
Life
Sufferings
Jesus: The way to Me is the Way of the Cross.
Follow Me and you will have eternal life.
June 5, 1995 - 1:30 Communion
R. Such an experience (writing this the next day)
So filled to tears after communion, overwhelmed
with my love for Him.
Could not say it enough or express it enough.
Such an experience, overwhelmed with the love
of Father and Holy Spirit and Mary
June 5, 1995 - 8:30 After Communion
R. So filled with the presence of God, lady
put her hands on my ears, like a grip.
I was so deep in ecstasy. I flip between
celestial bless and the reality of this world.
I have to learn to be united to Him at all
times, satan sends others to take us
away from Him.
8:30 after the rosary on the 5th, Jesus
comforted me, He talked to me. I
felt so close to Him even with others.
I was so wiped out, there was not
any place to go but to Him. Such an
awareness of Him. Jesus and me alone
even with others. Nothing could rock me.
June 5, 1995
R. Jesus felt alone, Jesus felt rejected, Jesus
felt pain, Jesus felt suffering, He was
human in every way except for sin.
Jesus: I am the way, the truth and the life, as you
feel rejection and pain, as I allow you
to suffer more and more, you will understand
I suffered rejection and pain for those
I loved when I was on earth.
As you suffer, I suffered, such deep pain to
My Mind and Heart. All the emotions
I felt, but I did not give into the
temptation.
You must go to My Father and know His love,
the more you know His love the stronger
you will be.
In your oneness with Me, you are led to the Father,
I am one in you, you are one in Me.
Rita always, though you suffer rejection and pain,
I suffered rejection and pain. You do not
comprehend this fully. I am allowing you
to suffer rejection, as I was rejected
by those I loved, you suffer rejection
from those who should support you. I
am allowing this for you to grow. You see
the evil in the world, you suffer pain. I
suffered such rejection in the garden, such
agony, such mental torment and pain.
All people want to be loved, as you want
love and understanding, they want love and
understanding.
You are not aware of the needs inside your
children, you are staying too focused on
yourself, your needs.
Let go to the Father's plan, be loving.
June 8, 1995
Morning Offering (for Shepherds of Christ Members)My dear Father, I offer You this day all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings, my every breath, my every heartbeat, my every thought, all my actions, in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit. I pray the Holy Spirit is with me every second today, enlightening me to do the will of the Father and filling me with the fire of God's love.
I ask Jesus and Mary to be one in me in all that I do and I unite with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory to pray continually to the Father for these intercessions, in this prayer, for this day.
For myself, I pray for grace-abundant grace, to know and love God more and more and to follow the will of the Father. I pray to the Holy Spirit to transform me in the heart of Mary to be more and more like Jesus. I pray that I can forever dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I pray for conversion of all those I hold dear who need conversion. I pray for each member of my family that they will be filled with Your abundant grace to grow in their knowledge and love of God.
I pray for all my friends that they will receive abundant grace to carry out the great plan of the Father, that they will grow forever closer to Jesus' Heart through Mary's heart, that we will all be led by the Holy Spirit to do His work, that we will, together, carry out the plan of the Father as He intends us to, to spread the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary's heart to this world.
Jesus, I pray for myself so the Holy Spirit descends upon me and opens my heart to Your love so I will grow more and more deeply in union with You. I pray that I do not worry what other people think but try always to please the Father and do His will. I pray that I may help lead many to Your burning love.
I pray for the following people in particular that they will be filled with the Spirit and grow deeply in their union with You, that they will receive abundant graces to know, love and serve You more. (Include special friends by name...)
I pray for priests the world over, for the success of the Priestly Newsletter, the Chapters and for the finances needed for the Newsletter. I pray for the circulation of the Blue Book messages, rosary meditations and tapes. I pray for all those involved in the publication of these messages.
I pray that You will shower Your abundant graces onto the priests reading the Newsletter the people reading and hearing the Blue Book messages and Rosary Meditations and all of Fr. Carter's publications.
We pray for the intentions we hold deep within our hearts, for our families and friends, for those requesting our prayers. We pray for children the world over and for the souls in purgatory. We ask God to shower His abundant grace on us and the members of our Shepherds of Christ chapter so that we may grow more and more in our knowledge and love of God.
We consecrate ourselves to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We pray for Father Carter, for Father Smith, for Rita Ring, and for John Weickert, for all leaders and helpers in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, for Shepherds of Christ Ministries, and Our Lady of Light Ministry. We pray for all those who are working in these ministries.
We bind ourselves and our children and our friends to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We place the precious blood of Jesus on ourselves, and all we touch, so that we will be protected from the evil one. We pray to St. Michael to cast the devil into hell.
We love You, God, we love You, we love You. We beg that we may receive the grace to love You more and more deeply. We adore You, we praise You, our beloved Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
June 12, 1995
R. Look at the wounds. They hide the sufferings
within.
I am cradled in the hands of God.
Call on the Holy Spirit.
I take it, I give it to Jesus, I am one with
the Trinity. That makes everything in
union with God.
Why do I fear when He is one in Me.
Oh God, my God, how sweet is Your
presence, I am no longer alone, but
accompanied by You.
I have nothing to fear, I am free, I live in
Him.
As a baby, He provides for all my needs, if
I do not complain to others, if I go to
Him, that is when the intimacy with
Him is so great. Go to Him.
Come unto Me all who are weary and find
rest for your soul.
June 7, 1995
The Little Baby is Surrounded by Sheep
R. To carry on the work He had begun.
R. The little baby is chief shepherd of the flock
surrounded by His sheep and shepherds.
These truths are revealed to me in my being.
My whole insides experience the truth He is
revealing to me. It may be an immense suffering
to tears, I cannot even express the suffering
I know Jesus gives me an outpouring of His
love. I know the love of the Trinity: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. I know each Person so
deeply. I know the goodness of God, I see
insight into my littleness and His omnipotence.
I know God in me, in such an intensity to tears —
I experience this love deep within me.
He is locked in the tomb for 3 days
Mother and Son is separated 3 days when
He is lost.
We are lost
Sin is a locking in a tomb.
He raised Lazarus from the tomb
He gives new life to us from the tomb.
Death — Life 3
days
Lost — Found
Jesus lived 33 years!
Locked in a Tomb of Death or Life.
Interior life can be a tomb of life or death.
Stay rooted in Him. We remain in a tomb
of life, saturated with the life of God —
Meditate on the Divine life of the Trinity.
June 7, 1995
Jesus Cries: "Priests are to Love Me"
R. The relationship between the priest and Jesus
is to be an espousal relationship to God —
A relationship of deepest love.
If a priest or religious are not faithful
to Jesus in this espousal relationship with
God, they are not faithful to their beloved
Spouse.
Jesus is crying out for men, priests, to
show the world, the Church, about
intimacy with God — deep love of God —
A religious can answer the call in
their vocation and show it as a burden
to them — rather than be an example of
love of God and others, of obedience to
their superiors and faithful to the order —
Jesus is crying out to religious to
follow Him in their vocation, being
faithful in loving God and others,
being an example before all and
with their holy lives, pray for the
priests, the Church and the world —
God calls religious to help
strengthen the Church and the world,
by living their lives — giving
to God in their vocation — what
He wants of them —
Jesus calls out, many of My priests
and religious are unfaithful lovers-
Jesus says: I give them a title, I
give priests the power they have, the power
to change bread and wine into My Body
and Blood and to forgive sins and they continue
their priestly duties and are unfaithful to Our
love union — searching for love in
the world, and in others —
I want My priests to spend an hour
a day in adoration —
I want an on-fire love relationship
with My priests.
I do not want My priests to
fill their hearts with the world and
talk about their Love for Me
with cold hearts.
Who would enter the priesthood
if priests are cold hearted. My priest,
be about our love affair —
I want you to give a good example
how you love your priesthood —
Tell the people of your love of Jesus.
If you are to continue to have holy
priests entering the seminaries, you
must be holy priests modeling
the love of Jesus, your beloved
spouse.
I am Jesus and I am crying out, but
no one hears My cry, which I give
through My messenger Rita Ring.
June 7, 1995
Live Your Shepherds of Christ Vocation - Called by Jesus
R. There is such union between me and
the priests and my religious friends, deep
union in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We
are to share our love for Jesus in prayer —
talking about these messages to God
and to others. This is our vocation
I want to know Jesus more and more.
I want insight into the hidden mysteries.
I want to share my deep love for Jesus
with you.
This is our vocation to communicate
these messages on the love of
Jesus and others to the world.
To let others know how deeply we love
Jesus. To witness to this Movement and
the Blue Books and what they have done
for you — to draw you closer to Jesus
and the Eucharist and the Trinity —
to love to pray, to love the Church,
To realize how one Blue Book message — letter of
love from Jesus can change a heart.
Love is not love if it is not rooted in Him.
God wants unity —
God wants unity in this mission — serving Him, for the
renewal of the Church and the world.
Jesus wants obedience to His direction, and following the
rules He set through Fr. Carter and me as co-founder.
Jesus is truly trying to reach the world now with
this Movement.
Jesus has all the power.
He calls us to spread the Priestly Writing, the Prayer
Chapters, the Blue Book messages, the Ministries,
the Rosary Meditations.
Jesus calls us to reach the Priests, the Families and the
Schools with the Consecration to the 2 Hearts.
This is our vocation —
We are to help strengthen the Church and the world
in this Movement — to take this calling
seriously.
Jesus: Satan's grip is paralyzing and crippling —
Satan has waged a war against the publication
of My Blue Books, My letters of love.
With these messages I give great graces to
those who use them and go to the tabernacle.
I want My Priests to come back to the tabernacle,
I want deep union with you My Beloved Priests.
I want holiness of those I have called in this vocation
in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Faithfulness
to My Calling, Loyalty to the Mission. Support
of the Founder and co-founder — Respect and love.
June 6, 1995
Satan is Crafty
R. I see Fr. Carter merge with Jesus all through the
Mass, I love the Mass so much,
The persecution becomes a joy, but in the
company of others I complain.
I just want to be with Jesus. People
are people.
When I am with others, I need to have a
constant presence of Christ in my heart — see
Jesus in them — love them as called by Him.
Jesus be in me. Through Him, with Him, and In Him —
R. I want God's grace to help me to be holier.
I want His life more, I want Him more, I love
Him so much.
I am so filled with such love, I scarce to stand
it at times, I cry.
There will be much grace given to
this Center through your
prayers and sufferings through
the intercession of our
Blessed Lady.
Mary: I am using the Shepherds of
Christ Movement to light
this Center. I am behind this
Movement, I am calling out
Apostles to lead souls back to
the love of my Son.
You will see an opening in the sky and
many will flock to the meeting and
read these messages and rosary
meditations.
Trust in me your loving Mother.
R. In my notebook —
I was told to time the apparitions while
Mary appeared —
Jesus says:
My messages in God's Blue Book were
not given out at Falmouth.
Your answers are in the Blue Book.
The December 20, 1993
messages was
stopped by those asked to help Rita.
The May 4, 1994
message was not put out on
the Farm until the division was
so bad at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center,
and Falmouth, they finally put it out in
November, 1994.
I warned them of the division.
They would not listen.
Where is the message of My Tabernacle?
You are holding back what I asked for and
it will hurt My beloved souls
I died for.
I see division, hatred engineered by some
who are letting satan run My messages.
Satan wants My Blue Books stopped —
I beg you to publish this Book —
I want My Blue Books published.
You have not listened to Me and you will
suffer for I am telling you what you
must do to withstand how satan
will try to tear you apart.
Talk about My love —
Talk about Our lives in the Rosary —
Be Apostles of My Sacred Heart —
Not instruments of satan blocking —
My Movement — My love letters —
I want you to pray to the Holy Spirit —
You have a free will, to choose God's will to
help renew the Church and the
world —
Or you can rebel against God's will, enslaved by
satan, and blocking My letters of love.
I am alive, I am alive, I am alive —
I am on fire with love for
My souls I died for.
I want you to read My messages —
You ignore Me and My messages
and do it your way —
How will these places pan out
after you do it your way
and block the reason why you
exist.
Satan will cause division and those
selfish ones seeking power will
operate for satan to try to control
and they will forget the mission and
their distorted vision becomes
their power.
Satan is crafty — He wants the Shepherds of
Christ stopped and he doesn't want
them at the Holy Spirit Center or
Falmouth Farm —
I give these messages so people know
how much I love them —
I tell you about the love of the
Trinity —
I tell people about baptism and the
Eucharist and Confession —
I have taught you how to pray —
I am sending My Newsletter to priests
in the United States and all over
the world to grow in holiness and
to pray the prayers I gave Fr. Carter
and to spread the devotion to Our
Two Hearts —
You can focus on your control and
that is how satan can
close you down.
I am Jesus — you will flourish when you
obey and live this mission as I direct.
The Blue Books are the Mighty Medicine —
Look at Padre Pio and what happened
to him?
Why do you block My messages?
Look what they did to St. Peter —
I want Eucharistic Adoration!!
The devil wants Rita stopped —
The devil wants My Blue Books stopped —
Please help spread these messages to
My hurting souls —
They will try to stop the daily rosary —
Mary is appearing delivering the
rosaries in Blue Book 6 —
I appeared delivering these rosaries at
Our
Lady of the Holy Spirit Center —
Pray to the Holy Spirit to rock the Center —
Get the Rosary messages out —
R. Mary appeared to me at Our Lady of Clearwater
16 years later
after this message
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