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


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


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

January 8, 2006

January 9th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 8 Period I.
The Novena Rosary Mysteries  
for January 9th are Sorrowful.

  

January 8, 2006

Messenger:        "It's all about me"
                            I saw this on a cute bunny.

                            It is all about Jesus.

                            We must do what God wants us to.
                            A person woke up one day and then
                                someone irritated them so they
                                didn't do what they were suppose
                                to.

                        In this situation one is controlled from
                            outside - not from what God is
                            telling them inside.

                        Satan can help to tempt with old
                            memories or situations that in
                            some way press on old wounds
                            or unmet needs.

                        Lovers are actors --

                        No matter what they did to Christ --
                            He withstood it and did what He
                            came to do.

                        He went to the cross willingly.                            

Jesus speaks:  I speak now of vocations --
                            People take vows of poverty,
                            chastity and obedience in orders
                            many times --

                        In a religious order there is a superior.
                            In many saint stories tell of
                            how they struggled to obey
                            superiors.

                            A person dedicated to the religious
                        life in a community may be called
                        to that mission. In one mission
                        caring for the dying, hospitals
                        etc. 

                            Obedience to superiors, to the
                        pope etc. is a big part of the
                        structure of My Church.

                            A person entering religious life,
                        wanting a job to serve a religious
                        order -- does not come and expect the
                        order to serve them.
                            
                            Mozart had a mission to compose
                        music. He did it. If a religious
                        is hired to do a task that serves
                        the ministry -- it is like any other
                        job -- the person does the job
                        description -- they don't decide to
                        start their own ministry based on
                        what they want to do or try or
                        learn.

                            I have given My mission for
                        a particular purpose to help bring
                        to completion the mission Mary
                        began at Fatima -- it was set when
                        Fr. Carter died.

                            The ministries, the level of
                        commitment -- 

  

Shepherds of Christ
Ministries

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For Helping in the Renewal of the
Church and the World
   

WE PRAY FOR PRIESTS, THE RENEWAL OF
THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD.

We join as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offering our lives to the Father as intercessors praying for our priests, the Church, and the world.
   

WILL YOU PRAY WITH US?

Your prayers united to ours will help the priests,
the Church, and the world.
  

Our Focus

WE HAVE PRAYER CHAPTERS PRAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD for the priests, the Church, and the world.

OUR PRIMARY FOCUS is the circulation of a newsletter.

WE CIRCULATE A SPIRITUALITY NEWSLETTER written by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J., a Jesuit Theologian with a Doctor's degree in Theology and author of 17 books, to about 75,000 priests in the world in both English and Spanish. Father Carter has been a professor of Theology for over 30 years.

Besides being sent to about 75,000 priests and bishops in the U.S.A., the newsletter is sent internationally to about 225 bishops, including 4 cardinals, who distribute copies to all of their priests, and also, in some cases, to their deacons and seminarians.

The newsletter is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It features writings regarding our union with Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit and Mary. The newsletter also stresses the Eucharist, the Church, prayer, and one's responsibility regarding the social order. The newsletter stresses sound doctrine as found in Scripture, the writings of the Popes and other Church documents. It also presents selected writings from the saints and competent priest-theologians and others.

The newsletter can be used by all for development in the spiritual life centered in consecration.

 

About Shepherds of Christ Ministries

MINISTRIES

  1. PRIMARY MINISTRY - CIRCULATING PRIESTLY NEWSLETTERS TO PRIESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH to promote priestly holiness.
  2. PRAYER CHAPTERS praying for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world.
  3. School Rosary Program and Junior Shepherds of Christ Ministry.
  4. Nursing Home Ministry.
  5. Special retreats and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
  6. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
  7. Promoting the rosary to all, rosary meditations.
  8. Prison Ministry to promote prayer and spiritual renewal.
  9. Handmaids and Servants of the Good Shepherd.
  10. Audio/Video Departments (priestly newsletters on tape).
  11. Prayer books, newsletters, newsletter books, and other spiritual aids.

WE WANT TO BE INTERCESSORS PROMOTING UNITY IN PRAYER WITH ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, PRAYING FOR THE PRIESTS, THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD.

   We have described above the primary ministry of the Movement, the spirituality newsletter for priests, Shepherds of Christ. The 2nd most important ministry is the prayer chapters, whose members pray for the needs of priests and for the needs of all others also. Other ministries include promoting the act of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as widely as possible. Promoting this act of consecration permeates all of our ministries. We also promote the praying of the rosary, and we have a special program regarding the rosary and the act of consecration for school children. We have programs for prisons and nursing homes to encourage the residents to pray for priests, the Church, and the world. We also publish various books, cassette tapes, and other materials to help in the ongoing work of spiritual renewal.

   The mission of the Shepherds of Christ Movement is closely connected to Our Lady of Fatima's mission. We hope to play a major role in helping to bring fulfillment of the Peace Plan of Our Lady of Fatima. This plan includes:

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

  2. Praying the rosary.

  3. Observing the First Saturday Devotion.

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

   In helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, the Shepherds of Christ Movement is helping to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart. This is a great privilege and a great responsibility! We ask for your prayers and help in other ways also. May God bless you abundantly!
  


  
LEVELS OF COMMITMENT

There are seven levels of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

  1. There are Associates who gather and pray at least once monthly as a group and also help with donations to support the Shepherds of Christ priestly newsletter. They can be tremendously involved. They give as they feel they are able.

  2. Apostles are members who have restricted their apostolic activity to the Shepherds of Christ. They literally act as a body of lay people who have given their lives in their present living situation to do all that they can to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.

  3. Prayer Apostles are often shut-ins, some are able to go to church and pray. They spend much of their lives praying for the Movement.

  4. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus are those who spend at least two separate hours weekly before the Blessed Sacrament praying for the following:

  1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.

  2. For the Pope.

  3. For all bishops of the world.

  4. For all priests.

  5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.

  6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this Movement to the world.

  7. For all members of the Catholic Church.

  8. For all members of the human family.

  9. For all souls in purgatory.

  1. Handmaids of the Good Shepherd are young and older women who have given their lives in community primarily to pray for the Shepherds of Christ Movement and intentions and to be special spouses of Jesus. Some have more duties than others. All have the primary duty of prayer and the desire to be a special spouse of our Lord. One of the functions of the handmaids is the involvement in praying for and helping to circulate the priestly newsletter. The handmaids are not members of a religious order.
      
      
      

  2. Servants of the Good Shepherd are men who live in community with a lifestyle and purpose similar to that of the handmaids. The servants are not members of a religious order.
      
     
     

  3. We wish to form a special congregation of priests who will realize their great oneness with Christ. They will be consecrated deeply to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and support the Shepherds of Christ Movement as holy priests.

   Whatever one's level of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, all share in promoting the overall goal of the Movement. This goal is to help in the spiritual renewal of the Church and the world. All varied ministries of the Movement are directed toward this purpose. The spirituality which the Shepherds of Christ Movement presents to its members and to those outside the Movement through its various ministries is very basic. This spirituality is explicitly Trinitarian and Christocentric. Our spirituality helps others, especially priests, to develop a very deep union with Jesus, this Jesus Who leads us to the Father in the Holy Spirit with Mary at our side. Our spirituality is deeply Eucharistic. We stress very much participation in the Mass and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We also emphasize the extremely important role of prayer in the spiritual life. Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, especially consecration to Their Hearts, is also a most important and central element. We are very much interested in helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, a message which has consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary at its very core.

         

  

Father Edward J. Carter, S.J.

Father Edward Carter, S.J. was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of St. Xavier High School and Xavier University, both in Cincinnati, he was ordained a priest in 1962 and received his doctorate in theology from Catholic University of America four years later. He was a professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati for over 30 years. He has authored 17 books in the area of Catholic spirituality. His two latest books are the priestly newsletter books, which include the newsletters from almost six years. He is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

   

Be Part Of It!

PLEASE HELP US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS UNITED TO OURS.

PRIESTS PRAYING WITH US WILL INCREASE THE PRAYER POWER; THEY ARE ANOINTED BY CHRIST AS HOLY PRIESTS.

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD offering up their lives in the Morning Offering for the priests, the Church, the world, and for the work of the Shepherds of Christ will help so much.

LITTLE PRAYER BOOKS OF SHORT PRAYERS CALLED THE SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST PRAYER MANUAL ARE AVAILABLE. Praying these short prayers together with us as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being celebrated around the world can help great grace be released on the souls of the earth.

PLEASE UNITE WITH US.

  

Jesus speaks:  nothing has changed. I am director
                        for My Movement I gave Fr. Carter
                        and Rita the messages --                            

                            All for this Movement was put in
                        place.

                            It is difficult because of willfulness
                        to establish the rules in the beginning
                        of any order.

                            I called for special clothing
                        for servants and handmaids. I want
                        this obeyed.

                            A way of life is a way of life --
                        This way of life, the clothing etc.
                        was well established before Fr. Carter's
                        death over 5 years ago.

                            A person that does not want to
                        follow the job description, is like
                        someone being hired at the 10 cent
                        store to take care of the cash
                        register, but because of willfulness
                        they cause problems to have
                        freedom to do as they want -- then
                        say, I have so much free-time
                        I will paint pictures. The cashier
                        job is unattended to or another
                        must work twice as hard to
                        cover their job and the other
                        cashier job rather than fight
                        with a willful party -- than you
                        say -- let the hiree go they
                        do not do the work they were
                        hired to do. They want pay or
                        recognition as a cashier, but
                        they do nothing -- they are argumentative
                        so they can be free of the job and
                        yet they begin to put demands on
                        the store to supply them with
                        paint and brushes for their other work --
                        complaining constantly for unmet
                        needs. You say fire them.

Messenger:        I heard a little girl talking
                        once as she played with two
                        little dolls -- she had the one
                        firing the other doll, saying
                        "you're fired". At three she knew
                        something about agreements -- if
                        an agreement isn't meet -- someone
                        could fire the other guy.

                            In trying to deal with love
                        and relationships, jobs etc. -- there
                        are boundaries, agreements, unspoken
                        rules, purposes, love, ethics, justice etc. --
                        all this goes into a job whether
                        at Church or in a religious
                        order, but people involved in
                        religious things may try just
                        as many tactics or more than people
                        in the world.

Jesus speaks:      In My Movement, I have
                        called the people to serve the
                        mission I set down firmly
                        before Fr. Carter's death.

                            There are problems in relationships.
                        Some can manipulate in all
                        kinds of ways to be in charge.
                        To get a simple job accomplished
                        can be a battle of wills.

                            If a person is honestly living
                        to try to serve as the institution
                        was intended they won't begin a
                        "rug operation" when it was not
                        designated.

                            I have blessed the world with
                        My messages of love. My Movement
                        is not a retirement home. Even
                        the elderly of 78 are very active
                        praying much of the day for the
                        needs of My Movement and the priests,
                        the Church and the world. These
                        elderly, some, still go to nursing
                        homes and tell the people about
                        the Morning Offering and Jesus' love,
                        Our Lady of Clearwater, the songs,
                        prayers and messages.

                            Love is kindness --
                            Love is doing what it takes
                        to have a personal love union with
                        God.

                            In the Shepherds of Christ, the people are 
                        called to love and grow more and more in their
                        intimate, personal, love union with Me.
                        They have a special spousal union
                        with Me. The Mass is the center
                        of their day, they never skip the
                        morning offering and most do one
                        hour of adoration. This work
                        cannot be accomplished
                        (as a servant, handmaid,
                        apostle) without this solid
                        hour of adoration and Mass.

                        Doing a task to help a lot of souls
                        may be accompanied by suffering,
                        but you do not lose your peace.

                            A person rooted in Me, never
                        loses their peace even in suffering --
                        they ALWAYS have that connection
                        to Me.

                            Not doing the hour, not attending
                        daily Mass and trying to do this work will
                        be impossible to do. You need
                        the grace from a serious, committed
                        prayer life with Me to avoid
                        giving into the attacks from satan.
                        Being attacked by satan will
                        happen -- you have a free
                        will to give in or not. The daily
                        prayer life for servants, handmaids
                        and apostles is paramount -- so
                        the grace is there to withstand
                        satan's attacks.

  

  

Picture of the Sacred Heart of JesusCling to Me

May 13, 1993 

Jesus speaks: My dear child, if you stay close to Me, then I live in you and you live in Me. I am He Who created you and I love you with such an intensity that you will never know. My words are your truth. You must abide in My heart in all things. There is no room for doubt. My ways are steadfast, direct, and without error.

    You must stay rooted in Me to ward off the power of the evil one. His grip is paralyzing and crippling. His power is stronger every day.

    When you live in Me, I am in your heart and he has no power over Me. I am your God. I am your true lover. I want to protect you. I want to guard you from this force. Stay rooted firmly in Me and he will have no power.

    I am He Who comforts you. My hand is upon you. Hold tight to Me, My child. My eyes are fixed right on you. You are My most precious child. I love you as no other can. My arms are about you. My tenderness surrounds you. My love is in your heart. You go not alone. I walk with you.

    I share every aspect of your life with you. Cling to Me, feel My presence. It is warm and secure within your chest. There is no room for fear, for I cast out fear and bring you comfort and joy.

end of May 13, 1993 message

   

Jesus speaks:      As the day went on -- the sky was
                        still blue, the sun shining, but
                        Megan was not seeing it -- she
                        was trapped in her thoughts
                        which were being attacked by the
                        devil and she could have done her
                        hour, prayed the rosary, read
                        a Blue Book Message, but she was
                        being gripped in desolation and
                        acting on the darkness, out of
                        the darkness within her.

                            The problem was in her heart,
                        she was competitive, always trying
                        to prove how perfect and right she
                        was -- above everyone else -- that
                        was the motive of her actions and it
                        was impure --

                            Light is in this -- you act in
                        love -- YOU ACT

                            A person being attacked by
                        satan is being pressed on -- they
                        are not acting freely -- they give
                        into satan's temptation and he
                        is accomplishing his work
                        through them.

                            In today's world -- little focus,
                        or not enough is given to how
                        one must develop their spiritual
                        life. Also one is not made
                        aware how real satan
                        really is that he
                        presses on a person to give into
                        temptation and do his work.

                            Sue was continually operating
                        in willfulness against the grain --
                        she called it "doing it her way".
                        After repeated attempts of the head
                        of the institution to do jobs, she
                        gave none to Sue because, Sue
                        was unpredictable and many times
                        the second she was given a job
                        her creativeness made new
                        big problems, instead of
                        accomplishing a task.

                        A person with this connection
                        with Me inside does not
                        lose that connection -- even
                        under duress.

                        A person that is connected to
                        Me does not angrily run
                        in despair because some
                        person acted a certain way
                         toward them -- Who is
                        in control of them?

                        The hour of adoration is crucial
                        for servants, handmaids and apostles.

                        The hourly prayer, praying for grace
                            every hour helps in times
                            of attack and suffering.

   

Novena to the Infant of Prague
(to be prayed hourly if possible)

 
          O Jesus, who said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted. 

          O Jesus, who said, "All that you ask of the Father in My Name He will grant you," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Your Father in Your Name that my prayer be granted. 

          O Jesus, who said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.

  

Jesus speaks:  A person not understanding
                            authority from childhood
                            may make a decision
                            never to be under anyone -
                            ever --

                        The devil can use this to block
                            someone's vocation to be
                            a priest -- priests must
                            be obedient to their bishops.

                        Superiors should never use abuse
                            to try to change anyone's
                            disobedience -- any form of
                            authority is done in love --
                            always, realizing the person
                            has a free will to obey or not --
                            if they repeatedly do not obey --
                            get angry then they are
                            not a help to the community and
                            should leave or be asked to leave.
                            If a person says they quit in
                            anger, it may be tolerated once,
                            but after that it is a means
                            they may be using to manipulate,
                            get power or control if they stay.

                        People who have become so desperate
                            they threaten suicide are usually
                            doing so to get something back
                            and really don't want to end
                            their lives. This kind of desperations
                            is a disorder caused many times
                            because of some chemical
                            imbalance, lack of connectedness
                            to God, pain so dark from the
                            past they want to escape it --
                            The immediate situation may
                            have little to do with their
                            erratical behavior. The pain
                            they have had so long may be
                            projected at those they live
                            with, but the anger and
                            darkness has been with                        
                            them, their whole life no matter who
                            they were with.

                            As long as someone can get away
                        acting out old pain on others they
                        will use all kinds of manipulative
                        techniques to make themselves look
                        good to themselves, then attack after
                        being so nice. Abusers and the honey-
                        moon cycle is like this. They
                        have some kind of bond with another --
                        play nice games, then the
                        tension builds until they let
                        go -- climax and then it starts
                        all over again. Playing games to manipulate
                        others is for children and they must
                        learn it is wrong. A baby throwing
                        a temper tantrum because they are
                        tired might get away with it --
                        28, 38 year old men and women at
                        work, playing games in a healthy
                        productive environment get fired.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother, and the two become one flesh.   They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh.   Mark 10: 7-8

  

Jesus speaks:     In entering religious life
                        a candidate leaves mom and dad and
                        the new spouse is Jesus.

                            A person enters religious
                        life to be married to Jesus.

                            If they do not see this they may
                        be unhealthily attached to mom and
                        dad and mom and dad can manipulate
                        a 30 year old person.

                            If a person marries another -- the
                        husband or wife may help this
                        maturation where the child is
                        in charge of their life.

                            Parents controlling 'children's'
                        lives, especially at age 30, 40 can
                        cause major problems to one's vocation.

                            There is all kinds of dysfunction.
                        A man and woman marrying usually
                        let go of mom and dad controlling
                        their lives.

                        In dysfunctional families -- divorces
                        can occur when parents interfere
                        to be rescuers, not giving the
                        married couple a chance to get
                        along. Money is used as a means
                        of control. Monthly cycles
                        in which women are operating
                        under hormonal changes may
                        affect things so much, that
                        during the pre-cycle the person
                        does so much damage to situations,
                        they may spend the rest of the
                        month, because of pride, proving
                        nothing happened, blaming others
                        and changing the truth. A person
                        that does this month after month
                        may get in a habit of changing
                        the truth to protect themselves.

                        The Our Father says it all --
                            "forgive us our trespasses as we
                            forgive those who trespasses against us"

                        People who do nasty things
                            because of cycles are real
                            problems, overlooked many times.

Messenger:     The alcoholic may drink and lie --
                            because we see alcohol -- we
                            know there is a problem --

                        People who are severely affected
                            because of chemical things,
                            or PMS -- may learn to lie,
                            but many divorces are
                            caused because a simple
                            "I am sorry, my menstrual
                            cycle was coming and I was
                            tense" was never
                            spoken --

                        Instead they may blame the
                            other for their nastiness
                            or irrational behavior.

                        How many times would someone
                            accept such lies projected
                            at them?

                        God has allowed us to suffer
                            physical problems, but
                            the normal person should
                            be okay without medication,
                            but living in the truth
                            is the key to oneness --
                            living in holiness --
                            saying the Our Father --

                        God wants oneness in the world --
                            when we act irrationally
                            because of PMS, a person must
                            in intimate relationships admit
                            any bad behavior and say they
                            are sorry --
                            A life of lying every 28 days --
                            and spending the month proving
                            you were right is not the truth.

Jesus speaks:  A woman had a bad day and she
                            screamed at her children --
                            10 years later -- she was just
                            the same -- screaming
                            for about 10-14 days and
                            lying the next 2 weeks
                            acting like nothing happened.

                         She taught herself to lie and not
                            tell the truth -- this is
                            a block to deep union with
                            Me.

                        Married couples must learn to love
                            even in troubles, sharing
                            feelings, but telling the
                            truth and saying they are
                            sorry when they act wrongfully.

                        If you want intimacy with
                            Me -- you must admit your
                            nasty ways and say you are
                            sorry.

                        Living in the light -- means
                            "Loving and forgiving"

                        A man was in a job 10 years --
                            he was always mad --
                            he learned it at home and
                             projected it on someone in
                            his present life--

                        Most of the time the people in
                            his present life hadn't
                            done anything to hurt him --

                        He had so much pride, for
                            someone to give him a simple
                            direction he was offended -- like
                            the lady hired at the 10 cent store --

                        When the angry man was addressed --
                            he began yelling and said
                            he would quit --

                            He couldn't even see the
                                very act of yelling was
                                a sign of his anger to
                                everybody, but him.

                            He denied it and continued
                                it everywhere he went --

                        It was his problem, but he tried
                            to blame it on everybody
                            else, to make it look like he
                            never yelled in anger and
                            everyone watched the
                            anger for years and still
                             loved him, but he just
                            got angrier and angrier -- he
                            blamed the boss and those
                            around him everywhere he
                            went, but
                             he wouldn't recognize his
                            own anger

                        His yelling was not anger --
                            those around him were
                            wrong --

                            He would break down and tell
                                others how he was violated,
                                but he himself had
                                hurt many over and over again,
                                lying and saying it wasn't
                                him.

                        It is important to be with each
                            other and to see ourselves --

                        A person never recognizing
                            a superior over them will
                            work to raise themselves up
                            in anyway they can.

                        They will not purely do the
                            work for doing the work --
                            the answer may be to them --
                            how will this contribute
                            to my dominance in the end --

                        After performing menial tasks
                            for a while -- they scream
                            and protest, if the tasks
                            have not brought them
                            victory over their superior.                        

                            The purity of action is to do it
                        for the purpose of that institution.

Messenger:     St. Ignatius Spiritual Exercises says
                            2 things

                            first)

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

                        p. 12                     

                    23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

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

p.11

21.                     SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

    Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
    and the regulation of one's life in such a way     that
    no decision is made under the influence of any
    inordinate attachment

Messenger:     Being attached to glory
                        Being attached to acceptance
                         etc. is vain in itself if
                            the ultimate act is not
                            done in love for God's will

                        IN LOVE FOR GOD'S WILL --

                        God gives us a lifetime to learn
                        to be like Blue Book V

                        If we have a life time of lies and
                            pain, covering up our
                            faults to look perfect --
                            it's like trying to remove
                            Chapter 3 from Genesis

                        We are tainted human persons --
                            and the 80 or so years we are here
                            is not to prove this is
                            not so, but to see our
                             imperfections and learn to
                            love God and others ----

                        To live in the truth --
                        To be deeply united to God
                            who is truth --
                            We must be truthful --

                        Any lies -- drives us apart from
                            God.

Jesus speaks:  Pride is the sin of Eve

                        I speak of My love in Blue Book V
                            pure love

                        I unveil the workings of satan which
                        can drive you from Me in this
                        message. I give you a free will.
                        Eve did her own will -- Mary, the New Eve,
                        did the will of the Father.

                        Epiphany means light

scripture verse

Jesus speaks:  You are all the tainted
                            children of Adam and Eve,

                        but I give you a special sharing
                            in My life in Baptism --
                            Your human nature is
                                elevated --

                        Slaves no longer -- I give
                            you My Light --
                            I give you Myself

Isaiah 60: 1-6

Arise, shine out, for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you. Look! though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples, on you Yahweh is rising and over you his glory can be seen. The nations will come to your light and kings to your dawning brightness. Lift up your eyes and look around: all are assembling and coming towards you,  your sons coming from far away and your daughters being carried on the hip. At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart will throb and dilate, since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations come to you; camels in throngs will fill your streets, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; everyone in Saba will come, bringing gold and incense and proclaiming Yahweh’s praises.

  

Ephesians 3: 2-3, 5-6

You have surely heard the way in which God entrusted me with the grace he gave me for your sake; he made known to me by a revelation the mystery I have just described briefly—a reading of it will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ. This mystery, as it is now revealed in the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets, was unknown to humanity in previous generations: that the gentiles now have the same inheritance and form the same Body and enjoy the same promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

   

Matthew 2: 1-12

After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east asking, ‘Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.’ When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem. He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, and enquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, ‘At Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet wrote: And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.’  Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared and sent them on to Bethlehem with the words, ‘Go and find out all about the child, and when you have found him, let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage.’ Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And suddenly the star they had seen rising went forward and halted over the place where the child was. The sight of the star filled them with delight, and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. But they were given a warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.

  

Jesus speaks: The weakness of the children
                            of Eve

                            lust --

                         how many will even kill a baby
                            when they engaged in sex
                            lustfully and won't admit
                            they are wrong

                         Thou shalt not kill

                         lies -- because of pride --
                            you keep justifying
                            yourselves

                         Tell the truth
                         Live to love

                         Don't give into satan --

                            Be good
                            Be kind

                         When you are wrong, say
                            you are sorry

                         Love and Forgive

                         Don't ever play games to
                            hurt others, that is
                            the work of the devil

                         Pray to build the bridge
                            Don't tolerate a person
                            hurting the Church, etc. --
                            address it ----

                        If they continue to do so
                            it must be handled.

                        Pray to be holy and loving and
                        Go to the tabernacle --
                            Come to Me and I will
                            outpour My grace                       
                        

 

        

Call Morrow 

 

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