October 18, 2001

Messenger:           I see myself as His beautiful bride dressed
                            in white and I have a crown of beautiful
                            flowers on my head.

                                He is the bridegroom, the One Who gives Himself
                            to me.

                                I am overwhelmed with the love of the Father and
                            Jesus my beloved spouse, the bridegroom of my
                            soul and when I think of the Holy Spirit the
                            fire in my heart for love of God is so deep and
                            I just cannot cease telling God, each person
                            of my undaunted love. I just am overwhelmed with
                            emotion for my God, my heart throbs and my
                            joy is so deep to behold Him. I just want to pour
                            out my love and naturally the words just
                            come from my heart Oh my God I love you so
                            much, I just love you so much, oh my God,
                            I love you.

                                The depth of love I feel is so deep and I want it
                            forever, I want to be this deeply united to Him
                            forever, after the Eucharist, I do not want
                            this state of closeness to Him to ever end,
                            I want more—deeper and deeper, I long for
                            complete union with Him in heaven, I long
                            for that heavenly embrace, I want that
                            eternal reward of being so deeply one with
                            God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, my heart
                            pants for Thee my God. My thirst will only be
                            quenched by Thee. My soul yearns and longs
                            for completeness and every time I go to the
                            Eucharist I see myself with the the crown of
                            flowers on my head and the white full dress
                            He has sent to me.

                                He stands tall and in those moments, I want
                            only to exist silently with a quieted heart, as a
                            child at their Mother's breast, I want to live 
                            in that embrace of being with Him. The moment
                            is a moment of joy and existing in Him.
                            The moment is that of deep love for my
                            beloved, my savior, the bridegroom of
                            my soul who comes to me.

                                I see Him all through the Mass. I see the
                            Sacrifice offered to the Father. My heart is
                            so one with His in wanting grace to be released
                            for the souls and I cry deep inside for men
                            to love and serve God—for the world to be
                            as He so desires.

                                In those moments of consecration everything
                            seems so one. I am so united to the Father, the Son
                            and the Holy Spirit, my heart on fire for love
                            of God. I am so deeply united to Our Lady. I am
                            dwelling deeply in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
                            the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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Messenger:         I see Jesus there in the priest, I see Him
                                elevate the host, I see the precious
                                Blood, I unite so deeply to all the angels
                                and saints and my heart is overwhelmed
                                with desire that every soul on the
                                earth will love God and serve God
                                as He so deserves. 

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Messenger:         I want with every cell in my body the world 
                                to be as God wants it to be and I beg God
                                for this from the depth of my soul.

                                I am most grateful for this gift, my heart
                            is overjoyed to be here and partaking in this
                            Mass. I feel the presence of God and heaven
                            and earth and in that moment I am so aware
                            of the oneness with Them, one with the people
                            there, one with all members in the body
                            of Christ, I am one in offering this
                            holy sacrifice to the Father and I am
                            so aware of Mary and am dwelling
                            in her Immaculate Heart, experiencing
                            the purity of her love, being so united
                            to her.

                           Oh my God I want to dig inside myself and
                            write about what goes on inside of me in
                            those moments of consecration in the Mass
                            and how deeply I partake in the Mass and 
                            sing with all my heart and soul the Amen.
                            I am one in Him, I offer sacrifice
                            united to my beloved Jesus, I cry for the
                            souls for I realize the opportunity for this
                            great grace to be released.

                                I see the world as one and I sing from
                            the depth of my heart. This is my dream—
                            this is what I live for, this is what I
                            envision, this is what I want, consecrated
                            hearts loving God and serving Him as their
                            King and center of their hearts.

                            This is a message of hope, for this day
                                will come and men will all love God.
                                I pray for the souls now that may be
                                lost to the eternal fires of hell.
                                I pray with every cell in my body.

                            Oh Jesus I am the Spouse of the Lamb.
                                I give my life for the ones He gave His
                                life for.

                            I offer myself as a sacrifice united to
                                His sacrifice in the Mass, it is a
                                most holy sacrifice as I dwell in
                                Their holy Hearts, the Hearts of
                                Jesus and Mary and I pray
                                two prayers He gave to me:

                            Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

    Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.

    I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.

    Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.

    Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.

    Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.

    Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.

-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995

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Messenger:         Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

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

  

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Messenger:         and a third prayer

                                Prayer for Union with Jesus

Prayer for Union with Jesus

   Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

    I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.

    I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

    When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.

-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994

   

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Messenger:         for I long for the day when I will
                                be completely possessed by God,

                                when I will be wrapped in that
                                    heavenly embrace.

                                When I will meet my beloved bridegroom—

                                    I am His bride and I pray for

                                    the souls He gave His life for.

                                What am I?

                                    I am the Spouse of the Lamb.
                                Jesus Christ—the Lamb of God, the
                                    One Who shed His Blood for our sins.

                                    Sing Climb Every Mountain

October 18, 2001      Feast of St. Luke

Messenger:        God gives us His life.

  

John 6: 35

Jesus answered them:

I am the bread of life.
No one who comes to me will ever hunger;
no one who believes in me will ever thirst.

   

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Jesus speaks:     I am the bread of life,
                           I give you My life.
                           Circulate the Mass video.
                           Circulate this with the say daily cards. 

                            The people in Catholic Nursing homes   
                                may be given the Eucharist by
                                Eucharistic Ministers if
                                the people are prepared.

                            This Mass video can be shown.

Messenger:        Oh Jesus, I love the Eucharist so much.
                                I ask you, what is life?
                                I feel you say to me
                                    "I am the bread of life."

                            I want to be saturated with your grace
                            Oh Jesus, I love you so much.
                                I love the Father so much.
                                My heart burns for love of God
                                  when I think of the Holy Spirit.
                            Holy Spirit, flood me with your gifts.
                            I long for the light of knowing more My Divine God.

                            Oh God the Eucharist and the gift of Penance is such
                                    a gift.
                            Oh God I long for you.

                             I want to encounter Christ more and more and
                                    I encounter Him deeper and deeper
                                    in the sacraments.

                             Oh God, the Church is so great.

                             The gift of the priest is such a gift.

                             I love the priests so, I have given my
                                life to pray for them and to ask
                                others to pray for them.

                            Our Church is such a gift.
                            I love the Church, I am proud to be
                                a Catholic, I am very gifted to
                                receive the Eucharist and be
                                able to go to confession.

                            The gift of God's priests are such a treasure.

                                We must pray for them.

                                  I want every priest to read the writings of
                                        Jesus given through Fr. Carter in
                                        the Priestly Newsletter Book II.

                                  There are so many writings from the pope
                                        and Fr. Carter and others on the
                                        gift of the priesthood and on
                                        the priest.

                                  Jesus wanted this book to reach his beloved
                                        priests by Christmas and to send
                                        every book with the prayer manual
                                        to the 75,000 priests by Christmas.

                                  The Father said this mailing would change
                                        the face of the earth.

                                  It would cost about $2.00 per priest,
                                        per book to send it.
                                 It would cost about $150,000. Think of
                                        what this would mean in this time of
                                        turmoil.

                                The Shepherds of Christ brings great hope to the
                                        troubled world.

                                There are not many vocations, sisters and
                                        priests, many priests are old and their
                                        numbers dwindling.

June 10, 1997

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Messenger:        Fr. Mike now has this statue.

                           Fr. Carter and Fr. Mike only met one time.
                                It was on the 3 year anniversary of 
                                the collapsed corner of Our Lady
                                of the Holy Spirit Center.
                                The corner fell off March 22, 1994.
                                Fr. Mike had Fr. Carter on his Radio Rosary
                                show three years later, almost at the
                                same time March 22, 1997. 

                            We found the tape recording of this radio show
                                which was on a Friday, just recently
                                and it was dated March 22, 1997.

                            That was the only time they ever met face
                                to face.

Messenger:         The appearance of Mary in gold and for the
                                camera July 5, 2000 was significant
                                when Fr. Carter had celebrated Mass
                                that day.

                                Fr. Mike celebrated Mass the first 5th of
                                    the new millennium and Mary appeared
                                    in rainbow-gold color.

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Messenger:        Right before the 6:20 prayers, there was
                                intense rain and wind and then

                                it ended with very vivid rainbows
                                before the 6:20 prayers.
     

Handmaids in the van    

Handmaids in the van

October 18, 2003

Messenger:        God wants these prayer services

                                to help bring down great grace
                                for the world.

                            God likes how we pray.

                            Lots of grace is released when prayers
                                are prayed.

                            On the 13th of each month we meet in
                                China, Indiana -

China, Indiana

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Messenger:        Jesus wants me to put this reading here:
                                Ezekiel 47: 12.

Ezekiel 47: 12

Along the river, on either bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; they will bear new fruit every month, because this water comes from the sanctuary. And their fruit will be good to eat and the leaves medicinal.’

  

Revelation 22: 1-5

Then the angel showed me the river of life, rising from the throne of God and of the Lamb and flowing crystal–clear. Down the middle of the city street, on either bank of the river were the trees of life, which bear twelve crops of fruit in a year, one in each month, and the leaves of which are the cure for the nations. 

    The curse of destruction will be abolished. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city; his servants will worship him, they will see him face to face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. And night will be abolished; they will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. They will reign for ever and ever.

  

Revelation 14: 1-5

Next in my vision I saw Mount Zion, and standing on it the Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty–four thousand people, all with his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of the ocean or the roar of thunder; it was like the sound of harpists playing their harps. There before the throne they were singing a new hymn in the presence of the four living creatures and the elders, a hymn that could be learnt only by the hundred and forty–four thousand who had been redeemed from the world. These are the sons who have kept their virginity and not been defiled with women; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they, out of all people, have been redeemed to be the first–fruits for God and for the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths and no fault can be found in them.

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Jesus speaks:        I have called these special prayer gatherings

                                for you to unite praying for the priests,
                                the Church and the world.

                            You should make it clear to those who
                                connect on the internet, they are being called by
                                Me to sing and worship and 
                                pray united as a body to help
                                bring down great grace for the 
                                priests, the Church and the 
                                world.

                            I have called the 5th and the 13ths -

                                I am present with you at all 
                                    rosaries and My Mother is 
                                    with you - great grace is released -

                            Great grace is released when these prayers
                                are prayed

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Jesus speaks:    Great grace is released as I promised
                                Fr Carter.

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

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

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Jesus speaks:    When people pray heartfully these prayers I will
                                draw them closer to My Heart
                                and My Mothers Heart.

                            I promise to outpour special graces to
                                those who pray the prayers and to
                                families who pray them in their
                                homes.

                            I promise to outpour My special graces
                                to Churches for a few gathering
                                and praying the prayers. I will
                                touch the priests of that parish
                                in a special way by outpouring
                                special graces on them. I will
                                give those leaders in the parish
                                special graces so they may become
                                more holy ministers of their work.

                            I have attached so many special graces
                                with My prayers -

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Jesus speaks:    I want these prayers prayed across the earth
                                and My songs sung across the earth.

                            Translate both in different languages
                                with the imprimatur.

                            I want My China people to pray at
                                St Boniface as a body tomorrow
                                afternoon.

                            Great grace is released because of those
                                praying before the Blessed Sacrament
                                in China, Indiana doing
                                adoration there.

                            Pray for your priests.

                            Pray for the world.

                            Pray for the Church.

                            Pray for the Holy Father.
                            I wish My messenger to talk to the Holy Father,
                                pray for this.

                            This Mission, My Movement Shepherds of Christ is
                                very important to the renewal
                                of the Church and the world.

                            These prayers are very important to
                                the world.

                            I want the focus of these large prayer
                                meetings to be to give honor and
                                glory to God and to pray for
                                grace and mercy for the Church and
                                the world.

LUCIA'S VISION 1929  

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Jesus speaks:    These gatherings I have called at this time
                                under Mary's image,

July 5, 2000

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Jesus speaks:           at My Church in China

China, Indiana

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Jesus speaks:         the Sidney Rosary and
                                other rosaries (like Texas) for this purpose
                                to help bring grace for the priests,
                                the Church and the world.

                            I call you to sing and praise your God,
                                worship God with great
                                love, you tune in to deeply communicate
                                with God, in your prayers united with one another
                                and to praise and worship your God.

                            Here again - My Movement is to give
                                more and more for the world.
                                Don't tune in for what you want
                                    just for yourselves, see the
                                    broadcast for the souls, to
                                    praise God, to love Him.

                            You too will receive tremendous grace
                                for you and your families -
                                healing grace

Messenger:        The days are long and the nights seem longer -
                                winter days may seem longer than the
                                beautiful days of spring, summer and
                                fall.

Jesus speaks:    With winter comes a time to go inside and
                                work on yourselves - hibernation - you
                                need time to go inside
                           Some are so restless they don't ask for
                                help for themselves -
                            You should always ask for help.
                                I want to be so one in you in
                                everything you do.

                            I cannot express the importance of these
                                special prayer gatherings, 13th, 5th,
                                Sidney - these special rosaries.

                            I will outpour My special grace on
                                the world from these prayers.

                            Special grace is outpoured when you
                                pray together as I have instructed.

                            I am the King of heaven and earth.

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Jesus speaks:    I am the King of the Kingdom

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Jesus speaks:    I shed the saving Blood for you
                                and your sins.

                            Sing the litanies.
                            Sing the litany of the Precious Blood.

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  
Lord, have mercy on us.
    Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
    Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
    have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
    have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,
    have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
    have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us (repeat after each invocation).
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of angels,
Queen of patriarchs,
Queen of prophets,
Queen of apostles,
Queen of martyrs,
Queen of confessors,
Queen of virgins,
Queen of all saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of the families,
Queen of peace,
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
    spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
    graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
    have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
    that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and, by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and Blessed Virgin.

 

Litany of the Sacred Heart

Lord, have mercy on us.
    Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
    Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
    have mercy on us (repeat after each invocation).
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,
Heart of Jesus, sacred temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,
Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim of sin,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in You,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints,
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world,
    spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world,
    graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world,
    have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
    make our hearts like unto Yours.

Let us pray: O almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your dearly beloved Son and upon the praise and satisfaction He offers You in behalf of sinners and, being appeased, grant pardon to those who seek Your mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus 

(For public or private use.)

Lord, have mercy on us.
   Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
   Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
   Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
   Have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, Price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, river of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, Victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, Courage of martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, Strength of confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, Help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, Relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, Solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, Hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, Consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, Peace and Tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, Pledge of Eternal Life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from Purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Have mercy on us, O Lord.

V.  Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood,
R.  And made of us a kingdom for our God.

Let Us Pray

   Almighty and Eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may worthily adore this Price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of this present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in Heaven. Through the same Christ Our Lord. R.  Amen.   

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Jesus speaks:    Go to the Nursing Homes, it will
                                help you.

                            I am a God of justice -
                                I tell you to love one another.

                            Pray for grace to love.

                            Saying and singing the litanies please Me.

Psalm 27: 7-14

Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry, 
    pity me, answer me! 
Of you my heart has said, 
    ‘Seek his face!’ 
Your face, Yahweh, I seek; 
    do not turn away from me. 

Do not thrust aside your servant in anger, 
    without you I am helpless. 
Never leave me, never forsake me, 
    God, my Saviour. 
Though my father and mother forsake me, 
    Yahweh will gather me up. 

Yahweh, teach me your way, 
lead me on the path of integrity 
    because of my enemies; |
do not abandon me to the will of my foes—
false witnesses have risen against me, 
    and are breathing out violence. 

This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, 
    in the land of the living. 
Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, 
    put your hope in Yahweh.

       

October 18, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Sing Song Turn an Ear to Me Oh Lord

                            Sing Song Eye Has Not Seen

Malachi 3: 19-24  

    ‘For look, the Day is coming, glowing like a furnace. All the proud and all the evil–doers will be the stubble, and the Day, when it comes, will set them ablaze, says Yahweh Sabaoth, leaving them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear my name, the Sun of justice will rise with healing in his rays, and you will come out leaping like calves from the stall, and trample on the wicked, who will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act, says Yahweh Sabaoth.

‘Remember the Law of my servant Moses to whom at Horeb I prescribed decrees and rulings for all Israel. 

    ‘Look, I shall send you the prophet Elijah before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes. He will reconcile parents to their children and children to their parents, to forestall my putting the country under the curse of destruction.’

October 18, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    I have given you the Mass -
                            I have given you the priest -

                            The devil is attacking the priests, people running
                                the schools, and the family.

                            The devil wants to hurt the institutions -
                                the Church, the school, the family.

                            I have told you how to pray.

                            Pray the prayers for reparation to Our
                                Hearts.

1 Corinthians 15: 20-28

    In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first–fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

October 18, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Pray to the Holy Spirit -

                            Pray the Holy Spirit prayers I have
                                given you

October 18, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Meditate on the scriptures -

                            Have big print books printed.

                            Spanish Holy Spirit Books
                            Spanish Prayer Manuals

                            Pray the Rosary -

                            Spread the knowledge of the Apostles
                                of the Eucharistic Heart to all
                                priests, the 3 main messages
                                given to Father Carter, the prayer manual
                                and Tell My People, Priestly
                                Newsletter Book 1 & 3, the Spanish
                                Priestly Newsletter Book II.
                            Ask for regular donations from prayer
                                chapters to do this.
                            You must contact the Nursing Homes -
                                use the videos, every servant,
                                handmaid and apostle should go
                                for at least 30 minutes weekly.

                            Ask for a donation to pay for the building to
                                pay for it outright.

                            Beg for a big sign in Florida, this is
                                important. (Jesus means a sign which
                                says Shepherds of Christ)

                            Pray for each other, people in the Shepherds of Christ
                                must stay united. Pray for each
                                other like a family.

                            Here is the plan

First Friday - December 6, 1996

Jesus: I am calling you as a family. You will be joined in one heart, acting as My Heart beating in this world. All the apostles in the Shepherds of Christ Movement are joined in one Heart.

R. The core leaders will contact the coordinators. The coordinators will contact the individual apostles. All are apostles with a job directed by Jesus to do. Her peace plan was given at Fatima:

1. Until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.

2. Mary has requested all to pray the daily rosary.

3. We must observe the Five First Saturday devotion:
   - Communion, confession (within 8 days before or after the Saturday), recital of the rosary, meditating for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the rosary. All this is to be done in spirit of reparation.

4. We must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

His plan centers around this.

We have heads functioning in the individual ministries. Everything we do leads to consecration of hearts. As the apostles press on the three institutions, the Church, family, and school to help spread the consecration, the strayed ones will be led home to His Heart.

Mary said at Fatima until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.

The present condition of the world

Peace will come when hearts are hearts of love. The scales must shift. It will happen through the consecration. Mary's peace plan: until a sufficient amount of people consecrate their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace.

The Father looks to the earth; He sees much darkness.

The Father looks to the earth. There are few hearts fervently in love with God. The hearts of love light up the earth. It is as lights on a Christmas tree. It is sparsely lighted by a few hearts. Therefore, the tree looks dark.

As the Shepherds of Christ Movement spreads (as well as other movements focused on spreading consecration to Their Hearts) the tree is covered with more hearts and the earth becomes more lighted.

The tree is covered with hearts consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The tree is illuminated.

As the Shepherds of Christ apostles spread the consecration to the Church, the family, and the school, the tree is covered with lights and the earth is covered with the fire of His love.

The Father looks to the earth now. He is displeased with the hearts of men. The Father wants us to love God and love each other. He wants us to live according to His will in love.

Mary appears at Fatima. She tells us that we are offending God. She tells us what we must do. Mary's peace plan:

1. Until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.

2. Mary has requested all to pray the daily rosary.

3. We must observe the First Saturday devotion.

4. We must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Mary said there will be an era of peace, no matter what we do, in which the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph.

Man disobeys, the devil blocks the Fatima message. World War II happens just as Mary said.

Mary appeared to me for 14 months daily. She gives us the same message as Fatima. Jesus and Mary give us God's Blue Book and Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He writes His message of love on our hearts. His life lives in our hearts. The Scripture and the Mass live in our hearts.

In the Shepherds of Christ Movement, our focus is on the priest.

End of December 6, 1996

      
   

December 7, 1996 First Saturday -
Revelations on the Light

Isaiah 30: 19-26:

Yes, people of Zion living in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious to you when your cry for help rings out;
as soon as he hears it, he will answer you.
When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering
and the water of distress,
he who is your teacher will hide no longer,
and you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
Your ears will hear these words behind you,
'This is the way, keep to it,' whether you turn to right or left.
You will hold unclean the silver platting of your idols
and gold plating of your images.
You will throw them away like the polluted things they are,
shouting after them, 'Good riddance!'
He will send rain for the seed you sow in the ground,
and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing.
That day, your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
Oxen and donkeys that work the land
will eat for fodder wild sorrel,
spread by the shovel-load and fork-load.
On every lofty mountain, on every high hill
there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter
when the strongholds fall.
Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-
on the day Yahweh dresses his people's wound
and heals the scars of the blows have received."

Isaiah 40:1-8:

'Console my people, console them,'
says your God.
'Speak to the heart of Jerusalem
and cry to her
that her period of service is ended,
that her guilt has been atoned for,
that, from the hand of Yahweh, she has received
double punishment for all her sins.'
A voice cries, 'Prepare in the desert
a way for Yahweh.
Make a straight highway for our God
across the wastelands.
Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain and hill be leveled,
every cliff become a plateau,
every escarpment a plain;
then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed
and all humanity will see it together,
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.'
A voice said, 'Cry aloud!' and I said, 'What shall I cry?'
-'All humanity is grass
and all its beauty like the wild flower's.
The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of Yahweh blows on them.
(The grass is surely the people.)
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God remains for ever.'

Song: A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness

R. Adam and Eve are given great gifts and insights into God. They sin, the light of knowing God is dimmed because of their sin. They do not know God as they did before the sin.

Christ comes, He is the Light of the World. He dies, He gives Himself. He shares His life with us through sanctifying grace.

Through Baptism we receive this sharing in His divine life. The more He shares His life, the more we are saturated with His life, the more we know Him. He reveals Himself to us–we see the light.

The Kingdom of God is at hand. It is all here: the Mass, the Eucharist, God giving Himself.

To partake more in His life we must give ourselves to Him.

Mary appears to Bernadette. She tells her she is the "Immaculate Conception." We are sinners, but through Mary, the pure and sinless one, we can unite deeply in Him.

We are in darkness in varying degrees. The more we are saturated with His life, the more we see.

The reign of God is at hand. Since He came to the earth, everything is in place to see the light.

God is giving to us great graces to see the light now. He is lifting the veil.

There will be the era of peace.

Isaiah 30:26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

We see the darkness. As at night, we do not see the colorful leaves, they are there, we do not see them.

In the morning light, we see the glory of the beautiful day, the colorful leaves.

As the light steals across the sky, we see more and more. As the sun gradually comes up, we see more clearly the beauty of the leaves.

At first, our vision is not so clear because the light does not show in its deepest intensity. As the sun comes up we see more and more vividly until finally we see clearly the beauty of the colorful leaves.

Isaiah 30:26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

In a message to Fr. Carter on July 31, 1994, Jesus has promised us: "I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

As stated above, the more we are saturated with his life, the more we are one in Him, the more clearly we see. It is in this union, in the depth of His Heart, that we receive such life, that we know Him with great clarity, that we are given this vision of God.

It is not with "eyes" that we see, but the illumination is in the knowing power that He gives to us. He reveals insights into the divine mysteries. We share most intimately with Him when we are one with Him in the Mass and after Communion. These are treasured moments in which He gives us a special sharing to know Him, our Divine Lover.

We see clearly when our hearts are hearts of love. We see vividly when our hearts are filled with love and peace. We were created to love, to love God and love each other.

Adam and Eve sinned. They lost the great gift given to them. The light of knowing God was dimmed because of their sin.

Christ comes into the world. He is the Word. He is the light of the world. He comes to save man from his sin. He comes in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Mary is the pure and sinless one. Jesus comes to pay the price for the sin of Adam and for our sins. We are all tainted by this sin of our first father and mother. Mary is the Immaculate and pure one, the highest human person. Divinity unites with humanity in the womb of Mary. They are one. Jesus is carried within the body of His mother. Such unity from the beginning, for His life is formed within her body. Is it surprising to us, then, if Christ comes within the womb of the Virgin Mary, that we too must go through Mary to unite to Him? Where is the pride in the hearts of men that think they do not have to go through their Mother Mary? If Christ comes in the womb of Mary to pay the price for man's sins, and we are tainted by the sin, in order to unite to the Almighty God who is all holy, we must go through the pure and sinless one.

Adam and Eve sinned. The Father sends His Son into the world to pay the price for man's sins. Jesus is the New Adam; Mary is the New Eve. Man continues to sin, greatly displeasing God. The Father allows Mary to appear to Bernadette at Lourdes as the Immaculate Conception, as having been conceived without original sin. The Father then allows Mary to appear to the children of Fatima as the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

We are sinners, we cannot unite closely to Him unless we go through Mary.

Mary is the pure and sinless one. We can unite deeply to Him. We are in darkness in varying degrees. The more we are saturated with His life, the more we see.

The reign of God is at hand. He came to the earth, He died, He rose on the third day. He gave to the Apostles the power to change bread and wine into His Body and Blood. He gave to them the power to forgive sins. He established His Church pouring forth from His pierced side. We do not see the great gifts that He has given to us. He is giving to us great insights into these gifts. God is giving to us great graces to see the light now. He is lifting the veil.

There will be an era of peace and all will see with such light as Isaiah speaks of in chapter 30, verse 26:

"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

Man sinned. Jesus came to redeem us. Man is still so sinful. Mary appears at Fatima. She tells us that we are offending God, that we must make reparation to her heart and the heart of her Son.

She gives us the peace plan for the world. She tells us that the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and her Immaculate Heart will triumph but we must do what she says. The Church has approved Fatima. The devil has blocked the message. How can we disobey our Mother? How can we ignore her? Mary appeared at Fatima and was ignored. Mary appeared to me almost daily for 14 months–she does not appear as she once did. Jesus has told me that He will handle these messages, that He is in charge, that the plan of the Father will unfold despite any person's willfulness.

In August 1996, Mary spoke in the rosary: she said she could not hold back the hand of her Son any longer. On the 5th of this month, instead of Mary appearing as she had in the past, Jesus appeared alive on the crucifix with His mouth moving for twenty minutes. We are not listening to Mary or to Jesus. Man has sinned. Jesus came to redeem us. Mary tells us what we must do. Men are disobedient. They disobeyed their Mother. They do not do what she told them what they must do at Fatima. When hearts are consecrated to Jesus and Mary they become holy hearts, deeply one with God. The reign of the Sacred Heart is at hand for He has given to us abundant grace that we are seeing with such clarity this vision of God. He has imparted to us understanding into His divine mysteries.

The more we focus on what Jesus and Mary have told us, the more we will have peace. He is angered by the willfulness of man. He will get their attention. We are spreading the good news when we spread the consecration.

We must heed the words of our Mother. She will not go away because of willful men. We have angered God more by ignoring her. There is only one way: it is the plan that Mary has given to us at Fatima. He is lifting the veil for those whose hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Many in the Shepherds of Christ Movement are fervently loving Him. In the Shepherds of Christ Movement, as the apostles spread the consecration to the Church, the family, and the school, the fire of His love will cover the earth and it will be lighted with this love coming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph.

We, in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, are spreading the fire of His love across the earth through the consecration.

The hearts of men will turn from their sick and desolate ways to hearts gentle as a little lamb. There will be one flock and one Shepherd and His staff will rule over all. Hearts consecrated to Their Hearts will lead the light across the earth. This light will be a light of intense brightness, brighter and hotter than any light from a flame. It will be the fire of God's love. The Spirit will move in all hearts consecrated to His Heart, and we will know how fire truly spreads, for the love of God is a fire, it is vibrant, it is encompassing, it is smoldering, burning deep within and speedily spreading on the outside. No fires on this earth can ever describe the burning embers that burn from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. No fire burns like the fires coming from His Heart and hearts filled with the love from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

On October 13, 1917 Our Lady gave to Lucia and 70,000 spellbound people, a great vision: the sun spun in the sky, casting off great lights. This happened three times in about 12 minutes. As quoted from Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven:

It seemed that the whole world was on fire with the sun spinning at a greater speed each time. Then a gasp of terror rose from the crowd for the sun seemed to tear itself from the heavens and come crashing down upon the horrified multitudes...just when it seemed that the ball of fire would fall upon and destroy them, the miracle ceased, and the sun resumed its normal place in the sky, shining forth as peacefully as ever.

Mary gave this tremendous sign at Fatima and people did not listen. The events that followed were as she had predicted since we disobeyed her. There was a brutal war, WWII. Mary appeared to me almost daily - very few have listened. She told me over and over again of the souls going to hell. She told me in August she could not hold back the hand of her Son anymore. Adam and Eve sinned. God, the Father, sent His Son. Man continues to sin–the Father sends Mary but she is ignored!

On July 2, 1996, my son, Joseph, was taking pictures of all of the Shepherds of Christ members at Tom Arlinghaus' farm. He took one picture of each person. Jesus told me to tell him to take two pictures of Fr. Carter. The first picture was a normal picture. The second picture was of Fr. Carter covered with a pillar of light.

In front of a statue of Our Sorrowful Mother, Mary was alive in the statue.

Jesus: "Peace will bound when nations, churches, families, and individuals are consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Shepherds of Christ Movement...is a pillar of light in the darkness."

R. We must encourage all to consecrate their hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to join the Shepherds of Christ chapters, and the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Movement, to pray for our Church and our world.

Jesus: This is My Movement for renewal of the Church and the world, based in consecration, joining your every act to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying the rosary, and making reparation to Our Hearts, especially on first Fridays and first Saturday. It is through your prayers and sacrifices many souls will be saved. Grace will flow from those whose hearts are consecrated to Our Hearts and the fire of My love will light up this darkened world.

R. Many are living in darkness because they are not obeying Our Lady. The people will see the light when they obey her and consecrate their hearts to her heart and the Heart of Jesus.

To have this intense union with Jesus, with God, we must give ourselves to Our Lady. It is there in the intimacy with Him that we are saturated with His life and that He reveals to us great lights, great insights into His divine mysteries. Yes, indeed, the light will steel across the earth and the hearts of men will be hearts filled with His love. They will know their God with great light imparted to them by the Holy Spirit given to them because of the deep union that they have with Jesus. The reign of the Sacred Heart is at hand. He is giving to us these great lights at this time for He has lifted the veil and we see many things and the light steals across the sky and we see with clear vision.

Isaiah 30: 26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

Isaiah 30: 25:
"On every lofty mountain, on every high hill
there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter
when the strongholds fall."

Truly His Heart is the fountain of divine life. It flows through the Church, through the hands of His holy priests. When priests are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and celebrating the Mass, and administering the sacraments, an immense amount of His grace will be outpoured on the earth.

A people in darkness have seen a great light. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, the Light of the World!

Our Father...thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We will all love as the Father intends, for now He looks to the earth and He sees it covered with darkness. As hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the earth will be covered with His light.

Revelation 12:1-12:

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labor, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet. Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and the dragon stopped in front of the woman as she was at the point of giving birth, so that he could eat the child as soon as it was born. The woman was delivered of a boy, the Son who was to rule all the nations with an iron scepter, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his throne, while the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.

And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had led all the world astray, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, 'Salvation and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life. So let the heavens rejoice and all who live there; but for you, earth and sea, disaster is coming-because the devil has gone down to you in a rage, knowing that he has little time left.'

We are in her spiritual womb (heart). She is pregnant, bringing forth her children of light. As we go to her heart, she crushes the head of the serpent. Some of the brightest stars that will light up the earth are in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. We are the children of light. We are being sent forth as she brings us forth her children of light to stamp out the darkness. We must give ourselves to Mary.

end of December 7, 1996

Revelation 19: 5-10

                            Victory Song

Then a voice came from the throne; it said, ‘Praise our God, you servants of his and those who fear him, small and great alike.’ And I heard what seemed to be the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, ‘Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun; let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.’ The angel said, ‘Write this, "Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb," ’ and he added, ‘These words of God are true.’ Then I knelt at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, ‘Never do that: I am your fellow–servant and the fellow–servant of all your brothers who have in themselves the witness of Jesus. God alone you must worship.’ The witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
  

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

136. THE FOURTH DAY

        A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS

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

PRAYER.   The usual preparatory prayer.

window at a former Jesuit Seminary

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

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

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

FIRST PART

THE STANDARD OF SATAN

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

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

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

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

SECOND PART

THE STANDARD OF CHRIST

143.   In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.

144. FIRST POINT.   Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.

145. SECOND POINT.   Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.

146. THIRD POINT.   . . .
   

end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

October 18, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Sing Take Lord Receive
  

God
grant me the Serenity 
to accept the things 
I cannot change...
Courage to change 
the things I can
and Wisdom 
to know the difference.

      

        Prayer of St Ignatius

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the wicked foe defend me
at the hour of my death call me
and bid me come to Thee
That with Thy saints I may praise Thee
For ever and ever. Amen.

                    From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, 
                            by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 25                     

46. PRAYER.  In the preparatory prayer I will beg God
our Lord for grace that all my intentions, actions, 
and operations may be directed purely to the 
praise and service of His Divine Majesty. 

                October 18, 2007

                    The Our Father is a
                prayer Jesus taught us how
                to pray to Him — The Oneness
                between the Persons of the
                Trinity is the mystery we
                seek to know about.

                    Oneness — 3 Persons - one
                God — I know more deeply
                each Person as God reveals
                Himself to me. Secrets
                into the Ultimate mystery —
                the oneness of the Persons
                of the Trinity — I know deeply
                in my love relationship
                with God — who reveals Himself
                to me — His inner life —
                what that means — the
                beatific vision — to be
                embraced by God for all
                eternity — The Knowledge of
                this relationship of the Persons
                of the Trinity — written on
                my soul — a glimpse of the
                beauty of God's love,
                perfect love — The Persons
                of the Trinity in that
                ultimate mystery of God
                In the Oneness of God —

                    If we could see into
                heaven — we would see the
                harmony — the oneness of
                the saints living so one in
                the will of God —

                    There are no actions of imperfections
                of the saints in heaven —
                no jealousy, no pride,
                no envy, lust etc. —
                There is pure love — oneness
                in the Father's will —

                    I cannot even reach to
                express within my feeble heart —
                of what it is to know love — perfect
                love that exists in the oneness
                of the Persons of the Trinity — BUT

                God is love —
                God created us in love —
                God always acts lovingly —
                    even in punishment —
                    God is love
                    God acts lovingly —

                Jesus consumed with
                    such love for men
                    went to the cross for
                    His precious souls  —

                    The important aspect of
                the Our Father to me is it
                shows relationship — God loves —
                God is seen in family — God is
                not a book of rules and facts —
                God wants us living in Him
                for all eternity —

                God gives us children from
                    an act of love —

                God shows such love for
                    humanity — if you can
                    even fathom this —
                    The Holy Spirit — the
                    Deity is espoused to
                    humanity — the sinless
                    Virgin Mary — that Jesus
                    takes on flesh —

                What awesomeness of love
                    is this — that God —
                    the Deity - loves humanity
                    this much and that Jesus is
                    formed within the womb of
                    Mary to be God-made-Man —

                    How can we not see the
                gift God the Father gives humanity
                and the honor we are to show her —
                for God so loved the world He
                sent His only Son — born of
                Mary —

                    Incarnation — what love
                God has for humanity

                    What love that the Holy Spirit is
                espoused to Mary a human
                person —

                    What love for humanity
                that God comes — the Son of God —
                carved in the womb of Mary
                Mystery of Mysteries —

                    Knowledge of the Trinity
                can be known in love relationship
                with God — not in books with
                heartless love do we understand
                God, but with the response
                of man to God's love - relationship —

John 3: 16

For this is how God loved the world: 
he gave his only Son, 
so that everyone who believes in him 
    may not perish 
but may have eternal life.

1 John 4: 19

Let us love, then, because he first loved us.

   

                The incarnation goes on in us —
                We are formed more and more in
                    that love union of Holy Spirit
                    and Mary in her spiritual
                    womb —
                    her Immaculate Heart —

                Why did God the Father allow
                    Mary to appear at Lourdes
                    telling Bernadette —

                    "I am the Immaculate
                        Conception"?

                Why did God allow Mary to
                    appear at Fatima telling
                    us Jesus wants His Sacred
                    Heart venerated next to Mary —

                RELATIONSHIP

                RELATIONSHIP

                    in the beatific vision

                ... Thy will be done on earth
                    as it is in heaven —

                    Love in heaven — knowing God
                    without the actions of
                    imperfect man —
                    jealousy, pride, lust ... —

                These imperfections when acted
                    out in relationship — drive
                    our hearts apart — they
                    separate — where purity
                    leads to oneness —

                    The Medicine of Immortality,
                the Eucharist is the gift God
                gives — that Jesus is truly present
                in His Divinity and humanity and
                feeds us with Himself —

                    He gives us His grace —
                    We are more saturated with
                His life in us —

                    LIFE IN HIM

                    Our Father who art in heaven,
                hallowed be thy name — no blasphemy
                only reverence, bowing down to
                the God who created us —

                Jesus taught us —
                    Call the Father, Father
                    hallowed be Thy name —
                    Jesus says —

                Thy Kingdom come

                Devotion to the 2 Hearts —

                The Age of Love — Fr. Carter
                    spoke about in
                    the same messages he got to
                    begin the Newsletter —

                Thy Kingdom come —

                Greater Perfection for the imperfect
                    children of Adam and Eve —
                    modeling ourselves
                    after Jesus and Mary,
                    the New Adam, the New Eve
 

Matthew 5: 48

'You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.'
  

                ... Thy will be done on earth
                    as it is in heaven

                The Sacred Heart — the Heart of
                    pure, perfect love —
                    Jesus is God — always
                    doing the Father's will —

                The Immaculate Heart, pure and
                    sinless — in perfect compliance
                    to the Father's will —

                In dwelling in Their Hearts
                    of pure and perfect love —
                    Fed on the Bread of Life —

                    The Eucharist and the Word—

                The poor banished children of
                    Adam and Eve are living
                    more and more in the Father's
                    will —

                The saints in heaven — in perfect accord

                    oneness —

                This is our model to be in the
                    Father's will as the saints
                        in heaven

                Jesus says to pray for this in
                    the Our Father

                ... thy will be done on
                earth as it is in heaven —

                Greater purity for the imperfect
                    men of this earth —
                    devotion to the 2 Hearts —
                    Pictures of Their images
                        to remind us of Them

                Pure love — not tainted love
                    we have from our wounded
                    human nature

                Oh God our Father —
                    teach us how to pray —
                        all for Your honor and glory —
                        not from our tainted ways

                Our Father who art in heaven
                    hallowed be thy name
                Thy Kingdom come —
                Thy will be done—
                    on earth as it is in heaven —

                Jesus taught us to pray to our
                    Father this way.

                Give us this day our daily bread and
                    forgive us our trespasses —

                We recognize our faults — 
 

                In this lies our healing —
                    in that we recognize our faults

                The wounded human nature argues
                    about being right even when
                    the person may be wrong —

                Because of pride — the wounded
                    human nature may say —
                    not me —
                    I never do wrong —
                    I am right —

                And yet with such an attitude
                    one fails to recognize
                    the imperfect, fallen
                    human nature we have —
                And our need for Jesus, Our
                    Savior —

                Eve wanted to be equal to God
                Eve sinned
                Eve was guilty of pride
                We all have suffered our
                    wounded human nature
                    because of the sin of
                    Adam and Eve

                Forgive us our trespasses —

                As we forgive those —
                We must forgive!

                Jesus taught us about forgiveness

                There is a man on the cross —

                It is the Savior

                He shows us love

                He forgives our sins —

                Why do we not see we must
                    forgive each other —
                    not harbor hatred —

                    Jesus loved us to His death
                        on the cross

                    God is love

                ... And lead us not into temptation
                    When we don't take responsibility
                        for our habitual sins —
                        our patterned ways —
                        that are sinful —

                    When we put a bag on our
                        heads — when others
                        are suffering and begging us
                        to stop it —

                We are leading ourselves into
                    temptation —
                    We put a bag over our
                        head and say —
                    "I didn't do it"

                We can argue when we are wrong
                    because of pride and then
                    in two or 3 days we
                    continue the same habit
                    sinful patterned behavior —

                God put us here to walk —
                    hand in hand and
                    we grow in greater
                    perfection loving God and
                    each other —

                We are all uniquely created
                    to love God as only we
                    can  —
                    like little children —

Excerpt from Response in Christ
    by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. - Chapter 3

       e) Relationship with Members of the Church
    There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church's existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.
   The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.
   The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God's own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.
   This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."¹³ And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.
   The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.¹⁴ The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."¹⁵
   The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.
   Not only can we be aided by the saints' intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.¹⁶

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    ¹³Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
   ¹⁴Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
   ¹⁵Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
   ¹⁶Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.

end of excerpt from Response in Christ