October 25, 2012

Jesus: God created you to love.

                What makes you happy is giving
                    to others, loving from the
                    heart.

                Because of wounded men, the coldness
                    of men today - you see wounded
                    men struggling with selfishness,
                    self-focus.

                How does a man know peace and
                    love in the family if from
                    generations past - the life
                    was lived with anger,
                    addictions, being unloved
                    by parents who were wounded,
                    selfishness at home, unavailability.

                One can be very selfish and self-
                    focused if they can try to
                    force others to put up with
                    their behavior.

                You were created by God to love
                    God first, to serve God, to
                    know God.
                    God is love.

                The devil wants jealousy, envy,
                    competition.

                    Loving, giving is how you
                        were created by God.
                    Working in love with others
                        for the building of My Kingdom.
                    A man was abandoned much
                        of his life and treated by
                        an angry father

                When he was a little boy he
                    was criticized and shamed
                    and he did little wrong.

                His father was gruff - despite
                    anything, good or bad,
                    he was always mad at
                    others and saw them as
                    his enemy.
                    He chased others far away
                    in anger and was miserable
                    to be alone for he was
                    created by God to have
                    relationships — to love.

                This Christmas, pray to the
                    Holy Spirit to help your heart
                    to be sanctified and
                    open to love —

Love makes the world go
'round.

I am Jesus —

                Live to love
                Be a happy family
                That works according to
                    God's will —
                    in love —

Love, Love, Love —
I am Love —

                Being more and more in
                    the image of Jesus —
                    is being loving

                You need each other —
                You need God —
                    help each other

3rd Sunday of Advent

Zephaniah 3: 14-18

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion,
Israel, shout aloud!
Rejoice, exult with all your heart,
daughter of Jerusalem!
Yahweh has repealed your sentence;
he has turned your enemy away.
Yahweh is king among you, Israel,
you have nothing more to fear.

When that Day comes,
the message for Jerusalem will be:
Zion, have no fear,
do not let your hands fall limp.
Yahweh your God is there with you,
the warrior–Saviour.
He will rejoice over you with happy song,
he will renew you by his love,
he will dance with shouts of joy for you,
as on a day of festival.

Philippians 4: 4-7

Always be joyful, then, in the Lord; I repeat, be joyful. Let your good sense be obvious to everybody. The Lord is near. Never worry about anything; but tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer and petition shot through with gratitude, and the peace of God which is beyond our understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Luke 3: 10-18

When all the people asked him, 'What must we do, then?' he answered, 'Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone with something to eat must do the same.' There were tax collectors, too, who came for baptism, and these said to him, 'Master, what must we do?' He said to them, 'Exact no more than the appointed rate.' Some soldiers asked him in their turn, 'What about us? What must we do?' He said to them, 'No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!'

A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to wonder whether John might be the Christ, so John declared before them all, 'I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.' And he proclaimed the good news to the people with many other exhortations too.

3rd Sunday of Advent
December 17, 2006

INTRODUCTION: Our theme for today, as it often is, is summed up in the Psalm Refrain: “Cry out with joy and gladness, for among you is the great and holy one of Israel.” Our first reading from the prophet Zephaniah goes back about 700 years before Christ. The Assyrians were the dominant force in the Middle East and were an unusually warlike, brutal people. Their capital city was in northern Iraq near modern day Mosul. Our first reading comes from a time shortly after the Assyrians wiped out the northern part of Israel. They brought severe suffering upon the southern part of Israel too, the area around Jerusalem, but they did not conquer it. Jerusalem would still stand for another 130 years until the Babylonians conquered it. The Babylonian empire, as you might remember, was centered around Baghdad and it was after they destroyed the Assyrian empire that they moved on to conquer many other nations in the Middle East which included Judah and Jerusalem. (It sounds very much like what’s going on over there today, doesn’t it?) Meanwhile back to Zephaniah 700 years before Christ after the northern part of Israel had been devastated. Jerusalem was struggling to recover from the near destruction they had suffered, but they didn’t learn their lesson. Idolatry and immorality were rampant among the Jews. The king of Judah himself offered his own son as a human sacrifice to the pagan gods. Most of Zephaniah’s book records his efforts to correct abuses among God’s people. His book ends on a note of hope, however, as he addresses those who are faithful to God. He tells them to rejoice and assures them God will rejoice and sing too because of his love for them and for all the blessings that will be theirs. Can any of us begin to imagine what it would sound like to hear God singing?

There is something we should be aware of when we hear the second reading too. St. Paul is sitting in prison somewhere when he wrote this, and prisons in those days were really bad. Today’s prisons would look like a luxury hotel by comparison. Yet Paul can be joyful and he is able to encourage the Philippians to have no anxiety and to rejoice always.

HOMILY: In the days when we had Mass in Latin, today was known as Gaudete Sunday. That means “Be Joyful.” The liturgy continues to communicate that theme of joy with rose colored vestments and readings telling us to rejoice.

So on this Gaudete Sunday I thought you would enjoy a couple of laughs.

First a riddle for you: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office? Answer: You do all the work, and the guy that wears that big fancy suit gets all the credit.

A couple were always fascinated by old churches and wherever they traveled if they came near an old church they had to stop and look inside. Once in a small town church they saw an oddly shaped bell and asked the person cleaning the church what the strange bell was used for. They were told “That bell is reserved for calamities, like fires, floods, or a visit from the archbishop.”

Lastly, if laughter really were the best medicine, hospitals would have found a way to charge us for it long ago.

Laughter fades away, but there is something that lasts and sustains us all the more: joy. Joy goes deeper than just being funny. We heard the prophet in today’s first reading telling God's people, during an especially difficult time in their history, to “sing for joy.” They should sing for joy not because things were wonderful, but because God was in their midst. And we heard Paul, in prison, tell the Philippians to rejoice always. The scriptures give us different ideas about joy than our culture does. Our society seems to tell us joy stems from what we have. The scriptures tell us our joy comes from what we have (for the Lord is in your midst as Zephaniah tells us) but it also comes from what we will have in some future time, something we can trust in because God is faithful to his promises.

In the few minutes I have, let me name some of the things that keep us from having joy: * Feeling sorry for oneself. * Constantly putting other people down to make ourselves look smarter or better. * Putting ourselves down all the time. Because we’re human we all make mistakes or do wrong and there are healthy ways of dealing with guilty or shame, but constantly beating ourselves up is not one of them. * Holding on to anger and resentment. It only eats us up inside and does not produce joy. We have to forgive. * Thinking that having more things is going to make us happy. It satisfies us only momentarily. * And then there’s fear and worry. Paul says have no anxiety at all. That might sound impossible but there are so many things that cause us anxiety, which we can do nothing about and we have to leave in God's hands.

If self pity, guilt, unforgiveness, anger, resentment, fear, and worry work against our having joy, then what will lead to joy? We must decide to be joyful. Paul tells the Philippians “rejoice” as if it is something for them to choose to do rather than it being something that just happens to them. I think it was Abraham Lincoln who said most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Dr. Hans Selye, the scientist who developed and researched the concept of stress, would agree. He said: it’s generally not the things outside of us that create stress for us, but it’s the way we respond to these things. Next we need to be good and to do good. Otherwise we won’t feel good about ourselves. The people in today’s gospel ask the Baptist, “what should we do?” John gave them a few specific ideas. All we have to do is read the gospels or the 10 Commandments and we’ll get the idea that there’s more to a good life than just to say, “I believe!” Lastly, I think gratitude is the final key to unlock the way to joy. And again, being grateful is an intentional thing, it is an attitude we must develop. St. Paul said: “in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.” A heart that is ungrateful is not happy. This is not all that could be said about joy, but it’s probably enough for us to think about today.

My closing words for today are don’t make yourselves so anxious this season that you lose the joy that can be found only in knowing Jesus’ love. “The Lord, your God, is in your midst.”

From December 17, 2006

Prayer Service

December 17, 2006 - 5:00 am

Messenger:            We must be one. This is our mission.
                        Let the valleys be raised and the mountains
                        made low. The lion sit down with the
                        lamb.

                            Think of this the lion graze with the
                        lamb. If God has called the world to oneness —
                        oneness in Him where we are to operate as
                        St. Paul says
                            "It is no longer, I who live, but He who lives
                        in me"

We must put on Christ —
In all things - put on Christ —

His Word alive in us — where it is no
longer - I who live, but He who lives in me.

                            An apple tree was chosen to show the
                        sin of Adam and Eve and from this simple fruit
                        we are to recognize the concupiscence of
                        the flesh, but we fail to see because of our wounded
                        human nature our own jealousies, envy,
                        pride —

Mary was sinless —

                            Jealousies lingering in us can be means of
                        attack from the devil. If it is God's will for
                        us to have many relationships and function
                        deeply united as a body - then jealousies,
                        envy, must not enter in — a person wants
                        everyone to be at their full potential for
                        this mission.

                            Fr. John says
                            We see each other as imperfectly from
                        the garden — We do not see God as purely
                        because of the sin of Adam.

                            So we can size up our neighbor and not
                        be joyful when one is serving God with
                        their talents as God desires and actually
                        cause them pain and suffering for doing God's
                        will - God's work.

                            Fr. Carter was very holy — he spent his life
                        loving - in the end - Jesus gave him
                        the mission to teach us about love and
                        unity.

                            God has given us the vision of the lion
                        laying down with the lamb — lions are ferocious
                        lambs little and docile — If the lion wants to
                        eat the lamb, then they are not friends — The
                        lion by nature is an animal, a lion — the
                        lamb by nature an animal - docile, simple,
                        following

                            Whatever the scripture says — about the
                        mountains being leveled and the valleys
                        raising up - to me it meant - oneness —
                        oneness means —
                            I do God's will —
                            Ponder the Persons of the Trinity —

                            Did you try to have 3 people as one — it
                        can be very difficult — 2 can go together
                        against a third — then they can pair up
                        another way — one day and then it is the
                        other two against the third —

                            God gave us grace — all through the
                        Movement — Fr. Carter, John and Me to stay
                        united — then Fr. Carter died — then it
                        was John and Me like Fr. Carter said would
                        happen — then there was a handmaid
                        as #3 - then Joe Lee was close at hand -
                        then —

                            How do we do our relationships —
                        Our model is the Trinity - The Father, Son
                        and Holy Spirit are three Persons as
                        one.

There is no jealousy!!

                            The vision God wanted for the Shepherd of Christ
                        was given to Fr. Carter and to me — the vision
                        God wants is clear —

                            Always the Priestly Newsletter was
                        the top #1 priority — these remarks that
                        follow show us that since August 15, 2006
                        to November 2006 we could not have done
                        anything ourselves to really get this
                        response — God has called us to be a
                        part of this big plan to help to bring to
                        completion the mission Mary began at
                        Fatima —

                            The only way it will work is if we
                        unite very deeply in God. God is
                        our head. We are under Him.

Jesus is the Chief Shepherd of the Flock.

Ezekiel 34: 11-16

“For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness. I shall bring them back from the peoples where they are; I shall gather them back from the countries and bring them back to their own land. I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the inhabited parts of the country. I shall feed them in good pasturage; the highest mountains of Israel will be their grazing ground. There they will rest in good grazing grounds; they will browse in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest–declares the Lord Yahweh. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them."

John 10: 11-15

I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd lays down his life
   for his sheep.
The hired man,
   since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
   and runs away,
and then the wolf attacks
   and scatters the sheep;
he runs away
   because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep.

December 17, 2006 continues

Messenger: This is our mission —

This is the great mission God calls us to,
to help spread His love to the world.

                            Margaret was a nice girl who loved God
                        but when she got around Sue there was
                        competition — Margaret didn't like Sue
                        getting too many things where she looked
                        good to others. So as sweet as Margaret was
                        most of the time - she blocked Sue's work
                        at Church and Sue had a unique talent for
                        helping others organize and get the money
                        they needed for projects, but Margaret just
                        got jealous if Sue "looked too good" at Church.

                            They all had the same mission spreading
                        God's love — being united deeply and really
                        forgiving and helping each other with the
                        vision. At times Kathy would spend lots of
                        personal time arguing with Judy — they
                        just fought about things and wasted
                        lots of time competing with each other —
                        there was little harmony ever in that
                        department.

                            Sometimes the pastor would get up on
                        Sunday and look so tired - it wasn't from
                        preparing his homily on Saturday, but
                        trying to settle argumentative - competing
                        persons. Even though they were holy - if
                        certain individuals came against others
                        they would begin competing.

                            The Pastor would get up and talk about
                        unity, but as soon as the Mass was over —
                        there would be fights between Sue and Judy
                        about cupcakes at the bake sale.

                            You say "Oh come on - it isn't
                        that bad" — What does subtle mean? —
                        It was more subtle than that — passive-
                        aggressive ways of competing for dominance —
                        blocking the vision as God wants it.
                        Jealousies can be used by satan, if people
                        give in, to cripple. They may never want to
                        recognize their own intrusion in blocking
                        God's holy plan — they are jealous — something
                        swells inside and like a hungry dog from
                        the basement — it isn't like the lion
                        laying down with the lamb for harmony
                        and peace.

Remember the song — "Proclaim the
Joyful Message"

I always liked this song —

                        I would see a time of harmony —
                        The lion laying down with the lamb —
                        The hills and valleys being leveled — maybe
                        it didn't mean that at all —

But today I know this —

                            God shows us the relationship of the
                        Persons of the Trinity - the most perfect
                        community.

                            God wants harmony and love. We
                        can become so selfish and not focus
                        on the other. We don't have to bake
                        cookies for each other and shine each other's
                        shoes —

We must want God's plan

Not be jealous, but happy when we each
do a job as God would desire —

Harmony according to God's will —

                            Some people won't even recognize
                        jealousies so they stay blinded and satan
                        can work in this blocking our own
                        mission - We work so hard —
                            for the Plan of God?
                            for God's honor and glory?

                        Or do we do it for ourselves
                            for our honor and glory?
                            for our dominance?

                        Hidden ways we can "take-out" our
                            own work to help build God's
                            Kingdom —

                        If it is God's will
                        Do it!
                        Don't give into jealousy, self-
                            promotion, envy, pride,

The devil works in these 7 capital
sins to block us.

Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth

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

December 17, 2006 continues

Messenger:           Look at your feelings of jealousy
                                toward anyone in the Movement —
                                accept God's vision —
                                help to work the mission

Be grateful you were chosen —
It is a grace - thank God

                            Dear God —
                                Thank you for the gift of the
                            Shepherds of Christ.

                                Thank you for this family of love —
                            Help our love to be seen as a unit
                            operating for this holy purpose of
                            spreading the Newsletter centered
                            in Consecration and the Eucharist —
                            the love of God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit —
                            unity with God and one another.
                            The Newsletter is your instrument
                            to nourish and touch so many priests —
                            God help us to see this gift you have
                            given and thank you for each
                            precious newsletter and the beautiful
                            prayers of the Shepherds of Christ —

                            Help us to spread the prayer chapters
                            centered in Consecration to the world and
                            the consecration materials to schools
                            and families —

God You are love —

                                We are hypocrites if we do work
                            in church and fail to love and
                            promote unity —

                                You are love —
                                Love is oneness —
                                Love is knowing the Trinity —

                                Oneness is making all vital relationships
                            in the Shepherds of Christ to be as You desire
                            working full potential in purity as You
                            will according to Your vision to
                            promote Your love and unity to
                            the whole world —
                                through prayer —
                                through consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
                                through devotion to the Eucharist
                                love for the priest, the Church
                                    and the world —

                                Help us to heal old memories that
                            block us from being pure instruments —
                            Help us to be holy and united —
                            Help us to be glad at the accomplishments
                                of others doing Your will
                                and never jealous of one doing
                                Your work —

                            Help us to see the WIDE VISION —
                                the seeds You have planted and
                                not focus on a space just
                                between our ears — where we
                                can let thoughts of jealousy
                                and pride ferment and hurt us —

                            Jealousy is real - we give in
                            Pride is a weakness
                            Anger can eat at our heart
                            Lust - wanting more in any
                                    relationship than God
                                    wants —
                                    even emotional bonding
                                        that is dysfunctional

                            Real oneness promotes growth
                            Real oneness empowers
                            Real oneness recognizes God's vision
                            Real oneness - sees through God's eyes
                                        the other in deepest love —
                                        treasuring their gifts for
                                        God's holy purpose - not
                                        selfish gain —

                                A man could make nuts and bolts, but
                            in learning his skill - he learned patience,
                            duration, precision —

                                God called him to now put his talents
                            of patience, duration, precision to the
                            test of touching the whole world —
                            The man wanted to make nuts and bolts - he
                            didn't see the other gifts he learned
                            for the big mission.

                                Sometimes the lessons God is teaching
                            us lie hidden in the works we are producing
                            like putting out nuts and bolts.

                                I taught math to adults at a particular
                            college for 16 years. They interviewed
                            students and they wrote an article on
                            the front of the paper about students
                            comments — I received a lot of
                            really good comments, but it was
                            how I handled the whole person
                            and their ability to grasp the subject
                            of math which intimidated some —
                            I told them "God created math in
                            the beginning and they could get it."

                            Today I do little math, but the skills I
                            had from loving people and teaching
                            them are what God has used to bring
                            me to this place today —
                            God is always teaching us with each
                            person we encounter because we
                            are all so different, but can be so
                            very dynamically one - empowered
                            like this for a mission to spread the Newsletter
                            and prayer chapters around the world.

                            What is the motive force —
                            It was His plan from the beginning —
                            God wants the salvation of souls —
                            God wants us to do this work —

                            If I started writing down math formulas
                                now on this paper and talking about
                                higher degree polynomial functions —
                                I would not be doing God's will for
                                me now.

                            Since I was a baby and then 5 years old
                                when my mom died —
                                God has been teaching me for this
                                mission
                                Some skills like producing equations —
                                    making lasagna, nursing babies
                                    I don't use anymore —

But I learned to love, to relate to give
to rely on Jesus —

                            Today Jesus is calling us in the Shepherds of Christ
                                to put all our skills to work to form a
                                unit with our unique talents —
                                a unit powered by genuine love as
                                God intends for His holy purpose and
                                to commit in some level to this
                                calling as a
                                Shepherds of Christ handmaid
                                                            servant
                                                            apostle
                                                            associate
                                                            Apostle of the Eucharistic Heart
                                                            Prayer Apostle and
                                    say yes to this vocation —

                            To never give into jealousy
                            To never give into pride
                            To be holy, loving, peaceful and
                                to recognize —
                                His might
                                His mission
                                His calling to us to be united —
                                A family helping the world to know
                                    the love of God
                                The peace and treasures in the Hearts
                                    of Jesus and Mary —

                            To help the world to love and be grateful
                                for the Church —
                                to help strengthen it by our
                                prayers and spread this knowledge
                                of this marvelous gift to the world —

                            Yes - when we accept our vocation in
                                the Shepherds of Christ —
                                we are doing these things
                                Loving and Strengthening
                                    the priests, the Church and the world —

Jesus called you to this mission
Mary called you at Clearwater —

Sing song: The Lady is Calling

                                Think of how Clearwater was
                                    a calling through these
                                    past 10 years

A calling to YOU! A calling to me!
A calling to Fr. Carter —

After the 4th anniversary
December 17, 2000 —

Fr. Carter died December 18, 2000
after the 6:20 prayers

For 6 years God has brought us
to this great gift.

                            Today we give you these comments
                                and the Priestly Newsletter
                                and a most wonderful gift
                                of prayers by Fr. John J. Pasquini

                            Please pray them —
                                give the Newsletter to the priests —
                                give the Red Prayer Book to
                                    the Sick and Suffering —

God has blessed us —
Help us respond to this call —

                            Sincerely,
                                    Rita Ring
                                    co-founder and messenger
                                    Shepherds of Christ

John 17: 21-23

May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
    and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
    it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
    you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
    that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
    as you have loved me.

Messenger: Please help us with prayer and support.

My dear friends,

Here are a few quotes we have received from around the world — concerning — the newsletters edited by Fr. John J. Pasquini 2006.

I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love.

1) "May the Lord abundantly bless you in your important ministry of the renewal of the spiritual life and prayer for priests, the church and the world." (This came from the Vatican. letter dated 8-24-06.)

2) "I am grateful for your work of promoting prayer chapters for the perseverance and sanctification of priests. This is certainly close to the heart of the church."

"I will lift you up to the Lord when I lift the host and chalice in my Masses at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph." ( Bishop - Philippines., dated 8-25-06)

3) "Please be assured of my continued prayers for you and the work of Shepherds of Christ Ministries in spreading devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary." (Archbishop - New Jersey   8-22-06)

4) "I sincerely appreciate your efforts to deepen the spirituality of priests." (Monsignor of Illinois   8-23-06)

5) "God's blessings on your endeavors to support the priests of the United States." (Bishop - Minnesota   8-22-06)

6) "Please keep up the good work of spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart and prayer for priests." (Auxiliary Bishop - California 9-1-06)

7) "Giving my best wishes for your work, so important because prayer is the heart of the church, I invoke upon you God's blessings of joy and peace." (This is from Rome. 8-25-06)

8) "I look forward to an in depth reading of the same. All too often our faithful, and priests for that matter, tend to "get into a rut" and need that renewal of the spiritual lives." (Msgr from Ukraine 8-31-06)

9) "I commend you for the work you do for the clergy, the Church and the world. Much is gained in prayer, and much is accomplished through prayer. More especially if prayer is directed to God in behalf of the church." (Archbishop - Philippines 8-25-06.)

10) "Please convey my heart felt gratitude to the Author and continue praying for the priests around the world who are in great needs of your helps now." (Cardinal - Japan 8-30-06)

11) "I thank you for the devotion which you are working for the Shepherds of Christ ." (Bishop - India - 8-31-06)

12) "I thank God for inspiring you and your team for the fantastic job you are doing for us priests, it is a pity that I cannot do more than pray for your much needed apostolate today. May he who has begun this great work in you bring it to completion."
(Bishop - South Africa 8-30-06)

12) "Thanking you for this kind favour and assuring you and all your associates in Shepherds of Christ Ministries our humble prayers." (Bishop - India 8-30-06)

13) "I am grateful for your continuing support of our priests who faithfully serve our church." (Archbishop - Wisconsin 9-7-06)

14) "I appreciate the noble purpose of circulating this newsletter to all the bishops and priests in order to have a network of prayer and to have devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary." (Bishop - India 9-1-06)

15) "I take this opportunity to wish you all the best and pray that the good Lord may Bless in your apostolate. God bless you all." (Archbishop - India 8-30-06)

16) "The network of prayer chapters in the world because of Father Carter's work is a tremendous gift, and I am pleased to see this work continuing."

"With assurance of my prayers for you and I appreciate your prayers for me as well, I am." (Bishop - South Carolina 8-29-06)

17) "Wishing you permanent God's assistance while you carry on the great mission of the renewal of the spiritual life in our world, I warmly greet you and assure you of my prayers." (Bishop - Vatican City 9-7-06)

8) "Be assured that on my part I will do my best to share these spiritual riches with my 16 diocesan priests in the diocese of Embidir." "We count much on your prayers." (Bishop - Ethiopia 9-16-06)

19) "Thank you for your thoughtful kindness. I am sincerely grateful. May the Lord and His Mother bless and be with you and your loved ones." (Bishop - Massachusetts)

20) "I commend you for your efforts in promoting prayer and solidarity with priests and Bishops worldwide. May Almighty God continually bless your ministry as you continue to serve His Church here on earth." (Bishop - Texas 9-12-06)

21) "With every good wish and prayer that the Good Shepherd continue to bless you and your staff with every good and perfect gift, I remain in Jesus and Mary." (Archbishop - Philippines 8-31-06)

22) "It was very thoughtful of you to spread this precious literature and to help numerous Bishops and priests all over the world. It is a great service that you are rendering though this apostolate. If the Shepherds of Christ are renewed in their spiritual life, the service that they can render is beyond all expression. May God bless all those who are involved in this useful and noble ministry." (Bishop - India 9-5-06)

23) "May the devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart be spread all over the world especially between the priests."   "I avail myself this opportunity to renew my sentiments of deep esteem in the Lord" (Bishop - El Salvador 9-7-06)

24) Please continue the work. I am happy that you decided to continue the good work initiated by Father Carter." (Bishop 9-5-06)

25) "It is very encouraging and a cause for gratitude to know that our daily prayers for priests are part of a much bigger wave and that, the Shepherds of Christ Ministries participates so deeply in and foster the development of this wave of prayers." (Bishop, 7.11.06)

26) "I am sending my Blessings to you. May the Shepherds of Christ bless you and give you all the necessary graces that you need in your daily work." (Bishop)

27) "Since the receipt of the letter I keep on encouraging my priests to join you in praying for the priests and the world. My Community members took this activity of prayer very seriously. It is encouraging and I am sure God will hear us as we join hands with a common aim of presenting to God our intentions." (Bishop - Kenya, 10.31.06)

28) "John, Thank you very much for all of you in the Movement who are working for the renewal of the priesthood spirituality.   (Bishop - Argentina, 10.26.06)

29) "With Salutation, I would like sincerely to thank you for all you sent to me. Know that you can count on my prayers and with these I can collaborate in my possibilities." (Bishop - Chile, 10.20.06)

30) "Thank you so much. I am wishing you well in all your endeavors as you continue to spread the devotion to the Sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary." (Bishop - Philippines, 10.18.06)

31) "I am praying to Our Lord, especially in the Holy Mass, for the fruits of the apostolate of the Shepherds of Christ Ministries." (Msgr - Rome, 10.28.06)

32) "I wish to assure you of my appreciation for the movement's efforts to contribute to the spiritual formation and ongoing renewal of priests, something very much required in our days." (Bishop - Benin, 10.06.06)

33) "I am pleased that a priest from our Diocese, Father John Pasquini, is performing this service as editor of the Shepherds of Christ Newsletter. I intend to inform our priests of its availability and give them your contact information if they want to be included in your mailings. If you wish to directly send the Newsletter to the priests of the Diocese of Palm Beach, their addresses can be found on our website." (Bishop - USA, 10.30.06)

34) "I want to congratulate you for your efforts and prayers on behalf of the priests, the church and the world. All of us, indeed, we need prayers." (Bishop - Jerusalem,10.02.06)

35) "May the Good Shepherd bless your movement dedicated to the renewal of the spiritual life." (Msgr - Slovenia, 10.27.06)

36 "Unity in prayer is our hope for the future. Fr. Pasquini and all of you will be in my prayers, please keep me in yours." (Bishop - USA, 10.27.06)

37) "Your proposal to us from all the people of your Ministry is a favorable echo for us." ( Bishop - Ivory Coast)

38) "I will support the association "Shepherds of Christ" with my prayers as I am confident that all its members will pray also for me. God Bless you!" (Msgr - Rome)

39) "Thank you for the "Shepherds of Christ" and the prayers. It is essential for the future of the Church and faith that we increase our prayer practice. Thank you for praying with us and for insisting on prayers." (Bishop - Belgium, 10.26.06)

40) "May you all remain healthy in mind, heart, soul and spirit, and may your work and society flourish through daily prayers and meditation." (Bishop - South Africa,10.20.06)

41) "I am most grateful for the prayers that accompany these publications. Be assured of my prayers for you and your ministry. May God's Grace enhance your efforts and enable us to become holy priests. God Bless you!" (Msgr - Guam, 10.23.06)

42) "I Thank you for these publications and for all that the Shepherds of Christ Ministries is doing for the renewal of the spiritual life and in spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary." (Bishop - Vatican City, 10.18.06)

43) "Prayer for Priests is indeed very important today, not only because they are so few but also because they are so precious in the church today." (Msgr - Malaysia, 10.23.06)

44) "Assuring you of the prayerful best wishes of this Pontifical Representation for the fruitfulness of your responsibility and religious commitment, I remain, with cordial greetings." (Msgr - Madagascar, 09.22.06)

45) "Please be assured of my prayers in your continued work of encouraging prayer for the clergy and the Church throughout the world." (Archbishop - Canada, 10.11.06)

46) "Thank you very much for including us in the good work you are doing for the spiritual benefit of priests throughout the world." (Bishop - Pakistan, 10.05.06)

47) "Let me thank and congratulate you for the concern you are showing for holiness in the lives of the Shepherds of Christ." (Bishop - Sri Lanka, 09.26.06)

48) "Greetings and thanks immensely for your letter informing me of the continuation of the work of Fr. Carter. We are grateful." (Cardinal - Nigeria, 09.27.06)

49) "While I wish you and all those involved in the Movement "Shepherds of Christ Ministries" every God's blessing and praying for the success of the Movement's activities, I remain." (Bishop - Taiwan, 09.26.06)

50) "With all warm wishes for the continued success of the work of the Ministries." (Archbishop - New Zealand, 09.27.06)

51) "Thank you for sharing your material and for what you are doing to bring us all priests, bishops and people - closer to God." (Bishop - Australia, 09.22.06)

52) "I shall be grateful for the prayers of members of "Shepherds of Christ Ministries" for their support of our missionary diocese in a land, whose main religion is Islam. Asking the Lord to bless you and your important apostolate of spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I remain." (Bishop.- Kazakhstan, 09.18.06)

53) "Reiterating to you my gratefulness for these gifts and for your thoughtfulness, I convey to you my sentiments of warm esteem and fraternal regards, as I remain." (Archbishop - Philippines 08.25.06)

54) "Only in unity can we have the strength and perseverance in prayer for this intention will help each one of us to be an Alter Christus. May the Lord bless you and the work that you do in His vineyard." ( Bishop - Slovakia, 10.31.06)

55) "We thank you for your good work in your ministry and pray that our Lord will continue to guide and bless you always." (Bishop - Malaysia.11.06.06)

56) "It is very encouraging to hear that you have a network of prayer praying for the priests, the church and the world; there really is a great need for this kind of initiative. Be assured of my prayers for your intentions; that the Holy Spirit may inspire all your initiatives!" (Bishop - Netherlands, 11.13.06)

57) "Thank you for the work that you do. You have been persevering in it and I am sure it will bear fruit." (Bishop - India, 11.06.06)

58) "I will continue to support this noble apostolate in the Church of God, especially through prayers and invocation of God's graces upon all who devote their efforts in publishing it. Thank you very much and may God bless you abundantly." (Priest - Kenya, 11.08.06)

59) "I appreciate your thoughtfulness and great interest in praying for the priests around the world. I will encourage my priests to pray for your intentions and for the Shepherds of Christ Ministries." (Bishop - India, 11.03.06)

60) "I commend you on your excellent work in promoting a network of prayers for priests and the Church. This is a splendid apostolate. know of my supportive companionship with you in prayer." (Bishop -Canada, 11.09.06)

61) "We are grateful to you. Please, continue to keep us in your prayers and know that we continue to pray for Fr. Pasquini and the entire staff of the Shepherds of Christ Ministries." (Bishop - West Africa, 11.11.06)

62) "I thank you most sincerely for the prayers offered for me and my priests and I assure you and the Shepherds of Christ Ministries a place in my own prayers." (Bishop - Ireland, 11.17.06)

63) "I thank the Lord for the good work you are doing to continue the work of Fr. Carter, and to spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. May the Lord and Our Mother Mary bless you and your Ministry abundantly." (Bishop - India, 10.06.06)

64) "I sincerely thank you for the same and extend my appreciation and best wishes for your ministries. I also extend my gratitude to all of you as you are dedicated to this ministry, praying for the priests, the church and the world, and wish to assure you of my prayers for your fruitful ministry." (Archbishop Pedro - India, 11.03.06 )

65) "I am glad to know about your prayer campaign for priests and your prayer manual and newsletters. I wish you all the best in your ministry. With warm regards and God bless and assuring you of my prayers." (Archbishop - India, 11.01.06)

66) "Thank you very much for the beautiful message and the celebration of fellowship as priests. You can rest assured of the prayers of all of us for you and for the success of all your efforts to foster the fellowship of priests all over the world." (Bishop -India, 11.13.06)

67) "It is lovable to pray with supplications to Our Lord for the Ministries He has chosen to shepherd His Church." (Bishop -Brazil, 11.17.06)

68) "Through the intercession of Our Blessed Lady, may your ministry be graced with many blessings. Allow me to wish you well in this noble endeavor." (Bishop - Vatican City, 11.20.06)

69) "I am very pleased to learn of your Movement and thank you for all the prayers you and your members offer for our priests. I need not emphasize the fact that our priests need a lot of prayers these days with all that is happening around them in the world. Please be assure of our prayers for your Movement in return." (Archbishop - Sri Lanka, 11.15.06)

70) "I assure you of my prayers for your apostolate to enable us priests to be more like the Chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ." (Bishop-India 11.06.06)

71) "I pray that God may continue to guide you and grant you wisdom and good health to continue this ministry for priests that is very needed in our day." (Bishop - Sri Lanka, 11.14.06)

72) "With assurance of prayers for God's abundant favors and blessings through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary." (Bishop - Nigeria, 11.09.06)

73) "I am grateful, and wish you the best spiritual fruits in your labor and work, for the sanctification of the priests. Count on my prayers to Our Lord for the fruits multiplication, for the good of the priests, all the church and for the good of all men." (Cardinal - Spain, 11.17.06)

74) "I thank you for these publications and I pray for the success of your important efforts in promoting the renewal of priestly spirituality through your newsletter and prayer network." (Cardinal -Vatican City, 11.10.06)

75) "Congratulations on your excellent publication. I wish you every good wish and God's blessings in your good work." (Archbishop - Ireland,11.07.06)

76) "May the Lord bless you for the wonderful spiritual ministry you are doing." (Bishop - India, 11.07.06)

77) "Wishing you all the best in your ministry and with God's speed in all your activities." (Bishop - India, 11.08.08)

78) "I wish to thank you for having been on your correspondence list with all your spiritual information. Keep up the good work." (Msgr - Brazil, 11.15.06)

79) "I thank you for all, and will be more and more united spiritually with you all in the hearts of Jesus and Mary. God be with you." (Bishop - Lebanon, 11.04.06)

80) "I ask God Our Father and The Most Virgin Mother to illuminate your works." (Archbishop - Peru, 11.10.06)

October 25, 2012 Continues

                R. A person growing up in a "normal"
                home can know love, people
                solving problems, people working
                together, friendship, security,
                unity — Holidays and birthdays
                are special days to honor someone
                and to eat together, celebrate
                etc. Vacations are times together
                and are fun. What is expected is
                to leave a certain day, have fun
                on the trip, go to the beach,
                hike, eat together, maybe go
                to malls out of town, parks etc.

                    Things are planned and things
                happen with a schedule, rules
                are implemented.

                    In the dysfunctional home
                there is suffering, if a person
                forces their bad moods on everybody
                and they can act out how they feel —
                unpredictable, shattered dreams,
                they usually don't want to get close —
                they have a lot of baggage — they
                target the events and create
                conflict to stop this unity. In
                dysfunctional people this can
                be normal — it doesn't feel good
                to be with others, make a wall
                by doing something nasty to stop
                the gathering —

                    They knew tension when they
                grew up — always waiting for
                what anger may surface yet
                and they could be responsible
                because the angry parent acted this way —
                He was miserable and it was
                somebody's fault — constant
                tension to see what
                anger, relationship problems
                arose next — and so that was
                familiar to them —

                    False promises — some in
                alcoholic homes lived around
                the alcoholic's cycle —

                    1) thinking about drinking or using
                    2) indulgence — drinking
                    3) after indulgence
                    4) the hangover —

                If a person is full of alcohol they
                    can make lots of promises
                    and then afterward call the
                    child nasty things and
                    never keep those promises —

                    Learning to be with others in
                a family is God's Plan. When
                anger, tension, fighting,
                selfishness was taught, generation
                after generation - it is what is
                normal in the dysfunctional
                home.

                    The weekends are time in a
                dysfunctional home where people
                didn't know how to get together —
                to create more fights to be selfish
                and push people away, blame,
                anger, lack of security. But
                these things taught and survival
                to this situation is learned instead
                of the normal, loving, problem
                solving, supported family God
                intended us to live in.

                    In a community a person
                needs to engage with others —
                if a person comes from an
                alcoholic or dysfunctional
                home — they can attempt to
                take-out Christmas, birthdays,
                Thanksgiving and weekends when
                their home was most tense and
                painful —

                    They can hate being in a
                car with others - having developed
                survival tactics to why it
                isn't safe to be with people
                and in this dysfunctional thinking
                act out all their survival
                tactics to the tense, isolated
                angry home they come from.

                They can create walls — thicker
                than concrete by their provoking
                trying to punish other attitude
                to stay away from others.

                    God created a beautiful world,
                look at the ocean and the sand,
                the palm trees, the sun above,
                the fish below — the starfishes,
                the sunny day, the shaded
                days to rest from the sun —
                the trees that tower into
                the sky and look to touch a
                beautiful cloud, all the
                corals of the sea — many
                may not even know
                about —

                    God created beautiful clown
                fish and corals, fish that
                work with each other we
                never even see. Coconuts on
                the trees, monkeys, bananas,
                elephants for riding, dogs
                for loving, little animals for
                pets, bunnies and hamsters —
                God saw it was good —
                He gave us things for food —
                Beauty to see,
                Rain for watering —

                Eve disobeyed God — she wanted
                    to be equal to God —

                    The sins of the parents are
                passed down to the children to
                the 3rd and 4th generation.

                    Where children growing
                up in loving homes learned
                security and interaction —
                being with others, working
                together, not the dysfunction
                of the hero child and the
                scapegoat, the unpredictable
                parent —

                The child in a loving home knows
                how to work with others, solve
                problems in love —

                The child in the dysfunctional
                home learned to stay away,
                isolate, not to solve problems
                but to avoid them entirely —

                Then when they got older they could
                have learned retaliation for
                all their pent up anger —
                Power - over
                Getting - even
                Jealousy
                Envy —

                God created the world —
                God created the seen and the unseen —
                God created out of nothing
                God is love
                God created and commanded
                    "Let there be light"

and the response was
to God to obey

Matthew 22: 36-40

'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'

R. God wants us to grow in
love —

To work together —

                To force these dysfunctional
                    ways on others is to
                    carry on ways opposed
                    to God's will —

When we go to God and the Holy Spirit
dwells in us the truth will be in you.

                God hear our prayer to
                be obedient to Your
                commandments and
                Your way —

                Not rebel against You
                    God and
                    be unloving —

Dear Donor and Member, please circulate to anyone you think might pray this rosary.



November 2, 2008

ALL SOULS DAY

from Clearwater building
While He appeared as the Divine Mercy Jesus and Mary appeared.

Sorrowful Mysteries

R. I want to make a spiritual communion. I want to be one in my heart with everybody that hears this tape, or is listening on the radio, that we are praying for this election, that the voters will choose life. And so we spread the Blood of Jesus and consecrate the hearts, cast the devil out and ask for the coming, especially, to all their hearts to see the light, to know the commandments of God and to say yes — that the blood of these infants will not be on the United States ever again. God, we're sorry. We're sorry. We're sorry and we beg for mercy, hear us.

R. For our Holy Father.

R. Pray with us Mary.

R. Pray with us Mary.



The Agony of Our Lord in the Garden of Olives

1. R. I love it when she prays with us. I just love it. And Jesus says —

Jesus: I sweat blood in the garden, for the little ones that are aborted this day. To know of the women that allowed such things to happen, that live lives afterwards affecting others. Oh My people, you must respect life. You must obey the commandments of God. It is not free sex, as it is in the movies, and all of the media. When you disobey the commandments you have problems. They were given to you to live a happy life. To disobey the commandments is to have serious problems.

2. R. And the blood poured off from His pores, because He saw before Him all the abortions. He saw before Him all the massacre of the young.

3. R. And when Our Lady of Clearwater appeared, and we cried "Help us, say the prayers for the priests, the Church and the world", people said "Oh I have my own prayers and I don't need those prayers." And we said, "But Jesus told Fr. Carter that we should pray these prayers. And this is major to the completion of the Fatima mission" and they said "Oh no." They couldn't even take a stand and pray the prayers. What do you think now? Do you wish that when Mary appeared to me 14 years ago, and told me to spread the rosary to the school children, that you would have helped me take a stand, by putting rosaries in the hands of the children. These same children 14 years ago are now 14 years older. What if we would have listened to Mary when she appeared — it's actually 14 1/2 years ago. Think of all the people we may have touched, with that same message that she gave at Fatima on October 13, 1917, that you must pray the rosary — giving to us rosary meditations to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and after all the apparitions, giving to us this building in which Mary looks in rainbow color like Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Lady of Life — Life — L - I - F - E — Life, 1996 - 12 years ago.

4. Jesus: And I sweat blood in the garden for My babies.

5. R. Pray with me for she is praying with us.

6. R. And Mary speaks and she says — Mary: Choose life, my children, choose life!

7. R. And Jesus appears and He says — Jesus: I sweat blood for the babies.

8. Sing: No longer slaves I call you friends, We Have Been Told etc.

Jesus: I sweat blood for you.

9. Jesus: I sweat blood for you. (Jesus says as He appears.)

10. R. And His Heart is on fire for love of us.



R. Oh God, hear our prayer. We come to You. Everybody say - Amen.



Jesus was Whipped at the Pillar

R. He was whipped for the sins of the human race. God, we are so sorry for the sin, this horrible sin of blood on our United States and the world. Help us God. There are so many of us that love You so much. Oh please God, hear our prayer.

You pray with me, so she prays with us.

1. Mary: Yes my children, I pray with you today, for my babies. I am Mary your Mother. Come to my Immaculate Heart, my heart of love, of purity, and the Holy Spirit will fill you with His life, His light. Oh, little loved one, I love you so. I am your Heavenly Mother.

2. Mary: Little loved one, God is all powerful. You must pray and have faith. Love as you have never loved before. Love God and one another. I am Mary your Mother, Queen of Peace. Spread the consecration to the people of this earth, that they will know the love of Our Hearts. And you will know peace as you have never known peace before. Pray my rosary, little ones, for the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with great grace. God wants you to meditate on the mysteries, it will help you in the troubles in your life. I am Mary, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

3. Mary: On this All Souls Day, I come to you my children, with bloody tears, asking you to not focus on yourselves, and the negative things that satan wants you to think about, but to focus on the higher things, on the real things, on the love that Jesus had for souls, that led Him to His death on the cross. Look at Him now. Envision Him clearly in your mind. See Him whipped at the pillar. Oh my children, my face is full of the beauty from knowing God. Let your hearts be filled with that beauteous love of God who loves you so.

4. R. And she wears a crown on her head, and the beauty of her face, and as we pray the prayers, she prays with us because of her great love for us. In this special place that God has chosen on the face of this earth, to allow Mary's image and the face of Jesus to appear, believe that God is with us in a special way, and that Mary is here praying with us, and pray for life with me. Let go of the distractions of your heart. Let no evil come into your minds.

5. R. How beautiful you are, heavenly Mother, and how many times I have seen you in the 14 years, the beauty that is recorded within my heart. The message of the love of your heart for your children, and yet in all that I know, I can never say those words. It is only by the grace of God, and I pray for that grace now, for the voters of this United States, that they will not give in, to this horrible atrocity, the culture of death. Oh Lady of Life, hear my prayer, intercede to God. Oh most Holy Spirit, third Person of the Blessed Trinity, how deeply I love Thee, and I ask you to fill their hearts with such love — love for God and love for the commandments, love for the Church, love for one another, love for God, love for Mary, our Mother.

6. Mary: Oh sweet little ones, I appear here because of my great love, and importance of this place to the Father's plan. Do not lose heart, but be empowered in your love for God and others. Never give in to that negativity. And believe what I have told you here as your Heavenly Mother, that you will be a light to those that are hungering and searching for the truth, when the world is full of so many errors. As your Heavenly Mother, I beg you now to listen to me, here, in my building, in the Building of the Two Hearts. Oh how deeply I love my children, listen to me.

R. If you could see her. She is so very beautiful. I love you Mary. I love you. I love you.

7. R. Touch our hearts, precious Lady, touch the hearts of the voters, and the people of the United States. Protect the little families, blot out the divorces, the selfishness, the anger, the jealousies, the lies, the things that go to lead to division. Oh heavenly Mother, you who appeared here in this building, in Clearwater, please Mary, ask Jesus. He will hear your plea from us today. Oh you are so beautiful, heavenly Mother. Thank you for coming here.

8. Mary: My little loved ones, you sell yourselves so short, for you never saw the badly beaten body of my Son, nor did you see His flesh torn so deeply — Oh His body covered with blood and wounds. And you will not let go of simple little wounds when God loves you so very much. As you heavenly Mother, the Mother of love, I ask you to see through the eyes of the Father, and quit looking at the mud, the mud pies of your earth.

9. Jesus speaks and He says — Mud pies, mud pies, mud pies. And I give to you the crisp morning air and the sun that shines so sweetly, and you turn your hearts away from Me and you live a life of misery. For what - My little dumb ones? And yes, when I call you dumb ones, it is out of love — for you walk down the roads that lead to your own misery and you go again and again. And your habits become worse and worse. And yet no matter what I say, or how I try to reach you, the sounds you hear from the fallacious reasoning of satan, grows louder and louder in your ears.

10. Hail Mary



The Crowning with Thorns

Song: Oh Lady of Light

Mary: I appeared to you at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the old seminary, as Our Lady of Light, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of the Rosary. I appear to you now as Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Love and Life. As you meditate on this mystery of the rosary, see my Son crowned with thorns for your sins of pride, arrogance, fighting — for those things that were useless and the days that were lost, while you put aside the tender Heart, to choose a life of combat, uselessness, blocking the Plan of the Father. Today I come to you and I beg you to pray for humility, that you will not continue in your ways of sin.

1. R. Once upon a time there was a great man, and he had a big tall hat, and it was black. And they called him Abraham Lincoln. He was shot and killed and he was a good man. There are many people in our country, who have suffered so much and given so much, to make the United States the beautiful place that it is. The sacrifices of those coming over, of those seeking independence, of those forming a home, a land of plenty. And so Mary speaks and she says

Mary: Oh my children, where some sow, others tear up — where some give, others seek, provoke, to hurt and to tear down. God is all loving. God is the tenderest of all Hearts. God sent His only begotten Son into this world, that you would share in His life. Where one sows, another plants weeds. What will you do with your lives, for God has called you in the Shepherds of Christ, to be the ones to reach the shepherds of the Church. And as you do that, you will not be able to, any further, if you continue in the ways of your sin, that is blocking the Plan that the Father has intended, for the renewal of the Church and the world. It is only in unity and in love that you will be able to do the work, for satan will press down, harder and harder, and in your weakness, you will say 'yes'. You must choose the life of holiness, that God has directed for you, in the Blue Books, in the messages given. To close the books, to rely on your own imperfect reasoning, is to invite satan to come through an open door.

2. Mary: When signs were given, you fought the messenger for your own ways of evil, and I have cried and cried bloody tears to listen, for this Movement is major to the completion of My mission begun at Fatima. Fight me no longer.

3. Mary: A man went out far by the ocean, and he took his hand and he lifted the sand. He clinched his fist tightly and he said, "Now I will take this home with me." He had barely turned and all of the sand in his hand, had fallen some how through his clasped fist. When you reach for the perishable things of this world, when you reach for dominance for dominance sake, when you seek for your honor and glory, you are like the man clinching his fist tightly with a hand of sand — he barely turned and his fist was left empty.

4. Mary: You want your crowns of gold and silver. You want the crown of your pride. My Son Jesus wore a crown of thorns for your sins of pride, for the tricks and the games, and all the things that soon become habits, that are very hard to break, after years of practice. I am the Lady of Purity. I am the Lady with the Immaculate Heart. If you go to my Immaculate Heart, and you beg the Holy Spirit for forgiveness and for grace, He will help you to heal. Promise Him that you will live a virtuous life, in helping to serve Jesus, and to help lead people to Our Two Hearts.

5. Mary: One little light in the darkness cast a great light, but when one curses the darkness and snuffs out the burning embers, the darkness is blacker than you can ever imagine. You will never know the pain, the hatred, the awfulness of the place of hell. You think it is not much, these little things, but these little habits become bigger and bigger habits. They blind your eyes, and you do not have the conscience you once did. I am Mary your Mother. I speak as a Mother, warning you, but like many children of the earth, when the Mother speaks, they stick their fingers in their ears, to their own detriment, to the damage done to themselves, their precious souls.

6. Mary: To much that is given, much will be expected. And the grace that God gives to you now, in abundance, can be taken away, when you test Him over and over again.

7. Mary: Despite what you tell yourself, you have not accomplished, what you have accomplished by your own might, but the hand of God has been guiding the Shepherds of Christ Movement since its beginning. And the grace has been outpoured, that there will be a victory in helping to renew the Church and the world. Satan wants to stop you, and when you give into him, you will be the one to lose out.

8. Mary: A little boy had a box of matches, and he played with the matches. Every day a man that lived in the house nearby, would come to the boy and say to him — "My son, you should not play with matches." And he would close the box and tell him to take them home. The boy tested every day, waiting for the old man to come and warn. And he kind of chuckled as the man went away, thinking, 'tomorrow I will be back doing the same thing again.' One day the little boy had his box of matches, and he opened them up and he struck the matches, thinking soon the man would come. When he did not come, he struck more and more matches. And finally his clothes began to burn. The man had a heart attack in his home and never showed up. The boy was severely burned.

    My children, the fires of hell burn deep. When you test the Lord, you are saying to Him, "I will do what I want God. Come and get me." Why have rivalry with the Father's will? It is yourselves that you are cheating. The man that is wise lives to please his Father, and knows that, in that, lies his happiness. The fool is the one who does foolish things, trying to be adverse, combattal, doing his own will, working in disharmony, saying "Come and get me God. Let's see who will win." My children, you have been gifted with such love, and given so many gifts. You should never test your Heavenly Father. You should honor Him, love Him, obey Him. Do all things for His honor and glory. It is not a game. Like the little boy playing with matches. He was severely burned.

9. Mary: The Divine Almighty God loves you so much. The Father loves you that He sent His Son Jesus. He was not crowned with a crown of gold or silver, but with a crown of thorns, that went deep into His skull, and made Him bleed. He bled for your sins. Why do you hide your sins, as if He does not know. He paid the price for them.

10. Hail Mary

Jesus Carries His Cross

1. Jesus: And they gave Me a heavy cross, laden with the sins of the world, the sins of abortion, the sins of men's inhumanity to men. I paid the price. I shed My Blood. I fell under the cross and they poked Me. Do you know what it is to have a cross on your back, so heavy with the sins of the world — and yet for love of you, I gave My all. And you say "I don't need Your love Jesus. I want to be accepted by my peers. I want to be respected. I want honor and glory. And I say to you, "My child, it is My love that will make you happy." And you say, "No, Jesus, go away. I want to be looked up to. I want my face to be seen as a proud man, that others will say, 'Oh, he is such a good guy'."

2. R. Jesus is full of the richest light, as He spoke and as He speaks now to us, to tell us how dearly He loves us, and how it offends His Heart when we run after things that we expect others to do for us, that are useless, just because you want them, for our honor and glory.

Jesus: My people, I have watched you from the day you were born, watched you formed in your mother's womb, watched your birth. I was with you, there at your baptism. I am with you now. And you can choose life, or you too can choose a life that will lead you, deeper and deeper, into the roads of darkness, when I have honored you and called you. I have loved you. I have given you all that you need. It offends My Heart when you say, "Go away God. I want the affection of others, for this they make me feel better about myself." If you knew even a little of My love, you would be the person that would love others, filled with love yourself.

R. He is so beautiful and so filled with light and beauty. Light and beauty that I know and I see and I speak and people don't believe. Oh precious God help me. Help me to do whatever it is I can, to lead souls to know the love of Your Heart, to believe in the apparitions — when You appear in such glorious beauty, Your face shining, gentle — the motions that You have. Oh God, You are great indeed.

3. R. Don't ever leave me, my beloved, that I may always know Your beauty and Your light, the reality of Your presence. Don't ever leave. And lead me in the ways, to be able to tell others of the message, for it has been most difficult, even as You appear, they believe nothing. And I see You as I cannot even describe. Oh dear God, help us with this abortion. Help us with this election. Help us from this building. Don't ever leave me. Let me see You, that I may know Your face always before me, in my heart and soul, in every ounce of my life. Jesus, help me to do this.

4. Jesus: And you said to Me child, if You would write a book, would you use my hand. And I gave to you book after book after book. The book of the letters of My Heart that men, who were hungry, would know how to feed themselves, with the love that I give them, that they would go to the Eucharist.

R. Oh He is so beautiful, I mean, it's just beyond anything I can say, beyond anything, to see Jesus appear. So awesomely - that words to not exist. And yet as He told me once, it is the writings that He has given to us that are indeed the treasures. If you believe, you will become wise. If you choose to ignore it, you will not know the gifts He has given.

5. R. Oh love, please, please help so that the election is the one that chooses life, in doing God's will. Please God, with all my heart I beg of Thee. As you appear here before me, hear my plaintive cry. And look at the 17 years, no matter what, I tried to do Your will. Please Jesus, please.

6. Jesus: Do not cry My child, for I have heard your request and I will answer thee.

For My Heart is a Heart consumed with love for My little ones and for My people. And I have given to them from My bounty, and they turn away in their willful ways and they test My gifts given. They do not listen to the messages that I have delivered. And I reach to them with arms open wide in love of My Sacred Heart. I give to them Myself in the Eucharist. I give to them My letters of love, and I ask you to send them to the people. But many, even here, do not realize what a gift I have given, for they focus on so many useless things. And I have given to you this building to tell the hungry souls of My undaunted love, of the gift of the Eucharist, to plead with the people to pray the prayers, that I gave to Fr. Carter.

Oh sweet one, I appear that you will see Me, and know that I am with you. In the trial and the turmoil, I have never left your side.

7. R. Hold me Jesus, in Your Heart, and I will know more the treasures of Your glorious love, that I will be strengthened and empowered, to be able to spread the love of Your Sacred Heart to the world, that the babies will not be aborted, and that people will be as the Father desires. You are so good to us, God. Thank You for all You have given to us. I am sorry for the sins of the human race, forgive us, please.

8. Hail Mary

9. Hail Mary

10. R. How deeply I want the people to serve You, and love You and obey You. Oh God, help us please. Help us to do what You want with the Shepherds of Christ. For the hierarchy to recognize the gifts that You have given to lead men to this spousal union with You, to love the Eucharist, more and more, as You have allowed me to know You in the Eucharist. Oh I love the Eucharist so much. I love You God.

The Crucifixion

1. Jesus: And I have asked you in China, to spend the hours between 12 and 3, before the Blessed Sacrament as I am exposed. I have been given every excuse for no reason, for the only reason that you do not want to do what I ask. And I have blessed you abundantly in so many ways, and told you of My precious love for you. I have given to you the exposed Eucharist. And I have asked you to come to Me, to be with Me and to love Me with all your heart, in the world that is cold. I have opened up My richest graces and outpoured them to you. My church in China is to be a place of deep holiness, where My Mother can appear and I remain exposed in the Blessed Sacrament. I speak no more.

2. Jesus: You have taken My gifts for granted. And I have outpoured generously My richest blessings. They are My letters of love. They are My messages telling you of the great gift of the scriptures, enlightening your hearts, that you will know Me, more and more. You receive My gifts, many of you, with great ingratitude. I have continued to outpour My richest blessings and you have treated, much I have given to you, as trash. My Heart is wounded for the special gifts I have given to My Shepherds of Christ, who have been called to spread this message to the world, to show the pilgrims of the great gifts that I have given, to lead men to the burning love of My Heart.

    Like a stale piece of bread, you have grown more and more stale, as I have outpoured, more and more, of My richest blessings. How would you like the cold hands of a lover, to embrace you and walk away?

    I have extended to you, the warmth of My Heart, the words of precious love never given before, giving to you this precious gift of the Eucharist. You are to honor Me, to worship Me, to love Me, to live a life of holiness, to pray for My centers in great reparation for the offences of the world — for the reparation is sweetness to My wounded Heart. My Heart suffered such anguish, and today I have asked you to make reparation to My Sacred Heart and to My Mother's Immaculate Heart, as Mary asked for at Fatima. You really ignore this request, quite avidly. No matter how much it has been given to you in the past 14 years, of the importance of the reparation that I call for at My centers, you have given Me cold hands - cold, cold and clammy.

3. Jesus: The messages that I have given to you, are My messages. The messages that God the Father wants the reparation to God, for the sins of the human race, the love that you should give from your heart, to help bring about the great era of love, that I have given you in the commission in the Shepherds of Christ. My pilgrims come — are you warm, open, loving and leading them to My Blue Books and to Me? What do you want in your cold clamminess, when I am so loving to you? When I give you My letters of love, what do you want? You stay stuck in the tomb with the rock rolled to the door.

4. Jesus: Let me fill your heart with My love. Read My letters of love. The letters I gave to you, My special one, for you were called and you were chosen, given the secrets of My Heart never given before, given to you. The Blue Book is the center of this Movement.

5. Jesus: I call on the 13ths and the 5ths and the retreats. Do you think I not see, how you respond, when I appear and My Mother appears? What sign would move you, for signs have been given, over and over again — and the letters from the hierarchy and the tree in China. Are you unmovable? You feel power in saying "I will stop the buck here" and to feel good in my power. Why do you try to block My work, when it is easy for you to do it, and it will help so many souls I died for? Why do you do it? So you can say "I did it my way."

6. Jesus: I hung on the cross for 3 agonizing hours, and I ask you to come into My Church in China, to be there and to focus on My love for you, to pray with all of your heart, to know how God is pleased in your love given, and your time, in making reparation. I have asked for this and I will outpour My mercy. I have asked for the retreats in reparation, and I will outpour My mercy, for I am never outdone in generosity. I am God. I am love. Satan tricks you and you give in. You are reactors, not actors in My army. When you block the work that I explicitly am telling you to do, for the sake of souls, you hurt yourselves as well.

7. Jesus: This building is a gift to the world. It should be cherished. It is here that I have chosen to appear, and that My Mother has appeared with Me this day, calling you to a life of greater holiness, unity — and a commitment to spread the devotion to My Heart, and My Mother's heart to this world — spreading prayer chapters, the Priestly Newsletter, the books, the homilies, the rosary, the rosaries to the schools, saying "God, here we are. We come to do Your will. As we see You hang upon the cross, we will know how important it is to You, that we spend the hours between 12 and 3, as You have asked for now for 12 years. And many times we just gave into satan for no reason, to not follow that instruction in our prayer life."

8. Jesus: I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am the Savior of the world. I paid for your sins with My Blood. You do not fool Me, for I know all things. Pray to be more deeply united for I am the Bridegroom of your soul, and you are My bride. Pray to have unity that you will find a light in doing the Father's will, in that lies your peace and happiness. In operating adversely to the Father's will, lies a life of discord, disorder, pain, rebelliousness and how far does that darkness go?

9. Jesus: I come to set the world on fire, with the fire of My love, and how I wish it was already blazing. I am Jesus, your Savior. I have appeared here and My Mother has appeared, because of the importance of this mission to the completion of the Fatima mission. Ignore Me no longer.

10. Hail Mary



R. I would like to pray for several special intentions on my prayer list. Thank you. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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