Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing        

October 4, 2023

October 5th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is 
Day 6 Period I.

 

The Novena Rosary Mysteries 
for
October 5th are Sorrowful.

Please pray for Fr. Carter's Homily Book.

Pray for Bob & other intentions.
 

Consecration Prayer for Peace

I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.

I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able,  to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.

 

Prayer for Grace for Election and our Country

Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.   

       

October 3, 2023

R. Pascal Mystery
Death / Resurrection
Sorrow / Joy

We know others when we
share sorrow and joy.


October 1, 2023



May 25, 2019

R. After the sorrow of the
cross, we see the joy of the
Resurrection.
After the darkness we see
light.
Jesus, crucified to
death, comes forth,
victorious from the tomb
in the resurrection.
Jesus comes forth in His
glorified body.
We are consumed with joy,
rejoicing in the Resurrection
of our Savior.

Joy for our Savior who died
so we can go to heaven!!
Joy for eternal happiness of
the redeemed.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

R. Jesus is: King of Kings and
Lord of Lords.
We celebrate this in joy.
We meditate on this gift
given for our salvation.
Jesus is Redeemer.
Amen.
Alleluia

We know Jesus more in His
joys and suffering. We grow
in love!!!

Mark 16:6

But he said to them, 'There is no need to be so amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not here. See, here is the place where they laid him.
  

John 11:25

Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live,
 

John 6:55

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
 

R. Wouldn’t you think Jesus
appeared to Mary, His
Mother first, Mary shared
His joys and sufferings,
Mary is the most perfect disciple of Jesus.
Mary was, perfect handmaid of
Jesus.

Romans 6:4

So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glorious power, we too should begin living a new life.

R. If we want God to reveal
Himself to us, we must
desire to know Him and
surrender to Him, to grow in
an intimate relationship with
Him.

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.

R. We want to grow in our
interior knowledge and love
with God.

God’s relationship with us is
a loving, intimate union we
seek.

We were created to prepare
for the union of our soul
with the Divine Bridegroom.

Providence - God is the
initiator, we are the soul
waiting His favors.
Jesus is the Bridegroom of
the soul.

God has given us so much
in the Church.
Oh God, Thank You for Your
gifts to me.
I love You, so much.
Amen.

 

October 3, 2023

R. There are providential
designs that our Heavenly
Father wants to unfold in
our lives.

Some day as our gift of
understanding increases we
may understand God is
absolute truth and there is
no falsity in Him.
He does not deceive, nor
can He be deceived.

John 14:6

Jesus said:
I am the Way; I am Truth and Life...

R. To be mystically united in
great oneness with God, we are
rooted in love and want the
will of God in all on earth.
To know God deeply and
intimately is to love and
desire God’s will.
In heaven we will
understand profound truths.
In the gift of understanding
the Holy Spirit reveals to us
insight into some truths.
The more filled we are with
the gift of understanding,
the more we see as a
panorama of magnificent
truths, by the light and
action of the Holy Spirit and
His gifts.

“Blessed are the clean of
heart, for they shall see God.”

We see the blind man in John
before the Good Shepherd.

The blind man wanted to see.
We have different degrees
of blindness.
The Holy Spirit gives us
light, gives us His gifts.

 
Jesus:
The message I gave
May 13th - 30 years ago says
 

Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Cling To Me

May 13, 1993 

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

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

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

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

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

 
October 3, 2023

R. This Movement is to help
renew the Church and the
world.

The Church is One, Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic.

Jesus: By spreading devotion to
My Heart and My Mother’s
Heart and dwelling in Our Hearts -
there is unity among those
men, men living and loving
according to God’s will.

R. Christ is the head of the
Mystical Body of Christ.
We all have our roles as
members of the mystical
Body of Christ.
When one does not carry
out their mission the whole
body suffers.
On a basketball team, the
whole team suffers if one
player is not playing right.
Look at a family when one
person acts up.
Whatever we do for good
resounds to the whole body.
We can see in a little
example with a basketball
team, an orchestra, a family.

Life, Death and
Resurrection is summed up
in the Pascal mystery, we
celebrate this each day of
our life.

The Mass is the sacrifice of
Calvary, sacramentally
made present.
Jesus is truly present in the
Eucharist.
Jesus gives us a sharing in
His life in Baptism
and He feeds that life with
Himself in the Eucharist.

We see we need the Church.
The Trinity is the most
perfect community, 3 Divine
Persons in One God.

The Church is a community.

The body is given Life
through the Soul.

The Church is the body of
Christ.

When I am weak, I am
strong in Jesus.

I walk, in everything I do,
with Jesus.

Mary was perfectly humble.
Humility realizes one's
creature-hood and living
according to this realization.

Mary said:
My soul doth Magnify the
Lord, and my spirit rejoices
in God my Savior.

Mary was blessed, but she
realized the greatness of God.

Humility doesn't mean I
hide my talents.

God gave me my talents.

We are to thank God for His
gifts to us and use our
talents for His honor and glory.
The proud man doesn't
grow, God gives the proud
man the opportunity to be
humble.
God resists the proud and
gives grace to the humble.
Pride is a deadly sin.
Sin is refusing to love, Fr.
Carter says!

The more humble we are
the stronger we are,
because we draw our
strength from Jesus.

When I am weak, I am
strong in Him.
I realize my creature-hood.
I recognize my helplessness.
I am dependent on God.
I walk with Christ - Always,
my strength is in this!

When a man is in sin

God’s Word is so strong to
lead him back.
God is good all the time.

Oh God, I love You, You are
all powerful.
I praise and love You.
You are all powerful.
Amen.
I believe in Your might and
Your love.
Thank You God.
I sing praise to You..!!

Sleep in the peace of Jesus.
Do not be afraid.
Have faith and pray.

Believe and pray.
Have faith and ask for
healing. Amen.

Thank You Father for Your
gifts to us.
I love you, I pray to You
Through Jesus Your Son, in
the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

                October 1, 2023

                The Commandment of love.

Glorious Mysteries

The Resurrection

1. 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.

2. On the third day He rose
    from the dead.
3. Jesus: I came to bring you
    life - I love you so much.
4. Jesus: I give you Myself in
    the Eucharist.
5. We could meditate a life-
    time on the meaning of the
    Incarnation.
    Yes, God’s love is awesome.
6. Love is at the center of the
    religion Jesus established.
7. Love must be at the
    center of our existence. We
    are to love others.
8. Some shy away from love
    because of being wounded.
9. To be afraid to love, to
    think it is unsafe and remain
    closed is to open ourselves
    to what is not love.
10. God command us to love.

Matthew 22: 36-39

‘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. 

 

The Ascension

1. Luke 24:50-53

Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them. Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven. They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy; and they were continually in the Temple praising God.

2. Fr. Carter’s definition of love:

    Love is a gift of self which is intended to promote the authentic Good of the one or one’s loved.
    He further says: the gift of self is proportionate to the relationship involved.

3. My brother Fr. Joe died
    recently, I miss Fr. Joe at
    Mass, terribly. I know how
    deep my love is for Fr. Joe,
    even though we never really
    discussed that love I know,
    it was Jesus in the
    sacraments, especially I
    knew Jesus more.
4. Love is a mystery, indeed.
    Fr. Carter in His Book,
    Response to God’s Love

    states about God the
    Ultimate Mystery.

5. Excerpt from Response to God's Love by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

    ... In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).

6. Jesus ascended into
    heaven, but He remains
    with us truly present in the
    Eucharist,
    no less present, than the
    day He walked the earth.
7. “The suffering we bring on
    ourselves when we refuse
    love-related pain is far
    more than love’s suffering”-
    Fr. Carter says, and also
    “for then we experience the
    pain of truncated growth
    emanating from refusal to
    love as we should.”
8. The arms of Jesus, extend
    to the cross.
    Jesus died for love.

9. Song: A Song from Jesus

10. Fr. Carter say:
    "permitting others to love us
    is itself an act of love toward them.
    A person grows to the
    extent he or she loves."
 

The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Virgin Mother

1. Acts 2: 1-4

When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves. 

2. God has given us a free
    will to love or to not love.
3. Freedom is in God, loving
    and living God’s will.
4. Jesus: I am the way, the
    truth and the life.
5. Love may not be heroic,
    but ordinary ways of
    respecting life, loving and
    helping those God want us
    to help.
    God will provide, if He asks
    us to serve this way.
    We receive grace and
    blessings for doing God’s
    will, in love, as He may ask
    us.
6. Jesus taught us to love
    one another by how He lived
    and loved.
    We have been shown, some
    do not love because they do
    not want to love.
7. Fr. Carter says “to refuse
    to love is to die, to chose to
    love is to live.”

8. From the Prayer Manual

Holy Spirit Prayer

Come, Holy Spirit, almighty Sanctifier, God of love, who filled the Virgin Mary with grace, who wonderfully changed the hearts of the apostles, who endowed all Your martyrs with miraculous courage, come and sanctify us. Enlighten our minds, strengthen our wills, purify our consciences, rectify our judgment, set our hearts on fire, and preserve us from the misfortunes of resisting Your inspirations. Amen.

9. Song: Come Holy Ghost

10. From the Holy Spirit Novena

Prayer for Gifts and His Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit, come, come into our hearts, inflame all people with the fire of Your love.

Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and all will be reborn.
All:  And You will renew the face of the earth.

We pray for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ask for perfection in our souls to make us holy, holy souls likened to God.

Dear Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to You soul and body. We ask You to give us the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.

 

The Assumption

1. God’s power is everlasting.
    There are Two eternities,
    one with God, one without
    God.
2. Mary was taken body and
    soul into heaven.
3. Our life runs on and on,
    like a River, in one direction
    or the other.
4. Sing: Eye Has Not Seen

5. Ecclesiastes 12:5

when going uphill is an ordeal
and you are frightened
    at every step you take –
yet the almond tree is in flower
and the grasshopper is weighed down
and the caper-bush loses its tang;
while you are on the way
    to your everlasting home
and the mourners are assembling
    in the street;

6. Mary‘s Message - from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary:  I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light. end of Mary's Message


 

December 17, 1996


7. Excerpt from Response in Christ by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

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."14 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.15 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."16

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.17

 14Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
 15
Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
 16Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
 17Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.


    R. The more we understand
    the mystery of God, the
    more we will understand the
    mystery of hell.

8. God is love.
    God created us and wants
    us in heaven with Him
    eternally.
9. We have a free will to
    love as God commands us or
    not to love.
10. The Heavenly Father is
    merciful to those who are
    sorry for their sins and
    repent.
    Remember the parable of
    the prodigal son.
    Dear God, please give us
    the grace to realize God’s
    infinite mercy and love more
    and more.

    The Good Shepherd
    searches for the lost sheep.



Isaiah 1:18

'Come, let us talk this over,' says Yahweh. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

 
R. This Homily is from Fr.
Carter’s new Homily book
the year he died, 2000,
these were transcribed,
months before he died.

 
September 1, 2000

HOMILY - (Matthew 11: 25-30) In words from today's Gospel, Jesus tells us, "Shoulder my yoke and learn from
me, for I am gentle and humble in heart." (Mt 11:29) Yes, He bids us, come to His heart to learn all the lessons of the spiritual life. Going to His Heart we certainly learn about love, love of the Father, love of our neighbor in Christ, this magnificent Heart of Jesus which loved His Father even to a brutal death on the Cross for the love of us for our salvation.

    We certainly learn about suffering, how to suffer, from the pierced Heart of Jesus. We also certainly learn that even in the midst of deepest suffering, Jesus wants us to have a spiritual joy and a peace, because He says, "My yoke is easy and my burden light if you unite yourself to Me." He certainly teaches us how to be spiritually sensitive and kind and gentle, and of course – humility. All these and other lessons of the spiritual life, Jesus will teach us if only we come to His Heart.

    An outstanding example of one who I'm sure went constantly to the Heart of Christ was one of the greatest apostles of Jesus' Heart, Claude, St. Claude de la Columbière; and in words which I'm about now to read to you from Claude, you see his complete dedication to Christ, his trust in Christ, his love of Christ, you see his sensitivity of heart. Claude tells us:

"You share my burdens,
(He is speaking to Jesus)

You take them upon yourself.
You listen to me fondly when I tell you my troubles.
You never fail to lighten them.
I find You at all times and in all places.
You never leave me.
I will always find You wherever I go.

Old age or misfortune will not cause You to abandon me.
You will never be closer to me than
When all seems to go against me.
No matter how miserable I may be,
You will never cease to be my friend.

You tolerate my faults with admirable patience.
You are always ready to come to me, if I so desire it.

Jesus, may I die praising you!
May I die loving you!
May I die for the love of you."
8

8.St. Claude de la Columbiere, as published by Apostleship of Prayer, Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus.

 

The Queenship of Mary

1. Mary is crowned, Queen
    of Heaven and Earth.
2. Sing: Hail Holy Queen
3. Mary is the Mediatrix of
    Grace.
4. We meditate in the Rosary
    on the Lives of Jesus and
    Mary.
    We live the life, death and
    resurrection in our lives.
5. Mary is our Spiritual
    Mother, our model.
6. Mary speaks: I am your
    Mother, more than any
    earthly mother, I love you
    with purist love. I want to
    rock you in my arms and
    cradle you in my heart. As
    an earthly mother cradles
    her young, I cradle you
    tenderly and lull you to
    sleep by the beating of my
    Immaculate Heart. Do not
    fear. You know my motherly
    love for you.

7. Mary: I call the young
    hearts to the Junior Shepherds
    of Christ Movement.

8. Mary: Do you hear the
    cries of your heavenly
    Mother? If you answer my
    call, I will be your defender
    against the works of the
    devil. I will take you to the
    Heart of Jesus. Come to my
    Immaculate Heart.
9. Mary: Youth in the Junior
    Shepherds of Christ, the
    world must be ruled by love.

    I am your Mother of love.
    Children, consecrate your
    hearts to My Immaculate
    Heart and Jesus’ Sacred Heart.

10. Mary: Pray the prayers
    in the handbook everyday
    for the priests, the Church
    and the world.
    Pray the Rosary and go to
    Mass and Communion as
    often as possible.
    Youth of America, see my
    Motherly face laden with
    tears and blood, I watch my
    little children suffer and I
    cry bloody tears for them.
    My Son Jesus loves the
    little children. Jesus loves
    the youth, oh please, my
    youth apostles listen to my
    Motherly cry and I will guard
    you and you will be blessed.
    This message is my message
    for my Junior Shepherds of
    Christ.
    I am Mary your Mother,
    Thank you for responding to
    this call.




 

December 17, 2023

Mary: I am the Mother of
    the Youth of America!
    I am joining with the
    Shepherds of Christ youth
    program to bring the young
    hearts to my Immaculate
    Heart and teach them in
    these rosaries to know
    Jesus and His love and
    teach them
    to be pure in all their
    actions.

Song: The Rosary Song


Jesus:
The Apostles went to the
world and they preached
the Gospel and converted
many souls. It was through
the Holy Spirit they were
not afraid. They marched
into the world and spread
the Love of God.
Will you spread My love?

Pray to the Holy Spirit. He is
your dearest friend, ask Him
to fill you with His gifts.
Pray to God, every moment
be one in God. God: Father,
Myself, and Holy Spirit dwells
in your graced, baptized soul.
God is with you in your
every breath. Your biggest
fear is to offend God by
your habitual sin.
Pray to be holy, pray for
sanctification from the Holy
Spirit.
Pray for grace to love and
know God more.

I give you My special
Shepherds of Christ, My
young Shepherds.
I give you abundant grace in
this mission. I will dwell in
your heart and care for you,
your prayers for the youth,
will help other youth.
This is a special mission, I
call you to.
I love you, I love you, I love
you, I am Jesus.

Jesus:
I have gifted you.
Are you thankful?
Eve was so gifted.
She wanted to be equal to
God.
 

                October 1, 2023

Mystical Mary Now 12:10 am


R. Mary is a Gift God gives us!

Knowing the Father, is
deeply wanting His will on
earth as it is in heaven.

Knowing the Son, is
knowing Him more to
imitate and follow Him, as
the Eucharistic Bridegroom
of our soul, here below.

Knowing the Holy Spirit is
allowing yourself to be
possessed by Him to be
operated by Him as He fills
us with God’s grace and
love, and moves like a
breath in us forming us
more in the image of Jesus,
sanctifying us and helping
us live as the Father wills.

God's love is awesome!!!!!
And it is a mystery.

 

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Books written by the cofounder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries
 
 
Rita Ring
Mass Book
A Journey Into the Heart of Jesus - Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 12.00

  Mass Book, by Rita Ring: Many of the entries in the Priestly Newsletter Volume II from a spiritual journal came from this book. These entries
  are to help people to be more deeply united to God in the Mass. This book is available in English and Spanish with the Church’s
Imprimatur.

  $12

Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children
From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 10.00

  Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children, by Rita Ring, Short Meditations for both parents and children to be used when praying the
  rosary. These meditations will help all to know the lives of Jesus and Mary alive in their Hearts. Available in both English and Spanish with
  the Church’s
Imprimatur.
$10

   
God's Blue Book 4
The Love of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Author: Rita Ring
$ 5.00

God's Blue Book IV by Rita Ring. This book is about the love Jesus has for Mary and Mary has for Jesus and Jesus and Mary have for us    It is truly the Love of the Two Hearts. Mary appeared every day at the Holy Spirit Center    Fr. Carter was there. Mary's first apparition July 5, 1994. $5

God's Blue Book 5
So Deep Is the Love of His Heart. Author: Rita Ring.
$ 5.00

God's Blue Book V by Rita Ring. Jesus wants to be the bridegroom of our soul    He is our beloved    Jesus tells us about pure love    how we are to be pure of heart and love God and love others. It is a must, to hear about love from Jesus    Jesus is love    $5

God's Blue Book 6A
He Calls Us to Action Author: Rita Ring.
$ 5.00

God's Blue Book 6A by Rita Ring. Rosaries from Their Hearts during apparitions. Jesus and Mary appeared every day and I received rosaries from Them and They were transcribed from a tape. Also messages of love from Jesus on days of January, 1995    About Baptism    writings from Fr. Carter and the Scriptures. $10

God's Blue Book 6B
He Calls Us to Action - The Sixth Book, Part B Author: Rita Ring.
$ 5.00

God's Blue Book 6B by Rita Ring. Jesus and Mary appeared every day in February, 1995    So beautiful    transcribed from a tape    the Stations, 7 Sorrows, prayers in the Prayer Manual, the Holy Spirit Novena Book and the Song Book. Pure love    loving and forgiving    a book about Jesus' love, baptism, grace and Fr. Carter's Newsletter. $10

God's Blue Book 6C
He Calls Us to Action - The Sixth Book, Part C Author: Rita Ring.
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 7
Intimacy with God by Rita Ring
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 8
See thru the Eyes of Mary. Author: Rita Ring and Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 9
The Mass and the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 10
God's Blue Book 10 - This is My Body
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 11
God's Blue Book 11 - Showers of His Grace
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 12
Solidarity In Chirst
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 13
Grace
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 14
God the Father Speaks After Clearwater
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 15
Life
$ 5.00
Blue Book 16
Mary Mother of the Eucharist
$ 5.00

 

 

 

God's Blue Book 17
Life In Him
$ 5.00

 

God's Blue Book 18
Jesus, Bridegroom of Our Soul
$ 5.00
God's Blue Book 19
The Lamb of God
$ 5.00
God's Pre-Blue Book
Loved in a Personal Way
$ 5.00
God's Pre-Blue Book 2
My Hand is Upon You
$ 5.00
Apostle's Manual
Shepherds of Christ Overview: Very carefully discerned by Fr. Edward J. Carter S. J.
$ 20.00

Apostles Manual. About the Movement — the structure of the Movement    All Ministries — from the time 3 months before Mary appeared in Clearwater and 3 months after. Rosaries of the 13ths, Fr. Carter's Newsletters. Messages from God the Father    Reaching the priests, the Church, the schools and the world. $20

Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume I
Red Rosary Book - Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00

Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 1. Mary appeared in Clearwater December 17, 1996 in rainbow color and these rosaries left the printer the same day from Apparitions of Jesus and Mary    transcribed from a tape. $10

Blue Rosary Book
Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume II
$ 12.00

Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 2. This is a book of so many rosaries — transcribed from a tape. So many beautiful rosaries.   pages  $12

Messages From Jesus
Messages From Jesus for the Ederly, Ill, and Homebound Given by Jesus to His Messenger - Author: Rita Ring Discerned by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00

Messages for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This is a big book of loving messages for nursing home people and homebound from Jesus and Mary    Their lives are so important    united to the Mass offering up their suffering, their lives for the souls of this earth. $10

Short Rosary Meditations for the Ederly, Ill, and Homebound
From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary: Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 10.00

Short Rosary Meditations for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This book is so important with pictures they can open it and lay it on their laps and pray the rosary. $10

Songs From Jesus
Given by Jesus to His Messenger Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 5.00

Songs from Jesus Songbook. These loving songs were given from Jesus. So beautiful    Love Songs from Jesus of His love — helping us have pure and loving hearts. $3

Daily Messages From Heaven
From the Florida Apparition Site Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00
The Spirituality of Fatima
Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly
Short Meditations for the Rosary
$ 3.00
Meditaciones del Rosario
para Pequenos y Ancianos
$ 10.00
Fr. Joe Robinson
 
Inspiring Homilist & Author
 
Fr. Joseph Robinson has dedicated his life to serving Christ and the Church for over 40 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guiding Light - The Mystery of Christ
Guiding Light - The Mystery of Christ, Cycle A - Homilies for 2022 - 2023
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - In the Image of Jesus
Guiding Light - In the Image of Jesus Cycle C - Homilies for 2021 - 2022
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - Bread of Life

Guiding Light - Bread of Life, Cycle A for 2019 - 2020
$ 10.00

Guiding Light - Walk in the Light

Guiding Light - Walk in the Light, Cycle C for 2018 - 2019
$ 10.00

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts Cycle B 2017 - 2018

$10.00

Guiding Light — The Word Alive in Our Hearts. Cycle B    Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a tremendous honor Fr. Joe has allowed us to share these great gifts with you – for greater holiness and knowing more and more about God. $10

Guiding Light - The Soul Who Could

Guiding Light - The Soul Who Could Cycle A 2016/2017

$10.00

Guiding Light — The Soul Who Could. Cycle A    Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.  $10

Guiding Light - Trust and Transform
Guiding Light - Trust and Transform, Cycle C for 2015/2016
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - By God Through Me
Guiding Light - By God Through Me, Cycle B for 2014/2015
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - Inspired To Be Genuine
Guiding Light - Inspired To Be Genuine, Cycle A for 2013/2014
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - Centered In Christ
Fr. Joe Robinson's latest homilies for Cycle C for 2012/2013.
$ 10.00
Guiding Light - Reflect on the Word
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Litugical Year (2011/2012)
$ 10.00

Guiding Light homily series — Reflect on the Word — Cycle B     The Word leaves an impression on our souls. In my thoughts and reflections are born a more tangible understanding of these eternal concepts presented in the Gospels and the readings. Anyone can read a sentence, but not anyone can absorb it's true meaning. Truth, in this day and age, is almost a matter of opinion or individual entitlement. We believe that Christ's truth is our Roman Catholic Church. We, as priests, champion it's teachings; we are ambassadors for the Pope and Christ to those faces looking at us. We are the light by which our congregation reads to reflect upon real truth and we do it hand in hand. $10

Guiding Light - Steadfast to the Son
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle A of the Litugical Year
$ 10.00

Guiding Light homily series — Steadfast to the Son — Cycle A    The sunflower is a great example of how we should be steadfastly guided by light. What a powerful thought that this exceptional plant is not stuck in one pose day in and day out, yet adaptable and magnetized to the sun. We feel the same about our Son. Our heads turns to face Christ as each day presents its challenges to find light. We join together like plants in a field and soak up the Son through the pulpit. We are a warm circle of strength using the wind of our breath to carry our priests' words, Christ's words, to new rich soil. $10

Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Litugical Year
$ 10.00

Guiding Light — Focusing on the Word — Cycle B    At times we may feel that our path to Christ is a bit "out of focus". Like the disciples in the Book of Mark, this ordinary life clouds our vision of Christ's Divinity. We may doubt the practicality or possibility of applying His teachings and example to our modern life. Cycle B's homilies are a "guiding light" to help us realize Jesus' Messianic greatness and His promise of better things to come. $10

Guiding Light - Feed My Soul
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle C of the Litugical Year
$ 10.00

Guiding Light — Feed My Soul — Cycle C    In a world rapidly advancing and encouraging personal gain, we are faced with modern problems. There is a challenge to find time in our busy schedules for Sunday Mass or a family meal. We are able to research, shop, bank and even work without hearing one human voice. It is no wonder that we may often feel disconnected and famished at our week's end. In Fr. Joe's third book of homilies from Cycle C, we are reminded of the charity that Christ intended us to show each other. We have a calling to turn the other cheek and be the Good Samaritan to others. We are rewarded with the Father's kingdom and love when we are not worthy. We are not left alone or hungry. $10

   
Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.

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Books written by the founder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries

Response in Christ
Fr. Edward J. Carter gives to the modern Christian a message that will sustain him.
$ 10.00
Response to God's Love
...God Himself is the Ultimate Mystery
$ 10.00

Response to God’s Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10

Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 1
Selected Writings on Spirituality—for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 10.00

Shepherds of Christ — Selected Writings on Spirituality for all People as Published in Shepherds of Christ Newsletter for Priests. Contains 12 issues of the newsletter from July/August 1994 to May/June 1996. $15

Spirituality Newsletters 2
Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 12.00

Shepherds of Christ — Volume 2: by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13—29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 — Issue 5, 1999) $15

Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 3
Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00

Shepherds of Christ — Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carter’s tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10

Tell My People
Messages from Jesus and Mary Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest
$ 10.00

Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.)    One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life    From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a book  and here is that book." $10

Spirituality Handbook
Shepherds of Christ Associates Spirituality Handbook - A Way of Spiritual Life
Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest
$ 3.00

Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 20he Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3

The Spirituality of Fatima
Fatima: The Setting, The Message, The Spirituality of Consecration
$ 5.00

The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5

  Shepherds of Christ Holy Spirit Novena CD
  Holy Spirit Novena Read by: Rita Ring
  $ 10.00 
plus postage


  Holy Spirit Novena CD. Prayers and scripture readings from the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet read by Rita Ring. $10

 

Statues/Religious Items

 
 
Blue Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  8mm - $ 40.00
plus shipping

 

  Red Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping

 

 

  Clear Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
 
8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping
 

 

 

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                    R. Pray for these things

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Special people.
               
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                6) People going to Florida and China.
                7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                9) Pray for pope helping us.
               10) Pray for Jeff.
               11) Pray for the country
               12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
               14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Pray for the Corona Virus to go away
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Sanja, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
                    Fr. Joe, all priests helping us, Ed, Jimmy, Mary,
                    Carol R., a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) All of our families.
               22) Funds and insurance.
               23) All of our houses.
               24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
               25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
               26) Consecrate all hearts.
               27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.

 


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