God will not be outdone in generosity.

                One day a person arrived and snow
                    covered the earth — the once
                    green and brown ground now looked
                    as a beautiful carpet of white —

                    Jesus changed the bread and wine
                        into His Body and Blood

                    The paralyzed man walked

                    The lepers were healed

                    The blind man could see

                Christ was 'changing things' in the
                    scripture

                When Jesus took the Apostles up
                    the mountain and showed
                    Himself He was transfigured
                    before their eyes and then
                    He returned so He was
                    not transfigured before them —

                The world is hungry for the gifts
                    only God can give —

                The Creator gives to us the Plan

                Mary Mother of God is sent a
                    messenger at Fatima telling
                    us what to do

                She told us what to do to have peace

                    (1) Rosary
                    (2) Consecration to Hearts of Jesus and Mary
                    (3) Conversion
                    (4) The Eucharist - the Medicine of
                        Immortality
                    (5) Reparation

                    and other directions
                        Mary gave to her children

                God entrusted the peace of the
                    world to her

                Fr. Carter our founder and I am the co-founder
                    of the Shepherds of Christ were given directions

                    and Mary began appearing to me
                    daily July 5, 1994 - September 5, 1995

                    in the most magnificent light at
                    an old seminary

                Before she began appearing about

                    3 1/2 months March 22, 1994 —
                    Lucia's birthday the corner of this
                    old seminary (not that old, just
                    not used for a seminary — built
                    1924 fell off)

                It was equivalent to at least 12
                    gigantic rooms that fell off in
                    minutes — 4 floors

                At the same time Mary began appearing
                    to me at the old seminary —

                    Fr. Carter who came every day for
                        4 months at the directions of
                        Jesus from a message he received,
                        and my 2 children were there
                        during Mary's visits —

                    We prayed the prayers that summer
                        of 1994 soon in the
                        prayer manual in 7 languages
                        with the Church's Imprimatur.

                We had problems at that old seminary
                    and I was told we couldn't
                    pray the Shepherds of Christ Prayers there
                    after Mary had appeared
                    daily for 14 months

                We would be invited back and
                    told to leave
                    invited back and
                    told to leave after the April 13, 1997 meeting

                On May 13, 1997 — Fr. Carter received a
                    letter telling him this

                We received the Church, St. Anthony's
                    in China, Indiana June, 1997
                    and Fr. Carter said his first Mass
                    August 26, 1997 — the last Thursday of
                    August — he said Jesus told him to
                    go there and he almost did
                    5 times a week —

                We were permitted to reserve the Eucharist
                    and our first woman came
                    and is still there 1998 —

                A married couple lived in China and their mother
                    in August, 1997.

                Mary's image appeared at Clearwater

                    December 17, 1996 —

                    On December 17, 1991 I had a vision of
                        the Sacred Heart and received
                        this message.

                On December 17, 1993 — The first message from
                    Jesus was circulated and published

                In January, 1994 we sent a mailing to
                    all bishops in the United States with
                    those 2 messages at the direction
                    of Jesus

I Want My Priests to Come Back

January 17, 1994 3:40 a.m.

Jesus:  You know I am He Who lifts you up. In one second I can turn your feelings around and lift you up. Constantly pray to Me. You need Me through these times. Remember, I truly died for you on the cross. Remember, little one, I have chosen you to write to Me. Do you think I will ever abandon you? I am a God who truly loves His people. I love you with such ardent love. You must never doubt.

    Look into My face and see My gentleness. I am the kindest of all hearts. I am He who knows how to love with such love. Become totally lost in My arms.

    Do you think Satan will not taunt you? Put him behind you. You are being guarded by God and His heavenly court. Walk in My ways and the angels walk with you on your path. You are escorted on your way and you are never alone. You are guarded as a precious treasure that is being transported to another place.

    You need to put all your cares in My hands. You are developing true trust when you let go and let Me take over. Keep trusting and silence the ugly prompting of Satan who wants you to worry about useless things. Quit worrying and pray and play with your children. I am telling you there is so much peace and grace gained by private prayer with them. I will tend to all the details of your life. Do not worry for one moment. Put your life in My hands. I am here, little one. Read this message and all of them over and over again.

    You need to go to the Blue Book for your answers. Your answers are found there. I never leave your side. God is guarding you. Just continue to have a union with Me all through the day. All the prayer time alone with Me in one day is not enough. I want you in constant prayer.

    Turn to Me and My Blue Book. This will help many priests to come back and sit before Me in private union with Me. When priests come back to the tabernacle, the flock will begin to be led back to His altar. Priests need to read these letters. They are the preachers. If they do not value their own relationship with Jesus, if they are being led away from Me with busyness, they will not preach the intimate love of Jesus. They are so busy, but it is like throwing out the baby with the bath water. I am the center and their relationship with Me is utmost.

    The priests need these messages. They need to have an intimate, close union with Me. They should be preaching "time in front of the tabernacle." They should be preaching My intense love for My people and how I have so much to give. Some sermons are so complicated—yet nothing about union with Me in the Eucharist and in front of the tabernacle.

    I want My priests to come back and pray before My tabernacle. I want them to read these messages and make Jesus the Center of their lives. When they are led back to Jesus, they will lead the flock home. Priests need adoration every day for at least an hour. I don't care how busy they are. None of it matters if they are not spending time in private prayer alone with Me. They need to come and get their supplies. They need to quit thinking they are doing it and turn back to turning their lives totally over to Me, to totally letting their burdens and busy lives off at the foot of My cross and letting Me lead the way.

    There is not one priest who has so much to do that he cannot do private adoration daily. When the priest comes back to the power in the Eucharist and the tabernacle, the congregation will turn to God for their troubled hearts. Satan has led priests away from Jesus. They are so busy they cannot do all their work, but this must all take second place to praying silently before God and reading His words. These letters will help many priests to come back and be intimate with Jesus.

    All the rituals, all the upkeep of the churches, all the little details, and the King of Glory sits alone! You have thrown out the baby with the bath water. You are missing the boat.

    I want the priests to read this message. Where is the reverence after Communion and who has even heard it mentioned in the church? Private union with Jesus! What an honor! I have all you need. Come to Me and I will give you rest. I am all powerful. I have all the power. I am hyper—vigilant over your lives. I guard you. Quit trying to do it yourselves. Become selfless and let Me possess your souls.

    Have the priests spread these messages. Read them in church. I want adoration of the Eucharist back. I want people to know I am God and I am coming to them in Holy Communion. I want the Blessed Sacrament exposed. I want My churches open. Union with Jesus, the love of Jesus, trust, faith, love for one another, love of God—I want all of these preached from the pulpit!

    I am the Alpha and the Omega. I want My people to be led back to the center, which is Jesus. Pray for your priests. They are under attack. If Satan can wreck the family, the priests, the children, he has it made.

    You are under attack, My beloved priests, and you, in your busyness, are being led away from your union with Jesus. Bring yourselves back to Me and let Me give you My love. I am indeed the bridegroom of your souls. I wait for My beloved ones at the altar. I long for private union with all My beloved ones.

    Come to Me, all who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Come and be lifted up to heights you never dreamed possible. I am God. Put your lives in My hands. Let Me run your life. Quit running amok. You have lost your way and are running down the wrong road. Bring your lives back to Jesus in the tabernacle.

    The world is getting farther from God every minute. Read the messages at prayer meetings. Spread them by word of mouth. The time you waste is valuable. These words are not meant to be saved. Spread them here by any means possible. I want them out, I tell you! If someone wants to read some messages, give them to them and let them read them at prayer meetings. There is no secret here. They are from Me and I want them out. I want you to speak. A lot of your discontent is in sitting around with all these messages and not spreading them. Tell your friends to speak. Speak My words here. You don't have to mention the source. Spread the messages. You are not what is important. The messages are. You will be exposed. Don't worry who knows, but don't spread your own story. Spread the messages. Like ripples on a pond, the love of God will be spread throughout the land. I have so much to give to My hurting ones. I am your God. I died for you out of deepest love. I have come in these messages to lead you back home.

    Quit worrying of details. I am He Who runs the show. Pray for guidance every day. Spend one hour in front of the tabernacle. You cannot do in a million years what I can do in one moment. Quit relying on yourselves. You are only pushing buttons. When you are fixed in Me, the right door opens. When you go it alone, you have a hard road to walk. One hour in private adoration. Be silent or read the Blue Book. Your life will become uplifted by My teaching and you will sail a blue sky.

    Spend time in silence and some in reading My words in front of Me. I am talking to you in these letters. What power, to read them in front of the tabernacle! You can't go it alone. You need My help. You need your supplies. But you must come and get them! You are following your tail around if you do it alone. I am He Who can do all this. When you realize My power in adoration, your lives will change. As long as you are too busy you will have a hard time. The soul craves this union with Me.

    Lead the priests back to adoration and the people will follow. Our leaders have become too busy for adoration. This is the key, the key to unlock the doors to the world's problems. It is found in front of the tabernacle, at daily Mass and Communion. Do the priests ever preach any of this? You have forgotten your center, Jesus, in the Eucharist! All the power is found in Jesus. You have all that you need and you walk about and decorate My churches and clean every speck of dust and repair My pews and carpet My house and fix My organs but you walk about and miss the King of Glory who sits there all alone! Spread the messages on the tabernacle. I want them out!

end of January 17, 1994 message

                On May 31, 1994 Fr. Carter got a message
                    to start the Priestly Newsletter —

                In March, 1994 before I knew Fr. Carter
                    they had given him Blue Book I to
                    discern

                And when I met with him March 26, 1994
                    He said he thought I was a
                    genuine mystical locutionist —

                The building corner of the old Cincinnati
                    seminary fell off on a Tuesday (March 22, 1994)

                4 days later I met with Fr. Carter to speak at length
                    on a Saturday, March 26, 1994 — the next day
                    was Palm Sunday

                It was the day after the Annunciation —

                Here is a message I got 2 years after that March 26, 1996

    March 26, 1996

Very carefully discerned by Fr. Carter

Messenger:  I came to All Saints Church before a beautiful Monstrance of gold that contained Our beloved Savior. He was adorned in light, the altar beneath shone with the brightest light and the cross behind was entirely silhouetted with the same celestial light. I was overwhelmed with the presence of God and cried deeply from the awe of it all.

    To be so aware of the Almighty God truly present in His splendor and glory—to know the presence of God, to see the glistening of the gold and the light and reflection of the cross behind Him—my beauteous love—words do not exist to describe the rapture of a heavenly embrace! I cry because of the immense awe within my being to know Him. God truly present in His majesty and glory and oh, God, I behold the presence of a heavenly court. You opened wide the heavens and lifted up the veil and I knew You in Your splendor and glory. I behold God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

    "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." He is the Almighty God. He shows us the celestial lights with which He will light this earth. Many must surrender their hearts to His Heart and Mary's heart. It is in surrendering, the Spirit will move in the hearts of men and the light of God will shine on the darkened earth. Not with a light that you comprehend, but a light that is divinely granted—a light beyond all lights, a vision beyond all visions. It takes the surrender of minds and hearts to God. The Spirit cannot move in us when we are in control. Surrender and give Him our heart and He will make us fishers of men.

    We are His apostles in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. He is sending us out into the world to light the hearts with His burning love. We are chosen by Him and He is giving us abundant graces to grow in our union with Him. He will light this world with His burning love. Our hearts must be open. We must surrender and let go and reach beyond the senses, reach with our hearts. Pray for faith, pray for the vision of God.

Note:  I cried all through this writing, having the presence of God and being in great ecstasy to behold Him. May God touch your heart and may His Spirit move within you. May you be filled with the grace of God to surrender and let Him accomplish a great work within you.

    And I was filled on high with His miraculous light and He reached down and spoke within me. I was filled as never before and knew the presence of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Note:  As I finished, the bells at All Saints Church rang at 9:00 A.M. As I began to experience the immense splendor, the bells of 8:00 rang. Words do not express anything that I saw or experienced or know from this ecstasy. This was the greatest and the first of three visions, which defined clearly to me our role in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Jesus defines clearly the role of Fr. Carter in this great mission given to him by the Father.

For Fr. Carter from Jesus:

Jesus:  To him who has eyes to see, they will see - not with earthly vision, but with the eyes of faith, and to him who has ears to hear, he will hear with the fluttering of the Spirit moving within him.

    I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I am the Almighty God. I say to the rocks to fall and they fall and to the grass, grow, and it grows, and to the sun, shine, and it shines. I give to you My love in these letters. Filled with My love, you will conquer this earth, not with weapons and powder or force, but with fires of My love. The fire will wipe out the hatred in the cold hearts and the earth will be covered with My celestial light. The earth will rock and I will appear in the heavens adorned in power and glory and the contrite hearts will be saved. I came to separate the sheep from the goats, the light from the darkness. I come and no one pays Me heed.

    To you, My beloved son, Father Carter, I have sent you on a mission to spread this fire that will cover this earth. The hearts of men will turn from their sick and desolate ways to hearts gentle as a little lamb.

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

    I have written your name, Fr. Carter, in My Heart, never ever to be blotted out and this earth will be renewed with the fire of God's love through you. You are My beloved priest-son, forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. Most holy and most sacred are your hands that consecrate the Host and write My precious newsletter for My beloved priest-sons. You are never unguarded. You are held within the deepest chamber of My Heart, and you will spread My love to the priest-sons of this earth.

    I am Jesus. You will spread My love to all souls on this earth. I love you with the tenderest burning love. I am Jesus, your beloved Savior.

end of March 26, 1996 message

                We continued to have Blue Book meetings
                    on the 17th at the old seminary

                    April 17, 1994, I made a video introducing
                        the Blue Books and the Prayer
                        for Union and the sun pulsated
                        over the old seminary

                    This video/DVD is available

                        Messages from Jesus

                        As the sun is pulsating the
                            sounds of screams are
                            in the background as
                            I speak about the Eucharist —

                    Silent screams of little babies being
                        aborted will never be heard —
                        muffled by the womb where
                        God the Father gave them life —

                    People thought the screams were
                        from the souls in purgatory

                    Mary's message at Fatima

                        was this July 13, 1917

                The pulsating sun came October 13, 1917

by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
 

                Here are a few pictures from the

                    video April 17, 1994 —

                The sun pulsated over the old seminary

                    where Mary would soon appear
                    to me beginning July 5, 1994
                    daily for 14 months and
                    Fr. Carter had me say the first Shepherds
                        of Christ prayers while Mary appeared
                        to me in magnificent light —

                We were running to find a place

                    to settle down and

                    God gave us the building in Clearwater
                        with Mary's image and

                    The Church, St. Anthony's in
                        China with the Eucharist

                Jesus always wanted the Eucharist
                    where Mary appeared at
                    the old seminary

                Now we had our own Church and
                    priests came and said Mass and
                    we prayed 24 hours a day
                        before the Exposed Eucharist
                        in China

                Lots of prayers and healing and calling
                    have taken place in China in
                    11 years for the priests, the Church
                    and the world —

                But we have sent over
                    6,000,000 Priestly Newsletters
                    to hierarchy around the world and
                    priests from China
                    United States priests from Cincinnati printers
                    and over 200,000 books

                    to help do what

                    Mary and Jesus told

                    Fr. Carter and Me to do

Fr. Carter had a dream

                Fr. Carter always said

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

                Mary's image appeared in

                    rainbow color as Our Lady

                    clothed with the sun

                Mary appeared on the glass for

                    7 1/2 years —

                    Mary appeared

                    clothed with the sun

                    Mary appeared

                    clothed with the moon

                    For 7 1/2 years

                Get these videos as I recorded

                    them for afternoons on the

                    5ths — they are awesome —

                Spread them —

                Spread the Epiphany video's

                    so awesome

                Circulate these —

                Show them to people

                Mary and Jesus wants us to circulate
                    the Priestly Newsletter and

                    begin the prayer chapters and

                    circulate the Blue Books

                        and these writings

                Tell people —

                So they will know

                    Our Lady appeared clothed

                        as the sun

Revelation 12: 1-2

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.

                Pray with us

                    for our priests and the Church

                        can help the world

                    Make reparation

                This is major to the completion

                    of the Fatima mission

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

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

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

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

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

A Message for the Earth from Jesus

January 22, 1998   

I am the Good Shepherd, these are My prayers, the prayers I give to help renew the Church and the world, all prayer chapters are asked to include these prayers (found in the Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual). As My Apostles and Shepherds I ask you to encourage all existing Chapters to try to encourage all existing prayer groups to pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Encourage all Churches to pray these prayers. It is most urgent that the people of this earth concur with the Father's wishes to begin Prayer Chapters. This is an urgent request from the Good Shepherd. The flock will become one when they have given their hearts to Jesus and Mary. Encourage all priests to pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Your world will be lighted with great light as the people of this earth pray these prayers.

    My promise is this to you My beloved earth: When you give your heart to Me and spread the devotion to My Sacred Heart, I will write your name In My Heart. I promise to give the greatest graces when you pray these prayers for renewal of the Church and the world and take all who pray them deeply into My Heart. The prayers I give will bring about the reign of My Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. I am Jesus Christ, this is My message of January 22, 1998, Please circulate this message to your world. I am the Good Shepherd, I know Mine and Mine know Me and they follow Me. Grace My Shepherds, I will give you the greatest graces for spreading these words to this earth and to your Church. I love you, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, it is the Plan of the Father that Prayer Chapters are begun immediately and the Priestly Newsletter is given to all priests. The Voice of the Good Shepherd speaks through it.

end of January 22, 1998

                Jesus appeared in China last

                    January 21, 2008

Excerpt from January 21, 2008

                    When Jesus appeared to me in the mural
                over the altar in China — light was on
                Him — like a bolt of lightening coming
                down

                First I saw this light as if it came
                    upon Him, His whole body shown
                    lighted — so brightly, but it was
                    as if a light came as a beam from
                    the direction shown — from
                    above

                LIGHT, LIGHT, LIGHT

                Jesus spoke through me then —

                Then the blackest, black around
                    the left arch particularly the
                    left side

Excerpt from January 21, 2008

                Help us —

                Bail out —

                Do what Mary —

                    Messenger

                    Queen of Peace

                    Told us —

                Help us — keep the

                    building in Florida

                    Mary appeared

                We have had the building

                    over 10 years —

                This is a sign God the Father

                    gave to us

July 5, 2000	July 5, 2000

                March 1, 2004

                    somebody knocked off

                    Mary's image head after

                    7 1/2 years

                    her image appeared

                    clothed as the sun

                The building payment for the

                    Clearwater building

                    is due November 19 about

                    $10,500 a month —

                    help us keep this building

                We have

                    Fr. Joe's homily book Cycle B

                        ready to go out in

                        priestly mailing — it needs

                        to be printed and mailed

                    Fr. Pasquini homily book

                        Cycle B

                        is printing

                We need funds for printing and

                    mailing —

                God blesses us — the

                    cardinals thank

                    us —

                Please help us with

                    funds to do as

                    Jesus asked 

Christ the King Sunday November 23rd
    

                From Fr. Joe's Cycle A

Christ the King

November 20, 2005

INTRODUCTION: (Ezekiel 34, 11-12. 15-17; I Cor. 15, 20-26.28; Matthew 25, 31-46) There was an artist who wanted to create a statue of Christ the King. He started working on a clay model, picturing Christ with his arms upraised, his head back and a joyful expression on his face. It was a triumphant Christ, much like the picture of Christ St. Paul gives us in today’s second reading. But when the artist went to bed it started to rain and the moist air blowing in the window made the clay in his statue begin to sag. When the artist saw his work in the morning, Christ’s arms were down, his head was bowed, his shoulders drooped and the expression on his face looked sad. Our readings give us both images of Christ the king today. In the first reading he is the powerful Christ, acting as shepherd of his people caring for them. In the gospel he is our judge. But also in the gospel he identifies himself with the hungry and the thirsty, the stranger and the naked, the sick and imprisoned and he tells us “just as you did it for one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it for me.”

HOMILY: The lesson Jesus teaches us in today’s gospel has really been understood and accepted by most Christians. There was an article on the front page of the Catholic Telegraph in which Catholics were asked what teachings of the Church were personally “very important” to them. At the very top of the list 84 % listed helping the poor as “very important.” The picture Jesus paints of the last judgment has deeply impacted most people when it comes to caring for others.

But I always wondered where worship of God fit in here. Isn’t that something that’s important too? Why didn’t Jesus mention that when he talked about the last judgment? Should we forget about prayer and worship and Mass and spend more time doing good for others? That question always puzzled me until I realized that Jesus was preaching to people who took their religious responsibilities seriously. In Jesus’ day a good Jew wouldn’t think of missing synagogue on the Sabbath. Jesus himself went to the synagogue each week, St. Luke tells us. Furthermore, St. Matthew was not writing his gospel for unbelievers but the Church, for a community of believers who gathered together each Sunday, the Lord’s Day, to celebrate the Eucharist in memory of the Lord Jesus and in union with him. Neither Jesus, nor Matthew in talking about how God will judge us had to stress the importance of keeping holy the Lord’s day, because their audience was already doing that. Instead, they had to stress to church going people that just going to church is not enough to be a good Christian. Remember there were two commandments Jesus gave us when he was asked what is the greatest commandment. In the early Church most people were aware of the first one (love God) and knew we owed God our worship and praise and thanksgiving, but they needed to be reminded of the second one (love your neighbor). Today that seems to have flip-flopped. The same article in the Catholic Telegraph reported that many Catholics think they can be good Catholics without going to Mass every Sunday. The percentage of those who think Mass every Sunday is important ranges from a high of 60 % for those over 65 to just 15% for those in the 18-25 age bracket. After I read this report in the Catholic Telegraph I was struck by an interesting passage from the Book of Revelation. The passage described God’s people in heaven who were victorious over the forces of evil and they were singing a hymn to God. The words of their hymn were: “Who would dare refuse you honor, or the glory due your name, O Lord? Since you alone are holy, all nations shall come and worship in your presence.” Worship is what too many people are missing in their spiritual lives. Worship is part of being a “good” Catholic. And for a good Catholic that worship is the Mass. Somewhere along the line, the third commandment has been forgotten.

If Christ is our king do we not owe him honor and praise and thanksgiving? We’ll all get together with family and friends this Thursday and stuff ourselves and call that thanksgiving. And some will feel we’ve done a duty to God. If we’re satisfied with that, the Bible tells us: God’s not.

We live in a democracy. It’s far from perfect, but when I travel to other countries or read about the politics in other countries, I’m grateful to be here in the United States of America. Over two hundred years ago, our ancestors fought hard to be rid of having a king to rule over us. We want to make up our own rules. Our feast today reminds us there are limits to our ability to make our own rules and determine our own destiny. There are certain values that are absolute, that society cannot do away with. There is a layer of power above us that is higher than the president and the governors and the legislators. That power is God who has the authority to tell us how to live and the things we must or must not do. When we honor Christ as our king, we’re not saying he’s a president we can vote out if we do not like what he tells us. When we honor him as our king we commit ourselves to faithfully following him, the only path that will lead to sharing in his glory and in his kingdom some day. Amen.

                From Fr. Pasquini's Cycle A

Christ the King (34^th Sunday) (Mt. 25:31-46)

SEEING CHRIST IN OTHERS           

The great spiritual writer, Carryll Houselander, wrote of an experience she had while on an underground train: 

“I was in an underground train, a crowded train in which all sorts of people jolted together, sitting and strap-hanging—workers of every description going home at the end of the day.  Quite suddenly I saw with my mind, but as vividly as a wonderful picture, Christ in them all.  But I saw more than that; not only was Christ in every one of them, living in them, dying in them, rejoicing in them, sorrowing in them—but because He was in them, and because they were here, the whole world was here too, here in this underground train; not only the world as it was at that moment, not only the people in all the countries of the world, but all those people who had lived in the past, and all those yet to come.   I came out into the street and walked for a long time in the crowds.  It was the same here, on every side, in every passer-by, everywhere—Christ” (A Rocking-Horse Catholic, New York:  Sheed and Ward, 1955, 137-138).

 Do we see Christ in others? 

John Powell wrote a book titled The Christian Vision in which he recalls an old legend.

The story begins with a king in need of a successor.  With advancing age, and no children to succeed him, the king had his servants post signs in every town and village inviting young men to apply for the position of king.  There were two particular qualities that were stressed:  A deep love for God and a deep love for neighbor. 

A young poor man saw the sign and felt compelled by an inner voice to respond.  But he was so poor that his clothes were filthy and worn out and he had no money to buy provisions for the trip to the castle. 

The young man prayed and decided to beg for money for clothes and his trip to the castle.  He began his journey. 

After a month of travel he could see the castle in the far distance.  At the same time the young man caught sight of a poor old beggar sitting on the side of the road.  The beggar put out his hands and begged for help.  “I’m so hungry and cold; is there something you can do to help me?” 

The young man was moved by the sight of the beggar.  He took off his nice clothing and exchanged them for the beggar’s.  He then gave the beggar all his provisions and money he had been carrying. 

The young man continued to the castle hoping to beg for some money to return back home.  After arriving at the front gate, to the young man’s surprise, the king came to meet him. 

The young man could hardly believe what he was seeing?  The beggar he had met was the king! 

The young man said to the king, “You were the beggar beside the road.”  “That’s right,” said the king. 

“Why did you do this to me?” asked the young man.

The king responded, “Hundreds of people came to apply for the job of king, but you were the only one to stop and help an old beggar on the side of the road.”  “You were the only one who truly showed his love for neighbor!”  “Many said they loved God and neighbor, but you are the only one who proved it.”  “I was naked and you clothed me, hungry and you fed me, in need and you cared for me.” 

What we do to others we do to Christ.  When we encounter Christ at the judgment, will we hear, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father.  Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”  Or shall we hear, “Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”

Do we see Christ in others?  Do we know that what we do to others we do to Christ?   

The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.       St. Basil

      

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The Value of Work

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. (Jn 10:11-15¹)

• In his encyclical, On Human Work, Pope John Paul II observes: "The Church is convinced that work is a fundamental dimension of man’s existence on earth. She is confirmed in this conviction by considering the whole heritage of the many sciences devoted to man: anthropology, paleontology, history, sociology, psychology, and so on; they all seem to bear witness to this reality in an irrefutable way. But the source of the Church’s conviction is above all the revealed word of God, and therefore what is a conviction of the intellect is also a conviction of faith. The reason is that the Church -- and it is worthwhile stating it at this point -- believes in man: she thinks of man and addresses herself to him not only in the light of scientific knowledge, but in the first place in the light of the revealed word of the living God. Relating herself to man, she seeks to express the eternal designs and transcendent destiny which the living God, the creator and redeemer, has linked with him.

"The Church finds in the very first pages of the Book of Genesis the source of her conviction that work is a fundamental dimension of human existence on earth..."²

• Again, let us listen to the words of Pope John Paul II: "The Church considers it her duty to speak out on work from the viewpoint of its human value and of the moral order to which it belongs, and she sees this as one of her important tasks within the service that she renders to the evangelical message as a whole.

"At the same time she sees it as her particular duty to form a spirituality of work which will help all people to come closer, through work, to God, the creator and redeemer, to participate in his salvific plan for man and the world and to deepen their friendship with Christ in their lives by accepting, through faith, a living participation in his threefold mission as priest, prophet and king, as the Second Vatican Council so eloquently teaches."3

• Vatican II also speaks to us about human labor: "Human labor which is expended in the production and exchange of goods or in the performance of economic services is superior to the other elements of economic life. For the latter have only the nature of tools.

"Whether it is engaged in independently or paid for by someone else, this labor comes immediately from the person. In a sense, the person stamps the things of nature with his seal and subdues them to his will. It is ordinarily by his labor that a man supports himself and his family, is joined to his fellow men and serves them, and is enabled to exercise genuine charity and be a partner in the work of bringing God’s creation to perfection. Indeed, we hold that by offering his labor to God a man becomes associated with the redemptive work itself of Jesus Christ, who conferred an eminent dignity on labor when at Nazareth He worked with His own hands.

"From all these considerations there arise every man’s duty to labor faithfully and also his right to work. It is the duty of society, moreover, according to the circumstances prevailing in it, and in keeping with its proper role, to help its citizens find opportunities for adequate employment. Finally, payment for labor must be such as to furnish a man with the means to cultivate his own material, social, cultural, and spiritual life worthily, and that of his dependents. What this payment should be will vary according to each man’s assignment and productivity, the conditions of his place of employment, and the common good."⁴

                   NOTES:

1. Scripture quotations are taken from The New Jerusalem Bible, Doubleday.

2. Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Letter. On Human Work, United States Catholic Conference, No. 4.

3. Ibid., No. 24.

4. The Documents of Vatican II, "The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World", No. 68. America Press edition.

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