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November 21, 2010
November 22nd Holy Spirit Novena
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November 21, 2010 - Feast of Christ the King
Jesus was King even as He hung
on the cross —
We see Jesus gives mercy and forgiveness
to us —
Jesus gave mercy to the good thief on the
cross —
Oh Christ have mercy on us —
Oh God we have sinned —
Forgive us Lord —
Have mercy on us God —
We have sinned —
King Saul was the first King of Israel —
Feast of Christ the King
2 Samuel 5: 1-3
David is anointed king of Israel
All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron and said, 'Look, we are your own flesh and bone. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel on its campaigns, and to you it was that Yahweh promised, "You are to shepherd my people Israel and be leader of Israel." 'So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them in Yahweh's presence at Hebron, and they anointed David as king of Israel.
Psalm 122: 1-5
I rejoiced that they said to me,
‘Let us go to the house of Yahweh.’
At last our feet are standing
at your gates, Jerusalem!
Jerusalem, built as a city,
in one united whole,
there the tribes go up,
the tribes of Yahweh,
a sign for Israel to give thanks
to the name of Yahweh.
For there are set the thrones of judgement,
the thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
prosperity for your homes!
Peace within your walls,
prosperity in your palaces!
For love of my brothers and my friends
I will say, ‘Peace upon you!’
For love of the house of Yahweh our God
I will pray for your well–being.
Colossians 1: 12-20
giving thanks with joy to the Father who has made you able to share the lot of God’s holy people and with them to inherit the light.
Because that is what he has done. It is he who has rescued us from the ruling force of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him we enjoy our freedom, the forgiveness of sin.I: FORMAL INSTRUCTION
Christ is the head of all creation
He is the image of the unseen God,
the first–born of all creation,
for in him were created all things
in heaven and on earth:
everything visible
and everything invisible,
thrones, ruling forces,
sovereignties, powers—
all things were created through him
and for him.
He exists before all things
and in him all things hold together,
and he is the Head of the Body,
that is, the Church.
He is the Beginning,
the first–born from the dead,
so that he should be supreme in every way;
because God wanted all fullness
to be found in him
and through him
to reconcile all things to him,
everything in heaven
and everything on earth,
by making peace through his death
on the cross.
Luke 23: 35-43
The people stayed there watching. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.' The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar, and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.' Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.
One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.' But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.' Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.' He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'
Christ the King
November 25, 2007
INTRODUCTION: When the first king of Israel, King Saul, was killed in battle, the southern part of Israel chose David as their king. The northern part chose Ishbaal, King Saul’s son, to be their king. Ishbaal was inept and after seven years of chaos, the northern tribes turned to David and asked him to rule them also. This is where our first reading comes in. David was a successful leader and, in spite of some serious misbehavior, was viewed throughout Jewish history as an ideal king. The Jews always hoped for another king like him. When a king assumed his office, he was anointed and thus the ideal king the Jews longed for was often referred to as “the anointed one.” The Hebrew word for this is “Mashiah,” or as we say it: “Messiah.” When Mashiah is translated into Greek we have “Χριστός.” So when we call Jesus “Christ” we are in effect saying Jesus, the King. Christ’s kingdom is not an earthly one, as St. Paul tells us, but it is eternal and a sharing in God’s own authority and power.
Jesus is the anointed one —
In today's second reading we see Jesus'
Kingship is eternal —
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)
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
My dear fellow Associate Members,
Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:
My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.
These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.
I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.
I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.
I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.
This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:
1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
2. For the Pope.
3. For all bishops of the world.
4. For all priests.
5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
8. For all members of the human family.
9. For all souls in purgatory.
end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart
We see in the second reading
that God is above all
We love Christ so much —
This is such a beautiful reading about Christ —
Christ the King
November 25, 2007
HOMILY: This will be my last homily for this year. Before everyone cheers or wonders whether I am taking an extended vacation, I should tell you I’m talking about the liturgical year -otherwise known as the Church year. Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, and we begin again a new Church year, preparing ourselves to celebrate Christ’s birth. Before we know it, we’re into Ash Wednesday, and it is especially early this year. The last time Lent came so early in the spring (and that’s because Easter is early) was 89 years ago. Starting next Sunday, then, we begin to recall the major events of Jesus life: his birth, his death, resurrection, ascension and his sending of the Holy Spirit. After Pentecost, as usual, we hear about his miracles and his teaching as presented to us in St. Matthew’s gospel. And as usual, at the end of the liturgical year, we will again celebrate the feast of Christ the King.
The feast of Christ the King was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. You might wonder, didn’t Pius XI know kings are not so popular any more? But what else could we call Christ? Should we call him instead a president, a prime minister, the chairman of the board, a dictator, president for life? The title “King” is most fitting for Christ. But he is not the same as any other king. His power is absolute and eternal. He has received his authority and power from God the Father and that will never change.
When we think of kings, it is automatic to associate them with castles and crowns, royal robes, jewelry, servants, armies and various symbols of wealth and power. Today Jesus, our king, is pictured hanging on the cross, his crown a crown of thorns. His small group of followers is nowhere to be found except for his mother, one faithful Apostle, and a couple of women. No rings were on his fingers, just nails in his hands and feet. No royal robes, instead he was most likely stripped naked as was the Roman custom. Later centuries have covered him over with a loin cloth for modesty. No one is cheering him or praising him. His enemies are outdoing each other mocking him. After three years working to establish a kingdom of love, he is condemned as a criminal, tortured and executed. He warned his followers some of them would suffer in a similar fashion. It’s a wonder he had any followers at all.
I am always impressed when I think of what Jesus did in three years. Moses labored for 40 years, Buddha 45 years, and Muhammad 23. The carpenter on the cross, with the sign above his head, Jesus Christ, king of the Jews, who came from a politically and religiously insignificant part of an insignificant country, influenced this world more than any human being that ever lived. After two thousand years a billion people, including ourselves, call him our king! If some of his followers reflected his teachings more faithfully, there might be six billion who now follow him. Jesus is a king who does not parade around in worldly glory or demonstrate worldly power. However, he is greater than any king who ever lived, for he is “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
Our king does not rule by arms and weapons. Arms and weapons get people’s attention. Without having someone to stand over us with a club or a gun, we are tempted to feel “why do I have to do what they tell me?” A lot of people feel that about Jesus. The people who put him on a cross felt that way, except for his few friends and the thief who asked to be remembered when Jesus entered his kingdom. The Jewish leaders thought they would be rid of this troublemaker, this bossy person who went around telling people how they should live. They didn’t understand the power that he lived by and taught by, the power of love. He will always be a king who rules with love, but whether or not he is king in our lives and in our hearts is up to us. If we respond to him in love, it will lead us into his kingdom of new life.
A cartoon in the New Yorker showed two fellows walking to lunch one day and the one was complaining to the other: “my boss keeps telling me what to do.” Authority is not popular, we like to make our own rules, even with regard to God. The new age theology, which is really a return to paganism, views Christ as a nice guy who overlooks our bad behavior and is going to reward all of us in the end, no matter how we’ve lived. He will forgive us if we turn to him. Notice his words of forgiveness were directed only to one of the two crucified with him. We cannot take our salvation lightly. The cross was not a joy ride for Jesus. Salvation is serious business and Jesus suffered in order to win salvation for us. But he can only save us if we do not forget that he is always our king, not just in an abstract way but in our concrete, everyday lives. Amen.
Fr. Joe's homily
After a family had their evening meal and the mom left quickly —
little Brian, 5 years said where did mommy go and
the dad said — well mommy went to a
Tupperware party —
Brian said — what's that —
The dad said — well ladies sit around and sell
plastic bowls to each other —
Brian sat a little while — then laughed —
and Brian said —
Come on dad what's she really doing —
Brian couldn't believe ladies would do this and especially his mom —
They couldn't believe that Jesus was the Messiah
either —
They thought Jesus saying He was the Messiah was blasphemous —
Jesus said — My Kingdom is not like the kingdoms
of the world —
How much faith the good thief had to believe
Jesus was the Messiah —
Jesus is a King who has enemies —
His enemies were so
bad they crucified Him —
Only 85 years ago 1925 —
the Holy Father instituted this
Feast of Christ as King —
Christ is before all things — He is Mediator —
Christ is our King —
Christ delivered us from the power of darkness —
Giving thanks means — giving of our
heart — Giving praise — reparation — singing —
action from the heart — going out — not caved in selfish
It is more than saying thanks —
This are words
Jesus wants action from a loving, giving heart —
Some day, if we go to heaven, we
will praise God for all eternity —
giving thanks to God for all He
has given to us — praising God eternally —
We pray for the Reign of the Sacred Heart in all hearts
of the men of this earth —
We pray for those in authority that they
serve those who they are over with
love and unity and doing God's will — to
help build His Kingdom on earth —
to help build His Kingdom among men —
follow in Jesus' footsteps —
To give as Jesus showed us — He served —
By giving Himself on the cross —
He served by washing their feet —
He served by dying and rising for us —
Jesus loves us so much —
He gives us the Church and the priest —
Jesus gives us baptism and the other sacraments —
to share in His life —
Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist —
Jesus gives us the Bread of Life —
Jesus gives us His Word —
Jesus gives us this book
Love is giving —
Definition of Love
The definition of love used by Father Carter is as follows.
Love is the gift of self to promote the true good of those loved. He states the reception of love is the receiving of the gift of the other, so my good will be promoted.
Chapter 8
The Christian Encounters Others and the World (excerpt)
...The true Christian is imbued with consciousness of others. That is to say, the true Christian is keenly aware that, to a great degree, God intends each of us to press on toward maturity in the spiritual life through a proper encounter with others. Indeed, the Christian imperative reminds us that we are to walk life's path, not in isolation, but hand in hand with our fellow human beings...
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and said to him, ‘If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says:
Human beings live not on bread alone
but on every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’The devil then took him to the holy city and set him on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are Son of God,’ he said, ‘throw yourself down; for scripture says:
He has given his angels orders about you,
and they will carry you in their arms
in case you trip over a stone.’Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says:
Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’
Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. And he said to him, ‘I will give you all these, if you fall at my feet and do me homage.’ Then Jesus replied, ‘Away with you, Satan! For scripture says:
The Lord your God is the one
to whom you must do homage,
him alone you must serve.’Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels appeared and looked after him.
This scripture is so beautiful about Christ —
Christ is over all of us —
The King is over — people obey the King —
When we consecrate our hearts to the Sacred Heart
we put Jesus first in our lives —
The devil says — you should be first — do what
you want —
Jesus is the Ruler —
Jesus gave us rules to follow —
Jesus gave us the 10 commandments —
People are disobeying the 10 Commandments —
We can worship ourselves
We can worship our money
We can make pride our god —
We can make being right our god —
Because of our wounded human nature we see
impurely —
We should seek right reason —
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life —
In His Heart is truth —
Being one with God is what makes us happy —
To be one with God we make Jesus the King
and Center of our hearts
He is first —
So Jesus and Mary told us to display
pictures of the Sacred Heart and
make Him the King of our homes
King of our Churches
King of our schools —
St. Ignatius said the purpose of the spiritual
exercises is
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p.1121. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
no decision is made under the influence of any
inordinate attachment
St. Ignatius said — the first principle and foundation is —
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 12
23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.
Prayer from St. Ignatius
Lord, teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor and not to ask for any reward,
Save that of knowing
that I am doing your will.
Our mission is to spread this devotion to the Sacred Heart
where they make Jesus the King and Center of
their hearts —
This means we follow in His footsteps —
This means we put Jesus first —
We want to not give into impurities
pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust,
gluttony,
sloth, but
Live by the virtues
faith, hope, love, justice, temperance, prudence, fortitude
And the greatest of these is love —
Jesus told Fr. Carter to pray these prayers —
That prayer chapters centered in devotion to the
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and
praying for the priests,
the Church and the world are going on
long after we die —
The priests need our prayers —
Jesus asked us to pray for the Church
The world needs this strong network of prayer
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Thank you very much for the book of Fr. Robinson's homilies for Cycle A. He has a wonderful way with words that are very inspiring and sometimes humorous as well!
1 Corinthians 3: 9-13, 16-17
After all, we do share in God’s work; you are God’s farm, God’s building.
By the grace of God which was given to me, I laid the foundations like a trained master–builder, and someone else is building on them. Now each one must be careful how he does the building. For nobody can lay down any other foundation than the one which is there already, namely Jesus Christ. On this foundation, different people may build in gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay or straw but each person’s handiwork will be shown for what it is. The Day which dawns in fire will make it clear and the fire itself will test the quality of each person’s work.
Do you not realise that you are a temple of God with the Spirit of God living in you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy; and you are that temple.
We are happy to write to you and tell you how we pray for the priest night and day. This is our calling. We pray before the exposed Eucharist in China, Indiana, USA. Our founder, Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. (doctorate in theology), started a network of prayer chapters over 16 years ago. Now, they stretch around the world and our prayer manual is in eight languages with the Church’s Imprimatur. We try to grow in greater intimacy with God, united to the Mass so our prayers will be strong prayers for our beloved hierarchy and priests. Our lives are lived doing this work of spreading the Priestly Newsletter and/or homilies of my brother, Fr. Joseph Robinson.
The Word and the Eucharist are the Bread of Life!
Three years ago, we sent a sample of Cycle A, Guiding Light, The Word Alive in Our Hearts; now we have a new completed Cycle A, Guiding Light, Steadfast to the Son, for the new liturgical year. The Word and the Eucharist are the Bread of Life! We were able to send Fr. Joe’s homilies Cycle C to 38,000 priests in the U.S. last year. We hope to do this and more with Cycle A. Please pray for the spread of these prayer chapters dedicated to consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and giving great devotion to these most precious and holy Hearts.
The Two Hearts and Fatima
Mary said at Fatima that Bishops need to consecrate their dioceses to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart. In the summer of 1994, over 16 years ago, Fr. Carter said that Our Lord told him to say the prayer manual prayers and “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.” Fr. Carter called this our little heaven on earth.
The Fountain of Life
For me, I have come to the realization of the gift of our Catholic Church. As co-founder, 16 years ago, I wrote this prayer January 17, 1994.
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.
We are so gifted. The Church was born through the pierced Heart of Jesus. Blood and water poured out from His pierced Heart, Water for Baptism, Blood for the Eucharist. The Church in having this great devotion to His Sacred Heart and Mary’s Immaculate Heart can help make reparation to these two most precious Hearts. Mary asked for this at Fatima in order to have peace in the world.
Oh this fountain of His life – given to us in the Church through the hands of His precious priests.
I wrote this song, I Love You Jesus, to give great love to Jesus and His precious Heart: “Oh Burning Heart, Oh Love Divine, How dear you are to me; I see the host; I know you’re there to love and care for me.” I beg in the song for Him to give us life, abundant life, I thirst to be with Thee.
The Indwelling of the Trinity and the Life of Grace
Our lives are to be lived in this deeper interior life – Of every moment – so one with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who dwell in a special way in our graced baptized soul – To be fed by His Word and the Eucharist at Mass and adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
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.’
I see it this way – our lives are this preparation for the beatific vision – the fullness of life – our unity with Father, Son and Holy Spirit for all eternity – but our relationship grows every moment of our lives as I am one in my heart more and more with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit – so wrapped in Their love – growing in that oneness as St. Paul says:
Galatians 2: 19-20
…I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
I wrote this Prayer, Before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, from the Mass Book.
A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.
I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.
Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.
Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.
Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.
Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love. - Mass Book, December 27, 1995
Living United to the Mass
We unite to the Mass, all day, every day, in our Morning Offering. We, the members of the mystical body of Christ, are deeply united to the Masses going on around the world.
In this offering at Mass and in all we do, during our day and night, living according to the will of the Father in love: we unite to Jesus in the Mass (the Mass the sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present) and we pray to the Father – in the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of the angels and saints, the souls in purgatory and united to one another, through the intercession of our beloved Heavenly Mother – we want to be giving such love to God in this union who is all deserving of our love – our love in praising and thanking Him and making reparation for our sins and the sins of the whole human race – (In this act we want to be loving God with our whole heart, our whole soul, our whole being).
We then give great love to the souls of this earth, in petitioning that God outpours His grace to these souls, to be as the Father wishes them to be. We also pray for grace for them to cooperate with that grace God gives. We are more deeply one united to the Mass in our Morning Offering.
Our lives are thus an offering – united to the Mass going on around the world – giving great love, adoration, praise, reparation and petition to God.
Loving God – Loving others as ourselves.
Loving our brothers so deeply, we are praying for that conversion Mary asked for at Fatima – praying for the grace to be as our Heavenly Father wants us to be. Loving God – Loving others as ourselves.
And we love ourselves as the unique creation of our heavenly Father – with a purpose to be Christ to one another in the world – Love in Him.
Knowing that union every minute – where I am never alone – knowing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell in my graced baptized soul, and therefore, my relationship with God deepens into greater oneness – AWESOME
Oh God, You are so good to us, indeed. Help us to be Your instruments in this world – to live as Your holy ones – united to the Mass – serving You and growing in greater holiness.
My brother’s book really focuses on the Word: the Old Testament and New Testament. It focuses on the purity of living life, rejoicing in these precious gifts God gives us in the Church. It helps us in our journey here in loving God and others and responding to God’s call to us.
Our Mission and the Consecration to the Two Hearts
The Father has a Plan. This is the time He chose us to be here to help the souls that Jesus died for. We are brothers in Christ. We are to live in love of God and others. We are to recognize our part in uniquely loving and building God’s Kingdom here and now.
We have circulated 15,000,000 Priestly Newsletters in books and individually for 16 years at the direction of Fr. Carter, S.J., our founder.
1. We hope Bishops consecrate their diocese to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and spread this devotion as Mary asked for at Fatima. Fr. Carter said, July 31, 1994, Jesus asked him to begin these prayer chapters.
2. The more people consecrate themselves, their homes, the schools, the Churches and all places to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart, the more we will go to the period of peace Mary promised at Fatima.
“But in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, Russia will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world.” (13) Our Lady’s Peace Plan, op cit., p.5.
Fr. Carter said that Jesus told him the following on July 31, 1994.
Words 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.
— Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder,
Feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, July 31, 1994
Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)Fr. Carter also said that Jesus told him to start the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Ministry.
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
My dear fellow Associate Members,
Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:
My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.
These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.
I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.
I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.
I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.
This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:
1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
2. For the Pope.
7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
3. For all bishops of the world.
8. For all members of the human family.
4. For all priests.
9. For all souls in purgatory.
5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life
I can see when we are in heaven (if we make it to heaven), we can look to the earth and see this network of prayer chapters dedicated to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart. This prayer can help to strengthen our priests, the Church and the world, because it is all over the world dedicated to just this.
We do not know how much God is asking us to do things that will help bring down grace for those of the future Church – like this network of prayer chapters Associates of the Shepherds of Christ.
Jesus died and Jesus rose and He is with us this day in His Divinity and humanity in the Eucharist, God’s undaunted love for us. God is with us! The Holy Spirit leads us to greater love and unity, to greater life in Him.
Please help us spread these prayer chapters – praying for the priests, the Church and the world with such devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart with the Litanies, Seven Sorrows, Promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary and Consecration to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
God is with us!
Thank You
Oh thank you for all you do. We love you and the Church and God so much. We want to do His work and we love the souls Jesus died for.
Sincerely in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
(Our little Heaven on Earth)Rita Ring
Co-founder
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