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December 14, 2012

December 15th Holy Spirit Novena
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                December 14, 2012

                From Blue Book 9

 

October l5, l995
St. Joseph’s - Jackson, Michigan 

Before the tabernacle

Glorious Mysteries 

The Resurrection 

l.  R. Let us put ourselves in the presence of the Almighty God and realize that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is present in this room with us in His Divinity and humanity, the same as when Mary carried Him in her womb, the same as when He walked this earth, that He is here and with us this day. Let us feel within our hearts such joy at the presence of the Almighty God. 

2. R. Let us lift our hearts to the Almighty God and each one of us put aside the separateness that we feel with one and another and ask God for the grace to unite in one heart, in this place, in this rosary, as we pray together the petitions mentioned and give honor and glory to God and help make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary for the sins of men. 

3. R. Let us put aside all of the distractions in our heart, all of the thoughts of all of the problems that we have brought with us and let us focus entirely on the resurrected body of Jesus. Let us see Him, adorned in white, with His glorified wounds, dazzling white, as He comes forth from the tomb on the third day, as He rises victorious. 

4. R. Let us have a picture before us of Jesus as He hung on the cross, His arms outstretched, His body covered with blood and His head crowned with thorns, the wounds in His hands and His feet. Next to this picture of the crucified body of Jesus, let us see the body of the risen Lord with His glorified wounds, dazzling in white. 

5. R. Death has no power over Jesus. We see Him as He comes forth from the tomb on the third day. Think of the mystery that Jesus died on the cross and He rose to new life on the third day! He died that we would have life and have it abundantly. 

6. R. Meditate on the mysteries of the rosary, on the lives of Jesus and Mary. Let us meditate on these lives. We live the life, death and resurrection in our lives, dying and rising in our lives in Him.

7. R. We struggle as we walk our way and we suffer. We look at Jesus as He struggled, as He walked His way through the Passion and then we see Him on the third day as He rose victorious to new life. This is how our life is. He allows us to go through sufferings each day, sometimes there are many sufferings in the day, even enormous sufferings. It is in these sufferings that we are brought to new life in Him. Constantly, we are living this Pascal Mysteries in our lives - death and resurrection. We struggle and sometimes we feel as if we are flat on the ground, but after the struggle and the suffering, we receive such abundant life in Him.

Look back over your life to the darkest moments that you have experienced — the night when you were suffering so badly and it felt like God was so far away, but you stayed so close to Him and at the end of the struggle you felt the new life as it came into your heart. As we knew Him deeper and deeper through that dark night, the light of our life came into our hearts and entered our soul and we see the Pascal Mystery of death and resurrection. He walked the walk on the way to Calvary. He was hung on the cross and on the third day He rose victorious. He came to give us life, to share His life with us. Through His Passion and death, we partake in His life in the Resurrection. 

8. Jesus: My dear ones, I am allowing you this day to suffer many trials for the days ahead will be dark and hard. In these struggles that you experience you will know deeper and deeper life in Me. Do not give up the struggles. Accept all of the sufferings that I am giving to you. Accept the sufferings as great gifts that I give to you for it is in your struggles that you will know Me more and more. In your life, which is a constant journey, constantly dying and rising in Me. Your goal is to be united deeper and deeper in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Surrender to all of the sufferings that you are experiencing at this moment and come to My Heart. Come to Me I will give you abundant life. 

9. R. Jesus walked with the disciples on the way to Emmaus and He accounted for them the Scriptures that pertained to Him from Moses and the early prophets. When He arrived at Emmaus, He broke bread and they recognized Him and they said, “Were not our hearts burning within us when He accounted for us the Scriptures!”

Today - the more we are saturated with His life, the more we know Him, the more we partake in His Divine Mysteries, the more our hearts burn with the love of God for His love is not dry and inactive but His love is vibrant and burning.

I see Him as He hung on the cross, covered with blood, His head crowned with thorns - this is the love that He has for us, that He came to this earth, the Son of God, that He gave Himself and hung on the cross for three agonizing hours, that we would have life and share in His life abundantly. 

Dear Father, we beg of you to outpour the graces to us that we may share deeper and deeper in this Divine Life, in this Divine Love. Let us be saturated with His life so that every word that is spoken in the Mass, every word in the Scriptures, the Eucharistic sacrifice, all the great gifts that we have been given, will have such great meaning in our lives as we partake deeper and deeper in Your Divine Life. 

Song: I Know Your Love A Little Now 

l0. R. God gives us such gifts. He shares with us His Divine life and His Divine love and look how He is treated this day with such indifference and such ungratefulness from His creatures! Who are we that God gives Himself to us and we treat Him this way? Let us help make reparation to His adorable Heart for our offenses committed by us and other men this day and let us beg Him for His mercy for ourselves and for the sins of our brothers.

 

Ascension 

l. R. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven He gave the apostles the power to baptize and forgive sins. It is through Baptism that we share in His Divine life. 

2. R. We go through our lives each day growing deeper and deeper in His life in us. We are preparing for eternity when we want to be united with Him forever and ever. 

3. R. Think of the mystery that Jesus rose from the dead and the mystery that He raised His arms and He ascended into Heaven! 

4. R. These are truly the glorious mysteries. 

5. R. Jesus took them out to the town of Bethany. He raised His arms and ascended into Heaven and the apostles were awestruck as they looked from the field below to see their beloved Jesus go into the sky. 

6. R. They were filled with fear to see Him go. They were filled with such immense insight for they knew Jesus, they walked with Jesus, they saw Jesus die on the cross and they saw Him after the Resurrection, and now their beloved Jesus ascended into Heaven. 

7. R. BUT, He remains with us this day and I hear Him call out, “I Am Alive, I Am Alive, I Am Alive. He is alive. When we are baptized and remain in the state of grace the Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell within our graced baptized soul.

8. R. What have we to fear when the Almighty God dwells within our graced baptized soul? If the wind blows and the rains come, if the sun ceases to shine, if the earth rocks, we know that the Almighty God is present within our graced baptized soul. What have we to fear for He is all powerful! Who are we that God loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son into this world and that He lived and walked this earth, that He suffered and died and that He rose and that we receive this sharing in His Divine life, for He wants us to love Him so intimately in our hearts. 

9. R. God loves us so. He raises us to such dignity. God, the Father, created us in His own image and likeness and He remains with us and dwells in our graced baptized soul. If we knew even a little bit the immensity of His love for us, we would not fear. If we felt this presence deep within us and felt His love, we would not fear. Let us focus here for a moment on the presence of the Almighty God within our graced baptized soul. Oh what awe! That God dwells in us. 

l0. R. Jesus gives to us a sharing in His life in baptism. He shares with us His Divine life. We are human. In Baptism we are incorporated into Christ. We are raised to such heights in Him. It is through the pierced Heart of Jesus that the sacramental life of the church was born. What came forth from His pierced Heart was blood and water. Water for Baptism, and blood, for the Eucharist, whereby we are fed by His Body and Blood. Jesus came to this earth. God gives us a sharing in His life in baptism. Jesus feeds this life with Himself in the Eucharist. Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist in His Divinity and humanity. I hear Him call out “I am Alive, I am Alive, I am Alive.”  

Song: I Am the Bread of Life 

 

Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary

l. R. The apostles and the Blessed Mother, were gathered in the upper room and there was a gigantic-like wind and there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues as He prompted them to speak.

2. R. We see the apostles. We see Peter, afraid because he had denied Jesus. We see how the apostles were and then the Holy Spirit descended upon them and they were transformed from fear to fearlessness. 

3. R. In all of their weaknesses, Jesus left the apostles behind to carry out the work that He had begun. Peter was chosen by God to be vicar of His Church. 

4. R. Jesus gave His Blessed Mother to us - our Mother is the Mother of the Church. 

5. R. Jesus no longer walks this earth. Will we carry out His life, death, and resurrection in our lives? This is our mission, from Baptism, to carry the Good News to the world. 

6. R. It is in these Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary that He is pouring out to us abundant graces to grow deeper and deeper in our union with Him. This is a special gift that He has given to us this day. Let us open our hearts and receive the graces that He is giving to us to unite closer to Him. 

7. R. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit to receive the fire of God’s love within our hearts - to feel this burning love of the Heart of Jesus. Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts with the fire of God’s love that we, too, will be transformed from fear to fearlessness, that we will have the courage to go out and to say to this world, “Jesus is Lord”, “Jesus is alive”, “I love Jesus”, “Jesus is my best friend” - Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Let us talk to one another about Jesus and let us not be afraid of the influences that have infiltrated this world in so many circles where God is not spoken about, in schools, in public. We go to Jesus and we sit before Him in the tabernacle and He outpours His grace to us and we go out to our workplaces and we are afraid to tell the hungry souls about Jesus! 

8. Song: Come Holy Ghost 

9. Jesus: My Beloved ones, I call you to mission. I call you to unite in deepest union with My Heart. Many are called but few are chosen. I have chosen you and called you here to unite in this deep union, to go out to this world and to spread the love of My Most Sacred Heart. I am alive, I am alive, I am alive and I live in the hearts of men. Let My life penetrate your soul. Open wide your hearts. My love is burning and on fire. I ask you to come to Me and to share this love and to feel this love burning within you for Me. I ask you to come to Me and to share this love and to feel this burning within you and to tell Me of your burning love for Me. I am Jesus. See before you My body as it hung on the cross - this is the love that I have for you this day. I am alive, I am alive, I am alive. 

l0. R. The Holy Spirit descended upon them and within their hearts they felt the vibrancy and the life of the Almighty God within. Who are we that God, the Father, loves this world that He sent His Son into this world to give us His life and He is treated with such indifference and ingratitude by His creatures. Let us help make reparation to God for the sins of men.

Jesus: I am alive, I am alive, I am alive.

 

The Assumption

1. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

Before receiving the six apparitions of Our Lady, May through October of 1917, the three Fatima visionaries were visited by an angel on three different occasions during the preceding year. He appeared to them in the spring, summer, and fall.

2. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

Lucia (now Sr. Lucia) describes the springtime apparition of the angel:

"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You."

Then, rising he said: "Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."

His words engraved themselves so deeply on our minds that we could never forget them (3)

3. Louis Kondar, SVD, editor, Fatima in Lucia's Own Words (Fatima: Postulation Center, 1976), p.62. Distributed in the U.S.A. by the Ravengate Press, Cambridge, MA.
 

3. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

During the summer of 1916, the angel again appeared to the three visionaries. He said to them:

Pray! Pray a great deal. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices continually to the Most High. Make everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and as a petition for the conversion of sinners. Bring peace to our country in this way.... I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal Accept and bear with submission all the sufferings the Lord will send you. (4)

4. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., pp.1-2.
 

4. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

In the fall of the same year, the angel visited the visionaries a final time:

The angel came...bearing a golden chalice in one hand and a Host above it in the other. The amazed children noticed that drops of blood were falling from the Host into the chalice. Presently, the angel left both suspended in mid-air and prostrated himself on the ground, saying this beautiful prayer: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [the intercession of] the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners." (5)

5. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., p.2 (The words in brackets are my own-added for clarification).
 

5. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

Sr. Lucia relates how the angel gave them Communion:

Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hand. He gave the Sacred Host to me and shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so:

"Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make reparation for their crimes and console your God." (6)

6. Fatima in Lucia's Own Words, op cit., pp.64-65.

 

6. Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

    Reflecting upon these messages of the angel, we see how much they contain for our spiritual instruction.


7. Hail Mary
8. Hail Mary
9. Hail Mary
10. Hail Mary

 

The Coronation

1. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

    From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. Mary appeared 6 times. She told the 3 children this on May 13, 1917.

May 13, 1917 

    "Do not be afraid, I will do you no harm..... I am from Heaven.

    "I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at the same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want

    "Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners?

    "Pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war." (8)

8. Frere Michael de la Trinite', The Whole Truth about Fatima  (Buffalo: Immaculate Heart Publications, 1989), pp.112-114.
 

2. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

    From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. On June 13, 1917 Our Lady told the 3 children:

June 13, 1917

    "God wishes you to remain in the world for some time because He wants to use you to establish in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart. I promise salvation to those who embrace it, and their souls will be loved by God as flowers placed by myself to adorn His throne." (10)

10. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.3.
 

3. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. On July 13, 1917 the Lady told the 3 children:

July 13, 1917

    "During her appearance in July, Our Lady, in answer to Lucia's plea, promised that in October she would work a great miracle so that all might believe and know who she was. Again, the Mother of God told the children to sacrifice themselves for sinners and to say many times, especially when making a sacrifice, this prayer: "O my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of poor sinners, and in reparation for all the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." (11)

 11. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). pp.3-4.
 

4. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. On July 13, 1917 the Lady told the 3 children:

July 13, 1917

    "During this same July apparition, Mary showed the three children a vision of Hell. She told them:

    "You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish, in the world, devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.

    "The war (World War I, then raging) is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light [January 2, 1938], know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. (12)

    "To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays. If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed....

    "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)

12. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to  Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). pp.4-5.
13. Ibid., p.5.
 

5. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. She did not appear in August for they had jailed the children — She then appeared August 19, 1917

August 19, 1917

    She told them she was greatly displeased by the action of the mayor. As a result, the miracle promised for October would not be as impressive as originally planned. (15)

15. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., p.6.
 

6. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima.

September 13, 1917

    More than 30,000 people were present in September, and saw a shower of mysterious white petals fall to within 10 feet of the ground before dissolving into the air. Many also saw the globe of light bearing the Lady come to rest atop the tree, and the branches bend as though someone were standing on them. Later, they saw the cloud depart into the east, from whence it had come.(16)

16. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., p.6.
 

7. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. On October 13, 1917 the Lady told the 3 children:

            October 13, 1917

                In her message that day, Our Blessed Mother told the children:

    I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day.(17)

17. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.7.

8. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima.

October 13, 1917

    While the people in attendance were beholding the great Miracle of the Sun, the three young visionaries, and they alone, were privileged to see striking visions in the heavens:

    As Our Lady had promised, St. Joseph had come with the Holy Family and had blessed the world. Then, Our Lady appeared as the Mother of Sorrows, accompanied by her Divine Son, Who also blessed the world. Finally, Lucy had seen the Blessed Virgin, dressed in the brown robes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth, holding a brown Scapular in her hand, with her infant Son upon her knee. However, in none of these visions had any of the figures spoken to the children. (18)

16. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., p.8.
 

9. Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.   

From the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima.

    Besides the messages associated with the major Fatima apparitions, there were other revelations given by Our Lady. Before Jacinta died, she told of other messages given her (during her illness) by Mary:

    More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason.

    Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.

    Many marriages are not good; they do not please Our Lord and are not of God.

    Priests must be pure, very pure. They should not busy themselves with anything except what concerns the Church and souls. The disobedience of priests, to their superiors and to the Holy Father, is very displeasing to Our Lord.

    I can no longer restrain the hand of my Divine Son from striking the world with just punishments for its many crimes.

    If the government of a country leaves the Church in peace and gives liberty to our Holy Religion, it will be blessed by God.

    Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask grace from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her. (19)


NOTES:

19. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., pp.9-10.
 

10. Hail Mary

               

 

 

 

   

 

 

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A Coloring Book with Short Meditations on the 15 mysteries of the rosary. Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 5.00 each plus postage

Color the Lives of Jesus and Mary. Volumes 1 through 7. Coloring books and meditations for grade school children and others on the mysteries of the rosary - really good. $5 each.

  Coloring the Lives of Jesus and Mary Books 6 and 7
  Mysteries of Light
  $ 5.00 each plus postage

  Color the Lives of Jesus and Mary. Volumes 6 through 7. Coloring books and meditations for grade school children and others on the mysteries of the rosary - really good. $5 each.

 

  God's Blue Book I on CD, Disk #1
  God's Blue Book I, Disk #1 Read by author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
  $ 10.00 plus postage

 

  Mysteries of Light Rosary Book
  Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume I
  $ 5.00
  plus postage 

 

  Mysteries of Light Rosary Book
  Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume II
  $ 5.00
 plus postage 

 

  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

 Songs From Jesus
  Given by Jesus to His Messenger Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
  $ 3.00  

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

 

   

Shepherds of Christ Holy Spirit Novena
  Holy Spirit Novena by: Rita Ring
  $ 1.00
  plus postage

 Holy Spirit Novena Booklet. In four languages with the Imprimatur with 18 scripture readings for two complete novenas – this very powerful Holy Spirit Novena has prayers for prayers for Protection by the Blood of Jesus, Healing, Strength and Light, To Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One with Jesus, To Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts, and the Word Alive in Our Hearts. All these prayers take about 10 minutes daily recited out loud. $1

 

  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

  Colorea 1 thru 5
  las vidas de Jesús y María (recibido el Imprimátur)
  $ 5.00 each plus postage 

 

  Para Comprender Mejor La Santa Misa
  Una Jornada Hacia el Corazón de Jesús
  $ 10.00  

 

  Meditaciones del Rosario
  para Pequenos y Ancianos
  $ 10.00  

 

 

Fr. Joe Robinson

Guiding Light - Reflect on the Word
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

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. $15

Guiding Light - Steadfast to the Son
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle A of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

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. $15

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

Guiding Light - Feed My Soul
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle C of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

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. $15

Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

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. $15

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts
Inspiring Homilies covering partial year of Cycle A by Fr. Joe Robinson
$ 10.00 plus postage

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts. - Cycle A (partial) 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

Fr. Edward J. Carter

Books written by the founder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries

Response to God's Love
...God Himself is the Ultimate Mystery
$ 10.00  plus postage

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  plus postage

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

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

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  plus postage

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  plus postage

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  plus postage

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  plus postage

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 Prayer Manual
  Shepherds of Christ Associates Prayers
  Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.

  $ .50
 plus postage

Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual. The Shepherds of Christ has prayer chapters all over the world praying for the priests, the Church and the world. These prayers that Father Carter compiled in the summer of 1994 began this worldwide network of prayer. Currently the prayers are in eight languages with the Church’s Imprimatur. We have prayed daily for the priests, the Church, and the world since 1994. Associates are called to join prayer Chapters and help us circulate the newsletter centered on spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and helping to renew the Church through greater holiness. Please form a Prayer Chapter & order a Prayer Manual.

 

 

Shepherds of Christ 6:20 Prayers CD
Holy Spirit Novena, Associates Prayer Manual and the Rosary Led by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00  plus postage

 

Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 1
Audio CD - Read by Father Edward J. Carter
$ 10.00  plus postage

Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #1 - CD. - Christ is Our Strength - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. It is so beautiful. "This brief passage contains one of the greatest lessons of the spiritual life. As we progress along our spiritual journey, we become increasingly aware of how weak we are in our-selves, but how strong we are in Christ. To experience our weakness involves suffering. The degree and kind of suffering can vary. The suffering can include the experience of the classical dark night of the spirit as described by St. John of the Cross. One of the main purposes of the dark night is to make a person keenly aware of his or her helplessness without God." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10

Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 2
Audio CD - Read by Father Edward J. Carter
$ 10.00
 plus postage

Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #2 - CD. - Suffering: A Source of Life - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. Fr. Carter knew suffering that year. His voice is so powerful as he read each Newsletter from his heart and soul. "Every man has his own share in the redemption. Each one is also called to share in that suffering through which the redemption was accomplished. He is called to share in that suffering through which all human suffering has also been redeemed. In bringing about the redemption through suffering, Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the redemption. Thus each man in his suffering can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ..." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10

Special 27" Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass
27" Statue with crown
$ 450.00 plus shipping

Special 18" Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass  
$ 250.00 plus shipping

Special 15" Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass
White gown with gold trim around mantel
$ 200.00 plus shipping

Special 12" Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass
White gown with gold trim around mantel
$ 160.00 plus shipping

Special 18" Our Lady of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass  
Blue and Pink gown with a rosary over her hand.
$ 250.00 plus shipping

Special 11" Our Lady of Fatima/Clearwater Statue with Glass
Blue and Pink gown.
$ 150.00 plus shipping

Crucifix by Felix - Hand Carved
Crucifix with incredible detail!
$ 750.00 plus shipping

Imitation of Two Hearts
Giclee Art Print on Canvas
$ 150.00 plus shipping

Lucia's Vision
Giclee Art Print on Canvas by Harold Kellner
$ 150.00 plus shipping

 
  Mary's Image
  12 x 16
  Giclee Art Print on Canvas
of Mary's image with a sliver of glass and a little bottle of Jesus and Mary water. The glass will be fixed behind the back of the picture.
  $ 200.00
plus shipping

 

 

 
 
Blue Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  6mm - $ 30.00 plus shipping
 
8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping

 

  Red Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  6mm - $ 30.00 plus shipping
  8mm - $ 40.00
plus shipping

 

 

  Clear Crystal Rosary
  Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  6mm - $ 30.00 plus shipping
  8mm - $ 40.00
plus shipping

 

 

 

  Mug
  Mug with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater
  $ 15.00
plus shipping
 

 

 

 

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Statues  

OL-Guadalupe
w/glass - 28

OL-Grace
w/glass - 24

OL-Mt. Carmel
w/glass - 24

OL-Lourdes
w/glass - 24
 

IH-Mary
w/glass - 24

IH-Ivory
w/glass - 24

SH-Jesus
w/glass - 24

SH-Blessing
w/glass - 24

Sorrow M
w/glass - 24

Inf.-Prague
w/glass - 24

OL-Lourdes
w/glass - 18

OL-Mt. Carmel
w/glass - 18

I Heart
w/glass - 18

I Heart - Ivory
w/glass - 18

OL-Grace
w/glass - 18

SH-Jesus
w/glass - 18

OL-Guadalupe
w/glass - 12

 

PV-Fatima
w/glass - 27

PV-Fatima
w/glass - 18

PV-Fatima
w/glass - 15

OL-Fatima
w/glass - 18

PV-Fatima
w/glass - 12

OL-Fatima
w/glass - 11

St. Padre Pio

St. Joseph

St. Therese

St. Francis

St. Anthony

St. Claire

Limpias

St. Jude
 

Divine Mercy

Holy Family

Angel

St. Philomena

Pieta - Marble

Pieta - Color

Holy Family 12

St. Anthony - 18

St. Francis - 18

St. Joseph - 18

St. Therese - 18

St. Rita - 18

St. Clare - 12
 

St. Rita - 12

St. Padre Pio - 12

Divine Mercy - 12

St. Michael - 11

Limpias - 8

       
           
           
           
           

 


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China, IN  47250

 

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 Holy Family

 24"

$180

 

 Limpias

 24"

$125

 

 St. Anthony

 24"

$125

 

 St. Claire

 24"

$125

 

 St. Francis

 24"

$125

 

 St. Joseph

 24"

$125

 

 St. Jude

 24"

$125

 

 St. Padre Pio

 24"

$125

 

 St. Therese

 24"

$125

 

 Divine Mercy

22"

$125

 

 Angel

22"

$100

 

 St. Philomena

20"

$100

 

 St. Philomena

16"

$65

 

 St. Joseph

18"

$65

 

 St. Francis

18"

$65

 

 St. Anthony

18"

$65

 

 St. Rita

18"

$65

 

 St. Therese

18"

$65

 

 Pieta - Color

15"

$125

 

 Pieta - Marble

15"

$125

 

 Holy Family

12"

$75

 

 St. Padre Pio - standing

12"

$100

 

 St. Padre Pio - sitting

9"

$100

 

 St. Michael

11"

$40

 

 St. Rita

12"

$40

 

 Divine Mercy

12"

$50

 

 St. Claire

12"

$40

 

 Pieta - Color

8"

$75

 

 Pieta - Marble

8"

$75

 

 Limpias

8"

$25

 

 Our Lady of Guadalupe w/glass

28"

$500

 

 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel w/glass

24"

$500

 

 Immaculate Heart of Mary w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Immaculate Heart - Ivory w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Infant of Prague w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Our Lady of Grace w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Our Lady of Lourdes w/glass  

 24"

$500

 

 Sacred Heart of Jesus w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Sacred Heart -Blessing w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Sorrowful Mother w/glass

 24"

$500

 

 Immaculate Heart of Mary w/glass

18"

$300

 

 Immaculate Heart - Ivory w/glass

18"

$300

 

 Sacred Heart of Jesus w/glass

18"

$300

 

 Our Lady of Lourdes w/glass  

18"

$300

 

 Our Lady of Grace w/glass

18"

$300

 

 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel w/glass

18"

$300

 

 Our Lady of Guadalupe w/glass

12"

$200

 

 Fatima w/glass

11"

$150

 

 Fatima w/glass

 18"

$250

 

 Pilgrim Virgin w/glass

 12"

$160

 

 Pilgrim Virgin w/glass

15"

$200

 

 Pilgrim Virgin w/glass

18"

$250

 

 Pilgrim Virgin w/glass

27"

$450

 


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