Mary has requested that the daily message be given each day to the world. It is read nightly at the prayer service from her Image Building in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A. This is according to her request. All attempts will be made to publish this daily message to the world at 11 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.A.

We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages rests with the Holy See of Rome.

 I appear my children on this former bank building in Florida, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun.

December 16, 1999

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

Messenger: Include Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in 6:20 prayers.

Isaiah 54:1-10

Jerusalem restored to Yahweh's favour

Shout for joy, barren one
   who has borne no children!
Break into cries and shouts of joy,
   you who were never in labour!
For the children of the forsaken one
   are more in number
than the children of the wedded wife,
   says Yahweh.
Widen the space of your tent,
extend the curtains of your home,
   do not hold back!
Lengthen your ropes,
   make your tent-pegs firm,
for you will burst out to right and to left,
your race will dispossess the nations
and repopulate deserted towns.
Do not fear,
   you will not be put to shame again,
do not worry,
   you will not be disgraced again;
for you will forget the shame of your youth
and no longer remember
   the dishonour of your widowhood.
For your Creator is your husband,
Yahweh Sabaoth is his name,
the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer,
he is called God of the whole world.
Yes, Yahweh has called you back
like a forsaken, grief-stricken wife,
like the repudiated wife of his youth,
says your God.
I did forsake you for a brief moment,
but in great compassion
   I shall take you back.
In a flood of anger, for a moment
I hid my face from you.
But in everlasting love
   I have taken pity on you,
says Yahweh, your redeemer.
For me it will be as in the days of Noah
when I swore that Noah's waters
should never flood the world again.
So now I swear never to be angry with you
and never to rebuke you again.
For the mountains may go away
and the hills may totter,
but my faithful love will never leave you,
my covenant of peace will never totter,
says Yahweh who takes pity on you.

Genesis 3:16

...Your yearning will be for your husband,
and he will dominate you.

Messenger: We pray every day to Jesus in the daily message. We know we are spouses of the Lamb. He is the Bridegroom of our souls. He is our spiritual Bridegroom, we are His spouses.

December 16, 1999 - Second Message

Jesus speaks: I ask you to put on the Internet December 16, 1995 from the Mass Book.

December 16, 1995

A PRAYER BEFORE THE
TABERNACLE TO MY DIVINE LOVER

My most precious Jesus, I am here with You - the Almighty God, truly present, no less present than when You walked this earth.

I love You so much. I just want to love You with the deepest love, my Almighty God.

Oh that I can unite deeper to You in such oneness, You Who are so perfect and loving and good. You unite to my wretched being. I want so much to be an instrument to spread this love to all, to know You and Your love, which is so great. I am compelled to tell all how dearly You truly love them.

Oh Jesus, let my great love for You, which is so little, be magnified to deeper love for You as I unite to You, for in this union with You, I am loving You more. I long with all my heart to unselfishly love You. You are my God, all worthy of all my love.

I want to help make reparation for those who do not love You and those, who through indifference, have forgotten You.

To love You is to feel the pains of the thorns that surround Your Heart for the indifference and neglect of Your beloved souls.

I adore You. I worship You. I cannot express in words my deep love for You. I am Yours, Lord. Help me, every moment, to do the will of the Father. I offer this prayer and petition to the Father, in the name of Jesus, in union with the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory.

I am Rita…help me to know, love, and serve You more.

December 16, 1995

I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE GREATEST LOVE

After 8:30 a.m. Mass at the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center:

I wanted only to love Him more deeply. I realized that as I unite with Him in Holy Communion and become one in Him, I can give Him the greatest love at this moment since He is in this union with me.

I am treasuring this moment immensely, for I am realizing it is in this moment that He is greatly loved by me, and I want to give Him such great love. I realize how He is so worthy of love! I want to love Him for the indifference and neglect of so many souls. I know, in my being, the emotions He has allowed me to experience. I feel the pain of the neglect and indifference of souls against Him. I want to comfort His Heart by giving Him such love.

I know the pains He has allowed me to experience, the rejection, the sufferings, the hurt, and I want to comfort His Heart of burning love. I know what love He wants from us, His creatures, and I love Him so much. I realize His worthiness to be loved. I want to love Him so deeply.

December 16, 1995

The experience I had yesterday is beyond words. I was so united to Him. I lost myself. My whole being was overtaken with the Almighty God. I existed In Him! No want of anything, I was so satisfied. I felt such union with Him. Mass was so wonderful today. I feel such oneness with Him.

A MESSAGE FROM JESUS: FOR YOU MY APOSTLES OF MY SACRED HEART

Jesus speaks: I request this that you PASS OUT IN FLORIDA (December 16 through the Christmas season) AND CHINA (December 12, 13, 14):

PRAY THE MORNING OFFERING


Pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus in the Holy Spirit with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, through the powerful intercession of Mary,


PRAY FOR SOULS

YOUR FAMILY

THE CHURCH

THE WORLD

THE PRIESTS

THE SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST MOVEMENT.


I BEG YOU TO UNITE ALL YOUR ACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER AND OFFER THEM UP AS A PRAYER.


GRACE will be poured out on the earth. I love you, Jesus


PASS THIS OUT wherever possible. I love you, Jesus

December 16, 1999 - Third Message

Given October 26, 1999 - Excerpt from God the Father’s message.

God the Father speaks: ...I wish this invitation be extended daily on the Internet to come and pray during the Christmas Novena at the image site. If this is impossible, pray at home for the coming of Jesus in the hearts of men...

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God the Father, Jesus, and Mary are calling all to pray in front of Mary’s image in Clearwater, Florida, on December 17, 1999. This important day marks the 3-year anniversary of Mary’s appearance on the building. God is asking us to gather for this special day, praying for peace, and especially to make reparation to God, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

October 11, 1999 - Jesus speaks: …I want all who can come to Florida December 17, 1999, to come there. Mary wants the apostles gathered in prayer, but if you cannot come, then you pray fervently.

October 15, 1999 - Mary speaks: My dear children, I invite you to come to my Image site to pray December 17, 1999. I am Mary your Mother. Please come.

October 15, 1999 - Jesus speaks: I wish you to come and pray with the greatest fervor before the image of My Mother December 17, 1999. …Please come and pray. If this is impossible, pray as a body before the tabernacle and at all Centers including: Toledo, Ohio; California; Kansas; Pennsylvania; Delaware; wherever one is able to pray. I love you, Jesus.

October 26, 1999 - God the Father speaks: You are the children of Eve. You are sons of that woman and I send you the Woman, your Mother and you ignore her.

I want a body of people praying strongly for the priests, the Church and the world beneath the image at 6:20 p.m. on December 17, 1999, and all others praying as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I wish all priests who can to celebrate Mass at 6:20 p.m. on December 17, 1999, and every day after, until Christmas. I wish all to pray this novena for these days December 17, 1999-December 25, 1999 at 6:20 praying for the coming of the Holy Spirit, healing, oneness, to be spread with the Blood of Jesus as directed by My Son in a message February 23, 1999. I want this. I want fervent prayer. I want unity in the hearts. I want men praying as a body at 6:20 p.m. as requested by Jesus and Mary. I want communal reparation by all receiving Communion and/or making a spiritual Communion united to the Mass.

I wish an invitation to this gathering to be circulated, stressing making reparation to God, reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

January 5, 1999 - God the Father speaks: It is because of your fervor to pray here that you have held back the hand of My Son from punishing the earth with just punishment for the crimes committed against your God.

Please come and join us for prayer at the site in Clearwater, Florida, the other sites mentioned in this invitation, or from wherever you can. Thank you and God bless you,

Shepherds of Christ Ministries.

December 17, 1999 Planned Activities:

  • Holy Spirit Novena at 6:20 p.m.

  • Shepherds of Christ Prayers

  • Rosary

  • Fatima Procession

  • Songs

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Internet: http://www.SofC.org

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December 16, 1999 - Nursing Home Message - Fourth Message

Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Mary Is Our Mother

God's Blue Book I Cover

December 16, 1993

Jesus speaks: Little one, you will not escape My time with you. I want to be joined to you in a special way. It is My love for you that drives you to this union. I am soft and gentle in heart. I am present in adversity. I am Jesus, little girl, Son of the One True God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. God is One in Three. I am He Who speaks to you. Power. I have it all. Let your heart never be troubled for I am with you on your way. Throw doubt and worry and useless thinking out the window. I guard you lest you stumble and fall, but you walk alone with Me up the hill to glory. May the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be praised in Their names. God is Great in all His divinity and might. He is the One to be exalted. At His name all knees must bend to the almighty and His power is endless.

This is a special right for you as you approach the 17th day. You will feel this specialness to Us, Jesus and Mary, as to a pair united in a special way and present to deliver these messages. Pray for grace now.

I am calling you from the darkness to the light. Your heart is made light by the love I impart to you now. Feel it enter your soul. Nothing else matters. Focus no more on your pain. Focus on your joy for each of Us.

Messenger: Amen, Amen. Alleluia, Praise the Lord!

Jesus speaks: You are being blessed by the Trinity and Mary. Feel the blessing, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Specialness for you alone from Us. Praise the Father, Son, Holy Ghost and the Blessed Lady. You are entwined in Their love. Alleluia.

Unity and power is here. Will you come whence I call you, child? Come and feel the unity between a Son and His Mother. Very strong, very powerful, indeed! You will know a new dimension in the life of the Son, His love for His Mother. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Messenger: Mary, come and answer my plea to do Jesus' work for me. I am guided by this prompting. It is not of me. It is a prayer you write in my hand. Hold me. Bless me. Watch over me as a loving mother. I am a little child and I look for my mother. She heals my ills and cares for me like a mother. Oh, Mary, to know you! I am so empty of my closeness to you. Fill my heart with knowledge and love of you. Bless me as a mother by your hand. The Mother of all! Oh, Mother, great are you. Thanks for your motherly call.

Specialness I feel to this union between Son and Mother, to know the loving Son, Jesus. Oh, Jesus, how You loved Your Mother. Alleluia.

To know Jesus, we must know the love that exists between Him and His Mother. He has given her to us as our mother. She is truly our loving Mother.

Note: When we sit in front of the tabernacle, He does not communicate just with words. He may change us internally. He gives us our supplies. He does not need words. We do not know what He gives us when we sit in front of the tabernacle in silence. He gives us gifts in our heart: healing, opening us up, wisdom. We may not hear His voice or feel what He is doing, but He is giving us our supplies that we need to grow in Him. He doesn't have to speak. We still get gifts we do not know by His presence.

Messenger: When visiting a nursing home this is a plan you can follow to pray a little part of the rosary with the elderly or sick residents.

What is usually done and tolerated by the elderly folks is one Our Father, five Hail Mary's and another Our Father. The song, A Song from Jesus, can be sung before and after these prayers.

It is desirable to have a big picture of The Nativity when doing these meditations. Also it is recommended that you have pictures of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Excerpt from January 13, 1997 rosary, "The Nativity" from the Apostles' Manual.The Nativity Stained Glass Window 

The Nativity

  1. Messenger: Look at how haughty we are. Look at how we act and then look, look to the child Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem in such poverty. The Almighty God surrounded by  beasts of the earth. He came into this world a little child. We are called to be children. We are called to be humble. We are called to be loving, to put aside our haughtiness and our pride and to work as one. For what plan? To love God, to love one another, to help to save souls...
  2. She told us exactly what we must do at Fatima: we must consecrate our hearts, we must pray the rosary, we must observe the First Saturday devotion, and make reparation to Their Hearts...For it is through the consecration, it is in the giving of our hearts to Jesus and Mary, that we will be brought forth as children of light.
  3. ....Why do we pray this rosary meditating on the mysteries of the lives of Jesus and Mary? It is here in the rosary, as we give our heart to Mary and to Jesus, as we give our heart to Mary, that the Holy Spirit works within her heart and we receive lights, lights, insights into understanding these mysteries of Christ. We pray the rosary and we understand more the life of Christ from the Heart of Mary.
  4. The Almighty God came, a little child conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He was a baby. The Almighty God was a baby. Why are we so haughty? We are children of God. We must obey our heavenly Mother. We must obey our Father...
  5. He came into the world, the light of the world. And the light shone in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend. There are many this day that do not understand. It is because we have disobeyed our Mother Mary. We must go to her, the woman clothed with the sun. We must go to her heart, her spiritual womb. It is there that the Holy Spirit will give to us His light that we will know God more and we will be brought forth children of light walking in this world.

The 17th Meeting for December 1994 was held on December 12, 1994. A rosary was held both nights and Mary appeared.

17th Booklet December 12, 1994 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

1. Introduction
2. Holy Spirit Prayer (Prayer Manual)
3. August 23, 1994 message of Mary
4. Father Carter’s Tell My People - Come to My Heart
5. October 24, 1994 - Reach Out
6. Song: A Song from Jesus
7. Tell My People - The Holy Spirit
8. Song: Oh Holy Mary
9. Song: Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Song: Ave Maria
11. Song: What Child Is This
12. Song: Silent Night
13. Father Carter’s Talk about Guadalupe
14. Blessing by Father Carter
15. September 28, 1994 Message
16. September 1, 1994 Message
17. December 12, 1994 Message
18. Song: A Song from Jesus
19. Big picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe
20. Rosary and Seven Sorrows of December 17, 1994

17th Meeting Introduction, December 12, 1994

Messenger: In December of 1994, the seventeenth meeting was held on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1994, instead of December 17, 1994.

The meeting began with the 6:30 rosary with meditations where Mary appeared every night.

After this there was the Blue Book meeting. Fr. Carter was there. It was held in the Rosary chapel of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center.

The rosary will appear here.

The rosary was held before Mary as she appeared there.

The Blue Book meeting was held in the front of the chapel. We had a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe under the statue where Mary appeared and we brought this picture to the front of the Church.

I remember clearly the booklet we made. It was white with many pictures of Mary with the Child Jesus.

Father read many of the messages of this meeting which is recorded on video from Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. Some of the focus is on the pictures of Mary with Child and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Marty and my daughter sang and I played the piano and sang. All the people sang. This is the program from this meeting.

  1. Father Carter prays the Holy Spirit Prayer.
  2. Father Carter reads "Come to My Heart" from Tell My People.
  3. The message of August 23, 1994, that follows in this booklet was read.
  4. "Reach Out", October 24, 1994.
  5. Father read Tell My People message about the Holy Spirit.
  6. We sang
    - Oh Holy Mary
    - Do You Hear What I Hear
    - Marty sang Ave Maria
    - We all sang What Child is This
    - We all sang Silent Night

Father talked about his personal encounters at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and how the people honor Mary there.

The picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe was shown and Father gave his blessing.

Included in the booklet was the following message, September 28, 1994, others and December 12, 1994.

This rosary, December 12, 1994, was given as Mary appeared that evening at 6:30 in the back of the Rosary Chapel at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center.

The Joyful Mysteries

Song: Ave Maria

The First Joyful Mystery
The Annunciation

  1. Luke 1:26-28
    The annunciation

    In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! the Lord is with you.'

  2. Hail Mary...
  3. Messenger: In response to the angel Mary said, "yes". She always complied to the will of the Father. She always trusted and had such faith.
  4. Song: Come Holy Spirit
  5. Messenger: Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word was made flesh.
  6. There was such intimacy between Jesus and Mary from the first moment of conception.
  7. Jesus grew inside of Mary’s body.
  8. It was in her womb that His most precious Sacred Heart was formed.
  9. Joseph was filled with fear and an angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him to be not afraid.
  10. When we receive Jesus in the Eucharist He is no less present than when Mary carried Him inside of her womb.

Song: O Holy Mary

Song: Ave Maria

The Second Joyful Mystery
The Visitation

  1. Messenger: Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
  2. When she saw Elizabeth the babe in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for joy.
  3. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out with a loud voice her Magnificat.

  4. Luke 1:46-47
    The Magnificat

    And Mary said:

    My soul proclaims
       the greatness of the Lord
    and my spirit rejoices
       in God my Saviour;

  5. Luke 1:49

    for the Almighty
       has done great things for me.
    Holy is his name,

  6.  Luke 1:48

    because he has looked upon
       the humiliation of his servant.
    Yes, from now onwards
       all generations will call me blessed,

  7. Jesus wants us to realize how truly present He is inside of us each time that we receive Him in the Eucharist. We receive the true Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who comes inside of us with such love.
  8. If we saw Mary this day carrying Jesus we would jump for joy, but we receive Jesus every day when we go to Communion and He is no less present inside of us.
  9. Hail Mary...
  10. Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

The Third Joyful Mystery
The Birth of Jesus

  1. Messenger: Put yourself in the stable in Bethlehem and see Mary and Joseph as they anxiously await the birth of Jesus.
  2. Jesus is born.
  3. The cows and sheep are there to keep Him warm.
  4. Song: Angels We Have Heard on High (verse 1)
  5. Song: Angels We Have Heard on High (refrain)
  6. Song: Away in the Manger
  7. Song: O Come All Ye Faithful
  8. Song: What Child Is This
  9. Hail Mary...
  10. Hail Mary...

Song: Ave Maria

The Fourth Joyful Mystery
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

  1. Messenger: See Mary and Joseph as they bring the Baby Jesus to the temple to be circumcised.
  2. Mary holds her tender Baby Jesus so close to her and Simeon prophesizes the sufferings that she and Jesus would suffer.
  3. Luke 2:34

    Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed --

  4. Luke 2:35

    and a sword will pierce your soul too -- so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'

  5. From that moment on whenever Mary looked at her beloved Son the prophecy of Simeon was close in her heart.
  6. See her as she gazes so tenderly into the eyes of her beloved Son.
  7. Song: Mary’s Song
  8. How well the Heart of Mary knows the Heart of Jesus. She looked at Him so tenderly as a baby. She peered into His eyes on Calvary.
  9. And how many times her heart was pierced with a sword during His bitter Passion as she stood under His cross and beheld the One that she held as a Baby when Simeon told her this prophecy.
  10. If we could see through Mary’s eyes all that Jesus suffered for us, all that He underwent all through His life in greatest love for us. She comes to tell us of this great love that He has for each and every one of us. See through her eyes, see her Son  from His infancy to His ascension into heaven as she saw Him. Go to His most Sacred Heart through her most precious Heart that pondered Him and His love.

Song: Ave Maria

The Fifth Joyful Mystery
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

  1. Luke 2:41-42

    Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual.

  2. They had gone a day’s journey before they realized that Jesus was still behind.
  3. With their hearts in deepest sorrowing they returned to Jerusalem to look for their beloved Son.
  4. Faith and trust always in God, Mary’s Heart always trusted, even in all her sorrow she always knew that the Father loved her.
  5. They found Jesus in the temple and He was talking to the teachers and they were astounded at His wisdom.
  6. Luke 2:48

    They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, 'My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.'

  7. And He told Mary and Joseph that He had to be about His Father’s business. He then went down and was subject to them.
  8. Mary, if we ever wander from Jesus’ most Sacred Heart, lead us back to the love of Jesus’ Heart.
  9. She is the key to lead us to the greatest intimacy with Jesus. It is through her Immaculate Heart that we will be led ever closer to Him.
  10. Song: Sweet Sacrament We Thee Adore

Song: Ave Maria

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

August 23, 1994

Mary speaks: I felt His life grow within my very body. This connection between myself and my Son began from the first moment of conception. For nine months I carried the Son of God growing within me. What joy, what honor to carry the Child Jesus within my womb! The Spirit filled my being constantly.

Carry His life within your being. Jesus wants to be alive in your very heart. The Spirit wants to be a force alive in your heart. The Spirit wants to possess your very being and make you alive with the fire of God’s love. The Father is present in your heart. Your Father loved you and molded you in your mother’s womb. He cares for you as no father ever cared for his child. You are His loving creation.

You are truly a child of God and my tenderly loved child. I mother you as I mothered my Son, Jesus. Oh little child of mine, turn to me as your most loving Mother. Do not try to go it alone. From the love I have for Jesus, I will lead you to His precious Heart. Come to me and let me lead you to such close union with my Son. The Father is my Father; the Spirit, my Spouse. Come and let me lead you to the unlimited love of God!

He truly guards you every minute of the day. His love is constant. Jesus forever is a burning furnace on fire for love of you. Come to His Heart through my Immaculate Heart. It is truly the love of Our two Hearts that will lead you to such union with God!

I am the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I am your loving Mother. I am here with you this moment. Take my hand and let me lead you to such union with God.

I am your Mother and I thank you for responding to my call.

Come to My Heart

Jesus speaks: "My beloved companion, how I love to hold you against My Heart! Each day, as you dwell in Mary's Heart, she places you against My Heart, and within My Heart. I have given you a great desire to allow your mother to do this. As you dwell within My Heart, I tell you how much I love you! I give you a great desire to love God and neighbor. I increase your trust in Me--something so necessary for your growth in Me. Within My Heart I make you feel so loved, so secure, so strengthened, so much at peace!

"Tell My people I wish them to come to My Heart each day, in union with Mary, in order to experience similar riches! Oh, how I love for My people to come to My Heart! How I desire to tell them how much I love them! How much I desire to ask for their return of love! I am Lord and Master. I give this message out of My great love for My people, and I request that they listen to My words."

Reflection: How much Jesus loves us! He shows us His Heart as symbol of this love. He asks us each day, united with Mary our Mother, to come to His Heart. There He inflames our hearts with love for God and neighbor. There He gives us the conviction that we can do whatever He asks us to do--and He gives us the desire to act on this conviction.

From Tell My People: Messages from Jesus and Mary as given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Excerpt from Blue Book V:

October 24, 1994

Reach Out

Messenger: I am the slave of His Most Sacred Heart. It is through this most precious Heart, pierced with a lance, that all graces and mercies flow.

Jesus speaks: I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am forever present. I am in your midst this day. I was born a baby with My Heart on fire for love of you. I died for you. From My birth to My death, see this love I poured out to you. My Mother held Me in her outstretched arms at birth. I hung alone at My death. She held My lifeless body under the cross. This shows Our love for you! As I was held lifelessly under the cross, you meditate on this life given for you.

This is My life I give to you this day. I am the Bread of Life. He who eats My Flesh will never die. Death has no power over Me. I have died, but I have risen that you will have life and have it to the full.

Song: I come to you with greatest love. I am your loving Savior. I am your God. I died for you. I come to you this day.

Messenger: He comes to us this day, as He came as a baby in His Mother’s womb. He tells us:

Song: Reach out to Me and do not fear. I want to be so close to you. I am your God, your precious One. I come to give you life!

Messenger: Reach out, it is in the reaching out, in the surrendering of ourselves in our entirety to Him that we grow in this union with Him. He outpours His grace to us. He wants us to reach out. He reached out. He held His arms outstretched and gave His all to us.

He is a fountain of endless mercy and grace, gained for us on the cross. From the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with His Mother under the cross. He comes to us in every Mass as this unbloody sacrifice and pours out His grace and mercy to us.

Oh, Savior, how great is your love for us to give us Yourself in the Mass. How great the gift of our loving Father to give us Jesus, His Son, in the Holy Spirit, under the appearance of bread and wine. This is my loving Savior. This is how I see Him. Such love poured out to us in the Eucharist! Jesus, the Son of God! How I love Him!

I am in awe to behold Jesus with us this day in the Eucharist. He is truly the Son of God. He loves us and comes to us with this great love. If God is love, how can I not love you, whom He created and loves? Open my heart, Lord, to know and love all men as you do and see with Your eyes, Your compassion. Help me to know this world and all Your beloved creatures through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I am a slave to Your Most Sacred Heart, Lord, use me to promote this devotion to Your loving Heart!

John 14: 14, 18, 21

If you ask me anything in my name,
I will do it.

I shall not leave you orphans;
I shall come to you.

Whoever holds to my commandments
   and keeps them
is the one who loves me;
and whoever loves me
   will be loved by my Father,
and I shall love him
and reveal myself to him.

"Reach out to Me"

Matthew 7:7

'…knock, and the door will be opened to you.'

Revelation 3:20

Look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share a meal at that person’s side.

Messenger: "Feed the hungry". I heard this for six weeks. I saw doors. It is through His Heart we will be saved. Go through the door of His Heart to eternal Salvation!

Jesus speaks: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. If you enter into the abyss of My Heart, you will be saved. My Heart will ward off the devil. It is your protection from the evils of this world. Come to Me and know My Heart. It is through My Most Sacred Heart all graces and mercies flow.

Messenger: All I want to do is to be wrapped endlessly in the fire of His love.

Jesus speaks: I came into this world, a little baby. Mary walked My passion with Me, suffering for love of you. Always, total surrender to the Father’s will. This is seen at My birth, this is seen as I lay in her arms under the cross. Mary and I both, always in total compliance to the Father’s will.

Your peace and joy lie in doing God’s will. Total surrender, your every breath depends on Me. Where do you think you are going in your busy, busy lives? The victory is won in doing the Father’s will with love. In it lies your peace.

(Image of Mary holding baby Jesus coming soon.)

A Song from Jesus

The Holy Spirit

Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My people!"

Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus, the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of the Holy Spirit within us.

From Tell My People: Messages from Jesus and Mary as given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Song: Oh Holy Mary

Song: Do You Hear What I Hear

Song:  Ave Maria

Song: What Child Is This

Song: Silent Night

Father Carter's Talk about Guadalupe and Book Excerpt

Excerpt from Mother at Our Side page 125 & 126.

Let us close out our thoughts on Mary, Mother at Our Side, by reflecting upon some of the words which Our Lady of Guadalupe has given to us through her servant Juan Diego. I think these words are among the most beautiful and consoling which Mary our Mother has given to us her children. A portion of these words are inscribed above the main entrance of the Basilica Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe:

Know for certain that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God . . . here I will show and offer all my love, my compassion, my help and protection to the people. I am your merciful Mother, the Mother of all who love me, of those who cry to me, of those who have confidence in me. Here I will hear their weeping and their sorrows . . . their necessities and misfortunes . . . Do not be troubled or weighed down with grief. Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of Life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else you need?55

55Francias Johnson, The Wonders of Guadalupe (Rockford: TAN Books & Publishers, Inc., 1981), inside cover.

Blessing by Father Carter

September 1, 1994

Jesus speaks: I am Jesus. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. My Heart burns for love of My beloved children. It is through My Mother’s Heart and My Heart so many will turn their cold hearts and lukewarm hearts to hearts ablaze with the fire of My love.

Promote My Heart through My Mother’s Heart. You will continue to experience such emotions. My Mother is so closely united to Me. To know her is to know her suffering for the sinners that will be lost in eternal damnation. She appears to you in such light. You must preach the contents of these letters. Your words will be a light to the dark world. I speak through you. You are delivering My messages to those I love. Your tongue should forever preach of My intense, burning love for all. This world will shine with the love of My Sacred Heart. These words will illuminate their hearts. You hold words given to My loved ones from Me. Do not take this job lightly. You need to get My messages out. Souls will be lost forever because they did not know My burning love. These messages speak of My love as no others. This is the medicine for the sick world. They need these messages.

I am Jesus. I speak here to the world. These are My intense love letters to all. They need to hear these words. They are given from Me to each precious soul. This is an urgent message. Time is so short. You will know soon that the time delayed will hurt many souls.

Many souls will not know of My love, they need these messages! I speak so tenderly to My beloved ones here. Please, I beg you to spread these words to My hurting children.

Mary is appearing as a Lady of Light. These letters will light men’s hearts with My intense love for them. The world will shine with My love. Circulate the messages. This is an urgent message.

December 12, 1994 Message

Messenger: He humbled Himself to share in our humanity. Let us share in His Divinity.

Jesus speaks: In suffering you must feel My love. I am close to you, My child. I am forever there with a beating Heart of love. When you suffer you must trust. Learning this is the key to your peace. Do not wait for the suffering to be lifted, draw closer to Me in the suffering. Your life is never apart from Mine. Your life is one in Me.

In suffering, I allow you to experience My deepest love. Embrace all I send or permit as the Father’s will. This too, shall pass, but I am allowing whatever you are experiencing now for a reason.

Oh little child, you must trust Me as He Who loved you to My death.

I give you great gifts of My love. Trust and have faith. As Mary always said, "yes", you say, "yes" to all I send you. Come to her loving Heart and be formed by the Spirit more and more into My image. Love is the key, always love and doing the will of the Father.

A Song from Jesus

Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 17, 1994 Mary appeared, 6:30, at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. I received the following rosary.

JOYFUL MYSTERIES

Given Saturday, December 17, 1994

The Annunciation

  1. Messenger: The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary. "Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her." (Lk 1:38).
  2. She always had such trust and faith in the Father. She always complied with the Father’s Will. She said yes to the angel.
  3. She was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word became Flesh.
  4. Song: Come Holy Spirit, Fill Our Hearts . . .
  5. There was such intimacy between Mary and Jesus from the first moment of conception.
  6. His little life grew within her body.
  7. It was in her womb that the most Sacred Heart of Jesus was formed.
  8. Joseph was filled with fear and an angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him to be not afraid.
  9. He loved and supported Mary.
  10. Song: O Holy Dwelling Place of God

The Visitation

  1. Messenger: Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
  2. When she arrived, the child in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for joy.
  3. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice the Magnificat.
  4. Song: My Soul Rejoices in God My Savior
  5. Jesus is no less present when He comes inside of us when we receive the Eucharist than He was the day that Mary carried Him inside of her womb. If we saw Mary with Jesus in her womb, we would be in awe of God inside of her, but He comes inside of us in His Divinity and Humanity, and He is present to us. We should be so flattered that Jesus comes inside of us.
  6. He wants so much intimacy and love with us.
  7. This is our beloved Savior. He longs and He waits for us to come and to receive Him, and to sit with Him in front of the tabernacle.
  8. Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
  9. A voice cries out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord!
  10. Hail Mary...

The Birth of Jesus

  1. Messenger: Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room for Him in the inn.
  2. He had not a place to lay His head. He laid His head in a manger at birth and it hung from a cross at His death.
  3. The sheep and the cows kept Him warm.
  4. Song: Angels We Have Heard on High
  5. Jesus comes to us now as He was born in a stable, in quietness. He comes inside of our hearts.
  6. Song: Away in a Manger
  7. Song: O Come let us Adore Him (refrain)
  8. What the birth of the baby Jesus did for salvation history!
  9. Jesus loved us so much that He humbled Himself to be born a human.
  10. Hail Mary...

The Presentation in the Temple

  1. Messenger: See Joseph and Mary as they take Jesus to the temple to be circumcised.
  2. The prophet Simeon predicts the sufferings of Jesus and Mary.
  3. And a sword, too, shall pierce thy heart.
  4. "As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed -’ ".
  5. See the tender eyes of Mary look into Jesus’ beautiful baby eyes with such love. And see her eyes look into His eyes as He carries His cross on Calvary.
  6. How her heart was pierced with a sword. See her. See all the sorrows that she went through. See through her eyes all the sufferings that she saw Jesus suffer for love of us. She calls us to see through her eyes the love of her beloved Son.
  7. Song: I Rocked Him as a Baby
  8. Stand under the cross with our beloved Mary and see through her eyes. Helpless, she stands and watches her Son for three agonizing hours as He breathes His last breath and sheds His last drop of Blood and gives the last beat of His Heart . . .the greatest love for each and every one of us.
  9. How do we think about Mary who mothers us as she mothered Jesus, who is forever by our side with the most intense love? Mary, please help us to have a closer union with you so that the Holy Spirit can transform our hearts more into the image of Jesus, your Precious Son.
  10. Song: I Rocked Him as a Baby

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

  1. Messenger: See Mary and Joseph as they take Jesus up to the temple for the feast of the Passover when He was twelve years old.
  2. They had gone a day’s journey before they realized that they had left their beloved Jesus behind.
  3. Think of the sorrow in their hearts to lose their beloved Jesus. Think of how it would be to lose your beloved child.
  4. With hearts full of greatest sorrow, they returned to Jerusalem to find their beloved child.
  5. After searching for three long days, they found Him teaching in the temple.
  6. And she said to Him: "...’My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you’."(Lk 2:48).
  7. And He told them that He had to be about His Father’s business, and He went down and became subject to them.
  8. Mary, please lead us to the Eucharist. He is truly present there, no less present than He was when you searched for Him and found Him in the temple. And He comes to us with greatest love, and longs for us to realize His presence and how He remains with us this day with greatest love.
  9. Mary, please lead us to the Eucharist, to your Son, Jesus Christ, who waits endless hours in the tabernacle longing and thirsting for souls to come and be with Him. Open our blind eyes through your Immaculate Heart. Help us to realize your Son’s immense love for us.
  10. Song: Sweet Sacrament We Thee Adore (Refrain).

December 17, 1994 - Seven Sorrows - Coming Soon!

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How do you feel when we are united deeply in our hearts, but not together?

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