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 11p.m. Eastern time, U.S.A. We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages rests with the Holy See of Rome.

December 24, 2001

Merry Christmas!

Thank You Jesus!

December 24, 2001

Messenger:  What a treasure we have in the Mass.
                    Christ comes to us in the Mass in a special way.
                    My heart is thirsting, hungering for the
                        Eucharist.

                    Oh just think if there are fewer and fewer
                        priests we will have fewer Masses.

                    I feel so close to God the Father, I love
                        God so very much.

                    I beg for funds to get the Priestly Newsletter
                        Book II to the priests.

Jesus speaks:    I am with you on this special day. I love you
                       so much. I never leave you. You operate for
                       Me.

Messenger:  Oh Jesus I feel so tired, please help me.

Jesus speaks:  Your face is My light.

                       You are My spouse.

                       Focus on those things that absolutely need to be
                           done.

                       Soon your days will be ended and you will
                            know relief and joy.

Messenger:   My Savior, today is Christmas Eve, I want to
                       meditate on You and Your birthday.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     It is important you meditate on all the mysteries
                        of the rosary.

                            When things are difficult see Me carrying the
                        cross. Rejoice in the Resurrection, live
                        the mysteries of the rosary in your life.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Your founder has come home.

                            His joy is complete.

                           Be united with him and all of heaven at
                        every moment.

                            The angels sing, there is such joy in heaven.
                        There is so much grace released when you offer
                        up the ordinary things of your life united to
                        the Mass.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     All of heaven rejoices with you in suffering.
                        Suffering can help to bring down great grace.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     See yourself on the earth united to all of
                        heaven.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     From this moment on, I want you to see this
                        deep connection of yourself with heaven. See
                        yourself on the earth, be united with all
                        in heaven, at every moment.

Messenger:   Today is a special day. Today I will see
                    myself like this. I will see heaven rejoice
                        with me. Great grace is
                    released for the priests, for the souls, for
                    the Church as I offer up all I do as a sacrifice
                    united to the Mass. I will see those in heaven rejoicing
                    with me.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Messenger:    I live to help in the work of redemption.
                    I see this is the day the Lord has made and I
                    will rejoice with my deep connection to the
                    saints and angels in heaven.

                       I love the saints. I love certain saints
                    with the deepest love. I feel deep, deep oneness
                    with them.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:   There is so much love that is given by mothers
                       and fathers for their children. There are so many
                       kind and loving sacrifices made by so many
                       people. It would help to bring down greater
                       graces for the souls of the earth if they
                       united all they did with the Mass all day and prayed the
                       Morning Offering.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:    My child it is not that there is too much suffering
                        in the world, but so much is wasted. Offering
                        up everything you do united to the Mass as an
                       offering can help to bring down so many
                        graces.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:   The devil is the one who talks to people so
                       negatively.

                           When you have tried with all your heart to
                       love and serve Me, you know that God is
                       pleased.

                           The devil wants to drag you down. He especially
                       targets those trying to do My work. Write your
                       letter to God the Father every day.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Messenger:    Dear Father,

                           Today was a day for which I am very grateful.
                       I have been able to be with persons in my family
                       that I have not been able to be with in so long.
                       It has been very busy, but I will long remember
                       my joy to have my children home and with me.
                       There are so many quiet days, when I can pray so
                       much, today is a day to be so united in my heart
                       to my family and to all of heaven at the same time.
                       I feel a deep connection in my heart to all the saints
                       and angels in heaven. I see myself down here on the
                       earth and I see them rejoicing with me as I live
                       my life.

                           The devil is a trickster, he wants us bowed down
                       and unhappy. His taunting us can really drag us
                       down. We can miss the joy of the moments. Oh God
                       I have had so many treasured moments and will
                       have with my family these next two days.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     My child, whatever it is I have called you to,
                        whether suffering or joy you should live in
                        that moment with joy in your heart. I am
                        with you always. Feel this deep connection in
                        your heart. Be so united to God the Father, to Me your
                        spouse and to the Holy Spirit.

                           Pray to be filled with hearts on fire, filled with love.
                        Say "Dear Holy Spirit fill me with the fire of
                        God's love, fill my heart, Oh Holy Spirit fill me."
                        Do not let the evil spirit drag you down.
                        Pray to the Holy Spirit to fill you.

                           The days soon end and all the precious moments
                        you could have enjoyed are over. Be of a light
                        heart. Be one with your God. You are My instrument,
                        I use you to do My work. Do not be afraid.
                        Live to serve ME. Live to help bring down
                        grace for My precious souls.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Messenger:   Oh dear God the Father, I can never live this day
                        again. When I go to bed tonight those moments
                        are over, I cannot live them again. Help
                        me to be a light. Help me to love. Help me to
                        offer up each moment as a sacrifice to You.
                        I unite all I do today with the Holy Sacrifice of the
                        Mass.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Messenger:     Oh Father help me to love.

Jesus speaks:    I ascended into heaven, I have left you
                        behind as My Apostles to do My work.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Even if you cannot be at Mass, unite to all
                        the Masses going on around the world. Play
                        the video of the Mass when you can. Keep this picture
                        before you. Make little wallet size pictures
                        of the picture, at the consecration of the Mass, 
                        laminate them and put the Say daily card on 
                        the back of the picture.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Keep this picture with you always. It is
                        a sacrifice for you when you cannot be at a
                        Mass you want to go to. Be united.
                        Be united to all the Masses going on around
                        the world.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Make spiritual communions. Be united
                        to Me all through the day. Be united to Me
                        in the Blessed Sacrament. I am truly present
                        in the tabernacles of the world.

                            Pray united as a body. Great grace is
                        released on Christmas.

December 24, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I love you so much.

                            Put on old letters of how people have been
                        helped by the Newsletter and the Blue Books, etc.

                           I am Jesus your Savior.

                                Savior of the World.

                                                        Sri Lanka
                                                        November 8, 2001

    Dear Sirs,

    Let me introduce myself firstly. I am a mother of two children. 
    Son and a daughter. I received 'God's BLUE BOOK from my 
    husband's aunt. She wanted me to take time and read this book.
    She told me after I finished to return the book.

    I must tell you, from the time I started reading this my life has
    changed. I keep a set time for prayer and during office hours
    too I keep on praising the Lord. My husband said a few days
    ago that it's going to be Christmas and we do not have money.
    He said he was all day worrying about this. I said leave it at the
    feet of Jesus. Surrender it.

    Please let me know whether I could have a copy of this book
    if it is possible.

    I love this book. I would love to have this.

    God Bless

    Mrs. ____

   

---

 

                                               Society of Christian Doctrine
                                                        KENYA - East Africa

---

                                                                  28th January, 2001

Dear Rev. Edward Carter,

We are members of a Lay Movement Called Society 
of Christian Doctrine founded in Malta by Father George Preca who is to be declared a Blessed by our Church very soon. Enclosed you find a short history of our Society.

We have been working in Kenya as Lay Missioners for this last 12 years. Our new Bishop passed to us a copy of issue 3 and 4 year 2000 of your Newsletter Shepherds of Christ which we have found very useful for our spiritual nourishment.

We kindly request you to be sending us a copy of this publication. Please send us also some information about Lay Apostles.

We thank you for providing a very much needed Newsletter. We also promise you our prayers. 

Yours in Christ,

Bro. _______ s.d.c.

  KENYA

To: info@SofC.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:58 PM
Subject: Request from Philippines 

Dear Rev. Edward Carter, S.J. Editor
Shepherds of Christ Ministries

Greetings of peace & joy!

I am Sr. _______, a Novice Directress from the congregation of the __________, Philippines. I have read one of the copies of your Shepherds of Christ, a spirituality newsletter for Priests and others interested in the spiritual life (Issue 3) 2000. I borrowed it from a friend. I was very much impressed & nourished with this Special Issue, so I shared it to my formandees and they like it very much. It is really a great help in building up spiritual knowledge & life. In connection to this I would like to ask your generous heart if you could send us a copy of your next issues & so on in the future. I'd like also to know more information about this newsletters, books & cassettes.

Thank you & God bless!

In Christ,
Sr. ___, 
Philippines

   

To: info@SofC.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: Permission to Print Article 

Dear Shepherds of Christ 

Last evening when reading God's Blue Book I came across the message February 18, 1994 "Come to My Tabernacle" that I would like to receive permission to publish. 

I am the Chairman of the Society of __________ in New Zealand which is a body that has been running for two years now and which was set up with the approval of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference to whom we are annually accountable. This year we will be publishing four newsletters that are photocopied onto two A3 size sheets or alternatively fold into eight A4 pages. We tend to run articles from overseas Eucharistic Adoration Society newsletters, the Internet, local stories and general interest items. We only have about 250 members and ran off about 1000 copies of our last issue. 

We would be happy to post you a copy of our last issue so you can see the quality of our presentation. 

If you give your consent, we would be happy to list out the source and any other particulars you may wish. 

Yesterday we ordered a draft for $95 for the initial order that has been placed. 

May the Holy Spirit help you to spread these messages. Pat    

  

  

To: info@SofC.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:43 AM
Subject: letter

Dear Father,

I am ____ ____, a graduate of philosophy from
the University of _____, I am Baptized and confirmed
in the catholic church, I love to be a catholic priest
and I have been trying to get in touch with any
diocese that will accept me until a friend of mine
came to visit me and I saw a copy of the shepherds of
christ newsletter.
In that newsletter, I saw a letter where Fr. ___________
of ______ in Sri Lanka said he has 72 seminarians and 
he has received 60 applications out of which he will select 
30 students. I also know that his Bishop is His Lordship, 
Bishop F. _____. Fr. ____ also requested that some 
copies of the newsletter be sent to him for his seminarians 
and that gives me the confidence that you have his address.
Please, I sincerely want to apply to that diocese and I
want you to please, kindly help me to get in touch
with him. I also want to sincerely appeal to you, If
you can not get in touch, please, kindly send me their
e-mail address and postal address too, but preferably
their e-mail address, please.
I want to sincerely state that I am not requesting for
any financial assistance and if I am accepted, I can
come over on my own. Apart from the zeal to work
outside my country as a priest, I have strong family
opposition to my vocation.
Please father, apart from the diocese of Sir Lanka, if
there is any other diocese that can accept me,
please, kindly send me their e-mail and postal
addresses. I want to thank you for the newsletter. It
has totally renew my spirituality. May God continue to
assist you people. I hope I am not asking too much. I
would have love to get a copy of the newsletter.
I am anxiously expecting your favourable reply, I
strongly appeal to you to please help me out. Looking
forward to hearing from you soon.
Bye,
Yours in christ
Tony.

Nigeria.

  

To: info@SofC.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:07 AM
Subject: Membership Form

Dear Rev. Fr. ___

I am from Sri Lanka and I receive your Shepherds of Christ continuously. I
gain so much of valuable blessings by them and I give copies of the
newsletter to priests in Sri Lanka too.

I am so happy to be part of the movement of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
I make it a point to daily visit the Blessed Sacrament and pray before Jesus
who is alive. I am so glad now I can pray the chaplet of the Shepherds of
Christ as a volunteer. I will get more members enrolled from our local
church who would volunteer to pray before the Blessed Sacrament and fax you
details.

I strongly believe that prayers said before the Blessed Sacrament never go
unanswered. Please do let me know if you need any help from Sri Lanka and
with God's help I will do all I could to spread this devotion amongst the
local people.

May God bless all the wonderful work you are doing.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. A. E.
   

                                                                                      Nigeria

Dear Mrs._____

    I hope all is well with you, your family and the entire Shepherds of Christ associates as I always pray. Warmest greetings from _____, I am well and doing fine.

    I sincerely apologize for having not replied your last two letters, it was due to some setbacks which I will explain.

    For the past eight months now I have been on apostolic work in ____, a very remote village in my diocese, there is no main road, clean water nor access to electric light. So you can guess that a post office will be a luxury very difficult to come by, there are no provisions for sleeping mattresses or toiletries, we cook using firewood. In all this we give thank to God, as this is still part of our priestly training. It is a scheme our Bishops set in order to know their seminarians better. I will be here till January next year before I continue my Theology studies in the seminary.

    I have on the course of my staying here fallen ill and sometimes felt greatly depressed but thanks to Shepherds of Christ publications, my zeal to serve God has always been enkindled whenever I go through the articles of faith you send to us. Words cannot express the joy and spiritual satisfaction we have received from the association, most especially our brothers in the seminary. Thank you for your kindness and generosity, I believe only God can pay you for this benevolence.

    We are preaching to the people here even though most are illiterate and speak only the local language, however we still pray the holy rosary and pray for priest and religious by Gods grace we will continue the mission.

    Please Mrs. ____, continue to pray for us and assist us in any way you can so we can in turn be of better help to the people. We have elected a brother seminarian to cater and help the chapter in St. ________ Major Seminary, he will write you soonest. Since we don't have a post box here, you can mail us using the above address that is more reliable for now.

    Thank You and God bless, extend my heartfelt regards to your husband, _____ and _____.

 

Yours in Christ,

Bro. Leo

NIGERIA                                 26 April 2001

Dear Father,

            Greeting in the Lord. I thank you once again 
for your good work in spreading the word of God 
and enlightenment among the clergy and the laity as 
well. More so, I immensely say a Big THANK YOU 
for granting my request of including my name 
among those you will be sending your materials. 
May God replenish and strengthen you for the 
undertaking.

            In the parcel was included the Shepherds of 
Christ Membership Form. I obviously understood 
its contents and I have tried my best to seeing the 
association established but it yielded little fruit. Many 
accepted it but do not consent about coming together 
for the prayer meeting on any base. They prefer 
doing it individually without coming together at all. 
So, I do not think that in addition to my academic 
pursuit I should combine coordinating it with the 
studies. Please, do bear with me.

            On another note, as I value much from your 
Newsletter, may I request that more copies of it be 
send to me so that I may extend its distribution to 
numerous friends and priests. May it also please you 
to send me the newsletters in audio cassettes form. I 
as well plead that you be sending me materials you 
feel that I may need even if I do write for that, 
especially material for creating a prayerful environment.

            Thanks and God bless you.

                                    Yours in Jesus and Mary,
                                    John

GHANA

Dear Fr.

            Thank you very much for your books and 
well-done for the renewal and growth of me through 
the Spirituality books of Shepherds of Christ. I am 
also grateful for the copy I received recently.

            I am wondering whether it is possible for me 
to continue receiving a copy of your book like 
Meditating on the Rosary Aves. This copy have been 
a helpful for all my family and friend as well.

            You said I should contact for more rosaries, 
kindly sent me some of them. I like to be a member 
of the Shepherds of Christ. Let me know the 
conditions.

            Thank you
            Your In Christ,
            Nang

NIGERIA                            15 April 2001

Dear Rev.,

                   REMARK/REQUEST

            I received one of the series of your newsletter
precisely, the one dated '2000 Issue 4; from a fellow
Seminarian. After going through that copy I was 
touched, what struck me most was the article with the 
caption "THE VALUE OF WORK". It really gave 
me insight, in seeing the love of God in my work 
and inspired me in doing ordinary duties of mine in 
extra-ordinary way for the Love of God.

            I humbly hereby request you to include me
among the thousands who enjoy this spiritual benefit
from you, that is whom you send your letters.

            I wish to obey all your rules in so far they are
in accordance with the will of the Holy Spirit and the
mind of the Church.

            Thanks,

                                        Yours sincerely,
                                        Ude

SOUTH INDIA

Dear Reverend Father Editor,

            Thank you very much Father for sending
the books, newsletters, cassettes and other materials 
of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. They are very 
useful and we are happy to receive them. We have 
distributed the prayer manuals and newsletters to 
our seminary friends. They are also very happy to 
receive such a nice gift.

            May we take this opportunity to WISH YOU
ALL A VERY HAPPY EASTER. May the blessings
of Risen Lord be with you. May he always guide 
you in this wonderful ministry of helping priests.

            As token of our gratitude we would like to 
pray 10 Rosaries for the repose of the soul of Fr. 
Edward Carter S. J. and for the fruitful ministry 
of Shepherds of Christ.

            Kindly continue to send us the newsletter and
2 sets of the audio cassettes of the first 12 issues of
the newsletter. If it is not too much to ask you kindly
send us some prayer manuals, medals and rosaries.

            Thanking you once again for this valuable
newsletter.

                                We remain
                                Yours sincerely in the Lord
                                P. Joseph

Reverend and dear Fr. Ed,

    Mabuhay! Greetings from the Philippines! Please allow me to congratulate you for the expansion of your readership. It is indeed true that even the laity would benefit from your spiritual publication. As for my case, I am not yet a priest yet I found your notes to be helpful in my personal spiritual journey. Thus, I am asking for a personal copy of Shepherds of Christ. The ones that I had been reading were given by a fellow seminarian. May I also request the audiocasette recording of your previous issues. Thank you very much for your dedication. May Mary’s protection never leave you in your life.

        In Christ

Sem. Nono Acompanado
Holy Rosary Major Seminary
Concepcion Heights, Naga City
Philippines

  

Dear Father Carter,

    Please let me tell you how much I am grateful for your "Shepherds of Christ" newsletter. I received the Issue 3, 2000, manual from a long-time family friend and monk who handed it along to my family. The articles are interesting and inspirational!

    I am a 20-year old college student and I attend a private, secular school. The prayers and articles in "Shepherds of Christ" help me understand the Eucharist and live a life focused on Jesus. I especially like the Act of Consecration prayer. It is so beautiful! I say it daily.

    Thank you again and may God bless all those involved in the "Shepherds of Christ" ministry.

Sincerely,

Bonnie Deignan
Farmingdale, New Jersey

  

Mary G.

 
How has being a member of Shepherds of Christ has changed my life?

When I was a baby, we lived next door to a convent and I had 12 years of Catholic education. I married and lived Cincinnati eventually. After my civil divorce, my three younger children and I moved back to Price Hill in Cincinnati where I grew up. This time brought me the Catholic Charismatic experience.

Dad died in '86, and I moved away to a small town. Though I tried, I thought no Catholic church or prayer group met my needs so I attended Protestant prayer meetings and services. I found ministers and prayer groups that deeply love the Lord Jesus, and I would still be in these circles except that I went back to Cincinnati to visit. I hadn't told my old friends that I was no longer a practicing Catholic so I joined them when they attended charismatic functions. At one of these I was given Blue Book I.

Actually, someone tried to give it to me and I wouldn't take it saying, I had too much to read , so it was given to the friend I was staying with. When we got home and she was out of the room, I opened the book so I could congratulate myself for not accepting it.

That's Jesus! Jesus is speaking in this book! I read almost the whole book that night, then I ate humble pie and phoned the lady who had pressed me to accept it. I received it in a few days.

Back home I read and reread it. Jesus was speaking loud and clear and I went to the nearest church and made a confession and resumed my long neglected practice of daily Mass. I also began to go to the Shepherds of Christ chapter meetings in Morrow, Ohio, where I heard the call for volunteers to come to the Virgin Mary Site in Clearwater, Florida.

How well I understand God's words, "Your thoughts are not My thoughts!".

Changing my thoughts and my ways comes more slowly than changing my address, which is now Clearwater, Florida.

Though retirement isn't at all what I thought it would be, I wouldn't trade places with anyone at all.

Sue H.

How has being a member of Shepherds of Christ changed my life?

It seems that I have been searching for a good part of my adult life for a fulfillment I didn't know existed. I guess I always thought that raising my five children and providing a good home for them and my husband was where I was supposed to be.

A friend came back from Medjugorje in 1988 and told me that Our Lady requested that we pray the rosary everyday. And so this is where it all started. I started praying the rosary daily and my life started to change. It was as though from that point Our Lord was leading me on a journey-- prayer groups, St. Louis de Montfort consecration, more prayer groups, grasping for any knowledge I could.

Then in August of 1994 I was led to Falmouth, Kentucky, for Our Lady's apparitions after finding out Our Lady was no longer appearing in Conyers monthly. I continued to visit Our Lady's farm on the 8th's for the next 11 months, the last being Oct. 8, 1995. I remember saying monthly that I felt as if I was being prepared for something but didn't know what. If I'm to be honest, I would have to say that I felt somewhat guilty always praying to Mary and not feeling a deeper relationship with God. I knew she took our prayers to her Son, Jesus, but I felt an emptiness that wasn't being fulfilled.

Then on June 8th, 1995, we went to the Holy Spirit Center after the Falmouth apparition and Rita came up to us and asked us if we would like to pray the rosary with her. We declined because of the long and hot day and returned home. We then went down to the Holy Spirit Center for the Miracle of the lights on Aug. 31st, 1995. The next day we stopped at the Center again and Rita again asked us to say the rosary with her. And so we did this time. It was truly beautiful (Sept. 1, 1995). In June when we met with Rita she gave me a Blue Book. I honestly didn't open it right away because I had so much other material to read. My sister-in-law said that I really should open it. I did.

This was what would finally fulfill my longing. This is what I had been looking for, a relationship with my Lord. I learned so much through these Blue Books. I started to talk to Rita weekly and started to learn more and more. I then began writing up rosaries for her and continued the learning. I learned of Our Lord's great love and how He is always with us. I learned of His presence in the Eucharist, something I always knew but it never really sank in. My life changed dramatically and I had this craving more and more to be with Jesus in front of the tabernacle. I attended the 13th's at Tom's Farm and the Holy Spirit Center and couldn't wait until the following month.

Sometimes I feel I'll explode if I can't say what I know and I feel. But it also brings such sadness to know of His great love and not have the whole world be able to experience it.

This is why I feel Our Lord is teaching us to pray. It does help to know we are helping to save souls and it helps me to deal with the lack of faith that surrounds me in today's world.

When He gives me a gift or grace and my heart feels so full of love I never want to leave the tabernacle.

God has so graced my soul to have allowed me to become a Shepherd of Christ apostle leader, for I have done nothing to earn this gift. And yet He allows me to love and know so many wonderful people in the Movement.

I accept this gift and pray that I will spend the rest of my life doing the Father's will and dwelling in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Ellen S.

Looking back on my life, I see how our Blessed Lord has been preparing me for Shepherds of Christ. My childhood revolved around prayer and involvement in Church activities. I am eternally grateful for the influence of my parents who taught me to love the Mass, and to respect priests and religious. My father would not tolerate prejudice of any kind, setting the background for the career I would have serving abroad in many countries.

When I retired and returned home I wondered what I would do, as I looked immediately for a Charismatic Prayer Group, studied the Bible and attended daily Mass. I decided to continue working as a secretary, but something kept gnawing at me that there was more. One evening at a Baptism of the Spirit Seminar I was participating in, I met Rita and her son. I was taken with this young boy as I prayed with him and smiled at his mother, inviting them to come to our prayer group.

One day I arrived at work and went immediately to my computer to write a resignation letter. I had not thought of this at all and when I read it, I smiled and thanked the Holy Spirit because it was a most loving note. My boss was taken back in unbelief but was convinced I was serious. That weekend I had a knock on my door and "enter Rita." She said, "I receive letters from Jesus and wondered if you would type for me. I’ll bring over my computer." I said I would be glad to (not even a blink of the eye or questioning her receiving letters from Jesus!) This began our friendship and my privilege for the next seven years as together we recorded love letters from Jesus and Mary and from the Father. The Blue Books were born.

I could write volumes about my experiences, but will share one: I had a large Sacred Heart of Jesus picture before me as I worked and from day one as I began I heard, "I bless the work of your hands." and knew it was from Him because my hands would fly across the keys and I knew He was doing the work for me. Every message I typed went straight to my heart. I began to attend Mass and daily adoration with a love I never thought was possible. I now know Him as my personal friend and constant companion. I love Him with my whole soul and my whole being. From the very first rosary I attended with Rita and the founder, I knew, believed and can witness to the love that exists in Shepherds of Christ.

Presently I am living in Clearwater, Florida, working as a volunteer at Mary’s Image Site along with the handmaids, servants and apostles our Lord has chosen to be here. I am amazed how our Movement has spread world wide. I love greeting people from all over the world and listening to their testimonies, especially the many who come to tell us how Shepherds of Christ has changed their lives.

Thank you, Lord, thank you, Father, and thank you, Mary, our Mother who blesses us each day. Amen.

  

Rosie R.

How has Shepherds of Christ changed my life?

The first time I opened God's Blue Book, I knew that Jesus was speaking to me! The message was just what I needed that day!

I had not attended daily Mass since Catholic High School, approximately 30 years previous. MY PRAYER LIFE had been practically non-existent -- attending Sunday Mass and calling on God during trials. In fact, the threat of my husband dying of cancer took me back to praying the rosary and praying novenas to the Blessed Mother. After he died I was at a loss, for I considered him my "rock". For the first time ever in my life, I began praying to do God's will. I had a career, but I felt in my heart that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my working life.

I was invited by a friend to make a Cursillo weekend and without hesitation, said yes. Following the grace-filled weekend, I entered the chapel for adoration and picked up the Blue Book, which I had ignored for weeks. I immediately fell in love with Jesus and my life began to change! With the help of Jesus through the Blue Book, along with daily Mass and Holy Communion and spending time after Communion with Jesus and time in prayer, I was able to work through my depression, which I had even denied existed.

After giving out many Blue Books to relatives and friends, I received an invitation to attend the first monthly Shepherds of Christ national prayer meeting at Tom A's farm held on October 13, 1996, with Rita leading a Live Rosary. I felt drawn to every meeting after that, and soon found myself in the core group at Morrow, Ohio, attending weekly prayer meetings with Live Rosaries. Through the use of the Blue Books, mostly in front of the tabernacle, weekly prayer meetings, and rosaries at Morrow, I have grown closer to Jesus than I ever thought possible.

I thank Jesus every day for His many graces and the deep love that He gives me to draw me closer and closer to Him. I also thank my spiritual Mother, Mary, with all my heart for her help when I turned to her in desperation and for the help she's given me throughout my life.

As an apostle working in Florida at Our Lady's Image Site, I have a great opportunity to spread the light and love of Christ to all I meet!!!

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Merry Christmas         During the Rosary and 6:20 Prayers November 5, 2001

December 17, 2001 5 years since Mary appeared Prayers 6:20 PM & Procession      (Right next to each other #19 & #20 on the roll)

Mary speaks:                   My dear children,           I have appeared now for five years from         my image site in Clearwater, Florida.         Special graces will be given for all those         coming on this anniversary of my five year         appearance and praying devoutly.         My Son Jesus has appeared here. We call you         to come and to pray for the priests, the Church         and the world.           A special prayer vigil with procession         will begin at  6:20. Other prayers are prayed         all through the day beneath Mary's image.         The 6:20 prayers have been prayed beneath         my image since July 5, 1998 and throughout         the world. My Son Jesus wants you to come         and to sing praise to your God. He wishes         you to come and gather on this day.         Oh my children, I love you so much. There         is so much evil in the world. My children my         Son Jesus wants you to come and pray.                                    I am Mary your Mother

Mary appeared in Clearwater on December 17, 1996

Jesus speaks:              Oh My beloved children,           Come to Me. Bring the little ones. Prayers        are held daily at 6:20. I want the little ones to        come and see the gifts God has given you here.        My little ones must pray. You must pray. There        will be prayers throughout the days as usual. Have        rosary meditation books and rosaries available.        Pictures for all who come.            Bring your petitions to Me. I will grant you        special graces for your heartfelt prayers.            Oh I love you so much. Please come. Pray -        help make reparation to Our Hearts. Have prayer        sheets and coloring books available. Morning        Offering cards (Say daily). Have videos of the        Mass and Nursing home videos available.            Encourage all to pray the prayers, to pray the        rosary and to consecrate their hearts.            Have cards "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary        available."       This is a special day to heaven. This is a special   place. Come and pray for the days before and after   also if you wish. The big celebration is December 17,   2001 at 6:20 call for details. I ask you to come to Me.   I love you so much. Please pray for your world.                                              I am Jesus your Savior.

November 5, 2001 Jesus' face

I love you, I love you, I love you,                      Jesus

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