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 25, 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 9:1-6

The people that walked in darkness
   have seen a great light;
on the inhabitants of a country
   in shadow dark as death
      light has blazed forth.
You have enlarged the nation,
   you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
   as people rejoice at harvest time,
as they exult
   when they are dividing the spoils.

For the yoke that weighed on it,
   the bar across its shoulders,
the rod of its oppressor,
these you have broken
   as on the day of Midian.

For all the footgear
   clanking over the ground
and all the clothing rolled in blood,
will be burnt, will be food for the flames.

For a son has been born for us,
a son has been given to us,

and dominion has been laid
   on his shoulders;
and this is the name he has been given,
Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God,
Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace'
to extend his dominion
   in boundless peace,
over the throne of David
   and over his kingdom
to make it secure and sustain it
in fair judgment and integrity.
From this time onwards and for ever,
the jealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth
   will do this.


Reference Isaiah 5:2, 7-10 and Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4.


John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word;
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being
   except through him.
What has come into being in him was life,
life that was the light of men;
and light shines in darkness,
and darkness could not overpower it.

A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,

to bear witness to the light,
so that everyone might believe
   through him.

He was not the light,
he was to bear witness to the light.

The Word was the real light
that gives light to everyone;
he was coming into the world.
He was in the world

that had come into being through him,
and the world did not recognise him.
He came to his own

and his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believed in his name
who were born not from human stock
or human desire
or human will
but from God himself.
The Word became flesh,
he lived among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory that he has from the Father
   as only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.

John witnesses to him. He proclaims:
'This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
has passed ahead of me
because he existed before me.'

Indeed, from his fullness
   we have, all of us, received--
one gift replacing another,
for the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come
   through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son,
   who is close to the Father's heart,
who has made him known.


Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
     the Father, the Almighty,

     maker of heaven and earth,
     of all that is seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
     the only Son of God,
     eternally begotten of the Father,
     God from God, Light from Light,

     true God from true God,
     begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.
     Through him all things were made.
     For us men and for our salvation
        he came down from heaven:

     by the power of the Holy Spirit
     he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

     For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
        he suffered, died, and was buried.
        On the third day he rose again
           in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
        he ascended into heaven
           and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
        He will come again in glory
           to judge the living and the dead,
        and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
      who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
     With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
      He has spoken through the prophets.
     We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
     We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
     We look for the resurrection of the dead,
        and the life of the world to come. Amen.



JESUS IS SAVIOR


December 25, 1999 - Second Message

Christmas Message from Jesus

Jesus speaks: I wish the short message of December 23, 1999 appear here.


Jesus speaks: My beloved shepherds, I call you to stand watch. I wish you to be united as never before as a body. Stay united in your hearts, no matter where you are, offering up all you do this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying as a body for the priests , the Church, and the world.

Love, Jesus


Jesus speaks: And now I say to you, I wish you joined as a body praying in great oneness in Our Hearts for the rest of your lives.

Every moment I wish this little remnant united as a body, pleading and begging the Father, in My name, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of the Virgin Mary, with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory. I want you pleading and begging for grace and mercy for your families, for souls, for the priests, for the Church and for the world. Plead and beg for healing in all of them, that they are spread with My Blood, that the devil is cast into hell and for the coming of the Holy Spirit. I beg you to pray for My Movement, Shepherds of Christ, and the intentions of My Movement, that all will be one as I have intended from the beginning.

Mary appeared all through the 20th century. Her appearance at Fatima began many apparitions in this century. I beg you to unite all the Marian apparitions sites and to see this is My Movement which is a culmination of a century of Marian apparitions to lead men into the depth of My Heart and to have the great oneness I so desire.

I give My Prayer for Union with Jesus that you will live in this deep union with Me.

I BEG YOU, ALL MARIAN SITES, TO PRAY THE PRAYERS I GIVE IN THE SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST PRAYER MANUAL. This will take you into the depth of My Heart if you pray fervently.

I BEG MEDJUGORJE, FATIMA, GUADALUPE, LOURDES, GARABANDAL, BETANIA, CONYERS (GEORGIA), ALL MARIAN SITES, OUR LADY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CENTER, HOLY LOVE, all to pray these prayers. I beg the Marian Movement of Priests to pray the prayers I give you. I BEG MY Church, all members, to pray the prayers and promote prayer chapters. And so you say what is the sign I give you?

I give you this:

I give you this:


Revelation 3:12

Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own new name as well.


Jesus speaks: I give you the message of July 4, 1996, which I requested on this photo before Mary appeared.


July 4, 1996

This message was received before a live statue of the Sorrowful Mother after Communion.

Jesus speaks: Peace will abound when nations, churches, families and individuals are consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Fr. Carter is a pillar of light to the dark world. This is the explanation of the photo. It is through him, I will turn darkness to light. Circulate this message with the picture. Encourage all to consecrate their hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to join the Shepherds of Christ Chapters, and the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Movement to pray for your Church and your world. This is My Movement for renewal of the Church and the world, based in consecration, joining your every act to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying the rosary, and making reparation to Our Hearts, especially on First Fridays and First Saturdays. It is through your prayers and sacrifices many souls will be helped to be saved. Grace will flow from those whose hearts are consecrated to Our Hearts and the fire of My Love will light up this darkened world.

Messenger: As you look at the picture, you see Fr. Carter's arm and hand on your left. This picture was taken July 2, 1996 at the Tuesday Shepherds of Christ Meeting at Tom Arlinghaus' Farm.


Jesus speaks: AND FINALLY, MY CHILDREN, I GIVE YOU YOUR MOTHER MARY.

A LADY CLOTHED WITH THE SUN. A PERMANENT IMAGE IN PROOF THAT I SPEAK HERE.

Jesus speaks: I want these prayers to be prayed around the world.


A message for the Earth from Jesus
January 22, 1998

Image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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

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


Jesus speaks: I am Jesus the Savior of the WORLD. At the end of My word, the Bible, I say:

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you all. Amen - (Revelation 22:21)



Jesus speaks: We have given you two permanent images of the Blessed Mother -- Guadalupe and the image of Mary on the building in Clearwater, Florida. I say this to you: I desire that you pray the prayers I have given to you (Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual). Promote the recitation of these prayers in anyway possible.


Revelation 12:1

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.


Jesus said if any reporters came to tell them that on July 5, 1998 we had consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.


Jesus speaks: I wish all bishops in the world to receive a copy of the 2nd priestly newsletter book.


December 25, 1999 - Third Message

Messenger: There is no division in the Heart of Christ.

He loves all with His magnificent Heart on fire for love of them.

We put our hearts in little boxes, we love some and exclude others.

He shed His Blood for each and every soul.

We must feel as a body, praying every day as He asks us on Christmas.

We are not to be selfish or jealous. We must strive to live by God's will, not blocking anything that He wants because of jealousy and selfishness.

I remember October 15, 1999, when I got a message and He proceeded to expand our hearts.

I had to learn that Satan could press on us emotionally trying to get us to get off course.

Satan works trying to get us to feel isolated and unloved.

He can work in our emotions and events around us to get us to feel that we are unloved.

We must not stop the flow of His love working more and more to unite us as one. Sometimes, because of selfishness and jealousy, we departmentalize love. The depth of our love with one another is determined by our depth of oneness with Him.

Father told me the more one we become with Jesus, the greater our loving capacity.

We should strive to have a heart that is always growing in the capacity to love as we become more one in Him.

God is Love. We cannot block His love in us because of the selfish fear of being left out and unloved.

We must be guided by what is His will, praying constantly to live according to it with deep love for all in our hearts.

Living and loving according to His will does not mean I am available for all. It means I do what God wills in making myself available to serve and be with others.

God wants us profusely to love others so that we offer our lives as a sacrifice for all souls, but we know we can't be available for all the people as far as physical presence is concerned.

God wills me to be a mother, so I am this. God wills me to pray at certain times in church, or at home, so I do this. I cannot serve on the parish babysitting team, for example, for it is not God's will for me.

When I do something that God does not will me to do, I can prevent others from doing what they should do.

We all live to serve God and do His will.

Oh God, give us grace to know your will.


The following Imprimatur applies only to the Prayer for Union with Jesus and not the message above or below.

Prayer for Union with Jesus

Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.

I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.

-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994



December 25, 1999 - Nursing Home Message - Fourth Message

A Message from Jesus for all Nursing Homes, Children, Etc.

Jesus speaks: Please pray the following rosary. Children should color the pages if they so desire.

A Rosary for Christmas to be prayed as soon as possible with children & elderly.


A Little Peoples' and Elderly Rosary
JOYFUL MYSTERIES
MARCH 20, 1999

Sing The Rosary song in between decades. (refrain only)

Coloring Book Mystery

The Annunciation

  1. Mary's children were created by God to go to heaven.
  2. Eve sinned.
  3. Adam and Eve were our first parents.
  4. The angel comes to Mary, she is sinless.
  5. Mary conceived Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.
  6. Jesus is the Son of God, Son of Man.
  7. Jesus comes to save man from his sins.
  8. Mary obeyed God always.
  9. Eve disobeyed God.
  10. We must always try to obey God.

Coloring Book Mystery

The Visitation

  1. Mary visits her cousin, Elizabeth.
  2. Elizabeth is with child.
  3. John the Baptist prepared a way for Jesus.
  4. When Mary met Elizabeth the child in Elizabeth's womb leapt for joy.
  5. We must do what God wants us to do.
  6. God gives us the Commandments to live by.
  7. God gives us His word to live by.
  8. Mary spoke to Elizabeth.
  9. "And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord" (Lk 1:46)
  10. Nothing is impossible with God.

Coloring Book Mystery

The Birth of Jesus

  1. Shepherds saw Jesus in the stable.
  2. We have nice cozy beds.
  3. Where do you think Mary and Joseph laid their head in the stable?
  4. Mary suffered at the birth of Jesus, but she was filled with joy to see the Christ Child.
  5. Christmas is all about Christ's birth.
  6. Many people today do not speak of Jesus' birth during Christmas.
  7. We must learn to live our lives for Jesus.
  8. No one feels good after sinning.
  9. Jesus is with us today.
  10. Jesus remains with us in the Blessed Sacrament.

Coloring Book Mystery

The Presentation

  1. Mary and Joseph went to the temple with Jesus.
  2. Simeon told Mary she would suffer.
  3. We meditate on the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. There are 15 mysteries in the rosary, 5 Joyful, 5 Sorrowful and 5 Glorious Mysteries.
  4. There are five sets of ten Hail Marys in each mystery, this is a decade.
  5. The mysteries of the rosary are mysteries in the lives of Jesus and Mary.
  6. Sing The Rosary song.
  7. Mary told us at Fatima we must pray the rosary.
  8. Mary appeared to three little children at Fatima.
  9. The main visionary, Lucia is still alive.
  10. We meditate on the sorrows of Mary.

Coloring Book Mystery

The Finding in the Temple

  1. Mary suffered so much when Jesus was lost.
  2. Mary and Joseph began to look for Jesus.
  3. After three days they found Jesus in the temple.
  4. "they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking questions;" (Lk 2:46)
  5. "and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies." (Lk 2:47)
  6. We must search for Jesus our whole lives.
  7. We want to know Him more.
  8. Our Church has seven Sacraments.
  9. Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist.
  10. Jesus loves us so much.

(Messenger: Sketches by Harold, our artist.)


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 Crucifixion 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 26, 1995, The Crucifixion from Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

The CrucifixionThe Crucifixion

  1. Messenger: See the little hands of Jesus. See the little feet of Jesus as Mary holds Him as a baby. And now she stands and watches as they pound nails through His most precious hands into the cross. The anguish in her Heart so deep! And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, Oh Mary! 
  2. As He gave His life on the cross, so He gives us His life this day in the Eucharist!
  3. Mary stood under the cross and she saw Her beloved Son as He took His last breath.
  4. She calls out to you this day. She is calling! She is calling each and every soul that He gave His life for to know His love. For it is only in this love that you will find what your soul craves.
  5. And they gave to Mary the lifeless body of her precious Son. As she held His baby body tenderly in her arms, she - so weak! - now holds His lifeless body in her arms, covered with blood.

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How do I feel I am loving Jesus when I am loving you?


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