Readings from Mass

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59

Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. Then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not stand up against him because of his wisdom, and the Spirit that prompted what he said.

They were infuriated when they heard this, and ground their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand. ‘Look! I can see heaven thrown open,’ he said, ‘and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.’ All the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they made a concerted rush at him, thrust him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses put down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. As they were stoning him, Stephen said in invocation, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’

  

Matthew 10: 17-22

‘Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles. But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes, because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you. ‘Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death. You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.

   

   

December 26, 2002 

Messenger:       People who are going to be martyred can feel
                                joy in their hearts.

                            A man dying of cancer was described
                                as having joy at the end.

Jesus speaks:     My child some people do not realize
                                their life long behavior patterns
                                can be dysfunctional.

                            They find this out sometimes
                                when they try to work with
                                others outside their families.

                            It is important people work
                                with each other in harmony.

Messenger:       The smiles of the little ones 
                                warm our hearts. They are
                                certainly a joy to us.
                                They get along and love.
                                Babies are pure.

Jesus speaks:      I ask you to print the 2nd, 3rd and 
                                4th daily message book —
                                100 copies for the core members
                                of the Shepherds of Christ.

Messenger:       (Others who desire them can order
                                them for about $20 plus shipping.
                                Jesus asked me to tell you we
                                would do this as He further asked
                                the Texas ladies to print these
                                and stop on the Blue Books.) 

                      Blue Books will be available in the 
                                new style in early January.

Jesus speaks:     I want to tell you a story

                                envision a little girl skipping joyfully
                                down the street—she has a little pleated
                                skirt, little legs, anklets and little shoes,
                                a little white shirt,
                                she is skipping and very happy,
                                the sun is shining —

                              a big animal flies over her and deposits 
                             his waste on her —

                                immediately she is controlled by the 
                                situation, she is no longer skipping
                                gaily along.

                                   So many people have developed bad behavior
                                 patterns they are unaware of 

                            Some are making fun of others, it is habitual
                                they look down on others to raise
                                themselves up and be higher —

                                in alcoholic families this is usually
                                the pattern of behavior.

                                when people who live in alcoholic families
                                    get in groups, classrooms, any 
                                    setting they automatically may
                                    begin to size up people—who is
                                    "up" and who is "down".

                            There is usually a scape-goat in 
                                alcoholic families, also a hero.

                            It is cruel, I give you this message —

Don't Judge the Father's Beautiful Creation

April 28, 1994

Messenger:  He said in church at Mass that, if I look at the exterior of my brothers and size them up, I am judging God the Father's beautiful creation. The person has nothing to do with his skin color, his height, his hair color, his whatever. He was created by God the Father as he is. Jesus died and shed His blood for each and every person. Who are we to decide we don't like what God the Father created?

He said (similar to the talents letter of Oct. 3, 1993) that we have nothing to do with our talents, that they are given by God to do the work He has planned for us. To be envious of our brothers is sinful. The message is so beautiful.

To look at someone and say, "Boy, what a big nose" is to criticize the Father's creation. We are to love God. If we are criticizing his creation, this is not good. He could have given us a nose that would be so big. I didn't have anything to do to get my nose. Who am I to be so proud that mine is better than yours when they were both created by the Father?

end of April 28, 1994

December 26, 2002 message continues

Jesus speaks:     It is cruel.
                            It is not holy to criticize your brother
                                and make yourself over others.

                            There is so much patterned behaviors that hurt others
                                and yourselves and keep the world from the 
                                oneness that I desire.

John 17
The Prayer of Jesus

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:

Father, the hour has come:
glorify your Son
so that your Son may glorify you;
so that, just as you have given him
   power over all humanity,
he may give eternal life
   to all those you have entrusted to him.
And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I have glorified you on earth
by finishing the work
that you gave me to do.
Now, Father, glorify me
with that glory I had with you
before ever the world existed.
I have revealed your name
to those whom you took from the world
   to give me.
They were yours
   and you gave them to me,
and they have kept your word.
Now at last they have recognised
that all you have given me
   comes from you
for I have given them
the teaching you gave to me,
and they have indeed accepted it
and know for certain
   that I came from you,
and have believed
   that it was you who sent me.
It is for them that I pray.
I am not praying for the world
but for those you have given me,
because they belong to you.
All I have is yours
and all you have is mine,
and in them I am glorified.
I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world,
and I am coming to you.
Holy Father,
keep those you have given me
   true to your name,
so that they may be one like us.
While I was with them,
I kept those you had given me
   true to your name.
I have watched over them
   and not one is lost
except one who was destined to be lost,
and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
But now I am coming to you
and I say these things in the world
to share my joy with them to the full.
I passed your word on to them,
and the world hated them,
because they belong to the world
no more than I belong to the world.
I am not asking you
   to remove them from the world,
but to protect them from the Evil One.
They do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth;
your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
I have sent them into the world,
and for their sake I consecrate myself
so that they too
   may be consecrated in truth.
I pray not only for these
but also for those
who through their teaching
will come to believe in me.
May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
   and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
   you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
   that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
as you have loved me.

Father,
I want those you have given me
to be with me where I am,
so that they may always see my glory
which you have given me
because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
Father, Upright One,
the world has not known you,
but I have known you,
and these have known
that you have sent me.
I have made your name known to them
and will continue to make it known,
so that the love with which you loved me
   may be in them,
and so that I may be in them.

December 26, 2002 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Some people always see themselves as superior.
                            They want to be on top.
                            When asked to obey in a structured setting
                                at home, in a community, at Church,
                                they have other means of handling
                                the situation to get control.

                            One means is passive-aggressive behavior —
                                a person is in charge—those underneath
                                use emotional means to try to control
                                the one in authority, trying to get them to
                                explain and argue to accomplish a 
                                simple task.

                            I operate in structure.

                            I want order.

                            This is not always the case, but in one example I tell you.
                            One person came into the setting in a community —
                                they said oh what are your feelings,
                                how can I help you.

                            The person was really attempting to rescue
                                everyone and make themselves 
                                higher, the person with the solutions,
                                the person with the answers, 
                                they were saying you need fixing and
                                I will fix you.

                            Calling in someone from the outside to
                                assess a group of people
                                working for a common goal
                                may not be all bad, but the
                                person must be a professional
                                and they must be operating in God's truth
                                and able to tell correctly the
                                situation or you can be in bigger trouble.
                                The Blue Book messages I give as a 
                                sounding board that you will recognize
                                ways in which you have run "amuck"
                                or in need of direction.

                            I give these messages for church and communities
                                and families and business, so they can
                                operate in harmony and unity.

                            I want unity.
                            Satan wants division.
                            People who act dysfunctionally may never
                                look at themselves.
                            They want everyone around them to do 
                                their dysfunctional dance so they
                                can function. They may be controlling
                                and forceful to get their way —
                                They can be very controlling and 
                                forceful, they may be so limited in
                                their vision they fail to open
                                their eyes and see others around
                                them may have the right answer.

                            I give you My Word.
                                In the Bible I begin with the story of Adam
                                    and Eve, Eve was prideful, Eve 
                                    wanted her own way.
                                The devil tempted her, she reasoned why 
                                    what she did was the thing to do and 
                                    what she did was not obey God's will.

                            This story tells the struggle of the human
                                beings, the children of Adam and Eve
                                to want to control and be 
                                "on the top."

                            The human nature is fallen.
                            You must fight against the tendencies to block
                                God's will to have the top position
                                when it is not yours.

                            I give you the story of Cain and Abel.
                                Cain was jealous.
                                Cain so jealous he killed his brother Abel.

                            I want you to operate in oneness and love.
                            Behavior patterns are practiced many times
                                and life long and a person in authority
                                might battle and battle with those
                                underneath that change once, but
                                consistently will go like a "little
                                wind up doll" in the same old
                                programmed rut.
                            In communities some may have to leave,
                                for their programmed behavior and determination
                                to blame others, while never looking
                                at themselves is a real battle and can hurt
                                the community.

                            The one dysfunctional person, not open and 
                                living in community life will do what
                                they can to try to force their dysfunctional 
                                behavior on others. "They want the 
                                community doing their dance." Some
                                will use passive-aggressive techniques
                                to get control, even though they are
                                not the authority.

                            When asked to perform a task, they may
                                argue, attack the leader through
                                words or draw attention to leaders
                                weakness to get control; they
                                may not talk at all, creating an 
                                atmosphere of tension, passively
                                getting control by their behavior,
                                angry looks, tone of voice, body
                                gestures, slow walking, making
                                every task a big job for the leader
                                while they drag it out and play
                                "dumb" making the leader explain
                                and explain to accomplish a simple                    
                                thing that needs to be done in the community.

A person can exhibit a lot of control by
not carrying out the trash and making
the leader, parent, who ever keep
after them and after them and after
them. They can act like they don’t
understand and make the person in
authority explain and explain and
explain, passively getting control
and really exhibiting aggressive
behavior.  

There is the person who can be negligent in
their duties, letting big problems
arise that demand immediate
attention by the leader.  

A person second in command can cause
all kinds of “little fires” to develop
with those under them so the leader
is forced to be tending to all these
issues while the second in command
is really controlling everything. It is
a deep seated jealousy to be in
control. They would rather watch
the leader be tied up for their own
person gratification of control 
than do what is what I want for the
community to be productive and
help promote My Kingdom.  

                   People who think they have all the answers and
                             have a superior attitude should look
                             at themselves and see how they will
                             manipulate events, just to be in control
                             and above the leader.  

                   And so many people will do anything to not
                             have to change so they will blame
                             others, hurt others, just because
                             someone is over them.  

                   I showed you how to be—I came and
                             died on the cross, I loved and
                             obeyed the Father, I loved
                             those under Me to My death on
                             the cross.  

                   The person may not realize that they disobey.
                             They may have lived alone, failed
                             in intimate relationships and always
                             stayed in command wanting to never
                             be under anybody.  

                   So when they live in communities or work
                             in communities they will do all
                             that they can to be in control—hurting
                             the community life by doing things
                             that adversely affect the operations
                             necessary to progress and succeed
                             as a community.  

                   There are so many passive-aggressive behaviors
                             people use to be themselves as they were
                             all their lives and wanting to be in
                             control and never change.  

                   Every person in a community needs to see
                             themselves as working toward a
                             common goal.  

                   When some are disappointed they may
                             move slow or don’t work at all
                             to get control that way.  

                   The bottom line is this.
                   I operate in structure.
                   Some will never allow themselves to be
                             under anyone if they can help it.
                   Some will do what they are asked to
                             some of the time then some days
                             wake up and undo a lot of good work
                             because they feel angry that day and
                             give into satan pressing down on
                             them to create division.  

                   Some people literally have a big fight
                             going on day and night with those
                             over them because of their own
                             inability to be under anyone and
                             they wage this fight in quiet,
                             passive ways that are secretive
                             and destructive to harmony and love.  

                   To try to unveil these passive ways of one
                             who has “habitually” and I use
                             this word because it is important
                             you see “habitually” a person
                             pushes ahead to do their dance
                             in their familiar steps, they will
                             do many passive-aggressive
                             ways to accomplish this feat.  

                   Behavior is patterned unless one willingly
                             examines one's conscience and prays
                             to be open to the movement of God’s
                             hand within—molding and fashioning
                             the soul to be more likened to God.  

                   It is habitual behavior—a leader deals with
                             much of the time, a person in a
                             different setting—acting out old
                             patterned behavior with new parties.  

A person in charge of a community thinks
                             they can help to make the community
                             go in the right direction by
                             asserting a guiding hand and like
                             little “wind up dolls” the next
                             moment after the event has operated
                             more effectively for a few moments—
                             the little “wind-up doll” is doing
                             the same dance—

trying to be on the top—
          trying to get control—
          trying not to work harmoniously with others.  

                   What are you to do?
In the work place—people are paid—
        this is a means of getting people
        to obey the structure.
In families and communities the dysfunction
        can be so acute that only some
        intervention may correct the situation.  

but a community can go in a mounting tension
          for a long time when the second in
          command or one aggressive one
          underneath intends the place to
          do their dance that all of it
          can be done passively, with
          build up emotions, emotional
          manipulation, “slacking” on
          the job until the big bang  
when the guy underneath conquerors (so he thinks)
          and almost sends the leader to the
          grave for trying to do God’s will.  

The person underneath in a means of control
          has effectively controlled
          many things all the way, everyday
          to promote their own glory,
          control and superiority—This
          becomes the most important,
          that is the bottom line—not the
          common goal of promoting God’s kingdom.  

The devil can get in there at any moment with
          the story of Eve.  

The person is gaily skipping down the block  

          and then a thought comes  

1^st thought   “Oh so-and-so is getting ahead of me”  

            well I am raising up now— 

            I will see them fall—

            they think they are so big—”  

Then there is
the fear devil  

          Oh I am afraid, if he thought that ...
                   and it was really the other
                   guys fault—and they
                   might think it was me ...
                   and I’m not like that ...  

          I will go tell them all I know
                   about him so they don’t
                   think ill thoughts of me ...  

          Oh they could do this ...
                   then that will happen to us ...  

                   and I left that there...
                   which looks like that...

                        and it wasn't that
                   at all...  

                   and maybe I better
                   do this...  

I ask you to do God’s will —  

          are you operating out of fear?  

          are you operating out of jealousy?  

          are you operating because you don’t want
                   anyone to get ahead.  

Some people are jealous because somebody is
          happy—they want people miserable
          so they can rescue them and be in
          control over their emotions—they
          don’t look at themselves, they need
          somebody to play their “junk” out on
          when they are having trouble—
          they single out a situation or person they
          don’t ever want to be a problem and
          pick a “scapegoat” to work their problems on.  

Some can pick My Movement. Their problems
          in life and at home vanished when they
          joined the Shepherds of Christ. They had
          problems in relationships all their lives,
          then the Shepherds of Christ became their
          problem and people in it.  

Problems should be faced. Things that hurt you
          should be named.

You should not project your problems
          on other people.

Remember “Suzie Q” the little girl dancing down

          the street and a big animal put his
          waste on her.  

Some people do that to others.

They don’t want them happy —
          if they see they are free, they tie them up —
          when they should act themselves —
                   they don’t —
          they sling a pile of junk on their
          happy friends to get control  

The children of Adam and Eve

sins of omission
sins of commission  

          I am the New Adam

          Mary is the New Eve —

If you are using the Movement or someone to
          be your “scapegoat” get in charge of yourself —
          you want to get more perfected here
          below that is why you are here.

If you are superior and don’t need work —
          the community is in trouble.

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