We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages
rests
with the Holy See of Rome.
| 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 |
|
Decem
ber 27, 2003 - St. John
December 28th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 4 Period I.The Novena Rosary Mysteries for December 28th are Glorious.
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.
4:00 a.m. - Mass4:37 a.m. - Morning Offering & Prayers
4:49 a.m. - Children's Rosary December 25, 1994
5:23 a.m. - Soothing Mary Songs
5:51 a.m. - Mary's Message
5:58 a.m. - Songs in Spanish sung by Fernando
6:20 a.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
Rosary7:24 a.m. - Tell My People read by Father Carter
8:56 a.m. - Morning Offering & Prayers
9:06 a.m. - Mary's Message
9:13 a.m. - Live Rosary from December 13, 1996
10:37 a.m. - Christmas Songs
11:55 a.m. - Newsletter 1998 Issue 5 (Mother at Our Side)
1:14 p.m. - Children's Rosary December 25, 1994
1:48 p.m. - Christmas Songs
2:32 p.m. - Rosary March 21, 1995
3:19 p.m. - Songs from Jesus
4:00 p.m. - Mass
4:37 p.m. - Christmas Songs
6:20 p.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
Rosary7:24 p.m. - Children's Rosary July 15, 1995 led by Father Carter
8:17 p.m. - Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 (Christ Is Our Strength)
9:37 p.m. - Songs
10:57 p.m. - Nursing Home #7
11:35 p.m. - Talk given about Shepherds of Christ
12:54 a.m. - Sorrowful Rosary March 21, 1995
1:41 a.m. - Rosary in Spanish July 15, 1995 led by Fernando
2:30 a.m. - Instrumental Songs
2:56 a.m. - Songs & Messages October 24, 1995
4:00 a.m. - Mass
December 27, 2003 - Feast of St. John
1 John 1: 1-4
Something which has existed
since the beginning,
which we have heard,
which we have seen with our own eyes,
which we have watched
and touched with our own hands,
the Word of life-
this is our theme.
That life was made visible;
we saw it and are giving our testimony,
declaring to you the eternal life,
which was present to the Father
and has been revealed to us.
We are declaring to you
what we have seen and heard,
so that you too may share our life.
Our life is shared with the Father
and with his Son Jesus Christ.
We are writing this to you
so that our joy may be complete.
Psalm 97: 1-2, 5-6, 11-12
Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice,
the many isles be glad!
Cloud, black cloud enfolds him,
saving justice and judgement the foundations of his throne.The mountains melt like wax,
before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his saving justice,
all nations see his glory.Light dawns for the upright,
and joy for honest hearts.
Rejoice in Yahweh, you who are upright,
praise his unforgettable holiness.
John 20: 2-8
and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’
So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloths lying on the ground and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed.
John 19: 25-27
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Excerpt from February 2, 1994
You must think of Me all day to be able to long for Me. Think of Me as you do a lover. I am crying out to you, My little ones, I am crying out. I love you and I long to be with you. I come to be united with your soul in the Eucharist. I come to you in the tabernacle. I am your love, I am waiting to be with you and share so much love with you.
You swoon to have your lover with you, yet you come to Me with such coldness. I want your ardent love. I want you to love Me with all your hearts. I want you to realize that I am God and I am a Person and I am sitting, longing for you, little ones. I love you as God. No human person can even come close to My loving you.
What more can I say to you, little hearts? I am Jesus, the Son of God. I love you with the most intense love. I am the lover you crave. I am your all. You are constantly searching this barren land for that which only I can give you.
I am waiting with intense longing for you.
end of excerpt from February 2, 1994
Revelation 21: 1-6
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, ‘Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God–with–them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.’
Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. ‘Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true." Then he said to me, ‘It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty;
3 John 1-4
From the Elder: greetings to my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in truth. My dear friend, I hope everything is going happily with you and that you are as well physically as you are spiritually. It was a great joy to me when some brothers came and told of your faithfulness to the truth, and of your life in the truth. It is always my greatest joy to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
December 27, 1993 - 4:00a.m.
Jesus speaks: Dear child, the Son of Man waits and you sleep in the night. I wait for you and you sleep. You know I am waiting and you are dead in your bed. Awake, My little one, when I call. You must not give in to the desires of the body. I care for your needs. Your strength comes from Me. Jump from your bed, sound the trumpet and arise, for your Savior comes in the night to bring you a message for all His children. Ready yourself, for I do not like to wait. Get up and come, child. I am God.
I am He Who made the world, He Who makes the sun shine and the baby in the womb! You make Me wait while you sleep. Rise and run, for the Lord is at hand. God awaits you and beckons you to be attentive to your calling. Sound the trumpet! Arise in the night. I am He Who comes to you. You must harken to the call. Come pronto to My request and do not tarry. I wait and I wait and I eagerly want to talk to you.
I am Jesus, Son of the Living God. Oh, child, I want these messages to reach the ends of this earth. I deliver each with such love. Will you deliver My messages to all My loved ones? They eagerly need to hear My words of love. They need to know how I feel about each one of them. They need to know that I am God. I love each child uniquely and My love is the love of God. What can you get on this earth that can compare to the love of God? You have a message declaring My love for each of My children. They are My love letters to them. Please see that they receive this letter. This is your top priority. It is a love letter to My beloved ones.
I am your Savior. I am not a myth. I am alive and I come to you. I wait in the tabernacle every day as a prisoner. Waiting and waiting in the tabernacle and who comes to be with Me? I await you, My children, to come and realize that God is in the tabernacle. I am Jesus, the Son of God, and I wait for you every day. Come to Me in your busy day. Come to Mass. Make ready your hearts and receive Me in Communion. I am there awaiting you as a groom awaiting his bride. I want to be with you, united in Holy Communion. I am truly present there, but which of you come? I wait for each of you. I am God. I can love you each so intently you do not understand. Your brother does not make up your love to Me. I wait, you little ones. Will you come and receive your love this day?
Ready your hearts and keep them holy. God will enter there. Prepare the way for Me. Do not sin. Do not lie to yourselves and tell yourself that some sins are of no account. Every sin is wrong. I tell you what is right and wrong in your hearts. You know the Ten Commandments. Satan tells you "but in this case, you are exempt", "this is out of date, you are allowed here." No, little ones, sin is sin and your heart knows what is wrong! Keep it pure. The more you lie to yourself about evil, the more right it becomes. Oh, how sad to numb your beautiful heart and accept the things of this world that are evil as okay. Evil is evil and you must guard against any evil the world tells you is okay.
I am the way, the truth and the life. When you abide in My ways, you possess the light of life. Do not be pulled into the world and its evil ways. Ready yourself for My love. I am as a bridegroom awaiting his bride. So pure, so white, so untainted she appears, just for her loved one. Her ways are gentle and kind and she is a picture of holiness, dressed in a white gown. Dress your soul in a white gown for Me. Keep your soul clothed in a cloth of dignity, a white cloth untainted by any sin, pure as the bride who meets her groom. Our meeting is with such love.
You enter My church, you walk My aisle. Your bridegroom awaits you in Communion. I am the bridegroom of your hearts. I come with such love to enter your soul. I am He Who walks with you to be united in Communion. I am Jesus. I am your true Love. I wait for you, My child. Please clean yourself up for My arrival! Think of My coming the day before and eagerly await our union. This is the greatest event of your life, union with God. Anticipate it with such eagerness, as the wedding of our hearts. I await you, little ones. I am God. What could this world ever give you that can be likened to God's entering your soul?
I am God and I come to you in Communion. Do you wait for Me, the bridegroom of your soul? Do you wait as one who is going to one's own wedding? This event far surpasses any wedding. It is you who are missing the significance here. I am here every Mass waiting, just for you. Get dressed, purify yourself, see the priest, go to confession, guard your tongue as the opening to your soul. I enter therein and you receive God, my child. Do you not comprehend this a little?
Read My words here. They are as real as the eyes you use to read them. It is you who blind yourself to all I have to give you. You do not reach with the things of the soul. You look for explanations in bodily things. To see the soul and the things of God you must reach with the eyes of God. You must be opened by the faith I eagerly want to give you. Beg to be open to Me so I can give you all you need to know Me. This world is blurring your Godly vision. It is hard to see through the mask of evil it has created. Every day the mask becomes more dense.
I am here, little one. You must die to this world to see Me. You don't need more of the world. You need less of the world. As the world decreases, your knowledge of Me increases. Take the mask off your face. Make your hearts pure. Pray to the Holy Spirit for His gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fear of God-all gifts that only He can give! Fill your hearts with the gifts of the Spirit. He will remove the blinders from your eyes and dwell in your soul. You will know a new life and I will become so much more alive to you. You, child, need the Spirit!
The way to God is through Jesus. You need the Spirit. You need the Father. You need all three. Pray to be made whole in the Holy Trinity. Pray for union with God. Pray for the things of the soul. When your soul is in order, all else falls into order. You needn't pray for things of the world. Pray to know Me more fully. Pray for unity with God. Pray for opening in your hearts. Pray for holiness. Pray for faith, hope, charity. Pray for knowledge of how to please God. These are the true treasures. All else is of no account. Don't recite prayers for worldly things. Pray for your union with God. This is what it is all about!
I am so eager to make Myself known to you. Our love affair awaits and it depends on you. I am here loving you. It is you who keep us apart. What could you find on this earth that could compare with a love affair with God, child? Your soul was created to know love and serve Me. It craves this union with Me. This appetite is stronger than any other you possess. You hold it back and make light of it because this world has taken God out. This world is messed up. I am God and you are a creature of God. You cannot take God from you or you remain only a creature. What dignity you sacrifice to remove God from yourself!
Prepare for the wedding of our souls. Your bridegroom awaits you. I am Jesus, Son of the one, true, God. I await your union with Me. Child, nothing you ever do on this earth can compare with Communion with God. If you do not behold this as something, you need to pray to know Me more. Go to the Spirit and beg Him for understanding and wisdom. Beg Him for all his gifts to enhance your knowledge of God. Beg the Spirit for His baptism. Let Him shower you with His life and you will become alive and on fire in your heart.
Your bridegroom awaits you. Prepare yourself for the wedding. Come, pure and white, and anticipate this union with eagerness. I love you so, My child. You will never find a speck on this earth that can compare with the love of God. Search, you feeble creature, for worldly satisfaction and you will never satisfy one little part of your soul. Your soul can only be satisfied by the love of God. It stalks your restless heart and is only satisfied in God. It craves God like an appetite except that it is much stronger. What is in your heart that is never satisfied by your worldly way? It is the soul that craves union with God. It constantly keeps you in a state of unrest, of searching, of seeking, of looking for more. The more is found in the Eucharist. It is the answer to the empty heart. It is the love you seek, but cannot find anywhere else. It is Jesus, child. It is your Bridegroom. Come and be in Communion with Him. He awaits you and bids you to come, pure in your heart, to the wedding-the wedding of your soul.
R. I felt as if there was so much I just did not understand and I was overwhelmed by the mystery of God. I opened the Blue Book to this:
Nov. 21, 1993:
Jesus speaks: Oh, what glories I have in store for you when you finally see it all, see all there is to Me! Little glimpses I will give you. These are special treats of My love, but you, in your earthly form, cannot even handle it. My power, My light, My fire would blow you off your feet and you would be out cold.
That is how I am at your side, with a power pack like this, and you worry about a power failure? Oh, how silly, when I am with you. Trust, trust. I am here.
end of December 27, 1993
8 YEARS AGO TODAY
December 27, 1995
L
ET US LOVE THE TWO HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARYHE GAVE HIMSELF TO US ON THE CROSS. HE GIVES HIMSELF TO US IN THE EUCHARIST.
How great was the act of love, God gave to this world, when He gave Himself and died on the cross. He gives Himself to us this day in the Holy Eucharist.
The greatest commandment is that we must love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being. This is a commandment. If we are to enter heaven, we must follow the commandments. They are commands given by God for us to follow.
The greatest act we can do on this earth is an act of loving God. The reason for our existence is to love God. In the sacrament of His greatest love, He gives Himself to us. This is an act of love on His part. We are called to respond by giving ourselves in love to Him.
This is the purpose of the Holy Eucharist: to unite in such oneness with our Holy, Loving God. Our all consuming passion should be that of loving God. How many go to the Eucharist with the sole purpose of giving great love to God? He wants us to love Him. He wants souls to tell Him how much they truly love Him. This is the most intimate act of love when Jesus gives Himself-Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity to man. If it is such an act of love, how are we receiving Him in Communion? We should beg God, in this most intimate union with Him, to help us to love Him with greatest love.
Jesus is a Person. He wants our love. The Holy Spirit wants such intimacy with us. Our Father wants us to love Him. In the Eucharist, we unite with God. In this intimate act of uniting with our beloved God, with Divinity, we must pour out our love to God. We must pour out our heart to the most adorable Heart of Jesus. Jesus is so unjustly treated by many of His beloved souls He loves so much. Let us help make reparation to the Almighty God by loving God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being in the sacrament of His greatest love. This is the Gift of Himself.
Think of how it is to love someone and give your all for that person, to pour out your heart to him or her and then be treated with coldness and neglect. It hurts our heart so much more when we deeply love someone to be rejected by that person. Jesus loves us with the deepest love. We cannot fully comprehend this love. Let us love Him with the deepest love. Let us love Mary and her Immaculate Heart. Let us love her as the Mother of God. Let us love her as the virgin who bore the Son of God. May we, in the reception of the Eucharist pour out our love to Him, to this adorable Heart. May we pour out our love to His Holy Mother.
Mary said at Fatima that Jesus wants His Heart venerated next to the heart of His Mother. Let us love these two Hearts as we receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Then we are so deeply united with God. We see Their two Hearts surrounded with thorns for the injustices against Their Hearts. Let us help make reparation daily as we receive Him in the Eucharist. This is a special time to help make reparation to Their wounded Hearts.
Let us remember how He poured His love out to us on the cross and how He pours out His love to us now when He gives us Himself in the Eucharist, the Eucharist which contains His Heart of burning love. His Heart was pierced with a lance. Her heart was invisibly pierced with a sword. As the wounds in Their Hearts are deep, so too is Their love so deep.
He does not want "surface love". He wants hearts filled with deep burning love.
end of December 27, 1995
December 27, 2003 message continues
Messenger: Oh
Jesus You are my bridegroom and I love
You so very much.
Oh Jesus You are always with me.
Even when I feel I cannot find a quiet
place to be alone with You, I am
comforted by You deep in my soul.
My Bridegroom Awaits —
He loves me so much.
I thank you God for the gift of Mary on the
building.
I thank you God for all You do for me.
Oh a sweet sonnet, I want to sing to You.
Our lives here are a struggle and then a
great event, we live the paschal mystery
of death-resurrection —
We live out the mysteries
of His life in our lives.
We constantly go through the experience of death-
resurrection.
Jesus I want to embrace You —
Jesus I want to receive You —
Jesus I love You so very much.
In running a community or order we must
live to do God's will.
The biggest struggle is with the person that constantly
challenges those in authority wanting to live
as a single person in the world.
A person entering a community sees the purpose
of the community, but realizes that one of the
biggest lessons is to operate in harmony
and to live in community following
the superior.
Today I want to talk about holiness.
Our goal is always to please Jesus.
Though our struggles are many we see the
opportunity in the suffering that we must
endure to live it according to God's will
and grow in greater life in Him.
We live out the mysteries of the rosary in
our lives.
The incarnation goes on in us.
The person always wishing to be in control
must realize the importance of being
shaped by the Heavenly Father.
God allows us to endure suffering.
Enduring suffering when done properly can
lead to greater life.
Community life is an important way many
can live in greater perfection — living
in harmony with others and letting God
work through them accomplishing the
apostolic work He intends through us.
Satan tempts people to try to always get their way.
We must live obeying the commandments.
God has given us the Church.
Jesus has given us this movement to pray for
our priests to be holy priests and
to pray for the Church and the world.
What matters is —
Are we really doing what God wants?
Are we doing more of some things than He wants
and then not doing all of something else
He wants.
Are our lives in balance.
Are we trying to live in a community and then
write our own script? This causes those
who are trying to follow the rules of the
community to be constantly dealing with
our willfulness.
Are we just in all things? Do we take things
that don't belong to us in an attempt
to do good for others. All things must be
done in justice according to God's holy
will.
Father Carter examined his conscience twice
a day for ten minutes. He would stop, put his
palms up, close his eyes and be totally silent
for ten minutes.
Sometimes we rationalize — this is right when
in fact, it is what we want and not what we are
supposed to do.
I want to write about the human condition —
people are dying every day from cancer and
dreaded diseases, even little children die
— Fr.
Mike has been the Chaplin for over twenty years at
Children's Hospital
— babies are born with tumors,
triplets and quadruplets can weigh 2 1/2 lbs
—
even less
—
People are sick on Christmas with the flu,
and other diseases
— everything is not in our control —
no matter how hard we try we can't control the every
-
day sufferings in our lives.
On Christmas I had guests, but I was weary from
the night before
— I went into a big cupboard above
the microwave and stove and someone from the
day before put a huge big platter there that came
sailing out over my head and crashed to the floor
below in a billion slivered pieces all over
—
Little children spill milk when you least expect,
they play in toilets and throw important things in
trash cans, some adults get diseases and walk where
they shouldn't go.
We cannot control everything around us. Everyday
we must live to do all we can to do God's work. Some of
the work is putting up with the frustrations of daily
living
— in love and then experiencing the gift we
feel in peace when we handle problems in love.
I remember the car wreck we had, I was in the
back seat behind the driver, I couldn't control it,
I cannot control the airplane when I fly some
where.
Our lives should be lived in praying for God's
will in all things we do. Father Carter always
said " not more than He wants", "not less than
He wants."
Today may be a day we are suffering some
physical ailment and we have done all we can
to deal with it, but it is chronic and a suffering.
At some point our eyes may not work as good or
our hearing be as good, or our teeth need attention.
Whatever sufferings we have we can offer them
up for greater grace.
A person waiting the results from tests on their
child can learn a lot of patience in waiting
and be drawn closer to God during that time.
December 27, 2003 message continues
Messenger:
Our life every day may be a series of little crosses
and growing in greater life in Him, we live out
the paschal mystery
— death-resurrection in
our lives.
Jesus showed us how He suffered in the
way to the cross and He showed us His death
and resurrection.
Meditating on the mysteries of the rosary
are so important. It should help us live holier
lives.
|
DEATH |
RESURRECTION |
THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
Please remember us in your will.
Shepherds of Christ Ministries
P.O. Box 193
Morrow, OH 45152
(toll free) 1-888-211-3041
1-513-932-4451
Copyright © 2003 Shepherds of Christ.
Rights for non-commercial reproduction
granted:
May be copied in its entirety, but neither re-typed nor edited.
Translations are welcome but they must be reviewed for moral and
theo
Shepherds of Christ Ministries
P.O. Box 193
Morrow, Ohio 45152-0193
Telephone: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or (513) 932-4451
FAX: (513) 932-6791
