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December 28, 2001
Luke 9: 51-62
A Samaritan village is inhospitable
Now it happened that as the time drew near for him to be taken up, he resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem. Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’ But he turned and rebuked them, and they went on to another village.
Hardships of the apostolic calling
As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus answered, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.’
Another to whom he said, ‘Follow me,’ replied, ‘Let me go and bury my father first.’ But he answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.’
Another said, ‘I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good–bye to my people at home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’
Luke 10: 1-24
The mission of the seventy–two disciples
After this the Lord appointed seventy–two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting. Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!" And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house. Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you." But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, "We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near." I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.
‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. And still, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgement than for you. And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be raised high as heaven? You shall be flung down to hell.
‘Anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me.’
True cause for the apostles to rejoice
The seventy–two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said, ‘even the devils submit to us when we use your name.’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Look, I have given you power to tread down serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.’
The good news revealed to the simple
The Father and the Son
Just at this time, filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, he said, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it has pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’
The privilege of the disciples
Then turning to his disciples he spoke to them by themselves, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see, for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.’
Excerpt
from October 6, 2000 message
Messenger: He called the special gatherings on the 13th of October, 1996, and He called them to be apostles.
We asked the people who wished to be recognized as apostles and were willing to live by the rules Jesus set: daily Mass, one hour of adoration, living by the messages given from heaven, and saying the prayers they told us.
On June 13, 2000, and July 5, 2000, 72 people came forth to be full-fledged apostles of the Shepherds of Christ. They felt the calling in their hearts, the first apostles were recognized June 13, 2000, in China, Indiana, and July 5, 2000, in Florida for a total of 72 apostles. We did not plan it, they independently felt the calling in their hearts and came forward. The total was 72.
end of excerpt from October 6, 2000 message
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks:
And I call and you tell me, "Oh God it is for another
day." And the days of your lives tick on like a well-wound
clock.
They come, the morning, the evening, the morning, the evening and you
say, "oh another day will come and then I will answer His call—
I will be sure then, my children will be raised, my basement
finished, my clutter will be no more, I will have days to fit Him in,...
then when all my affairs are in order..."
And the winds came one day and took down the castle, built
on stone and the cherished memories, the keepsakes were but
scattered debris on the windy road.
Oh did it matter your red thread was lined up in the well ordered
closet, next to the blue and green? Did you have it all at your fingertips?
You have too much "stuff" in your closet. You spend the day long
organizing your old forgotten treasures. You worship men that
lived their lives on drink and some on sin, you recognize
your sports gods as idols, your treasures can float down
an embellished stream of crystal water, that has torn your
house apart with torrential rains. Oh is the water muddy?
Is it crystal clear? Is it filled with debris from the well
ordered houses of America?
I write to you of the commandments given to you on the
tablets of stone, so many years ago.
I ask you to see the rainbow.
March 21, 2001
March 21, 2001
October 14, 2001
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks:
This life is passing, like a wind that can blow no good,
your life can go by so quickly and the question becomes this—
Did you store up treasures for heaven?
Oh you worry about what men think and fail to see your
life as part of the big plan of your Father.
I am saddened by the lack of response to Mary's vision
in Florida.
What sign could I send you that you would take notice?
Prepare Me a way in the hearts of those who have
closed their hearts to the things of God.
What of the hungry ones, the ones that have responded?
Are you trying to reach them or do you put out their
letters for show?
Forget the ones who want to hurt you, you have
more Might behind you than their feeble words could
ever do.
I am a God of justice and of right.
Little children should be taught to fold their hands
at the
earliest age. They should be taught to make the sign of
the
cross and pray their prayers. Little ones copy, if mom and
dad prays and teaches little ones to pray, they will love
to pray and go to church.
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks:
I call and you tell Me—another day—the days tick
on and on and you cannot return to that day ever again.
The cold night of winter is warmed by the fire of the
stove and the fire of My Heart will warm all your
weary cares, but you walk away from the fire of
My love and go toward the ice castles that only leave
you frost bitten and feeling quite empty.
A night of blackness, a day of radiant light. A sun
that shines so brightly it can blind your fragile eyes,
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: a sun that warms the land, a water that
trickles over
the stones as a bubbling brook, or it can be the
scorching sun that burns the fields
and
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: the rains that pound down and destroy the crops.
There is a God above you that holds it all in place.
I watch you stumble and fall and I coax you to come
to My Heart for there is the treasure you seek.
A night of darkness,
A day of light,
Your world is filled with bells and whistles and beeps and
horns and you jump to answer every phone.
Do you jump when I call you?
Your children are falling down dead in the streets
and you fill them with a diet of promiscuity, you
parade promiscuous fashions before them.
My way is simple.
I call you to love.
I call you to genuinely lay down your lives for My
flock.
I call you to prayer and thanksgiving.
I call you to worship and to love your God.
I call you to sit by the little brook and to pray for
the Church and the world and to teach your little ones
about the Mass and the rosary.
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks:
I ask you to endure the little sufferings many
times and you think that you should not have any
pain at all.
...and you may think
Who is at fault if you have pain?
I ask you to look at Me on the cross
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: In the cross there is the resurrection.
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I call you today, to pray.
I call you to help promote the Kingdom by
spreading My love.
The devil can come like a deadly force trying
to uproot the good seed that has been
planted.
My might is the power from the Almighty God.
This is a sign I give you.
July 5, 2000
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: Woe to those who
try to destroy the seeds I have
planted.
A man was given and he wrote a book for Me.
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: I gave to you
these Prayers to spread for the
renewal of the Church and the world.
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: You would not help Me.
You wanted to be smarter than the average man.
I sent a sign, you tried to block Me.
How silly it is.
What sign would be sign enough for you?
I am a God of justice.
When I paint an image such as this on a building
I want you to hear My call, not try to block
Me.
Be aware for the days are coming when many men
will have to be held accountable for
the deeds done to block My work.
Souls are at stake.
The Lady appears to lead men to the rosary and
to live a life of consecration to
Our Two Hearts.
Mary speaks: My children—
Please hear the words of My Son.
For we have appeared to warn you and you block
the warning We give you.
You danced and danced and soon the floor you
danced on was taken away.
The dance last so long, but my children that
are suffering are suffering every day.
My message of Fatima was given in 1917, it is
now 2001 and soon 2002, after one war
and another and the sign your Father sends you,...
when will you listen?
Oh children of Adam and Eve—
My Son appears the New Adam
December 28, 2001 message continues
Mary speaks: I am the New Eve
July 5, 2001
December 28, 2001 message continues
Mary speaks:
The Priestly Newsletter is given by my Son for the
world.
Excerpt from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J.
Puhl, S.J.
136. THE FOURTH DAY
A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS
The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human naturePRAYER. The usual preparatory prayer.
window at a former Jesuit Seminary
137. FIRST PRELUDE. This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.
138. SECOND PRELUDE. This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.
139. THIRD PRELUDE. This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
FIRST PART
THE STANDARD OF SATAN
140. FIRST POINT. Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.
141. SECOND POINT. Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.
142. THIRD POINT. Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.
The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
SECOND PART
THE STANDARD OF CHRIST
143. In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.
144. FIRST POINT. Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.
145. SECOND POINT. Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.
146. THIRD POINT. . . .
end of excerpt
from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
December 28, 2001 message continues
Jesus speaks: Listen to Me before it is too late.
I have called you by name.
Help Me to promote the Kingdom.
Help Me to spread My Prayer Chapters to the World.
Help Me, I call you to be an
Apostle of My Sacred Heart.
~ July 31, 1994 ~
Feast of St. Ignatius
Words of Jesus to Members of Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)
end of July 31, 1994 message given to Fr. Carter
~ October 13, 1994 ~
The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ
"I wish to share with you part of a message which Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of the Shepherds of Christ movement:
'My beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...
'I am giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.
'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.'
"Jesus has told us that Shepherds of Christ Ministries includes: the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer chapters, various publications, including books, whatever else Our Lord directs us to undertake.
"As members of Shepherds of Christ Associates, you are an extremely important part of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. You have given great joy to the Heart of Jesus by responding to His invitation to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. As He draws you closer to His Heart and to His Mother's Heart as Associates members, He will fill you with an ever-increasing experience of His love, peace, and joy."
- From In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Newsletter of Shepherds of Christ Associates
by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J., Volume 1, No. 1, 1995. p. 2.
end of October 13, 1994 message given to Fr. Carter
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
My dear fellow Associate Members,
Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:
My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.
These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.
I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.
I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.
I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.
This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:
- For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
- For the Pope.
- For all bishops of the world.
- For all priests.
- For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
- For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
- For all members of the Catholic Church.
- For all members of the human family.
- For all souls in purgatory.
end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message
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