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.

December 9, 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.

December 9, 1999 - Blessed Juan Diego

Excerpt from the Apostles' Manual, pp. 170-173

December 13, 1996 - the Vision, the Plan Unfolds

September- October, 1991:	"Feed the Hungry" for six weeks
October, 1991:	Jesus: "Go to the ends of the earth, I have all the power".
December 17, 1991	Shows me His Heart, tells me the mission to spread His burning love to the world
May 13, 1993:	First message for God's Blue Book I
May 13, 1993 -March 31, 1994:	God's Blue Book I and II
March 22, 1994:	He is ignored - Building at Center, wing fell off.
July 5, 1994 - Sept. 5, 1995:	Mary appears almost daily.   We receive rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
July 5, 1994 - Oct. 5, 1996:	Mary appeared every 5th of the month.
August 13, 1996:	St. Michael appears at the Farm.   There is a blue light over John Weickert's head.  Mary gives important messages.
August 27, 1996:	Mary pleads - she cries out.   She is so sorrowful.  She cannot hold back the hand of her Son anymore.
October 5, 1996:	Mary says she cannot hold back the hand of her Son anymore.  It is struck with power.
October 13, 1996:	Mary appears as Our Lady of the Rosary.
October 13, 1996:	Jesus calls us to the Farm at 12:00 noon.
Oct. 16, Oct. 21, Oct. 30, Nov. 3:	Strong messages from Jesus.   Tell us He is calling us on the 13th.  He is very displeased that we are taking this so lightly.  This is a major part of the completion of the Fatima message.
October 30, 1996:	Jesus: "I have spoken.   You are not dealing with My  messenger any longer.  To persecute her is to persecute Me and I will take action.  I have spoken and delays will displease Me."
December 5, 1996:	Jesus appears on the crucifix.   His mouth moves for 20 minutes.  Mary did not appear.  Jesus is handling it.  He is speaking in the rosaries and in the Blue Book messages.
December 6, 1996 First Friday:	Message from Jesus how the   Shepherds of Christ Movement will majorly assist in bringing about the completion of the Fatima message in carrying out Mary's peace plan given at Fatima.
December 7, 1996 First Saturday	Revelation on light
December 19, 1996:	Strong message from Jesus and Mary
December 22, 1996:	Strong message from Jesus
December 29, 1996:	Very strong message from Jesus - Jesus outlines the message that follow
January 5, 1997	Neither Jesus nor Mary appeared
January 11, 1997:	Message from God the Father
January 18, 1997:	Message from God the Father
February 5, 1997:	After receiving rosaries for two years and seven months, I was sick and could not pray the rosary, so the apostles played a live rosary tape.
February 6, 1997:	Jesus wants the chapters to gather for a candlelight rosary with the live rosary tapes.  He promises special graces.

January 9, 1997:
Message given through Rita Ring

Jesus: I am Jesus, I am requesting My beloved apostles to study the entire message given on December 29, 1996. In this message, I have tied together the Shepherds of Christ Movement with the completion of the Fatima message. You are to study all of the enclosed messages given as My teaching for this purpose.

The Father's plan will unfold. I have given you special insights into His plan in this teaching.

Continue to pray the Morning Offering daily. Pray the consecration prayers and the Holy Spirit prayers often during the day with your family and friends this will bind you in one mind and one heart, and protect you from the evil one.

(End of excerpt from the Apostles Manual.)

Shepherds of Christ Ministries For Helping in the Renewal of the Church and the World

WE PRAY FOR PRIESTS, THE RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD. We join as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offering our lives to the Father as intercessors praying for our priests, the Church, and the world. WILL YOU PRAY WITH US? Your prayers united to ours will help the priests, the Church, and the world.

Our Focus WE HAVE PRAYER CHAPTERS PRAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD for the priests, the Church, and the world. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS is the circulation of a newsletter. WE CIRCULATE A SPIRITUALITY NEWSLETTER written by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J., a Jesuit Theologian with a Doctor's degree in Theology and author of 17 books, to about 70,000 priests in the world in both English and Spanish. Father Carter has been a professor of Theology for over 30 years. Besides being sent to about 50,000 priests and bishops in the U.S.A., the newsletter is sent internationally to about 225 bishops, including 4 cardinals, who distribute copies to all of their priests, and also, in some cases, to their deacons and seminarians. The newsletter is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It features writings regarding our union with Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit and Mary. The newsletter also stresses the Eucharist, the Church, prayer, and one's responsibility regarding the social order. The newsletter stresses sound doctrine as found in Scripture, the writings of the Popes and other Church documents. It also presents selected writings from the saints and competent priest-theologians and others. The newsletter can be used by all for development in the spiritual life centered in consecration.

About Shepherds of Christ Ministries

MINISTRIES PRIMARY MINISTRY - CIRCULATING PRIESTLY NEWSLETTERS TO PRIESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH to promote priestly holiness. PRAYER CHAPTERS praying for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world. School Rosary Program and Junior Shepherds of Christ Ministry. Nursing Home Ministry. Special retreats and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. Promoting the rosary to all, rosary meditations. Prison Ministry to promote prayer and spiritual renewal. Handmaids and Servants of the Good Shepherd. Audio/Video Departments (priestly newsletters on tape). Prayer books, newsletters, newsletter books, and other spiritual aids. WE WANT TO BE INTERCESSORS PROMOTING UNITY IN PRAYER WITH ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, PRAYING FOR THE PRIESTS, THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD. We have described above the primary ministry of the Movement, the spirituality newsletter for priests, Shepherds of Christ. The 2nd most important ministry is the prayer chapters, whose members pray for the needs of priests and for the needs of all others also. Other ministries include promoting the act of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as widely as possible. Promoting this act of consecration permeates all of our ministries. We also promote the praying of the rosary, and we have a special program regarding the rosary and the act of consecration for school children. We have programs for prisons and nursing homes to encourage the residents to pray for priests, the Church, and the world. We also publish various books, cassette tapes, and other materials to help in the ongoing work of spiritual renewal. The mission of the Shepherds of Christ Movement is closely connected to Our Lady of Fatima's mission. We hope to play a major role in helping to bring fulfillment of the Peace Plan of Our Lady of Fatima. This plan includes: Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary -- until a sufficient number of people make and live the consecration, we will not have peace in the world. Praying the rosary. Observing the First Saturday Devotion. Making reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, the Shepherds of Christ Movement is helping to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart. This is a great privilege and a great responsibility! We ask for your prayers and help in other ways also. May God bless you abundantly! LEVELS OF COMMITMENT There are seven levels of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. There are Associates who gather and pray at least once monthly as a group and also help with donations to support the Shepherds of Christ priestly newsletter. They can be tremendously involved. They give as they feel they are able. Apostles are members who have restricted their apostolic activity to the Shepherds of Christ. They literally act as a body of lay people who have given their lives in their present living situation to do all that they can to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. Prayer Apostles are often shut-ins, some are able to go to church and pray. They spend much of their lives praying for the Movement. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus are those who spend at least two separate hours weekly before the Blessed Sacrament praying for the following: 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. Handmaids of the Good Shepherd are young and older women who have given their lives in community primarily to pray for the Shepherds of Christ Movement and intentions and to be special spouses of Jesus. Some have more duties than others. All have the primary duty of prayer and the desire to be a special spouse of our Lord. One of the functions of the handmaids is the involvement in praying for and helping to circulate the priestly newsletter. The handmaids are not members of a religious order. Servants of the Good Shepherd are men who live in community with a lifestyle and purpose similar to that of the handmaids. The servants are not members of a religious order. We wish to form a special congregation of priests who will realize their great oneness with Christ. They will be consecrated deeply to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and support the Shepherds of Christ Movement as holy priests. Whatever one's level of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, all share in promoting the overall goal of the Movement. This goal is to help in the spiritual renewal of the Church and the world. All varied ministries of the Movement are directed toward this purpose. The spirituality which the Shepherds of Christ Movement presents to its members and to those outside the Movement through its various ministries is very basic. This spirituality is explicitly Trinitarian and Christocentric. Our spirituality helps others, especially priests, to develop a very deep union with Jesus, this Jesus Who leads us to the Father in the Holy Spirit with Mary at our side. Our spirituality is deeply Eucharistic. We stress very much participation in the Mass and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We also emphasize the extremely important role of prayer in the spiritual life. Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, especially consecration to Their Hearts, is also a most important and central element. We are very much interested in helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, a message which has consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary at its very core.

Father Edward J. Carter, S.J. Father Edward Carter, S.J. is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of St. Xavier High School and Xavier University, both in Cincinnati, he was ordained a priest in 1962 and received his doctorate in theology from Catholic University of America four years later. He has been a professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati for over 30 years. He has authored 17 books in the area of Catholic spirituality. His two latest books are the priestly newsletter books, which include the newsletters from almost six years. He is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

December 9, 1999 - Second Message

Given October 26, 1999 - Excerpt from God the Father’s message.

God the Father speaks: ...I wish this invitation be extended daily on the Internet to come and pray during the Christmas Novena at the image site. If this is impossible, pray at home for the coming of Jesus in the hearts of men...