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.

March 11, 2006 

March 12th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 8 Period II.
The Novena Rosary Mystery
for March 12th is Joyful.

    

Retreat in China

March 10th - 13th

 

Retreat begins at 11:00am on Sunday 

March 13 - Mass 1:30pm

   

  

Pray for the publication of Blue Book V.      

   

 

This is how the creek looked around China during the retreat today.

We could hear the water like yesterday.

 

 

 

 

Message from Jesus for Today's Retreat 

 

This can be listened to now on the radio.

Until the live broadcast of the retreat beginning at 11:00 on Sunday.

  

March 11, 2006 

                            Song:  Lay Your Hands

                            Song:  Blest Be the Lord

                            Song:  Valleys of Green

                            Song:  Dwelling Place


                            Song:  Here I Am Lord

Messenger:                Who knows how God will
                            ask us to suffer.

                                Opened Blue Book III and found —

   

Click here to read messages from Jesus.The Way to Him Is the Way of the Cross

 May 19, 1994

R. He went out in such pain. Why should I be free? Suffering and pain teach us to let go. When I am experiencing intense pain, I cannot experience it without letting go. It is in suffering that I am drawn closer to Jesus. If I let go, I jump into His waiting arms. Intense pain…let go…forced to…Faith and trust…let go…Hairs of our head are numbered…don't have time to fume and fret and focus on self…constant letting go, giving to Him and trusting…I sit still…others move around me and bump their heads…He walks up and gives us what we need…The more I do it, the more I botch it up!

  

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            The pain was so excruciating for Christ —
                            in the garden — knowing all He would endure
                            and yet He said in Blue Book III.

   

The Way to Him Is the Way of the Cross

 May 19, 1994

R. He went out in such pain. Why should I be free? Suffering and pain teach us to let go. When I am experiencing intense pain, I cannot experience it without letting go. It is in suffering that I am drawn closer to Jesus. If I let go, I jump into His waiting arms. Intense pain…let go…forced to…Faith and trust…let go…Hairs of our head are numbered…don't have time to fume and fret and focus on self…constant letting go, giving to Him and trusting…I sit still…others move around me and bump their heads…He walks up and gives us what we need…The more I do it, the more I botch it up!

  

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:           He asks us to suffer — He allows us to
                                suffer to help us move from a deep
                                root we are in to the place He
                                wants to take us for greater intimacy
                                with Him —

                            to let go of hidden things that are keeping
                                us from Him —

                            He gives us strong tests -
                                endurance to see the white heat of
                                His love and allow us to know
                                about Him —

                            A person with terminal cancer knows suffering —
                                Others helping them know some of the pain —

                            The sun steels across a darkened sky and it
                                is beautiful — some dark beautiful blue —
                                a light sometimes almost like the
                                glow of a red fire coming in —
                                moving the dark sky — like movers
                                with great finesse moving an old couch —
                                The blackness is erased from the sky
                                giving way to marvelous light, but
                                we fail to see many times how with this darkened
                                world even God could with His grace
                                move it into marvelous light.

                            This is my hope — my joy, my dream —
                                my desire that souls be changed by
                                the power of His grace —

                            But how can I be that lighthouse of hope
                                when my faith itself is whimsical —
                                my endurance for the suffering
                                He gives me very low, as I lack
                                the faith and trust I need in Him.

                            A beacon light to the dark world — He
                                can transform us if we but let Him
                                work as He so desires —
                                painting on a brow a picture which
                                    reflects His beauty —

                            Why did God put Mary on the glass at
                                Clearwater, with no eyes in
                                December of 1996 — with the request
                                March 1997 that the Eucharist
                                be placed behind her face?

                            Song:  Our Lady of Clearwater

    

Luke 1: 46-55

                The Magnificat

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
    from their thrones
        and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
    sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
    of Israel his servant,
        mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
    he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
    and to his descendants for ever.

  

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:          The image of her face — the face of Mary
                                that looked at Christ first in
                                the stable and yet we destroyed the glass
                                God the Father painted her face on,

  

  
 

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:                but gives to us the face of Himself.

                            Jesus is Savior —
                                He woke me and let the day come open
                                like rolling up the rug — I saw
                                the light of a new day —
                                the mountains to climb —
                                the prairies to run through —

                            Who am I when the Master calls me and
                                gives me a new day to say —
                                Oh Jesus — "no mountains today"
                                make my visions the glorious
                                ocean

 

 

 

 

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            He says — some day the oceans
                                some day the mountains

   

   

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            Did you ever wonder why God appeared
                                in a burning bush —
                                Think of how many times Jesus
                                    tells us of His burning Heart —
                                    He uses fire to tell us of His
                                    Red, Hot, glowing love —

                            I saw His Heart December 17, 1991 —
                                it looked like the fire of a
                                pot bellied stove so white
                                in the middle — yellow glow
                                and in the inside of the
                                red open Heart

 

  

December 17, 1991 His Burning Heart

Messenger:  I was alone in All Saints Church after Mass and Communion, in front of the tabernacle, when I saw the Sacred Heart. It was red around the outside, then a layer of yellow and then the brightest light in the center. I felt heat and it looked like an open furnace.

    I thought about it all day and it instantly gave me peace and warmth in my heart. This is the purpose of these lettersto draw hearts to the ardent on-fire love of Jesus. I received the following message that day:

    "Open your heart to the fire of God's love. He is ablaze in your heart. He wants to dwell in you and love you and others through you. Love God, yourself and one another and experience the fire set aglow in your heart and experience the warmth of His love."

end of writing about December 17, 1991

   

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            5 years later from that same vision
                                of His open Heart, Mary appeared
                                in Clearwater —

    

December 17, 1991 His Burning Heart

Messenger:  I was alone in All Saints Church after Mass and Communion, in front of the tabernacle, when I saw the Sacred Heart. It was red around the outside, then a layer of yellow and then the brightest light in the center. I felt heat and it looked like an open furnace.

    I thought about it all day and it instantly gave me peace and warmth in my heart. This is the purpose of these lettersto draw hearts to the ardent on-fire love of Jesus. I received the following message that day:

    "Open your heart to the fire of God's love. He is ablaze in your heart. He wants to dwell in you and love you and others through you. Love God, yourself and one another and experience the fire set aglow in your heart and experience the warmth of His love."

end of writing about December 17, 1991

Mary appeared
December 17, 1996

        

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            And my first published message went
                                out December 17, 1993 

Children Need Time and Attention - December 8, 1993

                            Yeah — the first message on Blue paper
                                about children —

                            My daughter wrote the first message in
                                God's Blue Book as I left Conyers
                                and I dedicated it to her —

                            In the hand of a child —
                                the mission in the Shepherds of Christ

                            Did you ever drive somewhere and hear a
                                noise and think it's somebody else
                                only to find out, it is ourselves
                                making the noise?

                            Are our imperfections like that some times?
                            Are we blind to our own imperfections
                                and everybody else hears the
                                noise our car makes, but us!!

                                I used to buy fruit juice for my
                            children — somewhere down the line
                            it seemed they begin putting in less and
                            less juice and more and more sugar — where
                            no sugar used to be added — one day all
                            I could find was the lesser juice and
                            sugar added.

                                How do they do that, you say? —

                            Well Christ gives us His Movement Shepherds of
                                Christ to help renew the Church and the world
                                and He tells us
                                    "no sugar added" and it
                                    doesn't change with the
                                    whims of people —

                            Jesus wants us to be pure in our
                                faith — not believing
                                only 25% of His truth!

                            We must be firm to follow the pope
                                and to live according to the truth
                                and follow the Word of God —

                            We are not 25% Catholics —
                                We believe what Christ has taught
                                    us through the Magesterium
                                    the Church.

                            One day I saw the beautiful golden lighted
                                sky and on the other half of a golden
                                lighted sky was the darkish bluish
                                gray sky. Right across the same
                                sky — somewhere past the
                                little portion of golden light
                                was scattered bluish dark
                                clouds and then — most of the
                                sky this dark
                                bluish gray color — no light —
                                I loved the golden lighted part —
                                    it was filled with white
                                    light and faint pink and sun lit —

                            As I watched the big dark part —
                                some streaks cracked in the
                                bluish-gray part like grape
                                vines flashing —
                                just real quick and then they were
                                    gone —

                            The sky stayed darkened (gray blue)
                                but the lighted part was slowly
                                expanding, but still mostly
                                dark-blue the big part —

                            I hear Christ say many times
                                "slowly — very slowly the
                                light came across
                                a darkened sky" —

                                slowly - slowly - the hope we
                                hold in us like little light-houses
                                can spread in the dark night —

                            but if we do not foster that hope,
                                what story do we tell —
                                the blue-gray sky story

                            A light house shines in the dark
                                night —

                            One person rooted in God
                                rooted in God's truth
                                living according to that truth
                                can be that light to
                                the dark world.

                            The whole sky is dark and in that
                                little space of darkness
                                the light from the lighthouse
                                shines like a beacon light.

                            Morning turns into evening and
                            Evening to morning — everyday
                                we live and yet we may lack
                                the faith to see how God
                                can turn a dark sky to
                                a lighted one
                                "lickey-split"

                            In the darkness of a storm sky —
                                did you ever watch lightening —
                                why did God give us this wonder?

                            The trees look dead from the long
                                winter here, but soon the green
                                leaves will be out and they will
                                dance in such green fullness —
                                like the well dressed roadside
                                where once were barren trees.

                            I see streaks of lightening sometimes —
                                in a dark night, it lights house-
                                tops and treetops ever so quickly
                                and then the dark night is seen
                                again.

                                It is a wonder to me — like
                                when God gives me a
                                mystical light and it is not
                                all of the Divine Mystery.

                            Rain comes and waters the field and
                                the grass and the trees and
                                it is needed to water the
                                earth —
                                but too much water can be
                                a damage thing —
                                too little water a draught.

                            God gives us these things to ponder and
                                we have many springs before
                                we hopefully spring to our
                                new home in heaven —

                            Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring —

 

      

Excerpt from Priestly Newsletter 1998 - ISSUE FOUR

    Shortly before he was to die from cancer, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin left us these inspiring words about peace: "It is the first day of November, and fall is giving way to winter. Soon the trees will lose the vibrant colors of their leaves and snow will cover the ground. The earth will shut down, and people will race to and from their destinations bundled up for warmth. Chicago winters are harsh. It is a time of dying.

    "But we know that spring will soon come with all its new life and wonder.

    "It is quite clear that I will not be alive in the spring. But I will soon experience new life in a different way...

    "What I would like to leave behind is a simple prayer that each of you may find what I have foundGod's special gift to us all: the gift of peace. When we are at peace, we find the freedom to be most fully who we are, even in the worst of times. We let go of what is non-essential and embrace what is essential. We empty ourselves so that God may more fully work within us. And we become instruments in the hands of the Lord."
3


Notes:

3. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, The Gift of Peace, Loyola University Press, pp. 151-153.
    


end of excerpt from Priestly Newsletter 1998 - ISSUE FOUR

  

 


 

      

 

 

 

  

From a Lenten Homily, March 24, 2000

Live in the Moment

    Today’s Gospel in its story certainly points ahead to Jesus in His Passion and death. And as we read passages such as this during the Lenten season, we are reminded once again that the Church in her Liturgy of the Word gives us an opportunity to undergo a purification, an ever deepening cleansing of ourselves so that we may be a more fit instrument for receiving the great graces which are to be given to us at the time of the Resurrection memorial on Easter. And so all in all, Lent is a time of purification to prepare us for ever-greater gifts of the Lord. It’s a time of self-discipline, a time to renew our efforts to be self-disciplined in the service of the Lord. Self-discipline is an aspect of purification. And I suggest that one of the most difficult acts of self-discipline in the spiritual journey is to concentrate on the present moment. We have a very strong tendency to disregard the importance of the present moment by focusing in a wrong way on the past or in a wrong way on the future. There are proper occasions for thinking of the past and the future. For example, we have to learn from the past and we have to prepare for the future, but our great emphasis has to be upon the present. There is a Latin axiom which says, age quod agis, age quod agis, which means: do what you are doing, concentrate on the present. And of course we are familiar with that term in the history of spirituality: the sacrament of the present moment. And so the discipline of Lent certainly encourages us to include in a deeper self-discipline a greater determination to get as much as we can out of the present moment. People with a terminal illness have an opportunity as they prepare for death for increased prayer, contrition, love of God. However, some are taken very, very quickly. But for those who have the opportunity of knowing with some certainty the time of their death, I’m sure as they look back on their lives, they are saddened by the many times they did not use time and opportunities for the service of the Lord properly, and are overjoyed at those times in which they did use the present opportunity properly. A great means we have of living in the present properly is a greater focus upon our Lord. For if I have that awareness of the fact I am united with Jesus here and now, why should I be concerned so much about the future or the past? Yes, a great help in living in the present and deriving all the good we can from it for ourselves and others is an ever greater focus upon Jesus, because the more I focus upon Jesus and the more I live with Him in the present moment, the more I am satisfied with the present moment. And so let us in our Lenten activity resolve to grow in that self-discipline - which is very difficult at times - to really live in the presence with the fullness of our being as much as is possible, with the help of God’s grace. Now is the day of salvation. Now is the day of salvation.

end of Father Carter's homily

           

     

Click here to read messages from Jesus.Surrender

March 10, 1994

Jesus: This is surrender. I want your all. I do not want you attached to any person or any thing. I want you completely dependent on Me. Do I teach you such lessons on how attached you are to others and things? I have all the answers. If I do not tell you, you do not need to know. You want your will. My will I make known to you in front of the tabernacle. I have spoken here.

Surrender is doing the will of God and it is not your deciding and doing your will. I want your all. I want you to do those things the way I tell you. It is not the way you want to do them. Sweet surrender, only to find I want more. Look at My position on the cross. Did I ask you to die for Me? I ask you to do My Will. I ask you to surrender. I ask for time in front of the tabernacle. I ask for love. Watch this world go up in your face. Then where are your possessions, the things you held on to? You only have limited vision. I know all things.

I am so tired. You do not give but bits and pieces. You hold on to what you want and give Me some. I want your all. I want total surrender. I showed you how to surrender when I died on the cross. I am not asking for this. I am asking for you to do My will. You are so attached to pleasing people that you do not see the whole picture. I make My ways clear here. You do not listen. You do what you think is a good thing and you do not even come to Me. I want your all. I want surrender.

R. Love includes giving up what you don't want to give up. Love is saying, "Yes, Lord", even when you would rather do it your way. It is in your surrender and love of God that you teach mighty lessons to those around you. You teach by your being in love with Jesus. I love you, Jesus. I give of My bounty, not little bits and pieces I stingily let go of. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, how can I love You as I ought? Do I give My all, or do I say, "Oh, Lord, you can't mean that you want this," and hold on to what I want.

Do I hold on to people and don't even know it, or do I put You first, Lord, above all persons, places and things? I see how really attached I am to everything, things I do not even know I am attached to. It is easy to give lip service to surrender and tell God to possess our soul and make me selfless, but do I really mean it? This is what keeps us from increased union with Him! It is in total surrender, of living for love of Him and Him alone, that we are free. And what freedom! The bittersweetness to let go, to find freedom from all we hold on to! The things we hold on to most are what keeps us from our increased union with Him.

"Oh, not that, Lord! Oh, do I look at your crucifix and see You letting go?" You held not one thing back. Your arms open wide, nailed to the cross! Total surrender!

What does He ask of me today that I want to hold on to? Holding on to things stops my freedom. To be totally free, I must let go. I cannot hold on and let go at the same time. Freedom is obtained in letting go. See yourself with your arms tight, holding on to all you possess.

Jesus: I call you to surrender. Open your arms as I did when I died on the cross. Let all your sacred worldly possessions drop around you and you will experience the joy of being free, united only to Me, of letting go and knowing that I, God, tend to your every need. To My death on the cross I loved you and I love you this way this very day. Let go and give it all to Me. I will care for you far better than you could for yourself. I am God and I love you more than you can love yourself.

Jesus is dead, hanging on the cross, arms outstretched. His feet are not even on the ground. He is hanging by nails on a piece of wood. What do we hold on to? He wants us in midair in total surrender. Oh, little ones, how you squander your possessions. How you hold on to people. How you won't let go. See Me in total surrender.

I gave My very life for you. What do you hold on to, My little ones? Little bits and pieces you give to Me and you hold tight to your lives. They will be up in smoke and all that will remain will be the things of God. Not one pair of shoes do you take with you, only your love, given to God and others.

end of March 10, 1994 message

   

      

Click here to read messages from Jesus.Freedom

March 2, 1994
At Cathedral After Communion

Jesus:  I want you to love Me as I love you. If I asked you to lay down your life for Me, you would give this freely of yourself. I need this surrender from you that you put Me above all things—not some things, all things. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any gods before Me—not your husband, your children, your life, your house. I want your total surrender! I am not asking you to give these things up. I am asking you to love Me more than any of these things, that you are willing to give them up for Me!

This is freedom. When your love is for Me and Me alone, no one has any control over you. You live for Me and I am Almighty. I love you with the most ardent love and you know all that comes from Me is from Him Who laid down His life for you.

Do you love Me? Would you lay your life down for Me? If you love, you give of yourself. Do you love each other? Do you give of yourself to one another or do you have relationships that give to you? This is not love. Love gives from the heart. Love is for the good of the other. I gave My life for you that you might live. Follow the Master. I did not die for any of My own gratifications, I died to show you how I loved you! I gave My only life for you. I love you this much!

I call you to love. Love is action from your heart. Do you love Me this way or do you just do busy work and call it love?

To learn about love you must come and be with Me. Sit and let Me teach you My ways. I sit with My red garb, covering My white tunic, you at My feet and I teach you ever so sweetly each day. You are My beloved ones. I died for you. I give you this same love today. Love gives to the other. Do you give this kind of love to Me and your brother or do you ask what others and I will give to you?

You do not know love if you do not come and you are not taught by Me. I am the author of love. I teach the mighty lessons of love. I died out of love for you.

You cannot love intimately if you hold back. To love Me, you must totally surrender, surrender all you hold on to. People do not love Me because they want to hold back. If you want intimacy with Me, you must be willing to surrender your all to Me.

Are you willing to do this? This is where the power is. When you give your all, I possess your soul and I am all powerful. I want your all, not little pieces you stingily let go of. I want your all. Then you will have an intimate union with God. Then you will live in His love and be powered by His might. Then you will be free. I will operate you and you will be united to Me as one. What power, God dwelling within your breast and acting from your soul! Become selfless and unattached to anything. I am God and you shall not have any gods before Me!

end of March 2, 1994

        

  

March 11, 2006 message continues

Messenger:            Things can look really bad —
                                look at the passion —

 

Agony in the Garden  
 

Scouring at the Pillar
 

Crowning with Thorns
 


 
Carrying of Cross
 

Crucifixion
 

 

Acts 10: 40

yet on the third day God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen,

 

   

1 Corinthians 15: 55 

Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

  

1 Corinthians 15: 20-28

    In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first–fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

      

 

December 31, 1994 - Very Early Morning at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center

Jesus Appearing as the Resurrected Lord, All White, Sitting Next to Where Mary Appeared.

So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new life.

    But we believe that, if we died with Christ, then we shall live with him too. We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. Romans 6: 4, 9

And after this perishable nature has put on imperishability and this mortal nature has put on immortality, then will the words of scripture come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin comes from the Law. Thank God, then, for giving us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 15: 54 -58

Messenger:  I love my son so dearly, there is such a connection in my heart to him. He is ten years old. I know him in my heart from a little baby, when I carried him in my womb. His whole life is recorded in my memory.

    Mary's heart knew her Son. The anguish at losing Him in the temple, the anguish, how her heart was in such pain, it is inexpressible in words.

    As is the joy, inexpressible for me of the resurrected Lord to appear to me next to the Sorrowful Mother. It is such joy for me to meditate on this mystery to remember the vision, to see Him clothed in white, His body so beautiful. I saw Him so beautiful, sitting all in white next to where Mary appeared triumphant! Jesus rose from the dead. I cannot express this magnificent sight of Jesus in His resurrected beauty as I saw Him.

    Note today December 28, 2005: (I recalled the vision of December 5th, 96 when He appeared to me at the point of death hanging on the cross.)

    Death - Resurrection

    Why do we worry about so many things Jesus is with us. He shows us His death and resurrection.

    God took the nature of a slave, He put on a human body, He was born a baby, He died by crucifixion.

Jesus:  Do not fear, there is fear in your heart, I am with you, surrender totally to the will of the Father.

Messenger:  I see the risen Lord as He sits all in white in a chair, here, next to the Sorrowful Mother. When I saw Jesus in the parking lot He was wearing a white tunic looking like the resurrected Lord with His hands outstretched.

    I want to get in touch with Jesus. He took on a human body, He lived, He died, He rose.

    Jesus is God, He is Lord over all the earth and He took on a human form for greatest love of us. He was born a baby. He was carried in His Mother's womb. Oh Holy dwelling place of God, Mary's womb, Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God.

Sing: Oh Holy Mary

Philippians 2: 7-8

But he emptied himself, 
taking the form of a slave, 
becoming as human beings are; 
and being in every way 
    like a human being, 
he was humbler yet, 
even to accepting death, 
    death on a cross. 

 

Sing the Song of Jesus Christ

Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth’s remotest end.’ 

    As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky as he went, when suddenly two men in white were standing beside them, and they said, ‘Why are you Galileans standing here looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him go to heaven.’  Acts 1: 6-11

Messenger:  The Apostles' hearts were in such sorrow to see Jesus go, their eyes in awe to see Jesus go to heaven.

God the Father:  I am pleased, My daughter, with the work you are doing, how I love you, My beloved one.

    Do not focus on yourself, focus on the other, always the other, Jesus focused on the other.

Messenger:  Think of the love of the Trinity — it is a mystery — the love of the Trinity.
       

Excerpt from Response to God's Love Chapter 1   by Father Edward Carter, S.J.

   ...In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).

  

Messenger:  The more I realize the love of the Triune God, love of Mary, the love of the angels and saints — I am in awe!!

    Jesus takes care of my needs. Why should I talk about myself or anyone else when we could be talking about the mystery of God.

    Why talk about incidentals when I could be talking about God.

    He is Divine, He is who I love, that is it, when people are discussing the napkins, I want to talk about Jesus.

    

Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves. Acts 2: 1-4

Messenger:  The Apostles were transformed from fear to fearlessness. 

Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, and each one was bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely,’ they said, ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language?  Acts 2: 5-8

 

Mary Went Up into Heaven

Sing:  Immaculate Mary

Sing:  On This Day Oh Beautiful Mother   

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.  Luke 1: 26-38

Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census—the first—took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living–space.  Luke 2:1-7

 

   

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.  John 19: 25-27

     

From the Glorious Rosary Aves

3.  R. Imagine her joy to hear the choirs of angelic voices! Imagine her joy to see the angels and saints praising God!

4.  R. She-who carried the baby Jesus in her womb, who held Him in her arms, who walked by His side during the Passion, who stood under His cross, who held His lifeless body and watched Him locked in the tomb-was now crowned Queen of Heaven, forever to reign in the court of heaven with her beloved Son.   

 

        Mary is Crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth

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. Revelation 12: 1

        Sing:  Hail Holy Queen 

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; anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'

One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.' In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.  Revelation 21: 1-10

The one who attests these things says: I am indeed coming soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

Sing: A Song from Jesus 
 

     

1 Corinthians 15: 55 

Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

    

    

Message for Shepherds of Christ Core Group

March 7, 1995

You Are My Soldiers

Jesus:  You are My soldiers that I send into battle. The days will become more difficult. You must stay fixed in My Heart. Be alone with Me for short periods through the day. Go to a room and close the door and pray from your hearts. In several minutes I can work in your heart and give you relief from this troubled world.

    You are being called by Me and My Mother to be soldiers of love. Your hearts must forever be filled with My love.

    When you remove yourself during the day and you are alone with Me, even for a few moments, I can work in your heart to revitalize you and give you My life.

    I send you into battle into a world that has forgotten God, that is hurting and in pain. I ask you to take My call ever so seriously for I am truly Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and I call to you ever so gently in your heart today.

My children are in pain. I want to love through you. Put aside any trouble, anger and hatred. Pray to the Holy Spirit. Ask Him to transform you more and more into My image. I ask you to march into the world with your hearts filled with My love. You are My soldiers. You are My chosen ones. You I call this day.

    Read My letters of love hand delivered to you. You will know more of My life within you. I love you so deeply. I call you. Will you answer?

    I am Jesus, your beloved Savior!

 

  

 

 

March 7, 1995
 

Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicity

Glorious Mysteries 

 

It was done at a Tuesday Shepherds of Christ Meeting.

 


 

The Resurrection

1. R. Jesus was locked in the tomb for three days and on the third day, He rose from the dead. Death has no power over Jesus!

2. R. See Jesus in His glorified body! See His gentle eyes! See His body with the wounds in His hands and in His feet! Jesus has truly risen from the dead!

3. Mary Magdalene and some of the others went to the tomb. When they arrived at the tomb, the stone had been rolled back and in His place there was an angel who said:   
Luke 24: 5
‘Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?’

4. R. The risen Lord is in our midst this very day. He lives in us, His precious ones!

5. R. Look into the gentle eyes of Jesus. Do we look into the eyes of our brother and see Jesus Who lives within them?

6. R. Do we see the hungry? Do we see the old? Do we ever go to the nursing homes and see those poor souls that are there, loved by Jesus, but so rarely loved by some here. Do we give to those souls a hug? Are we so blind that we do not see Jesus in our brothers? He has said to us that what we do to the least of our brothers, we do unto Him!

7. Luke 24: 5  Terrified, the women bowed their heads to the ground. But the two said to them, ‘Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?’

    R. Why do we not see Jesus in the eyes of our brothers?

8. Song:  Whatsoever You Do to the Least of My Brothers

9. R. How blind we are that we see only what we want to see. God looks at all His children. He looks at all the precious souls. Jesus knows all the precious souls that He gave His life for. The Father created each and every soul with such love. God lives in us today. Do we see or do we cover our eyes?

10. R. Take the blinders from our eyes that we may see more and more with the vision of God!

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts 

 

    

 
 

The Ascension

1. R. Jesus remained with them forty days, appearing to them and breaking bread with them.

2. R. Jesus gave to the apostles the power to baptize and to forgive sins. It is through baptism that we are made children of God and heirs of heaven. We are given a sharing in His Divine life through Baptism. Our God is so good to us that He gives to a priest the power to forgive our sins. Are we blind or do we not see how Jesus is with us today in Church? We are the body of Christ. He is the Head, we are the members. We are all one body in Him. How He loves each and every precious member of His body. Every person is precious to Him.

Song:  Whatsoever You Do

3. Luke 24: 50-51  Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them. Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven.

    John 14:27  Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you.

4. R. Jesus ascended into Heaven. Think of the apostles in the field below as they watch Jesus ascend into Heaven. They were awestruck! Jesus had told them things would happen, but they did not see and they did not hear. Jesus speaks to us this day through His Word. Jesus gives us His Word. We must pray to the Spirit to open our hearts to hear His Word and let it live in our hearts.

5. R. Out of greatest love for each of us, Jesus remains with us this day in the Eucharist. Jesus is as present in the Eucharist as the day He walked the earth. He is truly present in His Divinity and humanity, Jesus remains waiting for us to come and to be with Him. Our beloved Savior, rose from the dead to give us new life. Jesus gives us His Divine Love. Jesus gives us His Body and Blood every day in the Mass.

6. R. These are truly the glorious mysteries that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.

7. Jesus: Meditate on the mysteries of My life and My Mother's life. I give to you the rosary. I give to you this rosary. My Mother and I are one. Meditate on Our lives and you will realize more and more that We are with you this day. We live in your heart.

8. R. See the consecrated host. See the risen Lord, Jesus Christ, Who remains with us. The Son of God! Jesus is no less present than the day that Mary carried Him in her womb. Jesus calls out to us to come and be close to Him. Look at the consecrated host. Pray to the Spirit to open our eyes for we are truly blind and we do not see.

9. Song: I Love You Jesus

10. R. Jesus died so that we may have life and have it to the full in heaven.

Song: I am the Bread of Life

R. Jesus remains with us this day in the Eucharist. Who are we that He gives us His Body and His Blood to eat?

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit   

        

 

 

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

1. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven, Jesus told the Apostles:
Acts 1: 5  ‘John baptised with water but, not many days from now, you are going to be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’

2. Acts 2: 1-3  When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them.

3. Jesus: Live the mysteries of this rosary in your lives. Pray to the Holy Spirit every day. I beckon you to pray to Him. The Spirit will live within you and lead you to closer union with Me and with the Father. You can not go one day without praying to the Spirit. I beckon all of you to pray to the Spirit to work in your lives. It is so important that you listen to My call.

4. R. They were filled with the Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues as the Spirit prompted them to do.

5. R. They went out to preach the Gospel and all understood!

6. Jesus: It is through the rosary that you know more and more the oneness between Me and My Mother. You should realize this oneness of Our Two Hearts, this intimacy between Our Two Hearts. The Spirit works to transform you more and more into My image and lead you ever closer to the Father. It is in praying the rosary and meditating on Our lives that you know the unity of My Heart and My Mother's Heart. Whenever you pray the rosary, begin the rosary by praying to the Spirit to lead you into a deep meditation into Our lives. Allow the Spirit to work in your heart so that you may meditate more deeply on the mysteries in the rosary. I am Jesus, Your Savior. I forever want to be so close to you. The rosary is My most powerful tool to help bring you closer to My Most Sacred Heart. I am burning and on fire for love of each of you this day. Please beckon to My call. I am with you in such a special way. You are My soldiers that I will send into battle, to fight the battle, to spread the love of My Heart and My Mother's Heart into this world. Meditate on the mysteries of the rosary as given here. Meditate from your heart. Say each prayer and pray to the Spirit to lead you on your way.

7. R. Move in our hearts, O Spirit of God! Come alive inside of us so that we may be filled with the fire of the love of God, so we may know this vibrancy, this deep burning love, the love of God!

Song: Come Holy Spirit

Jesus: My Heart is burning ever deeper and deeper for love of you. I long to bring you so close to My Heart. God is love. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit exist in perfect love. The more you are one with the Trinity, the more you will unite to others. You must forever model yourself after the love of the Trinity. I want you to love your brothers with such deep love. God is love! Love. God loves you!

8. Jesus: There are Three Persons in one God in the Trinity. I call you to be one. As you become more one, you will know greater peace.

9. Song: One Bread One Body

Jesus: I give you My Body and Blood this day! When you receive Me in the Eucharist, you become more one in Me! When your brothers receive Me in the Eucharist, they become more one in Me! You are so closely united in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with those who receive My Body and Blood.

10. Jesus: I call you to unity! I call you to love! If you are to unite, there cannot be hatred or anger in your heart. You must rid yourself of the debris in your heart. There is such love between the Father and the Holy Spirit and Me. You must focus on love always. Your hearts must be pure and holy. Rid yourself of anger and hatred toward your brother. I call you today to clean your hearts, to come to Me with a heart that is pure.

Song: Come Holy Ghost

Jesus: I love you! I love you! I love you!

Song between decades: Come Holy Spirit     

     

 

  

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

1. R. Mary remained on the earth many years after Jesus was taken into Heaven.

2. R. Mary loved Jesus so much.

3. R. Mary is one with God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

4. R. Our union in Heaven depends on the union we have with God here on earth. He longs to be close to each one of us. In Heaven we will be united for ever and ever and ever in the deepest union with Him.

5. John 14: 2  In my Father’s house there are many places to live in  

Jesus: I long to be closely united to each one of you, My precious souls! Come closer and closer to My Most Sacred Heart for I am waiting for you with My Burning Heart. I beg you this day, take time in your busy lives and come to Me. As you are in your hearts, you will be in this world. As you become one in Me, you will give My love to this world that is hurting. I want to be one with you. I want to be one in you. Come to Me, My precious ones! How I long and am waiting for you to be joined closely to Me!

6. R. Dear Blessed Mary, if we ever lose our way, please lead us back to the Sacred Heart of your beloved Son through your tender Immaculate Heart.

7. R. Our true home is in Heaven!

8. R. All we have to do is walk down the halls of a nursing home to see how very frail we are and how this life is so short. But what awaits he who loves and serves the Lord!

9. Jesus: I call out to you, My Mother calls out to you this day, to come for Our love and to spread this love in the highways and the byways, to the souls that are hurting, the souls that will be lost. I beg you as My soldiers to take this job seriously. Who will I call if you do not answer? My precious chosen ones, I call you to spread My love throughout this world! I am Jesus, your beloved Savior. I died for you! Will you answer My call to love your brothers?

10. Jesus: How many of My precious children are hungry and in pain, are hurting and unloved? Pray to the Spirit to open your eyes to see the world that is before you, to not close your eyes and your hearts, but to open them wide to see what I am calling you to do on this earth. You are here for such a short while and what awaits is eternity for those who love and serve the Lord. I call to you! Will you answer?

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit.      

      

 

  

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

1. R. How Jesus loves His beloved Mother. He wants us ever closer to her, to realize she is with us. Mary walks forever by our side. She mothers us with such maternal love and wants to lead us closer and closer to His love.

2. Revelation 12: 1  And there appeared in the sky a woman clothed as the sun and the moon under her feet and there were twelve stars about her head. 

3. Song: Immaculate Mary

4. R. We are so frail! Life is so short, the batting of an eye, the dropping of a pin! Jesus calls to us this day to focus on Him, to realize that life is passing. But what awaits he who loves and serves the Lord!

5. Song: Eye Has Not Seen

6. R. The Father sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, into this world so that we might be saved and live for ever in the courts of Heaven.

7. R. God took on a human nature out of greatest love for us. Our God is so good that He wants us forever to live in such celestial bliss with Him in Heaven!

8. Song: May the Angels Lead You Into Paradise

9. R. Jesus wants us holy as saints! Jesus wants us to be His spouse! How is our soul? Is it pure for the marriage of our souls? Jesus longs to be so close to us, to think of Him as our Spouse! Jesus loves us dearly and wants to unite, to be one with us!

10. Song: A Song from Jesus

Song after decade: Come Holy Spirit  
 

R. This rosary was prayed at the Shepherds of Christ Meeting at the front of the Rosary Chapel.

end of March 7, 1995 rosary

    

                            Song:  Here I Am Lord

                            Song:  Hail Holy Queen

                            Song:  Battle Hymn of the Republic

                            Song:  Amazing Grace

                            Song:  Take Lord Receive

                            Song:  Exodus - instrumental

                            Song:  Like a Shepherd

 

 

 

First Friday - December 6, 1996

Jesus speaks: I am calling you as a family. You will be joined in one heart, acting as My Heart beating in this world. All the apostles in the Shepherds of Christ Movement are joined in one Heart.

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Messenger: The core leaders will contact the coordinators. The coordinators will contact the individual apostles. All are apostles with a job directed by Jesus to do. Her peace plan was given at Fatima:

  1. Until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.
  2. Mary has requested all to pray the daily rosary.
  3. We must observe the Five First Saturday devotion:
    - Communion, confession (within 8 days before or after the Saturday), recital of the rosary, meditating for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the rosary. All this is to be done in spirit of reparation.
  4. We must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

His plan centers around this.

We have heads functioning in the individual ministries. Everything we do leads to consecration of hearts. As the apostles press on the three institutions, the Church, family, and school to help spread the consecration, the strayed ones will be led home to His Heart.

Mary said at Fatima until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.

The present condition of the world

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Peace will come when hearts are hearts of love. The scales must shift. It will happen through the consecration. Mary's peace plan: until a sufficient amount of people consecrate their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace.

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The Father looks to the earth; He sees much darkness.

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The Father looks to the earth. There are few hearts fervently in love with God. The hearts of love light up the earth. It is as lights on a Christmas tree. It is sparsely lighted by a few hearts. Therefore, the tree looks dark.

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As the Shepherds of Christ Movement spreads (as well as other movements focused on spreading consecration to Their Hearts) the tree is covered with more hearts and the earth becomes more lighted.

The tree is covered with hearts consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The tree is illuminated.

As the Shepherds of Christ apostles spread the consecration to the Church, the family, and the school, the tree is covered with lights and the earth is covered with the fire of His love.

The Father looks to the earth now. He is displeased with the hearts of men. The Father wants us to love God and love each other. He wants us to live according to His will in love.

Mary appears at Fatima. She tells us that we are offending God. She tells us what we must do. Mary's peace plan:

  1. Until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world.
  2. Mary has requested all to pray the daily rosary.
  3. We must observe the First Saturday devotion.
  4. We must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Mary said there will be an era of peace, no matter what we do, in which the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph.

Man disobeys, the devil blocks the Fatima message. World War II happens just as Mary said.

Mary appeared to me for 14 months daily. She gives us the same message as Fatima. Jesus and Mary give us God's Blue Book and Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He writes His message of love on our hearts. His life lives in our hearts. The Scripture and the Mass live in our hearts.

In the Shepherds of Christ Movement, our focus is on the priest.

     

 

 

March 11, 2006

Mysteries of Light

  

 

These songs can be found in Gather or Glory and Praise.

Baptism of Jesus

1)   Matthew 3: 13-17

Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John. John tried to dissuade him, with the words, ‘It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come to me!’ But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that uprightness demands.’ Then John gave in to him. And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’ 

        2)   Sing:  A Voice Cries Out

                        A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness
                            prepare the way of the Lord
                        A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness

                            make straight a highway for God

3)  Genesis 1: 1-5

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. 

    God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light ‘day’, and darkness he called ‘night’. Evening came and morning came: the first day. 

 

4)  Genesis 1: 6-8

    God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’ And so it was. God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault. God called the vault ‘heaven’. Evening came and morning came: the second day. 

 

 

5)  Genesis 1: 9-10

    God said, ‘Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.’ And so it was. God called the dry land ‘earth’ and the mass of waters ‘seas’, and God saw that it was good. 

 

 

6)  Genesis 1: 11-13

    God said, ‘Let the earth produce vegetation: seed–bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruit with their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.’ And so it was. The earth produced vegetation: the various kinds of seed–bearing plants and the fruit trees with seed inside, each corresponding to its own species. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the third day. 

 

 

7)  Genesis 1: 14-15

    God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.’ And so it was.

 

March 5, 2004

 

8)  Genesis 1: 16-19

God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars. God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came: the fourth day. 

9)  Song:  Come to the Water - G&P #92

10)  Song:  Before the Sun Burned Bright - G&P #86

Song after Glory Be:  Spirit Blowing Through Creation G #462

     

 

 

 

Marriage at Cana

        1)  Genesis 1: 26-27

God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.

God created man in the image of himself,
in the image of God he created him,
male and female he created them.

 

        2)  Luke 7: 18-23

The disciples of John gave him all this news, and John, summoning two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?’ When the men reached Jesus they said, ‘John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the one who is to come or are we to expect someone else?" ’ At that very time he cured many people of diseases and afflictions and of evil spirits, and gave the gift of sight to many who were blind. Then he gave the messengers their answer, ‘Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin–diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is proclaimed to the poor; and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.’

 

 

        3)  Song:  Beginning Today - G&P #183

        4)  Song:  Jesus the Bread of Life - G&P #110

        5)  Song:  A Banquet is Prepared - G&P #85

        6)  Song:  Ashes - G&P #84

        7)  Song:  Miracle of Life - G&P #121

        8)  Song:  Lord Send Out Your Spirit - G&P #117

        9)  Song:  Mighty Lord - G&P #120

        10)  Song:  Without Clouds - G&P #158

   

 

December 7, 1996 First Saturday -
Revelations on the Light

Isaiah 30: 19-26:

Yes, people of Zion living in Jerusalem,
you will weep no more.
He will be gracious to you when your cry for help rings out;
as soon as he hears it, he will answer you.
When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering
and the water of distress,
he who is your teacher will hide no longer,
and you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
Your ears will hear these words behind you,
'This is the way, keep to it,' whether you turn to right or left.
You will hold unclean the silver platting of your idols
and gold plating of your images.
You will throw them away like the polluted things they are,
shouting after them, 'Good riddance!'
He will send rain for the seed you sow in the ground,
and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing.
That day, your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
Oxen and donkeys that work the land
will eat for fodder wild sorrel,
spread by the shovel-load and fork-load.
On every lofty mountain, on every high hill
there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter
when the strongholds fall.
Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-
on the day Yahweh dresses his people's wound
and heals the scars of the blows have received."

Isaiah 40:1-8:

'Console my people, console them,'
says your God.
'Speak to the heart of Jerusalem
and cry to her
that her period of service is ended,
that her guilt has been atoned for,
that, from the hand of Yahweh, she has received
double punishment for all her sins.'
A voice cries, 'Prepare in the desert
a way for Yahweh.
Make a straight highway for our God
across the wastelands.
Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain and hill be leveled,
every cliff become a plateau,
every escarpment a plain;
then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed
and all humanity will see it together,
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.'
A voice said, 'Cry aloud!' and I said, 'What shall I cry?'
-'All humanity is grass
and all its beauty like the wild flower's.
The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of Yahweh blows on them.
(The grass is surely the people.)
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God remains for ever.'

Song: A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness

Messenger: Adam and Eve are given great gifts and insights into God. They sin, the light of knowing God is dimmed because of their sin. They do not know God as they did before the sin.

Christ comes, He is the Light of the World. He dies, He gives Himself. He shares His life with us through sanctifying grace.

Through Baptism we receive this sharing in His divine life. The more He shares His life, the more we are saturated with His life, the more we know Him. He reveals Himself to us—we see the light.

The Kingdom of God is at hand. It is all here: the Mass, the Eucharist, God giving Himself.

To partake more in His life we must give ourselves to Him.

Mary appears to Bernadette. She tells her she is the "Immaculate Conception." We are sinners, but through Mary, the pure and sinless one, we can unite deeply in Him.

We are in darkness in varying degrees. The more we are saturated with His life, the more we see.

The reign of God is at hand. Since He came to the earth, everything is in place to see the light.

God is giving to us great graces to see the light now. He is lifting the veil.

There will be the era of peace.

Isaiah 30:26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

We see the darkness. As at night, we do not see the colorful leaves, they are there, we do not see them.

In the morning light, we see the glory of the beautiful day, the colorful leaves.

As the light steals across the sky, we see more and more. As the sun gradually comes up, we see more clearly the beauty of the leaves.

At first, our vision is not so clear because the light does not show in its deepest intensity. As the sun comes up we see more and more vividly until finally we see clearly the beauty of the colorful leaves.
 

Isaiah 30:26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

In a message to Fr. Carter on July 31, 1994, Jesus has promised us: "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."

As stated above, the more we are saturated with his life, the more we are one in Him, the more clearly we see. It is in this union, in the depth of His Heart, that we receive such life, that we know Him with great clarity, that we are given this vision of God.

It is not with "eyes" that we see, but the illumination is in the knowing power that He gives to us. He reveals insights into the divine mysteries. We share most intimately with Him when we are one with Him in the Mass and after Communion. These are treasured moments in which He gives us a special sharing to know Him, our Divine Lover.

We see clearly when our hearts are hearts of love. We see vividly when our hearts are filled with love and peace. We were created to love, to love God and love each other.

Adam and Eve sinned. They lost the great gift given to them. The light of knowing God was dimmed because of their sin.

Christ comes into the world. He is the Word. He is the light of the world. He comes to save man from his sin. He comes in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Mary is the pure and sinless one. Jesus comes to pay the price for the sin of Adam and for our sins. We are all tainted by this sin of our first father and mother. Mary is the Immaculate and pure one, the highest human person. Divinity unites with humanity in the womb of Mary. They are one. Jesus is carried within the body of His mother. Such unity from the beginning, for His life is formed within her body. Is it surprising to us, then, if Christ comes within the womb of the Virgin Mary, that we too must go through Mary to unite to Him? Where is the pride in the hearts of men that think they do not have to go through their Mother Mary? If Christ comes in the womb of Mary to pay the price for man's sins, and we are tainted by the sin, in order to unite to the Almighty God who is all holy, we must go through the pure and sinless one.

Adam and Eve sinned. The Father sends His Son into the world to pay the price for man's sins. Jesus is the New Adam; Mary is the New Eve. Man continues to sin, greatly displeasing God. The Father allows Mary to appear to Bernadette at Lourdes as the Immaculate Conception, as having been conceived without original sin. The Father then allows Mary to appear to the children of Fatima as the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

We are sinners, we cannot unite closely to Him unless we go through Mary.

Mary is the pure and sinless one. We can unite deeply to Him. We are in darkness in varying degrees. The more we are saturated with His life, the more we see.

The reign of God is at hand. He came to the earth, He died, He rose on the third day. He gave to the Apostles the power to change bread and wine into His Body and Blood. He gave to them the power to forgive sins. He established His Church pouring forth from His pierced side. We do not see the great gifts that He has given to us. He is giving to us great insights into these gifts. God is giving to us great graces to see the light now. He is lifting the veil.

There will be an era of peace and all will see with such light as Isaiah speaks of in chapter 30, verse 26:

"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

Man sinned. Jesus came to redeem us. Man is still so sinful. Mary appears at Fatima. She tells us that we are offending God, that we must make reparation to her heart and the heart of her Son.

She gives us the peace plan for the world. She tells us that the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and her Immaculate Heart will triumph but we must do what she says. The Church has approved Fatima. The devil has blocked the message. How can we disobey our Mother? How can we ignore her? Mary appeared at Fatima and was ignored. Mary appeared to me almost daily for 14 months—she does not appear as she once did. Jesus has told me that He will handle these messages, that He is in charge, that the plan of the Father will unfold despite any person's willfulness.

In August 1996, Mary spoke in the rosary: she said she could not hold back the hand of her Son any longer. On the 5th of this month, instead of Mary appearing as she had in the past, Jesus appeared alive on the crucifix with His mouth moving for twenty minutes. We are not listening to Mary or to Jesus. Man has sinned. Jesus came to redeem us. Mary tells us what we must do. Men are disobedient. They disobeyed their Mother. They do not do what she told them what they must do at Fatima. When hearts are consecrated to Jesus and Mary they become holy hearts, deeply one with God. The reign of the Sacred Heart is at hand for He has given to us abundant grace that we are seeing with such clarity this vision of God. He has imparted to us understanding into His divine mysteries.

The more we focus on what Jesus and Mary have told us, the more we will have peace. He is angered by the willfulness of man. He will get their attention. We are spreading the good news when we spread the consecration.

We must heed the words of our Mother. She will not go away because of willful men. We have angered God more by ignoring her. There is only one way: it is the plan that Mary has given to us at Fatima. He is lifting the veil for those whose hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Many in the Shepherds of Christ Movement are fervently loving Him. In the Shepherds of Christ Movement, as the apostles spread the consecration to the Church, the family, and the school, the fire of His love will cover the earth and it will be lighted with this love coming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph.

We, in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, are spreading the fire of His love across the earth through the consecration.

The hearts of men will turn from their sick and desolate ways to hearts gentle as a little lamb. There will be one flock and one Shepherd and His staff will rule over all. Hearts consecrated to Their Hearts will lead the light across the earth. This light will be a light of intense brightness, brighter and hotter than any light from a flame. It will be the fire of God's love. The Spirit will move in all hearts consecrated to His Heart, and we will know how fire truly spreads, for the love of God is a fire, it is vibrant, it is encompassing, it is smoldering, burning deep within and speedily spreading on the outside. No fires on this earth can ever describe the burning embers that burn from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. No fire burns like the fires coming from His Heart and hearts filled with the love from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

On October 13, 1917 Our Lady gave to Lucia and 70,000 spellbound people, a great vision: the sun spun in the sky, casting off great lights. This happened three times in about 12 minutes. As quoted from Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven:

It seemed that the whole world was on fire with the sun spinning at a greater speed each time. Then a gasp of terror rose from the crowd for the sun seemed to tear itself from the heavens and come crashing down upon the horrified multitudes...just when it seemed that the ball of fire would fall upon and destroy them, the miracle ceased, and the sun resumed its normal place in the sky, shining forth as peacefully as ever.

Mary gave this tremendous sign at Fatima and people did not listen. The events that followed were as she had predicted since we disobeyed her. There was a brutal war, WWII. Mary appeared to me almost daily - very few have listened. She told me over and over again of the souls going to hell. She told me in August she could not hold back the hand of her Son anymore. Adam and Eve sinned. God, the Father, sent His Son. Man continues to sin—the Father sends Mary but she is ignored!

On July 2, 1996, my son, Joseph, was taking pictures of all of the Shepherds of Christ members at Tom Arlinghaus' farm. He took one picture of each person. Jesus told me to tell him to take two pictures of Fr. Carter. The first picture was a normal picture. The second picture was of Fr. Carter covered with a pillar of light.

In front of a statue of Our Sorrowful Mother, Mary was alive in the statue.

Jesus speaks: "Peace will bound when nations, churches, families, and individuals are consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Shepherds of Christ Movement...is a pillar of light in the darkness."

Messenger: We must encourage all to consecrate their hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to join the Shepherds of Christ chapters, and the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Movement, to pray for our Church and our world.

Jesus speaks: 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 Saturday. It is through your prayers and sacrifices many souls will 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: Many are living in darkness because they are not obeying Our Lady. The people will see the light when they obey her and consecrate their hearts to her heart and the Heart of Jesus.

To have this intense union with Jesus, with God, we must give ourselves to Our Lady. It is there in the intimacy with Him that we are saturated with His life and that He reveals to us great lights, great insights into His divine mysteries. Yes, indeed, the light will steel across the earth and the hearts of men will be hearts filled with His love. They will know their God with great light imparted to them by the Holy Spirit given to them because of the deep union that they have with Jesus. The reign of the Sacred Heart is at hand. He is giving to us these great lights at this time for He has lifted the veil and we see many things and the light steals across the sky and we see with clear vision.

Isaiah 30: 26:
"Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight
and sunlight itself will be seven times brighter
-like the light of seven days in one-..."

Isaiah 30: 25:
"On every lofty mountain, on every high hill
there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter
when the strongholds fall."

Truly His Heart is the fountain of divine life. It flows through the Church, through the hands of His holy priests. When priests are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and celebrating the Mass, and administering the sacraments, an immense amount of His grace will be outpoured on the earth.

A people in darkness have seen a great light. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, the Light of the World!

Our Father...thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We will all love as the Father intends, for now He looks to the earth and He sees it covered with darkness. As hearts are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the earth will be covered with His light.

Revelation 12:1-12:

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. She was pregnant, and in labor, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet. Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and the dragon stopped in front of the woman as she was at the point of giving birth, so that he could eat the child as soon as it was born. The woman was delivered of a boy, the Son who was to rule all the nations with an iron scepter, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his throne, while the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.

And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had led all the world astray, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, 'Salvation and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life. So let the heavens rejoice and all who live there; but for you, earth and sea, disaster is coming-because the devil has gone down to you in a rage, knowing that he has little time left.'

We are in her spiritual womb (heart). She is pregnant, bringing forth her children of light. As we go to her heart, she crushes the head of the serpent. Some of the brightest stars that will light up the earth are in the Shepherds of Christ Movement. We are the children of light. We are being sent forth as she brings us forth her children of light to stamp out the darkness. We must give ourselves to Mary.

end of December 7, 1996 message

 

     

 

 

Kingdom of God

                1)   

A message for the Earth from Jesus

January 22, 1998

    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.

end of January 22, 1998

 

                2)    

July 31, 1994

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)

 

                3)    

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:

  1. 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.
  2. For the Pope.
  3. For all bishops of the world.
  4. For all priests.
  5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
  6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
  7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
  8. For all members of the human family.
  9. For all souls in purgatory.

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

 

                4)  

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.

                5)    

Age of the Two Hearts

Jesus speaks:  "My beloved priest-companion, I have allowed you to experience in extraordinary fashion the riches contained in My Heart and My Mother's Heart. I desire that you tell all My people about these riches. I desire that My people consecrate themselves to My Sacred Heart and to Mary's Immaculate Heart. My people are living in the beginnings of the age of the Two Hearts.

    "After the time of the purification is completed, this new era of the Church and the world will become firmly established. This era will be characterized by the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. All those who consecrate themselves to My Heart and to My Mother's Heart will help to establish this glorious new age. I am Lord and Master. Please listen to My urgent request. Within Our Hearts you will experience the love and security, the peace and the joy, which you all desire. I love My people with a tremendous love, and in My love I give them this message!"

excerpt from Tell My People

 

                6)    

Act of Consecration to the Hearts
of Jesus and Mary

Lord Jesus, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. You reveal Your Heart as symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me as this unique individual. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor. Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as this unique child of yours. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, this Jesus Who leads me ever closer to the Father in the Holy Spirit.

excerpt from Tell My People

    

                7)  Song:  To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King - G #488

                8)  Song:  The King of Glory - G #486

                9) 

Work to Make Your World Better

Jesus: "My beloved companion, remind My people of their responsibility toward the world. They have a duty to try to make this a better world for all to live in.

"Today there is much which is wrong with the world. Sin covers the face of the earth. Sins of all kinds blemish the goodness of My Father's creation.

"However, My Mother and I are increasingly gathering our forces for the battle against Satan and his followers. We are more and more forming Our followers to wage the battle to win back that part of the world dominated by Satan's influence. We are forming our followers in the ways of love. We are forming Our followers with the grace which flows from the bosom of My Father, through My Heart, given in the Holy Spirit, and distributed through the intercession of the maternal and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

"We are forming Our followers to give themselves in the greatest love for God and neighbor. We are bringing them ever more closely to Our Hearts so that they may draw from the flames of love of My Heart and Mary's Heart! The more My followers dwell in Mary's Heart and My Heart, the more they are enlightened and strengthened to give themselves for the salvation of the world.

"I am Lord and Master. I ask all to follow Me and My Mother to help us bring forth the great age of love and peace for the world. This age will emerge after the phase of purification has been completed. This age will be characterized by the triumph of Mary's immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. In this great new age, soon to come, My people will love and praise My Father, with Mary and through Me and in the Holy Spirit, as never before!

"I love My people with a tremendous, burning love, and in this love I give them this message!"

Reflection: The world belongs to Christ. St. Paul tells us about this:

As he is the Beginning, he was first to be born from the dead, so that he should be first in every way, because God wanted all perfection to be found in him, and all things to be reconciled through him and for him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, when he made peace by his death on the cross (Colossians 1:18-20).

Since the world belongs to Christ, we, who are His followers, must have a great love for the world as created and redeemed by God. We must labor through our participation in the Mass and through all our other prayers and good works to more and more help the Christic image of the world to shine forth in ever greater splendor. This is our duty and our privilege. Out of love for God and neighbor, let's resolve to get on with the task!

excerpt from Tell My People

 

                10)  Excerpt of 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 nature

PRAYER.   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 of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

 

     

 

Transfiguration

                1)  Mark 9: 2-10

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. Then Peter spoke to Jesus, ‘Rabbi,’ he said, ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He did not know what to say; they were so frightened. And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’ Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.

As they were coming down from the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead. They observed the warning faithfully, though among themselves they discussed what ‘rising from the dead’ could mean.

 

                2)    

Excerpt from December 22, 1998

Messenger:    On January 9, 1996, I went to pray. The snow was so bad the street was blocked to Holy Cross-Immaculata. I finally managed to find a place to park and trudged through the snow, panting with joy to be with Our Lord in the tabernacle there. When I arrived all I could do was kneel before the Sacred Heart statue and pour out myself to Him.

From my writings of January 9, 1996, I write:

"I was engulfed again in my love of God and cried so hard because I love Him so much. In this intimate act of giving myself totally to Him, my whole act was in emptying myself, wanting only to be lost in Him and united forever to Him in this most blissful moment. I turned myself over and was lost in Him, knowing His presence with me and knowing His deep love. The world stopped and I existed in Him, longing to forever stay there, so this moment would never end."

"I touched you, God and in this embrace I knew your unending love. I saw Your Body as if it was transfigured and glowing in light and I was lost in Thee."

This is how it began. I would see a great reflective light, as if from a mirror, on the eaves of the church in the front of Holy Cross-Immaculata and His Body was changed in the most brilliant light before my eyes. I cannot describe what I saw, nor have I ever seen it except in this vision and two that would follow the next two days. Jesus was transfigured before my eyes.

The date of January 9, 1996, when it first happened, was the same date January 9, 1994, when I genuflected before the crucifix and the altar at St. Gertrude's and the Father spoke; Blue Book II-page 18, January 9, 1994: "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."

On January 9, 1996, I would see Jesus transfigured before me in the statue.

end of excerpt from December 22, 1998

 

                3)  I saw Jesus transfigured in the statue several
                        times in January, 1996 before Mary appeared
                        at the end of 1996 on the building in Clearwater,
                                                                              Florida.

                4)  Song: Change Our Hearts - G #394

                5)  Song:  Hosea - G #386

                6)  Song:  Go - G #454

                7)  Song:  Church of God - G #664 

                8)  Song:  Like A Shepherd - G&P #35

                9)  Song:  Let Heaven Rejoice - G&P #33

                10)  Song:  Lord Send Out Your Spirit - G&P #117

 

       

 

 

Institution of Eucharist and the Last Supper

1)  Song:  Song of Jesus Christ - G&P #142

2)  Matthew 26: 26-29

Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples. ‘Take it and eat,’ he said, ‘this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them saying, ‘Drink from this, all of you, for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. From now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father.’ 

3)  Song:  Take and Eat - G #831

4)  Song:  Taste and See - G #814

5)  Song:  Seed Scattered and Sown - G #838

6)  Song:  At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing - G #433

7)  Song:  At That First Eucharist - G #852

8)  Song:  We are God's People - G #97

9)  Song:  I Am the Bread of Life - G #831

10)  Song:  This is the Feast of Victory - G #429

 

February 6, 2002

     

February 6, 2002

 

 

       
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