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Mysteries of Light

                Baptism of Jesus

                (1) Fill me Jesus with a love for You and
                        gratitude for Your gifts given to me.
                        Today is a day to be grateful that I
                        know Your light in this world surrounded
                        by much darkness —
                        Today is a day I ask to see with Your
                        eyes all my gifts through others
                        You have put in my life and to love
                        them deeply with my Heart focused
                        on my prayer for them — today and
                        always.

                (2) The ways of the heart Jesus makes known to
                        us for He showed us about love and
                        His ordinary life lived before His
                        public life —
                        We too live ordinary lives, but in
                        that ordinariness He calls us to
                        heroic love —
                        Loving with His Heart —
                        Being His beating Heart in the world
                        Oh Savior help me to know Your
                        love for me and all You call me to
                        live and work with.

                (3) I want to thank You for the gift of baptism —
                        for in this sacrament I received a sharing
                        in Your life and my knowing and loving
                        capacity has been elevated — Oh God You
                        are so very good to us —
                        I love to meditate on the mysteries of
                        the rosary —
                        Oh God how beautiful the example we
                            see in the lives of Jesus and Mary —

                (4) Jesus: Beauty is beyond anything you can imagine
                        for I give you a glimpse of the light —
                        and I love you so much —
                    I was baptized by John at the Jordan to
                        show you so many things and the
                        mysteries hidden, but revealed to
                        you as I write more of My undaunted
                        love for you —focus on My love
                        focus on mystery — In mystery it
                        means you are seeking deeply an
                        answer - yet to be revealed —
                        the mystery I reveal deeply in
                        your hearts — My deep ever vigilant
                        love for you is beyond any measure —
                        you let go and let Me open your
                        heart to such knowledge of
                        My love — let go now — be open —
                        seeking a treasure of love and
                        knowledge within your heart —
                        let go child — let me show you the abyss
                        of My love — see the red burning place and
                        know the love deep in your being —
                        the gift to let go to the presence of
                        being one with your God —
                    Open your heart — Open child — let Me
                        in — so we are more and more one —
                        you know the presence of Father, Son and
                        Holy Spirit dwelling deep within your graced,
                        baptized soul —

                (5) Jesus: Open to Me and see the vision of Me standing
                        in the Jordan and see John the Baptist —
                        hear the waters — see the sun reflecting
                        on the caps of the water — you feel the
                        air blowing — you know the presence
                        of God and John with water baptizing
                        and the heavens open — the Spirit of God descending
                        like a dove above My Head is seen and a voice
                        from the heavens is heard —
                        with authority — a voice that speaks
                        and you hear as you look at this
                        vision

                        "This is my beloved Son, with whom
                        I am well pleased"

                (6) Jesus: I reveal to you such knowledge of
                        Myself — I penetrate your heart
                        with love, but you must be open —

                    Let go of debris — being held bound
                        now — let go and let Me enter
                        in with this presence —

                (7) R. Dear Jesus — we want to make a spiritual
                        communion, we cannot receive You
                        now, but we want to know Your
                        presence deep in our heart —
                        deep in our soul — Oh God fill us
                        with Your presence that we can
                        just focus on You and Your love
                        for us now — Love deep in us —
                        Oneness with You —
                        Quite surrender to be alone in
                        this moment with You in our heart
                        in deep love —
                        We love You so much our beloved
                        God —

                (8) R. You, oh God, are Lord forever and ever —

                    Song: Your Presence Pervades My Soul

                (9) Now focus on this love of God — letting go
                        and ask Him to care for all your
                        earthly needs — surrendering and
                        loving all —
                        the devil wants you divided —
                        Not to know this moment of deep
                            union with God —
                        Even in trials — your love for God
                            and trust in Him is so great
                            you let go to Him all trials and
                            ask the Holy Spirit to help you
                            in every problem so you can
                            in this moment focus on God
                            and His love for you —

                (10) Jesus: Surrender, My sweet one, I love
                            you so much — know My light —
                            know My Heart — more and more —
                            My Heart is consumed with love
                            for you —
                            I will fill you with Myself —
                            And you are at rest in Me —
                            I am your beloved —
                            Let go to Me and experience My
                                presence and this peace in Me —
                            I love you, I love you, I love you

                            I am Jesus Christ the Son of God —
                            Let go — now — I love you —

                The Marriage at Cana

                (1) John 2: 1-11  

                (2) Jesus: Now see yourself with Me too — You are
                        happy to be with Mary and with
                        Me — You see Mary talking to Me
                        and you see the jars and you
                        watch Me —
                        You see the waiter taste the wine
                        and listen to him speak —

                        You see this first miracle as it
                            takes place —
                        The word is "awe" — You are in
                            "awe" to see and know the
                            power I have

                (3) Jesus: Now My child focus on the Mass — You
                        are there so one with Me —
                        praying to the Father in the Holy Spirit
                        You see at the consecration of the
                        Mass, the priest leaning over the
                        bread and you hear his words
                        You know the bread is changed into
                            My Body —

                (4) Jesus: Then the priest raises the consecrated
                        host — You are so wrapped in
                        the gift — You are so one with
                        Me — You empty yourself and
                        unite yourself offered as a
                        sacrifice with Me to the Father
                        in the Holy Spirit —
                        You unite to the sacrifice of Calvary
                        sacramentally made present —
                        Oh, My child — you see Me
                        hanging on the cross and suffering
                        for love of you —

                (5) Jesus: Now you know grace is outpoured —
                        all over the world —
                        the body of Christ, the Church
                        united
                        All the angels and saints and
                            souls in purgatory —

                        You pray deeply for the souls of the
                            earth —

                        You are in awe —
                        You pray for all priests and the Church

                        Be in that moment — Let it linger —
                        Remember its gifts later in prayer —

                        Anticipate the Mass like this before
                        you go — thirst after this gift

                (6) Jesus: And now the wine is changed
                        to My blood —
                        Listen to the words of the priest
                        Know My presence
                        Know the Holy Spirit acting

                    Be one with the Father — praying to
                        Him — offering yourself to
                        Him in the Holy Spirit

                    THIRST after this moment —
                    LINGER in it
                    ANTICIPATE it

                    Sing: Christ has died, Christ has risen,
                             Christ will come again

                    Be there — Be so one in this great
                        event — Love it
                        Cherish it
                        Every Mass
                        When you are not there

                    Be united to the Masses going on
                        around the world —

                (7) From Response in Christ by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

e) Relationship with Members of the Church

There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church’s existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.

The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.

The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God’s own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.

This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."¹⁴ And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.

The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.¹⁵ The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."¹⁶

The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.

Not only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.¹⁷

 

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NOTES:

 ¹⁴Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
 ¹⁵ Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
 ¹⁶Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
 ¹⁷Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.

 

                (8) We celebrate —
                        This is the main celebration of the
                        Christian community —
                        Enjoy this moment —
                        Be united to the Masses going on
                            around the world —

                        Our lives a sacrifice — united to
                            the sacrifice of Jesus —
                            offered to the Father in
                            the Holy Spirit
                            with all the angels and saints —

                        We as members of the mystical
                            body of Christ, the Church
                            are united to all the Masses
                            going on around the world —

                (9) The mystery of Christ —
                        The gift of the priest

                    Song: A Priest is a Gift from God

                (10) We die to ourselves, our selfish ways
                        not like Jesus to live more and
                        more likened to Him — to live
                        that resurrected life in our life —

                    The Eucharistic sacrifice renews
                        and summarizes the Christ-event,
                        and likewise summarizes
                        our participation in this
                        Mystery of Jesus.

Matthew 26: 26-28

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.

 

                    The Church is the Body of Christ —

                    At Mass — we thank God
                                    we love God, we adore God
                                    we help make reparation for
                                        the sins of the human race
                                    we petition God for our needs
                                    we tell God, we are sorry for
                                        for sins and the sins of
                                        the human race

                Kingdom of God

                (1)

A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

    Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.

    I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.

    Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.

    Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.

    Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.

    Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.

-Mass Book, December 27, 1995

                (2) Jesus is the King of Kings —
                        There were bad Kings in the Old Testament
                        There were good Kings in the Old Testament

                    Jesus the Little King is the King of
                        Kings

                (3) Our job in the Shepherds of Christ is to spread
                    this devotion to His Sacred
                    Heart —
                    So people will make Jesus the
                        King of their hearts —
                    the King of their homes —
                    the King of their lives
                    the King of all places on this earth

                (4)

Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary

"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. 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 a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. 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, Chief Shepherd of the flock."

                (5)

                (6)

                (7) Sing: Valleys of Green

Psalm 23: 1-6

Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 
In grassy meadows he lets me lie. 

By tranquil streams he leads me 
    to restore my spirit. 
He guides me in paths of saving justice 
    as befits his name. 

Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death 
I should fear no danger, for you are at my side. 
Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me. 

You prepare a table for me 
    under the eyes of my enemies; 
you anoint my head with oil; 
    my cup brims over. 

Kindness and faithful love pursue me 
    every day of my life. 
I make my home in the house of Yahweh 
    for all time to come.

                (8) Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17

                (9) Matthew 25: 31-46

                (10)

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.

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

                Transfiguration

                (1) Matthew 17: 1-8

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light. And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him. Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Lord,’ he said, ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; if you want me to, I will make three shelters here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and suddenly from the cloud there came a voice which said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’ When they heard this, the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear. But Jesus came up and touched them, saying, ‘Stand up, do not be afraid.’ And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but Jesus.

                (2)

Excerpt from the rosary of August 19, 1997

Jesus:  Come away with Me, My young ones. Come into the field and taste of the beauty of the air and the beauty of this day with the most beautiful flowers that I have created for you. Do you see the beauty in each petal of the flower, or are your eyes covered with mud that you do not see? I have lifted the veil for you today and I have showed you My way. My way is the way of trust and faith and I told you in the message on Sunday that you must have faith and endurance, for I took you to the darkest night to the pointiest tunnel, to the place where you thought that you would never return and at that point I opened up through a little hole the light of day and it came streaming in and you perceived and you felt My presence, which is greater than all the things of this earth.

    Wipe the grin off your face you silly earth, for you have ran after so many foolish things, when I stood there adorned in white before you, in the most glorious robes and you did not perceive that the Almighty God was alive and so I have called and I have told you and I have allowed you, My shepherds, to suffer, but the days ahead will be days of great victory, for I come to you clothed in white and adorned in a gold veil and you see that God lives and you will carry the white flag across this earth. You My shepherds, have won and the victory is yours.

    Did you fall in the mud and did you skin your knees, did you feel your head ache as Mine ached in the garden, did you feel the thorns poke deeply into your skull, and did you feel the ripping of your flesh as the sword went into your skin?

    I am Jesus, I am God, I will not be undone. I am Almighty and all powerful to the ends of the earth. You will know My might and you will not be afraid, but you will not know this if you do not trust, for I have told you the secrets in My messages, but you do not read as if you believe, you read half heartedly. You must believe with all your heart that I speak to you to be heard, for you truly are the shepherds that will go across this earth and carry the white flag, but you do not have this conviction within your heart, so therefore you do not do all that I have asked you to do, your belief is wishy-washy and you do not believe with a conviction of a strong heart.

    I am calling you My shepherds this night to renew your faith and your endurance to realize that I am God and I have spoken here to you this evening. I am alive, I am alive, I am alive and I am with you, I am your God.

    You wanted the light all the time and the light was not in the plan of the Father. It comes in light and it comes in darkness, it comes in death and it comes in victory, it comes in death and it comes in Resurrection, it comes in pain, and it comes in joy, but this world tells you today to look for only the joy and when you do not find it to do everything that you can to fill your selfish pleasurish whims that you have within you.

    I tell you that you must fall to your knees, that your knees will be scuffed and that you will suffer and your flesh will be torn and your head will be crowned with thorns, but you will come forth from the tomb with a veil of white across your face and you will say this is the victory that we have won because we have lived in Him.

Jesus: Your Movement will spread forth to the far ends of the earth, but it is faith that I am calling you to My beloved ones, you must have faith in your hearts, for this is a sign that I give to you this day. If you do not believe, you will not be able to continue ahead, for you must move ahead in faith. It is the only way that you must operate. You cannot operate trying to logically think your way across this world. It is only in believing and obeying the messages that the job will get done. It is My might that will lead this Movement to the far corners of the earth. Open your pockets and let us see your money. Do you have the money to do the things that I have asked you to do? It is in prayer, hourly prayer and begging for the funds, realizing that it is in your prayer, that it is in your endurance, that it is in your faith and your sacrifices that your prayers will be answered. You must pray hourly the Novena to the Infant of Prague and I will answer your prayers, and you My beloved ones will know the results when you pray.

Song: This is Holy Ground

Jesus: I have given to you the greatest gift this day. I am Jesus, and I have come to you and I have asked you to open wide your heart and to thank Me for the gift I have given, for if the answer would have been different how would your hearts be this night, and how was it with the lepers, when I gave to them the great gift and they did not come and say thanks, but you are My holy ones that I am sending into this world and your hearts must be filled with joy. I have asked you over and over again to sing to Me with a heart that is filled with joy. I have given to you songs that I wrote Myself for you to sing of the love of My Heart. I am Jesus, the Son of God and you are the apostles of this new era. As you go out into the dark night the light will shine behind you and many will know the light of My Heart. Do not be discouraged, for the very hairs of your head are numbered and I am with you at this very moment, guarding and watching you, give Me your heart My shepherds. I have given to you a great gift this day, give Me your thanks and continue to pray. It is through prayer that you will accomplish all that the Father intends you to accomplish.

    I am Jesus, the Son of God. I have chosen you, I have called you and you will accomplish the work that the Father intends you to through prayer. Do not be discouraged, but encouraged for I am God and I am with you. Think of how it was before, when you did not share your love with so many others, but I have given you each other and I have bound your hearts in one heart and you come here because your hearts are filled with great joy. The more you love and the more the Movement spreads, the more will be the blessings, for as the love expounds and gets larger, the love is more full, for your love is rooted in Me and the more you love deeply the more full the love you will have. This is how it will be, one body in Me, and you will love many and you will know them deeply in your heart and your heart is full My shepherds, because I have taught you My ways of love and given you each other. You are My holy family and I love you. I have called you and so you say “why me?”, and I say to you “why this Saint, or that Saint or why the Blessed Mother, why were you called?”. You were called because I love you and I have given to you a great grace to be My shepherd in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

end of excerpt

                (3) R.  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.

At the end of December, on the 5th of the month, 1996, I would see Him in the back of the church on the crucifix at the point of death.

end of excerpt from December 22, 1998

                (4) We consecrate the world in as far
                        as we are able to the Sacred Heart and
                        Immaculate Heart —

                    We do this crying to You God for
                        world peace —

                    We want to help make reparation
                        to You with our prayers here
                        for the sins of the human
                        race from the building of
                        the 2 Hearts and from our
                        Church in China, Indiana
                        before the exposed Eucharist —

                    We are sorry for the sins of the
                        human race —

                (5) Romans 12: 9-16

                (6) Isaiah 12: 2-6

                (7) 2 Peter 1: 16-19

   When we told you about the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not slavishly repeating cleverly invented myths; no, we had seen his majesty with our own eyes. He was honoured and glorified by God the Father, when a voice came to him from the transcendent Glory, This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour.  We ourselves heard this voice from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

So we have confirmation of the words of the prophets; and you will be right to pay attention to it as to a lamp for lighting a way through the dark, until the dawn comes and the morning star rises in your minds.

                (8) Psalm 97: 1-2, 5-6, 9

                (9) Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14

While I was watching,
thrones were set in place
and one most venerable took his seat.
His robe was white as snow,
the hair of his head as pure as wool.
His throne was a blaze of flames,
its wheels were a burning fire.
A stream of fire poured out,
issuing from his presence.
A thousand thousand waited on him,
ten thousand times ten thousand
   stood before him.
The court was in session
and the books lay open.

I was gazing into the visions of the night,
when I saw,
   coming on the clouds of heaven,
as it were a son of man. 
He came to the One most venerable
and was led into his presence.
On him was conferred rule,
honour and kingship,
and all peoples, nations and languages
    became his servants.
His rule is an everlasting rule
which will never pass away,
and his kingship will never come to an end.

                (10) All that we do should be done
                        for the honor and glory of God —

                        Christ revealed this true
                        radiance to the Apostles
                        in the transfiguration
                        let us ponder the mystery
                        of God.

                The Institution of the Eucharist

                (1) From Priestly Newsletter Book II by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. p. 84

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