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March 9, 2004
March 10th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 5 Period I.The Novena Rosary Mysteries for
March 10th are Joyful.
A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb
the Bridegroom of the soul
Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.
Schedule for March 10, 2004
4:37 a.m.
- Sorrowful Rosary January 26, 1995
from the Red Rosary Book
5:56 a.m. - Songs from Jesus
6:20 a.m.
- 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
Rosary
7:24 a.m. - Sorrowful Rosary Aves
7:57 a.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
9:17 a.m. - Seven Sorrows
9:31 a.m.
- Newsletter 2000 Issue 2
(Suffering: A Source of Life)
11:06 a.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
12:26 p.m.
- Sorrowful Rosary March 21, 1995
from the Red Rosary Book
1:13 p.m. - Nursing Home #15
1:51 p.m.
- Spanish Songs
sung by Fernando
2:27 p.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
3:47 p.m. - Songs from Jesus
4:00 p.m. - Mass
4:37 p.m.
- Sorrowful Rosary January 26, 1995
from the Red Rosary Book
5:55 p.m. - Songs
6:20
p.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
7:24 p.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
8:45 p.m.
- Sorrowful Rosary March 17, 1995
from the Red Rosary Book
9:37 p.m. - Mary's Message
9:43 p.m.
- Sorrowful Rosary August 20, 1996
from the Mass Book
10:55 p.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
12:15 a.m. - Seven Sorrows
12:29 a.m. - Live Rosary February 13, 1997
1:52 a.m. - Choose Life
2:54 a.m.
- Lenten Songs &
Stations of the Cross
4:00 a.m. - Mass
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March 9, 2004
God the Father speaks:
Today as you speculate about the
tragedy that occurred in Clearwater,
I, the Lord your God, clearly state —
your earth has disobeyed God.
This is about more than slingshots on
the blacktop, from the time of
Adam and Eve you have been willful,
disobeying God's commands.
I send My Son into this world. He suffered
the bitter passion, died and rose from
the dead.
Oh I see the folly of men who want to
work out their anger in ways that
are unjust, who stretch the truth
and some lie.
I allowed your Mother Mary to appear
at Fatima, the Queen of Peace.
She told you to pray the rosary.
She told you to honor the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary. She told you in
the end the Sacred Heart of Jesus would
reign and the Immaculate Heart
of Mary would triumph.
My Son Jesus gave to the world His
letters of love in God's Blue Book
I, II, and III. The other books were
blocked.
On March 22, 1994 Lucia's birthday,
the main Fatima Visionary, the corner
of the old seminary fell off.
Mt. St. Mary's Seminary
March 22, 1994
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
... in minutes it fell to the
ground following a message My
Son gave March 7, 1994.
Excerpt from March 7, 1994
Jesus speaks: "Busy yourself for your day is at hand and you will know My might! I will shake the earth and you will listen Then you will listen, but where were you when I gave you forewarning? You are waiting for the big boom. I am calling you now to listen to Me here....Time is so short. One moment and it is up in smoke....What do I do to shake you? I, in My might can rock you off your rockers. I try to prepare you but you are too busy. Hold on to your last piece of dust and watch it go up in your face! I am Jesus Christ, Son of God and I write to you and who pays heed here? This should tell you of your attachments to worldly things. You want proof. You look the other way. I am God and you contain the mighty medicine for this sick world. I am Jesus, the Son of God. Do you listen?"
end of excerpt from March 7, 1994
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
And another message given
end of excerpts from March 1994Excerpt from March 13, 1994
Jesus speaks: "You must tell them how I wait for them. I wait. I want them to come and I will give them such love! Tell them, Rita, tell them! Your discontent is from what emotions I give you and you keep them inside. I want all to know Me and My love. I am crying out to you, little one. Tell them, tell them. Do not waste any time. I am crying out for you to spread this message. I want you to tell all of My love and how I am waiting. Emotion, Emotion! I am crying out to you in your heart. I long for their love. I died for them. How do I make them know if you, to whom I speak, hold back? I want you to get the messages out child.
Ready yourself for a big boom. No one is listening. I am crying out to you. Prepare your brothers, they are in darkness....I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am on fire for love of them. I am Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God. I call you to this state of urgency. Move your friends by this urgent letter. There is no more time to waste. I call you all here to deliver this message personally to you. I am Jesus. I am begging each of you to spread My message. Tell them of My ardent love. In each moment you waste, souls will be lost."
March 22, 1994
8 days after the message March 13, 1994
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Mark 12: 10-11
Have you not read this text of scripture:
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this is the Lord’s doing,
and we marvel at it ?’
(March 22 is Lucia's birthday, the main
Fatima visionary)
Messenger's Notes:
On March 22, 1994 at 10:30 a. m. Jesus told me I would be sitting on a chair, the floor would shake under my feet and I would hear the biggest boom I ever heard. (March 22 is Lucia's birthday, the main Fatima visionary)
At Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, about 14 people were praying the rosary in the Rosary Chapel at 1:00. I had tried to deliver another message I was ignored. I wanted to cry from frustration. I looked up at the ceiling and said to Jesus, "You handle this, Jesus, it is Yours. I have done all I can do to deliver Your messages to promote devotion to the Eucharist and Your love. These are Your messages, You do something." Wanting to run and leave, I started to cry. Jesus said, "Go to the chapel and pray the rosary." I went into the Rosary Chapel and they had said the Creed and a few Hail Mary's. I sat on the chair feeling so bad inside , holding back my tears, about the 9th Hail Mary or so of the first mystery I heard the biggest boom I ever heard. It lasted about three minutes, it seemed. The floor shook under my feet as I sat on my chair and I knew it was Him. For the first time after a month of my stomach being in knots I was relieved. He acted. Everyone got up and was alarmed and I felt comforted for I thought, "Thank God, now they will believe." We went out of the chapel and I looked down the hall and saw the sky. The entire end wing had fallen off. We ran from the building and outside there was a hole, in the earth surrounded by bricks that looked as if they had been laid neatly around the hole. The cloud of dust in the hole was sky high.
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
On January 18, 1997 one month after
Mary had appeared on the
building in Clearwater I
gave the following message.
January 18, 1997
God the Father: My Dear Children,
I am the Father. My plan is unfolding through you, My beloved priest, Fr. Carter, and Rita and the core group in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
I tell you all to read the accounts concerning Noah. Nowhere in history has God been offended as He is this day by this sinful world. You will suffer a fate for the offenses against God.
Mary appeared at Fatima to warn you, the sinful children, how they were offending God, but you did not listen. The war did not change the hearts of many evil men.
I warn you through My beloved daughter, Mary. You did not heed her warnings. Disobedience against the Mother I gave you displeases Me greatly. Mary is the Mother of all children. Mary is a gift from Me, but you are willful and abuse the gift I send you.
You do not make reparation to her Immaculate Heart; you continue to offend her. I will not tolerate the deeds of evil men any longer.
My plan will unfold. Any disobedience to these messages given by Me, My Son, or your Mother Mary will cause Me great displeasure.
I am the Father, the Almighty God, the Alpha, the Omega; you are a sinful people, a chosen race sinning against a loving God.
I am angered at your ways for they are not My ways, you have run amuck, you have offended your God, you have disobeyed your Mother and My beloved Son who died to save you.
I will act on all who continue in such sin. The sheep will be separated from the goats; the goats will receive punishment for their deed. Heaven and earth will kiss, there will be love in all hearts, justice will prevail and My children will be children of light, children that obey as I intended from the beginning.
Oh indeed My sweet messenger, I look to the earth and see the darkness, I see the disobedience of men against their Mother. I know the deeds committed and the evil in the hearts of so many. Justice will prevail and I will wipe out the earth. Only the children of light will remain, those who have given their hearts to their Mother Mary.
Do you think I send your Mother Mary as a messenger to be disobeyed by willful children? What do you think about at night, the cat, the dog, the fish? You don't know love. You don't love God or one another. This is My command to you, to love. You are a sinful, willful race, and the devil will vanish from the hearts of the children of light for they will be under the protection of her Immaculate Heart, the other children will be wiped off the face of the earth.
Disobey My messenger, ignore your Mother, ignore the Son in these messages. Ignore My Son who died for you.
Oh you sinful people filled with pride and disobedience, I give you the directions here to turn your hearts to love.
My Son has revealed Himself as never before in history into His tremendous love for men and you treat Our gift with such indifference.
I am angered at the lack of support to spread the messages of My Son's love for all.
You worry for funds, worry more, I am God the Father, the Almighty God. You disobeyed Mary, you disobeyed Jesus, now you will disobey Me?
You must obey My directions, the directions given through My Son, Jesus for the unfolding of the Father's plan.
No longer will I wait while willful men check and deliberate and disobey.
My plan will unfold through the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
I am talking through these messages given by My Son and Mary to tell you how to accomplish this task of carrying out My plan.
You must obey. The directions are given in these messages to spread the fire of God's love across this earth, to renew the Church and the world.
Because of willful men these messages have been held in check.
I am God, the maker of all things. You have made money your god. I want obedience, the funds will come when you obey all of the directions I have given to you.
Anyone who interferes with these messages will be removed.
These are the messages I give to the world. Fr. Carter's newsletter will teach the priests, all they need to know to be holy, loving priests.
Many priests are not loving, they are cold in their hearts. I will instruct the clergy through the newsletter.
My Son is the Chief Priest and Teacher. He has taught the world the secrets of His Heart through the writings of Fr. Carter and Rita, to go to men to check the value of these writings displeases Me.
You must have faith, you must study the entire revelations given here. You are not valuing My great gift to you.
I am the power, I am God, to the ends of the earth, I will be with you. My plan will unfold. You must think big, not on a human level. You must come to Me.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
I am telling you to circulate the tape of January 13 (1997) as soon as possible. This tape must be released to the world. It is the message to go with the apparition on the building in Florida.
You must make every connection with Mary's message given December 12 (1996) and the messages given by Mary with the apparition of her on the building in Florida.
Time is very short and My patience is very thin. I will strike the earth and the evil men will scatter and there will be a reign of peace where men will love God as I intended. The evil men will be chastised for I sent your Mother to warn you and you disobeyed. I gave My Son as a sacrifice and you treated Him with indifference. I am angry at the creatures on this earth. I will lessen the chastisement if you make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Oh willful children, you disobey your Mother, you are unloving and willful and your ways are evil. You are a sinful race.
I am sending water, rain to quench your thirst, My beloved children of light; I am sending fire to burn the fields for the sinful children, they will suffer drought and will fall to the ground dead, they will know fire, they will know the wrath of God. For I speak and I am ignored.
I am using the Shepherds of Christ Movement to majorly carry out the plan begun at Fatima. Every day lost is a lost day. I give to you Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as your directions to help the plan unfold. Circulate these rosaries to all chapters and stress their importance.
The tape of January 13 (1997) is important to the world. The tape must be circulated with the apparition in Florida and the messages typed and put on the Internet with the rest of the messages I have given. The connection must be made between the apparition and the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
Satan will attack you strongly, he will create division and give messages through other visionaries to get you off coarse. You must obey My directions given in these messages to help bring about the completion of the Fatima message.
I will weed out anyone interfering with My plan.
I will tell you when you have deviated from My plan, do not taunt My messenger, this displeases Me. Read the messages for direction and obey them.
The directions given are strong to correct a sick world. You must quit focusing on the messenger and obey Me.
I am the Father, these are My messages to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.
You think of money and miss the gift given. You are men bolted to the earth. You must obey Me. I have all the power.
end of January 18, 1997
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
You have ignored Me.
I am God the Father.
How do you want Me to
reach you. And how
long do you think I will
watch why you disobey.
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
In May 1994 Fr. Carter was
instructed by My Son Jesus
to send the Priestly Newsletter
to all the priests in the United
States with the further desire
of My Son to spread it to
the whole world. This was
done in as far as it was
possible despite the lack
of help, encouragement.
On July 31, 1994 Fr. Carter received
the following message.
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)
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
With all attempts made to begin
the prayer chapters praying
for the priests, the Church,
and the world, the litanies
giving devotion to the Sacred
Heart and the Immaculate Heart
as Mary asked for at Fatima,
little progress has been made.
The grace promised by My Son,
tremendous grace, and after Fr. Carter
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
received this message in 1994 and began the
newsletter, the Virgin Mary appeared
to the co-founder of the Shepherds of Christ,
Rita Ring for 14 months daily
in the old seminary. The
Marian group in charge of the old
seminary denied the request
of the Blessed Mother directed
by her for the school rosary
program to help the children in
the schools to pray the rosary
having devotion to the Sacred Heart
and the Immaculate Heart and
the Blessed Sacrament.
The Movement Shepherds of Christ is given by My
Son to lead the souls into that
deeper bridal union that Jesus speaks
of in this message given in God's
Blue Book II February 23, 1994.
Excerpt from February 23, 1994 message
Jesus: I am the light of the world. A city on a hill will shine to the world. You at the Center will be this city when you are filled to the brim with the love of Jesus. What power, what might, to have each person a personal spouse of Jesus Christ! This is the light to the darkened world. The love of Jesus radiates from the very being of those who love Him. What light when all together are lifted by His love abounding deep within their breasts!
end of excerpt
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
Other Marian apparitions were given
in the 20th century. The visions
given to other visionaries and brought
to the Falmouth Farm were calls
from Mary to lead to My Son's
Movement Shepherds of Christ to help
in the renewal of the Church
and the world. Those at the
Falmouth Farm after 22
apparitions of the Virgin Mary
to another visionary blocked
all efforts to do what My Son
Jesus told Fr. Carter and Rita
Ring to begin prayer chapters praying
for the priests, the Church and the
world, helping with spreading the
priestly newsletter to the priests,
spreading the Blue Book messages
to the world from that place
and beginning the rosary program
as directed by the Blessed Mother
to the children in the world.
On March 3, 1997 the city of Falmouth
flooded.
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
The apparitions at the Falmouth Farm stopped.
Mary appeared to lead
the world to My Son's
Movement to help renew
the Church and the world.
The image could have been
preserved if it was My
desire. The image was
shattered beyond repair.
(Messenger: God the Father allowed this to happen in
His permissive will)
For 7 years in Clearwater, Florida
Mary appeared daily and few came.
Those in the churches were given
the image pictures and would
not comment. The struggle to
pay the electric bill, the building
payment, the insurance was
constant. Here is a message
from My Son Jesus 5 days before
September 11, 2001.
Excerpt from September 6, 2001
Jesus speaks: You must pray for your donors.
I appeared and my mother appeared
for the whole world.
The apparition is not appreciated.
The fact you cannot even make
the rent payment for the
building is proof.
So much money in the world and the
state of Florida.
Look at your news on television.
Look at what the news is on the
television.
MARY HAS APPEARED ON THE
BUILDING FOR 5 YEARS AND
YOU DO NOT EVEN TAKE
NOTICE.
It is not the responsibility of 100
people to support such a vision.
It is a gift from God.
This shows you the focus of men
and your news.
Your eyes are blind.
I ask today September 6, 2001 to
see Our images and to help
do what We have asked you to do.
These messages are important.
You have ignored Me.
THE PRAYER CARDS, Prayer for Union
with Jesus, Prayer Before the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, Say daily card,
morning offering, Shepherds of Christ
Prayer manuals, Holy Spirit Novena book,
rosary meditations are gifts from God.
Messenger: Jesus also said "All materials
used for the school rosary program
printed by B&M have helped the
school children."
Jesus speaks: The Priestly Newsletter is a gift from God.
Because of these prayers your world
is a better place.
If B&M closes and the printing stops -
your world will be affected.
Again I repeat, these revelations and
materials are for the world.
Mary appears the Lady clothed in gold
for the world.
Very, very few are helping to do what I ask.
My movement is to help the priests, the
Church and the world, it is a gift.
Because of My movement, the world is a
better place.
You will feel the effects if the printing stops.
I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I speak here.
end of excerpt from September 6, 2001
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
The Priestly Newsletter Book III cannot
be sent to the priests as I have
directed and the Treasury
Book as Jesus directed because
of continual lack of funds.
On the 5ths when Heaven gave so
many signs after repeated requests
that you attend to pray for the
priests, the Church, and the world,
few came. Here is your sign.
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March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
You ignored Mary, Jesus and Me,
God the Father.
January 5, 1999
Messenger: On January 5, 1999, Melanie and I went to Florida for the rosary before the image. It was freezing. The Father spoke:
"It is because of your fervor to pray here that you have held back the hand of My Son from punishing the earth with just punishment for the crimes committed against your God."
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
Here is your sign.
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
To lie is to lie
My Son is the Way
the Truth
and the Life
After endless attempts to
reach you . . .
From the words of a holy
Jesuit priest, from the
apparition of Mary on the
building for 7 years
every day —
You have ignored the
signs given
I am God the Father.
Focus on the big picture
You want to explain it
in little terms.
Adam and Eve sinned in
the garden.
My Son Jesus came to
this earth, the Savior
of the world.
October 7, 1994
March 9, 2004 message continues
God the Father speaks:
2000 years later how is
your world today?
You have ignored the messages
we have sent.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus will
reign and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary will triumph.
Many souls will be lost,
souls that could have
been touched but
you ignored her.
You hid the face of
Mary from the
children, but allowed
them to see the sexual
allurements of the
world.
I am God the Father.
I tell you make reparation
to the Hearts of Jesus and
Mary as you were
directed at Fatima,
to hang Their pictures
in your homes, to
consecrate churches and
yourselves.
These writings were
given from God.
When you ignored My Son
Jesus, you ignored Me.
Mary is the messenger I sent
to the children of the earth
and you, the human race,
wiped off her face.
Do not offend Me any
longer.
Mary appeared on this website
with all these messages
and you ignored her.
Her face was shot out.
March 5, 2004
Purpose of this Movement
from Jesus
Messenger: LOVE
To help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart
To help all to know Jesus is the Savior of the world.
God is love.
Mary appeared to tell people of Jesus' love.
Mary appeared to lead people to Jesus.
OUR MISSION
TO PRAY FOR THE PRIESTS,
THE CHURCH,
and THE WORLD.
TO HELP - Renew the Church and the world
FR. CARTER our Founder
SOME PEOPLE HATE
PRAYER CHAPTERS 6:20 (praying for the priests, the Church and the world)
SO MANY ARE CONNECTED ON THE INTERNET PRAYING TOGETHER
5th in FLORIDA (Mary's Message for public services on the 5th since April 5, 1995 - 9 years now)
BIG PRAYER SERVICE
PRAY for the world
PRAY UNITED
9 YEARS PUBLIC Meetings
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March 5, 2004 message continues
Messenger: Mary
said at Fatima
to Consecrate ourselves to the
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart
Our Ministries
Priestly
Rosary
Apostles of Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
Retreats - monthly in China
Nursing Home
Prisons
Children's books
coloring books for rosary & Mass
Obey 10 Commandments
Our servants, handmaids, and apostles go to Mass everyday
Consecrate ourselves and our homes
to the Sacred Heart and
Immaculate Heart —
We try to get pictures of Jesus
in the homes
For Helping in the Renewal of the
Church and the World
WE PRAY FOR PRIESTS, THE RENEWAL OF
THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD.We join as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offering our lives to the Father as intercessors praying for our priests, the Church, and the world.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH US?
Your prayers united to ours will help the priests,
the Church, and the world.
Our FocusWE HAVE PRAYER CHAPTERS PRAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD for the priests, the Church, and the world.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS is the circulation of a newsletter.
WE CIRCULATE A SPIRITUALITY NEWSLETTER written by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J., a Jesuit Theologian with a Doctor's degree in Theology and author of 17 books, to about 75,000 priests in the world in both English and Spanish. Father Carter has been a professor of Theology for over 30 years.
Besides being sent to about 75,000 priests and bishops in the U.S.A., the newsletter is sent internationally to about 225 bishops, including 4 cardinals, who distribute copies to all of their priests, and also, in some cases, to their deacons and seminarians.
The newsletter is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It features writings regarding our union with Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit and Mary. The newsletter also stresses the Eucharist, the Church, prayer, and one's responsibility regarding the social order. The newsletter stresses sound doctrine as found in Scripture, the writings of the Popes and other Church documents. It also presents selected writings from the saints and competent priest-theologians and others.
The newsletter can be used by all for development in the spiritual life centered in consecration.
About Shepherds of Christ Ministries
MINISTRIES
- PRIMARY MINISTRY - CIRCULATING PRIESTLY NEWSLETTERS TO PRIESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH to promote priestly holiness.
- PRAYER CHAPTERS praying for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world.
- School Rosary Program and Junior Shepherds of Christ Ministry.
- Nursing Home Ministry.
- Special retreats and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
- Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
- Promoting the rosary to all, rosary meditations.
- Prison Ministry to promote prayer and spiritual renewal.
- Handmaids and Servants of the Good Shepherd.
- Audio/Video Departments (priestly newsletters on tape).
- Prayer books, newsletters, newsletter books, and other spiritual aids.
WE WANT TO BE INTERCESSORS PROMOTING UNITY IN PRAYER WITH ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, PRAYING FOR THE PRIESTS, THE CHURCH, AND THE WORLD.
We have described above the primary ministry of the Movement, the spirituality newsletter for priests, Shepherds of Christ. The 2nd most important ministry is the prayer chapters, whose members pray for the needs of priests and for the needs of all others also. Other ministries include promoting the act of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as widely as possible. Promoting this act of consecration permeates all of our ministries. We also promote the praying of the rosary, and we have a special program regarding the rosary and the act of consecration for school children. We have programs for prisons and nursing homes to encourage the residents to pray for priests, the Church, and the world. We also publish various books, cassette tapes, and other materials to help in the ongoing work of spiritual renewal.
The mission of the Shepherds of Christ Movement is closely connected to Our Lady of Fatima's mission. We hope to play a major role in helping to bring fulfillment of the Peace Plan of Our Lady of Fatima. This plan includes:
Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary—until a sufficient number of people make and live the consecration, we will not have peace in the world.
Praying the rosary.
Observing the First Saturday Devotion.
Making reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
In helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, the Shepherds of Christ Movement is helping to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart. This is a great privilege and a great responsibility! We ask for your prayers and help in other ways also. May God bless you abundantly!
LEVELS OF COMMITMENTThere are seven levels of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
There are Associates who gather and pray at least once monthly as a group and also help with donations to support the Shepherds of Christ priestly newsletter. They can be tremendously involved. They give as they feel they are able.
Apostles are members who have restricted their apostolic activity to the Shepherds of Christ. They literally act as a body of lay people who have given their lives in their present living situation to do all that they can to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.
Prayer Apostles are often shut-ins, some are able to go to church and pray. They spend much of their lives praying for the Movement.
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus are those who spend at least two separate hours weekly before the Blessed Sacrament praying for the following:
For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
For the Pope.
For all bishops of the world.
For all priests.
For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this Movement to the world.
For all members of the Catholic Church.
For all members of the human family.
For all souls in purgatory.
Handmaids of the Good Shepherd are young and older women who have given their lives in community primarily to pray for the Shepherds of Christ Movement and intentions and to be special spouses of Jesus. Some have more duties than others. All have the primary duty of prayer and the desire to be a special spouse of our Lord. One of the functions of the handmaids is the involvement in praying for and helping to circulate the priestly newsletter. The handmaids are not members of a religious order.
Servants of the Good Shepherd are men who live in community with a lifestyle and purpose similar to that of the handmaids. The servants are not members of a religious order.
We wish to form a special congregation of priests who will realize their great oneness with Christ. They will be consecrated deeply to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and support the Shepherds of Christ Movement as holy priests.
Whatever one's level of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, all share in promoting the overall goal of the Movement. This goal is to help in the spiritual renewal of the Church and the world. All varied ministries of the Movement are directed toward this purpose. The spirituality which the Shepherds of Christ Movement presents to its members and to those outside the Movement through its various ministries is very basic. This spirituality is explicitly Trinitarian and Christocentric. Our spirituality helps others, especially priests, to develop a very deep union with Jesus, this Jesus Who leads us to the Father in the Holy Spirit with Mary at our side. Our spirituality is deeply Eucharistic. We stress very much participation in the Mass and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We also emphasize the extremely important role of prayer in the spiritual life. Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, especially consecration to Their Hearts, is also a most important and central element. We are very much interested in helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, a message which has consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary at its very core.
Father Edward J. Carter, S.J.
Be Part Of It!
PLEASE HELP US THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS UNITED TO OURS.
PRIESTS PRAYING WITH US WILL INCREASE THE PRAYER POWER; THEY ARE ANOINTED BY CHRIST AS HOLY PRIESTS.
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD offering up their lives in the Morning Offering for the priests, the Church, the world, and for the work of the Shepherds of Christ will help so much.
LITTLE PRAYER BOOKS OF SHORT PRAYERS CALLED THE SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST PRAYER MANUAL ARE AVAILABLE. Praying these short prayers together with us as a body united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being celebrated around the world can help great grace be released on the souls of the earth.
PLEASE UNITE WITH US.
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
My dear fellow Associate Members,Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:
My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.
These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.
I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.
I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.
I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.
This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:
- For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
- For the Pope.
- For all bishops of the world.
- For all priests.
- For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
- For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
- For all members of the Catholic Church.
- For all members of the human family.
- For all souls in purgatory.
October 13, 1994
The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ"I wish to share with you part of a message which Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of the Shepherds of Christ movement:
'My beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...
'I am giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.
'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.'
"Jesus has told us that Shepherds of Christ Ministries includes: the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer chapters, various publications, including books, whatever else Our Lord directs us to undertake.
"As members of Shepherds of Christ Associates, you are an extremely important part of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. You have given great joy to the Heart of Jesus by responding to His invitation to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. As He draws you closer to His Heart and to His Mother's Heart as Associates members, He will fill you with an ever-increasing experience of His love, peace, and joy."
- From In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Newsletter of Shepherds of Christ Associates
by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J., Volume 1, No. 1, 1995. p. 2.end of October 13, 1994
MY VALENTINE FOR JESUS AND MARY
AND THE WORLDI _________________ give my heart to
You Jesus and Mary on this day
_________________
I promise to help spread the devotion to
the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Please remember us in your will.
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