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.

April 12, 2000

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.

Messenger: Include Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in 6:20 prayers.

Jesus Speaks: I BEG YOU TO PRAY, PLEASE UNITE IN THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS AS A BODY AND PRAY.

Jesus speaks: I ask that you come to the retreat in China, Indiana, April 12, 13,14, 2000. It begins about 12:00 China, Indiana, time, April 12. On April 13, Holy Spirit Novena and Shepherds of Christ prayers and rosary begin at 12:00 noon, Indiana time. This continues to about 5:00 P.M. At 5:20, the 6:20 prayers begin in accord with Florida time. 

There is usually a church full of people praying from noon until 5:00 on the 13^th., this is an important prayer session.

There will be the usual closing of the retreat at 12:00 p.m., April 14^th.

I have requested special prayer in China, Indiana, before the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m.

This adoration will continue until 3:00 on Friday, April 14, 2000.

This time is special to Me.

I love you.
Jesus

Jesus speaks: Please come and pray for the priests, the Church and the world.

(End of Message given April 9, 2000)

April 12, 2000 - Second Message

I am grateful when you carry your cross with love, even though it is hard.

My children, the sin among the youth is at all time high. I am allowing this, for their parents have rejected Me, they have been willful in their ways, they have made so many things their gods. The good parents are suffering with the parents that have given in to the world. I am allowing this chastisement and you do not even recognize your punishment. You can weep for yourselves and your children. Your world has run amuck. And yet through your prayers many, many priests are holier than ever before, there is more devout devotion to the Eucharist, there is more fervent prayer than several years ago, since the beginning of My Movement. I have granted the greatest graces for praying My prayers for the Church, the priests and the world.

Encourage all to pray, I am hearing your prayers. Do not be discouraged, many are becoming more devout. As the world becomes more evil, many have turned to God.

My children, you are being tested so that you will grow in greater holiness.

The human race is being punished, for you have ignored Me. The only answer is prayer, pleading to your God, growing in greater holiness.

I ask this, My fervent Catholics:

1. that you do not become discouraged.
2. that you unite in the pure Heart of My Mother and in My Sacred Heart and plead with all your hearts and souls to the Father for mercy and grace for your world.

Pray united as a body with all others, pray for the priests celebrating the Mass, beg, beg as never before to your God and partake in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being offered to your God.

---

Revelation 1: 6

and made us a Kingdom of Priests to serve his God and Father; to him, then, be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

---

Revelation 5: 10

and made them
    a line of kings and priests for God,
to rule the world.

Jesus speaks: I beg you to offer a most pure and holy Sacrifice, realizing more and more the power in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

You will be tested as never before, in the testing you will find joy, you will let go of control and thoughts that you are doing it and realize your dependence on God.

Only enormous grace will help heal your world.

The power is in the Mass, in offering a most holy Sacrifice, a most pure Sacrifice as you become one in Our pure and Holy Hearts.

All the Newsletters on the Mass and the Mass books need to circulate.

If a chair continues to squeak, the irritation causes someone to oil it.

You have squeaking members that the devil uses to get you off the focus of reaching the world to get them to pray as Mary has instructed. I have pleaded, and I beg you offer a holy Sacrifice to your God in reparation for sins.

Offer a most holy Sacrifice.

God the Father gave you this gift.

Offer a most pure and holy sacrifice, coming to Mass and dwelling in Our Hearts.

Your prayers are not going unanswered.

The Son of God sweat blood for the SINS.

I was BEATEN, BLOODIED, BRUISED.

I was spit on, my flesh was torn.

I want you to offer sacrifice.

The sins of the human race, all the sins were heaped on My back.

I withstood this for you.

Now you fail to unite as you should in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

My men, do you want grace and mercy from your God?

The Sacrifice of Calvary is sacramentally made present in the Mass.

You are a sinful race, you have offended your God, you have ignored Me in the Blessed Sacrament.

From The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje:

The angel came...bearing a golden chalice in one hand and a Host above it in the other. The amazed children noticed that drops of blood were falling from the Host into the chalice. Presently, the angel left both suspended in mid-air and prostrated himself on the ground, saying this beautiful prayer: “Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [the intercession of] the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.” ⁵

Sr. Lucia relates how the angel gave them Communion:

Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hand. He gave the Sacred Host to me and shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so:

“Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make reparation for their crimes and console your God.” ⁶

5. Our Lady of Fatima’s Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983).  p.2.
6. Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words (Fatima: Postulation Center, 1976), p.62. Distributed in the U.S.A. by the Ravengate Press, Cambridge, MA., pp.64-65.

Revelation 12: 11

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.

Jesus speaks: Please unite in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass all day. Please offer sacrifice, only by My might will things change.

God gives you this Sacrifice, the holy Sacrifice of the Mass to help sinful man atone for sins.

You must make reparation to God for your sins.

People keep sinning. The world must unite and pray for grace. You will suffer. To sin more and ignore Me is foolish.

Come to China and pray, April 12, 13, 14. If you cannot join in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, then pray wherever you are. Attend Mass, unite with all those praying in the morning offering, praying all day in your hearts as you perform your daily duties. Offer Us these duties as a prayer, united as a body to the holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Please pray for the Shepherds of Christ intentions

I love you so much.

Thank you for the gift of yourselves.

Express your thanks to your God. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit want you to be thankful.

Thank your God and love God.

Be good children of God.

Please pray the Morning Offering as follows and include in your prayers all Shepherds of Christ intentions and that we buy the Building in Florida.

Morning Offering

My dear Father, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit.

I unite with our Mother Mary, all the angels and saints, and all the souls in purgatory to pray to the Father for myself, for each member of my family, for my friends, for all people throughout the world, for all the souls in purgatory, and for all other intentions of the Sacred Heart.

I love You, Jesus, and I give You my heart. I love you, Mary, and I give you my heart.

Imprimatur: Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
January 22,1997

Morning Offering (for Shepherds of Christ Members)

My dear Father, I offer You this day all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings, my every breath, my every heartbeat, my every thought, all my actions, in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit. I pray the Holy Spirit is with me every second today, enlightening me to do the will of the Father and filling me with the fire of God's love.

I ask Jesus and Mary to be one in me in all that I do and I unite with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory to pray continually to the Father for these intercessions, in this prayer, for this day.

For myself, I pray for grace-abundant grace, to know and love God more and more and to follow the will of the Father. I pray to the Holy Spirit to transform me in the heart of Mary to be more and more like Jesus. I pray that I can forever dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I pray for conversion of all those I hold dear who need conversion. I pray for each member of my family that they will be filled with Your abundant grace to grow in their knowledge and love of God.

I pray for all my friends that they will receive abundant grace to carry out the great plan of the Father, that they will grow forever closer to Jesus' Heart through Mary's heart, that we will all be led by the Holy Spirit to do His work, that we will, together, carry out the plan of the Father as He intends us to, to spread the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary's heart to this world.

Jesus, I pray for myself so the Holy Spirit descends upon me and opens my heart to Your love so I will grow more and more deeply in union with You. I pray that I do not worry what other people think but try always to please the Father and do His will. I pray that I may help lead many to Your burning love.

I pray for the following people in particular that they will be filled with the Spirit and grow deeply in their union with You, that they will receive abundant graces to know, love and serve You more. (Include special friends by name...)

I pray for priests the world over, for the success of the Priestly Newsletter, the Chapters and for the finances needed for the Newsletter. I pray for the circulation of the Blue Book messages, rosary meditations and tapes. I pray for all those involved in the publication of these messages.

I pray that You will shower Your abundant graces onto the priests reading the Newsletter the people reading and hearing the Blue Book messages and Rosary Meditations and all of Fr. Carter's publications.

We pray for the intentions we hold deep within our hearts, for our families and friends, for those requesting our prayers. We pray for children the world over and for the souls in purgatory. We ask God to shower His abundant grace on us and the members of our Shepherds of Christ chapter so that we may grow more and more in our knowledge and love of God.

We consecrate ourselves to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We pray for Father Carter, for Father Smith, for Rita Ring, and for John Weickert, for all leaders and helpers in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, for Shepherds of Christ Ministries, and Our Lady of Light Ministry. We pray for all those who are working in these ministries.

We bind ourselves and our children and our friends to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We place the precious blood of Jesus on ourselves, and all we touch, so that we will be protected from the evil one. We pray to St. Michael to cast the devil into hell.

We love You, God, we love You, we love You. We beg that we may receive the grace to love You more and more deeply. We adore You, we praise You, our beloved Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Imprimatur: Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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."

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

I love you, Jesus

Jesus and Abraham

To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said:
    If you make my word your home
    you will indeed be my disciples;
    you will come to know the truth,
    and the truth will set you free.

They answered, ‘We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?" ’ Jesus replied:
    In all truth I tell you,
    everyone who commits sin is a slave.
    Now a slave has no permanent standing
        in the household,
    but a son belongs to it for ever.
    So if the Son sets you free,
    you will indeed be free.
    I know that you are descended
        from Abraham;
    but you want to kill me
    because my word finds no place in you.
    What I speak of
    is what I have seen at my Father’s side,
    and you too put into action
    the lessons you have learnt
        from your father.

They repeated, ‘Our father is Abraham.’ Jesus said to them:
    If you are Abraham’s children,
    do as Abraham did.
    As it is, you want to kill me,
    a man who has told you the truth
    as I have learnt it from God;
    that is not what Abraham did.
    You are doing your father’s work.

They replied, ‘We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.’ Jesus answered:
    If God were your father,
        you would love me,
    since I have my origin in God
        and have come from him;
    I did not come of my own accord,
    but he sent me.