officially begins Easter Monday
April 12, 2004 at 6:20 p.m. in China , IN

formally begins Easter Tuesday
April 13, 2004 at 9:00 a.m.
until April 17, 2004 at 3:00 p.m.

usual prayer service with Rita Ring
April 13, 2004 12:00-5:00  

(Please call Doris if you intend to come
to the retreat)

Message from Jesus during the retreat this afternoon
   

April 13, 2004

Jesus speaks:      I love you, I love you, I love you.

                            Come to My Heart and know the fire of My love.
                            There are many hearts in the world that are cold
                                that need to know of My love.

                            I have called you to spread this word 
                                to My little ones that are in pain and hurting
                                and I have called you to a deeper union with Me
                                for you are a soldier of My Sacred Heart.

                            Little one, little one, do not be afraid 
                                for I walk with you whence you go
                                in the cold nights and in the warm days
                                when you struggle and when you are filled with great joy.
                                I am there at every moment
                                when you slumber, when your sleep
                                when you walked and talked
                                whence you go I am with you.
                                My little chosen one, loved so by your Father,
                                do not be afraid.

                            I have called you to be a deep intercessor 
                                to go into the world and to spread My love
                                to live united to the Mass at every moment.

                            Oh My little one if you could see the hearts
                                that are crumbling and crying out to be touched by My love.
                                But if you fail to speak they will not hear,
                                if you hold back they will not know.
                                For there are so many voices in the world that are so loud
                                and the little cries that I give are muffled tones.

                            Don't be afraid. 

                            Walk into the cold night and hold the banner,
                                the flag of victory for I have risen. 
                            I have died and I have risen. 
                            I give you Myself this day in the Eucharist.

                            What a gift My child for My world --
                                and they are blind 
                                for they do not cherish the gift that I have given.
                                Blind and numb so many --
                                But if you do not speak they will not hear.
                                I have given to you My messages 
                                    in God's Blue Book so that you will tell them
                                    about the letters of My love.

                            Song: A Song From Jesus

                            Song: Little Child

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Messenger:        You can listen to the retreat
                                on the internet radio
                                April 14, 2004
                                April 15, 2004
                                April 16, 2004
                                April 17, 2004.

                            Come to China,

                                do adoration

coming soon

April 13, 2004

Mass schedule - (China time)

                                Mass 11:00 a.m.  April 14, 2004
                                Mass 11:30 a.m.  April 15, 2004
                                Mass 4:00 p.m.    April 16, 2004
                                Mass 2:00 p.m.    April 17, 2004

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April 13, 2004 message continues

Messenger:        Here is a message I got from Mary.

January 2, 1999

Mary speaks: I am Our Lady of Snows. I come to cover the earth with a soft white blanket of my love.

I come to bring peace to the earth. I tell you to let go of the anxiety in your heart and experience my peace and His love.

I am your heavenly Mother. I come to hold you and caress you and take you to my Immaculate Heart.

Today April 13, 2004

Messenger:        We prayed for purity and
                                healing for the world --

                            all day

                            When we came out around
                                5:00 it had snowed in
                                China

                            Big flakes blew in our
                                face

                            It looked like this --

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Messenger:        It only snowed around China,
                                as I drove home the
                                snow ended.

                            Today is April 13, 2004.
                            It's a little late to snow.

                            Here are pictures of China
                                John took today

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Messenger:        This picture is from March 5, 2004

March 5, 2004

Jesus speaks:    

                            I am the vine --
                                you are the branches

Jesus speaks:    

                            In the garden, I give you
                                a tree --

                            I am the tree of life.  

Jesus speaks:    

                            They hung Me on a tree.

Acts 4: 11

Only in him is there salvation; for of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.’

Jesus speaks:    

                            I am the one hung on a tree.

                            I am the Lamb sacrificed.    

July 13, 1994 After Mass

Both Bare Wood

Jesus speaks: I was born in a stable.

There was not a bed for My Mother and Joseph.

They had not a pillow to lay their head.

They did not have a bed and she just had a baby.

This is the surrender I call you to.

I was born in such poverty.

I came silent in the night.

Do not be attached to your bed, your sleep, your life. Come and be attached to Me, little one.

Look how I was born with nothing.

Look how I died, in total surrender.

Not a place to lay My head, a manger for My head at birth, nowhere to lay My head on the cross.

You cry for your discomfort.

Did I show you the way? I lay in a manger at birth, I died on a cross, BOTH BARE WOOD.

Total submission to the will of the Father.

I am God, I was born in silence, I was crucified as a criminal.

I am the King. I was crucified with a crown of thorns, I was born on a bed of hay.

I was crowned King of the Jews--

What do you want? If you follow Me do you expect more?

My Kingdom is not of this world. Your crown is not the crown of glory, My child, it is the crown I wore and I share this with My precious ones.

Share My life, follow My way. I am God. What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, what the mind of man cannot visualise; all that God has prepared for those who love him; (1 Cor 2:9)

April 13, 2004 message continues

Jesus speaks:    

                            In the burning bush,
                                Moses saw a fire

                            I appear to you --
                                I show you My face --

                                My face is glowing,
                               My Heart is a burning
                                    fire.

                                I told you I appeared
                                    in the garden.

Excerpt from March 29, 2004 

Jesus speaks:      I am Jesus, King of the Kingdom,
                                I am the tree of life —
                                I am He who gives you life —
                                I appear in the garden in
                                Clearwater.

                            Remember the Burning Bush
                                in the beginning of the Bible

10 Years Ago Today

From the Blue Book

  

I Love You

(Letter for Front of B.B. II)
April 13, 1994

How, child, do I, Jesus, tell you I love you? You hold on to silly things, when God is in your midst and is ardently loving you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am writing to each precious child this day. I am on fire for love of you. I remain in the Eucharist to be with you with My ardent love. I did not want to leave My beloved ones at the Last Supper. I love you so, My dear and ardently loved children. I remain with you this day in the Blessed Sacrament, the same Jesus Who died a brutal death on the cross.

Do you know I am truly present there? Do you know that God waits every day for you in the tabernacle? Do you comprehend even a minute amount of My love? You will never on earth know how I love you.

I, Jesus, truly the Son of God, came to earth a man and suffered a brutal death for love of you. I love you so much! I remain with you this day. I long for your love. I want you to come and be with Me in front of the tabernacle. I wait, I yearn for you to come and whisper your love to Me. I am a Person and I love you this day with such an ardent, on-fire love. No human could ever compare a speck to My love for you.

I wait, little ones, in the tabernacle. I wait for you to come and receive Me in Communion. I want you to want Me so much that you cannot wait to come and receive Me. I want to be the love, the Center of your life!

I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am writing to you this day. I want to possess your very soul and live in you. I have all you need, sweet ones. Oh, you are so blind! I long for your union with Me. I wrote the book on love. I instituted it, yet you go to the world for your love and do not even come to Me! Oh, I love you, little ones. Little ones, beloved of the Father, loved by the Holy Spirit, mothered by My very own mother, what more can I say? The rest is up to you!

I give you your will with such love and I want your love, freely given. I am God. What do you think you could ever need that I do not give you? I am the Savior of this world. I am Jesus, the Son of God. I am waiting for you. I am longing for you. I am yearning for you. I am God. I have all you ever will need!

Surrender this life to Me. Pray My prayer for union with Me. I want to possess your soul and operate from your very being. I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am Who am. I died and rose on the third day.

Harken to My call, harken to My pleading. Spend your days in love with Me. Nothing matters unless it is rooted in Me and rooted in My love. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I love you with the tenderest love. I am waiting this day for you, My beloved one. Come to Me for I am the tenderest of all hearts. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

end of April 13, 1994

Retreat 

WED April 14

You are welcome

                From 8 day Retreat book by
                                      Francis Xavier McMenamy S.J

    It is likely to be of much help to us in our succeeding meditations if at this time we recall something of the significance of the supernatural life. For the real end and purpose that God proposed in creating angels and men was that He might be glorified in time and in eternity by their filial love and that they might share in His own happiness. But to give God their filial love and to share in His happiness angels and men must first participate in His divine life. This share in the being of the Deity is what we call our supernatural life. It comes to us in the gift of sanctifying grace.

     

In the beginning was the Word:
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being
   except through him.
What has come into being in him was life,
life that was the light of men;
and light shines in darkness,
and darkness could not overpower it.

A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
to bear witness to the light,
so that everyone might believe
   through him.
He was not the light,
he was to bear witness to the light.

The Word was the real light
that gives light to everyone;
he was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had come into being through him,
and the world did not recognise him.
He came to his own
and his own people did not accept him.

But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believed in his name
who were born not from human stock
or human desire
or human will
but from God himself.
The Word became flesh,
he lived among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory that he has from the Father
   as only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.

John witnesses to him. He proclaims:
‘This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
has passed ahead of me
because he existed before me.’

Indeed, from his fullness
    we have, all of us, received—
one gift replacing another,
for the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come
   through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son,
   who is close to the Father’s heart,
who has made him known.

This was the witness of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ He declared, he did not deny but declared, ‘I am not the Christ.’ So they asked, ‘Then are you Elijah?’ He replied, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ So he said, ‘I am, as Isaiah prophesied: 

    A voice of one that cries in the desert: 
    Prepare a way for the Lord. 
    Make his paths straight!’ 

Now those who had been sent were Pharisees, and they put this question to him, ‘Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?’ John answered them, ‘I baptise with water; but standing among you—unknown to you— is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal.’ This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising. 

    The next day, he saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. It was of him that I said, "Behind me comes one who has passed ahead of me because he existed before me." I did not know him myself, and yet my purpose in coming to baptise with water was so that he might be revealed to Israel.’ And John declared, ‘I saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven and rest on him. I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, "The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is to baptise with the Holy Spirit." I have seen and I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.’

The next day as John stood there again with two of his disciples, Jesus went past, and John looked towards him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ And the two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, ‘What do you want?’ They answered, ‘Rabbi’—which means Teacher—‘where do you live?’ He replied, ‘Come and see’; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. 

    One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and say to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’—which means the Christ— and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas’—which means Rock. 

    The next day, after Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, he met Philip and said, ‘Follow me.’ Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?’ Philip replied, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.’ Nathanael asked, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus replied, ‘Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.’ Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.’ Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that.’ And then he added, ‘In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.’
  

                    Jesus in the temple

  Luke 2: 41-50

Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere. 

    It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’ But they did not understand what he meant.  

    

  

October 24, 2002

Mysteries of Light

Mysteries of Light

    Baptism of Our Lord

        (1)    Jesus was baptized in the Jordan.

        (2)    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.’ Matthew 3: 16-17

        (3)    In baptism we receive a sharing in His life.

        (4)    God gives us so many gifts through baptism.

        (5)    We are commissioned to spread 
                    the good news.

        (6)    Look at the light of the beautiful 
                    sunlit sky.

        (7)    Jesus is the Light of the world.

        (8)    God gives us the sacraments.

        (9)    God gives us the priest.

        (10)   ...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’ 
                Matthew 3:17

    The Wedding at Cana

        (1)    There was not any more wine.

        (2)    Mary told Jesus the problem.

        (3)    Jesus turned water into wine.

        (4)    Jesus gives the power to the priest 
                    to turn bread and wine into
                    the Body and Blood of Jesus.

        (5)    What a gift God gives to us
                    through the priest.

        (6)    Jesus is the Light of the world.

        (7)    Jesus wants us to focus on Him.

        (8)    Jesus is the bridegroom of our soul.

        (9)    Mary is there at every Mass interceding.
  

        (10)   Mary's intercession is so powerful.

    The Kingdom of God

        (1)    The Sacred Heart of Jesus will Reign 
                    in the hearts of men.

        (2)    Jesus wants us to give Him our heart.

        (3)    We are commissioned in baptism 
                    to spread the good news.

        (4)    Jesus loves His souls so much 
                    He gave His life for them.

        (5)    Jesus wants all souls of the earth to 
                    honor Him as the Son of God.

        (6)    Listen to the words of the Father 
                ...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’ 
                Matthew 3:17

        (7)    

Revelation 19: 1-10

Songs of victory in heaven

After this I heard what seemed to be the great sound of a huge crowd in heaven, singing, ‘Alleluia! Salvation and glory and power to our God! He judges fairly, he punishes justly, and he has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her prostitution; he has avenged the blood of his servants which she shed.’ And again they sang, ‘Alleluia! The smoke of her will rise for ever and ever.’ Then the twenty–four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves down and worshipped God seated on his throne, and they cried, ‘Amen, Alleluia.’ 

    Then a voice came from the throne; it said, ‘Praise our God, you servants of his and those who fear him, small and great alike.’ And I heard what seemed to be the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, ‘Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun; let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.’ The angel said, ‘Write this, "Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb," ’ and he added, ‘These words of God are true.’ Then I knelt at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, ‘Never do that: I am your fellow–servant and the fellow–servant of all your brothers who have in themselves the witness of Jesus. God alone you must worship.’ The witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
  

        (8)    God calls us to conversion.

        (9)    Mary has appeared at Fatima —
                    she told us until a sufficient 
                    amount of people give their 
                    hearts to Jesus and Mary 
                    we won't have peace in the world.

        (10)

Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima

    ...Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask grace from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her. ⁽¹⁹⁾

---

NOTES:

19. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to
        Our Lady of Fatima’s Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford:
        TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.9.

    Transfiguration

        (1)    

The Transfiguration

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.

  

        (2)    God gives us His Love, His Sacred Heart 
                    is burning and on fire for love of men.

        (3)    Do you realize how bright the sun is.

        (4)    Can you envision Jesus
                    appearing so bright 
                    before you, you could 
                    hardly see — and yet you 
                    see Him and when you 
                    look away your eyes are 
                    blinded from the vision.

        (5)        Hear the voice of the Father speak —
                     ...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’ 
                    Matthew 3:17

        (6)        We cannot even imagine the 
                        beauty of our own graced soul.

        (7)        God is Light.

        (8)        God gives us Himself in the Eucharist.

        (9)        We are able to go to the Church 
                        sometimes and worship 
                        before the exposed Eucharist.

        (10)      God's love fills my heart —
                        He is the Light

                    We must carry this love
                        to others so they can see
                        His life alive in us.

    The Last Supper

        (1)    Jesus was gathered with His Apostles
                    at the Last Supper.

        (2)    Jesus remains with us today.

        (3)    Our priests have the power to change
                    bread and wine into the
                    Body and Blood of Jesus.

        (4)    Our priests are so important to us.

        (5)    This Movement Shepherds of Christ
                    is to pray for the priests,
                    the Church and the world.

        (6)    The Mass is so powerful.

        (7)    

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.

        (8)    Jesus died and Jesus rose on the third day.

        (9)        "      "     "      "       "     "   "     "      "  
                This is the paschal mystery.

        (10)  God is with us today.
                He is no less present in the
                Eucharist than He was
                when He walked the earth.  

                    Baptism of Jesus

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.’

                    Marriage at Cana  

John 2: 1-11  

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said, ‘Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’  There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water,’ and they filled them to the brim. Then he said to them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.’ They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—the president of the feast called the bridegroom and said, ‘Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.’ This was the first of Jesus’ signs: it was at Cana in Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
  

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

November 1, 2002

Mysteries of Light for Children

  

  

Baptism of Jesus

1.    These are mysteries of light.

2.   Matthew 3: 13-15       

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.

3.  Jesus speaks:
        Oh children your Father loves you so much.

4.  Jesus speaks: 
        Oh children God the Father is with you —

     John 3: 17 

       For God sent his Son into the world 
       not to judge the world,
       but so that through him
          the world might be saved.

5.  Jesus speaks: 
        God the Father loves you so very much.

6.  John 3: 17 

       For God sent his Son into the world 
       not to judge the world,
       but so that through him
          the world might be saved.

7.   Luke 3: 4-6

      as it is written in the book of the sayings of Isaiah the prophet:

 A voice of one that cries in the desert:
 Prepare a way for the Lord,
 make his paths straight!
 Let every valley be filled in,
 every mountain and hill be levelled,
 winding ways be straightened
 and rough roads made smooth,
 and all humanity
    will see the salvation of God.

8.   Jesus is the Light of the World. 

9.   Isaiah 40: 3-5

            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 levelled,
        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.’ 

10.  Isaiah 30: 19

            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.

      

   

   

   

   

Marriage at Cana

1.   Jesus performed many miracles when
         He was on earth.

2.   Mary told Jesus about the wine.

3.   Jesus performed a miracle, He turned
         water into wine. 

4.   Jesus is with us today. He gives us
          Himself in the Holy Eucharist. 

5.   We receive a sharing in His life
          through baptism. 

6.   There are so many things we do everyday,
           Jesus wants us to take time to be alone
           with Him — He loves us so much —
            He wants us to give Him our love.

7.    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.’

8.   Jesus cured the sick, Jesus gave sight
         to the blind.

9.   Today Jesus is with us. He is truly present in the 
          Eucharist. He is no less present than when He
          walked the earth.

10.  Jesus wants us to read the Scripture
          and read about His life and read
          about the miracles He performed
          and think about them.

  

  

  

  

Kingdom of God

1.  Matthew 9: 35----10: 1, 5a, 6-8

 Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
    And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to his harvest.’

He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows:  go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin–diseases, drive out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.

2.   I love the feast of Christ the King, it
         is on a Sunday in late November.

3.   We can honor Jesus, our beloved King, in a
         special way that day.

4.   The reading at Mass from the Scriptures help to
         feed us.

5.   We should pray for light to understand the Scripture and
           pray to have a deep love for God's Word. 

6.   When we are troubled about what to do in our
           lives it may help us to read the scriptures.

7.   We need to study them and make reading them an
           important part of our daily life.

8.    Jesus tells us about Himself in the Scriptures —
           He tells us about His love for us and the
           Love of the Father.

9.    The Holy Spirit can fill our hearts with
           love for God and all men, we must
           pray to the Holy Spirit for knowledge,
           for light and to love with a heart on
           fire for God and our brothers.

10.   Jesus is the Light of the World.

   

  

  

  

Transfiguration

1.    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.

2.    Psalm 97: 1-2, 5-6, 9 

            Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice, 
        the many isles be glad!
        Cloud, black cloud enfolds him,
        saving justice and judgement the foundations of his throne.

         The mountains melt like wax,
        before the Lord of all the earth.
        The heavens proclaim his saving justice,
        all nations see his glory.

         For you are Yahweh,
        Most High over all the earth,
        far transcending all gods.

3.   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.

4.    Matthew 17: 5

           ...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’

5.   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.

6.    God is all powerful.

7.    God loves us so very much, He sent His only
            begotten Son.

8.    Today God gives us Himself in the Eucharist. 

9.    Today God has asked us to pray for our priests,
            the Church and the world.

10.  God is light and in Him there is no
       darkness. God wants the children
       to be children of the light. God
       wants us to be united in love.
       God wants us to pray to Him and
       ask for help. God wants
       us to turn our lives over to Him.
       Jesus is the light of the world.

   

July 5, 2000

       

  

  

  

    

The Last Supper

1.   Oh God I long to receive You 
       in the Holy Eucharist.
       I long to taste Your goodness.
       Oh God we love the Church so much.
       Oh God we thank You for the priest.
       We love the priests so much.

2.    

  

3.    Sometimes we are tired and we go a long
       time without even praying. God wants
       us to pray to Him. Jesus wants us to 
       come and adore Him before the Blessed
       Sacrament at Church. Jesus pours
       out His grace to us.

4.    Jesus wants us to receive Him in the
       Holy Eucharist — He gives us the
       priests and the Church.

5.    Matthew 18: 1-5            

At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.

‘Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

6.   John 6: 48-51

 I am the bread of life.
 Your fathers ate manna in the desert
 and they are dead;
 but this is the bread
    which comes down from heaven,
 so that a person may eat it and not die.
 I am the living bread
    which has come down from heaven.
 Anyone who eats this bread 
    will live for ever;
 and the bread that I shall give
 is my flesh, for the life of the world.’

7.   Little Mass book for Children     

8.    Excerpt from God's Blue Book December 27, 1993 - 4:00a.m.

Jesus speaks:  You enter My church, you walk My aisle. Your bridegroom awaits you in Communion. I am the bridegroom of your hearts. I come with such love to enter your soul. I am He Who walks with you to be united in Communion. I am Jesus. I am your true Love. I wait for you, My child. Please clean yourself up for My arrival! Think of My coming the day before and eagerly await our union. This is the greatest event of your life, union with God. Anticipate it with such eagerness, as the wedding of our hearts. I await you, little ones. I am God. What could this world ever give you that can be likened to God's entering your soul?

9.   Excerpt from God's Blue Book, April 13, 1994

       Words of Jesus. Read before the Tabernacle.

Jesus speaks:  How, child, do I, Jesus, tell you I love you? You hold on to silly things when God is in your midst and is ardently loving you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am writing to each precious child this day. I am on fire for love of you. I remain in the Eucharist to be with you with My ardent love. I did not want to leave My beloved ones at the Last Supper. I love you so, My dear and ardently loved children. I remain with you this day in the Blessed Sacrament, the same Jesus Who died a brutal death on the Cross.

10.  Excerpt from God's Blue Book February 23, 1994 5:30 a.m.

Jesus speaks:  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!

John 2: 13-22

When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there. Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the dove sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop using my Father’s house as a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us that you should act like this?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty–six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?’ But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.

Read Matthew Chapter 5

Matthew 8: 23-27

The calming of the storm

Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him and woke him saying, ‘Save us, Lord, we are lost!’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith?’ And then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. They were astounded and said, ‘Whatever kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?’

Schedule for April 14, 2004

Dear Friends of the Building of the Two Hearts in Clearwater, Florida

I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love. 

We want to notify you of the terrible, abominable thing someone did to the face of Mary.

Here is a picture for you:

Last night as I stayed beneath the image, the whole front area was covered with a golden light.

I knew God was with me in this place.

I was covered in golden light.

It was awesome.

The face of Jesus could be seen so clearly in the image windows.

Here is a picture Joe Lee took of Jesus' face at 10:30 p.m.
 

  March 29, 2004 at 10:30 p.m.
 

Mary's Image appeared 7 years on the building here.

The purpose of the Marian groups were to lead people to Jesus through Mary. Jesus told Father Carter this. Jesus told Father Carter that the Shepherds of Christ was His Movement to help in the renewal of the Church and the world.

The Shepherds of Christ Movement, Jesus told Father Carter, was His Movement to lead people into deep intimacy with Him.

After so many Marian apparitions in the 20th century, Jesus told Father Carter this was His Movement, Shepherds of Christ, to lead to this deep bridal union He wants with His precious souls.

God gave us great gifts in allowing Mary to appear on the building for over 7 years.

Jesus' face remains with us and He has promised great graces to those who come and pray here. Special healing graces will be granted.

Jesus wants prayer chapters begun in Southern Florida.

If you live in Southern Florida, please pray these prayers with us.

Please continue to come to this site to help make reparation to God for the abominable deed done to the Virgin Mary.
 

July 5, 2000

 

February 5, 2001

 

April 5, 2001

 

Our main focus is:

      1. to circulate the newsletters of Father Carter to the priests

      2. to begin prayer chapters praying for the priests,
          the Church, and the world as Jesus told Father Carter

            part of a message given to Father Carter
 

13th Promise

Jesus speaks:  "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."

- July 31, 1994

  
      3. school rosary program to the schools 
          in the U.S. (homemade rosaries
          from rosary makers)

  
    We need your support now more than ever. It is very difficult to receive funds to maintain the building. Please come and pray and tell God we are sorry for this abominable thing and help us to continue these ministries Jesus gave to Father Carter.

 

Shepherds of Christ, P.O. Box 193 , Morrow, OH 45152   (toll free) 1-888-211-3041   www.sofc.org

Jesus wants us to help make reparation for the
offenses against Him and offenses against our
Mother Mary and to pray for the priests, the Church
and the world.
Please pray with us
            March 30, 2004 ,   6:20 ,           come to Morrow –
                        also this will be broadcast – please unite
                        in prayer.
  
            April 5, 2004 ,   6:20      9 year anniversary of 5ths
                                                Come to Florida , Morrow,
                                                or China

St Ignatius/Shepherds of Christ retreat
officially begins Easter Monday at 6:20 China     4-12-2004
formally begins Easter Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.       4-13-2004
usual prayer service with Rita Ring 12:00-5:00               4-13-2004
Retreat is formally 4-13-2004 at 9:00 until 4-17-2004 at 3:00

Country Hearth Inn ( Madison , IN ) rooms $45 call early
also Holiday Inn ( Madison , IN )

Please come     MARCH 30     MORROW
                        APRIL 5         FLORIDA , MORROW, CHINA
                        APRIL 13-17  Retreat China
                        APRIL 13       prayer service 12:00-5:00

  

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.'

 

- 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 message given to Fr. Carter

     

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

 

Sincerely yours in Their Hearts,

Rita Ring

This is the website:  www.sofc.org

There are so many pictures on the website if you go into the website.

Donations can be sent to the Morrow Center:

              Shepherds of Christ Ministries
              P.O. Box 193
              Morrow, OH 45152
              USA

or call Morrow

              1-513-932-4451
              (toll free) 1-888-211-3041

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