Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

April 18, 2014

                April 18, 2014 - Good Friday

                April 18, 2014 continues

                Mary: I stood beneath the cross of my Son
                    and my heart was in such anguish for
                    my beloved one who I saw suffer so
                    much before my eyes.

                My heart, my heart, my children to watch
                    my Son and to know today of the little
                    ones who give up the love of my Son, Jesus
                    and give into the ways of the world that
                    are sinful.

                My little children of light, please help
                    me reach my little children today
                    suffering because satan is so strong
                    and the world is leading my children
                    astray.

                Please my children help me. Please, I am
                    Mary your Mother. I am the Sorrowful Mother.
   

Pilate then said to him, ‘Are you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?’ Jesus replied, ‘You would have no power over me at all if it had not been given you from above; that is why the man who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.’

Look, my servant will prosper,
will grow great, will rise to great heights.

As many people were aghast at him—
he was so inhumanly disfigured
that he no longer looked like a man—
so many nations will be astonished
and kings will stay tight–lipped
   before him,
seeing what had never been told them,
learning what they had not heard before.

Who has given credence
    to what we have heard?
And who has seen in it
   a revelation of Yahweh’s arm?
Like a sapling he grew up before him,
like a root in arid ground.
He had no form or charm to attract us,
no beauty to win our hearts;
he was despised, the lowest of men,
a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering,
one from whom, as it were,
   we averted our gaze,
despised, for whom we had no regard.
Yet ours were the sufferings
    he was bearing,
ours the sorrows he was carrying,
while we thought of him
   as someone being punished
and struck with affliction by God;
whereas he was being wounded
    for our rebellions,
crushed because of our guilt;
the punishment reconciling us fell on him,
and we have been healed by his bruises.
We had all gone astray like sheep,
each taking his own way,
and Yahweh brought the acts of rebellion
of all of us to bear on him.
Ill–treated and afflicted,
he never opened his mouth,
like a lamb led to the slaughter–house,
like a sheep dumb before its shearers
he never opened his mouth.

Forcibly, after sentence, he was taken.
Which of his contemporaries
    was concerned
at his having been cut off
    from the land of the living,
at his having been struck dead
    for his people’s rebellion?
He was given a grave with the wicked,
and his tomb is with the rich,
although he had done no violence,
had spoken no deceit.

It was Yahweh’s good pleasure
    to crush him with pain;
if he gives his life as a sin offering,
he will see his offspring
    and prolong his life,
and through him
    Yahweh’s good pleasure will be done.

After the ordeal he has endured,
he will see the light and be content.
By his knowledge, the upright one,
   my servant will justify many
by taking their guilt on himself.

Hence I shall give him a portion
    with the many,
and he will share the booty
    with the mighty,
for having exposed himself to death
and for being counted
   as one of the rebellious,
whereas he was bearing the sin of many
and interceding for the rebellious.

                April 18, 2014 - Good Friday

                R. Suffering is a part of life. Jesus teaches
                us that suffering as He has allowed us
                in our lives, is not in vain. We live
                the pascal mystery of death/resurrection.
                We see our faults and struggle with the
                weak bad habits we have because of
                tendencies we have because of our
                wounded human nature. We may try to
                put God into our plan – rather than
                surrender to His will and let Him show
                us our imperfections we need to change.
                The devil is there to try to press down
                and deceive us to try to believe we are
                always right or perfect and we may
                need to change. We may struggle
                hard against a particular bad habit
                and we need His grace. We may try to do
                everything to try to make our bad habit
                work, it may be wanting control, disobeying
                authority, talking too much, not reporting
                information as we should and trying
                to justify why our power over someone
                over us is justified.

                    God calls us to serve Him, today and
                tomorrow, not to skip it today and say
                I will do it tomorrow.

                    God calls us to humility and love –
                giving to our brothers.

                    Jesus taught us with His death on the
                cross and bitter passion, He gave and
                gave and kept on giving. God wants
                that time alone with us, when He
                helps us sort - out the fragmented
                pieces of our lives and see God's will
                for us.

                    I wanted things to be easy and I saw
                Jesus gave me crosses. When I thought
                I would be focused on retreats and
                apparitions, they came with sufferings
                and frustrations. I was tired and, it
                wasn't smooth sailing, I needed Him,
                not part of the time, but every moment,
                I needed Him to be in me, to guide me,
                to help me to use time by myself wisely,
                to see through His eyes. I wanted to be
                as I once was, young and carefree
                and He taught me discipline in
                all things and I wanted it my way –
                to say lets celebrate today, then tomorrow
                lets let go today, then the next day –

                Yes, you have it
                    the same old story –
                    tomorrow –

                The tomorrow added up to months, the
                    months to years, the years to more
                    years and I just never got around
                    to what He called me to for the
                    distractions I justified and said
                    yes to what was easy - failing to
                    commit as I knew He called me
                    to commit.

                Jesus, the world is made up of people
                    that live this way, ignoring
                    God's will for living and loving
                    God's will –
                    They want independence and they
                    never intend to let go to what God is
                    really asking of them.

                Jesus: I am asking for this prayer during
                retreats and supporting the Blue Books
                and spreading them to others. I am
                asking members to be serious to go
                to the centers and to pray with you
                on 5ths and 13ths. Some won't even
                turn on their computer to pray with
                you, much less go. This prayer is so
                important to the world, that you
                realize more and more the power of your
                heart-felt prayer. As you give - you
                will be more and more weary, but
                wasn't I tired when I fell under
                My cross and I got up and got up and
                got up.

                I give to you that you will give to others.
                I give to you to know, I have called
                the Shepherds of Christ Prayers to be prayed
                all over the world – to spread the
                Morning Offering and the Consecration –
                to go to the schools and spread the
                consecration to children. I have
                called you to this vocation –

                    Many men called won't commit.
                I died on the cross for My precious
                souls, I am asking you to reach
                today. I am asking you to surrender
                to the beautiful prayer I call you
                to – to fill your hearts with the gift
                of giving and loving and praying –
                To love your vocation in the Shepherds of
                Christ in what capacity I have chosen you
                to serve and to be united in prayer –
                in your hearts, in love - each day –
                your spiritual family – deeply one
                in love, in your hearts – not
                independent and serving yourselves.
                I am counting on some in a certain
                way and many have responded to
                My love – do not hold back the gifts
                I have given to you to unite your
                lives in unity – even when you are
                far away. You know your vocation
                here – Be one in love, always, praying
                for the priests, the Church and the
                world. One, as a family – the spiritual
                family I have called you to in
                daily adoration, praying your Morning
                Offering – praying for the Shepherds of Christ
                intentions, loving this vocation, loving God's
                will in asking some to commit.
                Independence is not a fun thing when
                you hold out and at 70 find out
                no one is around to help you because
                you stayed away to be independent
                when I called you to unite in love.
                Quit writing your own life according
                to independence. I see the eyes of
                the independent – they write the
                story, some of them, so they don't
                really ever trust anybody – even
                Me. You are to walk hand-in-hand
                and love and work together. You are
                to be committed to your spiritual
                family. I gave My life for you.
                I died for your sins.

                    I watch the independence satan
                uses to deceive some. Their god is
                their independence. Their life lived
                to not trust - to come and go as they
                please –

                    Even your daily living tells you,
                in the end, you need a buddy
                who loves you and cares for you
                and will be with you.

                    I have watched people I call to
                religious life be taken out by
                satan's deception to think at 70
                they should come and go as they please
                and be independent –

                    then it happens, the body deteriorates
                and they can not care for themselves and
                some family member uses their
                things and doesn't want them
                to mess with their independence.
                What comes around – goes around.
                Love and commitment is the answer.
                Do you know the story of Scrooge –
                It is a story of independence –
                a man wants to answer to no one –
                Remember Pollyanna, her aunt
                thought her money was all she
                needed –

                It is as if they write their own
                commandment, first to thine own
                self – Be independent!

                You are vulnerable –
                You grow old –
                You need each other –

                I have called so many to community
                to serve Me and some chased them
                away and others made being
                independent their god.

                Where are you independent ones
                    going? Read the Blue Books –
                    Read the daily messages –
                    Read the Scripture – listen
                    at Daily Mass –

                Independence has been used by satan
                    who deceives a man to live
                    to be independent –
                    Some don't want anyone over them,
                    telling them what to do –
                    Then they want to control their
                    lives.

                With this attitude and the deception
                    of satan – do you think you
                    will ever form more and more
                    religious communities to serve
                    the Church – rooted in these
                    messages –

                I called – they came - many - to seek
                    a haven for independence,
                    not community life – a life
                    of interdependence and trust
                    and subjecting oneself to the
                    structure to bring them
                    a spiritual family of love.

                    I have shed My blood and yet
                these people of independence
                have used this for a haven to hang
                out and ignore the greatest
                commandment.
 

                R. Open your hearts to others –
                don't make closing yourself to
                independence your god – holding
                out to try to force it, when I called
                for groups that are spiritual families,
                rooted in love and being united in
                and out of the center.

                R. One year later –

                April 18, 2014 continues

                Jesus: I call you to have compassionate
                    hearts – not selfish hearts.
                    The world is becoming more and more
                    caved in –
                    The more you get selfish – the
                    more you go from the reality
                    I am calling you to –

                Have you let go and know I command
                    you to love God with all your
                    heart and all your soul and your
                    whole being –

                Some who have been called to religious
                    life – love only their independence –
                    Satan tempts them, satan
                    deceives them –
                    then they are lost in a sickness
                    and end up in a nursing
                    home – having made independence
                    their god life long –

                Love is the answer –

                Giving oneself to God and His will
                    for you –

                Loving others pays off –

                Selfishness is a dead-end street –

                Open your hearts to God's will –

                Love to promote My Kingdom –

                Pray for your brothers –

                Be seekers of God's will for you –

                Satan wants selfishness!
                Satan wants you closed in!
                Satan wants you to not trust!

                Know how you have been called
                    to unite with others in love
                    and let go –

                Know that you are loveable
                    and people want to love
                    you – satan works to deceive
                    people to think – no one would love them –
                    so they stay away because they don't
                    want rejection –

                    I was rejected – My enemies
                crucified Me!

                    See the invisible string! Know
                how others love you and love
                them. You are to love your brothers
                as yourself. You are loveable.
                People are imperfect. You won't
                break if they reject you –
                Look at the negative talk you tell
                yourself 24/7 –
                Wake up and go out and love –
                Live according to God's will of love!

                Make a family, a community of love.

                This takes intimacy with Me –

                I am your strength – you must
                    be rooted in Me –

                Addictions come many times
                    from people isolating because
                    of old pain –

                See yourself as so important in
                    your uniqueness to God's
                    plan and helping others –
                    Wake up and live in God's will
                    You won't break if you are
                    rejected –
                    that is satan deceiving you –
                    Look at Me on the cross –
                    I was rejected –
                        beaten –
                        bloodied and put to death –

                Accept yourself and know you have
                    faults and need conversion –
                    A man can grow in independence
                    and trying to prove he is right –
                    What a lonely man –

                God created you to love – to help
                    build-up My Kingdom.

                You may have told yourself – life
                    long – nobody really loves
                    you – so satan deceives
                    you further to act superior
                    and closed down and independent –

                You need each other and
                Others are sinners like you!

                Why are you really so insecure you
                    only trust yourself and not
                    Me after all My Blue Books,
                    all I have given you –
                    You reject all I send for your
                        superior attitude about
                        yourself –
                        What a waste!

                I am God –
                    I took on flesh for love of you –
                    I died for you!

                Admit your fear and deal with it –
                    you are human – learn to love –
                    tell the truth about your heart,
                    about your need of conversion and
                    growth –
                    you haven't arrived yet!

                Be responsible for your faults –
                    say you are sorry and love
                    those who forgive you –
                    not act superior even when
                    you have sinned and offended
                    others –

                Do you ever acknowledge you
                    made mistakes?

                Accept your imperfections and the
                    imperfections of others –
                    live to grow to be more
                    Christ-like – forgiving others
                    and asking for forgiveness –

                Satan works in people who are wounded,
                    many times, to deceive them by
                    acting superior.

                You are working on conversion –
                    Pride tells you – you are
                        perfect and want others
                        perfect –

                Freedom is found in admitting
                    you are a sinner and forgiving
                    others for being imperfect
                    too –

                Your true worth is not found
                    in being perfect, but in
                    trying to be as God wants you
                    to be despite your imperfections –

                To work to open up and to be
                    loving – to work especially
                    with those God called you
                    to work with in this
                    spiritual family of love –

                You are united with your brothers
                    in love –
                    I called you to the Father's family –
                    not in competition with
                    your brothers, but to love
                    each other and rejoice in
                    your unique gifts and those
                    of each other –

                    How is your heart? Did others
                teach you to trust and love? Did
                you lose people you loved? As you
                grow older – lots of your friends
                die. Are you wounded in love and
                never trusted anyone? Have I
                not given you My Divine Heart
                of Burning Love –

                Have I not send people who love
                you, but you wanted independence
                and to feel superior because you
                were wounded so you sent them
                away after you offended them
                by your selfish attitude.

                Do you even know the message of
                    the cross, My child?

                Your superior, independent attitude
                    can rob you of relationships –
                    the reason you are here
                    on earth –

                Are you protecting your wounded
                    heart and not living in
                    love and relationship, but
                    deceiving yourself with
                    your independence and
                    not living by the greatest
                    commandment –
 

                Jesus: Satan is deceiving many people
                    called to religious life –
                    You need healing and
                    You need the Blue Books and
                        these prayers
     

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                Jesus: A clogged vessel doesn't run.

                You need to die to your bad habits
                    and empty out the trash!

                Do you trust in God the Father?

                Say Our Father – 

                Jesus: Do you really trust God or do
                    you just trust your
                    independent self?

                Do you trust the Father and will you let
                    go of your selfish independence?

                Do you turn your will and your life
                    over to God –
                    that is where real security
                    lies –

                You must let go to God –

                Both feet off the ground January 18, 1994.

                Would you ever really reach out
                    to God and to others to help
                    you?

                What will you do the older
                    you get?

                Who is your god?

                Self - Reliance

                You can be afraid inside so you
                    can become more and more
                    dependent on yourself –
                    a sinking ship –
                    You need God
                    You need each other –

                You can say –
                Your god is yourself – False Power

                God is Almighty
                God is Supreme
                God is Creator

                You are the creature!

                You can be deceived by satan for more
                    and more self - control –
                    closing down and forcing your
                    independent way on others,
                    on communities, and what is
                    left – is
                    no relationships – more closed
                    in – self - reliance –

                    Sharing is impossible.
                    Love is out of the question.
                    Compassion barely exists.

                Satan has deceived many religious
                    vocations by this independence –

                Relationships and marriages
                    closed down by men trying to force
                    this independence on
                    communities and others

                It is opposed to God's will!

                Energy comes from your child-like
                    loving relationship with
                    God - according to God's
                    will.
                    Spiritual Childhood –
    

Matthew 18:1-4

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.

                Jesus: Seeing yourself as the creature –
                    God as the Creator.
 

Matthew 11: 25

At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.

                R. We can try to control life around us
                    so we won't suffer rejection
                    and pain and ever be wounded
                    again.
                    We, subconsciously, think we
                    had enough pain, so we
                    do whatever we can to have
                    no more.

                Pain inside, must be recognized
                    and dealt with. Forgiving others,
                    knowing we are sinners too and
                    working to build new and loving
                    relationships with God and
                    others –

                This takes forgiveness and recognition
                    of those who have hurt us –
                    recognition of how we
                    have offended and hurt others –
                    seeing ourselves as little
                    dependent children of our
                    Heavenly Father,
                    living in love and dependent
                    on God –

                Not a hard heart, of superior
                    independence – cutting off our
                    center of love and life inside!

                Being humble –
                Opening our hearts to God

                Being spontaneous in our
                    love –
                    not controlling and
                    opposing love and
                    relationships for why
                    we were created –

                To grow in love

                Because it feels normal to not talk –
                    keep family secrets – it can be
                    a dead-end street –

                Because it feels normal from dysfunctional
                    homes to be self-reliant and not
                    trust anyone –
                    it is a dead-end street –

                Not feeling because of pain –
                    mask reality –

                Not feeling, not trusting, not talking
                    were survival tools in many
                    dysfunctional homes and they
                    can be very bad habits that
                    feel normal in adulthood –

                They mask reality –

                God intends us to trust Him and others,
                    to love Him and others, to communicate
                    with Him and others –
                    to know how we feel – not stuff
                    pain from the past and live to
                    never have any more.

                Death / Resurrection

                Don't trust, Don't talk, Don't Feel –
                    is opposed to God's will and
                    it doesn't make anyone feel
                    good to oppose the Plan
                    of God –
                    these survival tactics were
                    normal in a dysfunctional
                    home – so independent people
                    can try to force these rules
                    on others to survive what is normal to
                    them – No relationship can grow with these
                    rules "No talk, No trust and No feel" –

                It is a dead-end street of misery –

                When the world around us is loving, a dysfunctional
                    person tries to force these survival traits on others.

                They want to force isolation and disharmony,
                    they see as normal, on others seeking
                    relationships –

                Relationships to them are unsafe and they can engage
                    in love/hate behavior, fear of abandonment,
                    a roller-coaster for a normal loving person
                    rooted in God's way.

Given June 20, 2011

                The Agony in the Garden

                (1) R. Jesus sweat blood in the garden
                    His grief was so great —
                    Beyond anything we could imagine —

                (2) R. The Apostles slept
                    Peter, James and John
                    Jesus told them to Watch
                    Jesus told them to Pray

                (3) R. Judas was the betrayer —
                    Jesus told them at supper —
                    Judas was a betrayer of Jesus, Jesus who
                        loved Him so much —

                (4) R. Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver —
                    Judas kept the purse

                (5) R. Jesus in so much anguish He sweat
                    Blood —
                    Jesus did not give into His fear —
                    Jesus did the will of the Father —

                (6) R. People have a free will to do God's
                    will or their own —
                    Jesus prayed to the Father —
                    The devil wanted Jesus to give into His fear —
                    Jesus gave His all in love —

                (7) R. Jesus prayed:

Matthew 26: 39

... ‘My Father,’ he said, ‘if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.’

                (8) John 3: 16

                (9) R. The devil wants souls for hell —
                    Jesus came our Savior —
                    Jesus is the Savior of the world —
                    We can resist doing our selfish will against
                        God's will, if we follow in Jesus'
                        footprints we serve God the Father —
                        we do God the Father's will —
                        We resist temptation —

                (10) R. Judas betrayed Jesus
                    Judas was sneaky —
                    Judas hid his evil design from
                        the other Apostles —
                    Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss —
                    Judas betrayed the Son of God with
                        a kiss —
                    The Apostles were afraid —
                    They saw what they did to Jesus —
                    Do we abandon Jesus for our
                        selfish disobedience to God's will?

                    Jesus healed the guy who lost his ear —
                    Jesus worked miracles —
                    Jesus told them to put away the
                        sword —
                    The man's ear was healed —
                    When we don't hear, Jesus can
                        heal our ears —
                    Jesus was led away like a criminal —
                        Mary suffered so much —
                        The Apostles suffered —

                    The men taking Jesus laughed at Jesus, hit Jesus —
                        Jesus knew all these whippings
                        He would get in the garden —

                    Judas despaired
                    Judas betrayed the Son of God —

                    Jesus was whipped, mistreated —
                        the men were consumed with hatred
                        who beat Jesus —
                    They condemned Jesus to death —

                    Jesus' eye was whipped
                    Jesus' head was whipped
                    Jesus' body whipped —
                    They arrested Jesus —
                    Jesus was considered a criminal
                    Jesus was a carpenter —

                    Mary and Jesus loved each other —
                    They were in one heart —
                    Mary took care of Him as a baby —
                    Mary watched Him learn to walk and talk —
                    Mary knew He, her beloved Son, was
                        arrested —

                Whipping at the Pillar

                (1) R. Oh Jesus we are sorry for our sins —
                    Oh Jesus we are sorry we offended
                        You with our sins —

                (2) R. They arrested Jesus, the prophet —
                    They lied about what Jesus said.

                    Jesus is the King of all Kings —

                (3) R. Jesus was the innocent Lamb led
                        to the slaughter
                    Jesus was whipped for our sins —
                    Jesus was the teacher of love and
                    They hit Jesus —

                (4) R. Jesus cured the sick, Jesus drove
                    out demons — Jesus worked
                    miracles — Jesus, the King
                    of the Jews —

                (5) R. Jesus was innocent
                    Jesus is the Son of God
                    and they whipped Him — They hit
                    His face —
                    He bled — Men laughed —
                    They had no shame —
                    All God has given to us —
                    Our life —
                    Our love — His love for us —

                (6) R. We can disobey Him and act as if He
                    doesn't see our lies, deception,
                    hurting the Plan of the Father
                    by disobedience —
                    like disobedient children —
                    We say — "no God"
                    we want to do it our way  —

                (7) R. Like God doesn't see our
                    deceiving, selfish hearts —
                    The devil is the father of lies —
                    Lies drive us from God —
                    We become more blinded —
                    Saints don't want to offend
                    God because they love God —

                    Jesus was whipped for our sins —
                    Jesus wore strips for our lies,
                        our deception, our hiding
                        when we wronged God and
                        then tried to make the wrong
                        we did appear right —
                        further offending God —

                (8) R. God shed the saving Blood —
                    Jesus, the Son of God —
                    Jesus' Blood was spilled
                        for us —
                    Watched His blood flow
                        because of our sins —

                (9) R. And He was whipped for
                        our lies
                    Judas despaired —
                    We can't change God's plan
                        with our willful ways —
                        We hurt ourselves —
                        We offend God and
                        We hurt souls —
                    Souls Jesus shed His Blood for —
                    Souls Jesus died for —

                (10) R. The devil wants us to despair —
                    The devil wants us to say no to God's will —
                    The devil wants us to say "I will not serve"
                    The devil wants us to hate —

                    Jesus is love —
                    If we are like God —
                        we love —

                    The devil wants us to be unloving —

                    They lied about Jesus' teaching —
                    Jesus the Messiah was
                        whipped for our sins —
                        He did not sin —
                    Gentle Jesus accused of all
                        these lies!!
                    He paid for our deception
                        and lies with beatings,
                        with His Blood —
                    His flesh was torn —
                    Jesus is the King —
                    Jesus is the King of Heaven and Earth
                    Jesus is the way, the truth
                        and the life —
                    They beat the Lord of truth!

                    They wanted Barabbas
                    They passed Jesus to Herod —
                    They punished the Son of God —

                    Jesus who restored sight to
                        the blind —
                    Jesus who changed water into
                        wine
                    Jesus who cast out devils —
                    Jesus who healed lepers —
                    Jesus beaten, bloodied, His
                        flesh torn —
                    Jesus is crowned with a crown
                        of thorns —

                Crowning with Thorns

                (1) R. Jesus is the way, the truth and
                    the life

                (2) R. Jesus is the King of all men —
                    Jesus died so we could live
                        in Him —
                    Jesus paid the price for
                        our sins with His
                        Blood
 

April 5, 2001
From Clearwater
 

                (3) R. Men hide their sins sometimes and
                    act like God doesn't know —
                    How foolish!!

                (4) R. Men beat the raw back of
                        Jesus — blow after blow —
                        tearing His flesh —
                        beating His back —
                    Suffering, Suffering, Suffering —
                    It is 'just' for God to punish us
                        for our sins — our lies —
                    God who is all just —

                    Song: I Am a God of Justice

                    R. They beat Jesus at the pillar —
                    He stood in a puddle of His
                        own blood —
                    His whole body a bloody
                        bath of open wounds
                        for our sins
                    Jesus knows the evil in our
                        hearts — the deception,
                        He paid for it

                (5) R. When they beat Him so hard —
                        they beat Him harder —
                        they beat and beat God —
                        they laughed and laughed —
                    Angry men with all their
                        strengthen and malice —
                    They beat Jesus raw —
                        for our sins —
                    Jesus knows —
                    They beat His Head —
                    His hair matted with
                        clotted blood for
                        our pride —
                    His precious Head — crowned
                        with thorns after beating,
                        after beating, after beating
                        tearing His flesh —

                    Oh God we are sorry for our
                        lies, pride, anger
                        seeking dominance for dominance
                        sake —
                        gluttony —
                        giving into our will against
                            the Father's will —
                        lust —
                        luring others into sin —
                    Jesus bore the stripes for all
                        we did —
                    We beat Him at the pillar —
                    We crowned Him with thorns —
                    We were unloving —
                    We were prideful
                    Blood from His mouth —
                        teeth in His tongue

                    What we do to others we do
                        to Jesus
                    If we provoke others and laugh —
                        we are doing it to Jesus —
                    When we say we know the truth
                        and we lie — we are lying to
                        Jesus —
                    We try to rise above Jesus for
                        satan —
                    We whipped Jesus at the pillar —
                    He was a bloody sponge —
                    Raw and whipped —
                    Crowned with our pride —
                    Obstinacies

                (6) R. Crowned for our hatred —
                    Laughed at for our control,
                        envy and jealousies —
                        our hateful ways —

                (7) R. Blood, Blood, Blood —
                    Shed for our deception —
                    Our raising over others
                    Our sins

                (8) R. The devil wants us to think
                        we did no wrong —
                        to be full of vices —
                        not virtue —

                    Oh God — You paid for our sins —
                    Oh God, Oh God, forgive our
                        sins —
                    Oh God (Jesus), help us to be holy and
                        to do this work spreading
                        love for the most precious
                        price that You paid for us —

                (9) R. "Behold the Man"

                    Jesus was wrapped in a purple
                        robe, given a scepter and His
                        head pounded with thorns —
                        pounded and bloodied —
                        His eyes full of blood —

                (10) R. God has all the Power —
                    The Crowd yelled:
                        "Crucify Him"
                        "Crucify Him"
                        "Crucify Him"

                    Should I crucify your King?
                        "Crucify Him"

                The Carrying of the Cross

                (1) August 23, 1993 (excerpt)

On His Passion

Jesus: My dear child,
I was condemned to death, death on a cross. They gave Me a big cross and made Me carry it. They stood around and glared at Me. It weighed on My shoulder and I pulled at it until it finally moved. Every step was almost impossible as I dragged it, weighing so heavily on My shoulders.

My shoulder felt as if the bones inside would crack and the cross would fall through to the ground. I couldn’t drag it any more. I tried, I fell. I fell and its weight fell on Me. A guard hit Me with something sharp. It really hurt because he wanted Me to move, and fast! People were watching — on with the show! How dare I fall in the middle of the show! He hit Me again and the blow really stung Me. I got up because it hurt so badly. I tried to walk on.

My Mother was in the crowd. She looked at Me and her face looked red and hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like rain and as her eyes met Mine, I was hurt so by her sorrow! She was always by My side, silent and loving. She was My mother of love! She is always there next to you when you suffer.

I fell again and he (the guard) really hit Me. It (the cross) was so heavy that he and I together could barely move it. It seemed as I walked, heavier with the sins of the world heaped on it. My hands were bleeding. Blood ran from the wounds of My thorns and My head throbbed, seeming to make the wounds in My head bleed even more. Some of the Blood was dried, some of it running all over My Body. I had so many cuts and bruises — and people watched and laughed!

I am Jesus, Son of the Living God, and they laughed and mimicked Me! Oh, such hardened hearts! How vile can men’s heart become? The devil’s grip is paralyzing and crippling.

The walk was so long up a hill and over rocks — the cross had to be lifted over the rocks. My Body was bleeding so badly! My heart was pounding. I knew that the salvation of all men depended on My love. Therefore, I went through such agony.

end of excerpt

                (2) R. They whipped Jesus to get up —
                    A mob followed Jesus
                    Mary and John and Mary Magdaline followed —

                (3) R. They whipped Him
                    He fell all full of blood under the
                        cross
                    They whipped Him again and again

                (4) R. Mary remembered her little boy —
                        She held Him
                        She loved Him
                    She looked into His face —
                    Now she looked into His bloodied face —
                    Jesus could hardly go on —
                    She saw His torn face —
                        covered with wounds and blood —
                        His eyes a bloody mess
                    They whipped Him to move —

                (5) R. They didn't give up —
                    It's like the energy in these
                        men from the devil to
                        whip the Son of God —

                (6) R. Veronica wiped His face 

 
Shroud face                        April 5, 2001
   

                (7) R. Whipping and whipping Jesus —
                    They made Simon of
                    Cyrene help Jesus —
                    You help Him!! — they said —
                    "Help Him" —
                    The 2 of them could hardly carry
                        the cross

                (8) R. Jesus had washed their feet —
                    Now He was whipped raw —
                        with this heavy cross
                        laden with our sins —

                    Jesus had celebrated the Last Supper 

                (9) R. The procession to Calvary
                    was a journey He endured
                    for our sins — for love
                    of us —

                (10) R. Jesus was stripped —
                    Jesus was laid on the cross —
                    Jesus nailed to it by
                    His hands and feet —

                    Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet

                R. In this passion and death Christ
                    endured extreme suffering —
                    The people wanted His Blood —
                    And His Blood He shed —
                    He was mocked, whipped raw,
                    crowned with thorns —

                    Jesus' message:
                    ". . . love your enemies and pray
                    for those who persecute
                    you" —

                Jesus was abandoned by His
                    Apostles and friends —

                Jesus, the most tender Heart
                    suffered for us —

                Jesus is the Good Shepherd —
                Jesus laid down His life for
                    His sheep —

                His whole body torn to
                    shreds —

                The Crucifixion

                (1) June 26, 1995 - The Pain - Naples, Florida

                (2) August 23, 1993 - On His Passion continues

Jesus: I thought of My intense love for you — that many would go to heaven because of My suffering — and I continued to the top of the hill. At the top they laid Me on the cross and with a big hammer nailed My hands to it. It was the worst (suffering) yet. My hands were nailed with big nails and the big hammer. Oh, it was unbelievable! Then, as if that weren’t enough, with a big nail they nailed through both feet.

Then they lifted the cross and banged it into (a hole in) the ground. My shoulders ached from how I hung. My head bobbed and My neck ached and they laughed and said, "Now save Yourself." I hurt so much! I suffered this way for hours — which seemed like forever — and they glared at Me and laughed! My Mother watched in such agony.

For love of you, to My death I gave you My Body. My child, I shed My Blood and gave you My life that you might be with Me forever in heaven — not for a day, a month or a year, but forever with Me in heaven.

I am the true Bread come down from heaven. He who eats My Flesh will have life forever. For the drink I give you is My Blood and food you eat is My Body. Who would lay down his life for a friend? I did, for you. I love you this much, child. Forget about those who reject you. You have My life that I gave you and I give you life eternal.

I am the One true God. I am the Light of life. He who abides in Me will have life eternal, for the drink I give is My Blood and the food I give is My Body. Drink and eat and have everlasting life.

My child, that is all you need to know. Love one another and be good that you may enter into My kingdom.

end of excerpt

                (3) R. Jesus suffered and He
                    did it for our sins —

                (4) Song: Why do we Hurt the Ones we Love

                (5) R. Christ suffered and died on
                    the Cross of Calvary

                (6) R. Christ gave us the Eucharist —

                (7) R. Christ paid this price for
                    our sins —

                (8) R. Christ gave us the Church —

                (9) John 15: 1-8

I am the true vine,
and my Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in me that bears no fruit
he cuts away,
and every branch that does bear fruit
     he prunes
to make it bear even more.
You are clean already,
by means of the word
     that I have spoken to you.
Remain in me, as I in you.
As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,
unless it remains part of the vine,
neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me, with me in him,
bears fruit in plenty;
for cut off from me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
is thrown away like a branch
—and withers;
these branches are collected
     and thrown on the fire
and are burnt.
If you remain in me
and my words remain in you,
you may ask for whatever you please
and you will get it.
It is to the glory of my Father
      that you should bear much fruit
and be my disciples.
 

                (10) Song: In My Heart

Prayer for Union with Jesus

Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

    I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.

    I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

    When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.

-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994

                R. Christ really died on the Cross —
                    Christ hung on the cross for
                    3 hours —

                Jesus asked us to pray
                    12:00 - 3:00 on Fridays
                    before the exposed Eucharist in China

Building the Kingdom of Truth

     The Eucharist and the Word is the Bread of Life – In
this world with distorted vision – we spread this book to you
– Focusing on the Word – The Word alive in our Hearts –
Reflecting on the Word – THIS IS TRUTH

     The more we live the Word in our lives, the more we
live Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in our lives – the
more we know the truth and see more clearly the vision of
our heavenly Father –

     We have been given the Catholic Church – Pillar of
truth – We have been given the Word – We have been
given the Commandments –

     Because of original sin we have distorted vision – Living
in the Word . . obeying the Commandments – Living
according to the Church’s teachings helps us to live in the
truth – to see more the vision of the Father – We know in
this distorted world – THE TRUTH! !

     We pray the Our Father at Mass – We focus on our
Heavenly Father and His Plan for us – We want unity as
children of God

     In spreading these homilies and our writings on the
Eucharist – we want men to be fed more and more with the
Bread of Life – We want to live in the truth – We want to
live in greater faith, hope and love – To live in unity –

     To date – 17 years – we have circulated 15,000,000
Priestly Newsletters loose and in books from Fr. Carter and
other priests.

     We have begun prayer chapters in 8 languages with the
Church's Imprimatur, around the world, so there is a
network of prayer out there praying for our priests, the
Church and the world –

     If we have this devotion to the Sacred Heart and
Immaculate Heart, we are helping ourselves to be more
united in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary as
Mary asked for at Fatima –

     When we die there will be a network of prayer around
the world praying for our beloved priests and the Church –

     This to me is the greatest gift I can give to my children
and grandchildren in helping more and more our holy
priests – We hope people love God and others as they dwell
in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

     We pray people love the Church more and more and
thank God for this precious gift of the Church and the
priest and the Word – We pray people live as strong
members of the mystical body of Christ –

     The world is in so much need of prayer and that deep
relationship with Mary, Mother of the Church – The Holy
Spirit works in that Spousal union with Mary helping us to
do God's will –

     Thank you for your willingness to answer God's call in
focusing on the Word and praying for the priests, the
Church and the world with us –

     May God bless you in your mission of loving and serving
God and helping to build the Kingdom of God.

May the Light of Christ shine on the earth as we live
more holy lives in Him and in His Word –

     We should respond enthusiastically to Christ's call to
help build up the Kingdom of truth and love, of justice and
that the peace of Christ is spread on this earth.

     The Shepherds of Christ Movement
 

Co-equal purpose
 

Ministries

1. PRIMARY MINISTRY - CIRCULATING
    PRIESTLY NEWSLETTERS TO PRIESTS ALL OVER
    THE WORLD IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH to promote
    priestly holiness, Fr. Joe’s books and other priests books –

2. PRAYER CHAPTERS praying for the priests and
    the renewal of the Church and the world using the prayer
    manual (in 8 languages with the Church’s Imprimatur).

3. School Rosary Program and Junior Shepherds of Christ Ministry.

4. Nursing Home Ministry.

5. Special retreats and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

6. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.

7. Promoting the rosary to all, rosary meditations.

8. Prison Ministry to promote prayer and spiritual renewal.

9. Handmaids and Servants of the Good Shepherd.

10. Audio/Video Departments (priestly newsletters on tape).

11. Prayer books, newsletters, newsletter books, and other spiritual aids.

 

John 15: 5-6

I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me,
with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can
do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away
like a branch –and withers; these branches are collected and
thrown on the fire and are burnt.
 

We get our life from Jesus – He is the vine – we are the

branches – A branch cannot bear grapes if it is disconnected

from the vine – We cannot do anything without Him

Sing: Bread of Life

 

John 17: 21

May they all be one, ...
 

     We want to follow Christ! We are to witness to Christ!
We are to live in the truth!

     Oh God send laborers into the harvest — Send those who
will help us spread the Good News. Send us so many young
and eager priests wanting to serve You —

end of excerpt June 16, 2011

                R. Mary suffered so

Mary's Message
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary:  I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light.

end of Mary's Message

December 19, 1996 

Mary: My dear children, I give to you, my Son, Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

    I appear to you, my children, on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money is your god.

    I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book.

end of December 19, 1996

                R. Jesus is our Savior

                Song: A Song from Jesus

                R. We need a Savior

                    Jesus is love
                    We are to obey God
                    Christ came and walked the earth
                        to teach us —
                    Christ gave us teaching and miracles —

                    God gives us grace to be good
                        if we ask Him and
                        grace to do what He
                        asks. We must cooperate
                        with the grace He gives
                        us to be good —

                    We have a free will —
                    Purgatory and hell are real —

                Given March 21, 2014

                R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                2) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                3) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                4) People going to Florida and China.
                5) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                6) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                7) Pray for pope helping us.
                8) Blue Book 13 cover; Blue Book 12, Blue Book 13 - all involved.
                9) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
              10) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
              11) Donors and members and their families.
              12) Healing of the Family tree.
              13) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Tom's wife, Kerry.
              14) All who asked us to pray for them.
              15) All we promised to pray for.
              16) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Rosie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Jeff,
                    Louie, 2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us.
              17) 2 babies and moms.
              18) Funds and insurance.
              19) Special intentions.
              20) Jerry's garage.
              21) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
              22) Consecrate all hearts.
              23) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.