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Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

May 30, 2015

May 31st Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 9 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for May 31st are Glorious.

Pray for special intentions.

Pray for Dan & Melanie, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Sonny & family, Blue Book 15,

We need funds for Blue Book 15.

Please pray for funds & grace.

New Cycle B - Guiding Light Homily Book
We need help in mailing Fr. Joe's
Homily Book to priests.

May 30, 2015

R. Fr. Joe was ordained
May 30, 1964

51 years ago

Fr. Joe Robinson's Books

R. Fr. Carter was told May 30, 1994
to start Priestly Newsletter

                R. We honor Fr. Joe today and
                    thank God for
                    Fr. Joe and Fr. Carter

Fr. Carter had a dream.

May 28th Readings

Sirach 42: 15-25

Next, I shall remind you of the works of the Lord,
    and tell of what I have seen.
By the words of the Lord his works come into being
    and all creation obeys his will.
The shining sun looks down on all things,
    and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
The Lord has not granted the Holy Ones the power
    to tell of all his marvels
which the Almighty Lord has solidly constructed
    for the universe to stand firm in his glory.
He has fathomed both the abyss and the human heart
    and seen into their devious ways;
for the Most High knows all there is to know
    and sees the signs of the times.
He declares what is past and what will be,
    and reveals the trend of hidden things.
Not a thought escapes him,
    not a single word is hidden from him.
He has embellished the magnificent works of his wisdom,
    he is from everlasting to everlasting,
nothing can be added to him, nothing taken away,
    he needs no one’s advice.
How lovely, all his works,
    how dazzling to the eye!
They all live and last for ever,
    and, whatever the circumstances, all obey.
All things go in pairs, by opposites,
    he has not made anything imperfect:
one thing complements the excellence of another.
    Who could ever grow tired of gazing at his glory?

Psalm 33: 2-9

Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre,
play for him on the ten–stringed lyre.
Sing to him a new song,
make sweet music for your cry of victory.

The word of Yahweh is straightforward,
all he does springs from his constancy.
He loves uprightness and justice;
the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.

By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,
by the breath of his mouth all their array.
He collects the waters of the sea like a dam,
he stores away the abyss in his treasure–house.

Let the whole earth fear Yahweh,
let all who dwell in the world revere him;
for, the moment he spoke, it was so,
no sooner had he commanded, than there it stood!

Mark 10: 46-52

They reached Jericho; and as he left Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus—that is, the son of Timaeus—a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and cry out, ‘Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.’ And many of them scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, ‘Son of David, have pity on me.’ Jesus stopped and said, ‘Call him here.’ So they called the blind man over. ‘Courage,’ they said, ‘get up; he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and went to Jesus. Then Jesus spoke, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘Rabbuni, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has saved you.’ And at once his sight returned and he followed him along the road.

R. Look at the sign of God's creation all
around us –

We get caught up in our problems

Don't fail to see God's creation surrounding
us.

How beautiful are all God's works

God created us – so beautiful

Thank God for His gifts

God gives us what surrounds
us –

What a gift – God loves us so much –

                Yesterday we heard in the gospel how
                    Jesus was going to Jerusalem and
                    He was warning them –

Mark contrasts the blindness of the
Apostles arguing – were they blind?

We see the Gospel about the blind man –

The blind man said "Son of David" – Jesus is
the one to heal –

The blind man said
"Son of David"

Keep on praying for healing don't give up –

Jesus tells us –

O Jesus, who said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted.

                R. God wants our fervor –
                    keep praying for something –
                    if we keep praying we know
                        when we get it – it
                        came from Jesus –

                Jerusalem – is higher than the ocean –
                    Jericho is 700 some feet
                    below sea level –

It is a pretty treacherous route –

                    To climb the hill to get to Jerusalem
                        reminds us of our own climb
                        to get to the heavenly Jerusalem

As we walk our way to reach
God we have to struggle –

What you don't see you believe –
you must have faith –

There is more to life than a few years in
this life –

We have eternity to look forward to

We should be solemn about remembering
our lives and all God has done for us.

We should be serious about remembering
all God has given us –

How God has been with us – year
after year after year –

Life moves on –

                Our children grow up – our grandchildren
                    grow up – We watch life go on, but we
                    are part of this magnificent design of
                    God in our lives –

How God wanted us to be –

To choose us –

To help us in molding ourselves and others
in the image of the Trinity –

We are called to be His stewards –

We have a place in salvation history –

We remember from childhood how God was
there taking us by the hand –

                We are in awe of our bodies
                We are in awe of learning how to walk –
                We are in awe of our talents, our brains.

                We are in awe of all God created on this earth.
                We are in awe of all God created for us to enjoy life
                    and to learn about Him and His plan –
                    to learn about our heavenly reward –

We treasure what we are given –

We see the eyes of God upon us – holding
us, helping us in our lives –

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one
set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
you have not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,
"The times when you have
seen only one set of footprints,
is when I carried you."

Mary Stevenson

Copyright © 1984 Mary Stevenson, from original 1936 text, All rights reserved

R. We must see history as part of our existence –

                    History of the Church –
                    History of Christ –
                    The Old Testament History
                    The New Testament History
                    Salvation History

We treasure what we are given –

There is more to life than a few years
we are here in this life –

We have eternity to look forward to –

What is good we improve upon –
What is not good we get rid of –

                Think of the body –
                    We eat to live –
                    We take what is good – our bodies get
                        strong from our food –

                We operate on our nutrients –
                    they are to help us to love –
                    they are to help us have good health –

We discard what is waste –

                In the spiritual life we learn to love –
                    We grow in the image and likeness of God –
                    We die to our defects of character –
                    We grow – we heal with Jesus –
                    We discard selfishness, jealousy, pride,
                        envy, anger – inordinate attachments

We want to see God, some day,
face to face –

We want to be perfected in love –
We are here to prepare our hearts –

A man with a heart problem –
seeks healing –

                A man with cancer wants to be healed –
                    Seek and you will find
                    Knock and it will be open to you –

Open your hearts –

                R. Our country was founded on people
                    that struggled, sacrificed,
                    people that had faith –

So many died so we could be free and
have what we do today

We have been given so much –
We pray for religious freedom –

There is a responsibility that goes with
freedom –

We live our lives to help others
know freedom –

We pray these prayers for the priests,
the Church and the world –

Through Him, With Him, In Him

21 Years Ago

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

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                R. Dear God help us to open our hearts –
                Dear God fill us with You in our hearts –
                Dear God protect and preserve us from evil –
                Dear God all the days of our life!

                We offer ourselves united to the Holy Sacrifice of the
                    Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary, Sacramentally
                    made present, going on around the world –
                    so we are one with Jesus –
                    united to the Mass

                We pray to the Father, united to Jesus, in the Holy Spirit
                    with all that are united too –
                    we pray united to the angels and saints
                    and the souls in purgatory –

We pray for grace to be outpoured for
our priests, the Church and the world –

                Outpour Your grace, Oh God –
                Outpour Your grace, Oh God for healing
                    of the family tree –

Let Your Blood pour on us and
release us from bondage

Oh God, I love You so much –

Thank You for the Mass

                Oh God, thank You, thank You
                Oh God we pray for the Church to
                    be united and to be loving –
                    we pray for unity in the Church
                    and the world –

                Oh God we pray for the souls in
                    purgatory to be taken to heaven soon,
                    our relatives

We pray for the souls on the edge of death –

                Oh God we pray through the powerful
                    intercession of Mary, for ourselves,
                    for grace

Oh God hear us and
We sing Amen, Amen, Amen

The Our Father

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

R. Oh God,
Deliver us from evil –

Dear God
Help us to be so one with You –

Dear God – outpour Your grace upon
us –

We love You God

We say

Lamb of God

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

R. We pray, dear God for peace,
for peace for this world –

Oh God please outpour Your
grace for peace –

                We pray for healing, God,
                    healing of our Family Tree –
                    healing of the Family Tree of
                        those in our lives –

Prayer from Mass

Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

R. Oh God – how sweet it is
for You to come to us –

                Please oh God heal me –
                    touch me –
                    let me know Your presence
                    with me –

Heal me – love me – outpour
Your grace to me –

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, I love Thee

Heal me God –

Heal the Family Tree –

Outpour Your healing grace on the
hearts of this world –

Help renew the Church and the world –

Give us grace that men will
obey Your will –

Sing: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Heal me God – I want Your
grace, Your love –

Oh God – You are so good to
us –

                Let our hearts swell with love –
                    Love for You –
                    Love for Your gifts given to us –
                    Love for our country –
                    Oh God – You are love –
                    Oh God hear us
                    Oh God help us –

                Hail Mary, Mother of God
                    pray with us –

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

R. Dear God heal me – I love You
so much –

Dear God – I love You so much –

Oh God hear our prayer –

Sing: Immaculate Mary

Given May 27, 2015

Today's Readings

Sirach 36: 1, 4-5a, 10-17

Take pity on us, Master, Lord of the universe, look at us,
    spread fear of yourself throughout all other nations.

Let them acknowledge you, just as we have acknowledged
    that there is no God but you, Lord.
Send new portents, do fresh wonders,
    win glory for your hand and your right arm.

Gather together all the tribes of Jacob,
    restore them their heritage as at the beginning.
Take pity, Lord, on the people called by your name,
    on Israel whom you have made your first–born.
Have compassion on your holy city,
    on Jerusalem, the place where you rest.
Fill Zion with your praises
    and your sanctuary with your glory.
Vindicate those whom you created first,
    fulfil what has been prophesied in your name.
Give those who wait for you their reward,
    let your prophets be proved true.
Grant, Lord, the prayer of your servants,
    in the terms of Aaron’s blessing on your people,
so that all the earth’s inhabitants may acknowledge
    that you are the Lord, the everlasting God.

Psalm 79: 8-9, 11, 13

Do not count against us the guilt of former generations,
in your tenderness come quickly to meet us,
for we are utterly weakened;
help us, God our Saviour,
for the glory of your name;
Yahweh, wipe away our sins,
rescue us for the sake of your name.

May the groans of the captive reach you,
by your great strength save those who are condemned to death!

And we, your people, the flock that you pasture,
will thank you for ever,
will recite your praises from age to age.

Mark 10: 32-45

Third prophecy of the Passion

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem; Jesus was walking on ahead of them; they were in a daze, and those who followed were apprehensive. Once more taking the Twelve aside he began to tell them what was going to happen to him, 'Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the gentiles, who will mock him and spit at him and scourge him and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again.'

The sons of Zebedee make their request

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him. 'Master,' they said to him, 'We want you to do us a favour.' He said to them, 'What is it you want me to do for you?' They said to him, 'Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.' But Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I shall drink, or be baptised with the baptism with which I shall be baptised?' They replied, 'We can.' Jesus said to them, 'The cup that I shall drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I shall be baptised you shall be baptised, but as for seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted.'

Leadership with service

When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said to them, 'You know that among the gentiles those they call their rulers lord it over them, and their great men make their authority felt. Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all. For the Son of man himself came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

R. Jesus says that we are to serve!

Not act like big shots –

                St. Augustine of Canterbury helped
                    to establish the Church in
                    England –

Jesus was to go to Jerusalem –

Jesus warned them what was going
to happen to Him –

Mark treats the Apostles like they
never quite get it –

We even see jealousy of the brothers –
who will sit at the right and left!

                We pray not to be proud, but to
                    be meek and tender in heart –
                    We pray to be servants of God –
                    pray to be meek and loving in
                    serving others –

like Jesus wants us to be –

We pray to be like Jesus wants
us to be –

We pray to be united to the Mass

Excerpt from the Homily Book

The Mass

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary –
sacramentally made present.
As members of the mystical body
of Christ, we are united to all
the Masses going on around the
world this day. Our lives are an
offering to the Father, in union
with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
through the intercession of
our Heavenly Mother –
with all the angels and saints
and the souls in purgatory.
We are one united to the Mass.
Tremendous grace can be
outpoured on the earth from
doing this, living in the Father’s
will in love – united to the
Mass, the sacrifice of Calvary –
sacramentally made present.
God enlists our help today –

Oh the gift of the Mass –
Oh the gift of the priest –

Jesus is truly present in His Divinity
and humanity in the Eucharist –

He says:
“This is My Body,
This is My Blood,
given up for you.”

Rita Robinson Ring, Co-founder
Shepherds of Christ Ministries

                R. My heart is ready Lord –
                    to praise and love You and
                    sing with all my heart Your praise –

God is Mighty –

God can help us – we must pray
and have faith –

                I thank You God for all You have
                    given us in the Church and
                    the world –

Dear God, Please deliver us from evil –

Accept our humble prayer Lord –

We put our trust in You –

Prepare our hearts –

We praise Your Holy Name –

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

                R. God help us – give us grace –
                    grant us Your salvation –
                    Amen.

I shall not cease praising God, Alleluia

God grant us grace and salvation –

God please help justice to be the
rule in men's hearts –

Song: I Am a God of Justice

Song: Glory, Glory, Glory Lord

R. Dear God – give us joy in our hearts
all the days of our lives –

Dear God wrap us in Your mantle –

Mary, Our Mother, protect us from
the evil one –

Jesus is the bridegroom of the soul –

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

R. Dear God, accept this prayer of
your servants

Sing: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Sing: Holy God

May we praise and thank God all the
days of our lives

Sing: Come Holy Ghost – all verses

Sing: Hail Holy Queen

Sing: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Dear God, I love You so much –

Jesus thank You for dying for me –
Jesus thank You for the Eucharist –

Jesus is Life

     Jesus tells us

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.'

     John 14:6 I am the Way; I am Truth and Life…

     We live out His life, death and resurrection in our lives – Jesus is the bread of life. Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist. Jesus gives us His Word. We are living in the world with a purpose: God has created us and we are to die to those ways, not likened to Him and come forth living that life of resurrection in our lives. Baptism gives us a sharing in His life – In baptism our knowing and loving capacity is elevated. We have this capacity. We have been commanded in the greatest commandment to love God with all our hearts and love our neighbor as ourselves.

     Fr. Carter says in Response in Christ "As we progress, we hope to show in detail that Christian holiness is life in Christ, for our life in Christ contains everything – our love of God, our love of men, our love of all creation. We hope to portray the Christian as one who believes from the depths of his being that to live is Christ...

     "Man rejected this self-communication of God in original sin. Yet God's desire to give Himself
to man was not withdrawn. He determined to save man from his sinfulness, and thereafter the divine communication centered around the promised Redeemer."

     Life is not life if it is not rooted in God.

     Satan has pressed on man from the beginning in disobedience to a good God, a generous God,
the Almighty and All Powerful and All Just. Satan wants this culture of death.

     We live out the mystery of Christ in our lives. A constant dying to those ways not like Christ. Dying to vices and not giving into the deadly sins of seeking dominance for dominance sake, greed, pride, anger, envy, lust, jealousness, slothfulness. We rise to new life in Him – Our Christ-life – Our life in Jesus. Life in the Spirit. Life, Life, Life! Life is in Him.

     This book, Response in Christ tells us about life! Living in Christ – Dying to the selfish ways of the wounded human nature – God and His rules are first in our lives – We live to please our heavenly Father - to do His will – This is why we act – we operate in Him, our beloved God – We live in the Heart of Jesus - a Heart on fire for love of man.

     The Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell in our graced, baptized soul – We beg God to increase in us the virtues of faith, hope and love.

     We go into the tomb at every Mass and die more and more to our selfish sinful ways to live more the life of resurrection in Him. In the Prayer before the Mass we pray with lavishing love to God – The greatest gift we can give to God is our obedience and love to Him.

A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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

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

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

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

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

    Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.                                              - Mass Book, December 27, 1995

     At every Mass – we pray in the beginning to be forgiven for our venial sins, to be cleansed –
We receive the Bread of Life – We listen to the Word – we are fed we eat His Body – we are fed – We are one in the Consecration – Praying to the Father united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We unite to Jesus in the Holy Spirit through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, we pray.

     We are one – begging for grace to be outpoured on this sinful world – We tell God we are so sorry for our sins and the sins of this world – I cry in my heart begging to God to hear My prayer –
I wrote the Mass Book for this – To tell the world about God and this intimate love union God wants with us – Come to me Lord and Possess my Soul.

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

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

     Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

     So in this culture of death – we know as members of the mystical body of Christ we are united to all the Masses going on around the world – The Mass the sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present – We say our Morning Offering – We give ourselves in total consecration to God – Our lives, all we do, united to the Mass.

                                                                 (this we use extensively, nursing homes etc.)

     Here we have consecrations for children.



     We are united ever deeper to each other as members of the mystical body of Christ, by offering ourselves, united to the Mass in everything we do praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit through the intercession of Mary our Mother with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory.

     The Eucharist is the Mighty Medicine – God wants our love. We need adoration chapels all over the world praying for these things.

     Fr. Carter, S.J. said Jesus gave him a message to have Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
People spend at least 2 separate hours a week before the Blessed Sacrament praying for these 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.

     Fr. Carter said Jesus told him on July 31, 1994 to pray these prayers in prayer chapters all over the world. We have them in 8 languages.

     To combat the fear of death – we say the rosary and pray 53 Hail Marys saying – "pray for us now and at the hour of death"

     Fr. Carter prayed the 7 sorrows after every rosary. He saw himself as a baby in Mary's arms – When he died he had a holy card of the baby Jesus in the arms of Mary clenched in his hand.

     In the Shepherds of Christ prayers he put before the 7 sorrows – “Mary has promised very special graces to those who do this on a daily basis. Included in the promises of Our Lady for those who practice this devotion is her pledge to give special assistance at the hour of death, including the sight of her face.”

     Then in the prayers we pray the promises to St. Margaret Mary and we thank Jesus after every promise. The last promise says “I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”

     WOW! Jesus promises if we make the 9 First Fridays we will not die without receiving their sacraments; and His Divine Heart shall be our safe refuge in this moment.

     Fear of death – God gives us so many gifts. What a gift this is - dying in the arms of Jesus and Mary – I am praying the Seven Sorrows every day – I knew of death, my mom and Fr. Joe’s mom, died when I was 5 years old. Response in Christ – Living in Him. Going into the tomb and dying to our ways not likened to God.

     Preparing ourselves for the beatific vision – Living deeply knowing God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell in our graced baptized soul – Knowing God more and more deeply dwelling in us.

     Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament in His Divinity and humanity – no less present than when He walked the earth –

     Come to me Lord and Possess my Soul –

     The mission Fr. Carter wanted in the Priestly Newsletters was to get out the message that we go to the Heart of Mary, our spiritual womb and the Holy Spirit works to mold us more and more into the image and likeness of God. Here is a message Fr. Carter received.

The Holy Spirit

Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My people!"

Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus, the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of the Holy Spirit within us.                                         From Tell My People

     Fr. Pasquini has written his Mary Priestly Newsletter which we include and I tried to deliver this message for 15 years.


     Here is what Bishop Martinez says –

The Holy Spirit and Mary

The late Archbishop Luis M. Martinez of Mexico strikingly speaks of the ongoing cooperation of Mary with the Holy Spirit regarding the reproduction of Jesus within us: "Christian life is the reproduction of Jesus in souls…

"Now, how will this mystical reproduction be brought about in souls? In the same way in which Jesus was brought into the world, for God gives a wonderful mark of unity to all His works. Divine acts have a wealth of variety because they are the work of omnipotence; nevertheless, a most perfect unity always shines forth from them because they are the fruit of wisdom; and this divine contrast of unity and variety stamps the works of God with sublime and unutterable beauty.

"In His miraculous birth, Jesus was the fruit of heaven and earth…The Holy Spirit conveyed the divine fruitfulness of the Father to Mary, and the virginal soil brought forth in an ineffable manner our most loving Savior, the divine Seed, as the prophets called Him…

"That is the way He is reproduced in souls. He is always the fruit of heaven and earth.

"Two artisans must concur in the work that is at once God’s masterpiece and humanity’s supreme product: the Holy Spirit and the most holy Virgin Mary. Two sanctifiers are necessary to souls, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, for they are the only ones who can reproduce Christ.

"Undoubtedly, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary sanctify us in different ways. The first is the Sanctifier by essence; because He is God, who is infinite sanctity; because He is the personal Love that completes, so to speak, the sanctity of God, consummating His life and His unity, and it belongs to Him to communicate to souls the mystery of that sanctity. The Virgin Mary, for her part, is the co-operator, the indispensable instrument in and by God’s design. From Mary’s maternal relation to the human body of Christ is derived her relation to His Mystical Body which is being formed through all the centuries until the end of time, when it will be lifted up to the heavens, beautiful, splendid, complete, and glorious.

"These two, then, the Holy Spirit and Mary, are the indispensable artificers of Jesus, the indispensable sanctifiers of souls. Any saint in heaven can co-operate in the sanctification of a soul, but his co-operation is not necessary, not profound, not constant: while the co-operation of these two artisans of Jesus of whom we have just been speaking is so necessary that without it souls are not sanctified (and this by the actual design of Providence), and so intimate that it reaches to the very depths of our soul. For the Holy Spirit pours charity into our heart, makes a habitation of our soul, and directs our spiritual life by means of His gifts. The Virgin Mary has the efficacious influence of Mediatrix in the most profound and delicate operations of grace in our souls. And, finally, the action of the Holy Spirit and the co-operation of the most holy Virgin Mary are constant; without them, not one single character of Jesus would be traced on our souls, no virtue grow, no gift be developed, no grace increased, no bond of union with God be strengthened in the rich flowering of the spiritual life.

"Such is the place that the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary have in the order of sanctification. Therefore, Christian piety should put these two artisans of Christ in their true place, making devotion to them something necessary, profound, and constant."    The Sanctifier, op. cit. pp. 5-7.

     So in summation – I see Fr. Carter when he did his doctorate on the Sacred Heart outlined much of what he said Jesus told him to do in the Shepherds of Christ in circulating over 17,000,000 Priestly Newsletters to priests and hierarchy in these 18 years we have existed.

     We circulated my brother's book of homilies – 5 times now – last year to the Pope and all the Cardinals in the world and all the priests and Bishops of the United States. (at least 40,000 of Fr. Joe’s book last year to priests and hierarchy) His book is centered on the bread of life – on the Word and the Eucharist.

     John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life.

     Response in Christ

     Praying the Shepherds of Christ Prayers in the tri-fold paper for the priests, the Church and the world in 8 languages with the Imprimatur.

     Mary said at Fatima until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to Jesus and Mary we won't have peace in the world. Mary said at Fatima: Bishops need to consecrate their dioceses to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart - putting pictures of Jesus, the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in their homes, businesses, Churches where Jesus is the King and Center of their hearts.

     To have the vision of the heavenly Father for each one of us – each one of us uniquely created for a purpose to contribute to the Plan of the Father in salvation history – We need adoration chapels around the world - praying for these things –

    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.

     Please help us circulate these prayers and materials praying for the priests, the Church and the world.

Rita Ring. Co-founder
Shepherds of Christ Ministries

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At the end of this message are healings
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                Given March 21, 2014

                R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
                    Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
                3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                6) People going to Florida and China.
                7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                9) Pray for pope helping us.
               10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
               11) Blue Book 15 and cover and all involved.
                    For our Publisher and all involved
               12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
               14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
                    2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                    Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) 2 babies and moms.
               22) Funds and insurance.
               23) Jerry's garage.
               24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
               25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
               26) Consecrate all hearts.
               27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.

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