Mary has requested that the daily message be given each day to the world. It is read nightly at the prayer service from her Image Building in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A. This is according to her request. All attempts will be made to publish this daily message to the world at 11 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.A. We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages rests with the Holy See of Rome.

June 17, 2005

Messenger:    Sing: Pardon Your People
                                    for ourselves and the whole world

2 Corinthians 9: 6-11

But remember: anyone who sows sparsely will reap sparsely as well—and anyone who sows generously will reap generously as well. Each one should give as much as he has decided on his own initiative, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. God is perfectly able to enrich you with every grace, so that you always have enough for every conceivable need, and your resources overflow in all kinds of good work. As scripture says: To the needy he gave without stint, his uprightness stands firm for ever.

    The one who so freely provides seed for the sower and food to eat will provide you with ample store of seed for sowing and make the harvest of your uprightness a bigger one: you will be rich enough in every way for every kind of generosity that makes people thank God for what we have done.

Excerpt from October 22, 1999 message

Jesus speaks: I carried your sins on My back.

I paid the price for your division.

I carried the hatred, the disharmony in the hearts on My back.

I carried your jealousy and failure to work together on My back.

I carried your selfishness and lack of love and you call yourself holy.

A heart that loves God, loves all.

If you love God and dwell in My Heart, if they love God and dwell in My Heart, then you and they dwell in My Heart.

My Heart is not divided.

My Heart is a vat of endless love.

Do you see me as I bled? I bled for your sins, your selfishness, your inability to get along.

Messenger: Jesus was with the Apostles for three years in His public ministry - look at all that was given and all that was accomplished.

Mary spent time with the Apostles after Jesus died.

Psalm 34: 2-7

Bet
I will praise Yahweh from my heart;
let the humble hear and rejoice.

Gimel
Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh,
let us acclaim his name together.

Dalet
I seek Yahweh and he answers me,
frees me from all my fears.

He
Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright,
you will never hang your head in shame.

Zain
A pauper calls out and Yahweh hears,
saves him from all his troubles.

Het
The angel of Yahweh encamps
around those who fear him, and rescues them.

                        Sing: Taste & See

Matthew 6: 19-23

‘Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal. For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.

‘The lamp of the body is the eye. It follows that if your eye is clear, your whole body will be filled with light. But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkness. If then, the light inside you is darkened, what darkness that will be!

 

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:   Our Family is so important to us -
                       Our love of each other
                       Generous love, unselfish love for each other
                       Kindness to those we deal with
                       So we have Hearts like Christ
                       So we can truly love as He loves.

                       Sing: Taste & See

                       Let Us Pray

                           1) Newsletter
                           2) Fr. Lou
                           3) Prayer Chapters
                           4) Urgent needs
                           5) for me and John
                           6) for all servants, handmaids and apostles
                                   and our families
                           7) for all our prayer services
                           8) Payment for the building in Florida

                       Spread the Blood of Jesus on all these people
                           Consecrate your hearts and theirs in
                               as far as we are able
                           Send the devil far away
                           Beg for the special outpouring of
                               the Holy Spirit.

                       Lord You are holy indeed -

                       Oh God we love You so much

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Jesus speaks:   This is My Body given up for you -
                          This is My Blood.
                          I give Myself to you in the Holy
                              Eucharist -
                          I want to be loved -
                          I want an intimate love union with
                              you.
                          You are so precious to Me.

                          Sing:  Song from Jesus
                          Sing:  I love you Jesus

Matthew 5: 20-24

‘For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.

    ‘You have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother "Fool" will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him "Traitor" will answer for it in hell fire. So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.

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Jesus speaks:    About love -
                          I call you to love -
                          I call you to purity -
                          I call you to do your acts out of
                              love for Me -
                              not self-promotion,
                              but to help build My Kingdom -

                          A person that gives and has an ulterior
                              motive, must analyze their
                              actions -

                          A man went to a field to sow some wheat,
                              but at day break, the winds and
                              rain came and he finally decided
                              the day, nor time was not right.

                          He did this for 10 days -
                          coming every day at the same time
                          deciding the same thing -

                          At the end of 10 days, an angel appeared
                              to him and said
                              why do you tarry -
                              Do you not meditate on the love of Jesus -
                              He came as was intended -
                              He died at the intended time -
                              He hung 3 hours on the cross as
                                  intended -

                          Why do you tarry, put your hand
                              to the plow and do the work
                              your Heavenly Father wants
                              done through you -

                          Learn a lesson from the fig tree -

                          At day break a man goes out and he picks
                              the plentiful yield - he wants to be
                              reinforced for the blessed day ahead -

                          Oh you silly ones -
                              when the figs are ripe and ready you wait -
                              What are your waiting for?

                          The time is now -
                              the priests are dwindling -
                              Flock to the Mass and pick all the figs
                                  you can -
                              Fruit for the Kingdom -

                          A small store was forced to close because
                              the land it sat on was now very
                              expensive -

                          People came from a far to get a small
                              bargain while the store decreased
                              its merchandise -
                              the sale clerks were "snarly" because
                              it was closing and they were out of
                              a job.

                          If the store stays open they thought they
                              had a job - at the end they acted
                              like they were angry with the
                              customers.

                          Their job was the same - their
                              attitude changed and everybody
                              knew how they felt - they made it
                              known -

                          This is what happens many times
                              when you are asked to suffer -
                              your job is the same, your
                              attitude can make you come across
                              as being mean.

                          The clerks were still being paid for
                              the work done - they just wanted
                              everyone to know they felt cheated
                              the store was closing.

                          A bagger in a store can be a light to the
                              people.

                          A bagger can throw the groceries
                              in the peoples faces, throw
                              them in the bags - causing a
                              big split for the shopper later on.

                              When you set a time bomb with
                          impure intentions for others later is
                          it not wrong? It goes off and you aren't
                          anywhere around. So you reason I
                          didn't do it - when you set the
                          ill deed that started the chain reaction
                          and the results were because of your
                          impure actions.

                              Purity of intention pleases your
                          heavenly Father.

                                                  Love

                                                      Jesus

Matthew 5: 23-24

So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:   How can we teach children about
                      love and forgiveness if we ourselves,
                             as parents, preachers, teachers
                             fail to live the principles of the
                             Gospel.

                        Sing song:  Loving & Forgiving

                        What did Jesus teach us on the Sermon
                              on the Mount?

                         IS this for us to talk about, but not
                              follow ourselves

              Matthew Chapter 5 click  

                          How is the justice described in our
                              actions?

                          What about hatred and anger in our hearts.

                          Are we using abusive words, but don't
                              recognize our own?

                          What is Gahenna that God speaks of in
                              the scriptures?

                          What about offering God a sacrifice and having
                              hatred in our own heart?

                          We must put God First

Matthew 6: 24-33

‘No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.

‘That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body more than clothing! Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are? Can any of you, however much you worry, add one single cubit to your span of life? And why worry about clothing? Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they never have to work or spin; yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of these. Now if that is how God clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you, you who have so little faith? So do not worry; do not say, "What are we to eat? What are we to drink? What are we to wear?" It is the gentiles who set their hearts on all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them all. Set your hearts on his kingdom first, and on God’s saving justice, and all these other things will be given you as well.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:       We cannot show God love and
                              sin at the same time.

                          Sin is turning away from God to
                              do our own will.

                          How many people are slaves to money?

                          We should want to do all things according
                              to God's will to promote His
                              Kingdom.

                          Where our treasure is
                              so will our hearts be -
                          We cannot have our hearts on any evil
                              things!!

                          Help us to follow You Jesus and
                              live according to Your will.

                          Children are sensitive how
                              we are - smiling - open
                              closed, angry -

                          Many times we fail to talk
                              sensitively as adults about
                              others -
                              Many times we fail to be
                              grateful, thankful for each
                              other and God's gifts to us -

                          Many times we do not see the silent
                              messages we give others -
                          Smiling is a gift God gives to us and we give
                              to others!!

                          Christ smiles through our smiles
                              to the world.

                          God is love.

                          God is all good!!

                          God is all powerful!

Luke 10: 23-27

Then turning to his disciples he spoke to them by themselves, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see, for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.’

And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, ‘Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?’ He replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.’ 

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:   I have given to you so many gifts. You
                          should be grateful that you have been
                          chosen. My apostles and disciples
                          have joy because they know how
                          much I love them and how important
                          their mission is.

Messenger:            God promises us that if we love
                          and serve Him, if we love Him with
                          our whole heart and whole soul and love
                          our neighbor as ourselves and do
                          good to others and do His will we
                          can get to heaven for all eternity.
                          Life is life in Him.

                              Jesus wants us to love each
                          other. In the Shepherds of Christ we do this especially
                          by trying to be more like Jesus, live a
                          deeper life in Him, keeping the
                          commandments and praying deeply
                          for the priests, the Church and the
                          world.

John 10: 11-16

I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd lays down his life
   for his sheep.
The hired man,
   since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
   and runs away,
and then the wolf attacks
   and scatters the sheep;
he runs away
  because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep. 
And there are other sheep I have
that are not of this fold,
and I must lead these too.
They too will listen to my voice,
and there will be only one flock,
one shepherd.

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Messenger:           Jesus calls us to be lights in the
                          darkness - He calls us to love our
                          neighbors and help lead them to the
                          Light. In the Shepherds of Christ we pray for the
                          whole world, trying to live more holy
                          lives.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:           We offer our lives in the Morning
                          Offering for the priests, the Church and the
                          world, we unite it to the Mass.

                              Jesus gave His life for His precious
                          souls. We give ourselves in the morning
                          offering united to the Mass.

From Priestly Newsletter 2001 #1

   end of excerpt from Priestly Newsletter 2001 #1

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:           Jesus wants to lead the strayed ones
                          home to His Heart. We pray as Apostles
                          of the Eucharistic Heart like this.

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:

    My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.

    These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.

    I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.

    I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.

    I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.

    This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:

1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
2. For the Pope.
3. For all bishops of the world.
4. For all priests.
5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
8. For all members of the human family.
9. For all souls in purgatory.

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

Messenger:   Many people have heard the voice of
                          Jesus, some have not answered.

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Messenger:     The more we consecrate our hearts to
                              the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate
                              Heart the more there will be
                              one flock and one shepherd.

                         Jesus wants all the strayed sheep
                              to come to Him.

Luke 15: 1-10

The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him, and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable:

‘Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety–nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost." In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety–nine upright people who have no need of repentance.

‘Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found the drachma I lost." In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.’

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Messenger:        Jesus is the Good Shepherd -
                           The lost sheep is the sinner -
                           God wants the lost sheep to return to the
                              fold.

                          God gives us grace to help us
                              to stay united to Him.

                          We pray in the Shepherds of Christ for this grace.
                          So much grace is released when we
                              pray as members of the Body
                              of Christ to the Mass.

                          Doing God's will, living in love
                              united to the Mass can help
                              bring down grace for the
                              lost souls.

                          Jesus gave Fr. Carter this message and said He
                              would give us special grace
                              for praying the prayers.

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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June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:        God is a merciful God - He does not want
                              us to be prideful - He wants us
                              to stay united and say we are
                              sorry when we sin.

                                    Divine God.    

September 4, 2004

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Messenger:        We were created in the image and likeness
                              of God - this is such a gift -

                            There is a constant battle between
                              good and evil - the Good Shepherd
                              wants us to be good and to hear His voice and follow
                              Him.

                          God gave us such beauty in the world -
                              He gives us our food and water and
                              air - all the way down to the
                              beautiful little pea and grape
                              He gives us to eat and the birds
                              that sing so sweetly - the sounds
                              of the outside - wind - waves
                              bugs - etc. He gives us the song
                              of the Forest to listen to and
                              the most beautiful scenes in
                              nature -

  April 13, 2004

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Messenger:             When we get a gift we should rejoice -
                          God gives us the gifts - air, water, food,
                          the beauty of nature -

                              Here is the gift of Mary.

February 5, 2004

March 5, 2003

May 5, 2003

November 6, 2000

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:        Think of the message the other day about
                              a big wall outside a window that once
                              was beautiful.
                              As satan moves in more with his trash
                              tempting people we can get used
                              to some ways that are not as God
                              wants.

                          When Mary appeared every day I realized
                          what a sleeper we are in to not recognize
                          how satan is working on our children and
                          souls and I feel like one crying this
                          message in a locked vault - if I get out
                          some focus on me and won't listen -

                              Did you ever see someone sleeping -
                              They may not see anything around them
                                  or hear it.

                              A man who is filled with alcohol is
                                  using it and it numbs his
                                  senses and he doesn't remember.

                          Listen to this song and sing it

Ascension Thursday May 21, 1998

Jesus speaks:  (with great emotion)  COME OUT OF YOUR TOMBS, COME OUT I CALL YOU!!!!  I have imparted to you knowledge of myself, transforming your heart and soul to be more likened to mine.

I give you messages after the reception of the Eucharist for it is then I am most one with you. Put aside the thoughts of burgers and what have you in your minds and listen to Me you earthly beings.

Come out of your tombs, come out I call to you who slumber and sleep and do not hear the voice of the Mighty One. Your are like the dead that need to be raised. A trumpet horn blaring would not waken a man who is blind from birth. Only the Lord will unlock the minds of the senseless men, so foolish, but oh how I do indeed love them so.

Come out I tell you, I call you, in your sleepy state with scales in your eyes you do not see. If these scales were removed and a fresh lense graphed on the already existing eye, the men may see then clearly that I speak in these messages to bring about the Reign of My Heart and the triumph of the wailing woman's Heart on the earth.

I came, I gave the gifts and the world slept. My little ones, the apostles slept in the garden when my hour was at hand.

Oh my shanty little town, you are stuck indeed, in your ways. You walk the streets as blindmen and I shout to you.

My earth, come out of your tombs, come out and live a life rooted deeply in My Heart.

Messenger: I was in the cage, it was a prison held on all sides by bars, I cried, I screamed, I felt no way to escape and low and behold I turned and where I had thought I was totally enclosed, a whole wall was not even there and I gaily walked into the free night and the sun followed me as I walked.

Jesus speaks: Your earth is enclosed in a wall of their own making. They have put up walls to enclose themselves. They have traveled around in their little boxes and spit at the freedom that I wished to give them.

Freedom is in living according to God's will. Freedom is in Me.

Talk of chains, for you have some. You have bars and are enclosed in your stone or brick houses. A mighty fortress is your dwelling, you think. A mighty fortress is in the walls of My Heart. I am the gateway that leads to freedom. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy One of the Virgin Israel. I am the gateway to heaven. I am God!

Messenger: As I unite with Him in the most intimate experiences in the Eucharist, I become one in His desires and what He wants, I become more as He is. He is the life, He is the resurrection, He is God.

I become more in Him, His desires are my desires, the Father's Plan is imprinted in my soul during the Mass and the reception of the Eucharist and before the tabernacle. I am transformed immensely in those moments after Communion to being alive in Him.

God the Father: I am God, you are man, I have given My Son Jesus to you to unite your soul to Me. I am the Father, He is the First Born from the dead. Life will abound in heaven and on earth.

God has visited His people and now He Reigns. He has ransomed them with the Blood of the Lamb.

Messenger: Some time between Ascension Thursday, May 21, 1998 and Pentecost, May 31, 1998.

I saw a vision of an open door, the light within it resembled the light of the vision of March 26, 1996 that can be found in the Apostles Manual (p. 34-36).

The open door was glistening with this reflective golden color mirror-like light. I cannot describe, as I could not describe concerning the 3 main visions, the first being March 26, 1996.

The closest light I can describe to this is the sun reflecting on the water at Tom's Farm but this too leaves an emptiness to its description.

There was a little white sheep at the bottom of the open, glistening door and the little sheep hobbled over a small threshold and went in.

The door was rounded on the top, no corners, like a semi-circle on the top, and the wall surrounding this door was black. The light I describe was within this door and peered out to me in the vision.

I heard our Lord over and over again cry out during this period, "Come out of your tombs, dead, dead, dead, you are dead."

I heard the words similar to the message of May 21, 1998.

I was walled in on all sides – BARS – a prison of my own making. I turned and there was a wall missing and I gaily walked into the free night and the sun followed me as I walked.

I hear Jesus speak: "I am the gateway that leads to freedom."

I know the sea of glass from the vision of March 26, 1996. I know the open door from the vision.

I know the Power, I know the Intimate Burning Heart of Jesus in the Mass.

Jesus speaks: (Ascension Day May 21, 1998)

Your earth is enclosed in a wall of their own making. They have put up walls to enclose themselves. They have traveled around in their little boxes and spit at the freedom that I wish to give them.

Freedom is in living according to God's will, Freedom is in Me.

Talk of chains, for you have some. Your have bars and are enclosed in your stone or brick houses. A mighty fortress is your dwelling, you think. A mighty fortress is in the walls of My Heart.

I am the gateway that leads to Freedom. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy One of the Virgin Israel. I am the gateway to heaven. I am God.

Come out of your tombs, I am alive, I am treated as a dead object.

Sing a new song, the dead shall be raised.

They conquered the devil with the Blood of the Lamb.

Pray to the Holy Spirit to come mightily on you.

end of May 21, 1998 message

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:      We can get so caught up in what men
                              say we miss how deeply God wants
                              a real Personal relationship
                              with us today.

                          It is why He remains with us
                              truly present in the Eucharist.

                          You can talk about things to do with God,
                              but we must celebrate our love
                              union with God - pray to Him
                              together at Mass - love Him deeply
                              at Mass praying for grace for the world.

                          No wonder God called out so strong
                              "I Am Alive"
                              "I Am Alive"
                              "I Am Alive"

                          "You treat Me as a dead object" -

                          The Mass is active -

                          We are interacting so deeply with
                              God.

                          We pray for oneness in Him at
                              Mass -

                          We want a personal love union
                              with 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.

-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:          We sing to Him -
                           We adore Him -
                           We beg for mercy -

                           The more I went to the Eucharist
                              and did adoration -
                              the more deeply I knew God -
                              to be deeply united to Jesus -
                              to know Him is to
                              know His Word -
                              He deeply feeds us with His
                                  Word and the Eucharist -
                                  He outpours His life.

                           We become more and more saturated
                                  with His life in us.
                           We live deeply in Him.

                          Tomorrow is promised to no man -
                              I can get in a car and die today -

                          How deeply I unite to Him today
                              will determine my love union
                              for all eternity if I die -

                          Why isn't everyone going to the
                              fountain of His life -
                              running to the Church where
                                  we can go to the sacraments -

                          God wants us one in Him -

...yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
                                                Galatians 2: 20

  Morning Offering

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morning Offering

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

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

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

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:   JESUS IS the WORD
                          made flesh -

From Response in Christ  
        by Fr. Edward J. Carter SJ

e) Relationship with Members of the Church

There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church’s existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.

The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.

The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God’s own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.

This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."¹⁴ And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.

The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.¹⁵ The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."¹⁶

The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.

Not only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.¹⁷

 

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NOTES:

16. Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
17. Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.

In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first–fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:   Today is June 17, 2005 -
                              It is the month of My Sacred
                                  Heart -

                          Look at Me on the cross 

September 4, 2004

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:   I want a deep personal union
                             with Me at Mass -

                          I give Myself to you -

                          I want priests to talk about
                             My intimate love at Mass and
                                 tell the people how I love
                                      them.

How great was the act of love, God gave to this world, when He gave Himself and died on the cross. He gives Himself to us this day in the Holy Eucharist.

The greatest commandment is that we must love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being. This is a commandment. If we are to enter heaven, we must follow the commandments. They are commands given by God for us to follow.

The greatest act we can do on this earth is an act of loving God. The reason for our existence is to love God. In the sacrament of His greatest love, He gives Himself to us. This is an act of love on His part. We are called to respond by giving ourselves in love to Him.

This is the purpose of the Holy Eucharist: to unite in such oneness with our Holy, Loving God. Our all consuming passion should be that of loving God. How many go to the Eucharist with the sole purpose of giving great love to God? He wants us to love Him. He wants souls to tell Him how much they truly love Him. This is the most intimate act of love when Jesus gives Himself-Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity to man. If it is such an act of love, how are we receiving Him in Communion? We should beg God, in this most intimate union with Him, to help us to love Him with greatest love.

Jesus is a Person. He wants our love. The Holy Spirit wants such intimacy with us. Our Father wants us to love Him. In the Eucharist, we unite with God. In this intimate act of uniting with our beloved God, with Divinity, we must pour out our love to God. We must pour out our heart to the most adorable Heart of Jesus. Jesus is so unjustly treated by many of His beloved souls He loves so much. Let us help make reparation to the Almighty God by loving God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being in the sacrament of His greatest love. This is the Gift of Himself.

Think of how it is to love someone and give your all for that person, to pour out your heart to him or her and then be treated with coldness and neglect. It hurts our heart so much more when we deeply love someone to be rejected by that person. Jesus loves us with the deepest love. We cannot fully comprehend this love. Let us love Him with the deepest love. Let us love Mary and her Immaculate Heart. Let us love her as the Mother of God. Let us love her as the virgin who bore the Son of God. May we, in the reception of the Eucharist pour out our love to Him, to this adorable Heart. May we pour out our love to His Holy Mother.

Mary said at Fatima that Jesus wants His Heart venerated next to the heart of His Mother. Let us love these two Hearts as we receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Then we are so deeply united with God. We see Their two Hearts surrounded with thorns for the injustices against Their Hearts. Let us help make reparation daily as we receive Him in the Eucharist. This is a special time to help make reparation to Their wounded Hearts.

Let us remember how He poured His love out to us on the cross and how He pours out His love to us now when He gives us Himself in the Eucharist, the Eucharist which contains His Heart of burning love. His Heart was pierced with a lance. Her heart was invisibly pierced with a sword. As the wounds in Their Hearts are deep, so too is Their love so deep.

He does not want "surface love". He wants hearts filled with deep burning love.

end of December 27, 1995

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:       LOVE ME WITH ALL

                          YOUR HEART AND

                          ALL YOUR SOUL

  

Matthew 22: 37-38

Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.

Luke 10: 27

He replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.’ 

John 3: 16

For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
    may not perish
but may have eternal life.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Messenger:   God first loved us -

                       He created us in His image and
                          likeness.

                       He wants us responding in love to
                          Him -  

Excerpt from September 25, 2004 message

Jesus speaks:    I love you so very much.
                      I am forever with you My child.
                      Hold tight to My hand and trust in Me.

Messenger:        Oh Jesus, the thought of You ignites my
                           heart and makes my heart to burn.

                            The sight of a priest raising the host and
                           chalice at Mass is always in my heart.    

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:   June is the month of My
                              Sacred Heart -
                          LOVE ME -
                          LOVE ONE ANOTHER -
                          Pray for grace to be pure
                          Pray for grace to be holy as saints.

June 17, 2005 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Come to Me -
                           I love you
                              so much.

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