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August 14, 2003
August 15th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 4 Period II.The Novena Rosary Mysteries for August 15th are the Joyful.
Schedule for August 15, 2003
4:00 a.m. - Mass4:37 a.m. - Mary's Message
4:43 a.m. - Songs & Messages October 24, 1995
5:46 a.m. - Morning Offering
5:50 a.m. - Songs
6:20 a.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
Rosary7:24 a.m. - May 5, 2001 Rosary
8:36 a.m. - December 12, 2002 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
9:23 a.m. - Mary's Message
9:30 a.m. - Children praying the Shepherds of Christ prayers
9:48 a.m. - Live Rosary October 13, 1996
11:10 a.m. - Special Messages from Jesus given to Father Carter
and Songs from Jesus12:22 p.m. - Morning Offering
12:26 p.m. - Seven Sorrows
12:40 p.m. - Newsletter 1998 Issue 5 (Mother at Our Side)
2:00 p.m. - Children's Rosary March 20, 1997
2:47 p.m. - The Spirituality of Fatima read by Fr Carter & Rita Ring
3:29 p.m. - Mary's Message
3:35 p.m. - Morning Offering
3:39 p.m. - The Stations of the Cross
4:00 p.m. - Mass
4:37 p.m. - Consecration - July 31, 1999
6:10 p.m. - Songs
6:20 p.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
Holy Spirit Novena
Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual7:24 p.m. - Daily Messages from December 11-12, 1998
8:53 p.m. - Morning Offering
8:57 p.m. - Sorrowful Rosary January 26, 1995 from Red Rosary Book
10:14 p.m. - Mary's Message
10:20 p.m. - A Blue Book Reading or Two and a Tribute
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11:50 p.m. - Rosary of Light from October 31, 2002
12:43 a.m. - Blue Book Reading from August 10, 2003
2:48 a.m. - Mary's Message
2:55 a.m. - Nursing Home #15
3:33 a.m. - The Stations of the Cross
3:54 a.m. - Morning Offering
3:58 a.m. - A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
4:00 a.m. - Mass
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Early Morning A.M. August 14, 2003
Messenger: The Light steeled across the darkened
sky and once again it was morning.
Last night on the way home from
China the moon looked orange, reddish
orange and it hung in a circle it
seemed in full view. It peeked up
above the trees as we drove and after
seeing its color and its size we
searched it out in the clearing to see
how reddish it truly was. It hung
low. When I got home it was lighter
in color and looked as if black
streaks were through it.
Today early morning on the way
to Church I see the moon smaller
now, the sky is blue, but it looks
like a little paper host, see-through sort
of with the light blue from behind
peeking through it. It is high in the sky
now, it seems to be saying something.
The sun is a brilliant white ball
of light but has a very definite orange
outline or orangish gold. It is even lower
than the moon last night. It's light is
penetrating, it is a huge ball and in its
beauty it leaves spots on my eyes from
looking at its intense light.
(note: looking at the sun can hurt your eyes)
The sun is low, big and so very intently
bright, the orange has faded now and it
appears more golden around the edges.
The moon is still in the sky, it almost
appears as a little remnant from last
nights party, high in the sky, very less
pronounced. Beautiful green foliage
line the way of my path —
Another day, another box to open.
Some old problems linger, pressing down
like the little moon hanging over from
the night before and I turn my thoughts
to Jesus, my beloved who I will soon
receive at Mass and to you to write as
Our Lord beckons me to write this day.
He is my refuge, the Mass is the
gift of my morning. I cannot control,
nor do I want to, those who seem
to come with a negative energy, a bag of
baggage or a pocket of gold.
I am in the palm of the hand of
my God. I give Him everything at Mass.
I want to be showered by His abundant
gifts. I want to be filled with His grace.
The sun has changed from deep orange
to golden to almost white. The sky is still
misty blue. Every minute passes never to
return and God is with us. God has
chosen to communicate to us in different
ways.
We know His love in each other.
We see a smile and know warmth.
Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist — He is
truly present in His Divinity and Humanity —
He loves us so much He comes to us
and remains with us, truly, present in
the tabernacle. I go to Mass and spend
my hour with my beloved God. I am
filled with His life. I can face better
the day, its trials and its joys.
Oh my beloved, I truly love Thee, I
know You are with me and I thank You for
receiving You in the Eucharist. I want to be
filled with Your grace. I want to love You
so deeply. I want to be one in You in every
thing I do. I am a sinner, I am imperfect, I
want my thought to be as You desire, to
handle all problems purely with love.
Jesus speaks: Oh My child, just be with Me. Sometimes you
look at all your problems at once and then
you feel overwhelmed, it may be you feel weary —
things do not come like that —
satan wants to get you to give into him
in your thoughts — just don't do it — focus on
Me and the gifts you have been given — focus
on the green trees, the blue sky, the soft
music, I am with you, always, I never leave
your side. Let go of those tense shoulders, let
My Might work in you, it is a lesson of trust
and surrender as Dan said, you surrender to
Me, you trust I will take care of you.
Excerpt from
November 2, 1993 - 4:00a.m.Jesus speaks: Trust in Me, My child. Your mind can run crazy. Open yourself up to Me and trust. Why do you not see that Satan wants to stop you and that he does not want the world to get these messages. Such messages of love and comfort! If he can work on you, you will stop. Don't be fooled by him. He is the grand deceiver. He plans to trip you up, to rob your sanity and move in with his sick ways. You, My child, are strong in Me. I need you to do My work. Laboring in your head, looking for proof, not totally trusting in Me-those come from him. Step on his head. Do not doubt. Pray for My strength. Open your heart to Me and My love-no room for a drop of doubt. I am truly here talking to you, little one. Think about My passion and death. I loved you. I love you this much still today. My heart is so on fire for love of you. You can't even begin to know how much love I have for you. Just be open to all I send you and cast your doubts away. It is your act of trusting that helps you develop trust in Me. Step-by-step you ascend the stairs and you get closer each time to trusting more in Me. It is your taking each little step that counts. Ascend My steps each day, every day. A million times a day you can trust or worry. You choose, "Do I trust or not trust?" How could you not trust after all I did to prove My love for you? Focus on My passion, on My wounds, on My love, on Me, the one, true God, Who loves you this much! You are precious to Me, My little baby. Come and let Me comfort you. Lose yourself in My arms. "And they came and they were given His peace and love deep in their souls."
end of excerpt from November 2, 1993
August 14, 2003 message continues
Messenger: My daughter gave me a cross for my birthday
and in the center it had part of the "footprints"
verse. Remember the one set of footprints,
it was when Jesus carried the person.
We must first surrender to Him and trust
He will take care of us.
Jesus speaks: Control is the enemy of many souls.
They give into their thoughts. If they have a
moment of peace, soon an unsettling thought
comes and they act on anything "willy-nilly."
The secret to the peace within is surrender —
turning your will over to Me and trying to
always operate according to My will.
Some people give themselves "messages" because
they had thoughts, others cannot get out of
the paralyzing grip of satan they allow satan to
control their thoughts by giving into that negative
thinking. It keeps them bowed down, unproductive,
they play the scenario victim and pin their baggage
on a victimizer who innocently never even did
what they have created in their mind. At some
point they may erupt to get even. They will
not heal, they are only suppressing action until
the burning anger inside becomes so fierce they
may carry out some punishing destructive
behavior against their victimizer to reduce
their own tension.
They want that problem, all the time, with
someone, they are working on this. To know them,
to be with them is to work on a problem,
not to freely do work and produce fruits —
there is a lot of baggage in them. They are
always working on an issue. They want to
work out their issues inside with someone.
To interact with them may mean they picked
you as their victimizer. They carry an arrow
of anger and want others to listen about how
they have been victimized.
The problem is they don't give freely to
the work and they are so filled with bitterness
inside, unforgiven hatred toward others, they
constantly need to pin their "vent-up" anger
on someone so they experience release of
tension. They have a bag of anger, hurt
feelings inside, they never resolve to get rid
of it and to be with them is to work with their
unvented anger, giving and taking to see who
they can fully or partially control.
It is mixed with pride to never want to be under
anyone. They usually want to control, to
control every place and the emotions of all
those around them with some situation
they create to get attention and control.
A family had many outings, birthdays, other
celebrations. Oscar was always playing the
victim role in his head, always so busy in
his thoughts trying to control things. His mind
was always active, never at rest, he didn't
surrender, he said he trusted in Me, but he
only said that so he could convince himself
he was doing everything right, between
his head, he saw only his way and he
did everything to control others.
My Mother is the model for a handmaid and
servant. She served Me. She did all
she could to please Me. My Mother is
a handmaid of the Lord.
On Birthdays and special occasions, Oscar
would take things apart that were needed
for the gathering. He removed the faucet once
right before a picnic.
He then made the whole family feel
irritated. No one could use the kitchen
water, He didn't see himself as the problem,
he said he knew some washers needed to
be replaced then when he got into the
faucet he didn't know how to do it so
everyone had to do without the water
in the kitchen sink.
It is interesting how people manipulate
events to get the focus. They almost sabotage
big events because of their jealousy. Time
and time again they are the trigger for satan
who uses their bizarre behavior to make
things go off. The focus is always on them,
many times they act on thoughts they have that are
not rational, they want the time of the
gathering to be tense. They are unfamiliar
with peace and harmony, they are used
to upheaval, unpredictability, tension,
(This seems normal to them) —
They may have grown up in a home when
the children made their First Communion and
other events dad left the scene and sometimes
showed up or came as it was beginning which
made everyone tense wondering if they would
drive together or what. The family may have
been always late waiting for the alcoholic
parent who may show or may not show —
they may have caused trouble over every trip —
would they go — would they stay home —
would they go — would they stay home —
like picking daisy petals.
It is a waste of time, it is negative energy —
some people get headaches when family gathering
are planned just so they can get their way and
not have anyone control them.
Control can be a big issue. From the first
moment a young novice was told to do a chore
she thought of every reason she could why
she couldn't do it. Her leg all of a sudden
began to give her trouble so she couldn't
wait on an older sick sister.
The bottom line is you must live in the
truth. You must pray to be more like the
Virgin Mary, she is the perfect handmaid.
Satan is a roaring lion, looking for
someone to devour.
What is in your heart? Do you really want
harmony, do you want to serve? Some
people spend their whole lives living a
single life and are some very hard
people to mix with. They may insist on
their way, they have had few give and
take relationships with husbands, intimate
others or may be divorced and have not
had children which they have had to
work with.
Some people have always been in
control and they won't bend to share a
life in harmony with others.
Some constantly create disharmony with
others, they have a "surprise" for you. If
you make arrangements with them, they
will do something at the same time
and then cause problems every time.
Basically Bertha just would never get
along, she sulked, she told people
what to do, she interrupted the leader,
she always had a new idea for the boss,
if her boss told her to put the blue paper
over the red one, she had an issue with it.
Most conversations with Bertha were
because of a power struggle. Some people
just will never have a relationship under
others. If a superior gives a direction they
argue and want a "tit" for "tat" thing —
"I give you one", "you give me one" — the focus
is not the work at hand and productivity —
It is working out issues that, that person
works out every time they are involved in
anything. They are always concerned with
where they are giving power away and
the job doesn't even enter into it.
The story at the beginning of the Bible is
Adam and Eve. They sinned, they disobeyed
God. Pride was involved. Next there is the
sin of jealousy, Cain and Abel. Cain was
so jealous he killed his brother. The thoughts
were in his head, the devil tempted him —
Genesis 4: 6-7
Yahweh asked Cain, ‘Why are you angry and downcast? If you are doing right, surely you ought to hold your head high! But if you are not doing right, Sin is crouching at the door hungry to get you. You can still master him.’
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: And so the story of the fallen human
race goes.
I am the New Adam.
Mary is the New Eve.
Mary was assumed into heaven.
Mary is the spotless virgin.
Mary is your model.
Genesis 9: 1
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Breed, multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 9: 6
He who sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
for in the image of God
was man created.
Genesis 9: 7
Be fruitful then and multiply,
teem over the earth and subdue it!’
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: Be fertile and multiply.
I give you all these good things.
Genesis 9: 13-17
I now set my bow in the clouds and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I shall recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature, in a word all living things, and never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all living things. When the bow is in the clouds I shall see it and call to mind the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth, that is, all living things.’
‘That’, God told Noah, ‘is the sign of the covenant I have established between myself and all living things on earth.’
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: I have given you Mary's image.
My Mother appears in rainbow color.
I send the rainbow as a sign.
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: I obeyed the will of My Father
to My death on the cross.
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: Look at the Story of
Abraham and Isaac
Genesis 22: 1-14
Abraham’s sacrifice
It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ he called. ‘Here I am,’ he replied. God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you are to offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I shall point out to you.’
Early next morning Abraham saddled his donkey and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He chopped wood for the burnt offering and started on his journey to the place which God had indicated to him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. Then Abraham said to his servants, ‘Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going over there; we shall worship and then come back to you.’
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering, loaded it on Isaac, and carried in his own hands the fire and the knife. Then the two of them set out together. Isaac spoke to his father Abraham. ‘Father?’ he said. ‘Yes, my son,’ he replied. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ Abraham replied, ‘My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.’ And the two of them went on together.
When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
But the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven. ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ he replied. ‘Do not raise your hand against the boy,’ the angel said. ‘Do not harm him, for now I know you fear God. You have not refused me your own beloved son.’ Then looking up, Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a bush. Abraham took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham called this place ‘Yahweh provides’, and hence the saying today: ‘On the mountain Yahweh provides.’
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: Look at the Story of Joseph
Genesis 37: 27-28
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, then we shall not have laid hands on him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, and our own flesh.’ His brothers agreed.
Now some Midianite merchants were passing, and they pulled Joseph out of the well. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt.
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: Here is the Story of Moses
Exodus 2: 1-8
The birth of Moses
There was a man descended from Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him; coating it with bitumen and pitch, she put the child inside and laid it among the reeds at the River’s edge. His sister took up position some distance away to see what would happen to him.
Now Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe in the river, while her maids walked along the riverside. Among the reeds she noticed the basket, and she sent her maid to fetch it. She opened it and saw the child: the baby was crying. Feeling sorry for it, she said, ‘This is one of the little Hebrews.’ The child’s sister then said to Pharaoh’s daughter, ‘Shall I go and find you a nurse among the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?’ ‘Yes,’ said Pharaoh’s daughter, and the girl went and called the child’s own mother.
Exodus 3: 4
When Yahweh saw him going across to look, God called to him from the middle of the bush. ‘Moses, Moses!’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ he answered.
Exodus 12: 21-29
Injunctions relating to the Passover
Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go and choose a lamb or kid for your families, and kill the Passover victim. Then take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the lintel and both door–posts; then let none of you venture out of the house till morning. Then, when Yahweh goes through Egypt to strike it, and sees the blood on the lintel and on both door–posts, he will pass over the door and not allow the Destroyer to enter your homes and strike. You will observe this as a decree binding you and your children for all time, and when you have entered the country which Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, you will observe this ritual. And when your children ask you, "What does this ritual mean?" you will tell them, "It is the Passover sacrifice in honour of Yahweh who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, and struck Egypt but spared our houses." ’ And the people bowed in worship. The Israelites then went away and did as Yahweh had ordered Moses and Aaron.
The tenth plague: death of the first–born
And at midnight Yahweh struck down all the first–born in Egypt from the first–born of Pharaoh, heir to his throne, to the first–born of the prisoner in the dungeon, and the first–born of all the livestock.
Exodus 16: 4-14
Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Look, I shall rain down bread for you from the heavens. Each day the people must go out and collect their ration for the day; I propose to test them in this way to see whether they will follow my law or not. On the sixth day, however, when they prepare what they have brought in, this must be twice as much as they collect on ordinary days.’
Moses and Aaron then said to the whole community of Israelites, ‘This evening you will know that it was Yahweh who brought you out of Egypt, and tomorrow morning you will see the glory of Yahweh, for Yahweh has heard your complaints about him. What are we, that your complaint should be against us?’ Moses then said, ‘This evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and tomorrow morning bread to your heart’s content, for Yahweh has heard your complaints about him. What do we count for? Your complaints are not against us, but against Yahweh.’
Moses then said to Aaron, ‘Say to the whole community of Israelites, "Approach Yahweh’s presence, for he has heard your complaints." ’ As Aaron was speaking to the whole community of Israelites, they turned towards the desert, and there the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said, ‘I have heard the Israelites’ complaints. Speak to them as follows, "At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have bread to your heart’s content, and then you will know that I am Yahweh your God." ’
That evening, quails flew in and covered the camp, and next morning there was a layer of dew all round the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the desert was something fine and granular, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground.
Exodus 32: 19
And there, as he approached the camp, he saw the calf and the groups dancing. Moses blazed with anger. He threw down the tablets he was holding, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.
Deuteronomy 11: 1-9
Israel’s past experiences
‘You must love Yahweh your God and always keep his observances, his laws, his customs, his commandments. You are the ones who have had the experience, not your children. They have not had the experience, they have not witnessed the lessons of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, the signs and the deeds which he performed in the heart of Egypt, against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his entire country, what he did to the armies of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots, by overwhelming them with the waters of the Sea of Reeds when they were pursuing you, and leaving no trace of them to this day; what he did for you in the desert, until you arrived here; what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when, with all Israel standing round, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with their families, their tents and all their supporters. All these great deeds of Yahweh you have seen with your own eyes.
Promises and warnings
‘You must keep all the commandments which I enjoin on you today, so that you may have the strength to conquer the country into which you are about to cross, to take possession of it, and so that you may live long in the country which Yahweh promised on oath to bestow on your ancestors and their descendants, a country flowing with milk and honey.
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: My people, come to My altar —
go to the Eucharist —
I promise to outpour My grace to all
priests who spend one hour in
daily adoration before the
Blessed Sacrament and who
tell others of this great gift.
I give you the Church. I give
you the sacraments.
These gifts I give to you —
I call all My priests to daily
adoration before the blessed Sacrament
for an hour.
Look at My Apostles in the garden —
they could not spend one hour
with Me before My death —
My souls are dying —
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: My priests — come to My tabernacle
— one hour before the tabernacle
praying for the priests,
the Church and the world.
My priests Be Apostles of the Eucharistic
Heart of Jesus
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:
- 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.
- For the Pope.
- For all bishops of the world.
- For all priests.
- For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
- For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
- For all members of the Catholic Church.
- For all members of the human family.
- For all souls in purgatory.
end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: My priests, help Me —
Come to Me —
Give all priests Blue Book II.
These letters can change the
priests and people who read
them.
The corner fell off the old seminary
on Lucia's birthday —
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: I give you these messages
August 14, 2003 message continues
Jesus speaks: Give Blue Book II to your priests.
Please begin My prayer chapters
I give you My Movement
I am Jesus, the Son of God
I have spoken —
Mary has appeared —
the power is in the Eucharist —
Spread the Good News —
tell your priests — show them
the image picture —
circulate the wallets —
go to the conventions —
Give the priests Blue Book II.
Help Me —
Mary appeared on the building
December 17, 1996.
Two days later,
Jesus and Mary gave me this message.
December 19, 1996
Received in a few minutes after Communion
St. Gertrude Church
Jesus speaks: My Beloved Ones,
You will know a great time of trial and darkness. I have written to you of the great sufferings to come. The sinfulness of this world greatly displeases Me. I beg you to pray for forgiveness and turn your hearts to love.
And darkness covered the earth and the light was cast in little corners of the earth. Those who were willful remained in intense darkness, those who were rooted in God, and giving themselves to consecration, were the children of the light.
And the light shown in the darkness and the darkness grasped it not, but to as many as responded, they became the children of the light and from them His life flowed into the hearts that were cold and dark and slowly, very slowly, the light began to steal across the darkened sky and the moon was covered with blood. The blood was the blood of the Lamb. The blood represented the blood He shed to give us life. But the blind just saw ordinary blood and were scared to death. They responded with the greatest fright and lacked peace, but those rooted in God, those whose hearts were consecrated to Mary and Jesus, knew the sign was from God--that the time of reckoning was at hand. Many were punished and suffered a great chastisement. Many were left to death, but the children of light prayed the rosary and trusted in God.
And the night was no more for the light of day came stealing across the sky and myriads of angels filled the sky and the heavens. Sing Alleluia, Praise the Lord, you saints and angels, show yourselves to the survivors for they walked in darkness and could not see, but the light was alive in their hearts and they dwelt within the furnace of His Heart.
Have no fear now, My people, for you are the children of the light and My hand is forever upon you. You may suffer now a little, but it is nothing compared to the splendor to come.
Messenger: Oh, reign of peace, reign of the Sacred Heart, triumph of her Immaculate Heart, we wait for you anxiously for the nights have been cold and dark and we cried a bitter cry in the darkness but we knew of the glories to come for we forever trusted in You and Your mighty hand.
Your hand is struck with power. The Virgin Mary warned the poor children that died an eternal death to mind their ways and they cried out, "Not me, oh, no, God -- your ways are stiff necked and cruel. I want for foolish pleasure now and tomorrow will care for itself."
And the Lord called and called and they marched into the darkness with cold hearts, telling the Almighty God, 'no'.
Mary speaks: Oh, my children, my little children of light, the time is nigh and many will be lost forever. I appeared and warned and told all to mind their ways and come to the Heart of my Son and they said "No, my Lady, not for you or any mother. We are children of darkness and that we remain, for we seek our pleasure by day and feast on sin all night and when you called, mother, we laughed at your Son and ignored Him and His ways." And He called and His call fell on deaf ears.
Please, my children of light, come to my heart now for although you walked next to the children of darkness. I smite the dragon that whirled around you and protected you in my heart and you will now feast on the glories of His Kingdom, my little children of light.
end of December 19, 1996
Five days after Mary appeared
on the building on December 17, 1996,
Jesus gave me this message.
December 22, 1996
Jesus speaks: Brace yourselves in the Shepherds of Christ. You want to be Christ-like. Is this the true desire in your heart or is it just words like the other words you give to Me?
Brace yourselves. I will lead the way with My rod and My staff, but you must be strong to follow for the way is rocky and the rocks are sharp. They cut through to the soul. They cut through to your heart.
You will be brought to your knees, you will beg for Me, you will be molded and helped with in the abundant grace flowing from My Heart. My little shepherd, so willful and so stupid in your ways, but I love you just the same to My death, child. I love you and you do not see that all I give to you is for your good.
I am not angry with you, My messenger. You must suffer now to write My messages for the world. How could you write had you not experienced My pain in your soul? You are My hand, that I am using to write the messages of My Heart for the world. My Heart was crowned with thorns. So, too, will your heart be pierced and wanting to bleed. Bleed, little heart, My Heart bled for you.
And the moon will be covered with blood. It was the blood of the Lamb and it poured forth on a sinful world to cleanse them of their sin, and I give you My Body and Blood in the Mass and I am ignored.
He slapped their hands and He smite their cheeks and they laughed in their pain and continued their willful ways. But the day of reckoning is at hand and I will separate the sheep from the goats and the sheep I will take home with Me. The goats will know a day as they never knew before for My justice will prevail.
When I warned they would not turn from their evil ways and I could not reach them. They walked as blind men down the path of destruction and who would have thought that the end of the road was so near. And at the end of the road they continued to walk for in the darkness they could not see and they fell into an everlasting pit of doom and suffering.
Justice will prevail. I am a good God. Justice and truth will kiss. When I gave to them My warning they said, "Oh no, Lord," and continued their sinful ways.
The time is at hand. My efforts and yours were in vain. I will wipe their sick smiles from their evil mouths and they will suffer forever the death of the soul.
I will not have mercy on these hard-necked cowards who thought, in their pride, they could smite Me. I will throw the book at them and they will suffer for their sinful ways.
Woe to them who led My children astray. Woe to them. They will burn the eternal death of intense suffering for the murder of My young. And who will help them then? They will know a death beyond all deaths and suffering beyond all suffering. For a few moments of pleasure, they lost their souls forever.
I am a just and merciful God. I give water to quench your thirst, I bathe you in My divine love, but to the evil doers, I will curse their name and wipe them from the face of the earth. I have spoken. Justice will prevail. My hand is struck with power. The senseless ones will know My might.
Who will you call? You said 'no' to God and He struck you for your sinful ways.
All honor and glory be to God for He has visited His people and they cast Him aside. I will light the earth with My love and the dark hearts will curse the night for they will be no more.
And justice will flourish in His time and fullness of peace forever.
I have spoken. The deaf will not hear. My hand is the hand of God and it is struck with power.
I say to the grass to grow and it grows, to the sun to shine and it shines and to you I say, "Be ready for you know not the day nor the hour. I come as a thief in the night to take your soul home to Me. Will you be ready or will you be caught unprepared?"
Prepare ye a way to the Lord. Make ready His steps, My shepherds. I guard you but you will suffer. You must be strong and not caught off guard.
Purify your souls for I am coming and the earth will know My light this Christmas for I will shine in the hearts of the just. I will shine on My shepherds this Christmas. My light will shine in the hearts of those consecrated to My Heart and the heart of My Mother.
Alleluia, a King is born this day. Put aside your silly ways, your bows and tinsel, and praise God. He is in your midst. He reigns this day. You are ignoring the King of Glory. Oh, sinful world, you are in for a weird awakening.
And the light stole across the sky and the light of day shown brighter than seven suns, not to the eye but in the hearts of His faithful ones, the hearts consecrated to God.
end of December 22, 1996
Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima
July 13, 1917
"During this same July apparition, Mary showed the three children a vision of Hell. She told them:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish, in the world, devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
"The war (World War I, then raging) is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light [January 2, 1938], know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. (12)
"To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays. If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed....
"But in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, Russia will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world." (13)
NOTES:
12. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to
Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN
Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). pp.4-5.
13. Ibid., p.5.
Excerpt from the rosary of August 19, 1997
Jesus: Come away with Me, My young ones. Come into the field and taste of the beauty of the air and the
beauty of this day with the most beautiful flowers that I have created for you. Do you see the beauty in each petal of the flower, or are your eyes covered with mud that you do not see? I have lifted the veil for you today and I have showed you My way. My way is the way of trust and faith and I told you in the message on Sunday that you must have faith and endurance, for I took you to the darkest night to the pointiest tunnel, to the place where you thought that you would never return and at that point I opened up through a little hole the light of day and it came streaming in and you perceived and you felt My presence, which is greater than all the things of this earth.
Wipe the grin off your face you silly earth, for you have ran after so many foolish things, when I stood there adorned in white before you, in the most glorious robes and you did not perceive that the Almighty God was alive and so I have called and I have told you and I have allowed you, My shepherds, to suffer, but the days ahead will be days of great victory, for I come to you clothed in white and adorned in a gold veil and you see that God lives and you will carry the white flag across this earth. You My shepherds, have won and the victory is yours.
Did you fall in the mud and did you skin your knees, did you feel your head ache as Mine ached in the garden, did you feel the thorns poke deeply into your skull, and did you feel the ripping of your flesh as the sword went into your skin?
I am Jesus, I am God, I will not be undone. I am Almighty and all powerful to the ends of the earth. You will know My might and you will not be afraid, but you will not know this if you do not trust, for I have told you the secrets in My messages, but you do not read as if you believe, you read half heartedly. You must believe with all your heart that I speak to you to be heard, for you truly are the shepherds that will go across this earth and carry the white flag, but you do not have this conviction within your heart, so therefore you do not do all that I have asked you to do, your belief is wishy-washy and you do not believe with a conviction of a strong heart.
I am calling you My shepherds this night to renew your faith and your endurance to realize that I am God and I have spoken here to you this evening. I am alive, I am alive, I am alive and I am with you, I am your God.
You wanted the light all the time and the light was not in the plan of the Father. It comes in light and it comes in darkness, it comes in death and it comes in victory, it comes in death and it comes in Resurrection, it comes in pain, and it comes in joy, but this world tells you today to look for only the joy and when you do not find it to do everything that you can to fill your selfish pleasurish whims that you have within you.
I tell you that you must fall to your knees, that your knees will be scuffed and that you will suffer and your flesh will be torn and your head will be crowned with thorns, but you will come forth from the tomb with a veil of white across your face and you will say this is the victory that we have won because we have lived in Him.
Jesus:
Your Movement will spread forth to the far ends of the earth, but it is faith that I am calling you to My beloved ones, you must have faith in your hearts, for this is a sign that I give to you this day. If you do not believe, you will not be able to continue ahead, for you must move ahead in faith. It is the only way that you must operate. You cannot operate trying to logically think your way across this world. It is only in believing and obeying the messages that the job will get done. It is My might that will lead this Movement to the far corners of the earth. Open your pockets and let us see your money. Do you have the money to do the things that I have asked you to do? It is in prayer, hourly prayer and begging for the funds, realizing that it is in your prayer, that it is in your endurance, that it is in your faith and your sacrifices that your prayers will be answered. You must pray hourly the Novena to the Infant of Prague and I will answer your prayers, and you My beloved ones will know the results when you pray.Song:
This is Holy GroundJesus:
I have given to you the greatest gift this day. I am Jesus, and I have come to you and I have asked you to open wide your heart and to thank Me for the gift I have given, for if the answer would have been different how would your hearts be this night, and how was it with the lepers, when I gave to them the great gift and they did not come and say thanks, but you are My holy ones that I am sending into this world and your hearts must be filled with joy. I have asked you over and over again to sing to Me with a heart that is filled with joy. I have given to you songs that I wrote Myself for you to sing of the love of My Heart. I am Jesus, the Son of God and you are the apostles of this new era. As you go out into the dark night the light will shine behind you and many will know the light of My Heart. Do not be discouraged, for the very hairs of your head are numbered and I am with you at this very moment, guarding and watching you, give Me your heart My shepherds. I have given to you a great gift this day, give Me your thanks and continue to pray. It is through prayer that you will accomplish all that the Father intends you to accomplish.I am Jesus, the Son of God. I have chosen you, I have called you and you will accomplish the work that the Father intends you to through prayer. Do not be discouraged, but encouraged for I am God and I am with you. Think of how it was before, when you did not share your love with so many others, but I have given you each other and I have bound your hearts in one heart and you come here because your hearts are filled with great joy. The more you love and the more the Movement spreads, the more will be the blessings, for as the love expounds and gets larger, the love is more full, for your love is rooted in Me and the more you love deeply the more full the love you will have. This is how it will be, one body in Me, and you will love many and you will know them deeply in your heart and your heart is full My shepherds, because I have taught you My ways of love and given you each other. You are My holy family and I love you. I have called you and so you say “why me?”, and I say to you “why this Saint, or that Saint or why the Blessed Mother, why were you called?”. You were called because I love you and I have given to you a great grace to be My shepherd in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
end of excerpt
Excerpt from February 28, 1999
Messenger: On the 20th of August, 1997, I was at St. Gertrude's and the Lord appeared transfigured on the cross. I heard the voice of the Father speak, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased, listen to Him."
end of excerpt from February 28, 1999
August 14, 1999 - Vigil of the Assumption
From Mary delivered at 3:00 a.m., awakened at 2:00 a.m.
Mary speaks: I appeared at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center daily. I ask this day that a prayer meeting as directed by my Son be held daily at 6:20 p.m. before the Sorrowful Mother statue, if possible, and the exposed Eucharist, if possible. It will go as follows, the format being that given in the February 23, 1999, message from Jesus.
I wish the main prayers of the Novena to the Holy Spirit to be prayed as directed by my Son, followed by the Shepherds of Christ prayers and the rosary. I wish my messenger or any person of Shepherds of Christ to lead this prayer service. I wish the freedom for the messenger to be there. I wish a worthy-standing apostle in the Shepherds of Christ to lead the prayers. This is my request. I am Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Clearwater, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows - Our Lady of the Holy Spirit. This is my Center, this is my request. I cannot tell you the importance of this message to the plan of the Father. Because of willfulness it has been blocked. Because of the workings of Satan, it has been blocked. I am Our Lady of Light. I appeared there daily from July 5, 1994 - September 5, 1995. I ask for this: a simple prayer meeting to comply with the format set by Jesus, February 23, 1999. I am Our Lady of the Rosary. I wish this to be begun immediately. You will pray as I have instructed because you love me. I am Our Lady of the Holy Spirit. For this prayer meeting the Holy Spirit Prayers to be recited are those given by my Son.
I am Our Lady of the Holy Spirit. This is my Center. You will listen if you love me and Him. I am Our Lady of the Holy Spirit. I am Mary your Mother, Queen of Peace.
Special graces are given for healing (especially spiritual healing) wherever and whenever these prayers are prayed at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.
I wish the youth to come on Sunday (and on Thursday at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center) at all places where the prayers are recited. These prayers can be recited in about one hour or less. I am Mary, please answer my request.
end of August 14, 1999 message
Jiffy Sheet: 108 day Novena beginning August 3, 2003 to November 18, 2003
You will need: 1. This sheet
2. Holy Spirit Novena Book
3. Shepherds of Christ Prayer ManualI. Begin at 6:20 p.m. by singing, "Come Holy Ghost" (verse 1).
- Say, "I want to make a Spiritual Communion."
- "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love." (This will unite us in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.)
- Cast out Satan: "We cast Satan into the fires of hell, far from us, our families, our Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
| Day: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Period I | Aug 3 - J | 4 - L | 5 - S | 6 - G | 7 - J | 8 - L | 9 - S | 10 - G | 11 - J |
| II | 12 - L | 13 - S | 14 - G | 15 - J | 16 - L | 17 - S | 18 - G | 19 - J | 20 - L |
| Period I | 21 - S | 22 - G | 23 - J | 24 - L | 25 - S | 26 - G | 27 - J | 28 - L | 29 - S |
| II | 30 - G | 31 - J | Sept 1 - L | 2 - S | 3 - G | 4 - J | 5 - L | 6 - S | 7 - G |
| Period I | 8 - J | 9 - L | 10 - S | 11 - G | 12 - J | 13 - L | 14 - S | 15 - G | 16 - J |
| II | 17 - L | 18 - S | 19 - G | 20 - J | 21 - L | 22 - S | 23 - G | 24 - J | 25 - L |
| Period I | 26 - S | 27 - G | 28 - J | 29 - L | 30 - S | Oct 1 - G | 2 - J | 3 - L | 4 - S |
| II | 5 - G | 6 - J | 7 - L | 8 - S | 9 - G | 10 - J | 11 - L | 12 - S | 13 - G |
| Period I | 14 - J | 15 - L | 16 - S | 17 - G | 18 - J | 19 - L | 20 - S | 21 - G | 22 - J |
| II | 23 - L | 24 - S | 25 - G | 26 - J | 27 - L | 28 - S | 29 - G | 30 - J | 31 - L |
| Period I | Nov 1 - S | 2 - G | 3 - J | 4 - L | 5 - S | 6 - G | 7 - J | 8 - L | 9 - S |
| II | 10 - G | 11 - J | 12 - L | 13 - S | 14 - G | 15 - J | 16 - L | 17 - S | 18 - G |
- Pray the Holy Spirit Novena using the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet.
- After the novena, read the appropriate meditation. For example: period 1, day 1; period 1, day 2; etc. This will continue until further indicated.
- It is enormously important that you feel as a body praying together, asking for the special coming of the Holy Spirit.
- After the meditation say: "We consecrate the Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
- Ask that the Blood of Jesus be spread on the Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world.
- Begin the 6:30 p.m. prayer service as usual.
II. Begin the 6:30 prayer service
- Begin praying: Dear Father in the name of Your Son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of the Virgin Mary, with all the angels and the saints and the souls in purgatory, we join in one mind and one heart and ask the Holy Spirit to come to all the world in a special way, especially to our priests. We pray all prayers for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world and for the Shepherds of Christ intentions. By the precious Body and Blood of Jesus we cast out Satan far from this place, our families, the Shepherds of Christ Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world. We ask the Blood of Jesus be spread on us, the Shepherds of Christ Movement, Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, the Church and the world. We beg for grace and mercy for the world and wish to make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We give our hearts to Jesus and Mary with all gathered here in love. We wish to be forgiven for offending one another. We love You God, help us.
- Sing A Song from Jesus. Refrain: "I come to you with greatest love, I am your loving Savior. I am your God, I died for you, I come to you this day."
- Then begin the prayers of the Good Shepherd (Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual).
- Sing The Rosary song Refrain: "Oh the rosary, the rosary is the love of Their two Hearts, Oh the rosary, the rosary is the love of Their two Hearts."
1) Ave Maria, Ave Maria.
2) Jesus we love You, Mary we love you.
3) This is her peace plan, Children must pray it.
4) We turn to Mary, She is the Queen of Peace.
5) Oh Sacred Heart Divine, Oh Heart of Mary pure, Ave Maria, We love to pray it!- Begin the rosary. Please use the Rosary Books and the Rosary Aves. The important thing is to pray the prayers and the rosary at 6:30 p.m., if possible. (Rosary mysteries need to be according to the Rosary Novena.)
- Read the Ten Commandments.
- I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
- Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
- You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
- Pray A Prayer of Thanksgiving then read the Daily Message for the day.
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