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.
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September 22, 2005
September 23rd
Holy Spirit Novena
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Pray for Jim who had heart surgery.
October retreat will be
a special Fatima retreat -
October 16th is the
feast of St. Margaret Mary
The retreat will begin
October 13th until October 17th
and the retreat will be an extra day,
October 17th
due to the Fatima nature.
September 22, 2005
Excerpt from September 20, 2005 message
Messenger: We bless the
whole world!
We Consecrate the whole
world and all the hearts
of the world to the Sacred
Heart and Immaculate Heart
(as far as we are able)
We cast the devil far
away from all
in the world.
We beg for a special
outpouring of the
Holy Spirit.
We beg for grace and for
mercy.
From September 22, 2000
Father was operated on and told he had cancer.
Exactly 3 months later his funeral is held December 22, 2000. September
22, 1997, and December 22, 1996, messages will follow at the end of this
message.
Excerpt from May 24, 2005
Messenger: Also it is how it was
when I got this message
September 22, 1997 and then 3½
days later
the basilica in Assisi was destroyed
and the Frescos of St. Francis and St. Claire
with it.
I told Fr.
Carter September 22, 1997 as I went to
China where he was to celebrate Mass
how I knew something was going
to happen when I got the September 22,
1997
message from Jesus that morning.
Fr. Carter
never suffered so much himself, he said,
ever in his whole life. I was told by
Jesus how we had ignored the Fatima
message and the world should look at
the devastation of World War II and see it
as a sign of how important Fatima
was. I cried and thought I was
almost bleeding inside then the
Earthquake happened in Assisi
and the Frescos of St. Francis and St.
Claire
destroyed.
end of excerpt
Messenger:
On September 22, 1997,
Jesus said:
Jesus speaks: "STIFF-NECKED, stiff-necked, stiff-necked. There will
be a new heaven and a new earth. The old order will pass away. For they
worshipped Me with their lips only and their hearts were far from Me.
I will rock the earth and bring the senseless men to their knees. They
will learn to beg ‘LAMB OF GOD, YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE
MERCY ON US!"
Their thoughts are far from me....
I am the LAMB OF GOD. I AM THE BRIDEGROOM OF THEIR SOULS — of a country
of stiffs, naked in their ways, their hearts are haughty, for they persist
in their same ways.
They are resistant to change. They refuse to go to the Heart of My
Mother, yet she is their Mother and Mother of the Church.
Oh, to a world of stiff-necked.... I give you this message. Look at My
Body on the cross, it was broken and mutilated, it was constrained, it was
the picture of torment and twisting.
I speak through these messages
and you continue in your stiff-necked ways. Would the destruction of your
temples bring you to your knees? Or should I destroy My own houses? Or would
they get the message anyway, if I burned them down?
(Messenger: On September 22,
1997, He said this. I suffered for several days. Then the basillica in
Assisi was destroyed.)
Jonah 3: 1-10
The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah a second time. 'Up!' he said,
'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to it as I shall tell you.'
Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of Yahweh. Now
Nineveh was a city great beyond compare; to cross it took three days.
Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city and then proclaimed,
'Only forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown.' And the people of
Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from
the greatest to the least. When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he
rose from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth and sat down in
ashes. He then had it proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree of the king
and his nobles, as follows: ‘No person or animal, herd or flock, may eat
anything; they may not graze, they may not drink any water. All must put
on sackcloth and call on God with all their might; and let everyone
renounce his evil ways and violent behaviour. Who knows? Perhaps God will
change his mind and relent and renounce his burning wrath, so that we
shall not perish.’ God saw their efforts to renounce their evil
Psalm 130: 1-2
From the depths I call to you, Yahweh:
Lord, hear my cry.
Listen attentively
to the sound of my pleading!
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger:
St. Anthony's prays with us 24 hours
adoration ------
(our church in China, Indiana)
Psalm 130: 3-4
If you kept a record of our sins,
Lord, who could stand their ground?
But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
Excerpt from September 20, 2005 message
Messenger: We bless the
whole world!
We Consecrate the whole
world and all the hearts
of the world to the Sacred
Heart and Immaculate Heart
(as far as we are able)
We cast the devil far
away from all
in the world.
We beg for a special
outpouring of the
Holy Spirit.
We beg for grace and for
mercy.
Psalm 130: 7-8
let Israel hope in Yahweh.
For with Yahweh is faithful love,
with him generous ransom;
and he will ransom Israel
from all its sins.
Excerpt from September 20, 2005 message
Messenger: We bless the
whole world!
We Consecrate the whole
world and all the hearts
of the world to the Sacred
Heart and Immaculate Heart
(as far as we are able)
We cast the devil far
away from all
in the world.
We beg for a special
outpouring of the
Holy Spirit.
We beg for grace and for
mercy.
Jonah 1: 1- 2: 1-2, 11
The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah
son of Amittai: ‘Up!’ he said, ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and
proclaim to them that their wickedness has forced itself upon me.’ Jonah
set about running away from Yahweh, and going to Tarshish. He went down to
Jaffa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and boarded
it, to go with them to Tarshish, to get away from Yahweh. But Yahweh threw
a hurricane at the sea, and there was such a great storm at sea that the
ship threatened to break up. The sailors took fright, and each of them
called on his own god, and to lighten the ship they threw the cargo
overboard. Jonah, however, had gone below, had lain down in the hold and
was fast asleep, when the boatswain went up to him and said, ‘What do you
mean by sleeping? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps he will spare us a
thought and not leave us to die.’ Then they said to each other, ‘Come on,
let us draw lots to find out who is to blame for bringing us this bad
luck.’ So they cast lots, and the lot pointed to Jonah. Then they said to
him, ‘Tell us, what is your business? Where do you come from? What is your
country? What is your nationality?’ He replied, ‘I am a Hebrew, and I
worship Yahweh, God of Heaven, who made both sea and dry land.’ The
sailors were seized with terror at this and said, ‘Why ever did you do
this?’ since they knew that he was trying to escape from Yahweh, because
he had told them so. They then said, ‘What are we to do with you, to make
the sea calm down for us?’ For the sea was growing rougher and rougher. He
replied, ‘Take me and throw me into the sea, and then it will calm down
for you. I know it is my fault that this great storm has struck you.’ The
sailors rowed hard in an effort to reach the shore, but in vain, since the
sea was growing rougher and rougher. So at last they called on Yahweh and
said, ‘O, Yahweh, do not let us perish for the sake of this man’s life,
and do not hold us responsible for causing an innocent man’s death; for
you, Yahweh, have acted as you saw fit.’ And taking hold of Jonah they
threw him into the sea; and the sea stopped raging. At this, the men were
seized with dread of Yahweh; they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made
vows to him.
Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swallow
Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days and
three nights. From the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God;
he said:
Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto
the dry land.
October 16, Feast of St. Margaret Mary
Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred
Heart
(these should be read by the prayer leader):
(1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their
state of life.
(2) I will establish peace in their homes.
(3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
(4) I will be their refuge during life and above all in
death.
(5) I will bestow a large blessing on all their
undertakings.
(6) Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the
infinite ocean of mercy.
(7) Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
(8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high
perfection.
(9) I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart
shall be set up and honored.
(10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the
most hardened hearts.
(11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their
names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
(12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart
that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the
first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they
shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My
divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.
A message for the Earth from Jesus
January 22, 1998
I am the Good Shepherd, these are My prayers, the
prayers I give to help renew the Church and the world, all prayer chapters
are asked to include these prayers (found in the Shepherds of Christ
Prayer Manual). As My Apostles and Shepherds I ask you to encourage all
existing Chapters to try to encourage all existing prayer groups to pray
the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Encourage all Churches to pray these
prayers. It is most urgent that the people of this earth concur with the
Father's wishes to begin Prayer Chapters. This is an urgent request from
the Good Shepherd. The flock will become one when they have given their
hearts to Jesus and Mary. Encourage all priests to pray the Shepherds of
Christ prayers. Your world will be lighted with great light as the people
of this earth pray these prayers.
My promise is this to you My beloved earth: When you
give your heart to Me and spread the devotion to My Sacred Heart, I will
write your name In My Heart. I promise to give the greatest graces when
you pray these prayers for renewal of the Church and the world and take
all who pray them deeply into My Heart. The prayers I give will bring
about the reign of My Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate
Heart. I am Jesus Christ, this is My message of January 22, 1998, Please
circulate this message to your world. I am the Good Shepherd, I know Mine
and Mine know Me and they follow Me. Grace My Shepherds, I will give you
the greatest graces for spreading these words to this earth and to your
Church. I love you, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, it is the Plan of
the Father that Prayer Chapters are begun immediately and the Priestly
Newsletter is given to all priests. The Voice of the Good Shepherd speaks
through it.
end of January 22, 1998
English
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Excerpt from July 29, 1998
I come to teach my children to be children of
the Father. I come to teach them to pray.
A Rosary for Healing or
for Someone with Cancer.
On one Hail Mary bead or as many as you desire,
say:
May God heal
through the intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater and Fr. Carter in
union with the Mass and all the Masses being celebrated around the
world.
Pray the Hail Mary or Hail Mary's then pray this
after the Hail Mary.
May the cancer be uprooted and thrown into the
sea.
We believe with all our hearts.
After the Glory Be— pray the following petition.
May be healed
through the intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater and Fr. Carter if
it be the holy will of God.
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger:
When I did the prayer services
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We pray from St. Anthony's 24
hours a day for
the Priests, the Church and the world
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger:
Help us get the rosaries to the schools --
we send at least
50,000 homemade rosaries in
October
September 22, 2005 message continues
Mary speaks: I want my
rosaries to get to the
school children, help me.
School Rosary Program
(available in 4 languages with the
Imprimatur)
September 22, 2005 message continues
Mary speaks:
You must pray now --
Begin the prayer chapters as
my Son has asked for
praying for the priests, the
Church and the world.
Please listen to me.
I appeared in Clearwater
CLEAR - WATER
to lead to my Son's Movement.
Mary appeared on the heel.
We knocked Mary's head off
and she crushes the head of the serpent
September 21, 2005 message
Mary speaks:
(1) Priestly Newsletters
(2) Prayer Chapters as Jesus designated
in all languages
(3) Rosary meditations Red Book
(4) Blue Book Writings
(5) Daily Messages
(6) School Rosary Programs
(7) Tiny Tot Books
(8) Nursing Home Program
(9) Retreats China over the 13th
(10) The 5ths in Florida
From June 23, 2005 message
Messenger:
The purpose of
the Movement are majorly
1) To circulate the Priestly Newsletter to 72,000 priests in 189
countries. Fr. Carter, S.J. sent the Newsletter since 1994. The Priestly
Newsletter is the main purpose of our Movement centered in consecration to
the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
2) A
co-equal purpose is the prayer chapters centered in consecration to the
Hearts of Jesus and Mary we participate in ourselves and encourage others to
begin who come to the site. Prayers are from the red prayer manual begun by
Fr. Carter in 1994 – praying for the priests, the Church and the world.
3)
Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart –
Our members spend 2 hours weekly before the Blessed Sacrament
praying for the pope, bishops, priests, sisters and brothers, for the Church
in general, members of the human family, souls in purgatory, members of the
Shepherds of Christ Movement, praying for the culmination of reign of the
Sacred Heart and triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart using the red prayer
manual, the rosary and private meditation.
4)
Rosary Program —
homemade rosaries sent to school children in United States over
100,000 yearly, with meditations with the Imprimatur and consecration
cards to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
5)
Morning Offering program encouraging all to say the morning offering with
materials given to unite all they do all day to the Mass praying for the
priests, the Church and the world.
6)
Consecration of Homes and Families, School Program to the Sacred Heart and
Immaculate Heart.
7)
Store in both China, Indiana and Clearwater, Florida
providing
images and statues of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart, rosaries, rosary
kits, prayers with the Imprimatur, vestments for priests, bibles,
religious goods in general, prayer cards and prayer manual, etc., power point
presentation of the rosary for meditation for schools and for tiny tots.
8)
Retreats monthly – 4 days in China, Indiana with
daily Mass, the Eucharist exposed for our members, praying for the priests,
the Church and the world.
9) 24
hour adoration from our Church in China praying for the priests, the Church
and the world by our members, servants, handmaids and apostles.
10)
Books on meditations of the rosary, Father Carter’s books, books on the Mass
with Imprimatur, coloring books on the rosary for children all ages,
nursing home books, large print.
End of excerpt from June 23, 2005 message
Florida -
Kathleen W.
I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love! I write this for
the honor and glory of God and in thanksgiving to Jesus for calling me to
this Movement.
Jesus says in St. John's Gospel, "You did not choose me,
no, I chose you…" Jn 15:16.
What a calling! To be chosen to be a Handmaid of the Good
Shepherd! His special spouse! The spouse of THE KING & CREATOR of the
Universe!
WOW! And a Movement personally directed by Jesus! Thank
you, Jesus!
Words cannot express all I would like to say. Since 1st
grade I wanted to be a nun. I saw the nuns at my school and I wanted to be
like them. Unfortunately growing up... all the peer pressure in school and
the struggles of young adulthood took away any hope of being a nun. I
followed the ways of the world and left Jesus out of my life.
During my senior year of nursing, the seed of pursuing a
religious vocation sprang up again in my heart. I started attending daily
Mass as often as I could, and Mary our Mother was bringing me closer to
Jesus. My 1st choice was Mother Teresa's Order, however, that didn't happen
for me.
After graduation from nursing school I went to a Bible
Institute Retreat at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. While there, I
attended a Baptism of the Spirit Seminar and felt a strong presence of the
Holy Spirit.
That fall, in 1996, I went back to Ohio for another
retreat, and while I was in the chapel one evening, I picked up God's
Blue Book II and read a message on Communion from Jesus. I
almost fell out of my pew! The message touched me deep in my heart.
Thankfully, I was able to take the book home. the messages were awesome! I
never knew of having such an intimate relationship with Jesus!
I started spending an hour everyday after Mass. I joined
the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart and later started a Shepherds
of Christ Prayer Chapter. I got the other Blue Books, the rosary book
and rosary tapes. I felt so committed to praying the prayers and the rosary
mediations were so powerful! I thank Jesus and Mary for all these
revelations!
I heard about the handmaids in 1998, while ordering
through the Shepherds of Christ. I was really interested in them. I thought
maybe this is where God is calling me. I kept praying to do His will.
Jesus, in His time, made it all work out. When we give our
lives to Jesus, He can do more than we could ever ask for or imagine! Jesus
loves us!
I feel so blessed and privileged to be in the formation of
being a handmaid! Thank you, my Father, for this Movement and all the
beautiful people in it! Thank you, Holy Spirit, for your tremendous work in
my soul! Thank you, Jesus, for choosing me for this special calling. And
like Mary, my life is a continuous FIAT. "My soul proclaims the greatness of
the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior." and "Behold, I am the
handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."
Morrow - Doris J.
What has Shepherds of Christ and being a Handmaid done for my
life and for my relationship with Jesus?
I first heard of Shepherds of Christ from a letter
received concerning a rosary gathering at Tom’s Farm in October 1996. My
family already had plans for the 13th. When I received a notice
for November 13th my brother and I went not knowing much about
Shepherds of Christ, but if it was praying the rosary-it had to be good. It
was the most powerful rosary I ever attended. I didn’t go for several
months, but felt drawn to this ministry and compelled to pray the prayers
and read the blue books. Jesus was talking directly to me through them and
it was great.
Jesus has always worked slowly in my heart. Pain and
suffering in my early adult life brought me to realize that God was the only
one I could turn to in my need. God alone was my strength.
In July 1997, news came that the department where I worked
was being phased out by the parent company on the east coast. I was
disenchanted with my job and I only continued working there to live, so I
wasn’t concerned about the lack of a job.
During this same time, I felt pulled in my heart to pray
with Shepherds of Christ as a body. I was shy and I would just come, sit,
pray and be silent, not really talking to anyone very much.
I knew from my childhood that I would never marry. The
pull Jesus had on me was stronger than the world’s, though I didn’t realize
the source. For the past year I had become closer to Jesus and I felt what I
would do with my life, next, would be for him alone.
On August 13, 1998, I went to China, Indiana, to the
monthly rosary knowing something was going to happen-but not knowing what.
During the rosary the president of Shepherds of Christ started reading a
letter from Jesus about women being called as handmaids and their way of
life. I felt the power of the Holy Spirit descend on my head and I was glad
to be sitting. I knew Jesus was calling me to become a handmaid, a call that
I had been waiting patiently for, for over two years.
After the rosary I acted on the Holy Spirit’s prompting
immediately-knowing if I didn’t, I would find excuses not to. Jesus’ hand is
very strong in my life. I was accepted as a candidate for a handmaid within
a few days and gave two weeks notice at work. I found myself in Clearwater,
Florida, within three weeks.
As a Handmaid of the Good Shepherd my life is very
prayerful and very one on one with Jesus as His spouse. He is the Bridegroom
of my Soul. Just being with him after Mass and in front of the tabernacle is
candy to my soul and leaves me speechless. Being a handmaid has brought the
joy, love and peace of my Divine Bridegroom into my life to an extent I
didn’t even know could exist.
He calls me to constant change and growth. I cannot remain
the same, for my life and love for him would stagnate. I live to serve him.
I have only scratched the surface of the depth to which my soul craves union
with my Lord and Savior. Any life in God is hard work, but the rewards are
unbounded.
Jesus loves each and everyone of us on a personal level.
He died on the cross to save each soul. He, the living God, is truly waiting
in the tabernacle for us, to love us, if we would only come and sit with
him.
Since my move to Clearwater, Florida, in 1998, I have
recently traveled to China, Indiana, for a stay and I am currently in
Morrow, Ohio, doing the work Jesus has called me to do. Jesus knows where I
will be next, even though I do not.
There is nothing boring about being on Jesus’ roller
coaster. The ride is into eternity! I can’t wait to see you there!
Florida - Rosie R.
How has Shepherds of Christ changed my life?
The first time I opened God's Blue Book, I knew that Jesus
was speaking to me! The message was just what I needed that day!
I had not attended daily Mass since Catholic High School,
approximately 30 years previous. MY PRAYER LIFE had been practically
non-existent -- attending Sunday Mass and calling on God during trials. In
fact, the threat of my husband dying of cancer took me back to praying the
rosary and praying novenas to the Blessed Mother. After he died I was at a
loss, for I considered him my "rock". For the first time ever in my life, I
began praying to do God's will. I had a career, but I felt in my heart that
I didn't want to do that for the rest of my working life.
I was invited by a friend to make a Cursillo weekend and
without hesitation, said yes. Following the grace-filled weekend, I entered
the chapel for adoration and picked up the Blue Book, which I had ignored
for weeks. I immediately fell in love with Jesus and my life began to
change! With the help of Jesus through the Blue Book, along with daily Mass
and Holy Communion and spending time after Communion with Jesus and time in
prayer, I was able to work through my depression, which I had even denied
existed.
After giving out many Blue Books to relatives and friends,
I received an invitation to attend the first monthly Shepherds of Christ
national prayer meeting at Tom A's farm held on October 13, 1996, with Rita
leading a Live Rosary. I felt drawn to every meeting after that, and soon
found myself in the core group at Morrow, Ohio, attending weekly prayer
meetings with Live Rosaries. Through the use of the Blue Books, mostly in
front of the tabernacle, weekly prayer meetings, and rosaries at Morrow, I
have grown closer to Jesus than I ever thought possible.
I thank Jesus every day for His many graces and the deep
love that He gives me to draw me closer and closer to Him. I also thank my
spiritual Mother, Mary, with all my heart for her help when I turned to her
in desperation and for the help she's given me throughout my life.
As an apostle working in Florida at Our Lady's Image Site,
I have a great opportunity to spread the light and love of Christ to all I
meet!!!
Cincinnati - Emily L.
How Being a Member of Shepherds of Christ
Changed My Life
Walking the aisle with that vision so deep in the heart,
of a bride in her brilliant, pure white dress, white radiant veil, and white
roses in her hair, ready to meet her Bridegroom. What words can express the
intensity of that moment - everyday walking to the altar to be wed to the
Almighty God?
The moment of reception, after receiving the Almighty God,
the Divine Bridegroom of the soul. For isn't it, indeed, a "reception" after
the wedding, for within my heart I dance with my precious Spouse as He sings
of His ardent love. And what words can describe the embrace of the King of
Heaven, the dancing to His heartfelt voice, the longing to express the
burning love as He gives Himself so completely? Our Bridegroom is with us at
every second, as we walk, talk, eat, drive, sing. He sits there as we read
His tender letters of love, with His beating Heart feeling such emotion in
each word that we read and smiling on us with the most gentle, sweet love.
What words can describe the excitement of that moment - a new bride so
over-flowing with vibrant life as she sits next to her Lover outpouring
Himself?
What words can describe this love from a Mother that leads
us to such a union with God?
What words can satisfy the burning within the soul to
express the depth to which we feel for this Movement?
All this far surpasses the little terms we could use to
say what has been imprinted on our hearts.
So many gifts given from heaven: the morning offering and
consecration, the precious Blue Books and Daily Messages, the Rosary Book
and the Children's Rosary Book, all the tools for intimacy with Jesus, the
Mass, the Eucharist and the word, the Juniors, the 6:20 prayers, the joys
and the sufferings, the love and the graces, the beautiful apostles,
handmaids, servants, and Fred. ( I love you guys a whole lot!! )
From death to life I've traveled on my journey in the
Shepherds of Christ, with constant death - resurrections, but the knowledge
of God and the great union with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and the
Blessed Mother are beyond all words.
It's such an ache to write this letter because it doesn't
even scratch the surface. I could go on forever and it seems like I am. What
a gift, this tremendous LIFE in Him that He has revealed through the
Shepherds of Christ!
And what words can truly express it?
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger: LIVE-IN-APOSTLES
praying in China adoration
Mary G.
How has being a member of Shepherds of Christ
changed my life?
When I was a baby, we lived next door to a convent and I
had 12 years of Catholic education. I married and lived Cincinnati
eventually. After my civil divorce, my three younger children and I moved
back to Price Hill in Cincinnati where I grew up. This time brought me the
Catholic Charismatic experience.
Dad died in '86, and I moved away to a small town. Though
I tried, I thought no Catholic church or prayer group met my needs so I
attended Protestant prayer meetings and services. I found ministers and
prayer groups that deeply love the Lord Jesus, and I would still be in these
circles except that I went back to Cincinnati to visit. I hadn't told my old
friends that I was no longer a practicing Catholic so I joined them when
they attended charismatic functions. At one of these I was given Blue
Book I.
Actually, someone tried to give it to me and I wouldn't
take it saying, I had too much to read , so it was given to the friend I was
staying with. When we got home and she was out of the room, I opened the
book so I could congratulate myself for not accepting it.
That's Jesus! Jesus is speaking in this book! I read
almost the whole book that night, then I ate humble pie and phoned the lady
who had pressed me to accept it. I received it in a few days.
Back home I read and reread it. Jesus was speaking loud
and clear and I went to the nearest church and made a confession and resumed
my long neglected practice of daily Mass. I also began to go to the
Shepherds of Christ chapter meetings in Morrow, Ohio, where I heard the call
for volunteers to come to the Virgin Mary Site in Clearwater, Florida.
How well I understand God's words, "Your thoughts are not
My thoughts!".
Changing my thoughts and my ways comes more slowly than
changing my address, which is now Clearwater, Florida.
Though retirement isn't at all what I thought it would be,
I wouldn't trade places with anyone at all.
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger: ALL Centers pray every hour
ALL Centers pray at 6:20
(1) Yellow Book
(2) Red Book
(3) Rosary
(4) Daily Message
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
Nursing Home Program
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Prayers are in big print
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Home Video #15
September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger: These
are the pictures from the site
that late afternoon when
I made this Nursing Home video.
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
January 5, 2002
Click here for
January 5, 2003 video
Click here for January 4,
2004 video
January 2, 2005
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Epiphany 2005 - January 2, 2005 at
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September 22, 2005 message continues
Mary and Jesus speak:
Help us reach the
Nursing home people with
these videos
(English)
(Spanish)
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Mary by day
July 5, 2000 |
by night
July 5, 2000 |
September 22, 2005 message continues
Mary speaks:
Help me get my Son's Newsletter
on Mary and the Church to
the priests now
Help me to reach the
tiny tots with all
the books --
coloring books --
etc. on the
rosary
Please help me --
This has taken 2 years and
is ready
Help me reach the tiny tots --
Messenger:
Feast of the Sacred Heart
Tiny Tots do
Eucharistic Adoration
Click to hear him pray the rosary
he was 3 when the
rosary was taped
this is available on disc
September 22, 2005 message continues
Mary speaks:
Help me reach my
tiny tots ------
Jesus speaks:
Help me circulate
My Mass Book at
Eucharistic Conferences
click
here for the Mass Book
also in Spanish
September 22, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks:
Help Me get My
Priestly Newsletter Book #2
to priests ------
Messenger:
This book has 3 years of
Fr. Carter's Newsletters --
It is about the burning
love of Jesus
Click for book
Spanish Newsletters
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September 22, 2005 message continues
Messenger:
The Priestly Newsletter Book II in English
was sent to 95,000 priests
with the prayer manual
after Fr. Carter's death
Written September 24, 2000
Messenger: I
watched by his bed.
A book for those who help cancer patients, for their relatives and
friends who need to cope with the suffering of losing a loved one.
It was a quiet day or so it seemed, the long months of watching John
go "down hill" had come to an end.
I did not know that the end was indeed so near, but the story had
been written in the days that went before, but I really never read the
message given in the days that led up to that final page.
There were months of warnings, but I just lived every day coping with
that day’s events and when the final page was about to be written, I felt
shocked, empty and afraid.
The days before were all telling the story, but like anyone in love
with a family member, who wants to think that days of parting might be so
soon? Oh, but they were so soon. As I look back now, I see I just didn’t
recognize them.
Every person can only do so much, but out of love those we love
deeply and love us, sometimes, cover up their real conditions in an attempt
to live life as usual.
Cancer is a mighty menace. It attacks the weak and the strong. It
acts like an aggressive machine growing and growing inside someone’s body
and they may not notice the gradual sucking of their life from the other
parts of the body until it almost leaves them dead.
I was a little girl of five years old when the deadly disease ate
away the cells in my mother’s body as it took over her body and she soon
died.
But I am not here to make you feel sorry for me or to tell you about
anything new, but to write of the dying and rising of my dear friend, Fr.
Carter.
The signs were there, for in January he became very sick and even
though he wanted to go to the Virgin Mary building to say a private Mass
there, he could not go and the once held plane reservations were cancelled.
He remained sick and on February 5, 2000, when we opened the Rosary
Factory in Clearwater, Florida at Mary’s Image site, he did attend, but he
didn’t feel good and he continued trying really hard to serve us as a
ministry.
Now, I don’t know, in September after they opened him up and told us
what they did, how he ever did all he did, being so sick. It was September
22, 2000, when they operated on him and it was January 22, 2000, when we
were supposed to go to Clearwater, Florida, exactly eight months later.
Father Carter continued to keep a hectic schedule.
Jesus told him to write the lengthy spirituality newsletter in which
he summed up a great deal about the spiritual life. We could all study it
for our entire life.
As I write this, I don’t know if he will ever tape record this 20
page newsletter or the next newsletter.
I do know this, the signs were there and Father worked really hard to
continue doing all he did despite his sickness, weakness. His faith in the
Movement never wavered. He had a burning desire to serve Jesus and help
renew the priesthood, the Church and the world.
Father worked and worked because he loved us all so much and loved
the world and he didn’t complain, ever.
His faith in this Movement and the messages of Jesus is shown in his
life given to this.
Father showed us the message of Jesus in his life. He lived in such
union with Him. He offered Mass every day praying so fervently for souls and
for all of us.
I see the signs especially on the trips. Mary was adorned in gold on
the building July 5, 2000, during the evening prayer service.
end of September 24, 2000 message
Written September 24, 2000
Messenger:
Mary stood beneath the cross of her Son and
she was in such anguish, of this I write.
She saw the anguish of her beloved Son.
She watched, she heard Him sigh, breath, she endured the time, knowing the
time was near for His death.
There was the intensity of waiting
during the passion. Think of her anguish watching him as He hung on the
cross.
Mary knew things from the prophecy of
Simeon. She knew of a deep sorrow to pierce her heart.
Think of the anguish of her heart.
Think of Mary holding the lifeless body
of Jesus under the cross. Meditate on the sufferings she endured.
Think of how she felt at the tomb where
they laid her Son.
Pray for light to know more fully the
heart of Mary in these sufferings.
Mary had such a deep connection in her
heart to Jesus. They were so united.
Death by crucifixion was used to kill
criminals. They crucified Jesus, the Son of God.
July 5,
2001
September 24, 2000 message
continues
Messenger: It is painful to see
injustices in the world.
We go through sufferings concerning
injustices in the world. Mary cries out about the sins of her children. We
identify with Jesus. He knew all the souls that would be lost despite His
suffering.
Be with Jesus in the garden of
Gethsemane and see the sins of the world. Pray for knowledge to know more
about the souls being lost. We must pray more fervently. Beg for mercy from
God for our sins and the sins of the world.
I could write forever of those moments
of Mary as she stood beneath the cross or when she held the lifeless body of
her Son in her lap.
She shared in His Passion. She stood and
watched Him suffer. She did not take a pill to numb her pain, nor was there
any mechanism used to dull it. Every moment was with full intensity as she
watched His mutilated body be drained more and more of fluid and blood until
He took His last breath, giving His life for His precious souls.
A person watching someone linger with
cancer can identify with Mary as she watched her beloved Son die.
We will die.
We must keep our focus on the life
hereafter.
A woman of beauty, our Mother Mary, God
allowed Mary to suffer.
Luke 2:35
and a sword will pierce your soul
too—so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’
~ The Seven Sorrows of Mary ~
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1. The Prophecy of
Simeon
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2. The Flight into Egypt
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3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple
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4. Jesus and Mary Meet on the Way to the Cross
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5. Jesus Dies on the Cross
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6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Laid in Mary's Arms
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7. The Burial of Jesus
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end of the Seven Sorrows
September 24, 2000 message
continues
Messenger: Many times we try to
alleviate suffering from our lives.
Suffering was a major part of the life
of Mary.
Her heart was filled with such
knowledge. She knew joy and suffering. She watched her Son die a pitiable
death. Jesus is the Lamb of God.
We think we are so smart here. Do we
really know the ways of our God? We think the way it is at present may go on
and on. The flower eventually withers and fades and the beauty of the full
blossoming flower goes with time. A flower, once an instrument of awe
because of its beauty, may soon be thrown on a dung heap pile.
Our bodies may deteriorate and decay,
but God promises eternal life to those who love and serve Him.
Be with Mary outside the tomb of Christ.
Feel the emotion in Mary’s heart.
Pray for sorrow for our sins and light
to know God more and more.
Contemplate the joy of Mary to know
Christ has risen.
She saw her little baby born in
Bethlehem. Now she sees Him die on the cross. Christ her beloved Son, rose
victorious. We receive a sharing in His Divine life through baptism.
The rosary is so beautiful. We meditate
on the lives of Jesus and Mary.
We identify our lives with Theirs. We
live His life, death and resurrection in our lives. We ask God to help us
grow in a greater likeness to the New Adam and the New Eve.
Many times we take our health for
granted. God can call us from this life at any moment.
end of September
24, 2000
Messenger: Fr.
Carter died December 18, 2000
Funeral December 22, 2000
Funeral December 22, 2000
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you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you," through the
intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask
that my prayer be granted.
O Jesus, who said, "All that you ask of the Father in My
Name He will grant you," through the intercession of Mary, Your most
holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Your Father in Your Name that
my prayer be granted.
O Jesus, who said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My word shall not pass," through the intercession of Mary, Your
most holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.
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