R. Fr. Carter, S.J. was our founder.

                Fr. Carter received this message.
 

July 31, 1994

                R. On September 22, 2000
                    we found out Fr. Carter had cancer.

Through Him, With Him & In Him

From March 10, 1999

Consumed by the Fire of His Love in the Mass

R. I adore You, I worship You my beauteous God. I loved Him so intently in this Mass, wanting only to worship and adore Him. My focus was worshipping my beauteous Father. My soul was filled with the presence of God’s love in the Spirit. I had intense oneness with my beloved Spouse Jesus Christ, offering sacrifice to God. I wanted to exist in the depth of union IN HIM, knowing all I know and the struggles, but experiencing all this intently in Him. I want to exist dwelling so deeply in Him. The self unites so deeply with the Almighty God and in that point the self is so completely immersed in the Divine God. My soul was filled with awe for God. He possessed my soul in the Mass and all I crave is deeper union with Him, being existent IN HIM IN SUCH A HEIGHTENED DEGREE. This is joy, to be filled by the Almighty God and living existent in Him in this elevated state in the Mass. Come to me Lord and POSSESS MY SOUL.

Take me away from this place. I want to be where all I know is myself existent in You. The walls around me drop off and my state is that of an elevated union with my Divine God. He gives Himself to me. I am in awe, I adore and love Him. I want to bend low and worship Him. He is truly all-holy, worthy of all honor and praise. I was consumed with awe for love of Him, wishing only to worship Him and to bend low, filled with awe and thanksgiving for this awesome gift of Himself. God gives us the greatest gift of the Mass. With Christ we offer this most Holy Sacrifice to the Father, wanting only to please Him, worship Him and praise Him. We bend and bow low to our most beauteous God, Lord of heaven and earth. Fill me with Your grace that I will be in awe of You and bend low to Your great wonders in the Mass. My God, I adore You, I worship You, I love You.

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From March 31, 1999

R. The greatest gift God gives us today is Jesus truly present in the Eucharist.

                R. Fr. Carter received this 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:

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

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

                R. I see the little children, the beauty of the
                tiny baby, the body of the little
                toddlers.

                R. I love to watch them

                I love to see their simplicity.

                What a gift moms and dads
                    and babies –

                God loved us into existence –

                God gave us parents to love us
                    and take care of us –

                There is the sweet and
                There is the bitter in this life!!

                God gives us so many blessings
                    every day –

                The Eucharist is a blessing of God's
                    love for us.

                God has taught us about how to
                    be a man –
                    in watching Fr. Carter –
                    I saw A MAN who lived
                        his vocation –
                        who put on Christ –

                I saw a man

                Jesus has called men to be like
                    Jesus –

                Jesus was faithful –
                Jesus is the way, the truth
                    and the life –

                Jesus thought of others –
                Jesus gave Himself –

                Jesus loved relationships
                    because Jesus loved –

                Jesus showed us how He loved
                    the Apostles, despite their
                    failings – Jesus worked
                    with them to teach them –

                The Apostles were chosen by God
                    to carry on the Church –

                Jesus loved mightily

                Jesus showed men how
                    to be men –

                We see Fr. Carter – A real man
                                – A priest
                                – Giving and loving
                                – Caring for souls
                                – Loving the Church
                                – Being faithful to his
                                    vocation
                                – No matter what the trial

                God's will –
                God's timing

                Loving as God wanted him to
                    was first with Fr. Carter

                Fr. Carter was a man to be admired
               
                Fr. Carter –
                Loved the Shepherds of Christ

                Fr. Carter loved us all –

                His heart was open, like Jesus,
                    for the Apostles that
                    were called to the
                    Movement –

                Fr. Carter gave us all an example
                    of loving –
                    building people up in the
                    calling God gave them
                    teaching us to do
                    God's will –

                Putting God first –

                Fr. Carter put the
                    Prayer for Union
                    in his pocket
                    by his heart 

                R. Death – Resurrection

                Our life comes in shades of gray and light –

                Like the sun on a sunny day there
                    can be suffering in the sunny
                    days and joy in the gray skies.

                God is Almighty - from a barren
                    desert can come tremendous
                    fruit, when He gives His grace to
                    the hungry hearts.

Excerpt from September 22, 2002

Mary speaks:     Oh my children, Oh land of America, you are
                                a land of plenty and many of my
                                children die every day because of 
                                starvation.

                            Think of how it would be to hold a 
                                starving baby in your arms and
                                watch them die.

                            Oh Think of how it would be to watch
                                your child die because of sickness
                                and lack of nutrition.

                            Oh America, land of plenty, some are
                                so selfish hoarding their treasures
                                and they do not listen to my
                                plea for prayers.

                            They see only the world they know
                                and do not open their eyes.

                            Envision a mother coming to the scene of
                                her child, bloodied and cut and
                                bruised from an auto accident.

                            I held my Son in my arms and I
                                looked at His lifeless body—
                                He died for all my children.

September 22, 2002 message

Mary speaks:     My people are sick spiritually, I cry
                                to you, to pray, babies are
                                murdered in the womb of their
                                mother because she wants her
                                freedom, little babies are 
                                starving from hunger in
                                the arms of their mother.

September 22, 2002 message

Mary speaks:     And America land of plenty, you
                                freely spend your money on
                                so many idle pursuits.

Messenger:      It is foggy now and a cloud
                            has covered many of the 
                            cars before me.

Mary speaks:     —like a fog, you do not even see
                                your brothers and sisters, you
                                cover your eyes and you will
                                not even look at me.

                            My Son Jesus has come to tell you of His
                                love and to tell you to pray—
                            This is His Movement Shepherds of Christ
                                and you will not help me.

                            How can you call yourself loving when
                                you focus on yourselves and your
                                little world.

                            You are the children of God.

                            When one hurts, you all are
                                affected.

                            I appear as a messenger from God.

                            America  wake up.

                            I have tried to deliver messages to you
                                for years.

                            Here are two messages delivered by your
                                Father immediately after He allowed
                                me to appear in Clearwater, Florida.

January 11, 1997

God the Father: My plan will unfold despite the willfulness of any of My children. I am the Father. I have guided you in all of your activities.

    I am telling you that the members of the Shepherds of Christ must be made aware of the importance of living the Blue Book messages.

    Planning is up to Me. This is My plan and it will unfold. Men plan for the future. I AM.

    I am directing the Shepherds of Christ Movement through these messages.

    I am angered at the lack of response on the part of some to back these messages. You must support these messages so they are lived by man.

    These messages are given from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the triumph of My beloved Mary's Immaculate Heart.

    You are given all you need. You must adhere to My plan.

    I am the Father. I AM WHO AM. I was in the beginning, I am now and I will be forever.

    I am telling you to obey the directions given by Jesus in these messages.

    My plan will unfold. The completion of the Fatima message will greatly come through the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

    You must circulate the tape, Mary's Message. You must circulate the messages given to you in God's Blue Books and Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

    The renewal in the Church will greatly come through the newsletter and the books published with the imprimatur. You must publish all books on the Mass with the imprimatur. Prayer chapters must be started in the churches.

    The instructions for the priests will come from doing as I have requested. I beg you to circulate the Priestly Newsletter Book to the priests as soon as possible. The priests must be made aware of the Mass Books.

    The Children's Rosary Book must be published immediately. Your work, Fr. Carter and Rita, is to publish this material.

    Heaven has contacted the earth primarily in these messages to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.

    The plan will unfold. It is My plan. You must be obedient to the directions I give to you here. The Movement is a great star of light to this world. From the Movement the earth will be covered with stars of light and the earth will be lighted through your efforts, Fr. Carter.

    I will give you all you need. The plan will unfold. It is My plan to turn sinful men into obedient, loving children.

    I have delivered this message that you will know My plan is unfolding. Many will be lost because of their willfulness. I demand obedience to My requests. The plan will unfold. It pleases Me greatly that you obey My messenger. She is delivering these messages to you from the Son, My beloved Son, God-made-Man.

    The messages of the love of God will be written on the hearts of men through the writings of Fr. Carter and Rita to bring about the reign of His Most Sacred Heart.

    I am displeased with those who have blocked these messages. Anyone continuing to block My messages given through the Hearts of Jesus and Mary will receive a shock that will envelope them.

    The time is very urgent. The time has run out for sinful man. I am angered at the way the world has treated their Mother. Willful children must be punished. I demand obedience. Mary gave to her children her peace plan and she was ignored by the Church and her children. Mary is Mother of the Church and Mother of her children. Willful children must be admonished. Children must obey their Mother.

    Mary appeared on the building in Florida as Mother of all. You have made money your god. You have ignored God and made this world your end.

    I am God. I AM WHO AM, without a beginning, without an end. I am today, tomorrow and always. You do not comprehend My ways with your feeble minds. You must obey the messages given by My Son and His Mother. These messages I give to you as a gift and a great revelation from heaven. You must be thankful and cherish this gift given. I will not remove My gift to you for I know you will obey Me. I will admonish you when you do not respond as you should.

    I have called you and anointed you, My holy priest (Fr. Carter), to lead this world to the light. The Light of the world is My Son, Jesus. His Heart will reign and the heart of your Mother will triumph. I beg you to surrender and obey and watch My plan unfold. There will be a great era of peace very soon, My little children. All you do today will help to save many souls. Many souls will know the love of God through the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Many souls will love God with burning love.

    I give you this gift. Your writings, Fr. Carter, and the writings of My messenger, Rita, will help greatly to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart.

    I am the Father. I am the Almighty God. You must believe I have chosen you. I have called each member here this day to hear this message. I have called you to be the apostles of the new era of peace. I have called you by name. You will lead men to the Heart of My Son. You must listen and focus all of your attention to this mission I have given to you.

    I am the Father. From the day you were conceived, I formed you in your mother's womb, knowing the great mission I would call you to today. My children, My children, do not be distracted by the evil one to lead you astray. I am counting on you, My beloved shepherds. You must not be led astray by doing other good works. I have called you, this is My plan, it is unfolding. You are a major part of the success of this plan for the renewal of the Church and the world.

    Your work in the Shepherds of Christ Movement greatly pleases Me.

    I AM, WHO AM. I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the Almighty God. You must be obedient children. It is through your obedience that the consecration will spread to many souls on the earth.

    It is through your obedience to help spread the priestly newsletter and start prayer chapters in churches that many priests will love God with the greatest love in the Mass. I am asking you to spread the Mass Book to priests and sisters. Please pray for the priestly newsletter, the quick spread of the material given in the newsletter and for the priests reading the newsletter.

    Heaven has contacted the earth. The light will shine in the dark corners of the world. Men will respond to the Shepherds of Christ Movement. You must not be afraid. You must do as I have asked you.

    I have called you by name, My chosen ones, from the beginning I formed you and I gave to you the talents needed to accomplish this mission on the earth.

    Your talents are gifts from Me to be used for this purpose. You are the Shepherds of Christ. You are the apostles of the new era.

    There will be a new earth, there will be love on this earth as I intend it to be. My children will love one another, you will walk hand in hand, loving God and one another in harmony and peace.

R. ...Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven...

Jn 1:1-18 (From The New Jerusalem Bible):

In the beginning was the Word:
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through Him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being except through Him.
What has come into being in Him was life,
life that was the light of men;
and light shines in darkness,
and darkness could not overpower it.

A man came, sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
to bear witness to the light,
so that everyone might believe through him.
He was not the light,
he was to bear witness to the light.
The Word was the real light
that gives light to everyone;
he was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had come into being through him,
and the world did not recognize him.

He came to his own
and his own people did not accept Him.
But to those who did accept Him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believe in his name
who were born not from human stalk
or human desire
or human will
but from God himself.
The Word became flesh,
He lived among us,
and we saw His glory,
the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.

John witness to him. He proclaims:
'This is the one of whom I said:
He who comes after me
has passed ahead of me
because he existed before me.'

Indeed, from his fullness we have, all of us, received–
one gift replacing another,
for the Law was given through Moses,
grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God;
it is the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart,
who has made him known.

R. We do not even see Our Father as so important to us.

    A little child is always aware of their father. A little child knows how dependent he is on his father, always wanting to please his father.

    A little child is always aware of his mother and obeying her. A little child loves his mother. Look at how unloving we are to Mary.

    We are children of God, with God the Father as Our Father and Mary as our heavenly Mother.

end of January 11, 1997 message

January 18, 1997

God the Father:  My Dear Children,

I am the Father. My plan is unfolding through you, My beloved priest, Fr. Carter, and Rita and the core group in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

I tell you all to read the accounts concerning Noah. Nowhere in history has God been offended as He is this day by this sinful world. You will suffer a fate for the offenses against God.

Mary appeared at Fatima to warn you, the sinful children, how they were offending God, but you did not listen. The war did not change the hearts of many evil men.

I warn you through My beloved daughter, Mary. You did not heed her warnings. Disobedience against the Mother I gave you displeases Me greatly. Mary is the Mother of all children. Mary is a gift from Me, but you are willful and abuse the gift I send you.

You do not make reparation to her Immaculate Heart; you continue to offend her. I will not tolerate the deeds of evil men any longer.

My plan will unfold. Any disobedience to these messages given by Me, My Son, or your Mother Mary will cause Me great displeasure.

I am the Father, the Almighty God, the Alpha, the Omega; you are a sinful people, a chosen race sinning against a loving God.

I am angered at your ways for they are not My ways, you have run amuck, you have offended your God, you have disobeyed your Mother and My beloved Son who died to save you.

I will act on all who continue in such sin. The sheep will be separated from the goats; the goats will receive punishment for their deed. Heaven and earth will kiss, there will be love in all hearts, justice will prevail and My children will be children of light, children that obey as I intended from the beginning.

Oh indeed My sweet messenger, I look to the earth and see the darkness, I see the disobedience of men against their Mother. I know the deeds committed and the evil in the hearts of so many. Justice will prevail and I will wipe out the earth. Only the children of light will remain, those who have given their hearts to their Mother Mary.

Do you think I send your Mother Mary as a messenger to be disobeyed by willful children? What do you think about at night, the cat, the dog, the fish? You don't know love. You don't love God or one another. This is My command to you, to love. You are a sinful, willful race, and the devil will vanish from the hearts of the children of light for they will be under the protection of her Immaculate Heart, the other children will be wiped off the face of the earth.

Disobey My messenger, ignore your Mother, ignore the Son in these messages. Ignore My Son who died for you.

Oh you sinful people filled with pride and disobedience, I give you the directions here to turn your hearts to love.

My Son has revealed Himself as never before in history into His tremendous love for men and you treat Our gift with such indifference.

I am angered at the lack of support to spread the messages of My Son's love for all.

You worry for funds, worry more, I am God the Father, the Almighty God. You disobeyed Mary, you disobeyed Jesus, now you will disobey Me?

You must obey My directions, the directions given through My Son, Jesus for the unfolding of the Father's plan.

No longer will I wait while willful men check and deliberate and disobey.

My plan will unfold through the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

I am talking through these messages given by My Son and Mary to tell you how to accomplish this task of carrying out My plan.

You must obey. The directions are given in these messages to spread the fire of God's love across this earth, to renew the Church and the world.

Because of willful men these messages have been held in check.

I am God, the maker of all things. You have made money your god. I want obedience, the funds will come when you obey all of the directions I have given to you.

Anyone who interferes with these messages will be removed.

These are the messages I give to the world. Fr. Carter's newsletter will teach the priests, all they need to know to be holy, loving priests.

Many priests are not loving, they are cold in their hearts. I will instruct the clergy through the newsletter.

My Son is the Chief Priest and Teacher. He has taught the world the secrets of His Heart through the writings of Fr. Carter and Rita, to go to men to check the value of these writings displeases Me.

You must have faith, you must study the entire revelations given here. You are not valuing My great gift to you.

I am the power, I am God, to the ends of the earth, I will be with you. My plan will unfold. You must think big, not on a human level. You must come to Me.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I am telling you to circulate the tape of January 13 (1997) as soon as possible. This tape must be released to the world. It is the message to go with the apparition on the building in Florida.

You must make every connection with Mary's message given December 12 (1996) and the messages given by Mary with the apparition of her on the building in Florida.

Time is very short and My patience is very thin. I will strike the earth and the evil men will scatter and there will be a reign of peace where men will love God as I intended. The evil men will be chastised for I sent your Mother to warn you and you disobeyed. I gave My Son as a sacrifice and you treated Him with indifference. I am angry at the creatures on this earth. I will lessen the chastisement if you make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Oh willful children, you disobey your Mother, you are unloving and willful and your ways are evil. You are a sinful race.

I am sending water, rain to quench your thirst, My beloved children of light; I am sending fire to burn the fields for the sinful children, they will suffer drought and will fall to the ground dead, they will know fire, they will know the wrath of God. For I speak and I am ignored.

I am using the Shepherds of Christ Movement to majorly carry out the plan begun at Fatima. Every day lost is a lost day. I give to you Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as your directions to help the plan unfold. Circulate these rosaries to all chapters and stress their importance.

The tape of January 13 (1997) is important to the world. The tape must be circulated with the apparition in Florida and the messages typed and put on the Internet with the rest of the messages I have given. The connection must be made between the apparition and the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

Satan will attack you strongly, he will create division and give messages through other visionaries to get you off coarse. You must obey My directions given in these messages to help bring about the completion of the Fatima message.

I will weed out anyone interfering with My plan.

I will tell you when you have deviated from My plan, do not taunt My messenger, this displeases Me. Read the messages for direction and obey them.

The directions given are strong to correct a sick world. You must quit focusing on the messenger and obey Me.

I am the Father, these are My messages to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.

You think of money and miss the gift given. You are men bolted to the earth. You must obey Me. I have all the power.

end of January 18, 1997

September 22, 2002 message

Mary speaks:      I ask the history of my messenger be
                                placed here today.

                            I tried to reach you before I delivered
                                this message and I was ignored.

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

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

end of Mary's Message, August 27, 1996  

September 22, 2002 message

Mary speaks:      Now I come to you today.

end of September 22, 2002

                R. God is light! And in Him there is
                    no darkness at all –

This is what we have heard from him and are declaring to you:
God is light,
    and there is no darkness in him at all.
If we say that we share in God’s life
while we are living in darkness,
we are lying,
    because we are not living the truth.
But if we live in light,
as he is in light,
we have a share in another’s life,
and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
cleanses us from all sin.

If we say, ‘We have no sin,’
we are deceiving ourselves,
and truth has no place in us;
if we acknowledge our sins,
he is trustworthy and upright,
so that he will forgive our sins
and will cleanse us from all evil.
If we say, ‘We have never sinned,’
we make him a liar,
and his word has no place in us.

                R. This is seen in the Preface of Fr. Carter's book
                    Spirituality for Modern Man –

                Fr. Carter lived being a man like Jesus!

                Excerpt from Spirituality for Modern Man by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.

Preface

                R. Inner life of being a man –
                    more like Christ –

    ... In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ.

                R. Our life is to be lived to help in the
                    work of redemption –

                Living the mystery of Christ –
                Living!
                Living!
                Living!

1 John 2: 5-6

But anyone who does keep his word, 
in such a one
   God’s love truly reaches its perfection.
This is the proof 
that we are in God.
Whoever claims
    to remain in him
must act as he acted.

2 Corinthians 5: 17

So for anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation: the old order is gone and a new being is there to see.

Romans 6: 3-11

You cannot have forgotten that all of us, when we were baptised into Christ Jesus, were baptised into his death. So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new life. If we have been joined to him by dying a death like his, so we shall be by a resurrection like his; realising that our former self was crucified with him, so that the self which belonged to sin should be destroyed and we should be freed from the slavery of sin. Someone who has died, of course, no longer has to answer for sin. 

    But we believe that, if we died with Christ, then we shall live with him too. We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. For by dying, he is dead to sin once and for all, and now the life that he lives is life with God. In the same way, you must see yourselves as being dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus.

                R. Jesus had a human nature and
                    a Divine nature –

                By living more and more like Jesus we
                    are reaching into eternity in
                    knowing more how to love like
                    God.

                In baptism we receive a sharing
                    in God's life, our knowing and loving
                    activity is elevated –

                We actually share in God's loving
                    activity –

                We must put on Christ –

                Live according to God's will –

                For a man to be ecstatic in love against
                    God's will – with a person
                    who he is not to love that
                    way –
                    is a paradox –

                Loving deeply another person - only
                    can come in loving according
                    to God's will –

                It can be infatuation that is fed by
                    the devil to lead a soul to
                    condemnation of one's own
                    soul in the attraction of
                    a person which one tells
                    themselves they have the
                    right to love in a way that
                    opposes God's will.

                Real true love cannot oppose
                    God's will –
                    for what is love is to live
                    in God's will as He desires
                    us to live –

                Jesus shows us what it is to
                    be a man –

                Men of today can think that to be a man
                    they must show themselves
                    as superior over all –
                    loved by all –
                    bowed to by all –

                This is not following in the footsteps
                    of Jesus –
                    Genuine loving means –
                    loving means loving God's will
                        first –
                    loving God above all else and
                    loving our neighbor as God desires
                    us to love them, as ourselves –

                Loving means being one in God's will –

                Loving God's will as Mary loved God's
                    will – even in suffering –

                Loving God – is submission to God's
                    will, but there is such a desire
                    that one seeks and loves the will
                    of God because one loves God
                    first!!

                Love can be great suffering, we see
                    with Mary and Jesus and how They
                    suffered –

                Eve was selfish, prideful –
                    she wanted to be equal to God –

                Eve was seeking dominance for dominance
                    sake –

                What is the example of a man today?
                    Fr. Carter was a real man –

                I see Jesus in our priests especially,
                    Fr. Joe, my brother –
                    Fr. Don, my cousin
                    Fr. Mike, my spiritual guide

                I see Jesus in men who are married
                    and a wonderful father to their
                    family –
                    loving their family –
                    loving their wife and children

                Being like Jesus is reaching deeply
                    into that which is beyond
                    the natural –

                Jesus teaches us about love
                Jesus teaches us about forgiveness
                Jesus opens a door to eternity

                The bitter with the sweet

                Death / Resurrection

                Life and Death –

                Gratitude for gifts given –

                Gratitude for those who
                    love like Jesus

                Fr. Carter says

                "Do we thank God for having
                brought us into this world,
                for giving us the capacity
                to enjoy His wonderful
                creation – for giving us the
                opportunity and privilege
                to labor for Him and
                man? Are we truly thankful
                enough?"

                R. Fr. Carter says

                "Petition is another important
                aspect of prayer. We should
                petition God in prayer not
                only for our own natural
                and supernatural needs,
                but for those of others.
                We should never pray as isolated
                individuals."

                God made them male and female –
                God made them this way –
                Jesus came a man
                Jesus gives just dignity to the sex
                    of manly hood, but Jesus was
                    meek and gentle in Heart –

                Jesus shows us in His humanity
                    how He mightily loved –
                    how He served –
                    how He was involved with
                    His Apostles –

                God made women to be able to bear
                    children and in scripture it
                    tells husbands to love their
                    wives –

                Love is the greatest commandment –
                    Jesus shows us He loved all –
                    Jesus loved all so much He
                    died for all of us –

                God made them male and female –