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.

September 29, 2000 - Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels

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

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

Messenger: Include Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in 6:20 prayers.

Messenger: PRAY FOR TWO URGENT INTENTIONS.

September 22, 1997 Message

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?

Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?’ But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.

Excerpt from September 25, 1999 daily message

Messenger: Our Lord has told me that St. Joseph majorly is my protector and our protector in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

Pray to him for me and for you, my beloved shepherd brothers and sisters.

On September 26, 1997, an earthquake hit Italy in Assisi. A second quake hit that same day. The first quake struck at 2:33 a.m., the second at 11:42 a.m., local time.

The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi was damaged by the two quakes on Friday, September 26, 1997.

On September 22, 1997, I had received the message given yesterday on the Internet. I suffered so much the day I received the message and the next two days. Our Shepherds of Christ president, who had been out of town, called me Friday about 5:00 p.m. and told me of the earthquake.

The earthquake made a deep crack in the precious frescoes by Giotto of St. Francis and St. Clare. St. Francis was enormously important in helping in the Church.

A photographer reported about 11:30 a.m., "I was taking pictures of the frescoes when I felt a first tremor," he said. "Maybe five minutes later, there was a stronger one and in that instant it seemed like everything fell around me."

AP photographer Phinio Lepri, Associated Press

Here is a quote from Associated Press under a picture of the frescoes of St. Francis and St. Clare that circulated on papers around the world:

"Damage can be seen on the frescoes depicting St. Francis, left, and St. Clare at the Basilica after the first quake Friday. Shortly after this photo was taken, the fresco was destroyed by a second quake."

Messenger: On September 22, 1997, He said, "Would the destruction of your temples bring you to your knees? Or should I destroy My own houses?"

I suffered and suffered for three days.

At the end of the week, an earthquake tore apart the Basilica in Assisi and a picture of St. Francis and St. Clare, a famous fresco, was on many of the newspapers around the world.

^{(End of Excerpt from January 19, 1999 daily message)}

Revelation 3: 12

Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own new name as well.

July 4, 1996

This message was received before a live statue of the Sorrowful Mother after Communion.

Message from Jesus: "Peace will abound when nations, churches, families and individuals are consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

"The founder is a pillar of light to the dark world. This is the explanation of the photo. It is through him, I will turn darkness to light. Circulate this message with the picture. Encourage all to consecrate their hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to join the Shepherds of Christ Chapters, and the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Movement to pray for your Church and your world. This is My Movement for renewal of the Church and the world, based in consecration, joining your every act to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying the rosary, and making reparation to Our Hearts, especially on First Fridays and First Saturdays. It is through your prayers and sacrifices many souls will be helped to be saved. Grace will flow from those whose hearts are consecrated to Our Hearts and the fire of My Love will light up this darkened world."

As you look at the picture, you see the founder's arm and hand on your left. This picture of the founder was taken July 2, 1996 at the Tuesday Shepherds of Christ Meeting at Tom Arlinghaus' Farm.

(End of message of July 4, 1996)

3 YEARS LATER

Messenger: On September 22, 2000, 3 years after I received the message of September 22, 1997, our founder underwent surgery and found out he had cancer.

Excerpt from Blue Book V:

Messenger: We are God’s chosen children from the first moment of conception. The life in the Mother’s womb is a life created by God. From the first moment it is conceived, it is a creation of the Father and He deems it to be alive. We are fooling around with the divine creation of God the Father if we, in any way, stop the child from being born. Only God can create a human life! No man can, in any way, take this life and destroy it without answering to God the Father.

The child in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for joy at the presence of Jesus and Mary. He was God in the womb.

Jesus said to me, in a vision:

"These children are the chosen ones of My Father. You saw My Heart, the flowers were for the dead children that are dying. You are little flowers growing into a beautiful bouquet for My Father. Each moment of your life is a flower in the bouquet. You want your bouquet full of flowers that are beautiful, not half dead. When you sin, you are not growing into the beautiful flowers He wants you to be. Each moment is a flower. Will you bouquet be half-dead? Will your moments be as little petals you present to the Father, full of life and beauty?"

"Tell the little children to come to Me. Bring the children to church. Let them be in front of the tabernacle. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Bring your children to church. Children need to be close to Me. I love My children - bring them to Me!"

To really know God is to love - every action that comes from you should be a result of His love within you.

Messenger: The same day I had this vision.

This is the picture from my notebook.

(End of Excerpt from Blue Book V)

Readings from today's Mass

Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14

   While I was watching,
   thrones were set in place
   and one most venerable took his seat.
   His robe was white as snow,
   the hair of his head as pure as wool.
   His throne was a blaze of flames,
   its wheels were a burning fire.
   A stream of fire poured out,
   issuing from his presence.
   A thousand thousand waited on him,
   ten thousand times ten thousand
       stood before him.
   The court was in session
   and the books lay open.

   I was gazing into the visions of the night,
   when I saw,
       coming on the clouds of heaven,
   as it were a son of man.
   He came to the One most venerable
   and was led into his presence.
   On him was conferred rule,
   honour and kingship,
   and all peoples, nations and languages
       became his servants.
   His rule is an everlasting rule
   which will never pass away,
   and his kingship will never come to an end.

Revelation 12: 7-12

And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had led all the world astray, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, ‘Salvation and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life. So let the heavens rejoice and all who live there;

John 1: 47-51

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.’ Nathanael asked, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus replied, ‘Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.’ Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.’ Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that.’ And then he added, ‘In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.’

THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM, AND IN HIM

Excerpt from 8-13-2000 daily message (for Mass Book II)

REPARATION TO THE HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY

Reparation to Our God

Messenger: I am so unworthy to receive the Divine God Who gives Himself to me and comes inside of me and unites me more to Him and gives me Himself and pours out His grace.

Oh God, the gift of the Mass that man can partake and offer sacrifice and be so one with that Sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present now through the hands of the priest.

I cried at Mass, feeling so deeply how we have offended our God and trying to unite in such oneness with Jesus, offering a most pure sacrifice dwelling in Mary's Heart. I just wanted the Father to see the Sacrifice of His Son and outpour grace on us and mercy and for the Father to know how sorry I am for my sins and the sins of the whole human race. We ignore Him, and He is so good to us. He is the Almighty, all powerful, all Holy, all good God.

How can we act this way? We are so blind. I begged and pleaded at Mass with all my soul that God would please forgive us. I just wanted to cry so deep and I saw how we must make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

(End of excerpt from 8-13-2000 daily message)

Messenger: Pray for Perry.

Messenger: Rosary in Clearwater, Florida - October 5, 2000.

Messenger: Special Mass and Rosary - October 7, 2000, Dale, Indiana,  Mass at 12:00, Rosary at 1:00, Pot Luck Supper at 4:30 p.m. Call for details at 1-888-211-3041 or 1-513-932-4451.

Messenger: Retreat - October 12, 13, & 14, 2000 in China, Indiana.

Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 noon - October 13 followed by apostle recognition and live rosary.

Messenger: Social at Morrow, Ohio, Center October 17, 2000.

(Please copy and pass out to family and friends.)

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.

Song: O Lady of Light, shining so bright, be with us this day, guiding our way, O Lady, O Lady of Light.

Mary speaks: I appear to you as Our Mother of Sorrows.

^{(End of Mary's Message)}

MY VALENTINE FOR JESUS AND MARY AND THE WORLD I _________________ give my heart to You Jesus and Mary on this day _________________ I promise to help spread the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How do I feel I can learn more about patience from identifying with Jesus on the cross? How do I feel it will help us to get along more as a couple?

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