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.

January 1, 2001

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: Please pray for 5 urgent intentions!

Messenger: Our Lord has asked us to pray for a special priest and three other special priests and His designated priests.

                      Please pray for the intentions on the prayer list at the end of the message.

Messenger: Mary is Mother of the Church.
 

Messenger: In the left lower corner of the image I always
                         see Mary as our Mother on the 5th
                         of each month.

Messenger: Our Lord wishes that the following message
                        appear here today.

This message was given to Fr. Carter, it is     found in his book Tell My People.

Excerpt from Tell My People

Mary Our Mother

Jesus speaks: "My beloved friend, tell My people to come to My Mother. From the cross, as I was suffering indescribable agony, I gave Mary as spiritual Mother to the world. My great love for My people prompted Me to do this. I am Lord and Master, and I want My people to come to My Mother and their Mother. If you wish to be close to Me, come to Mary. Consecrate yourselves to her. In this way you will grow into the closest union with Me. Through her Immaculate Heart, you will be drawn more and more into My own Heart. It is My desire that you allow My Mother to place you within My Heart which loves you with an unfathomable love! This is My wish--that you come to Me enfolded by Mary's mantle, cradled in her arms, pressed against her Heart."

Reflection: It is God's will that we approach Jesus in union with Mary. Enough said!

(End of Excerpt from Tell My People)

Messenger: One great way to honor Mary is to pray the Litany to
                         her. This honors her in her Motherhood.

                      Look at the Litany and see how we address
                         Mary. The Father has given messages how
                         He is pleased when we pray the Litany
                         to the Blessed Virgin.

                      We address Mary as Mother.

                      (from the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

                                Mother of Christ,
                                Mother of the Church,
                                Mother of divine grace,
                                Mother most pure,
                                Mother most chaste,
                                Mother inviolate,
                                Mother undefiled,
                                Mother most amiable,
                                Mother most admirable,
                                Mother of good counsel,
                                Mother of our Creator,
                                Mother of our Savior,

Messenger: We address Mary as Virgin.

                      (from the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

                                Virgin most prudent,
                                Virgin most venerable,
                                Virgin most renowned,
                                Virgin most powerful,
                                Virgin most merciful,
                                Virgin most faithful,

 Messenger: She is the Spiritual Vessel.
                      She is the Vessel of Honor.
                      She is the Singular Vessel of Devotion.

                      It is in Mary's Immaculate Heart that we can
                        be so close to Jesus.

                      Jesus takes us to the Father in the Holy Spirit.

                      Mary is vessel.

                      She is Ark of the Covenant,
                              Gate of Heaven.

                      We honor her as Queen.

                      (from the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

                                Queen of angels,
                                Queen of patriarchs,
                                Queen of prophets,
                                Queen of apostles,
                                Queen of martyrs,
                                Queen of confessors,
                                Queen of virgins,
                                Queen of all saints,
                                Queen conceived without original sin,
                                Queen assumed into heaven,
                                Queen of the most holy rosary,
                                Queen of families,
                                Queen of peace,

Messenger: Mary is our Mother and
                     Mother of the Church.

                      I wish to quote a message given from
                                      God the Father.
                                              January 31, 2000.

Excerpt from January 31, 2000 Daily Message

God the Father speaks: I love you, I want this devotion given to Mary.

Pray the rosary.

Pray the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary for all the blasphemies against Mary as your Mother, so that you will make reparation to her Immaculate Heart.

I want you to love and honor Mary.

I am the Father.

(End of Excerpt from Daily Message)

Messenger: I wish to put here a quote from Father
                        Carter's newsletter from Fr. Maurice de la Taille, S.J.

Excerpt from priestly newsletter, Issue No. 5, Priestly Ministry and Priestly Holiness - Fr. Maurice de la Taille, S.J.:

Would you wish to know why for so many years after the first Pentecost the Gospel was so marvelously propagated, why there was so much sanctity amongst the Christian people; why such purity in heart and mind, such charity, the sum of all perfection? You will find the answer when you recall that in those times the Mother of God was still on earth giving her precious aid in all the Masses celebrated by the Church, and you will cease to wonder that never since has there been such expansion of Christianity, and such spiritual progress." ⁶

⁶Maurice de la Taille, S. J., The Mystery of Faith, Book 2, "The Sacrifice of the Church", translated by Joseph Carroll and P. J. Dalton, Sheed and Ward, p. 240.

(End of Excerpt from priestly newsletter)

Messenger: We must honor Mary as Mother of God.

                      We must honor Mary as virgin.

                      We must honor Mary who was conceived without sin.

                      We must honor Mary as our Mother.

                      Parents should teach their children about Mary as their Spiritual Mother.

                      We should respect the images of Mary.

 
                      We please God by praying through
                           the powerful intercession of our Mother.

 
                      In a message I received January 18, 1997,
                                  the Father spoke about Mary as
                                  the gift He gave us.

Excerpt from January 18, 1997 message (from Apostles' Manual)

God the Father speaks: 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.

(End of Excerpt from January 18, 1997 message)

Messenger: Mary, Mother of God, help us —

Messenger: From the Litany,

                              Mother of divine grace.

 
                      Father Carter had a constant interior vision of Jesus.

                              He had great peace.

                      He is the founder of our Movement, Shepherds of
                         Christ.

                      He had great oneness with God.

                      He helped us in directing the Movement.

                      He is deeply connected to us.

Excerpt from December 28, 2000 Daily Message

God the Father speaks:  Pray with great fervor the prayers My Son has given to you. Praying at 6:20 pleases Me. Pray through the intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater, pray through the intercession of your founder.

I will hear your heartfelt prayers and be glad.

Pray for an important priest and another I ask to serve Me.

Pray for your priests, pray in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, pray as a body, pray united to the Masses being celebrated around the world.

I am the Father, I love My children of the earth.

(End of Excerpt from December 28, 2000 Daily Message)

Excerpt from December 24, 2000 Daily Message

Jesus speaks: The devil will try to do all he can to break your connection to Fr. Carter. Stay united to him always in holy prayer. Pray through his intercession, united to the Mass, praying as a body for the Movement, the priests, the Church and the world.

You are the Shepherds of Christ. As you pray this Christmas, united to those under Mary's image, you will be praying that My Light will shine in the hearts of men this Christmas. I will outpour My grace on the world as you pray united as a body. Pray the prayers I give you for the priests, the Church and the world, and I will turn the hearts that pray My prayers into hearts filled with the fire of My love. Their hearts will be a burning light to the rest of the world.

I love you so much.

Never, never doubt My love.
Do not give in to Satan.

Fr. Carter will intercede for you at 
    the throne of God.

Unite with him at every Mass as you pray 
    more fervently than ever.

Give your hearts to Me and to your 
    Mother Mary.

I love you so much.

(End of Excerpt from December 24, 2000 Daily Message)

Excerpt from December 31, 2000 Daily Message

Message for New Year's Eve

Jesus speaks: Pray today to the Father, in the Holy Spirit united to Me (Jesus) in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater and the intercession of Father Carter, your founder. Pray for the Movement, the priests, the Church and the world.

Pray for a special priest.

I am asking this message be put on the Internet as soon as possible today so you will join your hearts in holy prayer in the last moments of this year.

(End of Excerpt from December 31, 2000 Daily Message)

Excerpt from Mother at Our Side, by Father Edward Carter, S.J., pp. 22-23

   Mary, then, tells us that consecration to her Immaculate Heart leads us to an even greater assimilation to Christ, to a deeper living out of our consecration to Christ. In the Immaculate Heart we are increasingly formed into the likeness of Christ. We are increasingly drawn into the Heart of Christ and more and more transformed in Him.

   St. Louis de Montfort in his own way tells us of the connection between our life in Mary and our life in Christ: "The Holy Spirit espoused Mary and produced His greatest work, the Incarnate Word, in her, by her, and through her. He has never disowned her and so He continues to produce everyday, in a mysterious but real manner, the souls of the elect in her and through her. . . Since Mary produced the head of the elect, Jesus Christ, she must also produce the members of that head, that is, all true Christians."¹⁷ . . .

   Karl Rahner, one of the greater theologians of our times, speaks to us about this association with Christ's life: "We can only get a complete picture of Christian existence, such as it is given by God and such as we should make it, if we take a good look at the whole life of Christ." Further on, Rahner reminds us that Jesus still retains the mysteries or events of His past existence: "Jesus has not lost a thing. He has not only saved His physical being intact, but everything has remained present, as it were, in its hidden, sublime essence." Finally, Rahner tells us that through our union with Christ we relive His mysteries: "In other words, just as His cross and the totality of His life have become part of our life, so also is His Resurrection a factor in our present existence."¹⁸

   To end our reflection on consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we might consider what Our Lady of Fatima said to Jacinta:

   Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her.¹⁹

17. St. Louis de Montfort, God Alone: The Collected Writings of St. Louis de Montfort (Bay Shore: Montfort Publications, 1987), p. 266.

18. Karl Rahner, Spiritual Exercises (New York: Herder and Herder, 1965), pp. 244-47.

19. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op. cit., p. 10.

(End of Excerpt from Mother at Our Side)

         

A rosary can be used to pray for healing. It is powerful to unite our prayers to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and pray through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater.

In times of trouble, for special prayer, we can use our rosary and pray as follows.

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 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 if it be the holy will of God.

Note: You can look at Mary on the image rosary while you pray this rosary.

Note: The above section can be printed out from a PDF file, and you can pray the rosary looking at the pictures.

December 17, 2000, Mary speaks: Help me to circulate my red and blue     Rosary Books and the     prayers my Son gives to you. This is a gift we give you. All the revelations are gifts given to you. My Son is the Light of the World. He is Jesus born in a stable. Will you help me? He is the Light of the World. Help me, help me     reach my children of the world.

To order your Rosary Book fill out this form and send your donation to Shepherds of Christ Ministries, PO Box 193, Morrow, Ohio 45152-0193, Telephone: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or (513) 932-4451.

Name: _________________      Street: _____________________________

City:   _________________      State:    _________________ Zip: ________

Donation price:  $7 A    $15 A    $25 A   $50 A   $100 A    Other $_____ A

Messenger: Mary wants the Red Rosary Book printed. It will cost $12,000 - $14,000 to get them reprinted. We are out of Red Rosary books. Mary has asked us to always circulate them. They go with the apparition in Florida.

Messenger: Can you help with the printing of the new Blue Rosary Book Volume II of Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary?

Messenger: CAN YOU HELP US BY GIVING US ROSARIES FOR THE SCHOOLS REQUESTING THEM?

Mary speaks: PLEASE MAKE WALTER'S ROSARIES. THE SCHOOLS WANT ROSARIES AND THERE ARE NOT ANY ROSARIES LEFT.

Messenger: Pray for Perry, Ron, Fernando, Hank, Ed.

Prayer List for apostles for interior use in the Movement. Pray hourly.

Spread the Blood of Jesus on everyone, consecrate their hearts, cast the devil out, pray for coming of the Holy Spirit in a special way for all people involved on this list.

Pray for Father Carter and the Jesuits, the people at Colombiere.
Pray for the funeral and all events concerned with that.
Please pray for one new very important intention.
Pray for all involved in buying the building.
Pray for 2 special priests.
Pray for designated priests, Fr. Mike, Fr. Smith, Fr. Ken, all priests involved in the Imprimaturs translations including all bishops. Pray for Fr. Joe, Bishop Ed, Fr. Don, Father at Tuesday Masses, Fr. Tom, Fr. Bill, all priests involved with Walter, Fr. Hagee and special priests.
Pray for Father's sister Merle, for all of us servants, handmaids, apostles and vocations to all 7 categories.
Pray for the priestly newsletter and all involved.
Pray for prayer book.
Pray for all book covers, pray for Cathy.
Pray for all translations and all involved.
Pray for the elections.
Pray for an audience with the Pope.
Pray for all Jesuits involved, all those over us. Pray for the 4 urgent intentions.
Pray for the rights to the books.
Pray for the process of getting Father's books on the Internet.
Pray for money to reprint the books.
Pray for the Imprimatur on the Priestly Newsletter Book II.
Pray we can send it to all bishops and Jesuits.
Pray for Perry and family and discernment.
Pray for all sub-centers and all out-of-state rosaries.
Pray for the sisters' mailing, nursing home mailing, bus mailing.
Pray for Rosary Factory.
Pray for Genevieve's daughter and Sheila's mom and Jerry's dad, Bernice's daughter.
Pray for Paul and Joan discernment.
Pray for B & M and Tina and Terry, all printing jobs, companies involved.
Pray for 5th, the 13th, the 17th.
Pray for the Internet team and the daily messages.
Pray for building up of Morrow, Ohio, Dale, Indiana, other sub-centers.
Pray for the Holy Spirit Center and all involved.
Pray for all our families, children in school, college mailing.
Pray for lots of rosary makers and rosaries for the schools.
Pray for funds and grace.
Pray for Paul C., Margaret Mary, Steve and Sheila, Monica, Angie, Marian, Cathy, Joe, Nick, Mary, Emily, Joe, Doris, Glaci, Dunkers, Joan R., Morgan, Mark, Walter, Janice, Mike A., Margaret, Ron, and Harold.
Pray for Fred doing the paper and all involved in priestly "start-up".
Please pray for all Shepherds of Christ children.
Pray for Victor's son, Michael. (Victor and Frances)

(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 has our love for each other helped us to grow in love for others?

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