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.


I appear my children on this former bank building in Florida, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun.

January 5, 2003

January 6th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 8 Period I.
The Novena Rosary Mystery
for January 6th is Sorrowful.

    

The Blue Book reading will be
on Sunday at 4:30pm on the internet
after the audio of the Mass.

   
  

A Spiritual Bouquet

for Valentine's Day

Donation of $2.00

  

    

Rita Ring will be in China, Indiana

on January 13, 2003

There will be a special prayer service
at 12:00 p.m. on the 13th.

Eucharistic adoration: January 12th-14th
ending with Mass on the 14th at 12 noon

  

Soon the Nursing Home Videos
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 will be available

  

  

The store in Florida
in the Two Hearts Building
   

 

    

January 5, 2003

Messenger:
        The light shines in the darkness —
                                but what if the person hides
                                in a dark corner so that the light
                                does not reach them because of
                                their own desire to remain
                                in the dark.

Jesus speaks:     I give you grace abundantly, My desire
                                is that souls will come to Me open
                                and filled with a desire to love.

                           I am the Almighty God.

                           I am love.

                           I outpour My grace to those who
                                come to Me and ask Me for
                                My light, My grace, My gifts
                                I want to give them.

                           I love you My beloved ones so intently,
                                this is why I write to you today,
                                I give you My letters of love in

  

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     God's Blue Book, clear concise letters —
                                revealing so many truths to you.
                                I have attached so many graces
                                to the Prayers I have given in
                                My Movement — Shepherds of Christ.

  

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     If priests knew how many graces I
                                have attached to these special
                                prayers they would pray them
                                everyday.

                           Many have gotten out of the habit of
                                praying the prayers at 6:20
                                Florida time.

                           My Mother appears daily and I appear
                                daily to tell the world the importance
                                of My Movement Shepherds of
                                Christ to help in the renewal of
                                the Church and the world and to
                                pray for the priests.

                           I am a God of justice.
                           I love My precious souls so much.
                           The devil has blocked the funds so that
                                you have been unable to do as I
                                have requested.

                           I desire the Priestly Newsletter Book I
                                and III to reach the priests, Bishops
                                and Archbishops, Cardinals.

                           The Newsletter Book II is available in
                                Spanish in most parts. This
                                needs to be published and circulated.

                           I have instructed My priest-son Fr. Edward
                                Carter S.J. doctorate in theology and
                                author of 18 books how to compile
                                these Newsletters for My priests to lead
                                them into this great era of peace where
                                I will be honored as the Sacred Heart
                                of Jesus by the people of this earth and 
                                I will be the King and Center of their 
                                hearts.

                           From these messages and writings My Church
                                will know a new renewal.
                                Satan has blocked My gifts given.

                                When Mary appeared to My messenger daily
                                    July 5, 1994 - September 5, 1995 I was 
                                    ignored.

  

  

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:         Many tried to block this plan which is
                                    a major part of the mission My
                                    Mother began at Fatima.

    

  

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          I came to My beloved priest-son and gave
                                    him the following message.

   

Given to Father Carter
on the Feast of St. Ignatius

~ July 31, 1994 ~

Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

end of July 31, 1994 message given to Fr. Carter

  

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          also the message

  

~ October 13, 1994 ~ 

The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ

    "I wish to share with you part of a message which Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of the Shepherds of Christ movement:

    'My beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...

    'I am giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.

    'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.'

- From In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Newsletter of Shepherds of Christ Associates
by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J., Volume 1, No. 1, 1995. p. 2.

end of October 13, 1994 message given to Fr. Carter

   

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          and the message for My Apostles of the Eucharistic
                                    Heart of Jesus.

     

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:

    My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.

    These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.

    I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.

    I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.

    I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.

    This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:

  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

   

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:        The Movement for My Apostles of the Eucharistic
                                Heart of Jesus is a very important
                                aspect of bringing to completion
                                the mission Mary began at Fatima.

                                Bishops need to employ this program
                                    in their dioceses and ——

                                People must pray in Churches, praying
                                    as a body as never before, before
                                    the Blessed Sacrament for these
                                    intentions I have given to you
                                    in early 1995.

   

  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.

                              

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:      I am a God of justice.
                            The babies of the earth are being
                                contaminated with so many untruths.
                            I cry to you.

                            I have appeared as the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
                            I have appeared transfigured.

                            I have given you My Rosary Factory in this
                                building

   

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:         which was forced to close September 11, 2002
                                because of funds and lack of
                                people answering My call.

                            I want purity amongst the members of
                                My Church.

                            I want you to pray as Shepherds of
                                Christ as I have instructed.

                            I am ignored.

                            Your babies are being murdered in the womb.

                            What do you want?
                                Do you think this slaughter should
                                    continue?

                            People have made their bodies their gods.

                            They worship sports and sex and their
                                bodies. They seek for power —
                                they want money, money, money
                                and there is not money to pay
                                the building payment on such
                                a building as this.

    

     

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          and there is not money for rosary beads
                                    for My Rosary Factory in this
                                    building —

  

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          I have cried tears of Blood —

   

 

April 5, 2001

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:          I sweat Blood in the garden

   

April 5, 2001

  

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:      After this sign given,

  

July 5, 2000

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     After the persecution of My Church —

                            you still ignore My Movement I have
                                given to pray for My beloved
                                priests, the Church and the world.

           

        from Tell My People

        Age of the Two Hearts

Jesus speaks:  "My beloved priest-companion, I have allowed you to experience in extraordinary fashion the riches contained in My Heart and My Mother's Heart. I desire that you tell all My people about these riches. I desire that My people consecrate themselves to My Sacred Heart and to Mary's Immaculate Heart. My people are living in the beginnings of the age of the Two Hearts.

    "After the time of the purification is completed, this new era of the Church and the world will become firmly established. This era will be characterized by the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. All those who consecrate themselves to My Heart and to My Mother's Heart will help to establish this glorious new age. I am Lord and Master. Please listen to My urgent request. Within Our Hearts you will experience the love and security, the peace and the joy, which you all desire. I love My people with a tremendous love, and in My love I give them this message!"

end of excerpt from Tell My People

    

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:      Oh My babies —
                            Oh the children — are you teaching them the
                                    truth?
                            Oh they are so pure.

   

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I have given you these prayers, I ask you
                                to please begin the prayer chapters.

                            Oh My people, please help Me get the
                                Priestly Newsletter Book I and III
                                to My beloved priests.

   

 Newsletter Book I  
 by Father Edward J. Carter, S.J. 

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

Newsletter Book III
by Father Edward J. Carter, S.J.

  

  

  

 

 

 

  

 

                                These books would help change 
                                the face of the earth.

                                
                                The priests must consecrate themselves
                                    to My Sacred Heart and the
                                    Immaculate Heart of My Mother.

                                The priests must tell the people
                                    about consecrating themselves
                                    and their families to the Sacred
                                    Heart and the Immaculate Heart.

                                Churches and schools should be 
                                    consecrated to My Sacred Heart and 
                                    the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.

                                The priests should tell the people to consecrate
                                    their homes and places of business
                                    to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate
                                    Heart.

                                I desire pictures and images of My Sacred Heart
                                    and My Mother's Immaculate Heart
                                    be in all places of this earth.

                                I want to Reign in the Hearts of My People.
  

Revelation 11: 15-17

...‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.’ The twenty–four elders, enthroned in the presence of God, prostrated themselves and touched the ground with their foreheads worshipping God with these words, ‘We give thanks to you, Almighty Lord God, He who is, He who was, for assuming your great power and beginning your reign.

 

Revelation 15: 3-4

and they were singing the hymn of Moses, the servant of God, and the hymn of the Lamb: How great and wonderful are all your works, Lord God Almighty; upright and true are all your ways, King of nations. Who does not revere and glorify your name, O Lord? For you alone are holy, and all nations will come and adore you for the many acts of saving justice you have shown.

    

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:         I give you My Sacred Heart on fire for love of men.

   

   

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:         I give you these messages telling you of My
                                    Burning love, revealing to you
                                    the thoughts of My Heart.

    

    

January 5, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:         I want these Books circulated please help Me
                                    to do this.

                                Help Me to reach the Priests with My
                                    Priestly Newsletter Books.

                                Help Me to get pictures of My Sacred Heart
   
                                  and My Mother’s Immaculate Heart in
                                    all places of this earth.

   

Excerpt from January 1, 2003

Messenger:   

                      I saw myself in a casket.
                      It was very freeing —
                        my only sorrow was that I did not do
                        more to reach His precious souls and I
                        was so afraid of what people thought
                        when He gave me so many messages,
                        visions and experiences and
                        I put so much emphasis on what people
                        thought and did not speak out more
                        the truths He revealed to me.

    

January 5, 2003 message continues  

Messenger      We can see all the saints that have passed
                             on and tried to promote devotion
                             to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  

                        Look at St. Theresa of the Little Flower
                             how tenderly she loved Jesus as
                             her spouse.  

                        The Church is the bride of Christ.
                         The Church is a pilgrim Church.  

                        As the Church grows in greater maturity
                             it will live more deeply this
                             spousal loving union with God.  

                        The Blue Book Messages Jesus gave to me
                             stress the fact,
                             Jesus is the Son of God.    

                        Jesus died for us.
                        Jesus rose.
                        Jesus is truly present in the
                             Blessed Sacrament.  

                        Today many do not believe Jesus is 
                             the Son of God.  

                        It is so important that these messages
                             are circulated to the far ends 
                             of the earth.  

                        We need to spread Christianity.  

                        Our biggest problem in the Shepherds of Christ
                             is funds.  

                        We do not have the funds to send
                             all the rosaries, Priestly
                             Newsletter Books
etc. to the
                             foreign countries as God
                             requests.

    

     

January 5, 2003 message continues  

Messenger:       Priests from Africa and sisters
                             are begging for rosaries.  

                         Archbishops and sisters from
                             India beg for the Priestly
                             Newsletter Book II.
 

                         Our money is very scarce.  

                         Our mission to reach the Catholic schools
                             in the U.S. with rosaries and consecration
                             cards and messages has been
                             majorly affected.  

                         Funds are our big problem.  

                         The pope has called this the year of the rosary.  

                          We have so many rosary makers
                             and rosary meditations,
                             coloring books for the elderly,  

                             pictures of Jesus and Mary we
                             want to send to schools —

                         We really need financial help to
                             do this.  

                          If you are being called to be
                             an apostle, servant or
                             handmaid, pray to God, follow
                             the way of life of the Shepherds of Christ —  

                             follow the Internet and Internet radio — 

                         God is calling some people who
                             need to pray to follow their
                             vocation, but Jesus has been

                             very clear and Fr. Carter before
                             his death — 

                         We have a Catholic priest helping us every day
                             and other priests we regularly consult
                             and help us.  

                          The way of life was clearly defined
                             before Fr. Carter’s death.  

                          We must pray for vocations to all 7
                             categories — Fr. Carter prayed every
                             day for this.

    

LEVELS OF COMMITMENT

There are seven levels of commitment in the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

  1. There are Associates who gather and pray at least once monthly as a group and also help with donations to support the Shepherds of Christ priestly newsletter. They can be tremendously involved. They give as they feel they are able.

  2. Apostles are members who have restricted their apostolic activity to the Shepherds of Christ. They literally act as a body of lay people who have given their lives in their present living situation to do all that they can to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart.

  3. Prayer Apostles are often shut-ins, some are able to go to church and pray. They spend much of their lives praying for the Movement.

  4. Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus are those who spend at least two separate hours weekly before the Blessed Sacrament praying for the following:

  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.

  1. Handmaids of the Good Shepherd are young and older women who have given their lives in community primarily to pray for the Shepherds of Christ Movement and intentions and to be special spouses of Jesus. Some have more duties than others. All have the primary duty of prayer and the desire to be a special spouse of our Lord. One of the functions of the handmaids is the involvement in praying for and helping to circulate the priestly newsletter. The handmaids are not members of a religious order.
      

  2. Servants of the Good Shepherd are men who live in community with a lifestyle and purpose similar to that of the handmaids. The servants are not members of a religious order.
       

  3. We wish to form a special congregation of priests who will realize their great oneness with Christ. They will be consecrated deeply to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and support the Shepherds of Christ Movement as holy priests.  

   

January 5, 2003 message continues  

Messenger:       We follow the messages and are
                             careful to do as the Church
                             wants us to do.  

                         We live by the meditations and
                             messages discerned by
                             Fr. Carter S.J. before his death.  

                         The Movement was clearly set up before
                             his death —

                         The messages are on the Internet
                             he approved of.  

                         He guided the Movement up  
                             to 5 days before his death.

 

4 days before Father Carter's death
December 14, 2000

   

Father Carter's final blessing

 

Father Carter's final blessing

 

Father Carter's final blessing

 

Father Carter's final blessing

  

Father Carter's final blessing

  

Father Carter's final blessing

  

  

  

  

 

Father Carter's funeral Mass

  

   

  

  

   

  

  

     

On September 22, 2000, Father Carter went into surgery. They opened him up and found out he had cancer. His disease was very advanced. He spent the last days preparing this writing to continue his mission – to write the priestly newsletter for priests and others interested in the spiritual life. He is the founder of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Father Carter, S.J., authored some 17 books revealing deep insights into the divine mysteries. His writing is not complete in the 33 newsletters he was permitted to edit. His writing is seen in the whole body of material he authored in the 33 years he wrote. He wrote the following prayers for prayer chapters to pray for the priests, the Church, and the world. For the past six years the newsletter has been distributed around the world with circulation increasing to approximately 75,000 priests in English and Spanish. Now the newsletter is translated into French and we are currently translating the first twenty page newsletter into Portuguese.

The first book Father wrote in 1967, Response in Christ was soon published and became the book of the month. It was then translated into Polish, Italian, and Portuguese. This began Father’s writing career. Thirty-three years later, God has called him home after touching so many souls with his writing and his work to help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart through all he did for sisters, priests, and laity. He founded the Shepherds of Christ Ministries to pray for priests and to help bring about the renewal of the Church and the world.

In addition to circulating the newsletter to approximately 75,000 priests, bishops and cardinals, he began prayer chapters praying prayers for the priests, the Church and the world, honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

For the past six years, a strong body of people have given their lives supporting this effort to get the newsletter into the hands of the priests and to pray for them and for the renewal of the Church and the world.

We try to get as many people as possible, in nursing homes, prisons, schools, and families to say the morning offering and offer their lives as a sacrifice united to the Mass for the priests, the Church and the world.

We try to tell people all over about the prayers in the red prayer manual Father Carter wrote so we can pray them for the priests, the Church and the world.

People all over the world gather every evening at 6:30 and pray these prayers for the priests, the Church, and the world.

Father Carter’s vision was that the Sacred Heart of Jesus would be the King and Center of all men’s hearts and that the Sacred Heart of Jesus would be honored and loved by men.

Father Carter’s love of Our Lady is shown in his writings. He always saw himself as a little baby in her arms. In his room that last day was a holy card of Mary holding the Child Jesus, which was the only holy card we saw in his room. It looked as if he had held it. It looked used. In going through his personal holy cards, he had so many holy cards of Mary holding the Child Jesus.

He worked hard to publish the twenty page newsletter. It was a review of the spiritual life. He said he had to do it. He went into surgery September 22, 2000. His funeral was December 22, 2000, exactly three months later.

In these months he struggled with chemotherapy. He wanted the newsletter to continue and directed how it should be done with his writings. This newsletter was reviewed by him in those sick days and finished on October 16, 2000. Here is the holy card from his funeral Mass.

This picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was his favorite one. He said how it helped him to become closer to Jesus. It was on his ordination card and now on his obituary card.

   

  

      

January 5, 2003 message continues  

Messenger:        Here is the Newsletter Fr. Carter told me

                             to put out after his death —

                             it will play live on the Internet
                                 radio January 6, 2003 several times.  

                             Fr. Mike reads Fr. Carter’s
                                 powerful section on grace.  

                             These tapes and disc are available.  

                         We strictly follow the Shepherds of Christ
                             way of life.  

                         Fr. Carter and I, Rita Ring

                             are the only two messengers

                             of the Shepherds of Christ Movement.  

                         All writings, tapes videos have

                             been carefully discerned

                             by a Catholic priest.  

 

  

  

  

 

January 5, 2003 message continues  

Messenger:        The live rosary presented tonight

                             is discerned by a Catholic priest

                             while it is being broadcast.  

                         Please help us do what Jesus and

                             Mary have asked us to do.  

                         The plan is simple.  

                         The plan is well defined.

                         Any other people claiming to have

                             messages for the Shepherds of Christ Movement

                             are not in affiliation with

                             this Movement.

     

Shepherds of Christ

A Spirituality Newsletter for Priests
and Others Interested in the Spiritual Life

2001 - ISSUE ONE

CONTENTS

  1. What is Grace?
  2. The Graced Christian
  3. Relationship with the Father
  4. Relationship with Christ
  5. Relationship with the Holy Spirit
  6. Relationship with Mary
  7. Relationship with Members of the Church
  8. Relationship with Man and His World

TAPES OF THIS NEWSLETTER 
ARE AVAILABLE

  • Fr. Carter prays the Shepherds of Christ Prayers.
  • Fr. Mike Paraniuk reads Fr. Carter's powerful writing on Grace.

  

CDs NOW AVAILABLE!

  

Father Carter’s Mission: Newsletters,
Prayer Chapters, and Spiritual Renewal

A primary purpose of the Shepherds of Christ movement is to distribute this newsletter to priests and to begin prayer chapters praying for the priests throughout the world in all their needs and praying for the renewal of the church and the world. A coequal purpose is to provide a spiritual way of life for people interested in the spiritual life.

The Shepherds of Christ Newsletter is currently being translated into Spanish, French and Portuguese. The prayers the people pray in prayer chapters were given by Fr. Edward Carter S.J. They can be found in the Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer manual which is enclosed and in this newsletter. They have been translated into Spanish, French, and Portuguese. All these prayers have the Imprimatur. Prayer manuals are available free of charge. Newsletters and tapes of Father Carter delivering the newsletter are available free of charge.

The English and Spanish newsletter goes to approximately 75,000 priests and 8,500 religious. Internationally, over 245 bishops and 4 cardinals have requested it for their diocese. Funds are needed to help us distribute the newsletter to 90 foreign countries in the world.

The second Newsletter Book is completed and ready for publication. This includes the newsletters of Father Carter from September/October 1996 to Issue 5, 1999. This too will be distributed worldwide to priests and bishops and others interested in the spiritual life. A Spanish version of 12 (July/August 1997 to Issue 5, 1999) of the newsletters in book form will soon be available. Please help us in anyway you can to distribute the newsletter. Help us by beginning prayer chapters, praying for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world. For more information to order tapes or prayer manuals call or write us at :

Shepherds of Christ Ministries 
PO Box 193 Morrow, Ohio 45152-0193 
Tel: (toll free) 1-888-211-3041 or
(513) 932-4451.

   

Chief Shepherd of the Flock

I Lay Down My Life for My Sheep

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and runs away, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep; he runs away because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for my sheep. (Jn 10:11-15)1

Yes, the Good Shepherd laid down His life for us. And it is in this that we must lay down our lives daily in the Morning Offering, offering all we do as a sacrifice united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and great grace will be released for souls. We can identify with Him in this that we offer everything we do in trying to please Him and serve Him as a sacrifice united to the Mass. The more we tell others to pray the Morning Offering, the more people will lay down their lives for souls and the more grace will be released for the troubled hearts.

Jesus’ Heart is pure and holy, our hearts are tainted.

Mary’s Heart is pure and sinless. The more we unite our offering with Their pure and holy Hearts, the more pure our offering and the greatest grace will be released for the troubled souls.

Souls, it is souls He came to save. Do we want to identify with our beloved Savior? Then we must not miss an opportunity to lay down our lives as a sacrifice for His precious souls.

Oh, how His Heart burned with love for the souls when He mounted the cross, covered with Blood and gave Himself as a sacrifice for souls.

Yes, the Good Shepherd laid down His life for His flock and we as His faithful shepherds must lay down our lives for His flock today.

There are millions of elderly that cry out daily, "Oh, God why am I here today?" In giving them a small card as simple as the ones that follow, they can offer their lives for souls which can help bring down great grace for the souls of this earth.

 

 

Say daily

God, I give you my life in union
with the Mass as an offering for
the souls, the Church and the
priests

Help us!

      



Your life is so important for souls, 
you can help bring down great grace.

 

      

Morning Offering

My dear Father, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit. 

I unite with our Mother Mary, all the angels and saints, and all the souls in purgatory to pray to the Father for myself, for each member of my family, for my friends, for all people throughout the world, for all the souls in purgatory, and for all other intentions of the sacred Heart.

I love You, Jesus, and I give You my heart. I love you, Mary, and I give you my heart. Amen.

Imprimatur: Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, January 22, 1997. (applies to this prayer only)

   

Offering Our Lives to God

Written May 29, 2000:

When we come to Mass we make an offering of ourselves, all our sorrows, wounds, joys, our complete selves. We see our lives and we put ourselves in Mary’s Heart, ask to make the offering in greatest purity. In His Heart we offer the sacrifice IN HIM and WITH HIM.

We become one with Him as deeply as possible. We dwell in His most perfect Heart offering sacrifice to God for our sins and the sins of men. Our whole being is very active in the Mass as we realize more the power of this Sacrifice most worthily offered. We want to give ourselves as completely as possible, our past, all of ourselves, now become so one in the moment of sacrifice as we become one in Him pleading and begging to our God for purification, for help, for love of Him and all others. We give thanksgiving, worship and honor to Him, our whole being given as a sacrifice on the altar IN His pure and holy Heart. Being in the Immaculate Heart of our Mother, we offer sacrifice for the Church and the world.

We offer every precious moment of our lives, united to the Masses around the world, being one in Jesus. Every moment is a moment of sacrifice united to God. This is what we do in the Morning Offering.

The pages of the book of our lives are being written. These moments of our lives are so dear to God, for we offer our lives as a sacrifice for souls.

Are we spending the precious moments of our lives offering sacrifice to God for His honor and glory and giving our lives as a sacrifice for souls?

Write a short page every day or the following day, similar to an examination of conscience, seeing the good (so much good we accomplish we overlook, so many precious moments of joy we forget) and the times we were troubled.

The devil tries to keep us focused on the problems.

We are His shepherds, helping to shepherd His flock, there is so much good we can accomplish every day.

We should write a short page every day, date it, read over it when we are troubled, keep it in a book, see how many joyful moments we have every day.

Give them to God as a bouquet of flowers placed at His feet on that last day, the pages of the life of our book.

We will want all pages to be done in love, all for the honor and glory of God.


Through Him, With Him
and In Him

  

We should pray the prayer from Jesus before His bitter passion.

I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me. May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me. I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one. With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them. (Jn 17: 20-26)

Jesus’ Heart is on fire for love of us.

God the Father loves us so much, give Him the moments of our lives as a sacrifice.

Peace, Love, Oneness – One Body In Him.

Our prayers are answered. We must pray from the depth of our hearts. Giving ourselves in consecration to Jesus, consecrating our hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Offer sacrifice.

Put the flowers as gifts beneath the throne of God.

Plead and beg for souls.

Offer sacrifice. Be united as a body.

And the bell tolls.

Do you hear the bells toll?

The moments of our lives we cannot live again.

We are here to love and honor God and to serve Him, to prepare ourselves for the life hereafter and to help others get there.

He is the Son of God.

He showed us how to be children of the Father.

He laid down His life for His flock.

He is the Good Shepherd.

We lay down our lives in our Morning Offering.

We lay down our lives and unite to the perfect Sacrifice of the Savior.

The moments go by with such sw