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.

October 22, 2003

October 23rd Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 1 Period II.
The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for October 23rd are Luminous.

  

Sidney Rosary will be 

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 

at 6:20 p.m.

 

Blue Book Reading

Sunday, October 26, 2003

at 4:37 p.m.

 

We are in desperate need of funds.

Could anyone please help us?

    

Schedule for October 23, 2003

 

4:00 a.m. - Mass

4:37 a.m. - Children's Glorious Rosary July 15, 1995 led by Fr Carter

5:30 a.m. - Morning Offering & Prayers

5:40 a.m. - Nursing Home #10

6:20 a.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
                 Holy Spirit Novena
                 Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
                 Rosary

7:24 a.m. - Mass celebrated by Fr Carter July 5, 2000

8:13 a.m. - Newsletter 1999 Issue 1 (Priesthood)

9:38 a.m. - Choose Life

10:40 a.m. - Mass celebrated by Fr Carter July 5, 2000

11:29 a.m. - Children's Glorious Rosary July 15, 1995 led by Fr Carter

12:22 p.m. - Morning Offering

12:26 p.m. - Mary's Message

12:32 p.m. - Tell My People read by Fr Carter

2:03 p.m. - Mass celebrated by Fr Carter July 5, 2000

2:52 p.m. - Mysteries of Light from November 14, 2002

3:25 p.m. - Nursing Home January 5, 2003 feast of the Epiphany

3:57 p.m. - A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

4:00 p.m. - Mass

4:37 p.m. - Children's Glorious Rosary July 15, 1995 led by Fr Carter

5:29 p.m. - The Spirituality of Fatima

6:12 p.m. - Songs

6:20 p.m. - 6:20 prayers led by Father Carter
                 Holy Spirit Novena
                 Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual

7:24 p.m. - Mass celebrated by Fr Carter July 5, 2000

8:12 p.m. - Live Rosary from August 20, 2003 
                    (part 2 from August 19, 2003)

11:24 p.m. - Live Rosary from November 13, 1996

12:44 a.m. - Children's Glorious Rosary July 15, 1995 led by Fr Carter

1:36 a.m. - Mass celebrated by Fr Carter July 5, 2000

2:26 a.m. - Special Messages from Jesus given to Fr Carter 
                    & Songs from Jesus

3:44 a.m. - The Seven Sorrows

3:58 a.m. - A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

4:00 a.m. - Mass

            

     

  

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.

   
  

October 22, 2003

  

  

From October 5, 2003

  

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Be a 

                       bridge builder

                  Operate in love.

                  Help one another.

 

                        Don't give into division

                            created by satan.

Messenger:          We have memories of joyous times.

                        Margaret's funeral was a time of joy

                        of realizing that she would go

                        on and love deeply from above.

                            We remember happy times.

                        The face of children at play. Smiles,

                        autumn leaves, love and kindness —

  

  

Now Jesus speaks --

                            Be kind and loving, remember

                        times when you were smiling and

                        nice to one another, helping, but

                        don't spend your days working on

                        your relationships etc. and forget to do

                        the work.

                            This mission is important

                        to the Father's Plan.

                            Pray to be holy.

                            The Priestly Newsletter has changed

                        the world. The prayer chapters have

                        made a difference. Revel in your

                        accomplishments and strive more to

                        lead the world from darkness

                        with My help.

 

  

Messenger:         Here is a letter we wrote to someone about the 

                                Shepherds of Christ yesterday.

  

October 21, 2003

Dear _____

    I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love. We have been able to use the Virgin Mary Building / Building of the Two Hearts since the beginning - December 1996. The message was given by Jesus to Fr. Carter and to Rita Ring about the purpose of the building. We have had possession of the building since July 5th, 1998 by lease or by loan which we now have. Before this, since her appearance, we have circulated the Shepherds of Christ materials on that site. The camera is on our web site with the live image of the Virgin Mary.

    The reasons for Mary's appearance have been made very clear. They are to continue the mission of Fatima. She appears Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas. Before Mary appeared there, Mary appeared daily for 14 months to Rita Ring and this mission is a continuation of these appearances. This is not a Movement of fear - it is as directed by Our Lord and Our Lady to Fr. Edward J. Carter and Rita Ring. The purpose is such: to help to renew the Church and the world through this Movement. The Priestly Newsletter written by Fr. Carter went to all the priests in the U.S. since the summer of 1994 6 times a year. Soon after the circulation went to 75,000 priests in the world in English and Spanish 6 times a year. Fr. Carter was told by Jesus to send this newsletter for the renewal of the Church and the world.

~ 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)

    This is the mission we carry out today as directed by the founder Fr. Carter and Jesus. This is a sensitive issue. It was directed by Jesus and Mary. We have begun prayer chapters praying for the priests, the Church and the world all over the world in 6 languages with the imprimatur as Jesus told Fr. Carter to do. We have a Movement of Ministries designated by Jesus to help renew the Church and the world centered in devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ministries are to build strong Christians rooted in love and strong faith. These people are to be Shepherds of Christ rooted deeply in intimate love with God as Jesus speaks in God's Blue Book, where He gives His intimate love letters beckoning souls to come to the Eucharist to be filled with His grace and live as the personal spouse of Jesus.

    This Message given with Mary's image is very directed . People are called to join prayer chapters praying for the priest, the Church and the world. Jesus wants an intimate spousal union with His souls. Mary appears to lead souls to the intimate love of God and for souls to have deep intimacy with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This is a garden in which the New Adam and the New Eve appear, A Lady clothed with the sun, adorned in gold for her children, that the would come to her and she would take them to the burning Heart of her Son Jesus. People are to love the Church and live as the brides of Christ.

    To attach meaning that you have to Mary's image and Jesus' image that you do not understand is to add confusion to an already confused world. Others will follow your lead adding further confusion. There are so many writings, tapes and books given to us leading to this deep union God wants with the soul. When one loves God deeply, the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign in their hearts and they will not want to do anything but love and serve God, live in the truth and obey His Commandments. Our Movement could be more widespread, but every word that is published, or spoken is very carefully discerned by a Catholic priest. Purity is utmost. Our purpose is to follow the messages given to Father Carter and Rita Ring. The ministries are to lead people to a deeper life of Consecration in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The ministries reach first to the priests, then to all ages. The Sacraments are so important. Everything is centered around the Mass with this deep life of consecration. The Morning Offering is crucial so souls unite to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass all day to help bring down grace for the priests, the Church and the world. Mary said at Fatima we must pray the rosary. She is the Queen of Peace. She said until a sufficient number of people have consecrated their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will not have peace in the world. The pictures show the importance of the 5th which go back to July 5, 1994.

See Pictures Enclosed below.

    There are Rosary meditations, Consecration cards, morning offering cards, and other prayers in many languages with the imprimatur. Fr. Carter's Priestly Newsletter went to 75,000 priests 6 times a year regularly at the direction of Jesus. After Fr. Carter died, Jesus', the new Adam's, face shown in the window at night and is still there. Please do not use the image to support things that are not given as the reason Jesus and Mary appear. It is as follows: to help with the renewal of the Church and the world culminating in the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the Triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. It is a Movement of deep prayer. Praying united as a body for this and for the priests , the Church and the world. It is to get these meditations and rosaries in the hands of all the children of the earth so they will deeply meditate on the life of Christ. It is to build and to promote the deeper life of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, to promote consecrating the homes to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart. All these materials are available with the imprimatur in English and Spanish. Prayers given in the red prayer manual, prayers given in the Holy Spirit Novena book - both in 4-6 languages with the imprimatu,. Prayer for Union with Jesus - 4 languages, Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 4 languages with imprimatur.

    Jesus is behind this movement to lead the people into the Reign of the Sacred Heart. That means building and looking up - using the tools given so people will live the spousal union with God and the Church will grow in this greater maturity to be more as God intended us to be. The devil is out there and his ways are veiled many times, but to look upward and focus on the way to help the Christian, the Church and the world to greater maturity as God wants - This is the purpose of the Shepherds of Christ Movement - TO HELP RENEW THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD - addressing one specific problem is to miss the over-all plan of the Father as is stated in Rev. Chapter 21... of the bride coming down out of heaven. This is a movement to build up the people and the Church so they become more intimately united to God and live as St. Paul says "I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me....". Our Lord wants the communities to live as one promoting His Kingdom, this is addressed - and unveiling some of Satan’s tactics that keep us stuck.

    This is a movement to build up the people to lead them to be where God wants them to be with tools given to live more deeply the spiritual life, so that they can become more perfected for heaven. Do you think that God would send an image like that without a purpose behind it? You cannot ignore what God has put into practice specifically since 1991 and ever use the image and refer to it casually as a purpose that has been not clearly defined - when it has been clearly defined. This will further block the mission God has given to us to help renew the Church and the world and help to bring to completion the mission our Lady began at Fatima.

    This is not an office building. It is a place of great prayer seven days a week. Pilgrims can find gifts from heaven in the form of books, tapes, videos and other materials to lead them to close union with God. Please do not minimize the mission of Jesus and Mary from the site in Clearwater, Florida.

In the Hearts of Jesus & Mary,

John Weickert
President,
Shepherds of Christ Ministries

   


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Romans 6: 12-18

That is why you must not allow sin to reign over your mortal bodies and make you obey their desires; or give any parts of your bodies over to sin to be used as instruments of evil. Instead, give yourselves to God, as people brought to life from the dead, and give every part of your bodies to God to be instruments of uprightness; and then sin will no longer have any power over you—you are living not under law, but under grace.

What is the implication? That we are free to sin, now that we are not under law but under grace? Out of the question! You know well that if you undertake to be somebody’s slave and obey him, you are the slave of him you obey: you can be the slave either of sin which leads to death, or of obedience which leads to saving justice. Once you were slaves of sin, but thank God you have given whole–hearted obedience to the pattern of teaching to which you were introduced; and so, being freed from serving sin, you took uprightness as your master.

   

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    Let your hearts be joyful.

                        Smile.

                        Do not let the darkness of satan

                            take hold of your face and

                            your voice.

                        Be filled with the Holy Spirit.

                            Beg for His gifts.

                        Pray for grace to be holy.

                        Do not be prideful.

                        Pray for grace to be loving.

                        Do not be jealous.

                        Live to be loving.

                        Thank God for your gifts.

                        Pray for grace to fight negative

                            thoughts.

                        Quit looking for outlets to

                            fill you.

                        If you have a job to do — "do it".

                        Why procrastinate —

                        Think negative thoughts —

                        give into satan —

                        Work is toil and is hard many times —

                        Just do it.

                        If superiors or bosses give you a job

                            why do you give into satan to

                            try to get out of it.

  

Genesis 3: 19

   By the sweat of your face
     will you earn your food,...

 

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Some people, just won't do what they

                            are asked to do by a superior.

                        I want a humble soul —

                            one that is happy and loving —

                        You can become so self focused in

                            communities you forget about the

                            eyes of children. You can get locked

                            in a gilded cage of your own making.

                            Then you think you will help the

                            world with your "ugly" attitudes.

                        BE JOYFUL —

                        LIVE TO LOVE

                        You can only live a minute

                            at a time.

                        Forgive and forget hurt relationships —

                        Choose life —

                        Choose holiness —

                        Choose joy over your sullen habits.

                        You are in charge of yourself.

                        You control your muscles on your face.

                        You control your will!!

                        Live to be saints.

                        Live to be holy.

                        Live with joy in your heart.

                        You choose the thoughts

                            in your mind.

                        Don't give into satan.

                        Choose life —
  

Deuteronomy 30: 19-20

Today, I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live, in the love of Yahweh your God, obeying his voice, holding fast to him; for in this your life consists, and on this depends the length of time that you stay in the country which Yahweh swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that he would give them.’

  

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Reach for the mountain tops

                        See the sunrise

  

  

                        See the sunset

      

  

                        Thank God and praise Him.

                        Pray for oneness —

                        Don't talk in a low depressed tone,

                            always bowed down.

                        Count the stars.

                        Say thanks to God.

                        Say thanks to God.

                        Say thanks to God.

                        Be humble

                        Not self-seeking

                        Pray for grace to be holy.

                        Pray for grace to be a peace

                            maker.

                        Pray for grace.

                        Be loving.

                        I want My people in China to pray

                            for the Movement and live the

                            way of life.

                        I want adoration before the Blessed

                            Sacrament from there.

                        I want love at My Centers.

                        You have 2 months until December 17,

                            pray for healing in your hearts.

                        Pray to be a Movement of love.

                        Thank your God this way by being

                            kind and appreciative.

                        Pray hourly.

                        Live the way of life I have given

                            for servants, apostles and handmaids

                        Be joyful, I have given you

                            so many gifts in the Shepherds of Christ.

  

 

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I want My servants and handmaids to renew

                            their commitment deeply in their hearts.

                            They are My special spouse.

                            They are My bride.

                        When they received the ring I gave to them

                            in My Movement they should realize how

                            special they are to Me. They are My special

                            brides. They should realize how important

                            that love relationship is to Me.

                        They should live as My Spouse.

                        They should love My Movement.

                        They should want to grow in greater holiness

                            to be more perfectly My special spouse.

                        I am the bridegroom of your soul.

                        Your life given as a servant and handmaid

                            gives Me much happiness.

                        Satan wants people to sin.

                        My servants should be loving, likened to Me.

                        They carry their crosses and give love to

                            one another.

                        China is My Eucharistic Center.

                        I am truly present in My Church in China,

                            Indiana in the Eucharist.

                        My Church exists to bring in many servants

                            and handmaids to do adoration before

                            Me there.

                        Having a mean attitude affects everyone else.

                        I have called you to holiness and love.

          Pray Jerry's prayer.

  

Jerry's Prayer

We pray for deeper love, peace, joy, unity, harmony, obedience, forgiveness, strength, trust, holiness, perseverance, purity, faith in the Lord throughout the world especially in the middle east right now.

I pray for the indulgence for all the souls in purgatory and a special intention for myself.

  

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Say "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with 

                            you in love" and mean it.

                        Love — do you know the meaning of love?

                        My centers exist to serve this Movement.

                        Some cannot even live in peace and

                            do not work.

                        Your calling is from Me.

                        I want holiness, love, not being selfish.

                        I have called you to be My Bride.

                        Brides come snow white.

                        Servants, handmaids and apostles should

                            focus on being loving as a family to

                            others in the community.

                        You are the special spouse of Jesus Christ.

                        Those who have acted hatefully, disharmoniously

                            should write a letter to God the Father 

                            every day and thank Him for His gifts.

                        I have called you to My Eucharistic Center

                            in China, Indiana.

                        I have called you to My image building

                            in Clearwater.

                        I am God. I want love in My homes.

                        I want you to serve and be obedient.

                        I want you to be loving to each other

                            in the community.

                        Such gifts I have given to you.

    

Picture of the Sacred Heart of JesusI Love You

(Letter for Front of B.B. II)
April 13, 1994

How, child, do I, Jesus, tell you I love you? You hold on to silly things, when God is in your midst and is ardently loving you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am writing to each precious child this day. I am on fire for love of you. I remain in the Eucharist to be with you with My ardent love. I did not want to leave My beloved ones at the Last Supper. I love you so, My dear and ardently loved children. I remain with you this day in the Blessed Sacrament, the same Jesus Who died a brutal death on the cross.

Do you know I am truly present there? Do you know that God waits every day for you in the tabernacle? Do you comprehend even a minute amount of My love? You will never on earth know how I love you.

I, Jesus, truly the Son of God, came to earth a man and suffered a brutal death for love of you. I love you so much! I remain with you this day. I long for your love. I want you to come and be with Me in front of the tabernacle. I wait, I yearn for you to come and whisper your love to Me. I am a Person and I love you this day with such an ardent, on-fire love. No human could ever compare a speck to My love for you.

I wait, little ones, in the tabernacle. I wait for you to come and receive Me in Communion. I want you to want Me so much that you cannot wait to come and receive Me. I want to be the love, the Center of your life!

I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am writing to you this day. I want to possess your very soul and live in you. I have all you need, sweet ones. Oh, you are so blind! I long for your union with Me. I wrote the book on love. I instituted it, yet you go to the world for your love and do not even come to Me! Oh, I love you, little ones. Little ones, beloved of the Father, loved by the Holy Spirit, mothered by My very own mother, what more can I say? The rest is up to you!

I give you your will with such love and I want your love, freely given. I am God. What do you think you could ever need that I do not give you? I am the Savior of this world. I am Jesus, the Son of God. I am waiting for you. I am longing for you. I am yearning for you. I am God. I have all you ever will need!

Surrender this life to Me. Pray My prayer for union with Me. I want to possess your soul and operate from your very being. I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am Who am. I died and rose on the third day.

Harken to My call, harken to My pleading. Spend your days in love with Me. Nothing matters unless it is rooted in Me and rooted in My love. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I love you with the tenderest love. I am waiting this day for you, My beloved one. Come to Me for I am the tenderest of all hearts. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

How, child, do I, Jesus, tell you I love you? You hold on to silly things, when God is in your midst and is ardently loving you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am writing to each precious child this day. I am on fire for love of you. I remain in the Eucharist to be with you with My ardent love. I did not want to leave My beloved ones at the Last Supper. I love you so, My dear and ardently loved children. I remain with you this day in the Blessed Sacrament, the same Jesus Who died a brutal death on the cross.

Do you know I am truly present there? Do you know that God waits every day for you in the tabernacle? Do you comprehend even a minute amount of My love? You will never on earth know how I love you.

I, Jesus, truly the Son of God, came to earth a man and suffered a brutal death for love of you. I love you so much! I remain with you this day. I long for your love. I want you to come and be with Me in front of the tabernacle. I wait, I yearn for you to come and whisper your love to Me. I am a Person and I love you this day with such an ardent, on-fire love. No human could ever compare a speck to My love for you.

I wait, little ones, in the tabernacle. I wait for you to come and receive Me in Communion. I want you to want Me so much that you cannot wait to come and receive Me. I want to be the love, the Center of your life!

I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am writing to you this day. I want to possess your very soul and live in you. I have all you need, sweet ones. Oh, you are so blind! I long for your union with Me. I wrote the book on love. I instituted it, yet you go to the world for your love and do not even come to Me! Oh, I love you, little ones. Little ones, beloved of the Father, loved by the Holy Spirit, mothered by My very own mother, what more can I say? The rest is up to you!

I give you your will with such love and I want your love, freely given. I am God. What do you think you could ever need that I do not give you? I am the Savior of this world. I am Jesus, the Son of God. I am waiting for you. I am longing for you. I am yearning for you. I am God. I have all you ever will need!

Surrender this life to Me. Pray My prayer for union with Me. I want to possess your soul and operate from your very being. I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am Who am. I died and rose on the third day.

Harken to My call, harken to My pleading. Spend your days in love with Me. Nothing matters unless it is rooted in Me and rooted in My love. I am the Son of God. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I love you with the tenderest love. I am waiting this day for you, My beloved one. Come to Me for I am the tenderest of all hearts. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

end of April 13, 1994 message

  

  

June 3, 2000

Month of the Sacred Heart 

The Rosary

The Joyful Mysteries to be used on June 4, 2000.

   


    

Annunciation

Jesus speaks:
1. My Heart is an endless furnace of love.
2. My Heart is that of the Divine God.
3. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.
4. I am the Son of God.
5. I am He Who comes to fill you with My life.
6. My staff I hold in My hand.
7. I come announced by the messenger (the angel).
8. Mary accepted.
9. Let My life transform you.
10. The incarnation goes on in you.

   

   


 

Visitation

Jesus speaks:
1. I come a Babe in the arms of Mary.
2. I am the Savior of the World.
3. My love is eternal.
4. My Heart is on fire for you.
5. A child carried in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
6. A Heart filled with love.
7. My endless love I pour out to you now.
8. Come and be with Me.
9. On the long hot days of summer, feel the love I give to you.
10. Sufferings are gifts I give you. The sufferings are given to draw you closer to Me.

   

 


  

Birth of Jesus

Jesus speaks:
1. A little Baby carried in the womb of the Mother.
2. Mary takes you as a little baby into her Immaculate Heart.
3. In her Heart, the Holy Spirit transforms you more and more into My image, if you cooperate with the grace I give you.

Messenger:
4. O Holy Spirit, come and fill the hearts that are weary.
5. O Holy Spirit, fill them with fire.
6. O Holy Spirit, enlighten the blinded minds.
7. O Holy Spirit, spark a fire burning in the children of Mary.
8. O Holy Spirit, it is a light and love the children of Mary seek in their hearts.
9. O Holy Spirit, enlighten the little babies' eyes.
10. O Holy Spirit, let them see God and hear the voice of the Good Shepherd.

   

   


 

Presentation

Messenger:
1. Oh a little Child, God-made-man.
2. Taken to the temple.
3. Simeon foretold, ...'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel...' (Lk 2:34).
4. Oh Heart of Mary pierced by a sword, oh Mary help us endure the sufferings of life.
5. Oh Heart of Mary, help us to spread the rosary.
6. Oh Heart of Mary, help us to teach the world how to pray the rosary.
7. Oh Mary so fair, protect us from the devil and all that could come against us as we spread the rosary.
8. Oh Mary most pure, we humbly pray for this grace.
9. On this first Saturday of June, 2000, Mary help us, Jesus help us. Dear Father, Son and Holy Spirit help us. Amen.
10. Into the arms of our Mother we give ourselves as little dependent children of our God.

   

   


  

Finding in the Temple

Jesus speaks:
1. You must obey your God.
2. I am a just God. All your deeds will be judged.
3. I am just!!
4. So many are lost, today.
5. At the end of this rosary, I ask you to see Me, My hands on either side of My Heart. I want you to see the fire, I want you to see My eyes, I want you to see Me, a Child in the temple, 12 years old. I want you to know I gave My life for you.
6. My life is given for you. My love is an endless furnace of love that does not flicker.
7. I am the Son of God.
8. Pray for the children of Mary to find their way home to My Heart.
9. Oh children, be humble.
10. Oh children pray for enlightenment, go to the spiritual womb of your Mother, she is your spiritual mother. Oh My children go to her now.


On this 3rd day of the month of My Sacred Heart, I ask you to show My picture before this rosary.

On the left I want Mary with the babe, as in the church in China, Indiana. On the right I want My Sacred Heart.

I want you to see yourself as a little babe in the arms of Mary. Put your little body in her arms. I want you to see yourself this way now. 

I want you to think of yourself as a child, a child of God, learning to be like God in your ways.

God is your Father, Mary your Mother, pray this rosary to your Father and Mother for help.

See yourself in the spiritual womb of your Mother being more and more formed in My image.

My little sweet baby, I love you so much.

I am the Sacred Heart.

    end of June 3, 2000 rosary

      

  

December 19, 1998

The Sorrowful Mysteries

according to Mary

 

 

Mary speaks:  My dear children, please pray the rosary. Pray for grace to feel the emotion, the love of Our two Hearts.

The Agony in the Garden

Prayer:  I ask for grace to experience emotion and to know the love of Their two Hearts.

  1. My children, my Son sweat Blood for you in the garden.
  2. My children, the Apostles slept, when He woke them they did not hear Him.
  3. My children, can you not spend time with my Son today in this special time before Christmas?
  4. My children, Christmas is His birthday.
  5. My children, do you have a gift for your God and your King?
  6. My children, He knelt there in the garden, knowing all the precious souls that would be lost forever and He sweat Blood.
  7. My children, Jesus gave Himself for love of you, for love of your souls.
  8. My children, do you love your own souls? You are here, on a journey, this place is not your end.
  9. My children, My mothers and fathers, it is your responsibility to teach your children about God.
  10. My children, He came to bring peace. My children, peace is found in giving your hearts in consecration to Our two Hearts. My children, recite often to one another "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love."

 

Scourging at the Pillar

  1. My children, my Son was tied to the pillar.
  2. My children, He was held bound.
  3. My children, He is the Light of the World.
  4. My children, He was beaten.
  5. My children, they beat the Son of God.
  6. My children, He could have stopped them.
  7. My children, He endured it for you.
  8. My children, He loves each precious soul, He allowed Himself to be beaten.
  9. My children, His Blood ran to the floor, His body was marred, His Heart torn with anguish for the souls that would reject Him, including ones that will be lost to the fires of hell today.
  10. My children, will you not pray with me this special novena for your world, for peace, for the Church, will you not pray as I ask you?

 

The Crowning with Thorns

  1. My children, I love you and my Son loves you so much.
  2. My children, they mocked my Son, they spit on Him.
  3. My children, they clothed Him in a dirty garment of purple.
  4. My children, they watched Him with eyes of hatred and envy, they spit on Him and mocked Him.
  5. My children, They tore my Heart, the men that abused Him. They abused the precious skin of my beloved Son. My Son, my Baby, my Child. They abused the Son of God. My children, they abuse Him today. He is with you in the Eucharist, you abuse the King, the Son of God.
  6. My children, think of the Heart of perfect divine love.
  7. My children, consumed with love for you, He withstood the torture.
  8. My children, I am Mary your Mother. It is not too late. I plead with you, turn your hearts to God. My children, He loves you.
  9. My children, I stood beneath the cross of my Son and I cried.
  10. My children, I cried tears of sorrow and of joy for the ones that would be lost and the ones that would be saved. Luke 2:34-35 "Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed--and a sword will pierce your soul too--so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.' "

 

The Carrying of the Cross

  1. My children, He carried the heavy cross, laden with the sins of the world.
  2. My children, my Son bore your sins on His back.
  3. My children, I looked into His eyes and they spoke to me. They were eyes of love. He seemed to say "I would do anything for My precious souls."
  4. My children, each of you is that special soul He carried His cross for.
  5. My children, He knew you each by name.
  6. My children, His thoughts were for you. His sacrifice was for you. My children, will you not take the Child Jesus into your heart this Christmas? I am your Mother, you must turn your lives to Him. There is not another way. No other way will lead you to joy, to happiness, to peace.
  7. My children, I walked beside Him, He could barely manage the heavy cross. I ask you to see the cross in Florida and envision a man carrying this heavy cross on His back. The cross was so heavy, laden with the sins of the world.
  8. My children, see my Son hanging on the cross in Florida. I appear to lead you to my beloved Son, that you will know His love.
  9. My children, stand beneath the cross with me and shed tears of sorrow and joy. Come to my pure Heart. I will place you deeply in His Heart.
  10. My children, He is Jesus, my children, the Light of the World.

 

The Crucifixion

  1. My children, God the Father gives you the Mass today as the Sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present.
  2. My children, come to my pure Heart and the Heart of my Son. Unite at every moment to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass around the world. Plead through my Immaculate Heart for grace and mercy for your world.
  3. My children, I wish you to look at the pictures.
     

    Cross in China, Indiana

    Cross in China, Indiana
     

    Painting of Lucia's Vision

    Painting of Lucia's Vision

  4. My children, Florida is my garden to help bring forth great fruit on the earth. Jesus my Son hangs there in the garden, the New Adam. I appear, the New Eve, the Lady Clothed with the Sun.
     
                                       
  5. My children, I appear to lead you to the love of my Son.
  6. My children, I wish you to listen to the Mary Message tape made on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 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.

    My children, please read the message slowly beneath the crucifix.
  7. My children, please feel my emotion in your heart. Pray for grace to feel the emotion and love of Our two Hearts when you read the message.
  8. My children, I wish you to read John 19:25-27. "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home."
  9. My children, I wish you to pray for grace that the priestly newsletter, Mother at My Side, issue 5, 1998, will reach the priests of this earth.
    Pray: Oh my God, please grant the grace that the priestly newsletter 5, will reach the priests of the earth and they will respond to it. I pray further that the tape or disk will be used by my priests and people in private and public gatherings.
  10. My children, pray likewise for newsletter, issue 4, 1998. My children, pray that the people of the earth and the churches pray the prayers my Son gives them and the rosary. (Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual)
    Say: I pray that priests and people use the newsletter 4, that they use the tape and disk and that grace is granted to draw them ever closer to the Heart of Jesus. Please, Lord, help us to spread this newsletter to the ends of the earth. My God, please help the people of the earth to pray the prayers of the Good Shepherd and the rosary.

                        end of December 19, 1998 rosary

    

Talk by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
given to the Apostles in the 
Shepherds of Christ Movement
   

February 1, 1998
   

    Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen all of you at once in the same place. It’s a tremendous treat for me. So praise be the Lord. Let’s start with the Holy Spirit Prayer.

    Come, Holy Spirit, almighty Sanctifier, God of love, who filled the Virgin Mary with grace, who wonderfully changed the hearts of the apostles, who endowed all Your martyrs with miraculous courage, come and sanctify us. Enlighten our minds, strengthen our wills, purify our consciences, rectify our judgment, set our hearts on fire, and preserve us from the misfortunes of resisting Your inspirations. Amen.

    ...So after I talk here I will have to depart and leave the praying to you at this place. I’ll be praying with you as I drive away...  

    ...I’m spending much more time on the newsletter now. Our Lord had been calling me to do that for months but it was when I was fully active it was very, very hard to get the time to really spread it around the world like He wanted to, although we had been working with the English edition trying to get that in more and more countries. We are in about eighty or more countries with the English edition... 

    And in cases where it needs translation, for instance, the Spanish edition we translate that up here, we print it up here and we bulk mail it.

    [Note: He talks about the spread of the Newsletter to priests and bishops in Central, South America in Spanish, Africa, India, French speaking, England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia]

    ...It is Our Lord’s wish along with the prayer chapters that this be considered our primary ministry, the Newsletter. So please, please, please, please pray for it’s continued success and expansion. It is so extremely important because as you know, if you can change the heart of one priest, he is in a position to do so, so much good with even thousands of people. And we have received extremely encouraging letters over the years that the newsletters been published from priests, how it’s helped them out on their own spiritual life but in their ministries, giving them homilies and so forth. And from bishops which are highly encouraging commending us on the quality and the worthwhileness of the newsletter.

        

  • Dear Father Carter,

        For years I have received Shepherds of Christ Newsletter; I do not know who put me on your mailing list, but I’m grateful to you both. Since I first began to receive the newsletter I have been assigned as the Director of Formation Advising for the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

        I would like to know if it would be possible to make a bulk order so that our seminarians could benefit from the newsletter as well. I will make sure they are distributed to our seminarians. At present we have about 200 seminarians and student priests on our campus, all eager for good spiritual reading!

        Please let me know if we can make an arrangement for the delivery of the newsletter here at the college.

        Please keep our faculty and seminarians in your prayers.

    Sincerely yours in Christ,

Rev. J. Mark Williams
Director of Formation Advising
Pontifical North American College
00120 Vatican City State

     

[He then talks about funds for the Newsletter.]

    I think I came to speak to you today because I think we’re at a very, very significant point of the Shepherds of Christ Movement as it marches into the new era of which was promised by Our Lady of Fatima. And I think the Movement is basically strong, basically healthy but I think we need a recommitment of ourselves to the Movement precisely because much more is being asked of us. We have three centers to staff not only with people but with materials.

    So as we go on in what Our Lord wants us to do, we just need a deeper commitment to the Movement just like the spiritual life in general. You never stand still on the spiritual journey. I mean spiritual masters have always told us this, you either go back or you go forward.

    And so it is with the Movement, we just don’t stand still. We have to keep on deepening our commitment to the Movement individually and collectively or it’s not going to move forward obviously. So I guess you can say that’s the main reason I thought it was very important that I come here today to speak to you to ask you to renew your commitment to Our Lord in the Movement. And to put some thoughts before (you) which hopefully will help you to renew your commitment.

    I’ll begin by reminding all of us of the great, great privilege it is to have been called to this Movement. I’ve said this before, I say it now even with deeper conviction, I really believe that this will go down in history as one of the great Movements in the history of the Church. And if you reflect upon what we’ve been called to do, I don’t think it’s hard to come to that conclusion. I don’t know of any just taking our ministry to the priests with the newsletter and with the prayer chapters whose primary duty is to pray for the priests as well as the whole human race. But I am unaware of any other Movement in the history of the Church which has tried to reach all priests the world over with the newsletter and the prayer chapters to the extent that we are trying to do so. So just those two ministries in themselves I think point to the greatness of this Movement. Then our many other ministries: the rosaries, the consecration of the schools, the nursing home, prison ministries are all our various publications. So much wonderful literature, rosary in the homes, one of our newest ministries, the couples rosary and the spirituality which comes out of that and we hope to work more and more nationally to strengthen marriage and family life through working with couples as couples.

    So if you look at what we are doing with the tremendous amount of materials which are being distributed from the Florida site and through orders from this site and through other sites.  

    So again I think this is one of the great, great Movements in the history of the Church. And we have to pinch ourselves every once in awhile and nudge ourselves and realize the great calling we have been given to work in this Movement. I think there has been a certain, despite all the great work which is being done, I think there is a certain stagnation which has set in to a certain degree and we have to jolt ourselves out of that and recommit ourselves.

    St. John of the Cross in one of his writings says—of course he is one of the greatest mystical theologians in the history of the Church and in one of his writings he says, “What does it profit you to give God one thing if He wishes for another? Consider what it is God wants and then do it.”

    Let’s read that again together “What does it profit you to give God one thing if He wishes for another? Consider what it is God wants and then do it.”

    [Father Carter is speaking to Servants and Handmaids of the Good Shepherd—]

  

  

    [Apostles who dedicate themselves completely to the Shepherds of Christ Ministries—]

  

   

  

   

    Applying that to our calling to Shepherds of Christ—there’s more work to this Movement than any of us, individually or all put together can ever attend to properly. What I am getting at, if you really feel you’ve been called to this Movement and especially to the apostle's level, I am suggesting to you very fervently and hopefully, persuasively, the Shepherds of Christ Ministries can use all the spare time, all the ministerial time you have to give to the work of the Kingdom. You don’t have to go around looking for other ministries to contribute your time to. You are free to do that, you are free to leave the Movement at any time. We are not forcing anyone to stay, we hope everybody stays but we have had people leave.

    So there should always be that, that sense of freedom if you want to lessen off your commitment or hopefully it would never happen, but if you would chose to leave the commitment, Jesus respects your freewill.

    But looking at it again positively I’m suggesting to you—there is so much work to be done in the Movement. So this first day of February which happened to be the month of the feast of St. Claude de la Columbiere, February the 15th, who has been one of the greatest apostles to the devotion to the Heart of Jesus in the history of the Church, so in a certain sense it’s a type of month of the Sacred Heart because of his feast, so I ask that all of us renew our commitment to the Movement. And again realize the great privilege, that’s one of the first ways to persevere in the Movement and to grow in the Movement, everyday to thank God for the great graces He has given you in the Movement.

    And I ask you just briefly to look back over your lives, now compared to when you joined the Movement. Has not Our Lord through Our Lady drawn you so, so, so much closer to Them. And He in turn has led you so much closer to the Father and the Spirit. The chairman of our theology department, the first departmental meeting when he took over, he said Xavier has been very good to me, now I feel it’s payback time and I think I should serve the University being chair of the Theology department. Being chair of a department, it’s really a pain of any department. But those words stick in my mind, he says now it is payback time. I should payback Xavier for all the good Xavier has done to me. I suggest we keep that in mind in reference to Jesus in His Movement. It’s always payback time. He does not give us graces and gifts in the Movement just for ourselves. Every gift of Jesus has a social dimension, it’s meant not only for my own spiritual growth, but for growth of the Kingdom. And so if we find ourselves becoming somewhat complacent in our gifts received through the Movement and not properly using them at least to the full extent that we could and helping to spread the Movement, helping to spread the Kingdom, then let us resolve here and now to do better.

    Perseverance in the Movement—all vocations, all callings need perseverance. I pray for perseverance as a Jesuit every day of my life. I pray for perseverance. I’m suggesting to all of us that we pray for perseverance in the Movement and not just a status quo type of perseverance, but pray for a perseverance which will allow us to dynamically grow and be greater apostles in the Movement. And we have to take the means to persevere.

    First of all, of course, is Mass and communion, then our visit to the Blessed Sacrament, saying the rosary and listening to at least five minutes a day to a live rosary which Rita receives, praying the hourly prayers without feeling overburdened. If you begin to feel overburdened by the hourly novena just make a 30 second prayer, say Jesus, say the three invocations, “Lord ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, through the intercession of Mary, thy most holy mother I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted” and just say we pray for all needs of the Shepherds of Christ Movement and the other two invocations. You can do that in about 30 seconds. And then at times of course when you have the time and you feel moved bring in the specific intentions. But that hourly prayer has great power to keep our motivation up but it should not on the other hand feel burdensome to you. If it feels burdensome to you for any length of time, just use the short form for quite a while.

    [Note: servants and handmaids and apostles of the Good Shepherd of the Shepherds of Christ Movement go to daily Mass and spend one hour before the tabernacle and pray hourly for the priests, the Church and the world.]

    Reading the Blue Book messages, at least just a few minutes a day, can do wonders to help us persevere in the Movement. Renew your love and commitment to the Movement. Included in that renewed love and commitment I think should be a resolution that we don’t bad mouth the Movement, certainly not to those outside the Movement, certainly not even to those within the Movement. We have problems, we always have had some, we always will, the universal Church has monumental problems. But we have to learn how to handle the problems responsibly. If you have a significant problem please contact John or Rita, talk it over with them, with me if you feel so called. They usually report problems to me. I’m in constant contact with them. Currently I talk to them each day about the Movement, what’s going on, strong points, weak points and so forth. If you have problems with the Movement, don’t spread your problem with the problems to somebody else who starts to think negatively also.

    I mean go to Jesus, of course, first of all, but then bring your problem to somebody who has the authority in the Movement to handle it. That’s very, very important, 'cause our loyalty and love for the Movement, I think are significantly harmed when we don’t take that approach. Obedience in the Movement is going to become more and more important as the Movement grows. Any organization needs a certain structure, a hierarchy of command, obedience to legitimate authority. When John asks you to do something, please try to answer his request. If you can’t, just tell him I can’t do it now. When he directs you to do something, which is stronger than a request, don’t give him a hard time. Jesus wants obedience in the Movement. No Movement can survive or progress without obedience, without a structure of command. John has a terrifically difficult job. Don’t make it more difficult for him by, as I say, giving him a hard time or by never answering his request for help.

    I understand that the level of volunteerism here at the center has gradually slackened off over recent months, and it is very difficult to get people together to do our mailings. We can’t keep depending on just a few people all the time. Here again it’s payback time. I mean everyday is payback time. You can never fully repay Jesus for what He has done for us or what He continues to do for us. Now we have to use Christian prudence in all this, we’ve got family duties; we’ve got other duties that’s God’s will for us. We have to take care of those. But granting all those other calls on our time and our energy, if Jesus has called you to this Movement, He’s called each and every one of you, then He expects you to live up to your commitment. And if it’s always looked upon, if you feel it’s always more of a burden than a privilege, then I think a person has to consider, 'Shall I stay in the Movement?' Jesus loves a cheerful giver. Suffering is involved, is it not? Any following of Christ involves suffering. Any non following of Christ brings suffering, and a greater suffering—those who don’t believe, who don’t have any religious faith or conviction. They end up suffering much more than we who suffer in the following of Christ.

    I would like to read you something that I’ve written on suffering that will appear in the next newsletter—

   

FATHER CARTER'S VOICE WAS VERY SAD
and VERY LOVING.

      

        Excerpt from Priestly Newsletter 1998 Issue 1

Suffering

To follow Jesus entails a willingness to suffer for Him and His cause. The furthering of any worthwhile cause demands a spirit of sacrifice, a willingness to endure a variety of hardships and difficulties. We cannot expect it to be otherwise regarding the cause of Christ. To help further the process of ongoing redemption demands a price.

There is an almost endless variety of pains, sufferings, and difficulties which can arise in following Jesus and promoting His cause. At times seeing few, if any, visible results of our labors, feeling unappreciated, experiencing opposition, sometimes comprehending that we are being hated precisely by some of those whom we are striving to help, at times being laughed at and ridiculed—these are some of the ways we experience the sufferings of an apostle.

The suffering involved in contributing to the process of ongoing redemption is not, however, the complete picture. The happiness resulting from commitment to Christ and His mission far outweighs the hardships. To be aware that one is so intimately loved by Jesus, to experience the satisfaction that one is contributing to a cause that cannot fail, to play a role in helping to bring to others the love and peace of Jesus—all of this makes for a life that has no equal. The committed follower of Christ, experiencing what it means to be closely associated with Jesus, realizes why St. Peter said, Lord,…it is wonderful for us to be here. (Mt. 17:4). 

  

Father Carter's talk continues

    So in God’s plan in the following of Christ, suffering is always meant to lead to greater life here and hereafter, not only greater life for us as we grow in Jesus through the proper handling of suffering, but also greater life in the sense that we become more apt instruments for channeling His life to others, as we are purified by His suffering, so that we may more and more allow Him to live in and through and for us. One of the greatest Apostles of all times of suffering showing us the place of suffering in the Christian dispensation is St. Paul. He brings out this theme of death-resurrection of Jesus and our participation in it in various places in his writing. I think one of the most dramatic of those places is in

   

2 Corinthians 4: 7-11

         The hardships and hopes of the apostolate

But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God’s and not our own. We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair; we are pursued but never cut off; knocked down, but still have some life in us; always we carry with us in our body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus, too, may be visible in our body. Indeed, while we are still alive, we are continually being handed over to death, for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus, too, may be visible in our mortal flesh.

    

Father Carter's talk continues

    So we suffer with Jesus, so that here below and in eternity, so that we may live more with Him, and that we may become more fit instruments for helping to channel His life to others. We have a particular way of doing that, a magnificent way within the Shepherds of Christ Movement. He hung upon a cross on a hill called Calvary. He had already suffered so much, had He not? He had been brutally scourged at the pillar, crowned with thorns, laughed at, ridiculed, without sleep. He had to carry the heavy cross up the hill, upon reaching the hill He was mercilessly nailed to the cross. He hung there in that agonizing suffering until death came. His side was pierced and from His pierced Heart flowed blood and water, symbols of sacramental life in the Church, Baptism and the Eucharist. And as He hung on that cross nearing death in that brutalized suffering, St. Francis de Sales, who was a Doctor of the Church—a Doctor of the Church means that the Church recognizes not only the great holiness of the person, but the great learning, the great wisdom—in one of his classic works, St. Francis de Sales, his work Treatise on God's Divine Love, he says, “As Jesus hung upon the cross there in that brutal suffering each of us was present to Him. He knew each of us intimately and the perfect one gave His last drop of blood for you and for me.” So if we ever have problems with our motivation in the Movement, I suggest that we come to the foot of the cross and we realize what Jesus has done for me and continues to do. It is payback time. St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, has left us this beautiful prayer, “Lord teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward save that of knowing that I do your will.”  

      

    Now I will give the blessing. May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit descend upon you and remain forever. Amen.

end of Father Carter's talk February 1, 1998

    

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:    I have called you to holiness and service,

                            bend your stubborn hearts and do

                            My will, don't be selfish, don't do

                            more than I want, do My will.

                        You can work all day on your relationships

                            and never pray or do any work.

                        One who is selfless accomplishes a lot

                            of work.

    


   

Prayer for Union with Jesus

    Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

    I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.

    I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

    When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.

    

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     Be servants of My Sacred Heart —

                        Be Apostles of My Sacred Heart

                        Don't give into satan and don't give into negativism.

                        I have called you to be a bridge builder

                        Here is a prayer I give you

    

  

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.

  

October 22, 2003 message continues

Jesus speaks:     I am your model

                        Mary is your model

                        Do you act loving like We do?

                        Don't give into satan.

 

    

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