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.

December 6, 2001

December 7th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 9 Period I.
The Novena Rosary Mystery
for December 7th is Glorious.

  

Messenger: We have a Donor that will match the funds for the Newsletter so for every $1 you give, the donor will match the money for the Newsletter until we get $150,000 for the Newsletter Book II.

Jesus wants it out —

Please we need the money urgently because God the Father wants the Newsletter Book II out by Christmas. 


Excerpt from July 14, 2001 message

Mary speaks:

     ...The Father wishes the Priestly Newsletter Book II
    to reach all the 75,000 Priests. Pray Hourly for
    funds for this.
..Please if you can help, help
    me.
        Sending the Priestly Newsletter Book II to the
    75,000 Priests will help to change the face of the
    earth.

end of excerpt from July 14, 2001 message


Excerpt from August 18, 2001 message 

Messenger:     ... We need to send the Priestly Newsletter Book II
   
                             to the priests of this earth.

                             This is God's plan. God the Father said
                                "The Priestly Newsletter Book II would
                                    help to change the face of the earth."

end of excerpt from August 18, 2001 message 


Excerpt from October 19, 2001 message

Mary speaks:  ... Please I ask you to get my Son's priestly
                            Newsletter Book II, with the
                            prayer manual to my priest sons
                            by Christmas.

                        These writings were directed by my Son Jesus and given
                            to Father Carter to circulate for the renewal
                            of the Church and the world.

                        The Father has said this book will help to
                            change the face of the earth.

end of excerpt from October 19, 2001      

    

Witness Letter - Sheila W.

Written January 14, 2000

    Jesus has led me gently and gradually into closer union with Him through Shepherds of Christ. From the Prayer for Union that I found in church, to the first time I read a Blue Book, to my first 13th meeting, to starting a prayer chapter in my parish, He has patiently led me into doing things I didn’t know I could do.

    I have loved Shepherds of Christ from the beginning because I have experienced Jesus' guidance in a special way.

    And here I am, a Handmaid of the Good Shepherd, being a spouse of Jesus, loving and serving Him here in China, Indiana. For many years, I wanted to work for Jesus in the Church, but didn’t know how.

    The daily Mass and holy hour were a part of my life before I knew about Shepherds of Christ or the Blue Books. Reading the Blue Book for the first time confirmed what I was already doing and gave me the direction on how to spend that hour with Jesus before the tabernacle.

    During the last few years of my working days, I looked forward to the time off so I could spend it with Jesus before the tabernacle. I purposely did my housework during the weeknights so I could have Saturday totally free to spend with Him before the tabernacle.

    So, to be here in China, where I can focus totally on Jesus, loving and adoring Him in the Eucharist, and helping to send out His newsletters and filling the orders, is a dream come true for me.

    Being a handmaid has been a joy and a challenge. A joy to know this is God’s will for me and a challenge to change myself and to let go of the things I am attached to.

    I am now sitting before Jesus, in the exposed Blessed Sacrament, and I am thankful to Him that He has fulfilled my heartfelt wish to be able to love and serve Him 24 hours a day and to adore Him in the Eucharist.

    I am also grateful to Jesus for letting me work with the most selfless people who are in Shepherds of Christ. They are always willing to help me out when I need them and go the extra mile to make things easier for me. It is a blessing to be in this family called Shepherds of Christ.

    I am also thankful for my friends back home who have been a great support to me, who have prayed for me and helped me to move to China.

    On the 13ths, when everyone is gathered for the rosary here in China, I look at the people and I feel a connection in my heart to all of them, to my friends from Jasper and my Shepherds of Christ family and I thank Jesus for loving me through these beautiful people.

    And I thank Jesus for leading me to the Shepherds of Christ and for teaching me so many things, especially how to be a better spouse of the Lamb. It is my heartfelt desire to be united with Him forever and He is continuing to lead me there a step at a time. I love Him with all my heart and I love the Shepherds of Christ Movement.

Sheila W.

 


  

December 6, 2001

    Jesus speaks:    My child,
                                The devil will try to block what I have
                              asked you to do.

                                    Why were you unable to do more after the
                              Virgin Mary appeared daily July 5, 1994-
                                Sept. 5, 1995? 
                                    My Mother appeared, she begged
                                to spread the rosary, rosary meditations
                                and consecration material to the schools.

                                The devil worked in those early years through
                                    people who tried to block My Blue Book
                                   
Messages leading men to the Eucharist.

                                My Mother gives a very clear message.
                                    Your world is sick.
                                    Many souls are going to hell.

                                    The situation is so serious that the
                                        Father has given the earth this 
                                        sign. 

  

November 5, 2001

    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:         This message is distinct and clear.

                                I am giving these messages for
                                the renewal of the Church and the world.

                                If you come and look at the image and
                                    want to promote your own spirituality
                                    you are not doing as I have asked.

                                I am the Good Shepherd.
                                This is My Movement Shepherds of Christ.
                                I desire the Shepherd of Christ Movement
                                    to use the Virgin Mary Building for
                                    the Plan I have set before you

                                    to help to bring to completion, the mission
                                        My Mother began at Fatima.

                                 The primary purpose of My Movement is
                                        listed by Fr. Carter in the spirituality
                                        handbook.

    Messenger:          From the Priestly Newsletter 2001 # 1
                                        as given by Jesus through Fr. Carter.

   

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.

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:        I am God and I appear on the building.

                              The Newsletters were written through My Jesuit
                                priest Fr. Carter. I directed him to
                                help to bring to completion the mission
                                My Mother began at Fatima culminating
                                in the Reign of My Sacred Heart and
                                the triumph of Mary's Immaculate
                                Heart.
                            In the Reign of My Sacred Heart
                                - I will be the King and center of the hearts
                                        of My People.

                                - Children of the earth will love and obey
                                        their heavenly Father.

                                - Families will be united in love.

                                - Children will love their heavenly
                                        Mother and honor her.

                                I am the King.

                                The Victory has been won.

                                I give you the Mass.

                                As members of the Body of Christ unite all
                                    they do every day to the Mass as an
                                    offering to the Father in the Holy Spirit
                                    more and more grace will be outpoured
                                    on this earth.

Messenger:         Here is the vision given on June 13, 1929 

  

     

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:        On June 13, 1999 the monstrance turned in
                                My Church in China.
                                China, Indiana is My 
                                    Eucharistic Center.

                                I appear, I deliver this message.

                                I directed Fr. Carter to write the 
                                    Priestly Newsletter Book II.

                                My Mother cried out to you all summer
                                    for rosary beads for the Catholic
                                    Schools, and for the rosary beads for
                                    the rosary makers.

                               I have asked you to help get the
                                    rosaries in the hands of my youth in
                                    the schools. Mary appeared daily for
                                    nine months asking to reach the
                                    school children. Now Mary appears every day to
                                    ask for help with this mission. Her 
                                    call is the same as at Fatima.

  


    

Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje

  October 13, 1917

                In her message that day, Our Blessed Mother told the children:

    I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day.(17)


NOTES:

17. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to 
    Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven
(Rockford: TAN 
    Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.7.

  


    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:       5 years ago December 5, 1996, I appeared 
                                on the cross at the point of death
                                after Mary appeared on the 5ths
                                since July 5, 1994.

                               I am God here is My message.

                            Here are the pictures from November 5, 2001. 

  

November 5, 2001
  
November 5, 2001
ten minutes later

As we prayed the Shepherds of Christ Prayers.

    

December 6, 2001 message continues      

Jesus speaks:      The Fatima mission has been blocked since 1917.

                             I appear to tell you to listen to Me.

  

February 5, 2001

    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:       1. Priestly Newsletter Book II is a gift I give to
                                    this earth. I want it circulated to
                                    the Priests with the Prayer Manual.

                             2. The way of life as formed by the Founder
                                    has been given by Me in the 
                                    Following writings and messages.

                                    There are seven levels of commitment
                                        in the Shepherds of Christ as directed by Me.

                                    My Servants and Handmaids are
                                        Servants and Handmaids of the
                                            Good Shepherd.

                                    My Apostles are Apostles of
                                        My Sacred Eucharistic Heart.

                                    My Associates are involved in 
                                        different ways, praying the
                                        Shepherd of Christ Prayers.

  

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:              Prayer Apostles give their lives in a special
                                        way to daily prayer for the Shepherds of Christ
                                            Movement.

                                    Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
                                        pray twice weekly before the
                                        Blessed Sacrament.
                                        They pray the Shepherd of Christ prayers while
                                        there and the rosary for the 
                                        following intentions.

  


  

Intentions for the Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

    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.

  


       

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:              The Shepherd of Christ Servants, Handmaids and Apostles
                                        go to daily Mass and spend one
                                        hour in adoration before the
                                        Blessed Sacrament, most of them
                                        pray hourly.

                                    All of the members should feel a strong
                                        bond united in the Morning
                                        offering, praying for the 
                                        souls, the priests, the Church
                                        and the world.

                                    A primary work of all members is to
                                        encourage people to say the 
                                        morning offering uniting all they
                                        do with the Holy Sacrifice of
                                        the Mass and encouraging
                                        consecration.

                                    This is My Movement.
                                        People should consecrate their families
                                        to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate
                                        Heart.

    

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:               People should consecrate their 
                                        homes to the Sacred Heart
                                        and Immaculate Heart.

    

   

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:             (these consecration materials are
                                    available in English and 
                                    Spanish with the Imprimatur)

                                    I want you to circulate the Rosary Aves
                                        all over the world and the
                                        consecration cards.
                                        These are available in different 
                                        languages for schools with the imprimatur.

    

Meditating on the Rosary Aves
    - A meditation for each bead of the Rosary

 Rosary Aves for Legal Size paper, printed front and back  Letter size paper (English)
pdficon.gif (224 bytes)  Méditations pour chaque Ave du Rosaire (French)
pdficon.gif (224 bytes)  Meditando nas Contas do Rosário (Portuguese)

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:             These prayers have been given and are said
                                        daily by most apostles, servants
                                        and handmaids.

                                Morning offering  

   


      

Morning Offering - long form

    My dear Father, I offer You this day all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings, my every breath, my every heartbeat, my every thought, all my actions, in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit. I pray the Holy Spirit is with me every second today, enlightening me to do the will of the Father and filling me with the fire of God's love.

    I ask Jesus and Mary to be one in me in all that I do and I unite with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory to pray continually to the Father for these intercessions, in this prayer, for this day.

    For myself, I pray for grace-abundant grace, to know and love God more and more and to follow the will of the Father. I pray to the Holy Spirit to transform me in the heart of Mary to be more and more like Jesus. I pray that I can forever dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I pray for conversion of all those I hold dear who need conversion. I pray for each member of my family that they will be filled with Your abundant grace to grow in their knowledge and love of God.

    I pray for all my friends that they will receive abundant grace to carry out the great plan of the Father, that they will grow forever closer to Jesus' Heart through Mary's heart, that we will all be led by the Holy Spirit to do His work, that we will, together, carry out the plan of the Father as He intends us to, to spread the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary's heart to this world.

    Jesus, I pray for myself so the Holy Spirit descends upon me and opens my heart to Your love so I will grow more and more deeply in union with You. I pray that I do not worry what other people think but try always to please the Father and do His will. I pray that I may help lead many to Your burning love.

    I pray for the following people in particular that they will be filled with the Spirit and grow deeply in their union with You, that they will receive abundant graces to know, love and serve You more. (Include special friends by name...)

    I pray for priests the world over, for the success of the priestly newsletter, the Chapters and for the finances needed for the newsletter. I pray for the circulation of the Blue Book messages, rosary meditations and tapes. I pray for all those involved in the publication of these messages.

    I pray that You will shower Your abundant graces onto the priests reading the newsletter the people reading and hearing the Blue Book messages and Rosary Meditations and all of Fr. Carter's publications.

    We pray for the intentions we hold deep within our hearts, for our families and friends, for those requesting our prayers. We pray for children the world over and for the souls in purgatory. We ask God to shower His abundant grace on us and the members of our Shepherds of Christ chapter so that we may grow more and more in our knowledge and love of God.

    We consecrate ourselves to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We pray for Father Carter, for Father Smith, for Rita Ring, and for John Weickert, for all leaders and helpers in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, for Shepherds of Christ Ministries, and Our Lady of Light Ministry. We pray for all those who are working in these ministries.

    We bind ourselves and our children and our friends to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We place the precious blood of Jesus on ourselves, and all we touch, so that we will be protected from the evil one. We pray to St. Michael to cast the devil into hell. We love You, God, we love You, we love You. We beg that we may receive the grace to love You more and more deeply. We adore You, we praise You, our beloved Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

    


  

for youth

    

nursing home card

   


  

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 in 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.

  

(available in different languages with imprimatur)

Oración Para Union con Jesús (Spanish)

Pričre pour demander l'union ŕ Jésus (French)

Oraçăo para Uniăo com Jesus (Portuguese)

    


    

          
A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

    Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.

    I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.

    Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.

    Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.

    Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.

    Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.

-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995

  


   

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

    Oh Lamb of God, Who takes 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.

  


   

Words of Surrender of a Soul
Words of Consecration to God

Today Lord, (today's date), I give You my entire will-

I give You all my liberties, I want to love and serve You as You desire.

I surrender myself to You.

I ask You to run my life.

I ask You to help me act like You, Jesus, and like Your Mother Mary.

God, this day I consecrate myself to You.

I am  (name) , Your beloved child, guide me on my way now as I go about my day (or if in Church) as I leave Your Eucharistic presence.

       


          

Shepherds of Christ Associates
PRAYER MANUAL

     

Chapter Meeting Prayer Format

The prayer format below should be followed at chapter meetings of Shepherds of Christ Associates. All prayers, not just those said specifically for priests, should include the intention of praying for all the needs of priests the world over.

1. Hymns. Hymns may be sung at any point of the prayer part of the meeting.

2. 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.

3. The Rosary.

4. Salve Regina. "Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, our mourning, our weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary."

5. The Memorare. "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but, in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen."

6. Seven Hail Marys in honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Mary has promised very special graces to those who do this on a daily basis. Included in the promises of Our Lady for those who practice this devotion is her pledge to give special assistance at the hour of death, including the sight of her face. The seven sorrows are:

(1) The first sorrow: the prophecy of Simeon (Hail Mary).

(2) The second sorrow: the flight into Egypt (Hail Mary).

(3) The third sorrow: the loss of the Child Jesus in the temple (Hail Mary).

(4) The fourth sorrow: Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross (Hail Mary).

(5) The fifth sorrow: Jesus dies on the cross (Hail Mary).

(6) The sixth sorrow: Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in Mary's arms (Hail Mary).

(7) The seventh sorrow: the burial of Jesus (Hail Mary).

7. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us (repeat after each invocation).
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of angels,
Queen of patriarchs,
Queen of prophets,
Queen of apostles,
Queen of martyrs,
Queen of confessors,
Queen of virgins,
Queen of all saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace,

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and, by the glorious intercession of the blessed Mary, ever virgin, be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

8. Prayer to St. Joseph. St. Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste spouse of Mary, you passed your life in perfect fulfillment of duty. You supported the Holy Family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly turn to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes; and they turn to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too have known trial, labor, and weariness. But, even amid the worries of material life, your soul was filled with deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with the Son of God entrusted to you, and with Mary, His tender Mother. Amen. --(Pope John XXIII)

9. Litany of the Sacred Heart, promises of the Sacred Heart.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us (repeat after each invocation).
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,
Heart of Jesus, sacred temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,
Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim of sin,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in You,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints,
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto Yours.

Let us pray: O almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your dearly beloved Son and upon the praise and satisfaction He offers You in behalf of sinners and, being appeased, grant pardon to those who seek Your mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
(these should be read by the prayer leader):

(1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

(2) I will establish peace in their homes.

(3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

(4) I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.

(5) I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.

(6) Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.

(7) Tepid souls shall grow fervent.

(8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

(9) I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.

(10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

(11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.

(12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

10. Prayer for Priests. "Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the Flock, we pray that in the great love and mercy of Your Sacred Heart You attend to all the needs of Your priest-shepherds throughout the world. We ask that You draw back to Your Heart all those priests who have seriously strayed from Your path, that You rekindle the desire for holiness in the hearts of those priests who have become lukewarm, and that You continue to give Your fervent priests the desire for the highest holiness. United with Your Heart and Mary's Heart, we ask that You take this petition to Your heavenly Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen"

11. Prayer for all members of the Shepherds of Christ Associates. "Dear Jesus, we ask Your special blessings on all members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. Continue to enlighten them regarding the very special privilege and responsibility you have given them as members of Your movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates. Draw them ever closer to Your Heart and to Your Mother's Heart. Allow them to more and more realize the great and special love of Your Hearts for each of them as unique individuals. Give them the grace to respond to Your love and Mary's love with an increased love of their own. As they dwell in Your Heart and Mary's Heart, abundantly care for all their needs and those of their loved ones. We make our prayer through You to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary our Mother at our side. Amen"

12. Prayer for the spiritual and financial success of the priestly newsletter. "Father, we ask Your special blessings upon the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ. We ask that You open the priest-readers to the graces You wish to give them through this chosen instrument of Your Son. We also ask that You provide for the financial needs of the newsletter and the Shepherds of Christ Associates. We make our prayer through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary at our side. Amen"

13. Prayer for all members of the human family. "Heavenly Father, we ask Your blessings on all Your children the world over. Attend to all their needs. We ask Your special assistance for all those marginalized people, all those who are so neglected and forgotten. United with our Mother Mary, we make this petition to You through Jesus and in the Holy Spirit."

14. Prayer to St. Michael and our Guardian Angels:

"St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen."

"Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen."

15. Pause for silent, personal prayer. This should last at least five minutes.

16. Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."

17. Daily Prayers. All members should say the Holy Spirit prayer daily and make the act of consecration daily. They should also pray the rosary each day. They are encouraged to use the other above prayers as time allows.

  
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Holy Spirit Novena

Shepherds of Christ Publications
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DAILY NOVENA PRAYERS

Opening Prayer

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus, in union with Him in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit. We come to You united to the Child Jesus of Good Health and the Infant of Prague. We come to You in the perfect, sinless heart of Our Mother Mary, asking her powerful intercession, uniting ourselves to her holy tears. We come to You united to all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory.

Prayer for Holy Spirit

We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on us, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, that He will descend mightily on us as He did on the Apostles at Pentecost. That the Holy Spirit will transform us from fear to fearlessness and that He will give us courage to do all the Father is asking of us to help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. We pray for the Holy Spirit to descend mightily on the Jesuits and the Poor Clares on the Shepherds of Christ leaders and members and on the whole Body of Christ and the world.

Protection by the Blood of Jesus

We pray that the Blood of Jesus will be spread on us, everyone in our families, and the Shepherds of Christ Movement, that we will be able to move steadfastly ahead and be protected from the evil one.

Healing

We pray for healing in body, mind, and soul and generational healing in ourselves, in all members in our families, and in all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, the Jesuit Community, the Poor Clares, the Body of Christ, and the world.

Prayer for Strength and Light

We adore You, oh Holy Spirit. Give us strength, give us light, console us. We give ourselves entirely to You. Oh Spirit of light and grace, we want to only do the will of the Father. Enlighten us that we may live always in the Father's will.

Eternal Spirit fill us with Your Divine Wisdom that we may comprehend more fully insight into Your Divine Mysteries.

Give us lights, Oh Holy Spirit that we may know God. Work within the heart, the spiritual womb of the Virgin Mary, to form us more and more into the image of Jesus.

Prayer to Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit

We long for You, Oh Spirit of Light, we long to know God, we want to be one with Him, our Divine God. We want to be one with the Father, know Him as a Person most intimately. We want to know the beloved One, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and live and dwell in Him at all times, every moment of our lives. We want to be one with You, Oh Spirit of Light, that You move in us in our every breath.

Prayer to Be One in Jesus

Let us experience life in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so we can say as Saint Paul, "I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me...." Let us live, united to the Mass, all through the day being one in Him. Let us be able to love and know in this elevated state of oneness with our God. We long for Thee, oh beauteous God, we love You, we love You, we love You. We praise You, worship You, honor You, adore You, and thank You, our beloved God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Prayer to Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

We seek to be one in God, to live and dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, our little heaven on earth, to experience life in the all perfect, pure, sinless heart of our Mother. We want the Holy Spirit to move in us and to be united to Jesus as the Bridegroom of our souls and be a most perfect sacrifice offered to the Father at every moment as we unite in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass around the world to help in the salvation of souls.

Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts

Come Holy Spirit, come, come into our hearts, inflame all people with the fire of Your love.

Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and all will be reborn.
All:  And You will renew the face of the earth.

We pray for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ask for perfection in our souls to make us holy, holy souls likened to God.

Dear Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to You soul and body. We ask You to give us the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.

Prayer for the Word Alive in Our Hearts

We know, dear Holy Spirit, the Word in His human nature was brought forth within the womb of the woman. We pray that His word will be brought forth in our hearts as He lives and dwells in us. We want the incarnation to go on in our lives. Dear Holy Spirit, work in us.

Little Prayers to the Holy Spirit

Dear Holy Spirit, help us not to be ignorant or indifferent or weak, help us to be strong with the love of God.

Dear Holy Spirit, please pray for our needs for us.

Dear Holy Spirit, help us to respect God and to avoid sin. Help us to live in the Father's will.

Dear Holy Spirit, help us to keep Your commandments and to respect authority. Help us to love all things as You will us to love them. Help us to want to pray and always serve God with the greatest love. Help us to know the truth. Help us to have the gift of faith, hope, and love. Help us to know what is right and what is wrong.

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.

  


First Period
Meditations Nine Days

  1. Romans 8:14-17

    All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God; for what you received was not the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear; you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba, Father!' The Spirit himself joins with our spirit to bear witness that we are children of God. And if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we share his suffering, so as to share his glory.
  2. Romans 8:5-9

    Those who are living by their natural inclinations have their minds on the things human nature desires; those who live in the Spirit have their minds on spiritual things. And human nature has nothing to look forward to but death, while the Spirit looks forward to life and peace, because the outlook of disordered human nature is opposed to God, since it does not submit to God's Law, and indeed it cannot, and those who live by their natural inclinations can never be pleasing to God. You, however, live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you. Indeed, anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
  3. 1 John 4:12-16

    No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes to its perfection in us. This is the proof that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us a share in his Spirit. We ourselves have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as Saviour of the world. Anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have recognised for ourselves, and put our faith in, the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
  4. 1 John 4:17-21

    Love comes to its perfection in us when we can face the Day of Judgement fearlessly, because even in this world we have become as he is. In love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear implies punishment and no one who is afraid has come to perfection in love. Let us love, then, because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love God' and hates his brother, is a liar, since whoever does not love the brother whom he can see cannot love God whom he has not seen. Indeed this is the commandment we have received from him, that whoever loves God, must also love his brother.
  5. 1 John 4:7-11

    My dear friends, let us love one another, since love is from God and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is love. This is the revelation of God's love for us, that God sent his only Son into the world that we might have life through him. Love consists in this: it is not we who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to expiate our sins. My dear friends, if God loved us so much, we too should love one another.
  6. Acts of the Apostles 1:1-5

    In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. While at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. 'It is', he had said, 'what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but, not many days from now, you are going to be baptised with the Holy Spirit.'
  7. Acts of the Apostles 1:6-9

    Now having met together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's remotest end.'

    As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
  8. Acts of the Apostles 1:12-14

    So from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, they went back to Jerusalem, a short distance away, no more than a Sabbath walk; and when they reached the city they went to the upper room where they were staying; there were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude son of James. With one heart all these joined constantly in prayer, together with some women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
  9. Acts of the Apostles 2:1-4

    When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.

  


Second Period
Meditations Nine Days

  1. John 14:21-31

    Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.'

    Judas-not Judas Iscariot-said to him, 'Lord, what has happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?' Jesus replied:

    Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him. Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe. I shall not talk to you much longer, because the prince of this world is on his way. He has no power over me, but the world must recognise that I love the Father and that I act just as the Father commanded. Come now, let us go.
  2. John 17:11-26

    I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. While I was with them, I kept those you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost except one who was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures. But now I am coming to you and I say these things in the world to share my joy with them to the full. I passed your word on to them, and the world hated them, because they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world. I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the Evil One. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world, and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth. 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.
  3. I Corinthians 15:20-28

    In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
  4. Revelation 3:1-3,12,16-19

    'Write to the angel of the church in Sardis and say, "Here is the message of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know about your behaviour: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead. Wake up; put some resolve into what little vigour you have left: it is dying fast. So far I have failed to notice anything in your behaviour that my God could possibly call perfect; remember how you first heard the message. Hold on to that. Repent! If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, and you will have no idea at what hour I shall come upon you.

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

    '...but since you are neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth. You say to yourself: I am rich, I have made a fortune and have everything I want, never realising that you are wretchedly and pitiably poor, and blind and naked too. I warn you, buy from me the gold that has been tested in the fire to make you truly rich, and white robes to clothe you and hide your shameful nakedness, and ointment to put on your eyes to enable you to see. I reprove and train those whom I love: so repent in real earnest.'
  5. Revelation 5:9-14

    They sang a new hymn: You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, because you were sacrificed, and with your blood you bought people for God of every race, language, people and nation and made them a line of kings and priests for God, to rule the world.

    In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the living creatures and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, loudly chanting:

Worthy is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.

Then I heard all the living things in creation-everything that lives in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, crying:

To the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.

And the four living creatures said, 'Amen'; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.

  1. Revelation 7:14-17

    I answered him, 'You can tell me, sir.' Then he said, 'These are the people who have been through the great trial; they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb. That is why they are standing in front of God's throne and serving him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; sun and scorching wind will never plague them, because the Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.'
  2. Revelation 12:1-8

    Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet. Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and the dragon stopped in front of the woman as she was at the point of giving birth, so that it could eat the child as soon as it was born. The woman was delivered of a boy, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron sceptre, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his throne, while the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.

    And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven.
  3. Revelation 14:1-7

    Next in my vision I saw Mount Zion, and standing on it the Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, all with his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of the ocean or the roar of thunder; it was like the sound of harpists playing their harps. There before the throne they were singing a new hymn in the presence of the four living creatures and the elders, a hymn that could be learnt only by the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the world. These are the sons who have kept their virginity and not been defiled with women they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they, out of all people, have been redeemed to be the first-fruits for God and for the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths and no fault can be found in them.

    Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the gospel of eternity to all who live on the earth, every nation, race, language and tribe. He was calling, 'Fear God and glorify him, because the time has come for him to sit in judgement; worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea and the springs of water.'

    Revelation 19: 7-8

    let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.'
  4. Revelation 21:1-10

    Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.'

    Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. 'Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true."' Then he said to me, 'It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'

    One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.' In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.

    Revelation 22:20

    The one who attests these things says: I am indeed coming soon.

    Amen; come, Lord Jesus.

Scriptural quotations are taken from The New Jerusalem Bible, Doubleday & Co.
Imprimatur granted by Cardinal Hume.

      


        

   

    

  

    

     

  

         

   

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:      I ask you to circulate the coloring books.

                            I ask you to list the new videos available.
                             These can be used by all including
                               the nursing home and homebound.

1. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 1

2. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 2

3. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 3

4. Nursing Home and Homebound Mass

5. Elevation of the Host at Mass: A Special Moment

6. Holy Hour and Benediction

                            Priestly Newsletter tapes are available
                                with Fr. Carter reading the Newsletters.

                                Some discs available with Fr. Mike
                                    reading the 2001 entries in the 
                                    Newsletter on grace and the 
                                    Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

                            Newsletters are available in two books.

                                    Priestly Newsletter Book I
                              Priestly Newsletter Book II  Newsletter Book II

                            Prayers from the Prayer Manual are
                                    available with imprimatur
                                    in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

                                Rosary Book Meditations are as follows. 

   

 

  

 

  

   

  

       

   

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:       The Blue Books were given to you as a gift
                                    from Me for daily living.
                                    Apostles, Servants and Handmaids
                                    live by the Blue Book Message.

    

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:      Nursing Home Videos are available.

1. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 1

2. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 2

3. Mary Talks to the Nursing Homes - session 3

4. Nursing Home and Homebound Mass

5. Elevation of the Host at Mass: A Special Moment

6. Holy Hour and Benediction

    

     

December 6, 2001 message continues

Messenger:        Mary's Peace Plan from Fatima

                                    1. Consecrate your hearts to the Hearts 
                                            of Jesus and Mary.

                                    2. Pray the Rosary

                                    3. Observe the First Saturday devotion

                                    4. Help make reparation to their
                                            two hearts.

                       Why did Mary appear on the building in 
                            Florida?

                                Things that have effected us.

                                    1. Presidential election was influenced
                                        by decisions of Florida

                                    2. Terrorists were in Florida for a time

                                    3. Fires of Florida June, 1998

   


      

Excerpt from June 18, 1998 message

Jesus speaks: Oh please, My children, help Me for my wrath blazes above the buildings you have built and in one second I could destroy your earth with fire, but the Lady of Love (Mary) holds Me from you. But my hand is now raised and I do not act because of your prayers My holy ones.

end of excerpt from June 18, 1998

      


    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Messenger:        Why did Mary appear at Our Lady of
                                the Holy Spirit Center every
                                day for 14 months?

                                1. It was an old seminary

  

  

                                2. On March 22, 1994 the corner
                                        fell off the old seminary on 
                                        Lucia's birthday after
                                        that Mary appeared some in the opposite
                                        wing, some in the rosary chapel (she appeared
                                        9 months exactly in the rosary chapel,
                                        the birth of the Shepherd of Christ Movement Core Group
                                        came from that old seminary.)

  

    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:    

                            I appeared all through the twentieth
                                century.

                            The Shepherds of Christ Movement is My Son's Movement
                                    to lead men into a deeper love
                                    union with My Son's Sacred Heart.

   


     

~ 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)

      


     

~ 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.

     


  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:     The site has been given to promote
                                 the directions given by My Son
                                 which will help to lead men into
                                  the Reign of His Sacred Heart.

                            The site was given to help bring to completion the mission
                                    I began at Fatima.

                            There were so many who blocked the
                                    rosary meditations and
                                    blocked the Plan of the Father
                                    when I appeared at Our Lady of 
                                    the Holy Spirit Center.

                            Do you see the publicity for one movie
                                    that is harmful for my children,

                                    and yet you will not help me

                                    promote my image and that 

                                    of my Son, you will not help

                                    me with the school rosary

                                    program.

                        How can we give messages when men

                                want to figure out their own plan.

                            I told you at Fatima what to do.

                            I warned.

                            Now you are in the warning stages as
                                never before.

                            You want to control, to check, to
                                have your own plan.

                            The plan given by me and My Son Jesus
                                is very simple.

                            Message July 15, 1998

   


  

July 15, 1998

A Gift, A Warning, and A Solution

Mary speaks: My dear little ones,

    I stood beneath the cross of my Son and I cried tears of sorrow and of joy. I appear on this building that you will stand with me under His cross and live your life in love.

    His lesson is love to His death on the cross. He loved His enemies, those who persecuted Him. Do you see Him my children with His hands outstretched before you? I wish a crucifix to be placed at the site in the main window beside my image. My eyes are always on My Son Jesus crucified and my Heart knows His resurrection from the dead.

    Stand with me under His cross. He is your King. His Sacred Heart will rule this earth, all buildings and hearts must be consecrated to Him. On July 5, 1998 Our Lord asked that this place be consecrated to His Heart and my heart, He descended on this site in the place of His statue. He will rule all kingdoms of this earth.

    I am Mary your Mother, I ask that the 10 Commandments be read at every prayer meeting here.

    I give to you the rule which God commands you to live by. I ask you to pray for the children of this earth for they are being taught so many sinful things in their own homes through the television. I am so sorry for the little ones and what your world has taught them.

    Tell the children about their Mother. Encourage youth to come on Sunday to pray with me for their Church and their world. All the hours of the day spent on so many useless things. I want to teach them to pray as I taught my Son Jesus from an early age. I am their heavenly Mother, I love them more than any earthly mother. I want to teach them to pray my rosary and to pray for their Church and their world, I want to teach them to pray for my priest-sons. I want them to know about my Son Jesus. I want them to know about God and I want to teach them to be children of God.

    I appear here to teach the children of this earth through my rosary and the prayers of the Good Shepherd.

    I want to teach you my children. I am Mary your Mother, I repeat the request I first made to this earth two days after I appeared.

December 19, 1996
Read from Mary Image Card

Mary speaks:

"My dear children, I give to you my Son Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

I appear to you, my children, on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money is your god.

I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book."

Mary speaks: I am teaching my children through the Rosary Book - Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Many of the teachings you hear have come from my Rosary Book. Another book with short rosaries for parents and children will be used here.

    I ask you to help me reach my children with this rosary material. I ask you to duplicate the rosary aves and encourage children and all to pray the rosary with these meditations. The rosary aves and consecration cards have the imprimatur and can be used in schools and churches. I ask you to help circulate the prayer cards to churches, the Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Prayer for Union with Jesus and the Prayer for Priests (within the Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual).

    I ask you to spread my Son's Prayer Manual to all the churches that the world and the Church will pray these prayers.

    I am Mary your Mother. From my site in Florida, I want to teach my world to pray.

    I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I wish you to play the Mary Message now and continually from this site. I wish you to tell the children I cried beneath the cross, tears of sorrow and great joy for my children. Tears of sorrow for the little ones that would lose their souls despite all my Son did for them. Despite His love, they lost their souls. And tears of joy for all that would go to heaven forever and be with God for all eternity.

    I appear without any eyes, for you are my eyes. It is through your eyes, I will reach my children.

    Your world is blind, come to my Immaculate Heart through consecration and you will see as the Holy Spirit gives you great lights to know God.

    You were blind, but now you will see. My Son Jesus is the Light of the World. You walk in partial darkness with blinders on your eyes. You must give your hearts to me and to my Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit will enlighten you.

    I brought forth my Son Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. I will lead you to the Light, you will see, you will be transformed anew, you will know the intimate love of My Son through the Consecration and the Rosary.

    Help me my little children.

  


  

Revelation 12:1-6

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet. Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and the dragon stopped in front of the woman as she was at the point of giving birth, so that it could eat the child as soon as it was born. The woman was delivered of a boy, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron sceptre, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his throne, while the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.

 


  

Mary speaks:   I appear my children on this former bank building in Florida, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun. I ask you to circulate my Mary Message tape made on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 12, 1996. The message given to my messenger from me and my Son Jesus was to make the tape that day and label the tape made on Dec 12, 1996, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I appeared on the building five days later, looking as Our Lady of Guadalupe.

    You wish a sign, my sinful world. I, Mary your Mother and my Son Jesus give you a sign. He gave Himself on the cross. I tell you today the heavenly Father gave the sign at Guadalupe and He gives this sign today and you ignore the sign.

    The fires in Florida are a sign. Do you wish the fire from His Heart to get your attention or do you wish the fire that can destroy all those things you hold on to?

    When I appeared at Falmouth I was ignored and even after the flood they did not respond.

    When I appeared at Fatima, 1917, you did not obey the messages I gave you and there was World War II which has hurt your hearts more than your earth.

    We give you the sign, you do exactly as you wish.

    You must obey the Commandments, my children.

    Many of your television's programs have become as a beast invading the minds of my children and a second beast is your video games. Many are so vile.

    The devil has wiped away stars in my crown. Do you see the serpant, the evil one that wants to destroy your hearts?

    I give to you this Rosary Book with a message dated November 12, 1996 from my Son Jesus. He states:

    This is a great Christmas gift for the world. Please be grateful and thank God for these revelations that I give to you. These are insights to take you into Our Hearts.

    After World War II many men made their minds their gods. They lost the sensitivity in their hearts. More than the devastation that occurred from the war was the spiritual loss of love in your hearts.

    You have disobeyed the requests I gave at Fatima, now I tell you today to listen to the words of my Son, to pray the prayers for the renewal of the Church and the World given in the prayer manual.

    Use the rosary meditations We have given from Our Hearts to lead you into your hearts where Christ will come alive in your hearts.

    I appeared over 500 times to my messenger giving Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

    I wish these rosary meditations to be teaching tools for the world to know God alive in their hearts. Your world has offended God. You must pray. I wish the rosary to be recited from this site with these meditations, I wish the world to turn to prayer. I wish this message to be published immediately on the picture paper, A Gift, A Warning, A Solution.

    On Dec 17, 1991 my Son gave to my messenger a vision of His Sacred Heart on fire, ablaze with love for men (This appears on the front of God's Blue Book II). On Dec 17, 1996 I appeared on the building, looking as Our Lady of Guadalupe. This apparition was 5 days after my request to circulate the Mary Message tape which states this tape was made on Dec 12, 1996. This tape was circulated at my request and the request of my Son on Dec 13, 1996 at Tom's farm. It was played and given to all present.

    After I appeared on the 5th of the month from July 5, 1994 to Oct 5, 1996, my Son Jesus appeared at the point of death in my church, Holy Cross - Immaculata. For a period of twenty minutes he appeared in anguishing pain to my messenger with His mouth moving because no one was listening.

    I appeared to this messenger over 500 times delivering these messages to lead men to the light.

    We gave the direction to make Mary's Message tape. Five days later I appeared on the building in Clearwater as a permanent sign to this world, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun to lead the men to the light where they would see with the light of seven suns.

    I appeared in a rainbow which matched the rainbow of the Rosary Book. This book was to arrive from the publisher on the same day as my apparition Dec 17, 1996.

    Will you listen to my Son Jesus? See Him as He hangs on the cross giving His life for you. His mouth is moving and you do not hear Him.

    I appeared, I appeared, I appeared and you did not listen.

    I do not appear as I once did.

    The sign is given, will you help us reach the world with the prayers of the Good Shepherd and the Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary? I and my Son Jesus wish this to be a place of prayer to help to bring to completion the mission I began at Fatima.

    Please my children help me. I am Mary your Mother.

    My Son has revealed the deepest secrets into His Heart through the messages of God's Blue Books, the Mass Books, the Spouse of the Lamb Book.

    We have given to you the Priestly Newsletter to lead the priests into Our Hearts, to lead them into the deepest love for the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus and the deepest love for the Church.

    It is given to the priests that they will be the followers of the Good Shepherd, loving His Word and the Mass. My Son Jesus gives these instruments to the Church: the Priestly Newsletter and the Prayers of the Good Shepherd. Help us reach the children of the earth.

    Souls are at stake. Do you wish to respond to sufferings or to gifts? God is calling the children of the earth to be as He intended from the beginning, little children of the Father, loving God with their whole heart, their whole mind and their whole being. I am Mary your Mother, I want to mother you and lead my priest-sons deeply into His Heart.

    You are children, willful in your ways, you must, must do the will of the Father, live according to the Commandments and according to His Word.

    Please help me reach the children of this earth with this message. I wish this message to be circulated by all means possible to reach my children.

    I appear, I appear, I appear and I am ignored. I do not appear as I once did.

    From Mary's message Dec 19, 1996: My dear children, I give to you My Son Jesus born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

    I am the Lady Clothed with the Sun. I am the handmaid of the Lord. I wail aloud bringing forth my children of the earth and you my children that will help me create a garden in Florida.

    I am the New Eve. In this garden in Florida, I wish to bring forth good fruit, children loving God who have given their lives in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

    Eve sinned and they were banned from the Garden. My Son shed the life saving Blood. He sweat Blood in the garden for the children of Eve.

    I give to you my Son Jesus. A sign is given, Jesus hanging on the crosses of the world and the sign that appears for you is myself, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun. I am Mary your Mother. I ask you to circulate this message immediately.

    I ask the children of the earth to respond to the messages I have given and to the words of my Son.

    I ask you to consecrate your hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, to pray the rosary, to observe the First Saturday devotion and to make reparation to God for the sins committed against Him.

    I am Mary your Mother, will you help me?

  


  

The Sign of Jonah  (Matthew 12:38-42)

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. `Master,' they said, `we should like to see a sign from you.' He replied, `It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah remained in the belly of the sea-monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and they will be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and look, there is something greater than Jonah here. On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, there is something greater than Solomon here.

end of July 15, 1998 message

   


    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:     America, I cry for your children.

                            America, land of plenty.

                            I APPEAR TO TEACH THE
                                    WORLD TO PRAY. 

   

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 in 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.

    


    

          
A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

    Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.

    I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.

    Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.

    Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.

    Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.

    Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.

-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995

     


      

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:     These prayers were given by My Son Jesus.

  

   

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:     This book is a book given by Him. 

    

    


             

January 5, 1995

Messenger: On January 5, 1995, the Father spoke in front of the altar at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. This altar, I believe, was in Holy Cross Monastery. The Father spoke to me there on January 18, 1997, in several messages.

He said: "I am the Father, My plan will unfold despite any willfulness."

end of excerpt from January 5, 1995 message

       


         

Excerpt from September 6, 2001 message 

Jesus speaks:        You must pray for your donors.

                        I appeared and my mother appeared

                            for the whole world.

                        The apparition is not appreciated.

                        The fact you cannot even make

                            the rent payment for the

                            building is proof.

                        So much money in the world and the

                            state of Florida.

                        Look at your news on television.

                        Look at what the news is on the
                            television.

                        MARY HAS APPEARED ON THE
                            BUILDING FOR 5 YEARS AND
                            YOU DO NOT EVEN TAKE 
                            NOTICE.

 

 MARY HAS APPEARED ALMOST 5 YEARS

 

September 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:     It is not the responsibility of 100
                            people to support such a vision.

                         It is a gift from God.

                         This shows you the focus of men
                            and your news.

                         Your eyes are blind.

                         I ask today September 6, 2001 to

                             see Our images and to help

                             do what We have asked you to do.

                         These messages are important.

                         You have ignored Me.

                         THE PRAYER CARDS, Prayer for Union
                            with Jesus, Prayer Before the Holy
                            Sacrifice of the Mass, Say daily card,
                            morning offering, Shepherds of Christ
                            Prayer manuals, Holy Spirit Novena book,
                            rosary meditations are gifts from God.

Messenger:        Jesus also said "All materials

                             used for the school rosary program

                             printed by B&M have helped the

                             school children."

Jesus speaks:      The Priestly Newsletter is a gift from God.

                         Because of these prayers your world

                             is a better place.

                         If B&M closes and the printing stops -

                             your world will be affected.

                        Again I repeat, these revelations and

                            materials are for the world.

                        Mary appears the Lady clothed in gold

                            for the world.

                        Very, very few are helping to do what I ask.

                        My movement is to help the priests, the
                            Church and the world, it is a gift.

                        Because of My movement, the world is a
                            better place.

                        You will feel the effects if the printing stops.

                        I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I speak here.

end of excerpt from September 6, 2001 message

   


       

Excerpt from September 8, 2001 message

Mary speaks:     You want a sign, you are given a sign and you
                               still won't believe.

                            My children these messages we give to you to
                                help renew the Church and the world.
                                You must pray for your priests....

                            Now my children I write to you on my special feast.
                                Ponder the words of the Magnificat....

                            I am the handmaid of the Lord.

                            I appeared at Fatima and my message is greatly ignored.

                            I appear to you today.

                            I appear as Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas.

                            I have appeared every day for almost five
                                years.

                            Will you take notice.

                            My Son's Movement Shepherds of Christ has operated from
                                the beginning from this apparition site in Florida.

                            I want you to do what I asked for at Fatima.

                            I am the Queen of Peace.

                            The Father has sent me with this message....

                            I tell you that you need to consecrate your
                                hearts to Our two Hearts.

                            I tell you to listen.

                            For those who block the message, they block
                                me and my Son Jesus.

                            These messages and visions are gifts given
                                by God.

                            They are given to help lead the souls to heaven.

                            The messages given to Father Carter to begin
                                Shepherds of Christ was to help renew the
                                Church and the world.

                            Father Carter a Jesuit priest received the following
                                messages in 1994.

                            Father Carter was told to begin the Shepherds of
                                Christ Movement.

                            Here are the messages Jesus gave to him.

                            Despite persecution and suffering he lived
                                the last 6 years of his life doing all
                                he could to further the movement....

                            I want the Bishops to consecrate their dioceses
                                to my Immaculate Heart. My Son Jesus
                                wants the Bishops to consecrate their dioceses
                                to His Sacred Heart.

Jesus speaks:     It is My desire that the Bishops of America and
                                the Bishops of the world entrust their dioceses 
                                to My Most Sacred Heart and the Heart of My
                                Mother Mary. I desire they encourage
                                the devotion to Our two Hearts in all
                                dioceses and all Churches. I desire
                                this with all My Heart. I am the Sacred
                                Heart of Jesus, you will not have peace
                                in the world until more listen to Me
                                and comply to these wishes. I want to 
                                be the King and Center of all Hearts.

                            I desire the picture of My Heart and My Mother's
                                heart and or statues be placed in the churches.
                                When a Church is consecrated/enthroned to
                                Our two Hearts they will grow in greater
                                holiness.
                                I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
                                I will Reign on the earth.

                            Why are you so resistant to listen to Me
                                and follow My requests.

                            How do I deliver a message to you?

                            You will not even take notice of the
                                sign given on the building in
                                Florida.

                            The Fatima message must be observed.

                            You must make reparation to Our
                                two Hearts.

                            I give to you the Shepherds of Christ Prayers.

                            I directed Father Carter how to compile
                                these prayers for the priests, and the
                                renewal of the Church and the world....

                            I ask you to help Me get My Newsletter II Book
                                to the 75,000 priests before Christmas, 
                                I desire all efforts be made to include a 
                                prayer manual.

                            My desire for the 4 Newsletters after Fr. Carter's
                                death this year 2001 have not been met.

                            I beg you to pray fervently for the donor who
                                can help to accomplish this task (the Priestly
                                Newsletter Book II
) and all involved. Pray
                                fervently, pray hourly if possible.

Messenger:         Jesus also indicated at some point He desired the
                                Priestly Newsletter Book II sent to all Jesuits
                                and all Bishops in the world. 

Jesus speaks:      This mailing could majorly help to change the
                                face of the earth and help bring to completion
                                the mission Mary began at Fatima.

                            You do not hear the voice of the Good Shepherd
   
                                    in My writings and works.

                            You are not open.

                            You will not even look at Mary on the building.

                            What sign would get you to take notice?

 end of excerpt from September 8, 2001 message

    


   

December 19, 1996 

Mary: My dear children, I give to you, my Son, Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

I appear to you, my children, on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money is your god.

I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book.

end of December 19, 1996 message

   


     

December 6, 2001 message continues 

God the Father speaks:   

                               I gave this sign to the earth December 17, 1996.

  


  

December 6, 2001 message continues 

God the Father speaks:    

                                My Son Jesus and My daughter Mary gave this
                                    book to you December 17, 1996.

  


   

December 6, 2001 message continues 

God the Father speaks:    

                                This vision was given December 17, 1991.

  


    

December 6, 2001 message continues 

God the Father speaks:    

                                Do you think Mary appears like this and

                                    heaven would not send a message?

                                Oh you of little faith-

                                        Your babies are being murdered

                                        Your young ones are being poisoned
                                                    spiritually.

                                        I send this sign and you want

                                            to do what you want with it.

                                        I am sending a sign and

                                            the message comes through

                                            My daughter Mary and

                                            My Son Jesus.

                                            Jesus is the New Adam

                                            Mary is the New Eve

                                    There will be the Reign of My Son's

                                        Sacred Heart.

                                    This is His Movement to help

                                        renew the Church and the world.

                                    You are blind.

                                    You are willful.

                                    How can you be taught when you

                                        continue to do things the

                                        same way and the sign

                                        I send is ignored.

   


                  

Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Angels Will Read the Message

God's Blue Book I CoverDecember 20, 1993 - 2:40 a.m.

Jesus speaks:  Who will read the message? Angels will read the message. I will be by their side. I want the messages out. I want them out, I tell you. I want My people to hear all I am telling you. I want, not a few, but all to hear these words. They are private revelations given by Me to My people. The souls are, oh, so hungry for this one. They need to get these messages.

    I am one crying in the desert. Make ready the way of the Lord. Prepare ye a path for the Master. He comes as a child in a stable. His people are asleep. Where are they and what are they doing with their busy lives? The angels will read the messages. They will rock the heavens and all will know My love and My might. From the housetops, shout this. Proclaim, "The day of the Lord is approaching. Make ready a path for Him." Will you comply with this demand to deliver a message to My people?

    Time, child, is so short. You must ready all with My words of love. They are half asleep and dazed. They walk this earth with blinders on their eyes. My day will rock them off their rockers and they will know it is I with Whom they deal. No mistake will be made as to what is happening. All will see My power and My might. From the heavens shall come a sign and all will know from whence it comes. And the days that follow will be days to prepare men's hearts for My coming. I will not come unannounced. I will come with My power and My might and you will know what you will behold. Men will turn their hearts to Me with these messages. Get them out, I tell you, for their need is very great. I am patient and yet I am demanding. Ready yourself for this day of the Lord. I come as a baby into your midst, the angels sing, the choirs of heaven rejoice and you will know soon that I am very close to you all. Indeed you will know!

    What awaits those in their feeble hearts! They run after such useless things when I, God, am talking in these letters. They think their world is their end. What an awakening they will have-a wide awakening!

    I knock to make ready for My coming. You hear Me knock on your door in the night. Make ready this path so My people will read these letters of love. I am mighty and worthy of such praise. My people must realize My love in My intense might. What sign do you need? Do you think these messages were for your ears alone? Such power and wisdom in Rita's purse? This is not the idea. They are for all! My ease goes with you in all your undertakings to get these messages out.

    Slow, too slow, I tell you. Shout My message from the housetops, that I am Lord and I am coming in your midst as a baby, but, with such might! My time is at hand. You tarry too long, My little ones. Time you do not have. This world is crazy! People are so busy at the malls. Oh, what foolish ones. I come as a baby into your midst. This is My birthday and whom do you worship? You worship idols! It is all such a sick world. Make ready My path, My little ones. Time is so short and you must not tarry any longer for into your hands I place My words for the world. They are mighty, little ones. Read them! What do you do with these words? Do you want proof? Look at Me hanging on the cross. It is out of this love of you I died a brutal death! Do you think I would not go to this extent to save the souls of My loved ones? Why would I come to this earth, give My life for all My beautiful creatures, and then, at this stage of the game, not send some mighty medicine to cure My sick little ones? You possess the mighty medicine. I mixed it with such love and I hand-deliver each message to shake My people to My love. The heavens will rock and the Son of Man will appear on a cloud and the glory of the Lord will be shown on high!

    Get busy, you little people. The angels declare My words are given here. This is My gift to My people-distinct, clear letters proclaiming My love. Are you listening? Do you think I would not try everything to save My beloved ones?

    Oh, I will go to any extent to save these little ones, so ornery and so stupid in their ways, so sinful in this evil world, but so precious to Me. I will come in My glory and I want every last soul.

    I am God. Why would I not speak to you? I wait for you. I wait, I wait, but you are all so blind and dense. What you do is so silly. Your ways here have become sick and your hearts have become hard. But shout it from the housetops! I loved you to My death! I love you all in your sickness. I want you united under the mantle of My mother, praying and honoring God.

    America, turn yourselves around before it is too late. Come and heed My harkening. Come, come, My children. Time is so short and a lot of mending must be done in your hearts. You have hardened them and now they must come back to life. Only I can give you this life in your hearts.

    Heed My words here. I am gentle and kind in heart. My heart is a heart of love. I have hand-delivered these messages to My people and you are My delivery boys. Get them going, little ones. You tarry too much.

    My gift to My people is My love this Christmas. I am showering all at this Center with grace this season. The devotion there pleases Me, but more must flock and they will be changed from hardened hearts to hearts for God. I am God, little ones. I came and I died a brutal death. I am calling to you all to deliver this now. Make this your top priority so they will hear My message of love and know the love I have for them. Do not tarry. Do this today, little ones.

end of December 20, 1993 message

                   


                  


   

December 6, 2001 message continues 

God the Father speaks:    

                                This is a message of hope for

                                        your world.

                                 This is a gift I send you.

                                 You block the message I send
                                        you.

                                 Souls are at stake.

                                 Look at your world.

                                    I AM GOD THE FATHER

                                        THIS IS MY SIGN-

                                        THIS IS MY MESSAGE.

                                THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA

                                        IS GIVEN.

                                    YOU DO NOT LISTEN. 

  

from the Church in China
This is what Jesus called the
Father's Thumb print

 


    

Sorrowful MotherMary's Message from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

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

end of Mary's Message, August 27, 1996 

   


         

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:             THIS is a message of hope.

                                    But if you will not listen how will it
                                            help you.

  

   

  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:             Pray this healing rosary for your world. 

  


   

         

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

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

A Rosary for Healing or for Someone with Cancer.

On one Hail Mary bead or as many as you desire, say: 

May God heal                     through the intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater in union with the Mass and all the Masses being celebrated around the world.

Pray the Hail Mary or Hail Mary's then pray this after the Hail Mary.

May the cancer be uprooted and thrown into the sea.

We believe with all our hearts.

After the Glory Be — pray the following petition.

May                     be healed through the intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater if it be the holy will of God.

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

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

   


                      

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   During the Rosary and 6:20 Prayers
November 5, 2001

December 17, 2001
5 years
since Mary appeared
Prayers 6:20 PM & Procession

    

(Right next to each other #19 & #20
on the roll)

     Mary speaks:            

      My dear children,
          I have appeared now for five years from
        my image site in Clearwater, Florida.
        Special graces will be given for all those
        coming on this anniversary of my five year
        appearance and praying devoutly.
        My Son Jesus has appeared here. We call you
        to come and to pray for the priests, the Church
        and the world.
          A special prayer vigil with procession
        will begin at  6:20. Other prayers are prayed
        all through the day beneath Mary's image.
        The 6:20 prayers have been prayed beneath
        my image since July 5, 1998 and throughout
        the world. My Son Jesus wants you to come
        and to sing praise to your God. He wishes
        you to come and gather on this day.
        Oh my children, I love you so much. There
        is so much evil in the world. My children my
        Son Jesus wants you to come and pray.
                                   I am Mary your Mother

Mary appeared in Clearwater
on December 17, 1996

     Jesus speaks:       

      Oh My beloved children,
          Come to Me. Bring the little ones. Prayers
       are held daily at 6:20. I want the little ones to
       come and see the gifts God has given you here.
       My little ones must pray. You must pray. There
       will be prayers throughout the days as usual. Have
       rosary meditation books and rosaries available.
       Pictures for all who come.
           Bring your petitions to Me. I will grant you
       special graces for your heartfelt prayers.
           Oh I love you so much. Please come. Pray -
       help make reparation to Our Hearts. Have prayer
       sheets and coloring books available. Morning
       Offering cards (Say daily). Have videos of the
       Mass and Nursing home videos available.
           Encourage all to pray the prayers, to pray the
       rosary and to consecrate their hearts.
           Have cards "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary
       available."
      This is a special day to heaven. This is a special
  place. Come and pray for the days before and after
  also if you wish. The big celebration is December 17,
  2001 at 6:20 call for details. I ask you to come to Me.
  I love you so much. Please pray for your world.
                                             I am Jesus your Savior.
  

November 5, 2001
Jesus' face

   
  

I love you, I love you, I love you,
                     Jesus
  

                      


    

December 6, 2001 message continues

Messenger:         Come to the site

                            On December 17, 2001.

                            We will have lots of gifts reduced.

                                Christmas ornaments of Mary's image
                                        for the tree.

                                Little pictures in different
                                        arrangements of Mary
                                        and Jesus as they appear
                                        by day and in gold.

                                Photos will be reduced.

Mary speaks:      PUT PHOTO'S OF MY IMAGE IN YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS.

                                WHAT A GIFT TO GIVE.

Messenger:         PICTURES CAN BE PRINTED 
                                ALSO FROM THE INTERNET

                            WE WILL INCLUDE SOME
                                OF THE BEST PICTURES
                                SO YOU CAN PRINT
                                THEM IN COLOR AND
                                they can be framed or
                                laminated.

Mary speaks:        A gift you could give to me is 

                                    you could circulate my image

                                    picture and that of My Son

                                    Jesus.

Jesus speaks:    Give image rosaries to

                         your family and friends.

                        Give the youth that are able

                            rosary kits.

                        Give Rosary books and

                            Blue Books for presents.

  


   

                                                        Sri Lanka
                                                        November 8, 2001

    Dear Sirs,

    Let me introduce myself firstly. I am a mother of two children. 
    Son and a daughter. I received 'God's BLUE BOOK from my 
    husband's aunt. She wanted me to take time and read this book.
    She told me after I finished to return the book.

    I must tell you, from the time I started reading this my life has
    changed. I keep a set time for prayer and during office hours
    too I keep on praising the Lord. My husband said a few days
    ago that it's going to be Christmas and we do not have money.
    He said he was all day worrying about this. I said leave it at the
    feet of Jesus. Surrender it.

    Please let me know whether I could have a copy of this book
    if it is possible.

    I love this book. I would love to have this.

    God Bless

    Mrs. ____

  


  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Jesus speaks:   I have asked that many, many framed
                            pictures be made available 
                            for December 17, 2001 for
                            gifts to circulate. These will be made
                            available for you in the Virgin
                            Mary building.

                        I give you My face.
                        It is a special gift.

                        Please show this to My people.

                        Please tell all-

                        I appear for you.

                        This is My Movement.

                        I ask you to help circulate

                            the Priestly Newsletter

                            and the Shepherds of Christ Prayers.

                        Prayer Manuals are available for gifts.

                        Prayers can be duplicated on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets.

                        Please give the Rosary Aves to children.

                        Give children coloring books.

Mary speaks:

                        Pray the rosary as a family.

                        Let the little ones color.

                        Let those able read the very
                            short meditations.

                        Let the children take turns
                            leading the mysteries.

                        Teach my little children
                            the Hail Mary and

                            other prayers of the rosary.

                        Tell children about my image
                            on the building.

                        You can promote ugly
                            figures for the children
                            to play with-

                        Give them a photo and tell them

                        I appear as their heavenly

                        Mother and want them to

                        pray the rosary.

                        Give school children the
                            rosary aves and use them
                            with the family.

                        Give the Rosary book for

                            Parents and Children
                            as a gift for Christmas.

                            Praying the rosary with these
                                books will help
                                change your family.

 

 

  

 

  

 

December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:     Your family needs to pray the rosary
                                    together.

                            The family that prays together stays together.

                            Pray the Shepherd of Christ prayers with your
                                family.

                            Consecrate your hearts together
                                as a family.

                            Keep these prayers in your family. 

                            Please put on the internet so people
                                
                                can print them.

  

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December 6, 2001 message continues

Mary speaks:      Please print these cards, front
                                and back, exactly as they
                                appear here.

                            Please do a good job when doing
                                this, take the time to do it
                                right.

                            Please circulate these cards
                                from the masters.

                            Please DO NOT ALTER THE
                                CARDS - USE THE MASTERS

Mary speaks:

                            Also available are prayer sheets

                                for the rosary aves,

                                Shepherds of Christ Prayers, and

                                Holy Spirit Novena Prayers in

                                different languages.

                        Again I encourage you to do this
                            right.

                        Laminating pictures for Christmas
                            or framing them will help
                            to get my image out.

                        A little card of the July 5, 2000 image by
                            day and night can be
                            printed with the healing rosary
                            on the back.

                        Please help me to circulate my
                            image.

                        Please help me to get my nursing
                                home videos to My children.

                        Give the Mass videos and
                            Nursing home videos to all
                            for gifts.

                        I speak from My image site
                            in the nursing home videos.

                        The videos are beautiful.
                            The videos are different.
                            On one video I appear very
                            bright and blue.

                        In the videos I have 
                            given I show myself in
                            very many different
                            colors.

                        Some videos are very gold.

                        I want my children to
                            see me as I appear
                            on the building.

                        Give these gifts for Christmas.

                        Give the gift that will help change
                            their hearts and their lives all
                                year long.

                        For all eternity they can be
                            with My Son Jesus in
                            heaven.

                        Give a gift that lasts this Christmas.

                        Give a gift that tells my

                            children about their

                            Mother and My Son

                            Jesus.

                    I appear to you on the building

                    I have appeared 5 years now.

                    Help me deliver this message

                        to my children.

                    I am Mary your Mother,

                        I love you so much.

Messenger:    The spirituality of the Shepherd of Christ

                        Movement is maintained

                        at each center.

                    The Shepherd of Christ Movement exists

                        to teach the way of

                        life God has given to

                        us through our founder  

                        Fr. Carter

                        and these messages.

                    We use the prayers given

                        with the imprimatur,

                        praying them daily

    

                        for peace.

                    Praying them will help to bring

                        this great era of peace.

                    We are Shepherds of Christ.

                    The Jesuits have their way of life,

                    The Dominicans there way 

                            of life.

                    Jesus told Fr. Carter how to

                            do this.

                    We have been influenced 

                        greatly by the

                        Jesuit way through

                        our founder.

   


  

December 6, 2001 message continues

Messenger:        

                        We will reduce the prices in the

                        store so that the materials

                        can be given as Christmas gifts.

                    There will be image rosaries.

                    There is a blanket of the image,

                        it is gorgeous, but because

                        of funds we can only get 50.

                    Many who see them will want them.

                    The image blanket can be blessed by a priest.

                    We will have many photos of

                        February 5, 2001 framed-

                        Jesus requested we give

                        this to people, also lots

                        of wallet size.

                    Please help us distribute the

                        image pictures.

                    Let's give this gift to 

                        Jesus and Mary this

                        Christmas

                        for giving us this

                        great sign.

                    It is up to us to distribute

                        it and tell the world.

                    Jesus wants us to still put ads

                        in the papers.

                    Jesus wants us to put pictures in

                        our Christmas cards.

                    The picture can be printed on the

                        computer on thicker paper and

                        it can be laminated too.

                    Sheets of pictures will be

                        available on the

                        PDF files to duplicate and

                            laminate.

  

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July 5, 2000 by day

    

    

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wallet size
pictures of
July 5, 2000 by night

    

      

click to print
wallet size
pictures of
October 5, 2001

    

   

December 6, 2001 message continues

Messenger:   Laminator machines

                        would make a 

                          good gift.

                 They are pretty reasonable.

                  We need everyone to circulate

                        the image.

                Let's do this for the 5 year anniversary.

                Mass will be in China at 12:00 noon

                    on the 13th of December.

                           


              

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