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.

April 16, 2001


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

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


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


Messenger: Please pray for 5 urgent intentions!

Please pray for 3 really urgent intentions!


April 17th's Holy Spirit Novena scripture selection is Day 9 Period 1. The Novena Rosary Mystery for April 17th is Glorious.

Messenger: WE URGENTLY NEED FUNDS TO PUT OUT THE NEXT NEWSLETTER, PRAY FOR THIS AND FOR THE NEWSLETTER AND ALL INVOLVED. 

WE ALSO NEED FUNDS FOR PRAYER MANUALS FOR THE 75,000 PRIESTS.


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

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


Messenger: Please pray for an urgent intention, spread the blood of Jesus on them, consecrate their hearts, cast the devil far from them, and ask for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

                  A second urgent intention is to pray for the mailing of the newsletter and all involved.  Please pray hourly if possible.


Excerpt from March 12, 2001 Daily Message

Messenger:    The Printer of the Newsletter told
                us that if we paid the first
                $20,000 on the Newsletter bill he
                could print 200,000 Prayer
                Manuals ... If you
                know anyone who can help 
                us please help us.

(End of Excerpt from March 12, 2001 Daily Message)


Messenger: We pray for the human family, Jesus told Father
                      Carter to pray for the human family.

                      Families can be the most cruel how they treat one another.

                      God the Father intends the father of the family to do
                            His will and the mother to be in charge above
                            the children.

                    The devil works to cause problems in authority.

                    Authority is clearly defined, but just as
                        many children disobey their parents,
                        many priests disobey their Bishops.

                    Power flows from God through the lines of
                        authority.

                    God wants us to be one.

                    Look at the following diagram.

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Messenger: It may look united, but on a careful study
                        we see it is divided. Ten people are
                        united as one, an eleventh person
                        is separate from the ten.

                    Many times in dysfunctional families there is
                        a scapegoat.
                    Everyone in the family sees themselves as
                        perfect.
                    Since there is imperfection in the persons
                        of the human family and problems
                        arise they must heap all of the
                        problems on one person.

                    In a family of five, four may bind together
                        and all blame every problem on
                        the fifth person.

                    If that person would die or leave, they
                        would soon pick one of the
                        four as the new scapegoat.

                    They have been trained to live this way.
                        They must be over someone and someone
                        must be faulty and under them that
                        they can blame them.

                    This problem existing in families, blocks
                        growth and unity.
                        All blame the scapegoat for their problems.
                        Even if they are not actively blaming them,
                         they hold to the conviction that they
                         were wronged and do not look at
                         themselves as needing renewal, they
                         just see themselves as perfect and it
                         is the scapegoat's fault, they have had
                         any problems.

             Let's look at any community or family. Two people
                 in charge see themselves as perfect. When
                 problems arise, which they do because we
                 are all imperfect, they never look at themselves
                 they blame everyone else.

             In communities, the imperfections come to the
                 surface. Differences are caused many times
                 by imperfections.

             How holy are we?

             In interacting with others do we all
                 try to live according to God's will?

             In the Reign of the Sacred Heart, men will live
                 in harmony, the lion will lay down
                 with the lamb.

             Men who came from controlling families very
                 often are attracted to females that are
                 docile, because they want to control them
                 and vice versa.

             Many homes are duplicates of the homes they came
                 from.

             Many say I will never be like my dad or mom
                 and yet they pick a partner and begin
                 working in their relationships just as
                 they were taught at home.

             Many in a family will never look at themselves.
             Some when they have pain try to blame it
                         on others.
                     Some try to control everything.
                     Some try to make everything like their home
                        or other relationships in an attempt
                        to work through unresolved problems.

                    I worked so hard to do what Father Carter asked to
                        get money for the Newsletter. Our Lord wanted me
                        to write to people and ask them, please to
                        help.

                    I did what I could to get funds and more responded
                        then if I hadn't have written, but we still
                        need funds so much.

                    Every day I learn to just rely more and more on Him.

                    It is really hard because satan is mad at us for all
                        we have done and are doing and he works on
                        people constantly in ways that people do not
                        even recognize him (satan) so he is able
                        to block so many things through families and
                        emotions etc.

                    I could see how hard I worked to get funds, but
                        I hoped money would come in to help us.

                    I am working so hard trying to get the pictures
                        out as Jesus desires.
                    The pictures are miracles from God.

                    We really need a machine like Krogers has
                        so we could just produce them, but
                        soon the negatives would not take
                        them all so we need a digital picture
                        machine and one we can transfer the
                        negatives to the CD's to duplicate them.

                    A lot of this has fallen into my hands and I
                        need the money to operate to get more
                        money for the Newsletter and prayer manuals
                        and Blue Books.

                    Father Carter always said we needed something
                        to sell to get money for our needs.
                    Jesus and Mary want the image circulated all
                        over the world and they have given us all
                        these pictures, one right after the other, I
                        am really having a time working with this
                        without funds.

                     The blankets are so beautiful and it is a
                        source of funds, but we don't have
                        money to buy the blankets.

                    The devil works in all kinds of ways to block
                        what we are doing to spread the pictures,
                        Newsletters and Prayer Manuals.

                    The devil works in people who Jesus calls and
                    when they say no, it really affects every-
                    body else.

                    We all are dependent on each other.

                    The devil works in jealousy which stops a lot of
                        people working together as they should.

                    I could see how working so hard to write letters might
                        help bring in funds.

                    Now I ask you to see how we must work so hard
                        to get people to pray so God will release
                        lots of grace.

                    The more people pray the Morning Offering
                        each day, the more grace will be
                        released to change the hearts
                        especially those that need a lot of
                        grace to see clearly.

                    People are blind, they just don't see.

                    Listen to this song. Glory Glory Lord.

               

               

                    We can't change the hearts, only God can,
                        we can only pray sometimes and
                        rely heavily on Him.

                    In every cross we can look forward to a
                        resurrection if we accept it willingly
                        and operate according to God's will.

                    I really ask you to pray for me and for John
                    and Emily and the leaders.
                    Please pray for the priest helping us and
                        those over us.
                    Please spread the blood of Jesus on the
                        Shepherds of Christ and all we touch,
                        ask for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
                        cast the devil away and ask that all hearts are consecrated
                        to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

                    Please pray for three urgent intentions
                        hourly if you can.

                    Love, Rita


Rosary in Iowa - April 24, 2001.


Messenger: Jesus asks us to pray for special things.
              
  Spread the Blood of Jesus, Consecrate their hearts,
                Cast the Devil far away, ask for the coming of the Holy
                     Spirit.

                1)  Pray for urgent intention and all involved.
                2)  Pray for Father Mike and Father Laurentin.
                3)  Pray for special Bishops and Archbishops
                4)  Pray for a special man and son,
                     and family and all involved.
                5)  Pray for all priests, Bishops and Cardinals
                     receiving the Newsletter.
                     Pray for grace for them to respond especially
                     by beginning prayer chapters.
                6)  Pray for the telephone operators.
                7)  Pray for communication and business in
                     general.
                8)  Pray for people to respond to fund letters.
                9)  Pray for money to circulate pictures.

                            

              10)  Pray for funds and grace.
              11)  Pray for all Shepherds of Christ apostles,
                     handmaids, servants.
              12)  Pray for availability Prayer manuals.
              13)  Pray for second priestly Newsletter Book.
              14)  Pray for documentary and all involved.
              15) Pray for special intentions of our donors.


A PLEDGE FROM AN APOSTLE OF THE SACRED HEART

Messenger:

          I am but a little speck on this earth,
                 but with His might He can use me
                 to spread the devotion to His
                 Most Sacred Heart.

          Oh dear and precious Heart of Jesus
                 I give myself as completely as
                 possible to Thee so you will use
                 me to spread the devotion to the
                 ends of the earth for Your most
                 precious Heart.

          I am Rita your precious soul.

          Use me to help to spread this burning
                 devotion to the souls of this earth.

          I am yours, take me, use me as you
                 will.

          I surrender myself to you.

          It is your might behind me, your power
                 that sends me. I am an Apostle of
                 the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I give
                 myself as completely as possible to
                 Thee.             

          Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
                 trust in Thee.

          Father hear us please. We beg through
                the  intercession of Father Carter
                and Our Lady of Clearwater that 
                prayer chapters are started all over
                the world and the Priestly Newsletter
                gets there immediately with the
                Prayer Manual.


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.

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

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

(End of Mary's Message)


A Note from the President of Shepherds of Christ:

If you are devoted to Our Lady's rosary, we need your help! A member of our ministry is very devoted to Our Blessed Mother and he is helping to teach us how to grow our volunteer rosary makers. He estimates that we will need approximately $37,000 this year for beads alone! This translates into 22,339,500 rosary beads (yes, 22 million beads) assembled by volunteers into 378 thousand rosaries. The biggest users of our rosaries are the Catholic schools, who requested more than 100,000 rosaries last year.

Can you help us? I appeal to you for funds, whether large or small. We give because we love God, we love our Blessed Mother, and we love souls. We will accept gifts in many forms, besides cash or check donations, we can receive gifts directly in the form of stocks or property. These gifts can offer large tax advantages to the donor and increase the monetary value of the gift to us. Also if you can help assemble rosaries we need your help! If you can help us in anyway, please call or write us. God Bless!

I love you,
John Weickert


         

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

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

A Rosary for Healing or for Someone with Cancer.

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

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

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

May the cancer be uprooted and thrown into the sea.

We believe with all our hearts.

After the Glory Be — pray the following petition.

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

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

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


December 17, 2000, Mary speaks:

Help me to circulate my red and blue
    Rosary Books and the
    prayers my Son gives to you.

This is a gift we give you.
All the revelations are gifts given to you.
My Son is the Light of the World.
He is Jesus born in a stable.
Will you help me?
He is the Light of the World. Help me, help me
    reach my children of the world.

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

Name: _________________      Street: _____________________________

City:   _________________      State:   _________________ Zip: ________

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


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

ROSARIES from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Messenger: The new Blue Rosary Book Volume II of Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary has been printed. It cost $21,000. Please pray with us for funds.


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

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


Messenger: Pray for Ron, Fernando and Perry.


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

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

Please pray for one new very important intention.
Pray for the 5 urgent intentions.
Pray for the Pope and everyone we need to help us.
* Pray for the priestly newsletter, for funds for it and for all involved.
Pray for the taping of the priestly newsletter.
Pray for the reproduction of disks.
Pray for the Newsletter that went from China and Eden Prairie.
Pray for priests receiving the Newsletter for grace.
Pray for fund letters, all donors, and getting the right names. 
Pray for setting up telephone communications at the Morrow Center for priests receiving the newsletter and wanting the Prayer Manuals.
Pray for open communications within the Shepherds of Christ Ministries.
Consecrate Hearts of all Priests in the world saying Mass today.
Pray to see the vision of the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the Era of Peace.
Pray for the prison ministry.
Pray for Michael B.
Pray for the Documentary.
Pray for all mankind, Church and the world.
Pray to make amends to God for the sins of the men of this earth.
Pray to make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Pray for Don, Don, Mike, Bob, Bob, Dave, Reggie, Bush, all donors and those who Jesus wants to help us financially.
Pray for Father Carter and the Jesuits, the people at Colombiere.
* Pray for 2 special priests.
* Pray for funds and grace.
Pray for designated priests, Fr. Mike, Fr. Laurentin, Fr. Joe, Fr. Lou B., Fr. Jim, Fr. Willig, Fr. Smith, Fr. Ken, Fr. Sevilla and all priests involved in the Imprimaturs translations including all bishops and all bishops over us. Pray for Bishop Ed, Fr. Don, Father at Tuesday Masses, Fr. Tom, Fr. Bill, all priests involved with Walter, Fr. Hagee and special priests, priests who help us in China, and priests who help us in Florida.
Pray for Father's sister Merle, for all of us servants, handmaids, apostles and vocations to all 7 categories.
Pray for the Internet team and the daily messages.
Pray for people reading the Internet.
Pray for prayer book, Mass Book II, and Daily Message Books.
Pray for all covers, pray for Cathy.
Pray for the elected officials.
Pray for an audience with the Pope.
Pray for all Jesuits involved, all those over us.
Pray for Mike and Dan.
Pray for the rights to the books, pray for Jesuits in Father's house.
Pray for the process of getting Father's books on the Internet.
Pray for money to reprint the books.
Pray for the Imprimatur on the Priestly Newsletter Book II.
Pray we can send it to all bishops and Jesuits.
Pray for Fernando, Ron, Joseph, Peter, Ed, Jane, Sonia, Don, Sue & Ken.
Pray for Perry and family and discernment.
Pray for all sub-centers and all out-of-state rosaries; Denver, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Toledo, St. Louis, Memphis and California.
Pray for the sisters' mailing, nursing home mailing, bus mailing.
Pray for Genevieve's daughter and Sheila's mom and the repose of the soul of Jerry's dad.
Pray for Paul and Joan discernment.
Pray for B & M and Tina and Terry, all printing jobs, companies involved.
Pray for 5th, the 13th, the 17th.
Pray hourly for the Rosary on the 5th & all attending and those traveling to Florida.
Pray for building up of Morrow, Ohio, Dale, Indiana, Toledo, Ohio, Sidney, Ohio, Iowa, and other sub-centers.
Pray for the Holy Spirit Center and all involved.
Pray for all our families, children in school, college mailing.
Pray for lots and lots of people to help us get prayer manuals and pictures.
Pray for Rosary Factory and rosary beads.
Pray for lots of rosary makers and rosaries for the schools.
Pray for Paul C., Margaret Mary, Steve and Sheila, Monica, Angie, Marian, Cathy, Joe, Nick, Mary, Emily, Joe, Doris, Glaci, Dunkers, Joan R., Morgan, Mark, Walter, Janice, Mike A., Margaret, Ron, Harold, Scott, Nathan, Don,  Rosalie, and Dennis.
Pray for everyone who has asked us to pray for them.
Pray for Steve and Sheila and repairs.
Pray for Fred doing the paper and all involved in priestly "start-up".
Please pray for all Shepherds of Christ children.
Pray for Victor's son, Michael. (Victor and Frances)
Pray for Delores and organization of writings and other material.

Last revised March 7, 2001


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


MY VALENTINE FOR JESUS AND MARY
AND THE WORLD

I _________________ give my heart to
You Jesus and Mary on this day

_________________
I promise to help spread the devotion to
the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

          


Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How can I share negative feelings with you when we are suffering division?

Jesus speaks: My child, I could bear the suffering, I always knew the oneness with My Father. Many today stay isolated in suffering, hurting their mutual relationship with their significant other. Feelings must be shared to be properly one with another. To share only positive feelings is to share only a part of your heart. It is not to fully share yourself with another. A good part of the time you have tremendous problems because of the tendency of one or both to hide negative feelings and to hide suffering. I was one at all times with My Father. In My suffering He was united to Me. Although I experienced the feelings of isolation and deep pain in the garden, I was one with My heavenly Father. There is strength in sharing suffering. I made you to help one another and be one. One shares, one holds back, then you are not united in a way that will bring you greatest comfort and joy. You feel alone and isolated, you cannot understand why the other will never share when times are the most difficult and sharing is needed. You are silly, you walk a lonesome valley and your knees knock in pain. Many conflicts that could have been resolved in peace and love and strength become deep wounds because of the failure of one to open up and trust the other, because of the desire to be independent in suffering. I carried My cross for love of you. Yet you carry your cross and trip those you love and cause them pain.


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