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.

April 24, 2000 - Easter Monday

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.

Mary speaks: Sing to me, my children, I like it so much.

Singing and cheerful praising of God pleases me.

I love you, I am your Mother Mary.

The Florida Brochure

Our Lady of Clearwater,
Our Lady Clothed with the Sun,
Our Lady of Fatima in the Americas,

Message from the tape  Mary's Message  December 12, 1996:

Mary speaks:
I stood beneath
the cross of my Son,
and my Heart
was in such pain
for I saw Him
before my eyes...

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

We pray for priests and the renewal of the Church and the world.
Please pray with us! - Shepherds of Christ Ministries
to bring about the reign of the Sacred Heart and triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart.

The Rosary Factory

Mary speaks:  I wish my apparition site in Florida to be called the "Rosary Factory". From this site I will distribute rosaries to the world...I wish rosary makers all over the world to contribute to the completion of my Fatima mission through this ministry...I ask all who can to contribute by supplying rosaries for the world...I wish the people from all over the world to declare themselves as Mary's rosary helpers and help to supply rosaries to the Virgin Mary building...Through the rosary makers of America, I wish to draw all into this endeavor. You are all handmaids of the Lord serving Him by honoring my wishes which I gave at Fatima to pray the rosary and consecrate your hearts...Rosaries of all types will be available there...I wish school children to come in groups and pray my Son's prayers (Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual) and the rosary before my image...Will you be a rosary maker for me? I will bless the hands that make rosaries for my "Rosary Factory". I will give them great peace. I wish children in schools to help me. I wish the aged in nursing homes to help me by praying the rosary with tapes and making rosaries when possible.

Send rosaries to:
SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST MINISTRIES
21649 US N 19
Clearwater, FL 33765

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www.sofc.org

Pray With Us!

The Virgin Mary appears on the building in Clearwater asking all to pray at 6:20 p.m. for the priests and the renewal of the Church and the world. She asks her children to ask for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Do this united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as one body throughout the world. The Holy Spirit will descend mightily upon the Church.

Please join with us
at Mary s Image Site
at 6:20 PM every night
starting with the Holy Spirit Novena,
and at 6:30 PM:

Special Prayer Services:
* Every 5th of the month at 6:20
* Every 13th between Noon & 3:00
in honor of Fatima (also at 6:20 PM)

Treasures from the Hearts
of Jesus and Mary

on the corner of
US 19 & Drew St.
Clearwater, FL
(Inside Mary’s Image Building)

Books, tapes, Pictures, Rosaries,
Statues, Crucifixes, and more

Hours: 10:30 - 5 PM Daily
Closed at 3 PM on Thursday
Many different audio tapes
are available free or donation.
We operate on donations.
This is Our Lady’s wish.

We give our hearts to Jesus and Mary with you in love.

A Gift And A Sign

A Greater Cincinnati visionary is receiving ongoing messages from the Virgin Mary, Jesus, and sometimes God the Father. Early messages explained why Mary's miraculous image is visible on the outside of a Clearwater, Florida office building, previously occupied by a bank. Under the direction of heaven, the site is now used by Shepherds of Christ Ministries to help lead people back to God with the aid of our Heavenly Mother Mary. The daily messages from Heaven are read each night after the 6:30 PM prayer service. They are also posted on the Internet at the Ministries web site, www.sofc.org Through these daily messages, Jesus and Mary are teaching people how to be holy children of the Father.

Step Back Three Years

Over 1 million people have been drawn to the busy intersection of U.S. 19 and Drew Street since December 17, 1996. That's when a woman exiting the two-story building noticed the clearly defined image of Mary made of lustrous rainbow swirls covering nine black-glass panels. TV crews were called, and since then the faithful and curious have come from all over the United States and other countries to see the site.

A Clearwater police officer privately maintained that "it definitely looks like the Virgin Mary." Coincidentally, 100 glass experts (scientists and industry representatives) met at a convention held in mid-January ('97) near the former bank, and many of them took a professional look at the image. "We can try to explain it," said Carlo Pantano, a professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State University quoted by The Miami Herald. "But not who controlled it or why it happened here at this time."

About Shepherds of Christ

WE CIRCULATE A SPIRITUALITY NEWSLETTER written by FR. EDWARD CARTER, S.J., a Jesuit Theologian with a Doctor's degree in Theology and author of 17 books, to about 70,000 priests in the world in both English and Spanish. Father Carter has been a Professor of Theology for over 30 years. Besides being sent to about 50,000 priests and bishops in the U.S.A., the newsletter is sent internationally to about 225 bishops, including 4 cardinals, who distribute copies to all of their priests, and also, in some cases, to their deacons and seminarians.

The newsletter is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Another very important ministry is the prayer chapters, whose members pray for the needs of priests and for the needs of all others also. Other ministries include promoting the act of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as widely as possible. Promoting this act of consecration permeates all of our ministries. We also promote the praying of the rosary, and we have a special program regarding the rosary and the act of consecration for school children. We have programs for prisons and nursing homes to encourage the residents to pray for priests, the Church and the world. We also publish various books, cassette tapes, and other materials to help in the ongoing work of spiritual renewal.

The mission of the Shepherds of Christ Movement is closely connected to Our Lady of Fatima's mission.

We hope to play a major role in helping to bring to fulfillment the Peace Plan of Our Lady of Fatima. This plan includes:

1. Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary--until a sufficient number of
people make and live the consecration, we will not have peace in the world.
2. Praying of the rosary.
3. Observing the First Saturday Devotion.
4. Making reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

In helping to bring the Fatima message to completion, the Shepherds of Christ Movement is helping to bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart. This is a great privilege and a great responsibility! We ask for your prayers and help in other ways also. May God bless you abundantly!

For more information:
         SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST MINISTRIES
              P.O. Box 193, Morrow, OH 45152
         Toll free 1-(888)-211-3041 www.sofc.org
  Message Line Recording 1-(877) 368-7243 (toll free)

Mary's Message from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

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

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

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

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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: What helps me feel connected to you?

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