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April 29, 2002

April 30th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 9 Period I.
The Novena Rosary Mystery
for April 30th is Glorious.

        

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.

        


     

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Videos of the Rosary Aves
 are available!
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The pictures are beautiful!

Father Mike leads the rosary.

The Rosary Aves are going to be on DVD and video.

We need help with the funds to make them
  and get them into the schools in May
so the children can pray the rosary with them.

         


          

April 29, 2002

Messenger:        Here is an interview with Father Carter
                                January 20, 1995.

                            This was the day after the meeting
                                January 19, 1995 referred to in yesterday's
                                message in which Fr. Carter attended
                                and very carefully discerned the
                                material for the meeting.

                            Here is an interview with Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
                                January 20, 1995 in his office in
                                Xavier University.

                            This interview was on video tape.

                            See the beautiful building Hinkle Hall
                                at Xavier University and the
                                snow covered hill and big trees
                                along Victory Parkway at Dana.

    

    

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:        Fr. Carter was dressed in his black collar
                               behind his desk with the blinds
                                closed behind him.

      

       

Interviewer:    Father could you tell us a brief history of 
                            your life, recap your life, through ordination 
                            and before you had the conversion of tears 
                            at Lourdes.                         

Fr. Carter:      (In his office at Xavier University)
                        Well, I had a rather normal childhood, I was 
                            born in Cincinnati, Ohio went to Guardian
                            Angels grade school, St. Xavier
                            high school, Xavier University
                            of which I am now a faculty member,
                            and after my senior year at Xavier
                            University I entered the Jesuits.
                            I was growing up before that period of 
                            entering the Jesuits.

  

   

Fr. Carter:      A few remarks about my interests.
                            I was always very interested in sports.
                            I played much football and baseball,
                            tennis.

                        I had some thoughts as I remember about the 
                            priesthood as early as one of my years in 
                            high school, I forget exactly which year
                            for my high school career, but certainly after my 
                            freshman year, I believe it was, at Xavier University, 
                            after my first year of college this thought strongly 
                            presented itself to me and then some 
                            complications arose and it seemed best 
                            to delay my decision, so I did and to some 
                            extent I forgot about it but then the 
                            beginning of my senior year the Lord came 
                            back to me with a rather strong movement of 
                            grace to reconsider whether I should become 
                            a priest or not.

  

  

Fr. Carter:      So I finally decided at the beginning of my 
                            senior year at Xavier to enter the Jesuits. 
                            I went through the regular process of being
                            accepted and I entered the Milford
                            novitiate which is the novitiate at that  
                            time. It was the novitiate for the Chicago 
                            Province of the Society of Jesus out here in 
                            Milford, Ohio which is on the outskirts of 
                            Cincinnati—I entered on August 8, 1951 and 
                            I took my first vows as a Jesuit two years
                            later on August 15, 1953. So both my first
                            vow date and final vow date, both of them 
                            occurred on August 15, the Feast of the 
                            Assumption.

    

  

Fr. Carter:      So very providentially, I was very
                            much linked to Mary in my Jesuit
                            vocation relative to my vow dates.
                            I always had a deep devotion to Mary.
                            It was obviously the workings of grace. I 
                            can remember back very, very early in my 
                            childhood often saying the Hail Mary throughout 
                            the day, but all this occurred amidst as they say
                            a very normal childhood, adolescence.

                        Then after I got in the Society I followed the 
                            regular period of training and in those 
                            days it was a total 15 years if you 
                            entered out of high school. Because  
                            of my college I skipped two years of the
                            training, so I had 11 years to ordination
                            and then I had some years of doctorate—
                            doctoral studies after my regular training.

                        When I finished my doctoral work at Catholic
                            University in Washington which was in
                            theology with a concentration in spirituality, 
                            I was assigned to teach theology at my
                            alma mater, Xavier University, and that was 
                            a happy occurrence to be able to come back
                            to my Alma Mater and teach and I have taught
                            there ever since. I'm in my 29th year on the 
                            faculty of Xavier all in Department of Theology.

   

   

Fr. Carter:      My specialty in the area of theology is spirituality 
                            and one of my sub-specialties is the field of
                            mysticism.

                            So I've been studying mysticism many, many
                                years as one of my specialties in theology
                                and not realizing that specialty was very
                                providentially planned by God to prepare me
                                for my work now which deals so much with
                                mystical experiences, not only with myself,
                                but with certain others, analyzing apparitions,
                                and so forth and so on and writing about them.
                                So I was prepared for this very, very special
                                time in my life. I feel called to carry out a
                                very special mission which God has given
                                to me as originally through His mother, through 
                                the Mother of Jesus I should say, and in more 
                                recent months through Jesus Himself.

                            Any follow up questions on that?

Interviewer:    Were your parents important in your decision to
                            become a priest and do you have any 
                            brothers and sisters?

Fr. Carter:     I have one sister, who is still living, no brothers,
                            there were just the two of us.

                        I would say, I received no real opposition from my parents
                            and they were very happy in my decision.

                        A little strange side mark here—really a lay
                            professor at Xavier University was 
                            very influential in my deciding to enter—
                            I was having a lot of doubts—should I enter,
                            should I not enter. I imagine a lot of people
                            in trying to discern and decide whether they 
                            have a vocation or not go through those periods
                            of doubts, and I respected this man, who
                            was a professor of philosophy, a very, very
                            spiritual man. And I just ask him if I
                            could talk to him one day about it and I told 
                            him the doubts I was having. I told him I was 
                            thinking of entering the Jesuits. He said, "Well
                            go to the novitiate and see what happens, if
                            you don't go you will never know." So for some
                            reason and God's providence that was a very, very
                            decisive factor. I'd always thought its somewhat,
                            if strange is the right word, perhaps its not the
                            right word, but I thought it worth remembering
                            that it was really a lay person who played a very
                            decisive part in my deciding to become a priest.

   

   

Interviewer:    Yeah, that's wonderful Father.
                        The next question I have is could you describe
                            the first time you received a message from
                            Jesus in your thoughts at that time.

Fr. Carter:     Well, perhaps its better to distinguish between
                            when I began to receive them on a regular basis
                            which was in the summer of 1993 and compared
                            to the very, very, very, very, very, very first time
                            when I think I received one. The very first time I think
                            I received one was soon after my ordination in 1962,
                            but at that time I did not recognize it as a locution,
                            I just took it as a strong enlightenment and inspiration.
                            But as I look back now knowing what I do about
                            mystical theology, I think it was a legitimate locution,
                            but then after that all those many years from 1962 up
                            until 1993 there may have been a few other occasions
                            which, as I look back now, I could designate as
                            locutions, but I'd like to say that I began to receive
                            them on a regular basis in the summer of 1993. And
                            the one I remember most vividly was the last day
                            of June of 1993, and of course we all know that June
                            is the month of the Sacred Heart. It was the last day
                            of June. I was sitting at my desk and I was looking
                            at a picture of Jesus, that one which is reported to
                            resemble His or be His true image and I was looking
                            at that and not thinking about anything in particular and
                            I had the real strong message, "I want you to go to
                            Paray-le-Monial." And that just hit me so strongly.
                            And it was not the exterior type of locution which
                            you hear with your external ear but it was one of the
                            4 types of inner locutions.

                        Mystical theologians divide the locutions into the external
                            type which you hear with your external ear and the 
                            internal type and they divide those into 4 major types.
                            So mine have always been the internal type. It was a very,
                            very strong and clear locution. Jesus said, "I want you 
                            to go to Paray-le-Monial." Well, what or where is Paray-
                            le-Monial? It's a small town in France not too far from 
                            Paris and that is where Our Lord as the Sacred Heart
                            appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and gave His
                            famous revelations concerning devotion to His Heart.

                        I'd always wanted to get there because Jesuits have a very,
                            very special connection with the experiences of Margaret
                            Mary because her spiritual director was St. Claude de la
                            Columbiere, a Jesuit. In the Society of Jesus and the
                            Congregation of the Visitation of which Margaret Mary
                            was a nun, was a member, were given a special commission 
                            by Our Lady and Our Lord to spread devotion to His Heart.

                        So I always wanted to get there and thought I'd miss my last
                            opportunity when I was in Europe when I was there about
                            4 months in 1989. I came close to getting there but I didn't
                            make it.

                        So here I am June 30th, 1993, sitting at my desk and Our Lord
                            said, "I want you to go to Paray-le-Monial." So I began to
                            make the arrangements and I got over there in October on 
                            a pilgrimage with a pilgrimage tour group in October of '93 
                            and lo and behold I was scheduled to go there on another 
                            tour earlier in September but things didn't work out and the 
                            tour company had to re-arrange things so I ended up going 
                            later in October. And can you imagine on what dates we arrived 
                            in Paray-le-Monial? It was October, I'm a little bit ashamed if I 
                            forget it, the 16th, I think its the 16th, we arrived there on the 
                            very feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and we made 
                            our holy hour there in the chapel of Apparitions where St. 
                            Margaret Mary received the apparitions from Our Lord and 
                            the messages, at least some of the messages connected with 
                            devotion to His Heart.

                        So that is one of the very, very first, that I would say is, I would 
                            like to look upon the time I began to receive locutions on a 
                            regular basis, June the 30th, 1993. And it was as I say the last 
                            day of June which is the month of the Sacred Heart and it was 
                            a call to go to visit this very, very, very special shrine of the 
                            Sacred Heart in Paray-le-Monial.

                        And so much of my calling, my own spiritual life and my work 
                            now is connected with promoting devotion to the Heart of 
                            Christ and to the heart of Mary. So you can see the wondrous
                            workings of Providence.

Interviewer:    Do you still have a hard time believing that you're still getting 
                            messages from Jesus?

Fr. Carter:     No. He gives you conviction, internal conviction, and internal
                            peace, internal visions, just as there are exterior type 
                            locutions and internal type of locutions, so there is a same 
                            division relative to visions. There are the external types. 
                            And there are the interior type of visions of the imagination of
                            the intellect and when I receive the locutions I always have the
                            interior vision of Our Lord under the image of the Sacred Heart.
                            And they always come under the tremendous sense of peace 
                            which is one of the great signs which mystical theologians always
                            give for the discernment of spirits whether the experience is
                            from the Lord or from one's self or from the devil. So they always
                            are accompanied by this very, very significant peace and authority 
                            really. Sometimes they're stronger than others but they always
                            come with that note of authority and peace and they always lead
                            to good, which is another great criteria for spiritual discernment.
                            By their fruits you shall know them as we have so often heard. 
                            So these locutions have led me to an extremely close union, that's 
                            a gift, with Jesus. So they have promoted my own spiritual growth
                            tremendously and they have been very much connected with my 
                            ministry and my work for others. So they have enabled me to help
                            my neighbors in so many different ways.

 Interviewer:    That's a wonderful gift Father. Thank you so much.

end of interview with Father Carter

    

   

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:        THIS IS FROM

                                A BOOK

                             FR. CARTER

                                WROTE and was

                                published 1993.

                            This was before I, Rita Ring, knew him.

                                Mother at Our Side

                            This is from

                                Chapter 23

                                 excerpts as Fr Carter

                                  directed before his

                                   death

    

   


      

Excerpt from Mother at Our Side

by Father Edward J. Carter, S.J.

    

twenty-three

Lourdes—And My Own
Marian Experience
 

    Since my first pilgrimage to Lourdes marked a very definitive stage in Mary's dealings with me—in her call to me—I am going to utilize this entry on Lourdes to share with you certain aspects of my Marian experience. In none of my previous books have I shared my spiritual experience in such a direct fashion. I am doing so now only because I believe it is Mary's wish that I do so. May my sharing of Mary's maternal love manifested to me be an occasion for your own reflection on Mary's goodness to you.

    I have always been blessed with a strong devotion to Mary. I feel this gift is one of God's greatest graces given to me. I remember at an early age often repeating the Hail Mary. Later, I was very much attracted to Our Lady's requests at Fatima. I made the five first Saturdays and practiced what I was told were the other aspects of Mary's Fatima message.
 

    After graduating from college I entered the Jesuits. Our first phase of training consists of two years of novitiate—a period in which one is introduced into the spiritual life according to the Jesuit tradition. This first period of Jesuit training marked a very significant growth in my devotion to Mary.

    As I progressed in my Jesuit life over the years, Mary was always a loving, caring mother. I always felt, among other things, that she was a lifeline—always there in a special way at particularly difficult stages of the spiritual journey, not only then, but certainly then. I was not always as loyal a child of Mary as I should have been, but she always kept me aware of her very important role in our lives.

    In early 1989 I was in Europe—destination Rome. As I was traveling toward Italy from Northern Europe, I made plans to stop at Lourdes. I considered this a very special stop on my itinerary.

    As I left Toulouse on the train for Lourdes, it was raining. Not very far from Toulouse, the rain stopped and the sun appeared. I considered this a gift from Mary.
 

    I walked from the Lourdes train station to the Shrine. It was a day in January, sunny and pleasant, but, as would be expected at that time of the year, there were less than 25 pilgrims at the grotto site. The atmosphere was very special. One realized this was a very holy place. I sat on one of the benches and began to pray. All of a sudden, I was deeply impressed with this thought: "I have finally come home." The thought seemed to come from outside of me, similar to an infused idea. I did not fully understand what this idea meant. I had not seriously strayed from God, so the idea of "coming home" did not mean I was returning as a prodigal son. Nor did the idea mean that I had finally found Mary, since, as I have stated above, I have always been blessed with a strong devotion to her. I was, then, somewhat puzzled at what the words "I have finally come home" meant. My experience, however, was a very profound one as I sat there before the grotto of Mary. I wept tears of peace and consolation. This was to be my first experience of the gift of tears at a Marian shrine. Later I would also experience this gift at Fatima, Guadalupe, and Medjugorje. The gift of tears on these occasions would always be in confirmation of a special interior enlightenment.

    In the months that followed, whenever I recalled these words impressed upon me at Lourdes, I was still not sure of their meaning. I did, though, decide to write this book on Mary. I had long wanted to write such a book, but did not feel prepared to do so until now.
 

    I was privileged to be at Fatima for the 75th anniversary of the October 13 apparition of Mary to the three young visionaries—Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco. I had a conviction that Mary wanted me there at that particular time. That I was able to be present for this momentous occasion was another special gift of Mary to me.
 

    On October 12, the eve of the anniversary day, I was praying in the basilica at Fatima. I was close to the altar. In the sanctuary was a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. I prayed that Mary would draw me closer than ever to the Heart of Jesus and to her own Immaculate Heart. I also prayed that I would be able, as never before, to work for the spread of devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

    As I prayed I would often glance at Mary's statue, and when I did, I was often given the gift of tears—I know it was a special gift because I myself had no control over when this would or would not take place. The same thing happened the next day. It was a most profound spiritual experience—even more so than the one at Lourdes.

    On the 13th itself, there were about one million pilgrims present for the anniversary occasion. At communion time of the outdoor Mass I felt a special confirmation of the above-mentioned experience.

    From Fatima I went to Lourdes. This time, unlike my first visit, I was present along with thousands of other pilgrims. It is indeed a special experience to be at Lourdes with so many others for the impressive candlelight rosary procession at night and for other activities. Being personally present amidst all this gives one a sense of why Lourdes has been such an attraction for millions and millions of pilgrims over the years. Again, my experience at the grotto of Our Lady was very special, as was the making of the Way of the Cross on the hill high above the basilicas and the grotto.
 

    A few months after my visits to Fatima and Lourdes I was at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. It was another special gift to be able to be there for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12. What an inspiration it is to be there on this most special day—to see the Mexican people come from miles and miles away for this feast which is so dear to their hearts. Their devotion to Our Lady is most remarkable. Regarding myself, the entire pilgrimage prior to the feast day was rather subdued—peaceful, but no special experience. I remained in such a state on the feast itself up to and including most of the Mass at the Shrine. Then at communion time I was gifted with the same type of deep experience which had occurred at Lourdes and Fatima. I was rather suddenly struck with a deep conviction that I am protected by Mary's mantle and that I should not be afraid or worry. Again, this interior enlightenment was accompanied by the gift of tears.

    My final pilgrimage was to Medjugorje—December 28, 1992, to January 4, 1993. Again, after prayer, I had developed the conviction that Mary wanted me there for her great feast of January 1st—which, of course, is the feast of Mary, Mother of God. I thought something special would happen on that day, although I did not know precisely what.

    As was the case at Guadalupe, nothing out of the ordinary happened to me on the days previous to January 1. I did not see any phenomena concerning the sun which many pilgrims have observed over the years at Medjugorje. The chain on my rosary did not change to gold—as has occurred with many of the Medjugorje pilgrims. But Mary did have her gift for me. Just as I had hoped, something special did occur on the feast of January 1. At Mass, after receiving communion, I received a profound experience of Mary's motherhood toward me and also a profound conviction of Jesus' love for me. This conviction of Jesus' love for me may be the most special I have ever experienced. Again, these interior enlightenments were accompanied by the gift of tears.

    Later that day I had the great privilege of being present in the choir loft for the daily apparition of Our Lady. Ivan was the only visionary present in Church this particular day. Although I felt extremely blessed to be present for the apparition—which, of course, only Ivan himself could see—I had no special inner experience at this time. Others in our group said they did have a special personal experience at the time of the apparition. My special experience of the day had indeed occurred earlier at Mass.
 

    Since that first visit to Lourdes when I was suddenly struck with the thought, "I have finally come home," much has happened regarding my relationship with Mary. I now believe I know the meaning of those words impressed upon me at Lourdes in January, 1989. More than three years later Mary began to instruct me regarding the precise meaning of those words. She has, in her maternal love for me, entered my life as never before. She has led me to consecrate myself to the Heart of Christ and to her Immaculate Heart in a very meaningful manner. In an extraordinary fashion she has given me a mission to fulfill in the service of Jesus. As she cooperates with the Holy Spirit in my ongoing transformation in Christ, she is leading me along paths which I have never traveled before. I can never thank her adequately for her goodness to me.

    The above constitutes some of the main aspects of my personal Marian pilgrimage over the years. You also have your own Marian experience, and I am sure you have shed your own tears of joy and peace along the way.

    If you have not yet done so, I strongly encourage you to consecrate yourself to the Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In consecrating yourself to Mary—in entrusting yourself entirely to her—you will be enabling her to lead you ever closer to the Heart of Christ. She will accomplish marvels in you as she aids you, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, in living out your consecration to the Sacred Heart. Indeed, she will ever be Mother at your side as you come closer to the Father through Christ and in the Holy Spirit.

    I have never been happier, never more at peace, than I presently am. Since Mary has drawn me to consecrate myself to her Immaculate Heart, marvelous changes have taken place within me. She has brought me to the Heart of Jesus in a way I had not experienced before.
 

    If you have given yourself totally to Mary—and this is what consecration to her Immaculate Heart means—you have had similar experiences.

    Having consecrated ourselves to Mary, we feel secure as we rest in her loving, maternal Heart. There she comforts us when we are sad—there she wipes away our tears. There she rejoices with us when we rejoice. There she smiles as we share with her our accomplishments for Christ. There she encourages us when we are fearful. There she strengthens us for the most difficult tasks.

    What a great gift Jesus has bestowed upon us in giving Mary to us as our mother! Let us thank Him each day for this Mother who loves us with an unfathomable love. We must try to grow in the appreciation of this love. The more we do so, the more we want to cry out, "O Mother, how loving, caring, and tender you are! Draw us ever closer to your Immaculate Heart where you accomplish your marvels within us."

end of excerpt from Mother at Our Side

          


    

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:        excerpts as Fr Carter

                                  directed

     


    

Excerpt from Mother at Our Side

 

twenty-four

Mother At Our Side--Concluding Remarks

…Yes, Mary is mother at our side inviting us to consecrate ourselves to her Immaculate Heart so that she may assist us in living out our consecration to the Heart of Christ. All that we have said in this book has a relationship to our consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Remember that in this consecration we give ourselves, we entrust ourselves, entirely to Jesus and Mary. This consecration summarizes the spiritual life: through and with Jesus we go to the Father in the Holy Spirit, with Mary our mother at our side.

Currently Mary is telling us in many ways that our act of consecration, and the daily living of that consecration, is critically important. We live in extremely critical times, and Mary is asking for our help regarding the renewal of the Church and the entire world.

She tells us that the Church and all humanity is headed for a glorious new erabut that a great purification is required before this will occur. She tells us that we are already experiencing a portion of this purification and that it will become more intense in order to prepare the Church and the world for a period of profound peace and splendor. Mary calls for our lives of holiness to help bring about this wondrous state of existence, a state in which Jesus will reign in a most glorious fashion. Our lives of consecrationour lives of holinessas they contribute to the purification process, lessen the chastisement element of the procedure.

It is a great blessing to be alive at such a momentous period of the Church's and world's existence. As we answer Mary's call, she desires us to do so in a spirit of peace and joy. She does not hide the rigors of the purification which Church and world might endure. She does, however, tell us to cast aside morbid fear and to trust in the Lord. God never asks us to endure anything without giving us the proportionate grace to accomplish His will. God desires that we always strive to fulfill His will in a spirit of peace, joy, and happiness.

Mary has been given to us as light to guide us safely through the momentous and critical times in which we live…

Let us close out our thoughts on Mary, Mother at Our Side, by reflecting upon some of the words which Our Lady of Guadalupe has given to us through her servant Juan Diego. I think these words are among the most beautiful and consoling which Mary our Mother has given to us her children. A portion of these words are inscribed above the main entrance of the Basilica Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe:

     Know for certain that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God... here I will show and offer all my love, my compassion, my help and protection to the people. I am your merciful Mother, the Mother of all who love me, of those who cry to me, of those who have confidence in me. Here I will hear their weeping and their sorrows... their necessities and misfortunes... Do not be troubled or weighed down with grief. Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain. Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of Life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else you need?55

    


   

   

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Messenger:        There is a video from

                        May 5, 2001 last year.

      


     

                               There is that longing within us to be satisfied,
                                  only God can satisfy us completely.

                                We were created with this desire.

                                Everyday is an opportunity to be able to
                                    offer up the every day occurrences,
                                    some that are very joyful ones,
                                    others that can cause us tremendous
                                    pain.

                                We live this death-resurrection experiences
                                    all day.

                                The more we stay rooted in Him.

                                    the more we die to those things that
                                    cause us to move away from Him,
                                    the more we live in Him.

                                We may not have to suffer very deep sufferings 
                                    today, but our everyday frustrations on
                                    our journey living here below
                                    trying to be more perfected, more
                                    like Him are sufferings we can
                                    endure and offer up to Him
                                    for great grace to be released.

                                There are so many very joyful experiences
                                    many times in our lives and then
                                    the "ball" is over and we must live with
                                    the ordinariness of life and its problems.

                                Peace is found in enduring the pain, rejoicing
                                    with the joy and living every moment for
                                    Him.

                                At every moment we can help in the work of
                                    redemption in offering up all we
                                    do as a sacrifice to Him.

                                    A sacrifice is an offering.
                                    We offer our sorrows and joys and
                                    unite all we do to the Mass.

                                    We are always working for Him.

                                    We are united to Him at work and
                                        His light shines from us.

                                    We see with the compassion He wants
                                        us to have.

                                    We love with a heart that is one
                                        with the on-fire burning Heart
                                        of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

                                    Jesus shows us His Heart.
                                    The priest at Mass said, when we are
                                        persecuted we love. We always
                                        love. Look how they treated Jesus.
                                        And He loved.

                                    When they whipped Him and persecuted Him
                                        He loved them.

                                    He gave Himself on the cross for love
                                        of His precious souls.

                                        Oh God, I love you so much.

                                        Help us.

                                The Church is a gift.

                                God has given us the Church.

                                The Church is the Spouse of Jesus.

                                Because some have sinned, it
                                    should not stop us from thanking
                                    God for our Church.

                                We love the Church.

                                The Mass is such a gift given to us.

                                We must live to love, to be more
                                    identified with Jesus.

                                We should not take the availability
                                    of Masses as they are now available
                                    for granted.

                                We need to pray for our priests, the Church
                                    and the world as never before.

                                    Please pray these prayers in your

                                        Churches.

  

  

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:         Here is a message of Jesus

                                    February 23, 1994

    


   

Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

I Died For You (excerpt)

God's Blue Book II Cover

February 23, 1994
very carefully discerned by Father Carter for publication

Jesus speaks:  Priests will create little cities, little cities in each church to spread the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create his own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power. His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no power except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of Jesus will be powerhouses.

    I am God, My little ones. God can do all things. I can make your cities light up the darkness. I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. I am the light of life. I am God! I can do all things. I want to act in you. You need to be in constant union with Me. My priests, you need to be selfless. My soul and yours are one. I want to act in you.

    Hold not back. Pray the Prayer for Union with Me.

end of excerpt from February 23, 1994

     


    

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:            Here is the message Jesus gave to
                                    Fr. Carter with great promises
                                    for those who pray the prayers.

  


          

~ July 31, 1994 ~
Feast of St. Ignatius

Words of Jesus to Members of Shepherds of Christ Associates:

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

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

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

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

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

               


  

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:        Please be an Apostle of the Eucharistic
                                Heart like Jesus asked us to be.

  


            

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
  2. For the Pope.
  3. For all bishops of the world.
  4. For all priests.
  5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
  6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.
  7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
  8. For all members of the human family.
  9. For all souls in purgatory.

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

                  


    

April 29, 2002 message continues

Messenger:        We need funds to mail the Priestly Newsletter

                                Book II and the prayer manual

                                to the Bishops will you help us?

                           NOW IS THE TIME TO PRAY--

                       OUR CHURCH IS PRECIOUS

                       OUR CHURCH IS THE SPOUSE
                                OF JESUS

                       BE A SHEPHERD OF CHRIST.

                       HOLY PRIESTS ARE BEING

                                PERSECUTED.

                       PLEASE PRAY WITH US

                                THE EUCHARIST 

                                        IS A GIFT.

                            Please help us reprint the Blue Books.

                                We do not have any Blue Book I, II or III.

                                Please help us.

                                God is so good to us.

                                We must obey the commandments.

                                We need to thank God for His
                                    gifts to us.

              


        

Excerpt from February 15, 2002 message 

Jesus speaks:      Make a list of things that are needed so people
                                can help if they so desire.

Messenger:           A small list is this
  
                            1) Priestly Newsletter Book II Foreign Mailing Postage

                            2) Mass Book II  

                            3) Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly

                            4) Blue Book I  printing (we have no Blue Book I's)

                            5) Blue Book III  printing (we have no Blue Book III's)

                            6) Prayer Manuals printing  

                            7) Holy Spirit Novena Booklet printing 

                            8) Rosary beads 

                            9) Image rosaries to sell

                            10) Pictures (photo's) to make available

    

                           11) Blankets of Mary's image

  

                           12) Videos for nursing  home program

  Mary talks to the Nursing Homes
  Video Session #3

Shepherds of Christ Ministries

P.O. Box 193, Morrow, OH 45152
toll free 1-888-211-3041
fax: 1-513-932-6791
www.sofc.org
Rosary Meditations received before the exposed Eucharist
(Instruction for Leaders Included)

                           13) Little People's Mass Book

Little People's
Mass Book

                           14) Little People's Coloring Book of the Mass

     

February 15, 2002 message continues

Mary speaks:               I ask you to pray for these needs on the list. Those
                                who can, can pray hourly. 
  

end of excerpt from February 15, 2002

         


 

   

February 7, 2002

  

To whom it may concern,
  

    We circulate the Priestly Newsletter that goes to 75,000 priests in the world. This has been circulated since 1994 at the direction of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. who had a doctorate in Theology and taught at Xavier University for over thirty years and author of eighteen books on the spiritual life and many other various publications.

    Our primary purpose is to circulate this Newsletter. We are now sending three years of Newsletters in a book of 342 pages to 75,000 priests in the United States and 90 foreign countries. A special Newsletter is enclosed with Father Carter's powerful writing on Grace (2001 issue 1). This writing is also available on tape and on disc.

    Our coequal purpose is to circulate prayer manuals Father Carter compiled for prayer chapters praying for the priests, the Church and
the world.

    All of our printing and postage costs so much money.

    We operate from the Virgin Mary building in Clearwater, Florida, pictures are enclosed. We use the building to spread materials and rosaries
to encourage people to pray for the priests, the Church and the world.

    We also have a church we received from the diocese in China, Indiana where we distribute our materials and pray before the Blessed Sacrament hourly and about two hours or more at 6:20 every day. Monthly adoration before the exposed Eucharist is held for our members for 48 hours on the 12th of each month to the 14th.

    We have a third center in Morrow, Ohio which is our communication center and mailing address.

    We circulate rosaries handmade to Catholic schools all over the United States and meditation sheets and consecration cards. We try to send scapulars too when we have them. We supply many beads to our rosary makers for this.

    We had difficulty all last summer securing funds for beads for our rosary makers. We were not able to send the 100,000 or more rosaries we usually send in October and May because of funds.

    We need $10,000 every month for the loan on the Virgin Mary building. We pray nightly there usually for about two hours or more at 6:20. We pray all through the day there, hourly, many times before the image. A big prayer meeting is held on the 5th of the month. Prayers are prayed for about 4 hours for the priests, the Church and the world. We broadcast to at least 8 states and all join in the prayers, including Morrow and China.

    We have a nursing home ministry and a prison ministry. We supply coloring books of the rosary mysteries and the Mass to children.

    We desperately need funds for the printing and the rosary making operation and all the postage. Bishops from foreign countries beg for rosaries and prayer sheets with the Shepherds of Christ Prayers.

    Now we are struggling with the monthly rent on the building and the postage for the foreign mailing of the Priestly Newsletter Book II.

    We always need money for the rosary beads for the schools and the Virgin Mary building.

    We also do a Holy Spirit Novena, but the little book has been out of print for some time because of lack of funds. Teachers like to use it for confirmation. We have prayer chapters using it daily all over the world.

    We want to circulate pictures of the crucifix and Mary's image on the building, we are unable to do this because of lack of funds. Enclosed are pictures of the crucifix and the Virgin Mary building.

    A very important part of our Movement is trying to get people to say the Morning Offering. Here is a card we distribute extensively, especially to Nursing Homes and school children.
   

  
    Here is a short form of consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary that we circulate extensively.
  

   
    Can you help us. It is a real shame to not even have rent on the building Mary appears on.

    We need to tell the world about the Mass. This is another important aspect of our ministry. We have so many writings about the Mass. Mass Book I with the Imprimatur—and all Fr. Carter's writings and many other writings discerned by Fr Carter before his death. 

    It is a shame with all the money in the world not to be able to get the rosary beads to the rosary makers for school children who want them to pray the rosary.

    Our movement is trying to do what Our Lady told us to do at Fatima for peace in the world.

    Can you help us?
  

                            Rita Ring
                            Shepherds of Christ Ministries

    

      


  

Messenger:  Jesus wishes that we give our hearts to Him and Mary. 

The following Valentine can be given to Jesus and Mary any day of the year. It is an act of love that would greatly please Him.

Use the following Valentine to fill in your name and the date you gave it to Him.
  

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.

          

    


  

      

The Story of the Crucifix Video

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Nursing Home Mass Video

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connection, you should be able to watch the movie live.

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