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.

September 19, 2000

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.

We must operate in one mind and one heart living in Him

Messenger: I love so deeply in Him. If we join as a body so deep in Their Hearts we can give such great love to the world in our sacrifice (our offering), uniting our lives together in Their Hearts of pure love for the sake of souls and that God's will be done by all men.

We can pray as a body that tremendous grace and mercy are released from God for all the souls to love God so much and want to please Him and do His will.

I feel the more I pray the prayers Jesus gave to our founder, the more we unite as a body in Him loving so deeply His precious souls He died for. We give our lives together all day making this offering to God and it is a most pure offering because we have given our hearts to Jesus and Mary.

Everything we do or print is checked so closely for theological accuracy. We want absolute accuracy. We want to be in one voice — His voice.

In viewing a letter a leader wrote to the archbishop I saw how truly we as a body, living according to the messages, really think as one mind and live in one Heart.

Here is a letter he wrote to the archbishop requesting the Imprimatur on these two simple cards that are so important. One card is to ask people to offer their lives to God united to the Mass for the souls, the priests, the Church, and the world. The other is for consecrating our lives to Jesus and Mary.

Messenger: A second writing I include comes from a young woman in her 20's, who is the head of the handmaids.

Here are the thoughts of her heart in a personal letter to me yesterday, in her own handwriting.

Messenger: This is a note from the president to the schools for the school mailing.

Messenger: Here is a prayer card a sub-servant did so he could pray hourly with his other commitments.

Messenger: All in one mind and one Heart.

Trying to reach the world with the message of Jesus, trying to live according to the Father's will.

There are so many things going on: the priestly newsletter, the prayer manuals in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, the translations of the priestly newsletter and the translation of prayers.

Messenger: Jesus gave me the Holy Spirit Novena book and asked us to pray it at 6:20 daily. It is for oneness and healing. It has the Imprimatur in English, Spanish, and French.

Messenger: We have the priests' mailing to about 70,000 priests.

We have the sisters' mailing to so many sisters.

We have the nursing home mailing.

We have the school mailing.

All this is trying to get the world to pray for each other, the priests, the Church, and the world for oneness, praying the prayers of Jesus and spreading the rosary, all united to the Mass.

SISTERS' MAILING
SIDNEY SUB-CENTER

1. Prayer for Union with Jesus
2. Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
3. Shepherds of Christ Brochure
4. Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
5. Priestly newsletter # 4, 1998, printed
6. Priestly newsletter # 5, 1998, printed
7. Priestly newsletter # 4, 1998, tape
8. Priestly newsletter # 5, 1998, tape
9. Donation envelopes
10. Card - (Say Daily) GOD, I GIVE YOU MY LIFE IN UNION WITH THE MASS AS AN OFFERING FOR SOULS, THE CHURCH AND THE PRIESTS. HELP US.
11. Card - I GIVE MY HEART TO JESUS AND MARY WITH YOU IN LOVE.
12. A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul.

Messenger: Please pray with us, we need your prayers.

WE PRAY FOR THE PRIESTS, the renewal of the Church and the world.

WE NEED YOU TO PRAY, we follow Mary's requests at Fatima and what Jesus and Mary tell us today.

We must trust in Him and know He will hear us. He keeps giving us more trials so we will trust in Him.

He has it all in His hands. We must surrender to Him and put our faith in the way He is working. We are united as a body, loving each other with all our hearts, laying down our lives united to the Mass in the Morning Offering and interceding to God for grace and mercy for souls, praying that His will be done.

Say the Our Father.

Pray to the Holy Spirit.

Live as the spouse of Jesus.

Surrender to Him — He is our Bridegroom, He runs our lives.

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.

The following imprimatur applies only to Prayer for Union with Jesus and not the message above or below.

Prayer for Union with Jesus

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

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

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

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

-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994

The following imprimatur applies only to the Morning Offering and not the message above or below.

Morning Offering (for Shepherds of Christ Members)

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.

Imprimatur: Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

The following imprimatur applies only to the Morning Offering and not the message above or below.

Morning Offering

My dear Father, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit.

I unite with our Mother Mary, all the angels and saints, and all the souls in purgatory to pray to the Father for myself, for each member of my family, for my friends, for all people throughout the world, for all the souls in purgatory, and for all other intentions of the Sacred Heart.

I love You, Jesus, and I give You my heart. I love you, Mary, and I give you my heart.

Imprimatur: Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
January 22,1997

Messenger: Pray for Perry.

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

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: How do you feel we can fight against Satan before Mass and prayer?

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