Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

December 30, 2025

December 31st Holy Spirit Novena Scripture selection is Day 6 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries for December 31st are Sorrowful.

Pray for a special intention.

Pray for the Priestly Mailing.

Please Pray for Bob & special intentions.

Please pray for repose of Sheila's soul. 

Click Watch the China, IN Funeral live where Sheila prayed. Type in www.sofc.org/SWfuneral.mp4 OR on our homepage (www.sofc.org) by Sheila's picture, click link to her funeral video. Fr. Chris Craig did the funeral, Joe Lee: Cantor, Rita Ring: Pianist

 

Consecration Prayer for Peace

I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.

I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able,  to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.

Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.

       

            Morning Offering

    Dear Father,
    I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
    in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
    the powerful intercession of Mary, our
    spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
    saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
    the priest, the Church, and the world.

    We love You God so much.
    We thank You and adore You and
    petition You for our needs. Amen.       

 

      September 21, 2025

Prayer of Love to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Most Sacred, beautiful Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.

Dear Father thank you for the precious love You have given me, all the years of my life.

I unite to You, Oh Holy Spirit, fill me with Your light and Your truth.

I see You, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Your Heart is on fire for me, I love You so much, Jesus.

Dear Immaculate Heart of Mary, my Mother, please give me through your powerful intercession the motherly love I need to be an instrument in this world to answer that call you have asked for, to help the souls that need my prayers.

I offer up my sacrifices united to the Mass for the Grace to pray for the precious souls all over the world that need prayers today because of their hardened hearts, that refuse to turn from the evil they hold onto and live in the way Jesus shows us.

Dear Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I pray for the grace to help me in the Shepherds of Christ to be able to do what I have been called to do in Your Movement.

Please cast the devil into hell away from me and others in this mission, You have called in trying to accomplish what I have been called to do to help reach the souls You died for and to help these souls on this journey to one day go to heaven.

We have been called to love and adore and worship You, my Savior.
Oh Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, You are the Son of God, You are all good and loving, and worthy of my love, please spread Your Blood on me and this mission, You have called me to.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
You are all loving and worthy of my love.I love You with all my heart.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I consecrate my heart to Your most Sacred Heart.
My heart is overwhelmed in love of Thee.

Most Holy Immaculate Mary, I give you my heart now and ask you to protect me in your pure and Immaculate Heart.

Holy Spirit infuse into my intellect wisdom, knowledge and counsel. Fill me with the vision to see through the eyes of God, to love with the Heart of Jesus and to know and love as You direct me in the Fathers will. Help me to co-operate with this grace to walk in this way in loving conformity to the Father’s will.

Please help the truth to be in me.

Thank You my God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, come and abundantly dwell in me in great oneness.Help me to grow in loving.
Help me to be obedient to God’s will. Help me to be united in oneness with God and others.

 

December 29, 2025

A Few Thoughts

Jesus is the way the truth and the life.

When we are weak, we are strong in Him.

In Him we are never thirsty again.
Jesus is the Light of the world, in Him is no darkness.

Jesus was patient and kind.
God is love.
God wants us to be sorry for our sins.

Jesus suffered and died so we could seek forgiveness for our sins.
The deadly sins are pride, anger, jealousy, envy, slothfulness, lust and gluttony.

In Baptism we receive a sharing in Divine life and God gives us the supernatural virtues of faith, hope and love.
We can live virtuously or give into our wounded human nature.
In Baptism, original sin is taken away, but we have tendencies to the deadly sins because of our wounded human nature.

We were created in the image and likeness of Jesus.
We are to die to the ways not like Jesus to live the life of resurrection.

Jesus died to bring us new life. Jesus paid for our sins.

If we give the devil an inch - he will press to get a mile and more and more.
Be holy.
Live to be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.

Jesus is patient and kind and He wants us to help others by being a witness for Jesus.

God wants us to die to the ways not like Jesus and grow in His image and likeness.

Jesus wants us to be sorry for our sins and live a new life in Him.

We have the Mass!
.. through Him, with Him, in Him.
God has a unique Plan for our lives.
Follow His Plan, live your vocation, say “yes” to God’s Plan for our lives.

Deuteronomy 30: 15, 19

‘Look, today I am offering you life and prosperity, death and disaster.

Today, I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live,
 

Jesus was crucified with two thieves, a good thief and a bad thief. One on each side.

There is no limit to love in Jesus.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus has infinite, endless, limitless love.

 

December 30, 2025

My dear God,

 

I do not know what You have in store for me, please help me now.

I take my health for granted, You have been so good to me.

Thank You God.

Please Jesus, spread Your blood on me now and heal me.

 

I make all these prayers to the Father, united to Jesus in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of Mary, my Mother, with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory. 
 

Amen.

 

Please hear my prayer.

 

Jesus: Focus on My Heart.

           Focus on My Heart.

           Focus on My Heart

 

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March 10, 2024

Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father

Dear Saint Joseph,

I turn to you, you who cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You taught men and women, the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest commitment
and love.

You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.

You showed us how you
lived in loving conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.

You guided Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.

Protect us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did the Holy Family of Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.

How intimately you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them. You showed us love.

Your heart was pure and gentle and
yet you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for when we
are weak we are strong in God.

St. Joseph please intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick loved ones.
Amen.

St. Joseph help us now in this nine
day novena to you.
Amen.

  

May 14, 2024

R. Dear Holy Spirit come to me, possess
my soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.

Help me, dear Holy Spirit to know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my life.
I turn to You. Amen.

When I find doing God's desire for my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude, dear
Holy Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act purely for the
honor and glory of God.
I may be willing, but I need Your gift to
give me courage to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of God.

Help me to always put God first in my life,
in love for God in my heart.
Help me to walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.

Help me to be patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.

Please Holy Spirit give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me in the gift
of piety to do that which pleases my Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His little child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this "All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
 

Matthew 22: 36-40

'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'

Dear Holy Spirit, strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.

Alleluia. 

March 23, 2024

Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home

R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.

My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.

I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.

I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.

Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.

I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.

 

July 29, 2024

R. Dear Mary,
My Mother, I love you so much.
Please take care of my needs in my family.
Ask your precious Son Jesus to help me
and my family.
You are the Mother of Jesus. You cared
so lovingly for Him in your life on earth.
You are His most perfect disciple.
Oh Mary, I love you so much, you are my
spiritual Mother.

There are many of my friends I ask you
to pray for, too.
I know your powerful intercession from
the wedding of Cana.
You stood beneath the cross on Calvary,
after you endured the bitter treatment of
your precious Son Jesus.
Oh Mary, you know so well the trials and
pains of life. Help me now, I turn to your
powerful intercession.

You stand by the altar at Mass and intercede
for Grace for us all day long, please never
abandon me, your little child.

Oh Mary I love you so, so much.

Oh Mary you are the Queen of Peace, please
help us in peace in the world, the Churchs,
the family, the work place for all your little
children of the world.
We need your help for peace now, hear our
pleas as we turn to your powerful intercession. 
 

December 29, 2025

Mysteries of Light

The Baptism of Jesus

1. John the Baptist, baptized Jesus in the Jordon.
2. This began Jesus’ public life.
3. The voice of the Father was heard.
4. “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
5. Jesus is the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
6. God is with us.
7. Jesus is the Light of the world.
8. In Jesus is no darkness.
9. Jesus came our Savior, our Redeemer.
10. Jesus taught us and worked miracles.
    John said: “Repent - Prepare”.
    Open your hearts - follow Jesus!
 

The Marriage at Cana

1. John 2: 1-10  

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said, ‘Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’  There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water,’ and they filled them to the brim. Then he said to them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.’ They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—the president of the feast called the bridegroom and said, ‘Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.’ 

2. Jesus’ first miracle was at Cana.
3. Jesus changed water into wine.
4. Mary's intercession is powerful.
5. Pray through the intercession of Mary.
6. God is a God of miracles.
7. Let us see how God has helped His Plan in our lives unfold as we just keep on keeping on in following Him.
8. We are His instruments, God magnifies our efforts when we live doing His will in love.
9. Worship and Praise God!! Love God. Thank Him. Believe - keep on keeping on.
10. When we cannot do more and things seem stuck, we tell God we are dependent on Him.
    Oh my God I love You so much.
    I am dependent on You.
 

Building the Kingdom of God

1. God called us - He has a unique Plan for our lives.
2. Say “yes” to God, no one can exactly do the things exactly as He called us to do.
3. When we obey God’s Plan in love, we can help build the Kingdom of God here on earth.
4. We have a vocation. God gave us talents to carry out His unique Plan for us to help build the Kingdom of God.
5. Jesus’ life was living the Father’s Plan. His will was perfectly aligned to His Father’s will.
6. Mary did the Father’s will if carrying a pebble or a boulder.
7. God gives us a free will to follow His Plan or disobey His Plan.
8. We were created to know, love and serve God and thereby attain our eternal salvation.
9. Jesus is the New Adam and Mary is the New Eve.
10. Do not be afraid.
    Have courage and follow God -
    Live the Father’s Plan, it is the best plan.
 

The Transfiguration

1. Jesus took Peter, James and John up Mount Tabor.
2. Jesus was transfigured before them.
3. The voice of the Father was heard.
4. This is my beloved Son and whom I am well pleased, listen to Him.
5. Listen to Jesus.
6. When we go to Mass we should unite with Jesus and offer ourselves, our lives to the Father in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of Mary.
7. The Father is well pleased at the sacrifice of Jesus, we unite to Him.
8. The Father gives us Jesus in the Eucharist.
9. We pray for the priests, the Church and the world.
10. We help in the work of redemption praying in the Mass, united to Jesus.
    We are members of the body of Christ.
 

The Institution of the Eucharist

1. Jesus was priest at the Last Supper. Jesus offered Himself to the Father.
2. Jesus is victim on the cross on Calvary.
3. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present.
4. The priest is Persona Christi.
5. In the Mass, the priest is priest and victim.

6. From Priestly Newsletter - Issue 4 - 1998 - The Peace of the Lord

The Eucharistic Sacrifice

Speaking of Eucharistic participation, Vatican II tells us: "The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ's faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or silent spectators. On the contrary, through a proper appreciation of the rites and prayers they should participate knowingly, devoutly, and actively. They should be instructed by God's word and be refreshed at the table of the Lord's body; they should give thanks to God; by offering the Immaculate Victim, not only through the hands of the priest, but also with him, they should learn to offer themselves too. Through Christ the Mediator, they should be drawn day by day into ever closer union with God and with each other, so that finally God may be all in all."2
2. The Documents of Vatican II, "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy", American Press Edition, No. 48.

7. Hebrews 10:11-17

The efficacy of Christ’s sacrifice

Every priest stands at his duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking away sins. He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his seat for ever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. By virtue of that one single offering, he has achieved the eternal perfection of all who are sanctified. The Holy Spirit attests this to us, for after saying:

    No, this is the covenant
        I will make with them,
    when those days have come.

the Lord says:

    In their minds I will plant my Laws
    writing them on their hearts,
    and I shall never more
        call their sins to mind,
    or their offences.

8. 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26

For the tradition I received from the Lord and also handed on to you is that on the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and after he had given thanks, he broke it, and he said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.' And in the same way, with the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.' Whenever you eat this bread, then, and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death until he comes.

9. Easter Letter

March 19, 2024

Happy Easter!

I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love.

John 3:16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.

Jesus lived the quiet life for 30 years and the public life for 3 years.

God’s ways are not necessarily our ways.
He came in love so we could be with Him, someday forever in heaven.

Jesus loved us so much He went through the bitter Passion and death so we could have “new life” in Him.

He paid a precious price for our sins.

In the death, there is the resurrection!
The Pascal Mystery - Death / Resurrection!!

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present.

Without the priest, we would not have the Eucharist.

It isn’t that there is too much suffering in the world, but so much is wasted,
Fr. Carter S. J., our founder, would say.

We live the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, in our lives, united to the Mass in the Morning Offering and grace is outpoured, praying to the Father, united to Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of Mary, our spiritual Mother, with all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory. We offer our joys, suffering, all we do like this, (it is the intention of my heart always to be united to the Mass going on around the world), I pray for this, offering it up for the priest, the Church and the world.
I love the priest and the Church and the world so much. The world belongs to Christ, even though the world has been marred by sin.

The world, the Church, and the individual Christian are in the state of becoming more Christic, (that is more in the image of Christ). We help in this (a pilgrim Church, a work in progress). We are members of the body of Christ, with Christ, our head.

We help build the Kingdom of God.
When we are weak, we are strong in Him, and grace is abundantly outpoured through the Mass.

So good!!!

So beautiful!!!

Here is a prayer to say daily “Morning Offering”.
 

Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for the priest, the Church, and the world.

We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and petition You for our needs. Amen.

The victory has been won, we must follow Jesus and walk in Jesus’ ways. Alleluia!!!
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
Follow Jesus, love God.
Obey and love the Heavenly Father.
Pray to the Holy Spirit to infuse in our intellects: wisdom, and knowledge and understanding.
Come Holy Spirit fill us with the fire of God’s love.
Life is in Him!
This is the precious gift, Jesus suffered so, to give us a sharing in His life in Baptism.
And He feeds this life with Himself in the Eucharist.
Blood and water came forth from Jesus’ pierced Heart:
Water for Baptism -
Blood for the Eucharist.

Vatican II points out to us: “…the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows…”
The Documents of Vatican II, "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy", America Press Edition, No. 10.

Oh God You are so good to us!

Without the priest we wouldn’t have the Eucharist!!

We say the Morning Offering, thanking God and praying for the priest, the Church and the world.

The Mass is such a gift.
I receive Jesus truly present in the Eucharist.
I thirst after this precious treasure.

Praise Him, Thank Him, Love Him.
Give yourself to Him, who gives us so much.

It’s all God’s grace:
“You are the initiator, God, I am the soul waiting your favor.”

We pray for grace to see what gifts God is giving us in the Mass.

Thank you for all you do.
“New Life”

God loves us so much!!!
Alleluia,
Praise and Worship God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Love and Prayers,

Rita Ring, Co-Founder
Shepherds of Christ Ministries
 

10. Father’s Day Letter - June 16, 2024

Happy Father’s Day to you and to our Heavenly Father. Thank you for all you do for us.

Fr. Carter, S.J., our founder, wrote the Priestly Newsletter before his death – he loved this quote from Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis AAS, XXXV, 232-233:

“Through the Eucharistic Sacrifice Christ the Lord desired to set before us in a very special way this remarkable union whereby we are united one with another and with our divine Head, a union that no word of praise can ever sufficiently express. For in this sacrifice the sacred ministers act not only as the representative of our Saviour, but as the representative of the whole Mystical Body and of each one of the faithful. Again, in this act of sacrifice, the faithful of Christ, united by the common bond of devotion and prayer, offer to the eternal Father through the hands of the priest, whose prayer alone has made it present on the altar, the Immaculate Lamb, the most acceptable victim of praise and propitiation for the Church's universal need. Moreover, just as the divine Redeemer, while dying on the Cross, offered Himself to the eternal Father as Head of the whole human race, so now, 'in this clean oblation' He not only offers Himself as Head of the Church to His heavenly Father but in Himself His mystical members as well. He embraces them all, yes, even the weaker and more ailing members, with the deepest love of His Heart.”

In the Morning Offering we unite all our prayers, works, joys and sufferings to the Mass and offer our lives to our Heavenly Father, in the Holy Spirit, through the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for love of the Trinity and all our needs.

In the Mass we know that the Father accepts the sacrifice of Jesus. As members of the mystical body of Christ we are united to the Mass going on around the world.

Dear Heavenly Father, we are Your little ones and want to be united to You all day offering up what we do as an offering united to the Mass.

From the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

… “the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the font from which all her power flows.”

The Heavenly Father created us in love. We are so precious to Him. We can be faithful little children of our Heavenly Father, all day, offering what we do, united to the Mass.

At the Baptism of Jesus the Father tells us about Jesus His Son “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3

He tells us about Sonship to our Father. We want to please Him. 

At the Transfiguration, He says: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, listen to Him.” Luke 9

Again, we want our lives to be united to Jesus and our lives to be pleasing to the Father.

The Father tells us to listen to Jesus, disciples of Jesus listen to Him.

Oh Heavenly Father, we want to do Your will and live in love to please You, please help us, outpour Your grace.

In the Mass, we die to our self-will more and more to live more the life of Resurrection.

Death/Resurrection are so linked, dying to our selfish will to be more and more in the image of Jesus and live more and more, the life of resurrection.

We may have tried in Lent to have a more pure interior disposition at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and unite more in pleasing our Father in unity with Jesus.

What we did in Lent should be working more and more now as we seek greater holiness in these days after Easter living more the life of Resurrection.

Mark 3:31-35

Now his mother and his brothers arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, ‘Look, your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.’ He replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking at those sitting in a circle round him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.’

 
We see what Jesus says here, how important it is living the Father’s will.

The Father’s family living in the Father’s will.

We can live the Mass out every day, in our lives, dying to self-will and rising in Him.

The pascal mystery.

We live the life, death and resurrection of Christ in our lives lovingly, according to the Father’s will and the Father is pleased.

The more we die to selfish-will, the more we live the life of resurrection.

We see death and resurrection as linked, if I die to my selfish ways, I grow more in the life of resurrection.

We as Christians should live constantly dying to ways not like Jesus to rise in the life of resurrection and greater likened to Jesus.

We constantly seek greater life in Him, day by day, to be greater filled with His life.

His grace is His life in us.

We live the Mystery of Christ in our lives.

In the Mass, we die more and more to self-will.

We seek the interior disposition of greater purity at Mass, dying to bad habits of sinfulness to rise to greater purity in Him and offer a more pleasing sacrifice in oneness with Jesus, to the Father in the Mass.

Death / Resurrection!!

We are fed by the Bread of Life in the Mass, we are fed with the Word and eat His Body and drink His Blood.

God is the ultimate mystery, we seek for greater understanding of this by living more this magnificent mystery of Christ in our lives.

Through Him, with Him and in Him

We live this in different ways in our vocation.

A mother is united to the Mass caring for her children in loving conformity to God’s will.

A religious is living in loving conformity to God’s will in serving as a sister, brother, priest, etc.

From the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

… the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the font from which all her power flows.

Our heart should be transformed when we come to the Mass.

We seek the heavenly Father to accept the sacrifice of ourselves united to Jesus in the Mass.

Death / Resurrection

Dying to sin and the Father accepts our sacrifice (living the life of Resurrection).

...I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me. Galatians 2: 19-20

Dying to self-will

An even more perfect victim in union with Christ in the Mass….

Through Him, With Him and In Him

The Mass Lived Out all Day!!

We offer up all we do all day living in loving conformity to the Father’s will in the Morning Offering. This is dying to self- rising to new life in Him. (Our constant offering all day, doing the Father’s will in love in our lives united to the Mass going on around the world for the salvation of souls).

We say in the Mass

“May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of His name, for our good, and the good of His holy Church.”

To know God is to love God. Deeper and deeper He makes Himself known to us in our hearts at Mass.

Jesus is the Light of the world, the Light of Life.

I love Him so much, so deep in my heart, in my being and He loves me, I know this in my being.

Love is beyond words, it is oneness in our heart and soul with Him.

“It is no longer, I who live, but He who lives in me.” Galatians 2  And I want to be with Him, someday, in the fullness of life in heaven, in union with the one Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in the beatific vision. Embraced with Divine Love. Amen.

We think we’re doing things ourselves, but we need God to do things. I feel so needy here, but I have to do what God wants and that pleases Him, everything is an offering united to the Mass, to the Father, even my attempts when I feel frustrated and tried, think of how perfectly Christ did what He did in the Passion and death.

Perfect Love, perfect gift to His Father and the Father is well pleased.

Basically I need God and others a lot!

Thank you for all you do.

Without the priest we wouldn’t have the Eucharist.

We pray for you!!

Love and Prayers,

Rita Robinson Ring, Co-founder
Shepherds of Christ Ministries

 

A Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Mass Book, December 27, 1995

    Song: I Love You Jesus

   

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Books written by the cofounder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries
 

 

Rita Ring
		Mass Book A Journey Into the Heart of Jesus - Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur $ 12.00   Mass Book, by Rita Ring: Many of the entries in the Priestly Newsletter Volume II from a spiritual journal came from this book. These entries   are to help people to be more deeply united to God in the Mass. This book is available in English and Spanish with the Church’s Imprimatur.   $12

		Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur $ 10.00   Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children, by Rita Ring, Short Meditations for both parents and children to be used when praying the   rosary. These meditations will help all to know the lives of Jesus and Mary alive in their Hearts. Available in both English and Spanish with   the Church’s Imprimatur. $10

		God's Blue Book 1 Teachings to Lift You Up  Author: Rita Ring $ 8.00   God's Blue Book I  reprinted  by Rita Ring. $8   God's Blue Book 3 Love God Love One Another  Author: Rita Ring $ 5.00 God's Blue Book III   by Rita Ring. $5

		God's Blue Book 4 The Love of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Author: Rita Ring $ 5.00 God's Blue Book IV by Rita Ring. This book is about the love Jesus has for Mary and Mary has for Jesus and Jesus and Mary have for us    It is truly the Love of the Two Hearts. Mary appeared every day at the Holy Spirit Center    Fr. Carter was there. Mary's first apparition July 5, 1994. $5

		God's Blue Book 5 So Deep Is the Love of His Heart. Author: Rita Ring. $ 5.00 God's Blue Book V by Rita Ring. Jesus wants to be the bridegroom of our soul    He is our beloved    Jesus tells us about pure love    how we are to be pure of heart and love God and love others. It is a must, to hear about love from Jesus    Jesus is love    $5

		God's Blue Book 6A He Calls Us to Action Author: Rita Ring. $ 5.00 God's Blue Book 6A by Rita Ring. Rosaries from Their Hearts during apparitions. Jesus and Mary appeared every day and I received rosaries from Them and They were transcribed from a tape. Also messages of love from Jesus on days of January, 1995    About Baptism    writings from Fr. Carter and the Scriptures. $10

		God's Blue Book 6B He Calls Us to Action - The Sixth Book, Part B Author: Rita Ring. $ 5.00 God's Blue Book 6B by Rita Ring. Jesus and Mary appeared every day in February, 1995    So beautiful    transcribed from a tape    the Stations, 7 Sorrows, prayers in the Prayer Manual, the Holy Spirit Novena Book and the Song Book. Pure love    loving and forgiving    a book about Jesus' love, baptism, grace and Fr. Carter's Newsletter. $10

		God's Blue Book 6C He Calls Us to Action - The Sixth Book, Part C Author: Rita Ring. $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 7 Intimacy with God by Rita Ring $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 8 See thru the Eyes of Mary. Author: Rita Ring and Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 9 The Mass and the Hearts of Jesus and Mary $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 10 God's Blue Book 10 - This is My Body $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 11 God's Blue Book 11 - Showers of His Grace $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 12 Solidarity In Chirst $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 13 Grace $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 14 God the Father Speaks After Clearwater $ 5.00

		God's Blue Book 15 Life $ 5.00

		Blue Book 16 Mary Mother of the Eucharist $ 5.00
		God's Blue Book 17 Life In Him $ 5.00
		God's Blue Book 18 Jesus, Bridegroom of Our Soul $ 5.00
		God's Blue Book 19 The Lamb of God $ 5.00
		God's Pre-Blue Book Loved in a Personal Way $ 5.00
		God's Pre-Blue Book 2 My Hand is Upon You $ 5.00

		Apostle's Manual Shepherds of Christ Overview: Very carefully discerned by Fr. Edward J. Carter S. J. $ 20.00 Apostles Manual. About the Movement — the structure of the Movement    All Ministries — from the time 3 months before Mary appeared in Clearwater and 3 months after. Rosaries of the 13ths, Fr. Carter's Newsletters. Messages from God the Father    Reaching the priests, the Church, the schools and the world. $20

		Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume I Red Rosary Book - Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 10.00 Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 1. Mary appeared in Clearwater December 17, 1996 in rainbow color and these rosaries left the printer the same day from Apparitions of Jesus and Mary    transcribed from a tape. $10

		Blue Rosary Book Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume II $ 12.00 Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 2. This is a book of so many rosaries — transcribed from a tape. So many beautiful rosaries.   pages  $12

		Messages From Jesus Messages From Jesus for the Ederly, Ill, and Homebound Given by Jesus to His Messenger - Author: Rita Ring Discerned by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 10.00 Messages for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This is a big book of loving messages for nursing home people and homebound from Jesus and Mary    Their lives are so important    united to the Mass offering up their suffering, their lives for the souls of this earth. $10

		Short Rosary Meditations for the Ederly, Ill, and Homebound From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary: Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur $ 10.00 Short Rosary Meditations for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This book is so important with pictures they can open it and lay it on their laps and pray the rosary. $10

		Songs From Jesus Given by Jesus to His Messenger Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 5.00 Songs from Jesus Songbook. These loving songs were given from Jesus. So beautiful    Love Songs from Jesus of His love — helping us have pure and loving hearts. $3

		Daily Messages From Heaven From the Florida Apparition Site Author: Rita Ring. Discerned by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 10.00

		Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly Short Meditations for the Rosary $ 3.00

		Meditaciones del Rosario para Pequenos y Ancianos $ 10.00

Fr. Joe Robinson

 

Inspiring Homilist & Author
 

Fr. Joseph Robinson has dedicated his life to serving Christ and the Church for over 40 years.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Guiding Light - The Mystery of Christ Guiding Light - The Mystery of Christ, Cycle A - Homilies for 2022 - 2023 $ 10.00
	Guiding Light - In the Image of Jesus Guiding Light - In the Image of Jesus Cycle C - Homilies for 2021 - 2022 $ 10.00

Guiding Light - Bread of Life Guiding Light - Bread of Life, Cycle A for 2019 - 2020 $ 10.00

Guiding Light - Walk in the Light Guiding Light - Walk in the Light, Cycle C for 2018 - 2019 $ 10.00

		Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts Cycle B 2017 - 2018 $10.00 Guiding Light — The Word Alive in Our Hearts. — Cycle B    Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a tremendous honor Fr. Joe has allowed us to share these great gifts with you – for greater holiness and knowing more and more about God. $10

		Guiding Light - The Soul Who Could Guiding Light - The Soul Who Could Cycle A 2016/2017 $10.00 Guiding Light — The Soul Who Could. — Cycle A    Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.  $10

		Guiding Light - Trust and Transform Guiding Light - Trust and Transform, Cycle C for 2015/2016 $ 10.00

		Guiding Light - By God Through Me Guiding Light - By God Through Me, Cycle B for 2014/2015 $ 10.00

		Guiding Light - Inspired To Be Genuine Guiding Light - Inspired To Be Genuine, Cycle A for 2013/2014 $ 10.00

		Guiding Light - Centered In Christ Fr. Joe Robinson's latest homilies for Cycle C for 2012/2013. $ 10.00

		Guiding Light - Reflect on the Word Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Litugical Year (2011/2012) $ 10.00 Guiding Light homily series — Reflect on the Word — Cycle B     The Word leaves an impression on our souls. In my thoughts and reflections are born a more tangible understanding of these eternal concepts presented in the Gospels and the readings. Anyone can read a sentence, but not anyone can absorb it's true meaning. Truth, in this day and age, is almost a matter of opinion or individual entitlement. We believe that Christ's truth is our Roman Catholic Church. We, as priests, champion it's teachings; we are ambassadors for the Pope and Christ to those faces looking at us. We are the light by which our congregation reads to reflect upon real truth and we do it hand in hand. $10

		Guiding Light - Steadfast to the Son Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle A of the Litugical Year $ 10.00 Guiding Light homily series — Steadfast to the Son — Cycle A    The sunflower is a great example of how we should be steadfastly guided by light. What a powerful thought that this exceptional plant is not stuck in one pose day in and day out, yet adaptable and magnetized to the sun. We feel the same about our Son. Our heads turns to face Christ as each day presents its challenges to find light. We join together like plants in a field and soak up the Son through the pulpit. We are a warm circle of strength using the wind of our breath to carry our priests' words, Christ's words, to new rich soil. $10

		Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Litugical Year $ 10.00 Guiding Light — Focusing on the Word — Cycle B    At times we may feel that our path to Christ is a bit "out of focus". Like the disciples in the Book of Mark, this ordinary life clouds our vision of Christ's Divinity. We may doubt the practicality or possibility of applying His teachings and example to our modern life. Cycle B's homilies are a "guiding light" to help us realize Jesus' Messianic greatness and His promise of better things to come. $10

		Guiding Light - Feed My Soul Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle C of the Litugical Year $ 10.00 Guiding Light — Feed My Soul — Cycle C    In a world rapidly advancing and encouraging personal gain, we are faced with modern problems. There is a challenge to find time in our busy schedules for Sunday Mass or a family meal. We are able to research, shop, bank and even work without hearing one human voice. It is no wonder that we may often feel disconnected and famished at our week's end. In Fr. Joe's third book of homilies from Cycle C, we are reminded of the charity that Christ intended us to show each other. We have a calling to turn the other cheek and be the Good Samaritan to others. We are rewarded with the Father's kingdom and love when we are not worthy. We are not left alone or hungry. $10

Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.

Here are all the products in this category:

Books written by the founder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries

		Response in Christ Fr. Edward J. Carter gives to the modern Christian a message that will sustain him. $ 10.00

		Response to God's Love ...God Himself is the Ultimate Mystery $ 10.00 Response to God’s Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10

		Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 1 Selected Writings on Spirituality—for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur $ 10.00 Shepherds of Christ — Selected Writings on Spirituality for all People as Published in Shepherds of Christ Newsletter for Priests. Contains 12 issues of the newsletter from July/August 1994 to May/June 1996. $15

		Spirituality Newsletters 2 Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur $ 12.00 Shepherds of Christ — Volume 2: by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13—29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 — Issue 5, 1999) $15

		Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 3 Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. $ 10.00 Shepherds of Christ — Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carter’s tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10

		Tell My People Messages from Jesus and Mary Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest $ 10.00 Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.)    One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life    From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a book  and here is that book." $10

		Spirituality Handbook Shepherds of Christ Associates Spirituality Handbook - A Way of Spiritual Life Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest $ 3.00 Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 20he Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3

		The Spirituality of Fatima Fatima: The Setting, The Message, The Spirituality of Consecration $ 5.00 The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5

Shepherds of Christ Holy Spirit Novena CD   Holy Spirit Novena Read by: Rita Ring   $ 10.00  plus postage   Holy Spirit Novena CD. Prayers and scripture readings from the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet read by Rita Ring. $10

 

Statues/Religious Items

Blue Crystal Rosary   Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater   8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping

Red Crystal Rosary   Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater   8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping

Clear Crystal Rosary   Rosary with the Image of Our Lady of Clearwater   8mm - $ 40.00 plus shipping