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March 16, 2016

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                Given March 15, 2015

From Blue Book 15

June 5, 1997

Rosary with Rita Ring at Morrow, Ohio

Glorious Mysteries

The Resurrection

1. R. And so Jesus tells us that the Shepherds of Christ Movement is to spread to the far corners of the earth. That it is for the renewal of the Church and the world. Yet we are so small but with His Might it can spread to the far corners of the earth and immensely help to change hearts to great hearts of love.

2. R. But it is in the coming back. It is in the dying to one’s self that we become more and more like Him.

Song: Unless a Grain of Wheat

Song: Choose Life

3. R. And so in the rosary we meditate on the mysteries of Christ’s life. But I see that the answer is in pure holiness, is to be more like Him. But how can I be like Him if I do not meditate on His life and if I do not try to live as He lived. And so I thirst more and more to know more about God. So I can be more like Him because I see my ways and I see how I fall. And I want to be like Him. But the only way this can happen is if I study Jesus’ life. And so They gave to us the mysteries of the rosary to walk with Christ, to be with Him, to meditate on His life, to meditate on His life with the Blessed Virgin and with the Apostles, to see how the Holy Spirit always worked in Their lives. This is what the rosary is all about. It is a meditation on His life that His life will live in our life. So how, today, did you live the resurrection in your life? How was it today? How is it when you are suffering? Immediately, since we are all trying as hard as we can to do the will of God, immediately, when we are confronted with suffering, do not our thoughts go to Him? And it is like, Jesus help me. I can be going along and not thinking too much about God and then all of a sudden something comes as if a friend comes and slaps you in the face and makes an erratic remark and you know that you can’t say anything back, that you just have to take it within, and you want to still maintain your peace and love. And so they say something to you and where do your thoughts go? Immediately, in the suffering, it is like opening up a door to be deeply united to Christ. The opportunity is there to be with Him. The second we suffer we are deeply united to Him.

4. R. It is like a doorway that He opens up and we touch Him. It doesn’t feel good many times but in a way it does because we know that He is present and He is alive. Moments before when we were enjoying ourselves we were not so focused on Him. But immediately when someone came up and made the remark or humiliated us, and we had to stand there and take it, our thoughts immediately went to Jesus, suffering, a doorway to the Heart of Christ.

5. R. And so it is in the death there is the resurrection. In the death there is the life for when I suffer I know Him. He is so present and so alive in my heart when I am suffering.

6. R. The messages that I received in 1991 when I first received messages, talked about how He would be with us to the far ends of the earth. And He talked about how the messages were for the world. I did not even talk to anyone about these messages until sometime in 1993. I basically hid the messages in my notebooks under my bed and when I was struck with problems I would go into my closet and read the messages. Where before I was totally baffled and I did not know what to do. All of a sudden there was such a simple answer that He had given to me in the messages. And I came forth from the closet with an all together different frame of mind.

7. R. Problems that had stumped me for my whole life, that I had run from one person to another trying to find a solution to, all of a sudden had such a simple solution that I couldn’t figure out why I hadn’t thought of it myself. But is it not that when God gives us the grace and He allows us to understand a certain insight into something that it is very simple. That it is when He gives us the light that we comprehend. It all has to do with Him giving us the grace and then we know it. That’s how it was. When He started giving me the messages it was like He gave the grace to go along with the message, so you just knew all these simple things, that seemed simple about God. So before where you were stumped, baffled and suffering immensely in your life, all of a sudden His life began to grow in a new way within me as He gave the messages.

8. R. On the day of the Falmouth flood He said when the pain in this earth reaches the peak of pain that He will pour down the antidote in these revelations. This is how I see this with the Movement. We have books and books. We have great gifts and rosaries and messages. We have all of Fr. Carter’s Newsletters that he has written to the priests. It is as if now we are in the locked tomb. It is as if we are in the tomb with Him. And it says in the Bible, it says Lord why don’t You protect what You have planted? Why don’t You do something? Don’t you see how bad that it’s gotten? And the voice cries out and this is exactly what He answered the day of the flood. He said when the pain gets to the peak of pain then I will pour down the antidote in these revelations. It is like we are in the locked tomb and the stone is slowly being rolled away from the tomb as all of the materials are being put in order to help renew the Church, the school, and the family to help renew the world. All of the materials are being stacked inside the tomb as if it is a library filled with the antidote for the poison that is in the Church and the world. And what are in these books in the library? And the books in the library as you open the books comes forth a letter from Jesus. One in which He speaks loud and clear with the most tenderest love that He has never revealed to man before from His Most Sacred Heart. It is a love letter from Jesus. And He speaks and tells the world that He loves them, that He is alive, that He is present, and that He wants them to love Him. He is writing the messages of His love on their hearts in these messages. And as Christ came forth from the tomb victorious, the stone will be rolled away from the tomb and He will pour down the antidote on the poison in the Church and in the world through Fr. Carter’s Newsletter and through these revelations.

9. Hail Mary

10. R. And where did I meet my God? I met Him in the darkest, darkest room. One time I had a vision and it was a time of great suffering before He started giving me the messages. And the vision was this. It was this cave and it was all dark. And the rocks were poking in. And it was black in the cave. And I was in there and I felt like I couldn’t move. And then all of a sudden I went through this doorway and it went into another room, and the other room was much larger. And there was some light in that room and you could stand, and the rocks were against the wall and they were pointy, but they weren’t close to you, so you could stand up, in that room. Before I started receiving all of these revelations I would have visions of doors that were partway open with a chair like in front of them. And in this vision that He gave of the cave, this is how it is. Is it not in the darkest night of your life and the time when you were suffering, the absolute most, that it was then that you turned to God for there was nowhere else to turn, but to turn to Him and so therefore you found Him. And so we can say in the darkest night I found my God.

R. In order to have union with God there must be purification that takes place. There is purgatory before heaven. For in order to have this immense union with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we must be purified. How is it that each one of us here could unite in such a deep union with God. For we are sinners. We know that we can go through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and therefore we can get close to God for her heart is pure but look at your life. Every person in this room that is immensely close to God has gone through great sufferings where He allowed us to be purified that we could have this intense union with Him. And in no way are we perfect or are we all holy. For we see our imperfections and we know the long way that we have to go. But before He gave each one of us in this room this close union with Him, each one of us know that in our life we went through an immense amount of suffering in which He purified us. This is a great gift. You look back at your life and you remember how hard it was but you remember what came afterwards. For all of a sudden God was so alive and He was so close. But it was because of that great purification that we then could become much closer to Him. In that great suffering, in that darkest night, in that closed dark cave when it was so tight that I could hardly move, in that greatest suffering, that is where I met my God.

And I fell to the floor and I cried out my God are You there? Are You there my God? For this is great suffering. Do You hear me? And it felt as if the night would never end. But slowly, very slowly, the light came stealing across the sky and in that our heart was changed to great joy. For it truly is in the death there is the resurrection. And wherever you were yesterday with such anguish and pain within your life, today He has given to us a great relief. And today we are not suffering as yesterday. For our whole life is this. Death and resurrection.

Song: Choose Life

R. And so what happens if He gives to us suffering and we reach out and we try to alleviate the pain or if we live as the world lives always hunting for the pain killer. Then we’ve missed the great opportunity that He gives to us to encounter Him in a special way.

 

The Ascension

1. R. Let’s analyze our life. Some days are good. Some days are not so good. Some days are suffering. Some days are joy. Let us look at the night and then see the day. There is darkness and there is light. And what happens in the darkest night as you wake up in this dark night and there is no one around. I know that Jesus woke me for several years in order to write the Blue Book messages in the middle of the night. And He said that, that time is very, very, very precious to Him. For He had my undivided attention. I could not call anyone. I could not do any work because I really was not, in a way, in a position to work in the middle of the night. And so He said He would call me from my bed because there were no thoughts in my head and He would give me the messages that He wanted to give to the world to tell them of His love.

2. R. It was in the darkest cave that I met my God. And so what happens when you wake up in the middle of the night? You are isolated in a way that you are not isolated during the day. There usually is not someone around that you can talk to. This is a time when the devil can work in our mind. And he can get us off guard. Jesus said that the devil works a lot in the darkness. But, it is in the darkness, in the middle of the night, when we are awakened from our sleep, that we can go within ourselves and know that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, are in us and we can be one with Them. How is your sleepless night? Is it a night of fear and terror? Is it a night of waiting for the morning to come? Or is it a great joy? For in that awakening, Our Lord was calling you to be most intimate with Him, for He knew, He knew that it would be a time when you would not be distracted by anything else. And so He says –

Jesus: My beloved one, it is in the dark hours that I stand by your bed and I wait for you. And many times I wake you and I see you in a panic. And I am longing and I am crying out to you, talk to Me, be with Me, tell Me of your love. And I see you. And I see your mind go. And I see you think of all the worries in your life and all of the things that you must do. And I want this time. I want this time to be alone with you. I want to be united in Our Hearts in such oneness. And you are in your head, as your head runs as a machine, as a busy machine, manufacturing thoughts of fear, terror and concern. And it could have been moments that we spent in the most intimate oneness with each other. When I wake you in the middle of the night, you must come to Me. You must not give in to running thoughts of fear in your head. You must be alone with Me in your heart. I am dwelling in you. The Father dwells in your graced, baptized soul, when you are in the state of grace. The Holy Spirit is with you now. We are longing for your love. Will you spend those moments being alone with Me in the dark night? It is then that you feel isolated.

R. It is then that Our Lord calls.

3. Hail Mary

4. R. Jesus is alive. We do not comprehend how much God really wants our love.

5. R. This is December 27th. In this great era to come it will be an era in which man is espoused to God, in which he is united to God in a way that he has never been united to God so deeply before. This is what this great era will bring. For Jesus has promised that it will be a new earth. The relationship that Adam and Eve had with Our Lord was so close and the light was dimmed. In this we will be so one with the Almighty God. He (Jesus) wanted me to read this, it’s called Your Bridegroom Awaits.

From Blue Book I - The Bridegroom Awaits - December 27, 1993 - 4:00 a.m.

Jesus: Dear child, the Son of Man waits and you sleep in the night. I wait for you and you sleep. You know I am waiting and you are dead in your bed. Awake, My little one, when I call. You must not give in to the desires of the body. I care for your needs. Your strength comes from Me. Jump from your bed, sound the trumpet and arise, for your Savior comes in the night to bring you a message for all His children. Ready yourself, for I do not like to wait. Get up and come, child. I am God.

I am He Who made the world, He Who makes the sun shine and the baby in the womb! You make Me wait while you sleep. Rise and run, for the Lord is at hand. God awaits you and beckons you to be attentive to your calling. Sound the trumpet! Arise in the night. I am He Who comes to you. You must harken to the call. Come pronto to My request and do not tarry. I wait and I wait and I eagerly want to talk to you.

I am Jesus, Son of the Living God. Oh, child, I want these messages to reach the ends of this earth. I deliver each with such love. Will you deliver My messages to all My loved ones? end of excerpt

R. This message was probably received about 4:10 a.m. in the morning and He woke me and when I went to bed I could only just be filled with such joy to know that God was going to wake me up in the middle of the night and give me this message. But when He woke me, it was hard to get out of bed sometimes. And a lot of times I would just be sometimes, half asleep while I was writing these messages. And He would be talking to me. I would hear Him tell me the message.

From Blue Book I - The Bridegroom Awaits - December 27, 1993 - 4:00 a.m. - continues

Jesus: They eagerly need to hear My words of love. They need to know how I feel about each one of them. They need to know that I am God. I love each child uniquely and My love is the love of God. What can you get on this earth that can compare to the love of God? You have a message declaring My love for each of My children. They are My love letters to them. Please see that they receive this letter. This is your top priority. It is a love letter to My beloved ones. end of excerpt

R. And this is a love letter that He has given to the whole world and He has called each one of us here to take this letter to the ends of the earth. It is your letter. It came through my hand. But it came from God and it is given to each one of us for we are the messengers.

From Blue Book I - The Bridegroom Awaits - December 27, 1993 - 4:00 a.m. - continues

Jesus: I am your Savior. I am not a myth. I am alive and I come to you. I wait in the tabernacle every day as a prisoner. Waiting and waiting in the tabernacle and who comes to be with Me? I await you, My children, to come and realize that God is in the tabernacle. I am Jesus, the Son of God, and I wait for you every day. Come to Me in your busy day. Come to Mass. Make ready your hearts and receive Me in Communion. I am there awaiting you as a groom awaiting his bride. I want to be with you, united in Holy Communion. I am truly present there, but which of you come? I wait for each of you. I am God. I can love you each so intently you do not understand. end of excerpt

R. The rest of the message goes on and talks about this spousal relationship that He wants with each one of us. And this was December 27th of 1993. December 27th of 1995 He gave the Prayer Before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in which we give ourselves entirely to Him. And He gives Himself to us.

6. Jesus: Are you afraid and are you troubled? I am alive and I watch you. As close as you feel that you are to Me I see the fear in your heart and I see you as you awake in the middle of the night. I am calling to you in your bed and many times you do not focus on Me. It is a call from God. It is special moments that you will spend with Me that will give you strength for the day to come. Do not worry about your sleep at this time. When you are awaken in the night and you cannot go to sleep, do not sit and worry about the hours as they pass. Take this precious time and be with Me and I will give you energy to handle the day at hand. There are special hours, these morning hours that you spend with Me. I am not asking you to stay up and to pray. I am asking you to be with Me. If I wake you in the night and you cannot sleep, use this time to be very close to Me.

7. R. And so the night is a time of refueling, of building our body. It is a time in which we must spend time resting. But many times He calls and many times we miss the call.

Jesus: It is in the morning hours that I long to be with you. For you are isolated from the rest of the world and this is the time that I want you, when you are all alone with Me.

R. Jesus is not telling us to set our clocks and to get up. He is telling us that if we wake up to put aside the fear that is in our minds and to be with Him intently and intimately in our hearts and just rest or go back to sleep in union with Jesus in our heart.

8. R. It is funny about sleep because many times we do not worry about the sleep and we abuse ourselves and allow ourselves to go to bed very late. But, then if we are awakened in the middle of the night, we are so worried about the minutes in which we will lose our sleep. We should do as Jesus said in a message that I received yesterday. We should get our proper rest and go to bed for it is then that the devil will work when we stay up and when we stress ourselves out. Jesus told me it is not the will of the Father when we do not get the proper rest. But He also said that when He wakes us in the middle of the night, it is a great time to relax and to just be with Him, to take all the cares that are inside of our heart, all of the money problems whatever it is that is inside of our heart, and to go to Him and to tell Him, I love You Jesus, I love You. Pray for the grace to love Him. Pray for the grace that all you want to do within your heart is to love Him. This is what He has told me. And then, in that great love, the desires, the anguishes, all of the problems that we are having come lovingly out of our heart and Jesus will help us when we go to Him and ask for His help in deep love. This is the key to prayers being answered. It is to praise God. It is to thank God. It is to adore God. And it is to petition Him as our lover, the Bridegroom of our soul. For what lover would refuse the person he loves asking for something that is troubling them.

9. R. God is not a box that we go to and then we say, I will put in my petitions and coldly confront Him. I will tell You God and unload my problems on You. God wants us to love, to petition Him, and to be with Him as our best lover.

10. R. We live His life, death and resurrection in our lives. God is love. Our primary focus in every action we perform, in every prayer we speak, should be that of loving.

Song: A Song from Jesus

 

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

1. Jesus: Imperfections, imperfections, you are filled with imperfections. But that which offends Me the greatest is the heart that comes to Me that is haughty. I long for the heart that comes that is contrite and that is loving. I am asking you to put aside your haughtiness and your pride and to come to Me with a heart that is humble, that is gentle, that is loving.

I am Jesus. I am asking you to meditate on the mysteries of the rosary.

2. R. Jesus wants us to be His apostles. He wants to live in us. Jesus wants us to follow Him. Jesus wants to minister to the world through us. But we must meditate on how Jesus was. How is Jesus? Do you see Him with the crowd? How was His voice? Was He anxious? How did He live His life? Jesus lived in unity with the Apostles.

For thirty years of His life He lived a most quiet life. Jesus was not anxious. Jesus calls us, today to help in the work of redemption. This is the life that He wants for us. He wants us to identify with Him in all of our actions, to be Christ to one another, to love God and to love each other.

3. R. And so how are we? Do we know when we have wronged someone? Do we tell God that we are sorry? For we know when we wound them that we have wounded Him. Do we tell the person that we are sorry? How does Christ want us to be in our heart? Always saying that we are right? Or telling others when we are wrong and saying we are sorry. This is what has offended the Father the most in the messages that He has given, is the fact that man does not make reparation to God for their sins. They are haughty in their hearts. Man offends God. We as a people must make reparation for our sins and the sins of the human race.

4. Hail Mary

5. R. Jesus has asked us to pray the Holy Spirit Novena everyday. That it is so important that the Holy Spirit is working within our lives leading us, filling us with the fire of His love.

6. R. I want to read the message that I got yesterday because He wanted us to hear this today.

June 4, 1997

Jesus: My dear ones, you must love. Your enemies are innumerable. I am telling you that you are given great gifts. I am giving you a special mission. What is your mission? How is satan keeping you busy so you do not follow My directions? How is satan making your life busy? He will send those with advice. Oh, you look tired. You better rest now. The devil will try to send someone to get you to focus on yourselves. The devil will try to get you to explain your actions. Some others will try to control you. end of excerpt

R. This is exactly what’s happening in our lives. We have such a major Mission, each one of us, to help renew the Church and the world and satan is working in each and every person trying to tempt them. Someone comes up and says you don’t look too good. Somebody else tells you something else. The second a person comes up with a negative comment to you, be leery of satan to get you focused on yourself instead of the job that He is asking us to do.

June 4, 1997 continues

Jesus: Satan will tempt you to focus on yourselves. Satan will try to get you to explain your actions. Some others will try to control you. I will admonish, if you are running off course. How do I make you understand you must adhere to obedience to My directions. I use the word obedience, for your sake. Many will try to distract you to leave your post. Satan is coming with the talkative ones. The ones that want you to focus on yourself and be dependent on them. I am your God. You are the child of the Father. Be leery of those attempting to instruct you on your life. I am giving directions to follow. You must take care of yourself, eat proper food, have proper rest. You must spend time alone, intimate time with Me. Do not give into satan. I speak in the silence in your heart. You need quiet times during the day, alone with Me. Satan is cunning. He will send friends to divide other friends. You must stay united. A house divided against itself will not stand. Satan will try to get you to be friends against another. You are one family. You must operate in love. The answers are given in the Blue Books and the rosaries. You should listen to the rosary every day for 5 to 10 minutes. I tell you for your own good. If you do not obey many times you will suffer. Your relief will come from reading the messages and obeying the messages. Will you obey? Or will you suffer for not listening to My warning. Satan wants to control. Satan wants you divided. I have given you a mission. Satan will send a friend to take you from your post. So why were you not at your post on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday or Friday or Saturday? Satan appeals to the moment. Satan focuses on you and how you have been offended by others, telling you “Oh it is so hard for me.” You are now offended and you must tend to your wounds. Satan tells you, you are overworked and tired and your back is hurting and so you should go out with a friend or cry in your bed. Have you prayed for relief? Have you cast out satan? Are you being a burden because you are not obeying the Mission I have given you? Do you want peace? You must get the proper rest. It is not the will of the Father to skip the proper sleep. It is not the will of the Father to starve yourself or to pray all night. I am pleased with your compliance to the Mission I give you. Doing other things that get you off your course is not to My liking. You must pray before the tabernacle everyday and be most intimate with Me. This means silent prayer. This is prayer spent alone with God. Satan will try to get you to be focused outside of yourself. You must have this period everyday when you are alone with Me. Satan uses trickery. Watch your tongue and the telephone. You are spending too much time on the telephone and not with Me. Read the Blue Book. I love you Jesus. end of excerpt

June 5, 1997 continues

R. Suffering is suffering. Christ did not come down from the cross because it did not feel good. Christ withstood it. See His pain in His face, His anguish by looking at His body.

Jesus: The devil taunts you. You are weak. You do not wish to suffer. You want relief. You must learn to not act impulsively. You must learn to not give in to relieve the suffering. The world teaches you to reach for a pain killer. I tell you to withstand the suffering for the grace that will be released because of your suffering. (not for all suffering, in health issues, medicine may be needed)

R. We live His life, death and resurrection in our lives. When we study the Passion of Our Lord, He looks in such anguish. Do we realize He suffered for our sins. We too must suffer and die mystically with Him that we will rise to new life in Him. His way is death and resurrection, suffering and life.

Jesus: Do not act impulsively. Do not throw away the opportunity for grace I give to you. Accept the suffering. Great grace is released when you are suffering. You are afraid to suffer. You want a way out. The resurrection comes after the death. The victory is won. You must live in suffering and in joy according to the Father’s will. The devil wants you to end the pain. In the darkness satan tempts you. In the darkness, in the isolated night I wait for you. Turn to Me. Turn to the all Powerful God. I will give you grace when you withstand mental torment. Turn to the Blue Books and the rosary tapes and turn to Me. You are suffering for the Movement, for the priests, for the renewal of the Church and the world, for your willful disobedient friends who oppose you. You must pray for them. I am Jesus, your beloved Savior.

7. Hail Mary

8. Hail Mary

9. R. We must study the Acts of the Apostles. Study the Apostles. We are in a state of becoming as we pray more and more to the Holy Spirit and we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we will proceed ahead fearlessly. That is why Jesus wants us to pray the Novena to the Holy Spirit everyday. It is the key. That is why He told us about the apostles, about their lives and we see their weaknesses and we see how they were concerned about all the worldly things. And then we see the work that was accomplished when they were filled with the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that will help give us what we need to be the apostles, to carry out this task to help renew the Church and the world. On this Feast of the eve of the Sacred Heart, let us, with all our hearts, vow to Jesus, that we will try to take His message of love to the far ends of the earth. For His love is the Mighty Medicine that will heal the sickness that is in the world. It is only His love that will heal this world. For the world is crying out in pain and it is because they are longing for His love.

10. Song: Come Holy Spirit

Song: I Am the Vine, You are the Branches

  

The Assumption

1. R. Jesus gives to us His Mother. Jesus’ Mother that is with us, Mother at our side. Fr. Carter, every time I am with him, smells like roses and I have never been so aware of how close Our Lady is to all of us, because he has been smelling like roses every time that I meet with him. Think if we had Mary right by our side, Our Mother. And we see ourselves many times in our lives that we are just afraid. But if we knew our Mother was standing right beside us and when we are afraid and we feel like we’ve been wounded and when we aren’t getting what we really need because of something that we don’t even understand is going on inside but we’re not feeling good, if our mother was standing right by our side and was there to pick us up and to love us and to hold us and to assure us that she has this endless love to give us, would we be afraid?

2. R. Mary is the perfect Mother. The Mother that the Father chose for His Son, Jesus. Mary is by our side at this very second. So why are we afraid? The next time that we are feeling afraid, that someone has done something that makes us feel upset inside, we must see ourselves as a little child and Mary standing right beside us. And at that moment, she picks us up and she presses us against her chest and she tells us as she tenderly strokes our hair that she loves us and that she is caring for us.

3. R. Jesus does not want us haughty adults that have it all together. Jesus doesn’t want a person trying to make another slavishly dependent on them. What He wants us to do is to go to Him. Jesus wants us to do God’s will in love and recognize our dependence on Him.

4. R. The devil will get us focused on ourselves and try to get us to leave our post. The devil talks in people’s minds to think of the negative thoughts. We are wasting a lot of timein our minds thinking of negative thoughts. There was a message in the Third Blue Book and it is called, “Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty?” I have thought about making laminated copies of this message.

5. R. Do we realize, in a message that I received from Jesus at Easter, how we truly are this family of the Father that will spread out to the rest of the world, in which the rest of the world will be one as a holy, happy family? Do we realize that we are the core and the center of this? That He is really forming us? That He is teaching us? That He has given to us each other that we can be most intimately involved in our hearts with one another. That we do not talk about the socks and the weather and the cars on the road and whatever we talk about and talk about the things in our hearts, the love of God. We talk about things, how we feel. We talk about things and it is very hard when we are talking many times with others because we cannot share deeply, our feelings in our hearts. This is a great gift that He has given to us to help bring about this era of the Two Hearts.

6. R. And so you go out and you say I do not understand. They do not speak about the things that I want to speak about. And my heart feels so cold.

Jesus: I am forming you, My apostles to carry My love into this world. It is in praying with your heart, it is in being in your heart, it is in loving with your heart that you will spread this devotion of My Heart to the world.

7. R. What if we went to Church and the priest got up and the priest said, “Jesus loves you so much. Pray to Jesus. He is longing for your love at this moment. He will give Himself to you in the Holy Eucharist. You are offering yourself up to Jesus and Jesus will outpour His love to you and you will feel His Divine love within your heart.” This is what Jesus wants of our world. The world is blind. He has given to us this great gift. This great grace to know Him most intimately in our hearts. Jesus has given to us one another to share this love in our hearts. We must focus on the glass being half full and not half empty. We must look around at each other and love each other in all of our imperfections, to love the little quirks and the personality that irritate us many times. For in a family there is love and He is using us to be His family, His little heart beating in this world.

8. R. Mary is by our side. The devil wants us stopped. The devil wants souls caved-in, having bad habits or vices, theykeep using on others and trying to force bad behavior. Anything that the devil can get, to get us focused on ourselves, to get us feeling that we have been wounded, anything. And then he moves in and takes over. We spread negativism. We have to be soldiers of love. This is why He wants this intimate letter every day, to go to Him and to tell Him our love and when we tell Him our love to pour out our cares to Him.

9. Jesus: Are you afraid My beloved ones? I can look around this room at this very moment and I can see the fear and the frustration within your heart. You must let go of all of the fear that you feel in your heart at this moment. At this moment I am asking you to focus on the love of My Heart, to go to My Heart, this red chamber, this room, and to think of nothing but the warmth of My love and to be alone with Me, to take all of the cares that are inside of your mind and to put them to rest and to focus only on My Divine love, to see My beating Heart, to see the red chamber of My Heart.

Release yourselves of all of the problems in your mind and in your heart and focus on My love for you. You are here to know My love, to receive love and give love to others.

10. Song: Immaculate Mary

 

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

1. Jesus: My beloved ones, this is how satan works in your head. At the moment that you are attacked, he tells you that you must worry and you must be concerned and then he plays in your mind thoughts of how others have offended you and how they are plotting to harm you or to hurt you. And then your mind begins to wonder and then your heart is troubled and you feel at once that you must act or that you must share this with another. For you are feeling suspicious and hurt. The impulsiveness that you feel many times is the sign that it is satan. You must quiet your heart. You must quiet your fears. You must give your cares to Me. You must surrender. He works when you are tired and when you are hungry and when you feel unloved. He is there waiting, lurking by your side, coming into your thoughts, planting seeds of division between you and those that you love. His way is to divide you. My way is to bring you into oneness.

2. Jesus: You must practice the discipline to not act impulsively when you are motivated to move ahead. And you feel edgy and agitated. You must continue to do My work for satan will attack you as you are working and you will have to press ahead and it will almost seem as if you cannot move ahead. But this is satan who aims to stop you. And you will feel tired and you will feel like you cannot pick up the phone. And you will feel that you cannot do this job, that it is too hard, that another day maybe, but not today. And there will be call after call. Someone that you must talk to now that will stop you from doing this job. I am telling you that millions of souls will be affected by the work that you do here. And that is why you are being pressed on by satan. You must not give in to his tactics. You must be aware that he is there to distract you, to have some call you to keep you from the job that is at hand. You must focus on one job until it is done. If others call and call you must not answer many of the calls. Set time aside to do the work that I have given to you for I have called each one of you and given you the talents that you need to accomplish this task. Satan will try to do everything to keep you from the Mission that I have called you to. You know how it is. There are millions of souls that are at stake and what you do in this Movement is crucial to the renewal of the Church and the world. You must forever have before your eyes the burning souls of hell for you are helping souls to get to heaven.

3. Jesus: I see you, My beloved one that I have called and I see your willingness to give your life to Me and I sent you to that girl. And satan told you that you were tired and you did not feel like speaking to her. And I told you to give her My book and to tell her how I loved her. And I gave her a great grace and she listened. That was My beloved one and I tried to help My beloved one through you, through My Blue Book. Yesterday, My beloved one was in an accident, what you did, that little act that was magnified by the Almighty God, changed her life.

R. For we are but players in His play and He is the Master and we are moving about and we are struggling but there truly is a Divine plan behind all of our activities for we have surrendered our life to Him. And He is working in us in ways that we do not even realize. And that is how this Movement has spread as it has to many far corners of this earth. Because it was His Might working in people that were walking as it felt in mud, and did not see the results. I did not hear the calls that they heard on the Shepherds of Christ phone and I did not hear the letters when they said that the Blue Book changed my life. But when I was sent out on the last mission, a woman came up and said I wouldn’t be standing here today if it wasn’t for this book and I thank you for writing this book.

4. R. And so we are tired and we complain and we do not see the far reaching effect and it was at Holy Saturday Vigil Service Ellen said to me. She said, “Can you imagine how many people are making their First Communion tonight because they read the Blue Books about Jesus in the Eucharist? We did not know any of them. But you know how these messages have made our friend, Chris love the Eucharist. And now Chris is being made Catholic and going to communion.” Chris said, “I know how they have made me love the Eucharist.” I know how they made Chris long to receive the Eucharist. We don’t see what we’re doing. We walk in the mud. We feel like we are beaten up by satan. Our opposition is right there waving the flag. And the silent ones, the ones that are all over the world like Hank Miller that wrote and said I have a prayer chapter in a prison. And he wanted more of the rosaries because they like the rosaries so much. And he said that he lives by the Blue Book messages. I never knew that. It seemed like everybody that read the Blue Book messages are opposing me that day. And it made me cry because there are thousands and thousands and thousands of messages out there that have changed people’s lives because you went to the Abbey at the Holy Spirit Center in Conyers. And you went in there anyway and then Jesus sent a person in there that was on the verge of going the wrong way and they picked up the book and then He gave them the grace and they opened it to just the right page. And their life was changed.

5. R. We are the players and He is the Divine Master. And there is but one plan and it is the plan of the Father. And “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Soon, this will happen. There will be one plan. Now the devil gets inside of the hearts of so many and that is where the problem is. For there are so many plans and they are not in alliance with His plan. But there will be a new earth when all are united in the plan of the Divine Master. It is like a symphony. The symphony is beautiful if all the players are playing the music. They all play a little different part and the tone is so beautiful and it eases the mind. The conductor is conducting the music and it has been written by the Divine Master. And it goes in such harmony. But if every person that is in the symphony decides to play their own tune, decides to have their own plan, think of the sounds that go forth. This is how the world is today. As we spread the consecration, as we spread the Shepherds of Christ Movement, more and more there will be one symphony with one master and one song.

6. R. This is the problem. In every Church, every school, every family and in the world there are people. How many in the set of people are going according to the Father’s plan? And how many are doing their own wills? The Church is divided this way. In one church it might be half the church that follows God’s will and half the church that has their own plan. In another church it might only be 5% is doing their own will. This is how the whole world is set up but on this new earth, when the Sacred Heart of Jesus Reigns, all will be doing the Father’s will.

7. R. Think of the school children as they all walk into church for Mass and they genuflect and they all go into the pew. And there’s always a few that have to talk, that have to try to get away with something. And then there’s maybe a whole lot that are doing exactly what they’re supposed to do. This is how it is. There’s always a few that are doing their own will. We have great problems when there’s more than a few. This is how the world is today. A great portion of the world is not living according to the Father’s will.

8. R. Mary is the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Mary is the Lady of Light. The Lady Clothed as the Sun. Mary brings us forth into this world as children of light all living according to the Father’s will.

9. R. Mary has given her peace plan to us at Fatima. And we are the bearers of this plan to the world. What you do this very day will make the difference to millions of souls. We have been called by Jesus to this Movement. You are the core group. You are the center of His Heart beating in this world. What you do in this Movement will make the difference to so many. Why He has chosen us I do not know. But we must believe because if we falter in our belief, if we allow satan to work in our lives, to focus on ourselves, our fat or whatever it is, how you talk, and so your impatient, and so you look tired, and so oh when you got up to speak you looked shaky. And whatever else. Be leery of those that are coming, that are focusing on ourselves. Look for the heart that comes to you and shares the love of God. And pray for those that come up and attack you.

10. Jesus: I am forming you, yes, you, into My saint. And you are suffering and you are being purified. And you are being taught daily My ways.

 

 

 
 

Holy Spirit Novena

Daily Novena Prayers

Opening Prayer

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus, in union with Him in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit. We come to You united to the Child Jesus of Good Health and the Infant of Prague. We come to You in the perfect, sinless heart of Our Mother Mary, asking her powerful intercession, uniting ourselves to her holy tears. We come to You united to all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory.

Prayer for Holy Spirit

We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on us, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, that He will descend mightily on us as He did on the Apostles at Pentecost. That the Holy Spirit will transform us from fear to fearlessness and that He will give us courage to do all the Father is asking of us to help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. We pray for the Holy Spirit to descend mightily on the Jesuits and the Poor Clares on the Shepherds of Christ leaders and members and on the whole Body of Christ and the world.

Protection by the Blood of Jesus

We pray that the Blood of Jesus will be spread on us, everyone in our families, and the Shepherds of Christ Movement, that we will be able to move steadfastly ahead and be protected from the evil one.

Healing

We pray for healing in body, mind, and soul and generational healing in ourselves, in all members in our families, and in all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, the Jesuit Community, the Poor Clares, the Body of Christ, and the world.

Prayer for Strength and Light

We adore You, oh Holy Spirit. Give us strength, give us light, console us. We give ourselves entirely to You. Oh Spirit of light and grace, we want to only do the will of the Father. Enlighten us that we may live always in the Father's will.

Eternal Spirit fill us with Your Divine Wisdom that we may comprehend more fully insight into Your Divine Mysteries.

Give us lights, Oh Holy Spirit that we may know God. Work within the heart, the spiritual womb of the Virgin Mary, to form us more and more into the image of Jesus.

Prayer to Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit

We long for You, Oh Spirit of Light, we long to know God, we want to be one with Him, our Divine God. We want to be one with the Father, know Him as a Person most intimately. We want to know the beloved One, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and live and dwell in Him at all times, every moment of our lives. We want to be one with You, Oh Spirit of Light, that You move in us in our every breath.

Prayer to Be One in Jesus

Let us experience life in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so we can say as Saint Paul, "I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me...." Let us live, united to the Mass, all through the day being one in Him. Let us be able to love and know in this elevated state of oneness with our God. We long for Thee, oh beauteous God, we love You, we love You, we love You. We praise You, worship You, honor You, adore You, and thank You, our beloved God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Prayer to Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

We seek to be one in God, to live and dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, our little heaven on earth, to experience life in the all perfect, pure, sinless heart of our Mother. We want the Holy Spirit to move in us and to be united to Jesus as the Bridegroom of our souls and be a most perfect sacrifice offered to the Father at every moment as we unite in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass around the world to help in the salvation of souls.

Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts

Come Holy Spirit, come, come into our hearts, inflame all people with the fire of Your love.

Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and all will be reborn.
All:  And You will renew the face of the earth.

We pray for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ask for perfection in our souls to make us holy, holy souls likened to God.

Dear Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to You soul and body. We ask You to give us the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.

Prayer for the Word Alive in Our Hearts

We know, dear Holy Spirit, the Word in His human nature was brought forth within the womb of the woman. We pray that His word will be brought forth in our hearts as He lives and dwells in us. We want the incarnation to go on in our lives. Dear Holy Spirit, work in us.

Little Prayers to the Holy Spirit

Dear Holy Spirit, help us not to be ignorant or indifferent or weak, help us to be strong with the love of God.

Dear Holy Spirit, please pray for our needs for us.

Dear Holy Spirit, help us to respect God and to avoid sin. Help us to live in the Father's will.

Dear Holy Spirit, help us to keep Your commandments and to respect authority. Help us to love all things as You will us to love them. Help us to want to pray and always serve God with the greatest love. Help us to know the truth. Help us to have the gift of faith, hope, and love. Help us to know what is right and what is wrong.

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.


First Period
Meditations Nine Days

1. Romans 8:14-17

All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God; for what you received was not the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear; you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba, Father!' The Spirit himself joins with our spirit to bear witness that we are children of God. And if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we share his suffering, so as to share his glory.

2. Romans 8:5-9

Those who are living by their natural inclinations have their minds on the things human nature desires; those who live in the Spirit have their minds on spiritual things. And human nature has nothing to look forward to but death, while the Spirit looks forward to life and peace, because the outlook of disordered human nature is opposed to God, since it does not submit to God's Law, and indeed it cannot, and those who live by their natural inclinations can never be pleasing to God. You, however, live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you. Indeed, anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

3. 1 John 4:12-16

No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes to its perfection in us. This is the proof that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us a share in his Spirit. We ourselves have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as Saviour of the world. Anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have recognised for ourselves, and put our faith in, the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

4. 1 John 4:17-21

Love comes to its perfection in us when we can face the Day of Judgement fearlessly, because even in this world we have become as he is. In love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear implies punishment and no one who is afraid has come to perfection in love. Let us love, then, because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love God' and hates his brother, is a liar, since whoever does not love the brother whom he can see cannot love God whom he has not seen. Indeed this is the commandment we have received from him, that whoever loves God, must also love his brother.

5. 1 John 4:7-11

My dear friends, let us love one another, since love is from God and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is love. This is the revelation of God's love for us, that God sent his only Son into the world that we might have life through him. Love consists in this: it is not we who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to expiate our sins. My dear friends, if God loved us so much, we too should love one another.

6. Acts of the Apostles 1:1-5

In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. While at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. 'It is', he had said, 'what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but, not many days from now, you are going to be baptised with the Holy Spirit.'

7. Acts of the Apostles 1:6-9

Now having met together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's remotest end.'

As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.

8. Acts of the Apostles 1:12-14

So from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, they went back to Jerusalem, a short distance away, no more than a Sabbath walk; and when they reached the city they went to the upper room where they were staying; there were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude son of James. With one heart all these joined constantly in prayer, together with some women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

9. Acts of the Apostles 2:1-4

When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.


Second Period
Meditations Nine Days

1. John 14:21-31

Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.'

Judas-not Judas Iscariot-said to him, 'Lord, what has happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?' Jesus replied:

Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him. Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe. I shall not talk to you much longer, because the prince of this world is on his way. He has no power over me, but the world must recognise that I love the Father and that I act just as the Father commanded. Come now, let us go.

2. John 17:11-26

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. While I was with them, I kept those you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost except one who was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures. But now I am coming to you and I say these things in the world to share my joy with them to the full. I passed your word on to them, and the world hated them, because they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world. I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the Evil One. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world, and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth. I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me. May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me. I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one. With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.

3. I Corinthians 15:20-28

In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

4. Revelation 3:1-3,12,16-19

'Write to the angel of the church in Sardis and say, "Here is the message of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know about your behaviour: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead. Wake up; put some resolve into what little vigour you have left: it is dying fast. So far I have failed to notice anything in your behaviour that my God could possibly call perfect; remember how you first heard the message. Hold on to that. Repent! If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, and you will have no idea at what hour I shall come upon you.

Anyone who proves victorious I will make into a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever; I will inscribe on it the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which is coming down from my God in heaven, and my own new name as well.

'...but since you are neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth. You say to yourself: I am rich, I have made a fortune and have everything I want, never realising that you are wretchedly and pitiably poor, and blind and naked too. I warn you, buy from me the gold that has been tested in the fire to make you truly rich, and white robes to clothe you and hide your shameful nakedness, and ointment to put on your eyes to enable you to see. I reprove and train those whom I love: so repent in real earnest.'

5. Revelation 5:9-14

They sang a new hymn: You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, because you were sacrificed, and with your blood you bought people for God of every race, language, people and nation and made them a line of kings and priests for God, to rule the world.

In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the living creatures and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands, loudly chanting:

Worthy is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.

Then I heard all the living things in creation-everything that lives in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, crying:

To the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever.

And the four living creatures said, 'Amen'; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.

6. Revelation 7:14-17

I answered him, 'You can tell me, sir.' Then he said, 'These are the people who have been through the great trial; they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb. That is why they are standing in front of God's throne and serving him day and night in his sanctuary; and the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; sun and scorching wind will never plague them, because the Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.'

7. Revelation 12:1-8

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet. Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and the dragon stopped in front of the woman as she was at the point of giving birth, so that it could eat the child as soon as it was born. The woman was delivered of a boy, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron sceptre, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his throne, while the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.

And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven.

8. Revelation 14:1-7

Next in my vision I saw Mount Zion, and standing on it the Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, all with his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of the ocean or the roar of thunder; it was like the sound of harpists playing their harps. There before the throne they were singing a new hymn in the presence of the four living creatures and the elders, a hymn that could be learnt only by the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the world. These are the sons who have kept their virginity and not been defiled with women they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they, out of all people, have been redeemed to be the first-fruits for God and for the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths and no fault can be found in them.

Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the gospel of eternity to all who live on the earth, every nation, race, language and tribe. He was calling, 'Fear God and glorify him, because the time has come for him to sit in judgement; worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea and the springs of water.'

Revelation 19: 7-8

let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.'

9. Revelation 21:1-10

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.'

Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. 'Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true."' Then he said to me, 'It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'

One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.' In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 22:20

The one who attests these things says: I am indeed coming soon.

Amen; come, Lord Jesus.


Scriptural quotations are taken from The New Jerusalem Bible, Doubleday & Co.
Imprimatur granted by Cardinal Hume.

 

 


 

Shepherds of Christ Associates

Prayer Manual

Chapter Meeting Prayer Format

The prayer format below should be followed at chapter meetings of Shepherds of Christ Associates. All prayers, not just those said specifically for priests, should include the intention of praying for all the needs of priests the world over.

1. Hymns. Hymns may be sung at any point of the prayer part of the meeting.

2. Holy Spirit Prayer. Come, Holy Spirit, almighty Sanctifier, God of love, who filled the Virgin Mary with grace, who wonderfully changed the hearts of the apostles, who endowed all Your martyrs with miraculous courage, come and sanctify us. Enlighten our minds, strengthen our wills, purify our consciences, rectify our judgment, set our hearts on fire, and preserve us from the misfortunes of resisting Your inspirations. Amen.

3. The Rosary.

4. Salve Regina. "Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, our mourning, our weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary."

5. The Memorare. "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but, in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen."

6. Seven Hail Marys in honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Mary has promised very special graces to those who do this on a daily basis. Included in the promises of Our Lady for those who practice this devotion is her pledge to give special assistance at the hour of death, including the sight of her face. The seven sorrows are:

(1) The first sorrow: the prophecy of Simeon (Hail Mary).

(2) The second sorrow: the flight into Egypt (Hail Mary).

(3) The third sorrow: the loss of the Child Jesus in the temple (Hail Mary).

(4) The fourth sorrow: Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross (Hail Mary).

(5) The fifth sorrow: Jesus dies on the cross (Hail Mary).

(6) The sixth sorrow: Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in Mary's arms (Hail Mary).

(7) The seventh sorrow: the burial of Jesus (Hail Mary).

7. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us (repeat after each invocation).
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of angels,
Queen of patriarchs,
Queen of prophets,
Queen of apostles,
Queen of martyrs,
Queen of confessors,
Queen of virgins,
Queen of all saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace,

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and, by the glorious intercession of the blessed Mary, ever virgin, be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

8. Prayer to St. Joseph. St. Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste spouse of Mary, you passed your life in perfect fulfillment of duty. You supported the Holy Family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly turn to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes; and they turn to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too have known trial, labor, and weariness. But, even amid the worries of material life, your soul was filled with deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with the Son of God entrusted to you, and with Mary, His tender Mother. Amen. –(Pope John XXIII)

9. Litany of the Sacred Heart, promises of the Sacred Heart.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us (repeat after each invocation).
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,
Heart of Jesus, sacred temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,
Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim of sin,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in You,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints,
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto Yours.

Let us pray: O almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your dearly beloved Son and upon the praise and satisfaction He offers You in behalf of sinners and, being appeased, grant pardon to those who seek Your mercy, in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
(these should be read by the prayer leader):

(1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

(2) I will establish peace in their homes.

(3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

(4) I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.

(5) I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.

(6) Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.

(7) Tepid souls shall grow fervent.

(8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

(9) I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.

(10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

(11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.

(12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

10. Prayer for Priests. "Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the Flock, we pray that in the great love and mercy of Your Sacred Heart You attend to all the needs of Your priest-shepherds throughout the world. We ask that You draw back to Your Heart all those priests who have seriously strayed from Your path, that You rekindle the desire for holiness in the hearts of those priests who have become lukewarm, and that You continue to give Your fervent priests the desire for the highest holiness. United with Your Heart and Mary's Heart, we ask that You take this petition to Your heavenly Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen"

11. Prayer for all members of the Shepherds of Christ Associates. "Dear Jesus, we ask Your special blessings on all members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. Continue to enlighten them regarding the very special privilege and responsibility you have given them as members of Your movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates. Draw them ever closer to Your Heart and to Your Mother's Heart. Allow them to more and more realize the great and special love of Your Hearts for each of them as unique individuals. Give them the grace to respond to Your love and Mary's love with an increased love of their own. As they dwell in Your Heart and Mary's Heart, abundantly care for all their needs and those of their loved ones. We make our prayer through You to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary our Mother at our side. Amen"

12. Prayer for the spiritual and financial success of the priestly newsletter. "Father, we ask Your special blessings upon the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ. We ask that You open the priest-readers to the graces You wish to give them through this chosen instrument of Your Son. We also ask that You provide for the financial needs of the newsletter and the Shepherds of Christ Associates. We make our prayer through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, with Mary at our side. Amen"

13. Prayer for all members of the human family. "Heavenly Father, we ask Your blessings on all Your children the world over. Attend to all their needs. We ask Your special assistance for all those marginalized people, all those who are so neglected and forgotten. United with our Mother Mary, we make this petition to You through Jesus and in the Holy Spirit."

14. Prayer to St. Michael and our Guardian Angels:

"St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen."

"Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen."

15. Pause for silent, personal prayer. This should last at least five minutes.

16. Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."

17. Daily Prayers. All members should say the Holy Spirit prayer daily and make the act of consecration daily. They should also pray the rosary each day. They are encouraged to use the other above prayers as time allows.

end of 6:20 prayers

 

     

                Jesus: Pray March 13, 2015 message
                            for the next 30 days –

                            Print it out – keep it
                                with you –

 

                Given March 13, 2015        

                R. This is a prayer service to pray
                    with all of our hearts
                    united as one –
                    as never before –

                We pray to the Father –
                    united to Jesus in the Holy
                    Sacrifice of the Mass,
                    (the Sacrifice of Calvary,
                    sacramentally made present)

                We pray in the Holy Spirit
                    with all the angels and saints and
                    the souls in purgatory –
                    through the powerful intercession
                    of Mary, Our Lady of Clearwater –

                Pray with me, now, with all of your
                    heart –

                Pray in deep unity before the
                    Exposed Eucharist here –

                We pray for the pope, for all
                    cardinals, for all bishops,
                    all priests –

                We pray for all of us, all members and
                    donors and all their families,
                    all our families.

                We pray for anyone who touches
                    all these people –

                We spread the Blood of Jesus on
                    all mentioned –
                    on China and the Florida site and
                    on the whole Church –
                    the whole world –

                We cast the devil far, far from
                    this place, from all mentioned –
                    the whole Church and the
                    whole world –

                We want to Consecrate to the Hearts
                    of Jesus and Mary in as far as
                    we are able
                    1) all mentioned people
                    2) the priests, the Church and
                        the world.

                We beg for a special outpouring
                    of the Holy Spirit –
                    on all mentioned –
                    the Church and the world –

                We love You God, we love You
                    so much.

                We worship You God.
                We adore You God.
                We give You Our Hearts.

                                        Amen.

 

                In uniting ourselves as one this way –
                    we pray deeply for the Church and
                    for the world. We pray for all who
                    are receiving the Easter mailing –

                Dear God – hear our prayer –
                    We love You –
                    We love You –
                    We love You –

                Say the Morning Offering
                    everybody –

                Say the Holy Spirit Novena
                    slowly –
                    everybody –

                Pray the Shepherds of Christ Prayers
                    together – Everybody –

                Today we focus on Jesus –

                We focus on why there is a 5th
                    and a 13th –

                We look at Jesus before us
                    exposed

                We look at Jesus on the
                    crucifix here –

                We focus on Jesus –

                We see the bloodied face of Jesus –
                    close your eyes now and
                    envision a man on a cross,
                    His whole body stricken with
                    pain –
                    hanging as Jesus did –
                    full statue of a man –
                    Jesus' bloodied head crowned
                        with thorns –
                    He is hanging by His outstretched
                        arms –

                See Jesus before You on the
                    Cross.

                Hear Jesus say –

                    "I love you, I love you,
                        I love you"

                Jesus: I am the Sacred Heart – the
                    Heart of pure and tender
                    love –
                    I love You so much –

                Say the Prayer for Union –

                R. Everybody

                    Sing: The Song from Jesus
                        with all your heart –

                Sheila – Sing the Song from Jesus –

                    Three times –
                    in its entirety –

                Sing and love Jesus who died
                    for all of us – love
                    Him –

                Dear God – we want to give You love –
                Dear God help us to love You so
                    deeply –
                    to praise You –

                Beginning of the Rosary –

                    Our Father – we pray for the Holy
                        Father –
                        everybody doing adoration
                        today

                We pray for an increase of
                    faith, hope and love –

                We pray for those who do not believe,
                    do not hope, do not love
                    God and others.

                3 Hail Marys

                Glory Be

                Oh my Jesus . . .

 

The Sorrowful Mysteries

                The Agony in the Garden

                    (Begin tape now - fix camera on Jesus)

                (1) R. Focus on Jesus –

                    We want to unite all our prayers to
                    the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass going on
                        around the world.

                    Now listen –

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

                We pray for this grace

                    Now –

                    being outpoured on all our
                        intentions –

                    especially peace – all over
                        the world –

                We want to help make reparation for
                    our sins and the sins of
                    the world.

                (2) R. Jesus, we are so sorry for our
                    sins and the sins of this
                    world –
                    Jesus we want to pray to help
                    make reparation.

                (3) R. Dear Holy Spirit fill our hearts
                    with the fire of God's love.

                (4) R. See the Savior in the garden –
                    See Jesus shedding His Blood –
                    He sees before Him – all the
                        sins of all men –
                    Jesus' love is on fire for men –
                    Jesus wants them to turn from
                        sin and turn to Him –
                        today and always –

                (5) R. Oh Jesus, we place our trust
                    in Thee –
                    We spread Your Blood
                        on this Church,
                        on the whole world –
                        on all the priests and people of
                            this world –

                (6) R. Oh Jesus, we pray for our families,
                    Oh Jesus, everyone who touches
                        our families –
                        we pray for the priests,
                        the Church and the world

                (7) Sing: Oh Lord hear our prayer –
                            Oh Lord hear our prayer –
                            When we call, answer us –
                            Oh Lord hear our prayer
                            Oh Lord hear our prayer
                            Come and harken to us –

                (8) R. Oh God we want presence –
                    We want oneness with You now –
                    Oh God we pray for this troubled
                        world –
                        You shed Your blood – as
                            sweat – great drops
                            of blood in the Garden –

                (9) R. Oh God help us, Oh God
                    hear our prayer –
                    please hear our prayer
 

                (10) Mark 14: 32-44

They came to a plot of land called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, ‘Stay here while I pray.’ Then he took Peter and James and John with him. And he began to feel terror and anguish. And he said to them, ‘My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here, and stay awake.’ And going on a little further he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, this hour might pass him by. ‘Abba,  Father!’ he said, ‘For you everything is possible. Take this cup away from me. But let it be as you, not I, would have it.’ He came back and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, ‘Simon, are you asleep? Had you not the strength to stay awake one hour? Stay awake and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.’ Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. And once more he came back and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy; and they could find no answer for him. He came back a third time and said to them, ‘You can sleep on now and have your rest. It is all over. The hour has come. Now the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up! Let us go! My betrayer is not far away.’

And at once, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up and with him a number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the traitor had arranged a signal with them saying, ‘The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him, and see he is well guarded when you lead him away.’

                Glory Be

                Sing: A Song from Jesus

 

                The Scourging at the Pillar

                Sing: Oh Lord hear our prayer

                R. Say Our Father

                (1) Jesus was tied to the pillar –
                    Think of men enslaved to bad
                        habits in their lives –
                    Like enslaved to bad habits,
                        of anger, pride, jealousy,
                        envy, slothfulness, lust,
                        greed, gluttony –

                (2) R. Oh God, please break the chains
                    in our lives that keep us
                    from doing Your will –
                    and these chains are the chains
                    of our own will opposed to You –

                (3) R. Oh God we are so sorry for
                    our sins –
                    we ask to be forgiven and
                    we pray for the human race
                    that has offended You with
                    their sins –
                    Oh God - help us please –

                (4) R. See Jesus now at the pillar –
                    See Jesus tied
                    See the men beating Him and
                        laughing –
                    See the men tearing His flesh
                        and laughing –
                    Hurting Jesus' body –

                (5) R. Think of how we offend
                    Jesus with our sins –

                Oh God - we are so sorry –
                    we are sorry for our
                    sins and the sins of the human race –

                (6) R. Oh God, we are sorry for how we
                    made You suffer –
                    Oh God - we are sorry and we
                    want to help make reparation
                    for our sins and the sins
                    of the world –

                (7) R. Oh God, we pray for healing for
                    ourselves –
                    healing in body, mind and
                    soul – for all of us –
                    Oh God, outpour Your
                    grace of healing to us – to the Church
                    and to the whole world –

                (8) R. See Jesus now being whipped at
                    the pillar –
                    Jesus suffered for our sins –
                    Jesus loves us so much
                    Jesus allowed Himself to be
                        beaten for our sins.

                (9) R. Oh God, we worship You, we love You
                    and we adore You –

                Song: Give Me Your Heart of Jesus –
                        Give Me a heart like Yours –

                (10) R. We pray to tell God we thank Him
                    for all He gave to us –
                    We thank Jesus for suffering
                    for our sins –
                    We are sorry God –
                    Oh God hear our prayer –
                    We spread the Blood of Jesus on
                        this place, on the Church,
                        on our families and on the
                        whole world –

                We pray for Dan and Melanie, Margaret and Sonny,
                    Jack, Matthew, all the people
                    we have been praying for –

                Oh God, help us and hear our prayers,
                    please God –

                Sing Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love


 

                Glory Be

                Sing: A Song from Jesus

 

                The Crowning with Thorns

                (1) Matthew 27: 27-31

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
 
  

September 4, 2004

                (2)

April 5, 2001

                R. We pray all prayers to the Father,
                in union with Jesus in the Holy
                Sacrifice of the Mass going on
                around the world in the Holy Spirit –
                through the powerful intercession
                of Our Lady of Clearwater
                with all the angels and saints               

                This is from the Rosary
                    March 5, 2015
                    transcribed from a live
                    recording.

                (3) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary

R. Dear God the Father, in the name of Your Son, Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory, we come in one mind and one heart and we ask you to please help us in all of our needs. We ask that the Blood of Jesus is spread on all these people, consecrate their hearts, cast the devil, ask for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, pray through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater, and we pray united with all the people that are listening on the radio. I want to pray for some special people, for Eva, for Sonny, especially for Melanie and Dan, and the people that ask us to pray for them, a little boy named Jack, and another little boy named Matthew, that are just like so heroic, in their sicknesses. Pray for Amanda, and all the people that are suffering with that fear of their health, and knowing that they are completely dependent on God, and we pray, of course, for the priests, the Church and the world, and the people, consecrate all their hearts, cast the devil far away, and ask for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We pray that we will be united in body, mind and soul and that God will outpour His grace on all of our members and donors and leaders, and all of their families, and anybody that  touches their families. You know that since July 5, 1994 that is 21 years, I have been doing the 5ths,  it's a lot of years, and doing them every month like this. And in all the years that God, has called me to do these 5ths, I can say that He has said that He outpours His grace, especially on the 5ths, and He gave us this building, it is a great gift that He has given to us. And the Blessed Mother appeared on this building for 7 1/2 years for everybody to see, and I don't think ever in the history of the world, was there such a beautiful image of the Blessed Mother like she appeared here. She would wear her different little dresses, as the sun hit her in different ways. When we used to pray the 5ths outside, there was just this, it was hard to explain, it was just a presence that I knew out there. And even after her image head got knocked off, then there was, the face of Jesus, that was out there. I could really feel, you know that, that special gift how God was really close to us, as we prayed. There has been a lot of prayers that have gone out of Shepherds of Christ, the first 5th that Mary appeared to me, which was July 5th, 1994, and I was a lot younger then, and so I have kind of grown old with the 5ths. And today, of course, is no less special in the mind of God. It stands for the 5 blasphemies and the 5 wounds of Christ, which is what They told me in the beginning. Now lets all think about the 5 wounds of Christ because we are in Lent right now. Why did God want us to venerate 5 wounds? Think of the wounds that were all over the entire body of Christ, the wounds that were the bashing to His head. You know we can hit our head on the wall in the dark, and if we don't put some ice on it, we might end up having a knot on our head. You know, there was nobody there to put ice on the head of Jesus, when they pounded the thorns into His head. There was nobody there to hold the hand of Jesus, as I'm sure, there was splinters all over His hands and gashes, from the way that the men beat Him and made Him carry His cross. How about the feet of Jesus, that carried this wounded, whipped, bloodied body, with the cross on His back, ladden with our sins. When we look in pride and we say to ourselves, 'I did nothing!' And we know in our hearts,  we must really look at ourselves honestly, if our pride is growing more and more. We need humility. Humility needs to blossom so people can see us as a witness for Christ. The 5 wounds of Christ, and so they pounded into His head a crown of thorns. God has called us to be more and more in His image and likeness, and to be more and more in His image and likeness, God is love. God is the source of love, the Divine Almighty God. How can we be unloving when God is so good to us. God has given us all these years on this earth, to learn how to love Him and to love others as ourselves. And if we pass that test, it's like going to school, like I went to college and I taught college, and you end up giving the people material and then at the end, then they have to take a test, if they don't go to the classes, if they don't do the work, they will fail the test. Well, the test that God is giving to us, is the test, in the question that we will have on the day of judgment, which is, did you love God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole being and love your neighbor as yourselves. Have we reported for the classes that God has given to us, day after day, in dealing with ourselves and others in the world, in trying to be witnesses, that are growing more and more, in the image and likeness of God. And I look at the Blue Books that He has given to me, the writings that He has given to me since 1991, when He first showed me His heart, which used to be on the first cover on the Blue Book II. And it was a Heart that was on fire for love of us. And the lessons that we need to learn in His school, are the lessons of love. They are lessons of unity. They are the lessons of having that imprint, more and more, of the Divine Creator on our hearts, where He has given to us the Blessed Mother, who appeared in this image on the building here, to teach us how important she is in our spiritual life. What is the lesson that Mary, the Mother of God, is teaching us, when she appears on this building, that her heart is a heart that we can go to, because she was conceived without sin.

                (4) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary continues

R. And it says in John, if we go through our whole life and say, I'm not a sinner, then we are liars. Lent is a time to go into the desert and to say to ourselves – I am a sinner. I am prideful. God, give me the increase of faith, of believing in You, not in myself – in believing in You more, of imprinting Yourself on my soul, more and more, as I increase in the virtues of faith, hope and love. There's work to be done. This is the biggest school that there is, of our life, and many of us, were given that entrance into His school as babies, in baptism. And if it wasn't as babies in baptism, some where down the line, if we were baptized, we were given such a gift in baptism, to share in His Divine life, to be on our way, more and more, in knowing God, as God reveals Himself to us, as God gives us this elevated capacity to know and to love. And the world is always flinging before our eyes, their wares, and satan comes in and he wants us to think about ourselves, in pride, in anger, and jealousy, and all this kind of stuff. And do you see Christ, like I see Him, with a crown of thorns on His head, with blood running down into His eyes and in His ears, because of our sins of pride, because of our sins of trying to take what is wrong and tell us that it is right, when it was just as easy, to be other focused, instead of self-focused, and selfish, which led to division, rather than unity, building relationship with others, so that the world would see our love and they would know that we are Christians by our love. The choice is ours, because we do have a free will. We can look at the 5 wounds of Christ, and we look at His crowned head, and say to ourselves, 'Well, I didn't know, I am without sin' or we can say 'Oh, my God I am sorry for I have sinned.' This is what Lent is about, to look at the hands of Christ, with the nails and to think of how many times we were grabbing out for our selfish interest, rather than asking ourselves, what would Jesus want me to do here. How is He calling me to give my hands, to open up my heart to others? Where have our feet taken us, in serving our own selfish interest, instead of seeing the feet of Jesus, on the cross? Can you imagine how awful it was for Christ to hang on that Cross by two nails, after being beaten?

                (5) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary continues

R. You know yesterday, we had a trying day and I was really worn out just because we had to do a lot of stuff. Can you imagine how worn out Christ was, after going through the whipping at the pillar, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross, and then for them to hang Him as a spectacle in front of the world, and He endured it all. Because He wants us to know how much He loves us and He has given us all these Blue Book writings. He is calling us to be in the front of the class, saying 'I report for class today, Jesus, to help build Your Kingdom, to love my neighbor as myself. To have You in my heart day and night, Jesus. That you are never far from my heart.' Because that is the 5th wound. It is the piercing of the Heart of Jesus, because He said over and over again, in Blue Book II, His greatest agony was not the agony that He suffered on the cross, but the agony that He suffered for those that treat Him so dishonorable, rejecting Him after all He has given. God is Divine. God is Supreme. God gives us a sharing in His life in baptism and our knowing and loving capacity is elevated.
 

                (6) Jesus: My face was covered
                    with Blood for the sins of
                    those who persecute Me
                    and block My work today –

                (7) R. Pray to the Father –
                    pray in union with Jesus in the Mass
                    in the Holy Spirit –
                    with all the angels and saints
                    and the souls in purgatory –

                Pray for grace outpoured on the
                    hierarchy and all who
                    received the mailing.

                Pray the Blood of Jesus is
                    spread on the leaders and
                    the China Church,
                    the Community building.

                (8) Sing: Crown Him With Many Crowns

                (9) Sing: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King

                (10) Song: A Song from Jesus

 

                The Carrying of the Cross

                (1) R. The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary,
                    sacramentally made present –
                    We pray to the Father, in union
                    with the Mass – so one with
                    Jesus in the Holy Spirit.

                (2) R. We pray with all the angels and
                    saints and the souls in
                    purgatory, through the
                    powerful intercession of
                    Our Lady of Clearwater - that
                    the Blood of Jesus is spread
                    on us, on China, on the Virgin
                    Mary building, on all the leaders,
                    members, donors and all that
                    touch them, the Church and
                    the world.

                (3) Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus 

(For public or private use.)

Lord, have mercy on us.
   Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
   Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
   Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
   Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
   Have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, Price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, river of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, Victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, Courage of martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, Strength of confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, Help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, Relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, Solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, Hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, Consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, Peace and Tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, Pledge of Eternal Life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from Purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
    Have mercy on us, O Lord.

V.  Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood,
R.  And made of us a kingdom for our God.

Let Us Pray

   Almighty and Eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may worthily adore this Price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of this present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in Heaven. Through the same Christ Our Lord. R.  Amen. 


                (4) Soul of Christ

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the wicked foe defend me
at the hour of my death call me
and bid me come to Thee
That with Thy saints I may praise Thee
For ever and ever. Amen.
 

                (5) R. There is such a gift in receiving
                    the precious Body and Blood of
                    Jesus.

                There is such a gift in God giving
                    to us the Eucharist and
                    the presence of Jesus in the
                    Eucharist in China.
 

 

                (6) Sing: Taste and See

                (7) Sing: I Love You Jesus

                (8) Sing: Your Presence Pervades My Soul

                (9) Sing: Refrain  "I am the Bread of Life"

                (10) 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21

So for anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation: the old order is gone and a new being is there to see. It is all God's work; he reconciled us to himself through Christ and he gave us the ministry of reconciliation. I mean, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not holding anyone's faults against them, but entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

    So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were urging you through us, and in the name of Christ we appeal to you to be reconciled to God. For our sake he made the sinless one a victim for sin, so that in him we might become the uprightness of God.

 

The Crucifixion 

(1) Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32

The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him, and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable:

Then he said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me," So the father divided the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.

When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch; so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them. Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father’s hired men have all the food they want and more, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired men." So he left the place and went back to his father.

‘While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him. Then his son said, : "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son." But the father said to his servants, "Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the calf we have been fattening and kill it; we will celebrate by having a feast, because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found." And they began to celebrate.

‘Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing. Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about. The servant told him, "Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf we had been fattening because he has got him back safe and sound." He was angry then and refused to go in, and His father came out and began to urge him to come in; but he retorted to his father, "All these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed any orders of yours, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends. But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property—he and his loose women—you kill the calf we have been fattening.

‘The father said, "My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours. But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.’

(2) Sing: China Song

(3) R. When the blood is on the door –
    he will pass over the home –
 

Exodus 12: 21-27

Injunctions relating to the Passover

Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go and choose a lamb or kid for your families, and kill the Passover victim. Then take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the lintel and both door–posts; then let none of you venture out of the house till morning. Then, when Yahweh goes through Egypt to strike it, and sees the blood on the lintel and on both door–posts, he will pass over the door and not allow the Destroyer to enter your homes and strike. You will observe this as a decree binding you and your children for all time, and when you have entered the country which Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, you will observe this ritual. And when your children ask you, "What does this ritual mean?" you will tell them, "It is the Passover sacrifice in honour of Yahweh who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, and struck Egypt but spared our houses." ’ And the people bowed in worship. The Israelites then went away and did as Yahweh had ordered Moses and Aaron.


(4) Exodus 24: 3-8

Moses went and told the people all Yahweh's words and all the laws, and all the people answered with one voice, 'All the words Yahweh has spoken we will carry out!' Moses put all Yahweh's words into writing, and early next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve standing-stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent certain young Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice bullocks to Yahweh as communion sacrifices. Moses then took half the blood and put it into basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. Then, taking the Book of the Covenant, he read it to the listening people, who then said, 'We shall do everything that Yahweh has said; we shall obey.' Moses than took the blood and sprinkled it over the people saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant which Yahweh has made with you, entailing all these stipulations.'


(5) Hebrews 9: 11-15

    But now Christ has come, as the high priest of all the blessings which were to come. He has passed through the greater, the more perfect tent, not made by human hands, that is, not of this created order; and he has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who have incurred defilement, may restore their bodily purity. How much more will the blood of Christ, who offered himself, blameless as he was, to God through the eternal Spirit, purify our conscience from dead actions so that we can worship the living God.

Christ seals the new covenant with his blood

This makes him the mediator of a new covenant, so that, now that a death has occurred to redeem the sins committed under an earlier covenant, those who have been called to an eternal inheritance may receive the promise.


(6) 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

(7) From the Holy Spirit Novena

Opening Prayer

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus, in union with Him in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit. We come to You united to the Child Jesus of Good Health and the Infant of Prague. We come to You in the perfect, sinless heart of Our Mother Mary, asking her powerful intercession, uniting ourselves to her holy tears. We come to You united to all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory.

(8) From the Holy Spirit Novena

Prayer for Holy Spirit

We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on us, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, that He will descend mightily on us as He did on the Apostles at Pentecost. That the Holy Spirit will transform us from fear to fearlessness and that He will give us courage to do all the Father is asking of us to help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. We pray for the Holy Spirit to descend mightily on the Jesuits and the Poor Clares on the Shepherds of Christ leaders and members and on the whole Body of Christ and the world.

(9) From the Holy Spirit Novena

Protection by the Blood of Jesus

We pray that the Blood of Jesus will be spread on us, everyone in our families, and the Shepherds of Christ Movement, that we will be able to move steadfastly ahead and be protected from the evil one.

(10) From the Holy Spirit Novena

Healing

We pray for healing in body, mind, and soul and generational healing in ourselves, in all members in our families, and in all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, the Jesuit Community, the Poor Clares, the Body of Christ, and the world.

 

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