"WHERE ARE THE SHEPHERDS?"

The very serious appeal of Jesus to His priests on April 23, 1991 to fulfill their responsibilities:

"My priest sons, My Sacred Heart bleeds for your lack of love, and for your lack of courage to speak up for My true teachings. I tell you, My priest sons, if you do not fulfill My work on earth, and proclaim My Word in truth to My people, you will force My Hand to fall on you in justice. I tell you this, because My Sacred Heart burns with love for you. I want My people to know My Word.
"My people, pray! Pray for wisdom. I am Jesus, I am the Word; I am Wisdom and Truth; I am Life Eternal for you."

In one strong message of Our Lady to Christina, she declared:
"My child, there are many of My children, sons and daughters in religious life, who serve in the name of God, but the true Spirit of God is not in them. They only serve God in mockery. It wounds My Heart to see this. The power of darkness overshadows My Church and the world. There are many who have made themselves slaves to darkness, through money and the pleasure of the world. I love all My children. Many of them wound My Heart. My love is everlasting in the Spirit of God.
"My child, the purification will come. Those who have served God in His Light need not fear. Those of My children who will be lost forever cause me great pain. My Son's wounds bleed profusely. My child, pray and make more sacrifices to My Son's Heart. Console My Son in love. Many of My children have become one in darkness. . ."

In 1994, Jesus made a special reference to the need for prayer for priests while speaking to Christina,

'Pray for the anointed of My Father. It is only in My mercy that they walk and dance with eternal death. There are so few that know Me. My name is like that of a stranger. Many are sleeping in an eternal death. I urge you to stay awake with Me. Love Me with My love for their awakening.'

In a message of remarkable urgency and pain Jesus again cried out to Christina on another occasion,

'Those who pierce My heart most deeply this night are My Shepherds. Many of them live lives that are already fallen. They live in darkness. They truly merry their way to hell but they do not accept that such a place exists.'

Yet again, in showing Christina Our Lady's wounded Heart and then a great number of priests and religious, Jesus said:

'Dear child, look! Behold the sorrow of My Mother's Heart. Behold with your eyes My anointed ones. See the great multitude of My anointed religious who constantly afflict My Heart. They serve not Me but the world. See what they gain! The fruits of the flesh and the world. It leads them to sin and blindness and many hold only the wisdom of the world. Their hearts are closed to Truth. I will continue to draw them to My mercy by exposing their every last falsity and deception.'

Then Jesus went on to indicate the bitter reaction from those who have denied Him which is suffered by the priests who are faithful,

'Those of My anointed ones who bear the Truth in heart and proclaim My Word in truth will be despised like a leper but he who serves Me and lives Truth lives in light and gains Eternal Life and Wisdom - not of the world but true Wisdom of Light.'

Once when Christina was pleading with Our Lady to draw a particular priest out of a very burdensome assignment She replied,

'I am a true Mother and I know what is best for my children."

She had earlier told Christina that that priest's sufferings were for his own purification and that of others.

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS

In Her message of September 5, 1993, Our Lady says,

"You think you are wise and learned. You are not, but foolish and blind. Read the Word of your Lord God. With His Blood, you were redeemed. My children, I plead with you, wake up, before it is too late. The Angel of the Passover is close at hand. I desire you to be wise and learned in the Light of God. Take up your armor, put it on without fear.

I am your Mother and I lead this battle. As God chose me to bring forth your Redeemer through the fruit of my womb , I once again bring Him to you in Glory, as King, because I am the Handmaid of God, and share in His Glory and Victory for the redemption of the human race. In that Glory, my Immaculate Heart will triumph."

With the significant erosion of faith in the world especially through the constant promotion of secular and materialistic values through the media, a greater struggle than ever is needed from priests to uphold spiritual values. To undertake this struggle the priests' own faith must be firmer than ever - faith in the very powers given to them at ordination. The power of the priest is Christ's power, derived from Christ's own authority and transmitted by the commission of Christ. Sadly, today many priests have lost faith in the basis of their authority. They, as Jesus laments, in one message to Christina,

'...lack the courage to speak up for My true teachings.'

Jesus regretted to Christina that His priests no longer refer to the Seven Deadly Sins.

"I charge you to preach the word, to stay with this task whether convenient or inconvenient - correcting, reproving, appealing - constantly teaching and never losing patience. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but, following their own desires, will surround themselves with teachers who tickle their ears. They will stop listening to the truth and will wander off to fables. (2 Tm 4:1-4)"

JESUS' WORD FULFILLED

Jesus told Christina that priests would come to her at the House of Prayer 'from all over the world' and this is actually what now happens. On one particular day the priests actually in residence at Our Lady's House came not only from Ireland, but England, Scotland, South Africa, United States and Iceland. A Spanish seminarian studying in Ireland is also present at this time. Priests may stay as briefly as one day or may make their annual retreat.
Christina describes how she sometimes 'is given' by God the complete awareness of a priest's inner life from the moment he sets foot in the House of Prayer and indeed is often suffering in a new way as a particular priest arrives - precisely for him and his problem. On the other hand she may have to sit down with the priest and proceed in total faith knowing nothing until she actually opens her mouth and then all is given. God does this to test her. Then as she speaks more is given and she is aware if something is perhaps being held back or suppressed by the priest through pride or fear, sometimes unconsciously. Here is a good illustration of how God takes control of the situations and uses Christina herself - contrary, even, to her own plans to accomplish what He desires for His priests.

DANGERS TO THE HOLY FATHER

Through the messages given to Christina we are being gently prepared to cope with a decisive moment of very grave crisis. It will center around the papacy. Yet it is already being prepared through the confrontation unfolding. Various messages over the years to Christina show the lead-up:"The power of darkness overshadows My Church and the world." (1988)
"So many of My sons, priests and bishops have broken their apostolic seal." (1988)
"My Church will be shaken even to its very foundation." (1988)
"Pray and sacrifice for those who talk in blasphemy about My son in the See of Peter. My son is surrounded by many whose hearts are full of hate and jealousy."(1988)
"My child, pray the Lord's Prayer seven times for the protection of Pope John Paul II. He is in many ways of danger. Many of those he leads in the light of my Son do not follow his commands. The Church will be shaken!" (1989)
"Pray for the Pope every day, for priests and cardinals." (1990)
"Each day pray for the Vicar of My Son, Jesus. He begins Calvary with Me." (1992)
"Pray for Christ's Vicar on earth. He is My chosen one. Never have you received one who like him has given all and lives in grace to fulfill Christ's work on earth." (1992)

"He (the Pope) ascends Calvary with me; the Father awaits His sacrifice." (1993)

As far back as 1992, Christina was shown two scenes involving Pope John Paul II. In one of these she saw the Holy Father as a large figure with a red cape. The Pope had a frightened look on his face as an invisible force tried to tear his cloak from him. Then, she saw a pack of dogs behind the Pope and the dogs were in pursuit. Again, the Holy Father appeared frightened.

"On another occasion, I saw Jesus lash streaks of lightning through the sky. The thunderbolts sounded like the earth was exploding. People were falling to the ground and screaming with horror. Then, Our Blessed Mother appeared before Jesus, and pleaded for Her Son to have Mercy on us. I found myself looking at the Vatican in Rome. I was looking at Pope John Paul II sitting in a chair of dark wood with red velvet. He seemed very worried and was staring straight ahead. I saw the Holy Father get up off the chair and walk towards me as if he was looking directly at me, but then he just bypassed me. After that I was drawn to look back at the chair. I was looking at the red velvet and the carved wood of the chair and it was so beautiful. But I didn't have much time to look at it, because the next thing I knew, it was smashed to the ground.
"I got such a shock seeing the chair hit the ground and crash. It now looked like an old battered chair. I just thought how could that have happened? When I looked up, I could see four devils or evil spirits there and I felt very troubled. I felt a great sense of sadness. Then I found myself outside the Vatican. Next I saw long steps outside. I was standing on one of those steps. I was crying and earnestly inquiring, 'Where is the Pope? Where is the Pope?' Then, I could see Pope John Paul II and he was looking at his hands. It was as if he had the wounds of Jesus in his hands. There was blood coming from the center of his hands and dripping on the ground. He stood looking at it as if in shock. "Then, I was drawn away from the Pope and I saw this round dome which was the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica. There was black smoke or a black cloud coming from behind the Vatican and it covered the dome quickly. It happened so quickly. I was so distraught about it, and then it was over. Then, it seemed as if I was back in Ireland again, but in some place I didn't recognize. I was in a field without grass. Suddenly, I could see the Evil One in a huge form. He was half human and half animal. He had claws and paws and he was clapping them together. 'I have won, I have won,' he said. He was so confident he won. It was as if I was a leaf. I just trembled to hear his words, 'I have won!'
"Then, I was just looking at the sky again and saying, 'Jesus, he can't have won. He can't have won.' I didn't want to believe what the devil was saying. All of a sudden, I could see Jesus again in the sky, with the Angel of Wrath that I described earlier, with the cross of light in His hand and a dove. The minute I pleaded with Jesus, Jesus then took what looked like a whip or a lash.
"Jesus lashed it out and it hit the head and shoulders of the devil. The devil just seemed to go instantly paralyzed. He sank down into the ground. As this happened, the ground began caving in, bigger and bigger and bigger, until the hole was huge. Then the Devil was gone completely and so were the evil spirits who had been behind the Pope's chair. These were the ones who'd thrown the chair and broken it. I saw them all going down into the hole as if there were a magnet drawing them in. They were going in so fast.

"I was watching this and asking, 'Can they get back out. Dear Lord? Can they get back out?' Then, I felt like I was floating over to where the hole was and I looked into it. I could hear these very strange sounds - screams coming from the hole and gradually fading. When I looked into the hole there was fire, but there was no trace of anything or any of the devils that had gone in. All I could see was flames . . . flames of fire. I felt much relieved at seeing this. Then I was aware of my own surroundings and everything again became normal.

PURIFICATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD

Christina herself describes what was shown to her of the purification of the priesthood and then of the Church in general.

'I was shown a parable by Jesus, regarding the Church. I received this in 1993. In this experience, I found myself looking at this huge field with thousands of priests in this field. They were shaking seeds. After a short time, some of the priests began to sweat and some were sweating blood. Other priests didn't sweat anything. Then, the seeds seemed to sprout up and come to flourish very swiftly - at least as quickly as they were shaking them. The priests that were sweating, especially those who were sweating blood, their seeds sprouted into a very thick cane and were very full where the grain is at the top. The ones that didn't sweat at all had nothing but big ugly weeds. They were very large weeds the like of which I have never seen around here. They continued along this way. Then, Jesus appeared and when He appeared, He was illuminated in light. Jesus came to the people and to the priests that had not sweated. All they had around them were weeds. Jesus said to them, 'What have you to give me?' Those priests trembled and they begged forgiveness. The priests just turned and looked at Jesus and you could hear them all repeating, 'Jesus, forgive us.' Jesus didn't reply. But immediately the angel came and I knew it was the angel of Wrath. He came from behind Jesus and he had a sword. He drew the sword and he went, as I thought he would, to cut down the weeds. As he touched them, the weeds automatically burst into flames. At that, the priests began to drop and disappear. Then, Jesus went over to where the priests were, who were sweating blood. Jesus was crying, but He seemed to be crying with joy. He said, 'My brothers, to you I give all this.' At that point, He threw back His Hand to where the weeds and the priests were and then they were all gone. In their place I found myself looking at a very rich beautiful soil, with no weeds, priests or anything. The priests and the weeds were both gone and all that was in place of it was beautiful rich soil.

Jesus was rewarding them for their fruitfulness and offering them the opportunity to bear even greater fruit as in Scripture, Jesus Himself says, 'To him who has more, more will be given and from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.'
The entire experience was very clearly showing me the error of some of the priests. The seed to me represented Jesus' Word. Those who were spreading His Word, but spreading it in error, had no fruit, only weeds. Those who worked hard had obviously sweated in blood. This will come when Jesus will burn the discrepancies that are set by man.

"On one occasion, I saw a church. The church was in total blackness. People and demons were together with the Holy Eucharist. . . The people and the demons were mocking the Holy Eucharist and Bible. I was very saddened by this. I felt myself very frightened. It was as if I were living in the particular era or stage of time when this was occurring. Then I could see automatically a cross of light and Jesus was upon the cross of light. Blood was coming from His Heart and from His side. The blood was streaming down. I could see the world beneath where Jesus was on the cross. The moment the blood hit the globe of the world, there came a most enormous blinding light. This light came from the Eternal Father in Heaven, who was above Jesus. His hands were drawn over the world. This light that came from the hands of the Eternal Father then hit the globe of the world, as did the Blood of Jesus from His Heart and His Side. The light and Blood together hit the world. Then you could see the globe of the world illuminated, as if there had been a light switched on inside the globe. I then found myself down again where the people were. This time there was no trace of any people in darkness or any demons. Everything was gone. The Church that was in darkness was gone and there were now people there in great joy and happiness and peacefulness. Everybody was going about work in total joy. I could see angels. These particular angels were formed in shapes of light and different colors. They were in every color possible and they seemed to have direct communication from Heaven. This was from above the globe where Jesus and the Eternal Father were. The angels seemed to just go into the globe and they could go up or down anyway they wanted. It was total beauty.

Christina comments that although God respects all churches in so far as they obey His Commandments, the one true Church appointed by Jesus is the Roman Catholic Church.