THE NEW MOVEMENT: Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ The Returning King

“From now on, I will think of you as my apostles”
Jesus, Vol. 10, page 13

Lay apostles are key players in God’s plan to reclaim His world. Our mission is to allow Jesus to flow through us into the world, bringing His light to souls who live in darkness.

WHO CAN BE A LAY APOSTLE?

You can. All you have to do is say "yes" to God's invitation to serve Him. Your religious education or affiliation doesn't matter. Nor does anything you've done in your past life. All that matters is your willingness to serve.

“Dear servants of the returning King, you will not be sorry you sacrificed for Me. During the whole of your eternity, you will reap the rewards for having done so. In a time when few understand the concept of sacrifice, you are giving of yourselves, day after day, to bring about My goals. You are serving Me and you are serving your fellow man. How many can say that during these days?”
Jesus, Volume Ten, Page 39

WHAT DOES A LAY APOSTLE DO?

A lay apostle walks closely with Jesus throughout each day. The first goal is the personal movement toward unity with Jesus. In other words, we concentrate first on our own holiness and the perfection of our own souls. We do this through our vocations as mothers, fathers, priests, religious, single people, daughters, sons, sisters and brothers. We serve Jesus through service to others. We learn to love Jesus through loving others. We become united to Jesus by treating others with His love and gentleness. We bring kindness back to the world by behaving as though we lived in the heavenly kingdom, which of course, we do.

Some souls pray a great deal, but do not love. This is not unity to Christ. This is unity to prayer. But the goal of prayer is unity with Christ. Christ is love. Prayer brings us to love, to softer hearts, to forgiveness and patient service to others.

Lay apostles seek to live this message of love and kindness.

Some apostles will be called to spread the Volumes. Some apostles will be called to support the mission in prayer. Some are called to suffer in obscurity, with only Jesus as the witness to their soul’s constant progress. Everyone will be called. Everyone is chosen to serve.

"Do not ask if you are called to serve. Assume you are called to serve. The fruits of this mission are magnificent and will increase daily. Serve, My beloved apostles, serve." Jesus, May 24, 2005

If you feel called to share this mission with family, friends, or those around you, consider giving a presentation in your local area. This type of grassroots effort has already helped to spread the mission around the world. Jesus will do all of the work. His Spirit will open the hearts of those who are called to serve. You'll find most people hungry for God's love. Offer to share a copy of your Volumes or the other books, or keep a small quantity on hand just to pass along to needy souls. Every time you speak of the messages, you are as much an apostle as the original Twelve sent by Jesus to bring His Word to villages and towns across Judea and Galilee.

You can begin each day by praying the Allegiance Prayer and the Morning Offering:

ALLEGIANCE PRAYER
Dear God in Heaven, I pledge my allegiance to You. I give You my life, my work and my heart. In turn, give me the grace of obeying Your every direction to the fullest extent.

MORNING OFFERING
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You the prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, and for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?

1. Lead by example.
Read the Volumes and work on your spiritual life. Come close to Christ through daily prayer, frequent attendance at Mass and the Eucharist, monthly Confession, weekly Adoration, participation in a prayer group (if available), and reading the Scriptures.

2. Sow seeds.
Many lay apostles enjoy introducing their friends, relatives and strangers to the Volumes. Talk about the effect they have had on your life. Jesus says all you have to do is open the door a crack and He will do the rest.

3. Be a pillar of calm and strength.
One of the many rewards of the Volumes is the amount of calm and strength that pours into your soul as you read over the pages. When you take these messages to heart, your priorities change. Things that used to stress you out no longer do. A contagious air of calm begins to emanate from you to those about you. In times of trouble, be the oasis of peace that draws others to Jesus.

4. Choose your own level of involvement.
Your apostleship may be a strictly private one where you live the mission in your heart, pursuing unity with Christ through your vocation. On the other hand, you may want to become involved in a more public way, working at the parish level, with DFOT itself, or with groups you organize or join, sharing your talents and services where God determines He needs them most. One of the beautiful parts of this mission is that Jesus is calling you to serve, in most cases, exactly where He has placed you.

“All that you need is yours. All of heaven, dear apostles, will be yours.”
Jesus, Volume Ten, Page 40

“Together we will do the greatest things for heaven.”
Jesus, Volume Ten, Page 41

Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King
In April, 2005, Our Lord revealed to Anne a set of guidelines for those called to assist in the work of the mission. Anne's bishop then gave permission for the formation of The Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King. Their mission is to serve as conduits of divine grace, spreading the messages of the Volumes throughout the earth.

Any soul may become a lay apostle through the simple daily act of saying "Yes" to Jesus and His will. There are no investiture ceremonies or titles. Lay apostles are encouraged to work for Jesus through their families, their vocations, and their daily interactions with others.

Lay apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King agree to perform the basic obligations as practicing Catholics. Additionally, they adopt the following spiritual practices, as best they can:
Morning Offering along with the Allegiance Prayer and a brief prayer for the Holy Father
One hour of Eucharistic Adoration each week
Participation in a monthly lay apostle prayer group, which includes the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary and a reading of the monthly message
Monthly Confession
Commitment to follow the example of Jesus Christ as set out in Holy Scripture, treating all others with His patience and kindness
Many of us have embraced the spiritual practices Jesus asks of us as Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King. Our office often receives requests for information on other lay apostles in their area, so that they might form a prayer group or receive other prayerful support. If you would like to let us know that you have committed to being a Lay Apostle of Jesus Christ the Returning King, simply click here to download the Lay Apostle Commitment form. Please complete the form and send it to the DFOT office located closest to you.

On the first of every month, Our Lord gives Anne a new message about His call to service.

September 1, 2011

Jesus

Dear apostles, it is with joy that I speak with you today. When I contemplate your fidelity to My plan for mercy, I feel joy. When I contemplate your fidelity to holiness, I feel joy. Do not pause in your commitment to becoming holier. This calm movement into the Spirit of gentleness and kindness should help you to view others with compassion, yes, but also yourself. Do you view yourself with compassion? Do you offer kindness and mercy toward yourself when you contemplate your condition? My friends, My dearest friends, be careful to view yourself as I view you. Be careful not to view yourself in harsh light that seeks to condemn. If you are tempted against mercy for yourself, then truly, you are tempted against truth. Because it is only with mercy and love that I greet your present condition and your attempts to advance in holiness. I am love. I could hardly ask you to love others and then withhold love from you. That would be a flawed plan, destined to fail. My plan is perfect. I give you a receptive heart, you receive My love in abundance, and then stand for Heaven to be a well on earth which both stores and distributes love. Beloved apostle, search your heart today. If you do not find mercy and compassion for yourself in your heart, come to Me at once and ask Me to give these things to you. My plan for you and for the world will not advance as quickly as necessary if you do not accept your present condition and understand My perfect love for you. Your potential for holiness has not yet been fully achieved, of course, and I want you to advance. And I ask that you do so in confidence, joy and hope. Rejoice. I am with you.

Christian persecution to Christian

Christians are baptised, disciples and believer of gospel of Christ Jesus, son of the living God.

Many of us doesn't know much about how to become a good Christian... Many Christian call themselves Christian because their parents belong to one, and they too may have been baptised or have belong to Christian churches long time ago, now lost the desire to be with any congregation. Whatever reason we dont know, they too have their individual battle.

Even though we call ourselves Christian we know we fought a lot through our differences and beliefs. I would like to share with you all my point of being a Christian. And you can share yours too.

I grow up in a very poor family with very little education about faith while growing up. As my mother or father are not active Catholic, although we all baptised as Catholic, we all consider ourselves Catholic. At the age of 4 I already feel the love of the Mass, the Church, the thoughts of many angels, God, Jesus and Mother Mary and the Saints... Me and my older sister May who is only 1 year older than I am we go to church every Sunday since I was 4 1/2 years old, we walked with neighbours to the church about a mile oneway... walking that dusty highway. Sometimes we manage to go by ourselves. With permission by our mama ofcourse, and she will tell us to be careful on the road because their a lot of trucks and Jeepneys... at the age of 9 I got my first confession at Kiwalan Elementary school and my first confession... without parents supervision... it is just a compulsory thing done by the Parish, 4th year student of Sacred Heart High school was our Cathecist, they come every 11am twice a week. Their mission is to teach us to pray and get us to know Jesus... learn the prayers and love God. To be good children...

In high school in spite of the hardship we went through mama and papa was compilled to send us to Catholic school so we will get a better education, because Catholic school always teaches virtues, to be come good children. And because discipline is a lot better in school that their is God's love being taught.

In college at public Universities there comes variety of people with diversity in tradition, ethnicity and religions. Smarter kids with no religious background are obcourse are visibly indiffirence and often mocked the kids with religious reasoning, up to the point of oppressing other kids who wants to be good... but they always want to come and argue with those kids about their belief. I would say they too would want to believe what the religious kids believe. Because it is true that having to have a religion of good is unparallel and contigeous. Specially those that walk and apply the faith in every way... good. But evil is always going to join the turture... most people doesn't want to believe that this is the case.

Now being grown up, raise ourself with the faith and arm ourself with the knowledge of love and care for others and spread the good news to those even despice you, done that... but the hardest of all is when you met people who are Christians and drags you down so much because their degree of faith is somewhat "neutral" which is actually dangerous.... because for me being a Christian cannot be partial, because you cannot be good and at thesame time bad... because Jesus said if you already making progress with your faith and your doing good and then boom! you become bad... your good works in no good, all that you work so hard will just vanish and get contaminated. Some people of Christian faith will oppress fellow Christians... as if their Jesus is not my Jesus... how can this be?

Some people would even tell me "you can't be too religious", as if they trying to tell you, "you can't love God so much", you can't be good or you become useless in their eyes... or you can't be too religious or you will lose all your friends".... How can this be? Obcourse you suffer so much... because you know you can't make them understand what you are going through or your convictions, because they cannot comprehend it, although Grace is up for grab so they can have what you have, but ofcourse a person who is mad and armed with hatred cannot understand any reason anymore, theirs no used of saying any words... than to just take it in all the abuse and oppressions and persecutions..."forgive them Lord as they didn't know what they do"...

As Christian who have deeper understanding and humility,patient and perseverance they are used to this maltreatment and abuse because they can offer this for the sinners suffering for their conversion.

We can reflect also the lives of the Saints, because of their love for God most of them if not 99% died a horrible death, defending their love for God. This made me cry... how long will we endure the persecution of our fellow Christians? How long will we live in errors? How long will we deny wisdom of God to live a virtuous life? How long will be in protest to become good? How long will we remain hard and foolish and stupid were we are given intelligence to choose from right and wrong?.

Love should begin now...