Mary has requested that the daily message be given each day to the world. It is read nightly at the prayer service from her Image Building in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A. This is according to her request. All attempts will be made to publish this daily message to the world at 11 p.m. Eastern time, U.S.A. We acknowledge that the final authority regarding these messages rests with the Holy See of Rome.

May 12, 2000

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

Messenger: Include Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in 6:20 prayers.

Messenger: Come to China.

May 12 - 14.

12:00 noon May 12 to 12:00 noon May 14.

Special Rosary 12:00 noon May 13.

May 13, 2000 marks the 83rd anniversary of Fatima.

At 12:00 Indiana time there will be a special rosary at 12:00 noon to celebrate this event where a church full of people will pray until 5:00 p.m.

Mary appeared at Fatima on May 13, 1917 for her first apparition.

The following message was given May 11, 2000

Messenger: What good is it to teach anything if it is not truth? Satan is the great deceiver, he is teaching our youth through the media. Holy Mother the Church is to teach them the truth. Unless the instructors in the Church address the untruths being taught, the children are being mothered by the mother that is the evil in the world.

Any person that assumes the role of director for God better be directed by God Himself. To have a director that operates in his own name can do greater damage than to have no director at all. The Church in its teachings operates in truth. The priests, administrators, body of Christ are made up of imperfect human persons. Every priest MUST STICK STRICTLY TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH if he assumes the role of directing others. God teaches in His word. Many have interpreted the word of God in very incorrect fashion. Now the mission God has imparted to me is to deliver messages from Him. The Church has sound teaching, those that deliver the teachings of the Church have a responsibility to God to walk in His name.

God has a heart of gentle love. He is love. Those teaching as authority in the Church must be under His feet. They must not follow the men who went before them as necessarily having always taught the truth, but follow God, His Word, the teachings in the Church. This is to say that we must obey our superiors, but those in authority must be doing God’s will.

Anyone who directs spiritually, but spends little time with the Eucharistic Jesus or has little devotion to Mary the spiritual mother may harm those he directs.

A mother is one who cares about the life of her children.

Mary, our spiritual mother, cares for her children’s spiritual life.

She works with her spouse the Holy Spirit in bringing forth the Christ life in them.

A mystic is one who has great insight into the depth of the Mysteries of God.

On my journey God has given me great experiences to share. To not do so would be to disobey Him. After suffering all through Mary’s visits, daily for 14 months, because people did not believe me and trying with all I had to deliver the message of Our Lord and Our Lady, Mary appeared on the building in Florida.

Those that did all they could to block the rosaries that are in the Red Rosary book, still do not believe today even after I cried out "Mary is appearing, Mary is appearing". The day the Red Rosary book was shipped from Illinois to Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary appeared on the building in Florida. I have the shipping label dated Dec. 17, 1996, the day Mary appeared in Florida.

The experience I had at Mass today written in the message May 11, 2000 I cannot describe. To be in such an experience and to try to write about it using pen and paper is so difficult. There was just so much to a split second in that oneness when I existed so deeply in His Heart. It is His grace. I know the writings in the 5th Blue Book and visions touched my heart so much.

I opened to this writing.

Messenger: I include this complete writing here below.

I introduce some writings from God’s Blue Book V.

When I received the writing for Blue Book V it was Oct. 1, 94- Dec. 31, 94. The first Song was given Oct. 7, 1994, A Song from Jesus. Soon after, the rest of the songs from Jesus, many in the month of Oct. 1994.

Excerpt from Blue Book V :

October 25, 1994

The Hungry Soul Craves Union With Me

Messenger: As a deer thrists for water, my soul thirsts for you. Oh, Lord, you take me to the summit of your love, then, My Lord, to the depths of doom my soul falls. Oh, Lord, rescue me from this pit and raise me to the most abundant love of Your Heart.

My soul thirsts for you, my Lord. It is for you and your love I live. I live for you. My heart is longing and pining for the courts of the Lord. Oh, my Lord, to know you a little and never enough! My soul is so thirsty for only Your love.

To really know You is to want You. My soul thirsts for You ever more. I want You ever so closer my dear, dear, Lord!

Jesus speaks: The hungry soul craves union with Me. It is drawn to Me as steel to the magnet. So you wander and roam and your soul feels empty. Only in My Heart do you find rest. Come to Me, go to My Mother, lay yourself in her arms. She cradles you in her heart and brings you ever so gently to My Sacred Heart. Your soul is oh, so hungry, for only My love. I am your ardent love. I love you this way with My whole Heart on fire for you. My Heart burns for you, My child. Come to the endless source of love. My Heart knows the way. Follow My Heart and know My burning love.

Messenger: We enter His Heart, we are purified with His love. He beckons us to come and dwell deep in His Heart. He does not say that we must be perfect, He asks us to come as we are. He loves us despite all our faults, and longs for us to come in all our imperfections. But, as the impurities are burned away, we become changed as we dwell in His Heart. Purify me, Lord. I know you love me despite all my faults. I want to be wrapped in the abyss of Your love. Mold me and fashion me into the creation the Father intends me to be. Melt away my impurities in my heart with the fire of your love.

From the depth of my soul I cried to Him and He heard my plea. He leads me ever so gently to His Sacred Heart. He took me as I am and I dwelt in the inner recesses of this most tender Heart.

Jesus speaks: You are My chosen ones. I invite you this day to come and dwell deeply in My Heart. Put aside any anger and forgive all your brothers. As you release all your angry thoughts and forgive all your brothers, as you let go and release all your anxieties, you will experience My peace. I lead you to the sanctuary of My Heart, come and dwell with Me there in My love. Close your eyes and focus on My presence with you. See yourself placed in My Heart ever so gently by My beloved Mother, your loving Mother. Be wrapped in Our love. Let go of everything but My presence, and your dwelling is My warm and tender Heart. Relax your whole being and surrender all your cares to Me. Focus on the warmth and glowing light of My Heart; It surrounds you with My deepest love!

Messenger: The message was given about the same time as this song.

Excerpt from Blue Book V:

Saturday November 12, 1994

I Am An Endless Ocean of Love

Messenger: I eat, breathe, and live in my every action with Jesus. I look to you and see Jesus in you.

Jesus speaks: Satan constantly talks, My child, to create division. He gets into your thoughts and tells you this person is not nice, he is a problem to you. Cast him out immediately. Do not ponder thoughts that are creating division.

Focus on My love. I am an endless ocean of love. The ocean never runs dry. It is forever flowing and plentiful for you. Look at My Heart, ablaze for you and open. My Heart is so open. You must only come in. The door is always waiting and inviting you in. Oh, child, don’t feel bad. Come to Me, trust in Me, have faith in Me. I will not ever let you down. Things are not in your control. Surrender to My Heart.

You will be aware of My presence and experience intense union with Me everywhere you are. You are the slave of the Sacred Heart. Live to promote My love. I am forever with you, My beloved.

Deep love is what I long for. I long for this great love from all My precious souls. Comfort My Heart. Spend your every moment in My Heart in deepest love. Dwell within Me and I will operate within you. Do not fret, the devil is trying to stop you. You, child, have My love and I am the Almighty God. I have all the power. I am in control. I will tend to all your cares. Let go!

Do not be defensive. I am outpouring My love to you. See all the love everyone is showering on you- such acts of love given from God Himself through God- loving souls! You are not alone. The devil is trying to make you feel bowed down. I am present inside of you, outside of you, in your brothers, in the beautiful world you live in. See with the eyes that seek the presence of God. This is your secret to happiness - to seek God in all things.

Rita, I am your best friend. Come to Me now. Come in all your needs. Love is present between persons when they are hurting or happy. I am here to comfort you and sustain you in this trial and all your trials. Come and lay your head on My Heart, lay on My chest and let Me comfort you.

May 12, 2000 Second Message

Jesus speaks: I am directing you in the ways of My Heart in these revelations.

My Heart is on fire for love of thee.

Messenger: This is a vision I had of Jesus’ Sacred Heart.

The vision came on Dec. 17, 1991 five years before the day Mary appeared on the building Dec. 17, 1996.

The Red Rosary book was shipped that same day from the publisher from Illinois to Cincinnati, Ohio.

The first message was published on Dec. 17, 1993.

Special Adoration

Jesus speaks: June 11, 2000 - June 14, 2000

Come to China, Indiana

Come any time to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for the priests, the Church and the world.

You can come for several days for special prayer.

China is a place of prayer, I want you to come and pray.

The feast of St. Anthony's is June 13.

There will be a special celebration for the apostles on this day. There will be a church full of people praying between 12:00 and 5:00 Indiana time.

Jesus speaks: Special Rosaries are held in Florida on the 5ths.

There will be a special rosary on June 5th in Florida.

Jesus speaks: On the 17th of each month there is a social gathering in Morrow.

I ask you to especially come in June to the prayer services June 5, June 11 - 14.

June is the month of My Sacred Heart - come and pray for your priests, the Church and the world, come and pray for the Reign of My Sacred Heart. I love you, Jesus.

Phone numbers:

Morrow Center - 1-888-211-3041 or 513-932-4451

Florida Center - 727-725-9312

China Center - 812-273-8405

Mary's Message from the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary speaks: I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light.

Song: O Lady of Light, shining so bright, be with us this day, guiding our way, O Lady, O Lady of Light.

Mary speaks: I appear to you as Our Mother of Sorrows.

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MY VALENTINE FOR JESUS AND MARY AND THE WORLD I _________________ give my heart to You Jesus and Mary on this day _________________ I promise to help spread the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How do I feel I can learn more about patience from identifying with Jesus on the cross? How do I feel it will help us to get along more as a couple?

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