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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.
Jesus speaks: Please pray for all Shepherds of Christ intentions.
There is a meeting in China, Indiana, August 12 - August 14, 2000, a mini retreat. A special rosary is given at 12:00 noon China time August 13. A big body of people gather to pray from 12:00 - 5:00 August 13.
Messenger: Jesus asked me to ask you to go to China, Indiana, for this retreat if at all possible.
This will help make reparation to His Heart and Mary's Heart.
Here is a message from July 13, 2000, rosary from Jesus.
He wished this to appear today.
Please pray for a special intention.
Excerpt from July 13, 2000 rosary
Jesus speaks: And so this is how it is. And you do not comprehend many times. And you would write the book so much differently if you had the pen in hand, and I write it according to your soul and according to your needs. You think you know it all. And do you?
Did you know it all a year ago? Or have you advanced in the spiritual life?
Did you know it all two years ago? Or have you advanced in the spiritual life?
And yet every day is a new day into the journey into My Heart. And every day you wake and you think that you know so much today, and yet you learn more all the time. For in the Shepherds of Christ time you are advancing at a rapid pace of knowing Me and My sacred love given to you.
Do not be haughty. Do not be fearful. Do not show the emotions of one that is so afraid or the emotions of one that is filled with pride. For you are men of the earth with imperfections and I am molding you in My special oven. You dwell in the Heart of My Mother. And the Holy Spirit sanctifies you. You have not arrived. Every day is a gift from God. And the more that you maintain this heightened level of spirituality, the more you will grow every day in My life.
And so many times I give messages which are corrections, and the world does not listen. The plan is that of the Father. The plan is for you here at this place in China today and for the men and women that have given their lives to live here to learn more and more of My way, the way of the Carpenter, the One Who lived the quiet life for 30 years. The One that did not boast, but walked to the hill of Calvary, spread His arms and died on the cross. And in that was the victory. For you, My foolish men, for you think that it is out there with the gold crowns and the halos on your head. But have you ever seen the halo? And I walked the earth and I looked as an ordinary man, but I was the Son of God. My men, listen to me. For I speak to you here and it is faith that you must have.
I am stretching your hearts. I am helping you to grow. I am deepening the love union that you have with God and with all others, and you want it your way. And I say, "Slowly, My child, I take your hand like a little child that stumbles and falls and learns to walk." And you say, "Faster, Daddy, faster. I want it now." And I say, "It is a process of learning and I have you by the hand, My daughter, My son. Ephraim, I teach you to talk. And you are not pleased, for you want to dance and sing and perform and take the stage all in the same step." And I give you a life to learn My ways.
So much of your life has been spent in so many foolish whims, and you say, "Faster, Daddy, faster." And I say, "Every relationship takes time and giving love, My young ones, My little children at play on the surface of the earth."
And you fall and you skin your knee. And right away you blame Me. I fell and I skinned more than My knee and I got up and carried the cross with the sins of all men. I carried your sins. I slowly trod the way with a cross on My back, and at the hill of Calvary mounted that tree for you.
And you say, "Faster, Daddy, faster." What of all the years when you did not know me, when you were busy with so many idle pursuits? It takes time for our love union to grow. It takes time and sufferings for you to grow in the ways that are necessary for you to mature more fully in the spiritual life. And you say, "Faster, Daddy." And you get up like a little child at play and you run down a road that leads to nowhere like a little sheep. And I have to fetch you and bring you home again.
Trod slowly, My saintly ones. For you are but little flowers of the earth that I have planted, that many may gaze upon you in the light of day and see your celestial beauty as you reflect the goodness of God within your souls.
And you want me to rush the growth of that tender flower and that shoot. Do you think the flowers bloom in a day?
They grow to full maturity only to die off. It is the cycle of the things that are alive, of many of the things of the earth. They are born. They live. They get old. And they die. Generation after generation after generation. And the souls of men go somewhere for all eternity. Pray fervently, My little ones. Do not be in a hurry. Be patient. Be loving. See as your Father looks down and watches you. Instead of watching your brothers, watch yourself at play. Be gentle. Be loving, slow to anger, full of kindness, understanding, uprighteousness. For these are the ways that the Father desires of His children. Little children of the Father.
You can cry to Him, "Faster, Daddy, faster." But He says to you, "My little child, it takes a while for the flower to grow, to mature, to be beautiful under the summer sun. And you, too, little flower, you must grow, grow, grow."
Be planted as a flower of God, I look upon you with such love. My little flowers that come to the altar and soak in the gift I give, the gift of Myself. I am the Bread of Life.
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3. Jesus speaks: And the Father looks down and He sees the men at play as children. And they push and they shove. Where do they think that they are going? For in a second He could reach down and do whatever He desires. For their lives are in His hands and they ignore Him and use His name in vain.
Oh My little children, so silly are you to ignore the Creator, for you indeed are creatures of God.
And how do they get on with their brazen little ways? Will they ever find the truth?
4. A garden I have planted, and a plowman comes and he wears black. And he wants the little shoots for his own. And he has a screen with ugly things that they see, and their growth is thwarted, and many are falling down to the ground.
Oh My children, so sad it is, for so haughty and willful are they in their ways. And the Father is so good and loving. The Father gave Me to you, My children. I am the Gift that your Father gave. I am the Bread of Life, and you smite Me and treat Me this way.
Oh I cry to you, My shepherds. I cry to you to pray, to be fervent, to love. For it is love that the Father wants. He does not want to look and see YOU in these ways of the world. He wants you to be a strong family of love, united, one as He desired from the beginning, with the whole desire within your hearts to serve and to love Him and to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom of God.
7. Song: Save Us, O Lord
(End of Excerpt from July 13, 2000 rosary)
(Please copy and pass out to family and friends.)
Mary's
Message from the Rosary of August 27, 1996Mary 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.
(End of Mary's Message)
MY VALENTINE FOR JESUS AND MARY
AND THE WORLDI _________________ give my heart to
You Jesus and Mary on this day
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I promise to help spread the devotion to
the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Q: How do I feel I become more like Jesus from frequent Communion? How does my receiving Communion frequently help me to love you more?
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