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.


I appear my children on this former bank building in Florida, Our Lady Clothed with the Sun.

December 20, 1998

Jesus speaks: My shepherds,
You will know times of great trials, but what will make the Movement advance is your love.  I am love.  At this time your world is indeed in a sorry state.  The events of the 17th have greatly pleased heaven.  I am tremendously pleased with the crucifix.  I wish the people to operate in Florida in love and peace.  This period of 9 days including the day of Christmas is most important to the world.  The Era of Peace will come, and the Reign of My Sacred Heart. I come to bring peace to the earth. Mary appeared at Fatima to bring peace to the world.  I ask you to study the message of December 18, 1998.  What transpires in Florida is most crucial to the earth.  The devil will try to get you focused on faults and failings of others.  I wish the people in Florida to operate in love and peace.  If you are edgy and uptight, how will you help lead the world into oneness?  You will be tempted to fight and divide.  I am love, I am oneness, I am the Almighty God, all powerful.  All must see the problems and operate in love.  All must want to do what they are doing because it is God's will.  The devil will try to divide you.  He creates tremendous negative energy through emotions and improper attention to details.  You must see the big picture.  You must be instruments of peace and love.  You are writing the books that will endure for centuries.  You must know that the time is nigh and the devil is fierce, ready to divide you, ready to try to stop you dead in your path.  You are a family.  You are the leaders.  Every important relationship will be attacked.  If you do not operate in love, you are a sounding gong.  Mistakes will be made over and over again.  You must endure in love.  LOVE, PEACE, LOVE, PEACE, LOVE, PEACE, LOVE.  Bear with one another's burdens.  Do not create a case against your brother.  The evil one is the enemy.

You will have problems.  They must be dealt with and solved.  You cannot create a case and have sinful anger against your brother.  Here is the problem.  God the Father wills the solution to be according to His will in love.  I tell you to always focus on the messages.  What does God the Father tell you to do?  What is important to Me?  What have I told you in the messages is most urgent?  I am watching, My shepherds as the One Who guards you day and night.  The lessons learned will be those of greater holiness and love.  You will face trials.  You are attempting to do all I have asked you to do.

Other families will be divided two against three.  You must remain one, with one mind, doing the Father's will.  There is only one will, it is the Father's.  The events of Florida are crucial to the world.  The devil will attempt to divide the most crucial relationships.  When you are feeling divided, I ask you to get together, study the messages, solve the problem according to the Father's will.  What is most important to God?  Do not be bogged down by details or events, you must see the BIG PICTURE.

Everyone must see themselves when acting in authority as acting in My name.  I have chosen the shepherds.  They are in place, for it has taken Me a time to weed out the sheep from the goats.  I loved My Apostles.  You now are the apostles to carry out the message to this world.  I am loving you with the greatest love.

I am Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom of your soul. I AM the Bridegroom, you are the bride, I wish your love.  I see your graced soul.  I see you in the wedding dress, the veil, you are the spouse of the Lamb.  I am the Bridegroom, you are My beloved.  I am the Lamb, you are My beloved to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom.  I am God, you will help to lead the children of God to their true home, the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  My Heart is the sacred temple of God.


Litany 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.


Luke 11:17

but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, 'Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house.


Jesus speaks: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 include here.


1 Corinthians 12:12-26
The analogy of the body

For as with the human body which is a unity although it has many parts-all the parts of the body, though many, still making up one single body-so it is with Christ.  We were baptised into one body in a single Spirit, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.  And indeed the body consists not of one member but of many.  If the foot were to say, 'I am not a hand and so I do not belong to the body,' it does not belong to the body any the less for that.  Or if the ear were to say, 'I am not an eye, and so I do not belong to the body,' that would not stop its belonging to the body.  If the whole body were just an eye, how would there be any hearing?  If the whole body were hearing, how would there be any smelling?

As it is, God has put all the separate parts into the body as he chose.  If they were all the same part, how could it be a body?  As it is, the parts are many but the body is one.  The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' and nor can the head say to the feet, ' I have no need of you.'

What is more, it is precisely the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest which are the indispensable ones.  It is the parts of the body which we consider least dignified that we surround with the greatest dignity; and our less presentable parts are given greater presentability which our presentable parts do not need.  God has composed the body so that greater dignity is given to the parts which were without it, and so that there may not be disagreements inside the body but each part may be equally concerned for all the others.  If one part is hurt, all the parts share its pain.  And if one part is honoured, all the parts share its joy.


Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace for those he favours.


Jesus speaks: I ask you to read the message of December 18, 1998. It is your prayers as you are united as one body that is affecting the world.  It is your unity and fervor in praying.

Problems must be looked at, or they can tear you apart.  All must proceed in the greatest love as one body.  The focus is to remain united praying for grace and mercy for the earth.  From Florida great grace is coming from God.  You must wish the world good will and peace.  You are the peacemakers.  Florida is My garden to bring forth great fruit for the world.  In the garden of Eden they did their own will, and they were cast from the garden.

On the hill of Calvary I hung on the cross and My Heart was consumed with love for souls.  I ask you to study the message of December 19, 1998.  On this December 20, 1998, I ask you to see My garden in Florida.  The devil was in the tree in the garden of Eden.  You are to be the transformed hearts under the crucifix.  Great grace will be granted this Christmas to those praying from all material circulated from the Florida site.  You must be motivated and filled with joy, you are the transformed hearts under the tree of life.  My life is outpoured in the Eucharist at every Mass.

I ask you to put the three pictures here, Eden, China, and Lucia's vision.

Eve and the snake
Eve and the snake

New Eve and New Adam

New Eve and New Adam

This is you My child.
(kneeling in prayer)

I ask you to see Florida with the crucifix in My garden there.  Those with transformed hearts unite with Mary and Son.  They cry with Mary as they unite in such oneness in her Heart.  You are the children of Eve, carried in the Heart of the Immaculate Virgin, united with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Heart of the Savior.  You are My chosen ones, you are helping to bring forth great fruit for the Kingdom.

THY KINGDOM come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Quote from Holy Spirit Novena that says, God is love.


1 John 4:7-11
The source of love

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.


Jesus speaks: Please include Blue Book I, May 13, 1993 1st message "Cling to Me".


Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Cling to Me

God's Blue Book I Cover

May 13, 1993 

My dear child, if you stay close to Me, then I live in you and you live in Me. I am He Who created you and I love you with such an intensity that you will never know. My words are your truth. You must abide in My heart in all things. There is no room for doubt. My ways are steadfast, direct, and without error.

You must stay rooted in Me to ward off the power of the evil one. His grip is paralyzing and crippling. His power is stronger every day.

When you live in Me, I am in your heart and he has no power over Me. I am your God. I am your true lover. I want to protect you. I want to guard you from this force. Stay rooted firmly in Me and he will have no power.

I am He Who comforts you. My hand is upon you. Hold tight to Me, My child. My eyes are fixed right on you. You are My most precious child. I love you as no other can. My arms are about you. My tenderness surrounds you. My love is in your heart. You go not alone. I walk with you.

I share every aspect of your life with you. Cling to Me, feel My presence. It is warm and secure within your chest. There is no room for fear, for I cast out fear and bring you comfort and joy.


Jesus speaks: I am the Light of the World.  I come to light the way from My garden in Florida.


Question for married couples and those in other intimate relationships:

Q: Do I feel the devil is trying to stop us from praying together and attending Shepherds of Christ meetings?

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