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.

April 16, 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.


THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Jesus speaks: My children, I am Jesus your Savior, Satan has worked to get so many to sin by violating the 6th Commandment.

I desire that people read the Catechism.

It is important that people study the pages concerning the 6th Commandment.

Study these pages with your children.

It is not loving to not instruct your children about the commandments and the truth.

Millions and millions of souls have fallen in to sin because they do not obey the 6th Commandment.

I ask all to get the Catechism of the Catholic Church and to study the section on the 6th Commandment.

I ask all to instruct their children.

The Church is mother, Holy Mother the Church instructs her children in the Catechism.

Read the following pages 560 to 576, article numbers 2331 to 2400.


John 8:31-42

Jesus and Abraham

To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said:

If you make my word your home
you will indeed be my disciples;
you will come to know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.

They answered, ‘We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?" Jesus replied:

In all truth I tell you,
everyone who commits sin is a slave.
Now a slave has no permanent standing
   in the household,
but a son belongs to it for ever.
So if the Son sets you free,
you will indeed be free.
I know that you are descended
   from Abraham;
but you want to kill me
because my word finds no place in you.
What I speak of
is what I have seen at my Father’s side,
and you too put into action
the lessons you have learnt
   from you father.

They repeated,’Our father is Abraham.’ Jesus said to them:

If you are Abraham’s children,
do as Abraham did.
As it is, you want to kill me,
a man who has told you the truth
as I have learnt it from God;
that is not what Abraham did.
You are doing your father’s work.

They replied, ’We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.’ Jesus answered:

If God were your father,
   you would love me,
since I have my origin in God
   and have come from him;
I did not come of my own accord,
but he sent me.



Picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

A City on a Hill Shines to the World (excerpt)

God's Blue Book II Cover

February 23, 1994 5:30 a.m.

Jesus: I am the light of the world. A city on a hill will shine to the world. You at the Center will be this city when you are filled to the brim with the love of Jesus. What power, what might, to have each person a personal spouse of Jesus Christ! This is the light to the darkened world. The love of Jesus radiates from the very being of those who love Him. What light when all together are lifted by His love abounding deep within their breasts!


April 16, 2000 Apostle Message

Jesus speaks: I write to you of the Reign of the Sacred Heart and what I desire concerning celibacy of religious orders and of my handmaids and servants of the Good Shepherd and others. I wish men and women to be MY special spouse, the spouse of the Lamb. I will give them great grace for living this spousal union with Me. I want them to be so aware of themselves as handmaids and servants as brides of Christ. I want them to live always aware of pleasing the Divine Bridegroom.

Men and women are to live as brothers and sisters in Christ, interacting as God wills. They will not give in to passion or lust, they will live a life of purity as My spouse. Praying before the Blessed Sacrament should be focused on Me as their Divine Bridegroom. Praying in prayer gatherings should be focused on Me. There should not be an exchange of passion between partners, not the use of God for an added thrill. I am the focus. Married couples can engage in deep-seated love with God and one another, but there, too, the primary focus is always loving God first and uniting that love to a deeper love with each other.

The love of the married couple is to be in Him. Only God can fill the hungry soul.

In my servants and handmaids there is purity in their love for God their Divine Bridegroom. In working with others, praying with others, there must be a preservation of chastity.

One dedicates his life to God and lives his life of celibacy and bridal union with God.

Staring into one another’s eyes for passionate reasons or focusing more on another person than God detracts from their special commitment as servant, handmaid or as one in celibate-related states of life.

Purity must be maintained in all states of life. Ones who are married can relate with their married other in ways that those choosing a religious life or a life of celibacy are not permitted to engage in.

The bottom line always is this, what is God’s will for you in your particular state of life?

Celibacy is a special commitment a chosen soul makes to God to enhance one’s spousal union with Me.

All are not called to the celibate’s life.

Those who I call must realize that it is a special calling I give to them.

Priests are called by Me to the highest union with Me. I want to be so one with my beloved priests.

I am Jesus, I love all of my precious souls. Everyone has a special calling from the Father to serve Him in some state of life.

God has a plan for all. Living according to the Father’s will makes you the happiest here on earth and gives you the greatest peace. Living according to His will will lead you to heaven.


Sorrowful MotherMary'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.

(End of Mary's Message)


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 can I share negative feelings with you when we are suffering division.

Jesus speaks: My child, I could bear the suffering, I always knew the oneness with My Father. Many today stay isolated in suffering, hurting their mutual relationship with their significant other. Feelings must be shared to be properly one with another. To share only positive feelings is to share only a part of your heart. It is not to fully share yourself with another. A good part of the time you have tremendous problems because of the tendency of one or both to hide negative feelings and to hide suffering. I was one at all times with My Father. In My suffering He was united to Me. Although I experienced the feelings of isolation and deep pain in the garden, I was one with My heavenly Father. There is strength in sharing suffering. I made you to help one another and be one. One shares, one holds back, then you are not united in a way that will bring you greatest comfort and joy. You feel alone and isolated, you cannot understand why the other will never share when times are the most difficult and sharing is needed. You are silly, you walk a lonesome valley and your knees knock in pain. Many conflicts that could have been resolved in peace and love and strength become deep wounds because of the failure of one to open up and trust the other, because of the desire to be independent in suffering. I carried My cross for love of you. Yet you carry your cross and trip those you love and cause them pain.


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