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 8, 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: Jesus took the Apostles up the mountain and there He was transfigured before them.

Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son.

Jesus sweat Blood in the garden, the Apostles slept.

God in His infinite knowing walked the earth with the Apostles. They were blinded. He enlightened them, He gave them vision. He spoke His truth to them, He gave them grace. They were weak human persons. Some fled when He died instead of being there at His death. They were afraid of what people thought.

It is that struggle between the balcony and the dirt. On Pentecost, 1998, I had that vision, first the balcony, then the dirt. First a high mountain, states of ecstasy, then suffering dealing with the impending danger of a problem created by Satan to drag you down.

The transfigured Lord was seen at the top of the mountain. Christ was crucified on the hill of Calvary. God is the I Am, never changing, constant. Despite all the distractions, all the pits Satan can create, the focus must be on the vision of what God wants for His Church.

It is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic.

It is one body, He is the Head.

Our mission is to focus more and more as that body united in Him.

Our mission is to lead men into a deeper spousal union with the Divine Bridegroom.

Our mission is to follow the Good Shepherd, to hear His voice and follow Him.

Jesus speaks: I come to renew My Church. There are people that live to build up the body, that have the vision, there are people that worry about the dust in the church and this is all they ever see.

There are people that scream and holler, they do a lot of work and then by their attitude they harm the body and what they have labored to build up.

The vision is this, men, you must see yourselves united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying as a body so that greater grace will be poured on the earth.

The plan is big, it is for this I come and for this I speak, to help renew My Church, that they will see with wide vision the Almighty God and the great grace outpoured when the members of the Church are united as a body praying together, united to the Mass.

The top of the mountain was glorious when the men's eyes were opened and they saw what they saw, the transfigured Lord.

Beneath the mountain, other men lurked and worried for their wares and they went through the mundane worries of everyday life.

I say this, the more you follow My instruction, the revelations I give to you, the more your eyes will be opened to see as you have never seen before. You will see the good, you will see the evil.

One man comes and tries to get you focused on what he wants. He tries to disprove the revelations I give, but the revelations are leading the souls deeper and deeper into a spousal union with their God. The rosary is a way of life to you as you meditate on its mysteries and as you pray it and receive special lights from the Holy Spirit. The rosary helps you to fight off Satan.

You must follow My lead. I am the Good Shepherd. I am here to lead you to the top of the mountain, where all will see with eyes opened to the glory of God, where your hearts will sing with joy united to your Divine Bridegroom in holy wedlock as never before.

The Victory is in Me, My children, being one in Me and the Father and the Holy Spirit.

So you have the whiners, the doubters, those who persecute Me once again when I come with a gentle loving hand to lead you to the truth, and you tie My hands once again with your prideful ways.

My men, it is the fruit, you must judge a tree by its fruit. Do you look at the tree, see a worm or a spot on an apple, and try to cut down a good, fruit bearing tree with an ax? No, you remove the flaw and cherish the tree that yields its bounty in due season.

Oh, you are so smart, are you?

I need your support for a gift I gave to you that led you to a deeper life in Me, and after I gifted you and gave you great love, you tried to plug up My line to others.

I come for all, I ask you to lead. I speak for My Father, the Father of all Who wishes to reach the world with His plan, that they will know it was Me that He sent.

I come to take what is here and open your eyes to the gifts I give so that you will live as the spouse of the Lamb and bring forth great fruit for the Kingdom.

I ask the message, April 1, 1997, received when My messenger first went to Florida and saw Mary's image, be printed here.


A Message from Florida
Message given through Rita Ring

Jesus speaks: You are the leader. There will be no one in line behind you. You may be on the hill and look around and no one will appear to be near, but I am there in the silence of that moment. Know I am with you. The Father and the Holy Spirit are with you. You are one with My Mother and are surrounded by angels and saints.

The world is blind and they do not see. You must see with spiritual vision. See the world beyond. It is real. You are not alone. I am with you at every second, watching you and controlling your breath.

If you cease to believe, who will be the leader? All I have called through you must realize they are the leaders. No one may appear to be near, no one is in line behind you.

You must be constantly motivated by faith. It comes down to this--it is your belief. For, if I call you and you do not hear Me, then My work will not get done. For I am calling you and you can plug up your ears, but souls are being lost at this very moment that you can be helping through your faith. You must have fervor in your prayers.

Satan attacks you all day, in prayer and in work. Will you listen to him or to Me?

I am begging you to see Me alive before you as I came forth from the tomb, glistening and all white. I am here. I have called you by name. You are the apostles I am calling. If you say 'no' the work will not get done.

Read this letter over and over and when you are alone and feel as if you are standing on the hill by yourself see the heavens open up. See Me in celestial light as you saw Me transfigured on the altar. See the great vision of March 26, 1996. Read that message. See Me almost dead on the cross as I was on December 5, 1996 at Immaculata. See My lips move and hear Me speak. No one is listening. They will hear you speak. They will respond to you.

If you give into Satan, they will not hear and they will not know for his whole attempt is to silence you.

So you go to the hilltop. You are close to Me. You look around and you see no one. Below the hill is a throng of people. They have forgotten I exist. The heavens open and I appear and the sky is filled with saints and angels. They continue talking and laughing at the bottom of the hill. The celestial light falls upon them and they continue as in a fog and as blind men to focus on the rocks and the things of this earth.

And you speak. The voice they hear is your voice from the top of the mountain. You appear to be alone by these blind men, but the heavenly court has surrounded you and you see not with earthly vision but with the eyes of faith and you speak in My Name...

"Glory and Praise to God! Hear the words of your Savior. Listen from the mountain top for He has risen and we are His witnesses."

He calls you from the mountain and you say nay for your foolish whims. Come to the mountain top with Me and you will taste of milk sweeter than honey. You will run and not get weary, you will be His faithful witnesses. You will be the children of light shining from the mountain top on the dark world below.

Oh, do not say no, My chosen ones, you are My children of light. I have called and you have responded. Do not be discouraged, but encouraged for (she) appears, the Lady of Light, the Lady of Fatima, the Lady of the Holy Rosary. She appears Our Lady in Clearwater to bring about the completion of the Fatima message there. If you do not believe, who will I send to do the work for I have chosen you!

The Fatima mission will greatly unfold there through the Shepherds of Christ Movement. She appears Our Lady of Light in all the splendor to call her children to her Son, Jesus. She appears as Our Lady of Fatima, 80 years later, to call to the world, to deliver the same message she delivered then. Come to the water and drink and you will not be thirsty for God has visited His people. He has risen. He sends great gifts in the woman clothed as the sun on your building. Some look and they do not see. Some are touched for their hearts are open to the graces that are pouring out there.

Mary speaks: I appear to you, the woman clothed as the sun, Our Lady of Fatima, in splendor and glory to lead a sick race to holiness, to lead them to healing in the Heart of my Son.

For His Heart will reign despite all the actions of men. I appear Our Lady of Fatima on the (former) bank in Florida to you this day. This is my message. This is my little Fatima in the Americas. A permanent sign I give to you this day on the building, a sign for the world and for you.

And you, my chosen one, have faith for it is faith that will save you. The devil wants you stopped. If you listen to him, who will lead the people to my Son? You have been called and chosen by me, Our Lady of Fatima, the woman clothed as the sun and there will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth for many will be lost forever. I send you in the darkness as a beacon light to the world.

I love you. I am your Mother Mary.


Jesus speaks: I AM the Good Shepherd, My sheep hear My voice and they follow Me.

I ask you to be a Shepherd of Christ leader, to see the vision at the top of the mountain and not get so focused at the bottom of the mountain. You stick your head in the sand.

I am God, I come to set the captives free. I love you so, My hand is upon you. I have visited My people and I am with you today.

You see the little details and miss the big picture.

Like the cedars of Lebanon you stand as strong trees that are only grazed by the wind. Some have been uprooted by the words of others, they blow about as a spindly tree that soon is uprooted and washed downstream.

I am a God of justice and of right. My Father is the Divine Play Writer, He writes the message on their hearts, you follow My lead. How would it be if in the play all had their own scripts and did as they pleased? The production would never be made, for the unity would be lacking.

I am the One who directs this play, I watch you as you miss the focus of the overall story of salvation. You do not know that all players are meant to most fully play their parts with their unique talents, giving all they have to the divine plan.

How would it be if a leading character argued, whined and questioned the director all through the practices? Well, you say, he would weaken the cast and cause those supporting characters to lose hope, be divided and so confused they may want to leave.

God the Father speaks: My sons and my daughters, I write the play for salvation history. My Son's body the Church is His body, He is the Head. All parts of the body must work as one, for the body is one body. The body works best when all perform the function as directed.

The age-old story of Adam and Eve is thus My children, they did their own will and they were cast from the garden.

This is My Son's Movement. He speaks for Me. I am the Father, you will grow deeper and deeper in your love union with your God as your Church and your world are renewed.

My Son comes in these revelations that your eyes will be opened and you will see as never before. I speak of the truth of God.

Your Mother appears, the Queen of the South, to lead you home to the Heart of Jesus.

God will reign on the earth and all men will be under God's feet.

When the trip up the mountain was completed, their eyes beheld a view as none before, whereas previously they looked as in a clouded tunnel and never really saw it all. Those who were pompous thought they knew everything. Those that were wise recognized their limitations, hungering and thirsting for that greater vision and fuller life that they knew they could only have in their God. Men see with limited minds, God speaks to you here My children. If you are wise you will study the words of your God and follow.


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.

          


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