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.

February 10, 1999

Given February 9th - to be read February 10, 1999

AUTHORITY

For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet.

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Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, ‘Salvation and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life.

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Jesus speaks: I speak of authority. One who lives according to the will of God respects authority.

In families, children must obey authority. Mary has authority as Mother of the Church.

Children sometimes will bypass their mother and go to their father. This causes problems if the mother has directed the children and the children go over her head to a higher authority. This makes the children higher than the mother.

In religious orders and in businesses, this is a tactic used by some who do not have authority. They do not respect the chain of authority. They want authority themselves, so they cause problems in the line of command.

This is a tactic Satan uses to cause disorder. In a religious community, a young sister may improperly attempt to go over the local superior and go to the top authority.

A person that lacks authority, but wants authority and wants their way, sometimes goes above the authority to the top and criticizes the immediate person in authority.

Messenger: Christ has structured His Church, Christ has structured the family. It is clearly stated in Scripture that wives are subject to their husbands, children must obey the father and mother.

Satan wants everyone to seek the top for their own vain glory, to seek power and position.

Christ Himself has structured institutions. Authority comes from God. God delegates it to individuals.

Sometimes people not liking authority try to raise themselves by jumping over immediate superiors and going to the higher level to get their way.

This is most disruptive to any organization.

Mark 7:14-15

He called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean.

Messenger: It is not what enters into a man that makes him impure, it is what comes out. We are told to wash our hands before we eat. Who would handle food with dirty hands and eat it? Yet we receive the Son of God without properly preparing ourselves to offer a pure sacrifice. We offer the most pure sacrifice when united to the pure and holy Heart of Our beloved Savior. The Mass is geared toward purification. At the beginning of Mass, we ask for forgiveness of sins. The Our Father is also asking the Father to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and to deliver us from evil.

and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

Messenger: How can we come to the divine banquet of the Mass to eat the Body and drink the Blood of Jesus, the Son of God, and not realize how important it is that we are pure.

1. We must strive to grow in purity to more worthily receive within us the Almighty God.
2. We want to offer a pure sacrifice. We must understand that Jesus Christ is the Divine Chief Priest and Victim and we must give our hearts to Him to have the deepest connection for the purest sacrifice possible. The desire for oneness with Him must be a deep act of the will for the greatest benefits to be derived.

Yahweh God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it. Then Yahweh God gave the man this command, ‘You are free to eat of all the trees in the garden. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat; for, the day you eat of that, you are doomed to die.’

Genesis 3:6-7

The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

Messenger: Complete willfulness, disobedience to God’s commands. Man disobeys, he has a free will. God is the Creator, man disobeys God Who creates Him.

In Father Carter’s newsletter, a quote he uses tells how intimately the Body of Christ, the Church, is involved in the Sacrifice of the Mass. This is an important reason to me in my prayers all through the day as I am consecrating those in the Church to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

I know when I go to Mass and I consecrate the priest's heart to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the people's hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, it makes a difference. So much more important is it that we consecrate the hearts of all in the Church to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and especially consecrate the priests, bishops, cardinals and the Pope to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I have authority as a member of the Body of Christ to pray for the other members. In consecrating their hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, I am doing this as their sister in the Church. So much more powerful would it be because of his special power of intercession, if the priest all through the day consecrates all in the world, all in the Church - including his fellow priests - to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

The Mass is the greatest act of love we give to God. Scripture is the living Word of God. It deeply penetrates my heart and my soul. Oh, I wish the priest, when he speaks, would always speak from his heart. Scripture makes my heart sing and I cry because I am filled in my heart with loving emotion for my beloved Jesus and for all. A stiff sermon, one that makes me use my head and is disconnected from the heart, has jerked me from this deep mystical connection with Him into a text book or learning situation as in a school room. Who would wish, in a most tender moment of a lover’s embrace, that another would come and give a detailed discussion of the workings of blood running in the body or tears flowing from the eyes? Although the body is connected to me in the loving embrace, I do not wish to discuss its detailed functioning. I want to relax and exist in love’s embrace and experience the emotion of my heart. My heart tells me heartfelt knowledge of the other, that is what I desire in a touching moment. The Mass is the greatest love affair with Our Divine God. Scripture plants seeds in the heart. It penetrates the heart. The sermon should be a part of that heartfelt experience of loving union with God and all, not a detailed, head-like discussion of theology, but a warm touching embrace of the heart helping us to unite in deep love with the all-perfect God.

February 10, 1999

Jesus speaks: I reveal insights into the workings of Satan in your lives so that you will be able to unveil his activities. Satan is cunning. Satan is crafty, Satan uses satanic logic to pull you in. He is intelligent.

He knows exactly what to say, working through others, to hit a wound or weakness within you.

I am revealing insights into divine mysteries. Satan is the master of deception. He comes and tries to steal your joy and get you focused on self. Satan is not more intelligent than God. If I reveal to you insight into his tactics, you will be able to outsmart him.

I am God, I know the workings of Satan. He has deceived the earth's inhabitants since your mother, Eve.

The Woman appears in Florida. These messages are from heaven.

Florida appears as a foot into the deep sea.

She appears on the heel of the state. Through some of the messages I give here, I will unveil some of the workings of Satan in your lives.

He is the master of deceit.

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

Then the dragon was enraged with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, who obey God’s commandments and have in themselves the witness of Jesus.

The dragon delegates his power to the beast
And I took my stand on the seashore.

They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word to which they bore witness, because even in the face of death they did not cling to life.

Jesus speaks: In one second you could be wiped off the earth. The very hairs of your head are numbered.

You round a curve and you avoid what could have been a trip to eternity.

My child, by one split second difference, by the space of a hair, you escape the ax.

My child, you worry in vain, for the plan of the Father will unfold despite all their willfulness and the snares of the devil.

I tell you so that you will not fall into the pit. For the deep, fiery abyss is as real as the heights of heaven.

Messenger: Alleluia, Our God reigns, Our God reigns. The Kingdom of God is at hand!

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Q: How do I feel when I am treated dishonorably or persecuted by someone? How do I think Jesus felt being so abused by ones He loved?

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