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.

April 25, 1999

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.

Promises of Our Lady to Those Who Pray the Rosary

Over the years, in various apparitions, Mary has stressed the importance of the rosary. She has promised great blessings to those who pray the rosary. To St. Dominic and to Blessed Alan she stated:

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armour against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.³

Can we refuse our most loving Mother her request that we daily pray the rosary?

³Rev. Edward J. Carter, Mother at Our Side, Shepherds of Christ Publications, Morrow OH, 1993, p. 83-85

First Excerpt from October 1, 1996 Message
(Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, p. 172)

Jesus speaks: ...

As requested by My Mother, I am asking you to pray the rosary as a continued novena for the Movement. Pray, beginning this day, 27 days in petition, 27 days in thanksgiving...

Second Excerpt from October 1, 1996 Message
(Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, p. 172)

Messenger: For the rosary novena as requested by Jesus and Mary, we pray on the first day the Joyful Mysteries, on the second day the Sorrowful Mysteries, on the third day the Glorious Mysteries. Pray the rosary this way for 27 days in petition, and continue praying the rosary for 27 more days in thanksgiving. Jesus and Mary want us to continue this novena perpetually, 27 days in petition, 27 days in thanksgiving. Included is a chart to help you keep track on the back of the book. Please tell all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement about this request of Jesus and Mary and circulate the prayer charts with the above message.

April 25, 1999

Jesus speaks: You are as children at play on the surface of the earth. The Father is watching you to see if you obey. The rules are the 10 Commandments. You are to live according to the word of God, obeying your Father's will.

Messenger: Jesus is really present in the Eucharist and He gives Himself to us most intimately.

After these years now when He has revealed Himself to me, with eyes unveiled, I have greater insight into the Divine Mysteries.

Our efforts to do anything here are fruitful to the degree they are aligned to His will. We are not to see ourselves as accomplishing anything good by ourselves. Good is accomplished for helping to further His Kingdom and reign depending on how truly we empty ourselves to allow Him to work in us.

It is indeed God Who has the power. We are the children of God attempting to bring to fruition that which He desires. I am a child of God.

Messenger: Let us now see ourselves as His children playing on the earth and the Almighty God watching from above as we play. (But it is so much greater, for God is in us in a special way when we are in the state of grace and His wonders are manifest through our actions the more identified, the more one, we become in Him.) I love the Scripture quote of St. Paul's:

Galatians 2:20

...yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me...

Messenger: The game must be to obey His will. Look now to the earth and see how the children play. God is watching, He is with us.

Jesus speaks: My children, you play on the surface. Look at yourselves as on a stage. One obeys; one disobeys. The ruler to measure by is, "What is the will of God?" When one disobeys the will of God, it leaves others with painful choices to make. Disobedience against the will of God by one affects all that is connected to him. You can see how the disobedience of one child in a family throws the whole family into pain and causes confusion. Choices are made more difficult for those attempting to do God's will. So many questions, so many answers in a world of such disobedience to the Laws of God.

My children, you must pray for your priests that they walk in the truth in the world in which Satan has permeated the minds of many with such untruth. You must, My children, pray for the renewal of the Church and the world. My children, you are at war with the ancient serpent, the devil. Are you obeying God, or are you consenting to the tempting of the evil serpent? When you fall, you affect all those you love.

Love is living according to God's will. If you truly loved another, you would not disobey God's will. You love your family by living according to God's will and obeying the Commandments. Selfish disobedience for one's own glory affects the whole human family. Look at the leaders who disobeyed God's will for their own individual wills.

The whole human family is one family.

The whole Church is one family.

Pray as Our Lady told the children of Fatima. She is Mother of the children of the Father. She is the New Eve. Disobeying God's will through sin affects everyone in the family, the world. You must pray as I have instructed in My Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual for your priests, who are My shepherds, the Church and the world.

You are a WILLFUL RACE. I am the New Adam, Mary is the New Eve. We have told you what to do here.

My Church and My world are in need of renewal. You must pray.

As it was by one man that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool,...

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.

'It is not anyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.'

But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?' And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.'

And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed. 'My Father,' he said, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.'

Jesus speaks: "...I am the Way; I am Truth and Life..." (John 14:6)

There are not 50 different wills, there is one will.

You must follow Me. Either you are with Me or against Me. The measuring stick is, "Who is living in the Father's will?" If you are rooted in the truth, the Commandments, My word, you will be securely rooted in the Father's will. You must follow the lines of authority. Authority comes from God and is given to man through the lines of authority. All are under God, acting in My Name.

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How do I feel we can grow closer in our relationship by seeing ourselves as children in the Father's family?

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