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.

May 29, 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: When we come to Mass we make an offering of ourselves, all our sorrows (wounds), joys, our complete selves. We see our lives and we put ourselves in Mary's Heart, ask to make the offering in greatest purity. In His Heart we offer the sacrifice IN HIM and WITH HIM.

We become one with Him as deeply as possible. We dwell in His most perfect Heart offering sacrifice to God for our sins and the sins of men. Our whole being is very active in the Mass as we realize more the power of this Sacrifice most worthily offered. We want to give ourselves as completely as possible, our past, all of ourselves, now become so one in the moment of sacrifice as we become one in Him pleading and begging to our God for purification, for help, for love of Him and all others. We give thanksgiving, worship and honor to Him, our whole being given as a sacrifice on the altar IN His pure and holy Heart. Being in the Immaculate Heart of our Mother, we offer sacrifice for the Church and the world.

Jesus speaks: Offer every precious moment of your lives, united to the Masses around the world, being one in Me. Every moment is a moment of sacrifice united to Me. This is what you do in your Morning Offering.

God the Father speaks: The pages of the book of your lives are being written. These moments of your lives are so dear to Me, for you offer your lives as a sacrifice for souls.

Write to Me what you did today, yesterday, date it. Are you spending the precious moments of your lives offering sacrifice to Me (the Father) for My honor and glory and giving your lives as a sacrifice for souls?

Write a short page every day or the following day, similar to an examination of conscience, seeing the good (so much good you accomplish you overlook, so many precious moments of joy you forget) and the times you were troubled.

The devil tries to keep you focused on the problems.

Oh My shepherds, helping to shepherd My flock, there is so much good you accomplish every day.

Write a short page, date it, read over it when you are troubled, keep it in a book, see how many joyful moments you have every day.

Give them to Me as a bouquet of flowers placed at My feet on that last day, the pages of the life of your book.

You will want all pages to be done in love, all for the honor and glory of God.

Oh My chosen children, I am the Father and I love you so much. Pray the prayer from Jesus before His bitter passion.

John 17: 22

I have given them the glory
   you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.

John 17: 11

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world,
and I am coming to you.
Holy Father,
keep those you have given me
    true to your name,
so that they may be one like us.

Jesus speaks: My Heart is on fire for love of you.

I am God, My Father loves you so much, give Him the moments of your lives as a sacrifice, My precious souls.

Hear the Voice of the Good Shepherd.

I am God, hear Me.

Peace, LOVE, ONENESS - ONE BODY IN ME -

Your prayers are answered. Pray from the depth of your hearts. Give yourselves in consecration to Me. Consecrate your hearts to the Immaculate Heart of My Mother.

Offer sacrifice.

Put the flowers as gifts beneath the throne of the Father. You are the ones that must unite to My Sacrifice offered to Him.

I am one with you in the offering.

Do not miss the great source of grace I give you in the Mass.

I am the Son of God.

I gave Myself for you.

I give Myself to you today in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Be one in this Sacrifice.

Plead and beg for souls.

Unite the moments of your life to Me.

Offer sacrifice. Be united as a body.

And the bell tolls.

Do you hear the bells toll?

Messenger: As I drove away it was 9:30.

The moments of our lives we cannot live again.

We are here to love and honor God and to serve Him, to prepare ourselves for the life hereafter and to help others get there.

He is the Son of God.

He showed us how to be children of the Father.

He laid down His life for His flock.

He is the Good Shepherd.

We lay down our lives in our Morning Offering.

We lay down our lives and unite to the perfect Sacrifice of the Savior.

The moments go by with such swiftness and now here is the day, the kids are grown, the grandchildren have come, and we still say, "TOMORROW I will be about my union with God."

All the precious moments that could have been united as a sacrifice for special grace for ourselves and others.

When He was here on earth, He merited grace by His life and death.

We need to tap into this grace our Divine Savior came to earth to gain for us.

We must tap into this sacrifice.

Messenger: The moments of our lives tick away. There are millions of souls in nursing homes that could be offering up their lives for souls. We have to unite ourselves and reach them, all the souls that will hear us and unite to this Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. He is the Head, we are the members of His body, the Church. We must be united in the Mass, praying every moment together, being one in Him in this Holy Sacrifice so that great grace will be released.

All our most difficult trials, when we endure them with love, can help to bring down great grace.

The moment is now.

The bell is tolling.

I can only live in this moment.

I must unite it to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying for souls.

Through Him, With Him and In Him

Messenger: This is the message of the Second Mass Book.

Messenger: How do the pages of your book appear, the pages that are being recorded whether we write about it or not?

Messenger: Do they all carry a smiley face because we carried the cross with Jesus?

Every moment, whether of joy or suffering, can be a moment of grace being released for our needs, for the salvation of souls, to make reparation to God, to honor and love Him and obey Him.

OUR LIVES ARE INDEED PRECIOUS, every moment, a moment that our Father gave us as a child of God for His honor and glory.

Alleluia, God, help us unite as a body.

Alleluia, God, help us to see ourselves all one as the family of the Father with Mary our loving Mother.

And Mary appears and she says:

ON A BUSY CORNER OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

A MESSAGE FROM MARY TO HER CHILDREN

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.

May 29, 2000 - Second Message

Mary speaks: My children, today when you celebrate and picnic with your family, how will the page of your book look for the Father? Whether you write or not, you lived it as He willed or you lived it against His will.

Were your moments, moments to give Him honor and glory, to help promote the kingdom, to help save souls and lead others to God? Did the moments help you have a higher place in heaven? Did you mature more in your love relationship with God?

I want a basket with flowers.

Messenger: Our precious moments are to be petals of flowers we give to our Father for that last day.

Let us record the moments so we can see how the pages of our book are reading. They are being written, whether we write about them or not, and He has them all recorded in our book of life.

August 8, 1946

Today is the day you were born into the world.

What a glorious day it was, for you came and had the opportunity to gain heaven and help others do likewise.

The bell tolls.

The long night will soon be over.

A new spring day buds forth.

In the fall, the leaves give way to winter and soon we see the days are gone and past. How did you love and serve the Lord?

Messenger: The trees are barren, the trees are in full bloom - the years go by, the seasons change, a small sore, a big blockage in the heart, soon the long hard nights come to a close and the glory of the long days waited, arrives. God gives His people what is their due.

How did we love and serve our God? How did we promote the kingdom on earth?

How did we live?

How did we follow in the Good Shepherd's footsteps and lay down our lives for our friends?

John 10: 11 - 15

I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd lays down his life
   for his sheep.
The hired man,
   since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
   and runs away,
and then the wolf attacks
   and scatters the sheep;
he runs away
   because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep.

The Our Father

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.

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A PRIEST IS A GIFT FROM GOD

Refrain:

A priest is a gift from God
A priest is a gift from God
This is My Body
This is My Blood.
A priest is a gift from God.

Verse 1:

Come to Me, My children
I want to possess you soul
I love you so tenderly
I want you to love Me too.

A priest is a gift from God.

I tell you My children,
A priest is a gift from God
Today is the day the Lord has made
Wake, My children from your sleep

Come My children to My altar.

A priest is a gift from God.

Verse 2:

Come to Me, My little children
I want to possess your soul
Give your hearts to Jesus and Mary
You will be one in Our Hearts.

A priest is a gift from God.

Offer sacrifice My children
A priest is a gift from God
One in your heart, one in your mind,
One in this ho-ly banquet

Come My children to My altar

A priest is a gift from God.

Verse 3:

Come to Me child-ren of God
I want to possess your soul
I give Myself to you
In the Holy Eucharist

A priest is a gift from God.

I tell you My children,
A priest is a gift from God
Today is the day the Lord has made,
Wake My children from your sleep

Come My children to My altar

A priest is a gift from God

(Repeat Refrain)

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Mary'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.

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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 do I feel when you include me in something because you want me to be with you?

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