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.

July 27, 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.

Luke 1:46

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;

Messenger: My desire has been to be like Mary, for she truly is the handmaid of the Lord.

We can have habits that we have had all our lives that are detrimental to health, relationships, spiritual growth.

It is very difficult to admit that we are doing something incorrectly and that we have done it incorrectly our whole lives. This can involve activities such as talking, walking, hollering at others, being "curt" and cutting others off when they try to speak, crying, running (escaping) at the "drop of a hat", all because we have developed a habit. A mother or father, aunt or uncle, teacher, someone before us may have taught us how to act.

It is comfortable, it is learned behavior we have used all our lives.

It can be breathing, talking, walking, singing, cooking, complaining all the time, looking on the dark side of things, or more comfortable habits.

Change is difficult.

Relationships and teachers help us see the imperfections. How do we deal with it? Many may go to a teacher and never listen because they want to be right.

If we are doing something incorrectly and we can't be told about it, how will we ever change?

If we feel we must be perfect already, why did God give us a lifetime to learn to love?

We have not arrived, we are in the becoming stage.

Our Church is a pilgrim Church.

Many of our old habits were not formed according to correct spiritual principles.

Our old habits, whether how we pray, talk or walk, relate with others, have been self taught or taught by others.

God is giving us these messages to help us to be more likened to Him.

Many will not want any help.

Some people hold tension in all parts of their bodies all the time and do not even know it.

Do we want to be pure like Mary, likened to Jesus our Savior?

If we do, we must admit we do not know everything. We must be willing to look at ourselves and change.

If we change according to the world, is the world right? There are so many different ways.

There is one way that is right. It is the way that Jesus showed us.

We suffer today because we do many things not according to God's will.

There is a beginning for man, it took place in the garden.

There is a time of triumph when Mary and her pure ways will triumph in the hearts of her children.

Did you ever watch a small child learn to tie his shoes?

When a child learns to tie his shoes, he usually learns from someone else.

There are a few ways to tie the shoes. Some people do it different ways.

Some people do not even know how to tie a man's tie. Why should a woman learn if she is never going to wear one?

We should all be willing to learn His way. As it is now so many do it their way, and there is much disharmony and hate. Some people even think it is all right to hit others if they are violated. Is this right for a man to hit his wife if she doesn't obey him, or for parents to hit their children and really hurt them because they feel they disobeyed them?

There are all kinds of ideas that fit a million men's minds. Now the television shows us it is okay to hurt others violently and shout the name of Jesus Christ when we want to. Is this okay? Whom do we believe? Why should I change, I may be doing something so well. Is it correct to keep doing it if I am hurting others through violence because I have become accustomed to doing it?

There is no growth if we do not change.

There is a message in Blue Book II.

Excerpt from To Grow, You Cannot Remain the Same

February 12, 1994
After Mass

Jesus speaks: To die to yourself you must listen to every word I plant in your heart, even the ones you do not want to hear because you might have to change something. To grow, you cannot remain the same. There is no growth if the plant stays the same.

I come to feed you, to fertilize you. I give you just the right fertilizer in your heart. Do you want to grow or do you want to remain unchanged? You will not grow if you do not use My fertilizer. It is the quiet whispers in your heart.

"Oh no, not that, Lord!" Oh, say "yes" to all I send you. It is with the greatest of love. It comes from Him Who laid down His life for you, Who gave you the last beat of His heart. I am Who am. I am God and I come before you, bruised, bloodied and beaten and I say, "Do you love Me so much as to listen to My promptings in your heart, to love your sick brothers, to do as The Father wills you to do?" I gave you the last beat of My heart. Why do you hold back? I am He Who loves you. I send you good things. Even crosses are good things. You grow from your trials and crosses.

Growth demands a change. Love finds a way into the hearts of others when you love with a heart of God.

Oh, child, I love you.

Messenger: Jesus has come to tell us His ways in these messages.

Mary is the handmaid of the Lord.

Luke 1:46

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;

Messenger: Of all human persons, Mary's soul is most like Jesus.

She is the model.

The more we go to her Immaculate Heart, the more the Holy Spirit molds us in God's image and likeness.

A beginning, Adam and Eve.

A transformation - the more people dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the New Adam and the New Eve, the more they will be like Christ.

Genesis 1:26

God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.'

Revelation 12:1-2

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. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.

Messenger: In the end, all will be living as God wills.

We must be willing to change. Pride is the root of evil.

We must be humble as the Virgin Mary.

If there is no change, we remain the same. We need to change for the better. We are imperfect human beings.

Help us spread the consecration, so the Holy Spirit can work as people dwell in Mary's Heart. They will see what they need to do.

We are blinded many times when we act certain ways.

Jesus came forth from Mary's womb. He is the Light of the World.

The children of Eve have imperfections that need to be worked against.

In doing God's will we will live in peace and harmony.

Mary is the Mother all pure.

We must act as Mary.

We are brought forth children of light from Mary's Immaculate Heart, the spiritual womb of the Woman clothed with the sun.

Eve led us into darkness.

The children of light come forth from Mary's Heart.

Mary said: 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' (Lk 1:38)

Jesus said in the garden: 'Father,' he said, 'if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine.' (Lk 22:42)

In dwelling in Their Hearts we will do more fully God's will.

THE NEW ADAM AND THE NEW EVE

Messenger: Consecration and the Mass help change hearts.

Jesus speaks: I love you so I died for you. Out of love I came to show you My way. Will you follow Me? Do you have the courage to change bad habits? Pray for light to see your bad habits and for grace to change.

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q: How can writing honest letters to you about how I feel help me grow out of some of my imperfections?

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