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 3, 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.

John 19: 41-42

At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried. Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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Messenger: Christ the first fruits comes forth the New Adam from the belly of the earth. Notice no one was laid in the tomb before Christ it was a new tomb. Notice it was in a garden.

Jesus shed His Blood in the garden of olives. New shoots, little olive plants would come out of the garden.

From olives is made olive oil.

Oil is used to burn for light.

Christ is our Light.

He is the Light of the world.

Matthew 25: 1-13

Parable of the ten wedding attendants

Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them, whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a cry, “Look! The bridegroom! Go out and meet him.” Then all those wedding attendants woke up and trimmed their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, “Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out.” But they replied, “There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves.” They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed. The other attendants arrived later. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open the door for us.” But he replied, “In truth I tell you, I do not know you.” So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.

Messenger: Christ is even called a fruit in Luke 1: 42.

Elizabeth refers to Him as a fruit.

Christ the first fruits comes forth from the garden from a new tomb in which no one had been laid.

Elizabeth, the barren one, recognizes the fruit.

Luke 1: 41-42

Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

1 Corinthians 15: 20-23

    In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. 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.

Messenger: Mary gives birth to her first-born.

Luke 2: 6-7

Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living–space.

Messenger: The New Eve gives birth to her first-born.

Jesus is born in a cave, the belly of the earth.

Christ the first-fruits from the Immaculate womb of Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit.

He is the SON of God,

The NEW ADAM

The NEW EVE

surrounded by shepherds and sheep.

A BARE BABY

Messenger: Simeon says:

Luke 2: 29-32

The Nunc Dimittis

   Now, Master, you are letting
       your servant go in peace
   as you promised;
   for my eyes have seen the salvation
   which you have made ready
       in the sight of the nations;
   a light of revelation for the gentiles
   and glory for your people Israel.

Messenger: A LIGHT to the people.

The Sacrifice of Calvary is sacramentally made present in the Mass.

We see Jesus in a new tomb in a garden, the New Adam coming forth from the belly of the earth. He leaves behind His burial cloth.

John 20: 6-7

Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloths lying on the ground and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.

Messenger: Jesus comes naked, the New Adam, in the belly of the earth.

Jesus born of Mary the pure, immaculate human person, the only human person immaculately conceived - the New Eve. He comes through the power of the Holy Spirit - the Son of God, God made man -

Luke 1: 31-38

Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.

Messenger: Let us look at the vision of Lucia, June 13, 1929.

Messenger: Mary is the perfect spouse of the Lamb.

She stands to the right of the altar.

The New Adam hangs from the tree, the Victim sacrificed for our sins.

The faithful are the brides of Christ.

The Church is His Bride.

Let us see Christ the first-fruits.

Let us hear Elizabeth call out:

BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB.

Let us see the children around the table of Sacrifice like little olive plants.

Hear the words in Luke.

Luke 2: 7

and she gave birth to a son, her first–born.

Messenger: Let us see the table of Sacrifice and hear Psalm 128.

Psalm 128

Blessing on the faithful

How blessed are all who fear Yahweh,
   who walk in his ways!

Your own labours will yield you a living,
   happy and prosperous will you be.
Your wife a fruitful vine
   in the inner places of your house.
Your children round your table
   like shoots of an olive tree.

Such are the blessings that fall
   on those who fear Yahweh.
May Yahweh bless you from Zion!
May you see Jerusalem prosper
   all the days of your life,
and live to see your children’s children!

Peace to Israel!

Messenger: Your wife shall be a fruitful vine and your children like olive plants around your table.

Oh that the faithful of the Church recognized themselves more and more as the spouse of the Lamb.

Oh that the faithful would live their spousal union with Jesus.

We are His bride -

We bring forth fruit for the Kingdom - little olive shoots.

He says in John:

John 15: 5

I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me, with me in him,
bears fruit in plenty;
for cut off from me you can do nothing.

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Messenger: See Mary in Lucia's vision. Her Immaculate Heart is the spiritual womb of all the children of the Church.

Messenger: She stands as a spouse by the table of Sacrifice.

Mary holds her Immaculate Heart.

Christ the first-fruits hangs from the tree.

The grace and mercy flow from Him.

We see His pierced Heart through which the sacramental life of the Church flows.

Oh, is it not easy to understand that to a barren woman God gave John the Baptist and to this barren earth God sends a Savior, the Son of God.

Today the Church needs to grow more maturely in that spousal union with Christ the Chief-Priest and Victim, the Lamb. He sends messages to help us grow more and more in this spousal union to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom.

The Sacrifice of Calvary is sacramentally made present in the Mass.

Mary Immaculate - the perfect spouse of the Lamb, stands beneath the first-fruits, her Son Jesus, and grace and mercy flow as we go through their two Hearts and partake in this heavenly Sacrifice.

HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH THEE; BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN, AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS.

1 Corinthians 15: 20-28

    In fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first–fruits of all who have fallen asleep. 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, and the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his feet. But when it is said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

Messenger: CHRIST THE FIRST-FRUITS.

1 Corinthians 15: 42-44

It is the same too with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable, but what is raised is imperishable; what is sown is contemptible but what is raised is glorious; what is sown is weak, but what is raised is powerful; what is sown is a natural body, and what is raised is a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is a spiritual body too.

1 Corinthians 15: 54-55

And after this perishable nature has put on imperishability and this mortal nature has put on immortality, then will the words of scripture come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?

Revelation 19: 5-10

    Then a voice came from the throne; it said, ‘Praise our God, you servants of his and those who fear him, small and great alike.’ And I heard what seemed to be the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, ‘Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun; let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.’ The angel said, ‘Write this, “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb,” ’ and he added, ‘These words of God are true.’ Then I knelt at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, ‘Never do that: I am your fellow–servant and the fellow–servant of all your brothers who have in themselves the witness of Jesus. God alone you must worship.’ The witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Revelation 2 1: 1-2

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband.

Revelation 1: 5-6

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the First–born from the dead, the highest of earthly kings. He loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood, and made us a Kingdom of Priests to serve his God and Father; to him, then, be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 5: 9-10

They sang a new hymn:

   You are worthy to take the scroll
   and to break its seals,
   because you were sacrificed,
       and with your blood
   you bought people for God
   of every race, language, people and nation
   and made them
       a line of kings and priests for God,
   to rule the world.

Messenger: Jesus is the Son of God, the New Adam.

We are the spouse of the Lamb.

Messenger: Blessed are the breasts that fed us.

From the spiritual womb of the Mother Mary we are brought forth the children of light.

I hear Jesus on January 5, 1997, call out BARE BABY, LAID BARE.

And October 8, 1997 say:

Seedless, barren, no fruit, no fruit on the vine.

And on March 3, 1997, after the flooding of Falmouth say that:

Messenger: The day of the flood at Falmouth our Lord said, all that would remain would be the fruit of heaven.

And so I quote from March 3, 1997:

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March 3, 1997 Message
Day Falmouth Flooded Early Morning

Jesus speaks: Oh, the waters will run and the earth will shake and you will suffer and suffer and work your own plan and say it happened before, it is not a sign from God - it is a phenomenon, a happening, no reason to take notice.

And I will shake you on your tree and you will fall to the ground as rotten fruit and all that will remain will be the fruit of heaven.

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(End of Excerpt from October 7, 1999 daily message)

Messenger: A garden, long ago, and Adam and Eve sinned.

Messenger: A garden of olives - one Son of Man sweating Blood.

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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Messenger: Let us wake, oh barren earth, for the true treasure is given. Jesus, the Son of God, is the gift for the thirsty earth - He gives us Himself and pours out His life in the Eucharist.

Revelation 11: 3-6

But I shall send my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lamps in attendance on the Lord of the world. Fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies if anyone tries to harm them; and anyone who tries to harm them will certainly be killed in this way. They have the power to lock up the sky so that it does not rain as long as they are prophesying; they have the power to turn water into blood and strike the whole world with any plague as often as they like.

Messenger: Notice that Jesus calls the two witnesses two olive trees.

I see Jesus as the New Adam - the vine.

I see Mary, His bride, to the side of the altar.

Today there is a priest, Christ is the Chief Priest.

We are the brides of Christ.

Through the Mass great fruit is brought forth for the kingdom.

We go to the table of the Lord, we unite to this Sacrifice in the Morning Offering when we are not there. We are connected in our hearts as members of the body of Christ.

We are one in Him and to be one in Him we are in union with Him and in union with all He loves.

Our union is strong in the body because of Him.

We in the Church are members of His body, we are united because we are His body.

Feast of St Thomas Apostle - July 3, 2000

Ephesians 2: 19-22

   So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fellow–citizens with the holy people of God and part of God’s household. You are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Every structure knit together in him grows into a holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built up into a dwelling–place of God in the Spirit.

Messenger: Jesus is with us in the Eucharist today.

John 20: 29

Jesus said to him:

    You believe because you can see me.
    Blessed are those who have not seen
       and yet believe.

John 20: 27

Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.’

 Messenger: How do we treat the Son of God who is truly present in His Divinity and Humanity in the Eucharist?

Jesus speaks: I give these messages that you will know Me and come to the Eucharist.

Please put the writing of July 4, 1998, on the internet at the end of today's message.

Messenger: I plead for these things to help be united in such oneness with the wailing Woman under the cross pleading for this world.

Messenger: Seeing Lucia's vision, I just realized more and more my connection with Mary under the cross, with Jesus on the cross, and with the Father, and Holy Spirit. I experience the power, the might, the flow of grace going into us.

I realize that one Mass could release the grace to change the whole world if He so chooses. I want to offer the purest sacrifice united to Mary and the Heart of Jesus for this intention. I want to give glory and honor and love and devotion to God.

I want to make reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary after Communion as I have never, never made reparation before. But this is all so much to think about, but it is not just an action of my head. I am in great tears pleading within my whole being and loving God in the greatest intensity at this moment, for a great grace has been given to me to know and feel this so intently, and I want to share this with you that you too will beg for the grace and plead with me at the foot of the cross with Mary, as we are one in the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present. If we so unite in every Mass and pray, our priests will give themselves to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and more deeply unite and identify with Jesus. Then the greatest grace will be outpoured on this sinful earth. Man will be newly reconciled with God and God will have great mercy on men's souls.

Jesus speaks: Oh help Me, please, My little ones. This is it in a nut shell. Spread this note to all that they will love Me and love one another.

Messenger: When we pray our Morning Offering we unite our every action to the Sacrifice of the Mass and great grace is released in all we do. Oh, my brothers, help me. I cry now. My heart is so deeply united to His, wishing that the world be a better place. He wants us rooted in love. On this First Saturday, this is my note for Mary. I write with the Holy Spirit alive in my heart, and with great love for Our beloved Savior, Jesus, and Our heavenly Father. I hear her words. "I stood beneath the cross of my Son and I cried."

I too stand beneath His cross and cry for the little ones that will be lost forever to the fires of hell.

Help me today to reach this world with the consecration. Help me to reach them so hearts will be filled with love from Jesus' Heart and Mary's heart.

Jesus speaks: I want this note to circulate to all the earth.

Please come to Florida.

Pray under the image.

July 5, 2000

Special rosary 6:20 p.m.

This is a special anniversary.

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 I can better serve Him by praying daily to know the truth? How can we as a couple be a powerful instrument in the world by always speaking the truth?

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