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. |
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| August 28th Holy Spirit
Novena Scripture selection is Day 7 Period 2. |
The Novena Rosary Mystery for August 28th is Joyful. |
We're going to have a big
Sidney Rosary on August 28, 2001
It's the 7th year anniversary
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f when the 1st Shepherds of Christ core chapter started!
August 27, 2001
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.
end of Mary's Message
August 27, 2001 message continues
Messenger: Today is the feast of St. Monica August 27.
Tomorrow is the feast of St. Augustine.
On August 27, 1996 Mary said
this
I stood beneath the cross and I cried.
Father Mike said at Mass think of the
tears Monica shed for St. Augustine.
Mary speaks: My children,
I appear for I cry for my children.
I see their sins and I love them so much.
My Son Jesus paid the price for your
sins.
He gave Himself so that you could
be with Him forever in heaven.
You must love and honor and
serve your God.
Jesus speaks: Think of
how the most devoted Mother feels in
her heart when her son or daughter is
sinning and she cannot reach them.
Many pray so fervently for their children.
Some parents sacrifice and offer it up for
their children because the love in
their hearts is so deep for their children.
Messenger:
Jesus gave Himself for us so we would
be saved.
He loves us so much and He wants
to outpour His grace. We must
ask Him for His help, for
His grace, he is so merciful.
Mary speaks: Oh
the love I have for my children is
so deep.
I appear because I want those
sinning to turn to God and
do what is right. I want them
to quit sinning. I want them
to go to heaven for all eternity.
I appear and I cry.
July 5, 2000
August 27, 2001 message continues
Messenger:
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Augustine and
the anniversary of the first core chapter
meeting on the last Tuesday of
August, 1994.
Think of how much has happened since
then.
I love these feasts.
August 6 - The Transfiguration
August 8 - St. Dominic
August 11 - St. Clare
August 15 - The Assumption
August 22 - The Queenship of Mary
August 24 - St. Bartholomew
August 27 - St. Monica
Mary delivered the Message from her!!
August 28 - St. Augustine
August 29 - The Beheading of John the Baptist
September 8 - Birth of Mary
September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows preceded by
the Triumph of the Cross on September 14
September 29 - St. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
October 1 - Theresa of the Child Jesus
October 2 - Guardian Angels
October 4 - Francis of Assisi
October 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary
October 15 - Teresa of Avila
October 16 - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
October 17 - Ignatius of Antioch
October 18 - Luke
The list goes on and on.
I am so excited about these feasts and the
liturgical year.
What gifts God gives to us.
From today's Mass
Luke 7: 11-17
The son of the widow of Nain restored to life
It happened that soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her. When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her and said to her, ‘Don’t cry.’ Then he went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, I tell you: get up.’ And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying, ‘A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.’ And this view of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside.
From Tomorrow's Mass
1 John 4: 7-16
The source of love
My dear friends, let us love one another, since love is from God and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is love. This is the revelation of God’s love for us, that God sent his only Son into the world that we might have life through him. Love consists in this: it is not we who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to expiate our sins. My dear friends, if God loved us so much, we too should love one another. No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes to its perfection in us. This is the proof that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us a share in his Spirit. We ourselves have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as Saviour of the world. Anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have recognised for ourselves, and put our faith in, the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
John 19: 25-27
Jesus and his mother
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
August
12, 2000Father Carter's Homily
John 19: 25-27
Jesus and his mother
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Fr. Carter's homily:
This certainly is one of my favorite scenes in all of Scripture, and I'm sure it is relative to yourselves. Jesus, near the point of death, so tenderly gives Mary to us as our spiritual Mother, John representing all of us. We know in the natural order of things, according to natural motherhood, no matter how many children a mother has, she has a very, very special relationship with each of her children. So it is with Mary. Despite the fact that she is Mother of the whole human race, and this is so hard for us to grasp but it is so true—she has that most tender, special, unique love for each of us. If you could imagine the most loving mother possible here upon earth in the natural order of motherhood, the great love of that mother for her children would fade into just a tiny, tiny measure of the love which Mary has for each of us. In other words, she loves us much, much, much, much more than the most loving mother in the natural order of motherhood loves her children. And what a consoling thought this is. We always have to remember that God chose Mary as the human person instrument through which to give us Jesus, and her Fiat, in her saying yes at the scene of the Annunciation, she pledged that she would cooperate with the Holy Spirit in bringing Jesus into this world. That same pattern repeats itself in a different order now of course, but the pattern repeats itself in the sense that God the Father still gives us Jesus through Mary, as she cooperates with the divine action of the Holy Spirit. And so these two: the Holy Spirit in using the cooperation of Mary, His spouse, are always forming Jesus within us in a deeper fashion. What a great gift, of Mary to us as our spiritual Mother. We can never thank our Lord enough for this.
St. Bernard, Doctor of the Church, which means he is not only outstanding for his holiness but for his spiritual wisdom, gives us some very, very tender and moving words concerning Mary in our life. He says, "If you will not be submerged by tempests, do not turn away your eyes from the splendor of this star. If the storms of temptation arise, if you crash against the rocks of tribulation, look to the star [that star, of course, is Mary], call upon Mary. If you are tossed about on the waves of pride, of ambition, of slander, of hostility, look to the star, call upon Mary. If wrath or avarice or the enticements of the flesh upset the boat of your mind, look to Mary. If you are disturbed by the immensity of your crimes...If you begin to be swallowed up by the abyss of depression and despair, think of Mary! In danger, in anxieties, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name not leave your lips, nor your heart, and that you may receive the help of her prayer, do not cease to follow the example of her conduct...If she holds you, you will not fall, if she protects you, you need not fear."
1Note:
1. St. Bernard, as in Hilda Graef, Mary: A History of Doctrine and Devotion, Christian Classics, Vol. I, p. 237.
end of August 12, 2000 homily
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| September 7, 2000 | September 7, 2000 |
Luke 2: 33-35
The prophecy of Simeon
As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too—so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’
August 6, 2001
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