August 1999
On this evening, the prayer group met in the church during Eucharistic Adoration.
Mary:
My dear little ones, know how good it is for me to come to you in this way, before your most precious and holy gift, the greatest gift that the Father can give to you. Know that should I have not come and said a word to you, you would lack nothing, but without this gift in the Most Holy Eucharist, you lack everything. You have been witness to a greater thing this night than any sign and any miracle, than any words that I can supply to you, than any gifts of grace given to you elsewhere. You have been given the privilege of being in the true presence of our Lord, our Christ, He Who is one and the same, Who came forth from the power of the Holy Spirit and became man, Who walked upon this earth as teacher, master, friend, and healer, Who, through His own death and resurrection, has freed us, and saved us, and made our way clear, that we might join our Eternal Father in Heaven. Dear ones, know that you are so blessed. Contemplate the blessings you have been given. You do not know the grace, you do not know the glory that is hidden in the humility, in the obedience, in the perfect love, of our Eucharistic Lord.
My dear ones, on this night when you gather in this way, I ask you to consider these things. Often, I have called you to emulate our Lord, to do as He did, to go and to teach, to heal, to love, to forgive. It is in this way that you will become true followers of the Master, true servants of God, and it is in this way that you will teach the world that God is love, that He is mercy and that He is alive in this world, that He works through His people, for you are His hands and feet. You do His will. I ask you to contemplate this gift you have been given.
See how the Lord comes to you. See that He does not come with great splendor, with lights, with sound, with miraculous interventions. See that He comes to you in humility. See that He comes to you in silence. Emulate this. Live a life of silent prayer. Always be at prayer in your hearts. Let your hearts be filled with the Holy Spirit that every word you utter and every thought you think might be a prayer glorifying our God in Heaven. Live in humility. You have been given so much and you are so blessed, but do not allow yourself to be tempted in pride. Rather, live a life of gratitude, for humility does give gratitude.
Dear children, the Lord has given you so much. He is given to the world all that He is, poured out His Own Spirit, His Own blood, His Own body. Be grateful, for never ever will you see a finer gift. Never can you give to Him what He has given to you, for even should you give Him your entire life, your death, all that you are, you cannot give to Him eternal life, that most precious gift that He has given to you. Know that should you give all that you are to Him, He will give all that He has in return, and what a fine thing this is!
Dear ones, see that He comes peacefully. See that He does not come with airs. See that He does not come to teach in an arrogant manner. See that He does not come to yell, to fight in anger. I understand the difficulty in your daily lives, oftentimes with families, with homes, with spouses, with parents. There are so many things to overwhelm you, to pull you away from a prayerful peace. I tell you, do as Jesus does. No matter what insult is hurled at Him, and truly He is insulted in this world, He is peaceful, He is silent, and He is faithful. Ever can you find Him here in your church. Ever can you find Him in your tabernacles. He is unfailing. In the same way, my dear ones, be unfailing. When you are confronted with anger, be at peace. When you feel hostility, hurt, resentment, unforgiveness, pray that the Holy Spirit would fill you that you might know such virtues as forgiveness, joy, peace of your spirit, and a love for your neighbor, for your family, for those who have hurt you.
See how our Lord is so obedient, even that He follows your natural laws, this God of all power, of all glory, and of all might. He Who has created all that is in you, all that surrounds you, all that you ever shall be, He Who has created all that you know and all that you do, all that is true to you, He hides himself plainly without favor. He hides Himself in bread and wine, unseen to you, but glorified by the millions of Angels who surround Him. See that He was obedient even to His executioners. See that He died as a mortal man would die, that He laid in the tomb, He Who was King of all things, Who created the very rock that His tomb was made from.
In the same way, be obedient. Obey the Church and your priests. They are God’s chosen ones to lead you. Obey your families, your parents and your spouses. Do that which you have vowed to do. Be faithful to those commitments you make. Obey the Lord. Do as He has called you to do with obedience, with love in your heart, with a true joy that comes only from serving Him. Be obedient when it is most difficult, and you will be rewarded. The Holy Spirit will give to you all that you need. You need not worry. You need not fret, for all that you need, all graces, all glories of God, are given to you as His children, for truly, you are His children.
Dear ones, worship our Lord always in all things. Do as He does, for He is the light of the world, and He shows you the way to the Father’s kingdom. See how He is, how beautiful and how spectacular, how obedient, and how marvelous, how glorified! I wish that you could see how He is glorified in our Father’s kingdom, for never would you turn your face from a church without genuflecting and bowing before Him. Never could you pass by without falling prostrate before His face, falling down before Him on your knees, crossing yourself, and thanking Him for His glory, for His mercy, for His compassion. If you could but see the Angels that surround Him, the Angels that come to Him to comfort Him in sorrows, to exalt Him, to glorify Him, never would you see with the same eyes again.
I encourage you, remove the veil from your eyes. See what you have not seen before. See what you cannot see unless you look with a heart of prayer, love, and joy. See the eternal sacrifice, the beginning, and the end, all that is and all that ever shall be. See your salvation, your very life, the love that you know in your homes, in your families, with your friends, the successes that you have had, the failures that you have shared with Him. See all that you can be with Him. See all that you can give up and happily so, for I tell you, how good it is to die to yourself and to inherit all that God has to give to you.
Each day consecrate yourself to Him. Come before Him. Pray that the Holy Spirit would make you not what you want to be, not what you desire to be, but rather, what God desires you to be, for it is a much greater thing. Truly, you will never know joy like you will know joy with God. He desires to give His children who are His very heart, who are His love, all things, all goodness, and all grace. Do not turn away from the love of a Father. It is before you as I speak. See the greatest gift, the gift of Himself, that He gives to you. He pours His heart out, His Own blood and His Own body, that He might be so intimately involved in your own lives, not only in your minds, not only in your souls, not only within your hearts, but part of your own flesh, as He came forth from my flesh in humility, that He might teach you the way to our Lord.
Dear ones, accept this incredible gift you have been given. Know that there are no words that I can say to you to describe the glory that He deserves, the glory that He is given in our Father’s kingdom. I tell you this that you might be joyful and encouraged, for though many times it seems that all is lost, that there is much darkness in the world, I tell you, a much greater body of the Church, the Church glorified in our Father’s kingdom, does honor Him and does worship Him. And it is for His love of all of you, those with Him in glory, those who, like you, still struggle on their faith journeys, and all people who ever shall come, it is for love of you that He comes to you in this way, that He allows me to come to speak to you, that He allows the small miracles in your life each day, the tiny things that often go unnoticed. Truly our God is love and His love for you is without measure. His love for you is greater than all things, and it is His greatest gift poured out upon your altars as His Own flesh.
Dear children, see this miracle before you. Never cease to praise God, for He is all goodness, and He is all joy. I offer to you this day, my motherly blessing. I pray that you might know the peace of God in your hearts, that in times of trouble, that in times of hardship, you might cling to Him as your salvation, and that you might follow Him on the walk to holiness through humility and obedience. May God be ever with you.
