June 1999

Mary:

My dear little ones, know that I come to you and I bring to you my motherly blessing. Know that I join with you in praising God. Continue to be grateful and praise Him, for all that you have has been given to you through His goodness. All that you are has been formed by Him. All that you will be, will be accomplished through His Most Holy Spirit. Dear ones, know you are His most blessed. Know you are His children. Know you are most loved.

My little ones, I call you to be bearers of hope in the world. I call you to bring the joy of Christ- His peace, His love, and His forgiveness. This world is so in want for hope. There are many, many of my little ones who are desolate, who are afraid, who seek out our Lord, and yet their fear blinds them and they cannot see Him. My little ones, be bearers of hope! Christ has sent you as He sent His first disciples among many that you might be witnesses to Him through your lives, through your words, through all that you are. You are His hands and His feet upon this earth. You are truly the Church of God. He does His work through those who will lend themselves completely to Him, abandon themselves to Him, to His will. I invite you to give yourselves completely to God. Do not seek that which your own will desires, but rather, abandon yourself to Him that He might free you from all that binds you to this earth, and that He might give you purpose and meaning in His own will.

Dear ones, the will of God is always hope. It is always joy. It is always love. Know that as you bear the light of Christ in this world, you also bring the hope of God. The people of God are set apart by the mere fact that they do hope in Him, for God will not abandon you, and you know that you are your Father’s children. You are protected and guided and inspired by His Most Holy Spirit. Flee to His comfort and to His aid! He will be with you, ever nearer to you. Run to Him! Let Him be your sole salvation, for He alone is the Redeemer and the Lord. There are many, many gods that people in this world would worship, but I tell you, none will bring salvation but the One True Lord. Be a people of hope in how you live. Live your lives joyfully.

Gratitude is such a gift of the Holy Spirit, gratitude for all that you have and all you have been given. I desire for my children to recognize the blessings in their lives and to thank God for them, for so often they are unnoticed. Be grateful! See how He has provided you the very things that you have, the very things that you own, that which you eat, and that which shelters you. See how He has provided companionship in family, blessings of love, and forgiveness, and friendship. See how He has given to you the greatest of gifts, His Own life, His Own Son, faith that is unshakable. Thank Him. Praise Him, for from gratitude stems hope.

When you are grateful for all that you have, you will see God most clearly in your life. You will see that He is real and alive and with you, so very present, more present than many of the things that are held to be gods in this world. I tell you this and it is true, though many do not see it, for God who is unseen and unheard, He is the most real, most beautiful, and most present gift in your life. He is with you through all things. Through times of happiness and trial, through joys and sorrows, He is with you.

Live a life of hope through prayer. It is only a hopeful people who pray, because those who believe that prayer changes the hearts of men have hope in God’s mercy, His generosity, and His compassion. I assure you that prayer does change the hearts of many. Prayer is a great grace and makes possible such grace from God, you cannot imagine. Pray with fervency and love. Pray with a desire to be nearer to our Lord, to know Him intimately, as you would know a friend. Pray with the desire to love Him and to serve Him. Bring before Him all of your faults in prayer and ask that He might heal you, for our Lord came upon this earth to teach, to heal, to minister in so many ways. He desires to heal you as a whole person- body, mind, spirit, soul. He is a God of goodness. Bring all things to Him and lay them before Him. Abandon all of your cares to Him. Know that He will truly provide all that you need, and during times of trial, will provide the strength for you to endure.

My little ones, be a people of hope through your families. Love one another. Share with one another your time, your talents, your gifts, your friendship, your faith. Show your family that you serve them as you serve God, with the fullness of your hearts. Be a people of hope in your church, in your community, in your world. Do not be despairing. Do not be discouraged. Do not allow the distractions and hardships of life to encompass you, but rather flee to God. Flee to your life, to your salvation, and know that God will give to you all graces necessary to endure all things, and He will multiply the blessings you receive many, many fold.

Dear ones, when you learn to live as a people of hope, you will be joyful, for the Holy Spirit brings hope and joy. This is what I have come to offer to you, the peace of Christ, a joyful peace, a peace that is without end, and a peace that is hope. I bring to you a message of holiness, for holiness is achieved through a life lived with God, in God, and through God. Only when you recognize Him in your life through gratitude, only when you see Him as He works ever vigilantly by your side, only when you see Him through the hearts of one another in hopeful peace, will you know, truly know, that God is with you, and you will be joyful.

My little ones, I have taught you many things, and you have learned much. I continue to teach you, that you might be evermore the people that God has created you to be, His most perfect disciples. Dear ones, know that you are loved above all else. Know that you are most precious of all creation. For this reason alone, have great joy. Take courage from this and be encouraged in your faith. Know that God has sent me to you to be a messenger of hope and a bearer of hope. He now sends you to be a messenger of hope to others that the darkness of this world might be lit by His love, His life, and His enduring love for all people. Whether they see Him and recognize Him, or turn their heads from Him, He is with all people. He will not forsake His children. He will not abandon them. He is an ever-vigilant Father, waiting and calling to His little ones.

Do help Him. Do show Him that you do desire to serve in your life by emulating Christ. Do pray with the fulness of your hearts, that you might reap the benefits of living a life of grace. Do ask Him to come into your lives to forgive all that is wrong, all that is sinful, and to heal all that is hurt, for I assure you, God will bring to you all mercies and all goodness, if only you would ask. Do be a people of hope. Live the Christian life, a life led in emulation of Christ. Know that it is not an easy life, but it is one that brings much joy. Place your heart, your whole heart, and all that you are, on the altar of God. Offer yourself completely to Him and you will find joy even in your sorrows, even in your trials, even in your weaknesses.

Do not despair nor be discouraged, but rather rejoice, for you are God’s chosen people! He has called you by name and He has heard your prayers. You have answered His call, and you are most favored by God. Know that He has given you so many things. See Him and answer Him, each day, in your own ways, in your lives, that He might forever more be glorified, that the Holy Trinity of God- Father, Son, and Spirit, may reign in the hearts of all mankind.

My dear ones, I give to you my motherly blessing, and I pray that you might always know the hope that is of God, through God, and from God. My dear ones, be encouraged. Be at peace. Know that you are loved, and know that I am with you as a mother, protectress, and intercessor.