October 1998

Mary:

My dear little children, it is with joy that I am with you this evening, that I speak to you. I come before you, truly as your mother, as the Queen of the Hearts of all of Mankind, bringing to you the graces of peace and joy, that you might know them in your heart, and that you might live them each day. My dear ones, truly, you have been blessed! God has allowed such grace to pour forth from Him unto His people. It is unimaginable! You have received so much from God. Do thank Him and praise Him always, for it is only through Him, through His mercy, and out of His great love for you, that such things as this is possible.

My dear ones, I urge you as your mother, always to come before God in prayer, to make your life a prayer. Our Lord has taught you to pray in your scriptures. He has taught you that you should read and meditate upon them. He has taught you the words to say. I have come to teach you how to pray, to teach you what prayer of the heart truly means. Through my messages to you, through the prayers that you have offered with such fervency for my intentions, to our Father in Heaven that His mercy might continue to shine upon this world, and for your own intentions, you have learned to pray selflessly.

My little ones, when you pray, you need not pray in fancy words. You need not pray in a particular manner. You need not say a written prayer. God does not wish for you to come before Him with anything more than your heart, your simple heart. When you pray, it is good to pray the Rosary. It is good to pray those prayers that God has given to us in the Psalms, in His Word. It is also good to pray a prayer that is deep within the hearts of all of my little children, “God help me this day, for I alone can do nothing, and with you I can do all things”. Let this be a prayer that you take into your hearts and that you speak each morning, for God, He is so grand, and He desires only the hearts of His children. that He might mold you, and shape you, and change you, not into what you are or into what you wish to be, but what is, truly, in His perfect will: an image, the perfect likeness of Himself. He has asked all of His little children to give to Him all of their joys, all of their sufferings, all of their needs, in prayer. When you pray, pray selflessly. Pray with joy and pray with gratitude! This is what our Father desires. He desires that His children come before Him with grateful hearts and give to Him all that is within them, for truly I assure you, if you decide to give all that you have to God, He will do the very same for you, and what a magnificent thing that is!

My dear children, in your lives, strive to live what our Lord has taught to you through His Word in the Scriptures, through His coming, and walking, and dwelling upon this earth, in His example, through His death and resurrection, and through the messengers He sends: His mother, the saints. Truly, these messages are given to you that you might know them, that you might live them, and they are of no purpose if they do not cause within you a great desire, a zealous desire, to love God, to serve Him, and to know Him.

This is my purpose in coming to you, and it is the purpose why the Father has sent me to you, why He sends me to many places, why He sends His saints and His angels, and why He has sent His very own Son, that you might come to know Him intimately as your father, truly as your teacher, as your friend, that you might come to know Him and love Him with all of your heart, all of your mind, all of your soul, and all of your strength. In serving one another, you do serve Him and love Him. That you might know Him, serve Him, and truly be joyful, this is what our Father has designed for you. Joy! Joy and peace in the Spirit. The world is so lacking these things! Such virtues as these are needed to combat the great evils in this world, the terrible sickness of loneliness, the terrible sickness of atheism and materialism.

And so I beg of you, teach your children. Teach those around you by your example, by your prayers, by your words. Teach them that God loves them tremendously, that they have value and worth because they are created as He is, and that God desires from them all that they can give, that He might return that same favor with all that He is. Each day, strive to live more like the Christ Who is the greatest teacher, Who is the ultimate teacher. In His example, in humility and obedience, in joy and peace, with the wisdom that the Holy Spirit brings to His people, truly, you will be a pure vessel, that God might work through you, that He alone might be glorified, and that His will would be accomplished on this earth.

Finally, again I recommend to you, go, my little children, and visit Him often in the sacraments. You have such a gift in your Eucharist, in this most precious, most precious gift! God has given you Himself in His scripture. He has given you Himself in His messengers. He has given you Himself on a cross on Calvary, and He gives Himself to you again, on your altars each day. Find Him there and truly see Him! This is God’s greatest gift in the world today, for truly, without His presence there, His real presence in the Eucharist, the world would be much darker. Visit Him there. Pray! Come before Him, for His love for you is so great that He remains veiled under the most humble species of bread and wine, made into true blood and true body! I tell you, if His faithful ones could but see what is truly there, they would die with joy!

My little ones, this is what I wish to bring to you today, peace and joy. And so, I bless you, and I pray that God’s blessing would come upon you and your families, that you might have joy in your homes, joy in your hearts and in your lives, and that through prayer, peace would be with you always, the peace that Christ alone can bring to the world, and that each of you might be a true vessel for our Lord’s will.

My dear ones, I thank you for gathering. It is most important that you continue to pray. I have asked my little ones everywhere to join cenacles of prayer, for God, He does not leave you alone in this world. He understands the difficulty there is in living His way, for it is not the easy road. He has given to you the gifts of the sacraments, His Word, and most especially in this group, friendship and comradery, that you might truly have Christian support and a love of one another to help you when you are weak. Rely on each other and continue to pray together. I am most grateful for your prayers, offered for my intentions. Continue always to pray. Pray that there may be true conversion in the world and that all of my little children might come to know my Son and our Lord as the Christ, as the Redeemer, as the Teacher, and truly, as the salvation of the world.

Let His peace be with you, and I do bless you in His name, in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, Who reigns forever and ever.