OUR LADY OF THE CROSS MESAGES FROM JUNE 25, 1994 THRU DEC. 1994

#220 June 25, 1994 1:30 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, like young people everywhere, you want a life that is worth living. In your hearts you feel a powerful yearning for a world filled with goodness, with justice, with understanding and harmony between people and between nations. You want to live on the level of light and truth in human relations, and therefore of trust and genuine freedom. Where will you find all this? Jesus said to Andrew and John: "Come and you will see." So they went and saw and they stayed with Him. They stayed because they saw that with Jesus Christ they could aspire to what their hearts most desired. Not that Jesus offered simple solutions; on the contrary, both Andrew and John would suffer much for His sake. But their meeting with Jesus made them realize that here they had the key to their existence; here they found the deepest meaning of life. They had found the way to give the highest value to their lives. Christ fully reveals man to himself and brings to light his most high calling. His way of salvation, however, is not what we might expect from a purely human way of thinking. The crucified and risen Lord does not promise you a perfect and comfortable life in this world. If you reflect on this you will realize that even people who enjoy an abundance of earthly pleasures, possessions, and power often feel empty and unhappy. This cannot be the answer to the deepest longings of the human heart. What Jesus does promise is that His victory over sin and death can also be your victory if, in imitation of His Cross, you consent to "lose your life" together with Him; that is, to offer your life to the Father, to spend your life in love for others, even strangers, enemies and those who sin against you, to seek God's will and not your own in all things. It is only within this perspective of the total Christian vocation that you will find answers to the questions you ask about marriage and the family, or the priesthood and religious life. For in all things Christ is the pattern of Christian life and behavior. Celibacy, for example, is meant to enable the priest or religious to imitate Christ's total self giving for the sake of all. It frees a man or woman from exclusive affections of family ties in order that he or she may be totally dedicated to the service of God and of humanity. It is a special grace given to some, a sign of God's special love for those who have accepted a call to consecration or sacramental configuration with Christ. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.







#221 July 25, 1994 2:35 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, Jesus reigns on the Cross revealing Himself as the Shepherd Who reunited the scattered children of God as the King of the Universe. Therefore, He is worthy to receive power and riches, wisdom strength and honor.

Jesus is always alone. Go to His feet at the Cross and pray to Him. He is an all-loving God. He has many favors to grant you. The soul who daily recites my Rosary, all fifteen decades-- I will one day before his or her death come to that soul and embrace that soul in my arms. Jesus founded the Catholic Church. There are those who would like to say the Church is invisible and only Christ knows who are the members of His Church. Some deny that there are external signs of membership. If this were so, how could Jesus teach until the end of time? He had to be sure the correct path to Heaven would be handed down to the peoples of all times. Today, there are so many people who claim to have Christ's message for us, and they are contradicting one another. The first question we must ask ourselves, "Did Jesus organize a Church?" The Jewish religion was temporary. It was to bridge the gap between Moses and Christ. Upon it Christ constructed Christianity. He supervised their training personally. He gave them all the necessary powers. "Go therefore and teach..... Baptize.....Whose sins you shall forgive..... Do this in memory of me..... Whatever you shall bind on earth....." In other words, He gave the Apostles a three-fold office; teaching, ruling and sanctifying. He commanded people to hear His Church, He said, "He that hears you, hears Me." He guaranteed this Church against error. People could justly demand such a guarantee if He insists that they must follow its teaching. They could very well say to Him; "All right, you tell me to belong to your Church, what guarantee will I receive that this will get me where I want to go?" Jesus' answer is, "Behold, I am with you all days;" then, "the gates of Hell shall not prevail against her." The gates of Hell, of course, are the power of evil, the power of the devil. The spirit of truth will abide with you all days. He placed St. Peter at the Head of His Church. Christ is the invisible head of His Church. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.

August 15, 1994 6:00 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, to live the Fatima message today, we need daily miracles of grace in our lives. We need daily miracles of grace in our lives. We need miracles of light to see the truth, courage to stand firm; as well as faith, hope, and charity. Expect miracles, why not? Jesus Christ is on earth. That is what the Holy Eucharist means. What we are called upon to do is humanly impossible. We must, therefore, as a condition for survival, have access to and use supernatural means. Either we have recourse to the sources of Divine Grace available through prayer and the Sacraments, or we shall become further casualties in the war between the followers of Satan and the followers of Jesus Christ. I your Mother, request the need for constant humble prayer, and frequent reception of the sacraments and devotion to our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. I ask constant prayer, as a continual readiness to do God's will; sometimes referred to as "prayer with the heart." The New Testament is essentially a contract between God and man. In it God promises many good things, including eternal life, if we conform ourselves to His Will. In my last appearance at Fatima, and elsewhere, I don't present you with anything new. I repeat, and give emphasis to certain aspects of public revelation, especially the contractual elements of the New Testament. The core of the Fatima message is the Divine Imperative: Sin leads to unhappiness! Stop sinning! Repent! Repent of your sins, and you will enjoy God's blessings in time and in eternity. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.

August 25, 1994 4:30 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, God's plan: I your Mother stressed the salvation of peace. I informed you of God's concern for souls and gave us His plan to save them. In essence what God said is that the evil of sin can be remedied by devotion to my immaculate heart of your Mother Mary. And this is also the best way to peace. I also made this known to each of you: that we can pray and sacrifice for sinners. I made this clear when I said; "sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say often, especially when you make some sacrifice: "Oh Jesus, it is for the love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." In other words, the prayers and sacrifices of others can be the means of the sinner's conversion. Abortion is an issue which can not readily be solved by legislation alone, because it is a moral one. But hearts can be changed; Jesus and I your Mother have told you how- by sacrifice and by prayer- especially the daily recitation of the Rosary and the 5 First Saturdays of Reparation. God has given us the solution and remedy for evil. Isn't it about time we recognize that it is also the remedy for the sin of abortion? Who has a better solution than the one given to us by God? Isn't it about time that we apply this Heaven sent remedy for all sin? For many, prayers, Rosaries, and 1st Saturday devotions all over the world has had an impact on the evils of communism which we now see disintegrating. Because of this, more people are becoming aware that the 1st Saturday Devotion is an important part of the answer to the world's problems. The world-wide effort to respond to Jesus and my request for reparation is continuing and increasing. Now that we have seen the beginning of my prediction that Russia would be converted, we need to intensify our efforts to promote the Rosary and 1st Saturdays. I know that if you do what I ask we will see other evils disintegrating as well. It is only when the rays of the sun are shining that we can clearly see the shadows; and it is only when the light of virtue abounds that evil can be rooted out. Let us put our trust in Jesus, and I your Mother Mary and do as we ask. Pray the Rosary and observe the Five First Saturdays so that by our faith and prayers, the goodness of God will permeate our lives and help us to right the wrongs that threaten our society. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.





Sept 25, 1994 5:15 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, the Cross was Christ's victory. Christ had revealed the Father's mysterious plan. The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the high priests and the scribes, and be killed and rise after three days. The announcement was so unexpected, that Peter refused to accept it. He was not able to understand the mystery of the suffering Messiah. When he had expressed his faith in Jesus, he believed in the Messiah bound for triumph and glory. Peter's protest: "Lord, no such thing will ever happen to you", is repeated again today by those who would not want suffering to be part of human destiny. Jesus clearly made His apostles understand that this type of thinking was not God's way, but man's way. The Father's plan was clear in Jesus' eyes, the path of suffering and death was necessary, and suffering had to be not only physical, but also moral, on account of the rejection by the religious leaders, the hatred of the people, the plight of the disciples. Jesus one day explained without mincing words the reason for His coming to earth. The Son of Man has come to give His life in ransom for many. Thus, the Cross was not an accident in the journey made by Jesus, but an element consciously willed for the redemption of humankind. Why such a sad fate? To free the world from sin, the Father willed that the Son take on the weight of sin's consequences. This decision makes us understand the seriousness of sin which can not be minimized, since it's consequences are so numerous. Sin as an offense against God could not be remedied except by man. God, thus: the Son Who came as a Savior offered the Father the perfect homage of reparation and love, and gained for humanity the remission of sins and the communication of Divine Light. This sacrifice occurred once and for all in human history and has the salvific value for all people of all times and places. It is the sacrifice which is renewed in every Eucharist. In the crucified Savior, we contemplate Him Who sacrificed Himself for our salvation. No one has greater love than this, than to lay down one's life for one's friend. This emulation is enlightening for all of us. It shows that love reaches its summit through suffering. Since Christ wish to associate us with His redemptive mission, we too, are called to share in His Cross. Sufferings which are not lacking in our lives are destined to be united with the one sacrifice of Christ. Born of love this sacrifice has an inexhaustible fruitfulness. Suffering might appear to be an obstacle or destructive presence. The punishment of death on the Cross which put and end to Jesus' life, might have made it look like His mission failed. Instead, in it, the Savior brought that mission to fulfillment. As is seen in His own words: "Amen, Amen, I tell you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains just a grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit." From this sacrifice have come abundant fruits of life for humankind. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.







October 25, 1994 1:30 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children... Resisting temptations. As long as we live in this world we cannot be without tribulation and temptation. Hence it is written in Job: "The life of man upon earth is a temptation." (Job 7:1) Therefore ought everyone to be solicitous about his temptations, and watch in prayer, lest the devil, who never sleeps, but goeth about seeking whom he may devour, find room to deceive him. (1Pet 5:8) No man is so perfect and holy as not to have some times temptations: and we cannot be wholly without them. Yet temptations are often very profitable in a man, although they be troublesome and grievous: for in the a man is humbled, purified and instructed. All the saints have passed through many tribulations and temptations and have profited by them: and they who could not support temptations have become reprobates and fallen away. There is no order so holy, nor place so retired, where there are not temptations and adversities. A man is never entirely secure from temptations as long as he lives, because we have within us the source of temptation, having been born in concupiscence.

When one temptation or tribulation is over, another comes on: and we shall have always something to suffer, because we have lost the good of our original happiness. Many seek to fly temptations and fall more grievously into them. By flight alone we cannot overcome: but by patience and true humility we are made stronger than our enemies. He who declines them outwardly and does not pluck out the roots will profit little; nay temptations will sooner return to him, and he will find himself in a worse condition.

By degrees, and by patience, with longanimity, thou shalt by God's grace better overcome them than by harshness and thine own importunity. In temptations often take counsel, and deal not roughly with one that is tempted; but comfort him as thou wouldst wish to be done to thyself. Inconstancy of mind and small confidence in God is the beginning of all evil temptations. However, we must be watchful, especially in the beginning of temptations, because then the enemy is easier overcome, if he is not suffered to come in at all at the door of the soul, but is kept out and resisted at his first knock. Whence a certain man said: "Withstand the beginning, after-remedies come too late." For first a bare thought comes to the mind: then a strong imagination; afterwards delight and evil motion and consent. And thus, by little and little, the wicked enemy sets full entrance when he is not resisted in the beginning. And the longer a man is negligent in resisting, so much the weaker does he daily become in himself, and the enemy becomes stronger against him. We must not, therefore, despair when we are tempted, but pray to God with so much the more fervor, that He may vouchsafe to help us in all tribulations. Let us, therefore, humble our souls, under the hand of God in all temptations and tribulations: for the humble in spirit He will save and exalt. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.





November 25, 1994 3:15 A.M.

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children, the central message of Fatima can be understood by everyone, even children. The absolute need for conversion and the need for a life of prayer. These two fundamental truths contained in the Word of God are necessary for personal salvation, happiness, as well as for the salvation and happiness of all humanity. The Gospel tells us that Jesus Christ started His preaching by saying; "Repent, Repent, Repent, and believe the Good News. He insisted that we must pray, so as not to enter into temptation. The apostles practiced and preached the same message. Change your hearts and your lives, so that your sins be erased - forgiven - St. Peter to the people of Jerusalem. They were persistent in prayer, and St. Paul warned Christians - be tenacious and vigilant in prayer, and so through your Mother Mary, and the angel at Fatima, God requests us to change our hearts and our lives, conversion, and to have a life of prayer and to offer prayers and sacrifices for the conversion of sinners and for peace in the world. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.

December 8 1994

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My Children: Rejoice beloved children with all paradise, which today contemplates the divine light of the Most Holy Trinity, the splendor of your Heavenly Mother. I am the most pure reflection of the light, the love, and the holiness of God. Enter, all of you, into my immaculate heart with your consecration in this time of your second advent. Keep watch in prayer and with confidence. And await with lighted torches, within the gate of Heaven of your Heavenly Mother, the approaching return of the Lord Jesus in Glory. I ask you all to repent, repent, repent and convert, and remember to go in holiness. I am your mother, the Queen of Peace.

December 25, 1994 2:15 AM

Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus. My children: Christmas is a universal feast. Even those that do not believe understand that this celebration has something different and transcendent about it. The Christian however, knows that it celebrates the central event of human history: The Incarnation of the Divine Word for the redemption of humanity. In fact, Christmas makes us reflect on one hand, about the dramatic quality of human history in which people wounded by sin are on a continuing quest for truth, pardon, mercy, and redemption; and on the other hand, about the goodness of God who drew near to mankind in order to communicate directly the truth which saves and makes us sharers of His friendship and light. Christmas is a feast of Divine Love. He created us out of love, and out of love He has redeemed us through Christ, and awaits us in His Kingdom. We do well to remember that we are miserably afflicted by three ills: We are easily led astray, weak in acting, and weak in resisting. If we want to distinguish between good and evil, we deceive ourselves; If we try to do good, we do not have the strength to force ourselves to resist evil. We are disheartened and give in. Therefore, we need the Saviors coming, and Christ's presence among people who are so afflicted. Thus, My Son Jesus teaches us that for God there is true value in humility, hiddenness, the peaceful and joyous acceptance of His will in a charity which is ready to do something about the many needs of our brothers and sisters. Christmas is the feast of God's love for mankind. As I express my very best wishes for a blessed Christmas, I heartily wish that you may be witnesses and messengers of this charity. Bring peacefulness and warmheartedness to your homes, parishes, and where ever you live your life. I am your Mother, the Queen of Peace.