"Directives"
#20
IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER (PART I)
"ASK,
AND IT SHALL
be given you:
seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
"For
every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh,
findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. "
-ST.
MATTHEW 7:7-8
CONSTANTLY
"My child and
My children, pray constantly a vigil of prayer going throughout
your world and the earth, for the little time that is being
allotted to mankind."
-Jesus, August 21, 1985
DAILY
"You must all
now keep a constant vigilance of prayer. And when I say constant,
My children, it means daily."
Our Lady, March 18, 1978
TRANSCENDS
"My children,
the power of prayer is great, for prayer transcends your soul into
the realm of Heaven."
-Jesus, May 14, 1977
MUSIC
"We wish to
hear the prayers of atonement, for it is like music to Our hearts.
The Rosary has always been music to Our hearts."
-Jesus, September 14, 1985
MOUNTAINS
"Prayer can
move the mountains and reach the highest places in Heaven."
-Our Lady, November 1, 1975
POWER
"The power of
God reaches out to prayer."
-Our Lady, November I, 1970
REPENTANCE
"Prayers can
move even the hardest of souls to repentance."
-Our Lady, September 7, 1976
TOGETHER
"Our home, my
children, was a simple home of prayer.... The family that will
pray together shall stay together."
-St. Joseph, March 18, 1976
MORE
"If you pray
more, you will learn to love prayer. It will become a way of life
that you cannot turn from, for it will give you something that you
have never found in the world."
-St. Theresa, May 17, 1975
SUNDAY HOLY HOUR
"I wish that
there be held on these sacred grounds an hour of reparation on the
Day of the Lord. This hour will be for your Vicar and the fallen
hierarchy in the House of God. This hour will also be in atonement
for the discard of the holy Day of God."
-Our Lady, September 14, 1972
SAINTS
"The power of
prayer has made saints from sinners."
-Our Lady, October 2, 1972
CHILDREN
"In order for
your children to be saved, My parents, you must keep a constant
vigilance of prayer going throughout your home, and those homes of
your immediate families. One good example can save a dozen, My
children."
-Our Lady, October 5, 1985
SOUL MEDITATION
"My children,
We are always with you, but you must think your way to Us. This
may be confusing at first, but really quite simple; for prayer is
a form of soul meditation through the thinking process. What you
hear within is the Spirit within."
Our Lady, October 6, 1970
UNLESS
"Unless you
pray, you will be lost."
-St. Thomas, November 24, 1973
UNANSWERED
"Your prayers
will not go unanswered. Ask, and you shall receive; seek and you
shall find the way. Believe and you will be given the way."
-Jesus, October 6, 1979
WEAPON
"Pray, for
prayer is the greatest weapon given to you now to remove this evil
from among you."
-Our Lady, September 7, 1974
ACTION
"Pray, but act
also, for prayers without action is like placing a mess of meat on
a dead man's grave."
-Jesus, August 5, 1978
OPEN UP
"They do not
always have to be written words, but pray from your heart; open up
your heart to My Son."
-Our Lady, November 20, 1976
SPEAK ONCE
"Speak once,
and if not hastened or listened to, speak no more, but pray that
the Eternal Father in Heaven will open up the ears of those who
have closed their hearts and their ears to the truth."
-Our Lady, November 20, 1979
WOMEN
"The angels
command respect to My Son. You [women] will cover your heads when
you pray."
-Our Lady, November 23, 1974
BEGIN AND END
"Each day of
your life must begin with prayer and end with prayer."
-Jesus, February 10, 1977
STRENGTH
"The prayers
of others can reach out and give this strength to the weak."
-Our Lady, March 24, 1972
INVASION
"0 My
children, prayer and penance is the major, now, blockade against
invasion."
-Our Lady, March 15, 1978
CHASTISEMENT
"The coming
Chastisement will be lessened in your area if you will follow the
direction I have given you from Heaven: a constant vigilance of
prayer."
-Our Lady, April 22, 1973
REASON
"The
sacramentals - your Rosary, My children, the beads of prayer, your
Scapulars were given for reason."
-Our Lady, October 6, 1977
PURGATORY
"You will pray
for the souls in purgatory, and in the Lenten season ahead you
will gain many graces for them."
-Jesus, February I, 1978
MEMORIZED
"If necessary
you will write them down, like in the ABCs of your children's
learning. You will write the prayers and have them memorized by
your children, to retain the Faith in their hearts."
-Our Lady, December 7, 1978
SOUL
"You will keep
the Rosary, the beads of prayer, going throughout the world, bead
for bead. For every bead, there shall be a soul. That is how
important the Rosary is to the world today."
-Jesus, June 18, 1986
ENEMIES
"Pray for your
enemies. Love those who castigate you, My child. Accept the way of
the cross, My child. It is the short road to the Kingdom of the
Eternal Father."
-Jesus, May 28, 1975
SUMMED UP
"Prayer,
sacrifice, atonement - We ask little of you. All can be summed up
in one word, My children: love."
-Our Lady, November 1, 1971
OVERRULE
"Prayer can
overrule all evil."
-Our Lady, June 18, 1992
CONDITIONAL
"All prophecy
given to you, My children, is conditional to man's response.
Remember this in the days ahead."
-Our Lady, September 28, 1976
ASK
"You must not
forget the power of prayer to the Father. Ask in the name of My
Son, and He cannot refuse you."
-Our Lady, June 8, 1973
KNEES
"Could I take
you now and open to you into sight what is coming upon mankind,
you would soon be groveling upon the dust, praying on your knees
and walking on your knees, to avoid the terrible destruction that
shall be wrought by the Ball of Redemption!"
-Our Lady, Septemder 28, 1979
ST. JOSEPH
"Saint Joseph
has been forgotten. Love him. Pray to Saint Joseph, for he will
guide you on the path."
-Our Lady, August 14, 1970
BEACON
"Prayer is
your beacon in the dark world."
-Our Lady, August 14, 1970
DISASTERS
"We have given
you the road away from these disasters; and that road is only
guided by prayers, penance, and atonement."
-Our Lady, March 18, 1989
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