Messages to "Anne" 2008
December 1, 2008
Jesus
My dear little apostles, there is so
much to be done. You see the need to bring Me to others.
You see your brothers and sisters struggling in darkness
without Me. If the light is to be brought to them, it
will be brought by you. When I say there is much to be
done, I am telling you that the world needs your
service, it is true. But I am also telling you that
there are many things to be done in your soul. You must
be committed to changing. Are you prepared to allow Me
to make you holy? If you are not prepared to let go of
those things that prevent you from progressing in
holiness, then you will not advance. If you do not
advance, you will move away from me. You will begin to
resent Me for the crosses I send to you. You will begin
to persuade yourself that perhaps there is an easier way
for you, a way that calls for less sacrifice and less
commitment. This will not be My plan but your plan. This
will be your version of holiness, not Mine. I know that
some of the services I ask from you are repugnant to
you. I know this and yet I call you into these things
anyway. If you reject parts of the work, you will be
executing an incomplete plan. I have a big plan. I build
on it each day. You are part of that. I need you to
listen carefully for My directions and then serve
exactly as I am asking. My dear friends, if I cannot
instruct and direct you, then who will listen to Me? Who
will trust Me to protect humanity? Where is the joy that
comes from God's children when they trust their Father
in heaven? I tell you that where joy is absent, trust is
absent. When a person is humble, he will see that he
needs greater trust and he will try to become smaller so
that I can become bigger in his life and in his work. I
am asking you to do that. Be humble. Allow Me, Jesus, to
be your King. My kingdom was not of this world. Your
Kingdom is not of this world. You will be rewarded in
heaven, My beloved. For now, serve Me, your King, in the
way I am asking. This will be the best plan for you and
for the world.
November 1, 2008
Jesus
Dear apostles, are you
aware of My presence? Do you understand how I remain
with you in each moment? Sometimes you suffer and in
your suffering you feel abandoned. This is merely a
feeling that I allow for you so that you can share even
that part of My Passion with Me. I could never abandon
you and I do not abandon you. I remain with you,
consoling you and guiding you. If you are suffering, My
friend, you can be sure that I am aware of your
suffering and that I am providing you with special
graces to cope with your cross. In the same way that I
remain with each beloved apostle, I remain with the
whole world. I, Jesus, love every person ever created by
the Father. I seek goodness and peace for every man and
woman on earth. I am looking out for the heavenly
interests of all of God's children. You, My dear ones,
possess an earthly view that is limited. I understand
that your view is limited because I understand
everything about you. At this time I would like you, My
beloved apostles, to also accept that your view is
limited. In seeking the good of all of God's children, I
must allow changes to come which will impact all of
God's children. I do this to bring about the goodness
and peace I refer to but the change will be gradual in
terms of the benefits to come. Trust Me in everything. I
do not abandon even one of God's children and My beloved
apostles who give Me constant friendship and loyalty
will be united with Me in everything. Be at peace, dear
children. I am with you.
October 1, 2008
Jesus
Dear apostles, how
strongly you desire holiness. This desire pleases Me
and I will bless this desire. I will increase your
holiness. There are times when you despair of becoming
as holy as you wish. At those times when you are
tempted, I would like you to know that I can make you
holy in an instant. If you require heroic holiness in a
moment, I can give it to you. The Holy Spirit blows
where it is both welcomed and needed so if you welcome
the Spirit, the Spirit will sanctify you. I, Jesus,
lived on earth and in My humanity I understand the
struggles that plague you. I understand the frustration
you feel when you examine yourself and find that you
have work to do in virtue. Dear ones, consider life like
a walk. If you are taking a walk on any given day, you
walk. You do not sit down on the path and call that
action walking. That would be sitting down and that is
different from walking. Your spiritual life is meant to
be active. If you look at yourself and find that you
need to work on holiness, then you are looking at
yourself in truth. You are on the path and you are
walking and you see that ahead of you the path continues
on into the unknown as far as the possibility for your
holiness. I, Jesus, am comfortable with this for you. I
am not pleased, however, when you move backwards on the
path or leave the path altogether. You were meant to
serve Me and you were meant to serve Me in this time.
Please, do not be distracted. Do not believe that My
plan can do without your service. My plan does not
require your perfection, My dearest one, but it does
require your presence. If you remain with Me during your
time on earth, My treasures are transmitted to you. You
can then open your heart to others and allow these
treasures to be distributed to them. Ask Me for these
treasures for others. I will send them to others through
you. Have no fear that this prayer will go unanswered.
It will not. It will be answered more generously than
you can imagine. Draw closer to Me in holiness, dear
apostle, so that I can sanctify you and move into the
world through you. Do not be afraid of changes. Just as
you must always be moving on your path, so the world
must always be moving through time. As the world moves
through time it changes and it is changing now. You,
dearest apostle, are a part of that change.
September 1, 2008
Jesus
Dear apostles, I want you to know joy.
Eternal joy will be yours in heaven, of course, but I
want you to know joy now, during your time of service.
If you do as I say, as I am asking you, this heavenly
joy will become more and more available to you and you
will share this joy more and more freely. You will be a
true representative of heaven in your joy and others
will be attracted to the heaven that you represent. I
want you to believe Me when I tell you that you can
trust Me. If you could not trust Me, dear apostles, why
would you continue to follow Me? The answer is that you
can trust Me, of course, or you would fall away as
others have fallen away. You do trust Me. You rely on Me
and you are safe with Me. You have made a wise decision
by putting yourself into My care. It is always the best
decision to rely on the One who loves you perfectly and
holds, in His heart, the perfect plan for your time on
earth. Why would you let fear diminish your joy? Why
would you let anxiety for yourself or others eradicate
the joy that is available to you in the present moment?
My dearest apostles, you live in the present, not the
future. If the present is difficult, I am there. If the
future becomes difficult, I will be there, too. You will
not be abandoned and your loved ones will not be
abandoned. Ultimately, the greater the trust in Me, the
greater the joy in each moment. I want you to abandon
fear. I want you to cast yourself into the providence
that surrounds you. Fear is a snare for you or I would
not treat it so seriously. Ask Me now for greater trust
and I will give it to you. Ask Me now for greater joy
and I will give that to you, also. It is important that
others see in you an accurate reflection of the graces
heaven makes available to apostles. Do not hide these
graces away. Let these graces flow out from you to those
around you. Share what is good, dear apostles, not what
is bad. Share what comes from Me and you will help to
draw others back into our family. I am telling you that
I have greater graces available to you so make your
Jesus happy and ask for these graces. You will be
blessed with all that you need and joy will be yours. Be
at peace. I will never abandon you.
August 1, 2008
Jesus
My dear ones, I am with you in your
struggles. How can I help you to understand that your
struggles are necessary to your holiness? Perhaps you
should simply trust Me and view your struggles as
evidence that I continue working to perfect your soul.
If there were no struggle, My little apostles, there
could be no possibility of advancement. This is a time
to make great gains in holiness but gains are only
possible with effort. I am making every effort toward
you. Are you making efforts to move closer to Me? Ask
yourself today and each day, ‘Where is God asking me to
be holier today?’ Perhaps it is charity, perhaps
patience, possibly trust, maybe you should practice
concentrating on your holiness and refrain from
examining the work needed in other souls. Oh, My dear
apostles, if you could only see how desirable holiness
is to heaven. If you could only see how beautiful you
are when you are looking up to heaven with an honest
desire to become holier. When you become distracted, My
heart sighs. And yet I am patient with you. I know that
My little ones want to serve Me. I know that My little
ones struggle to absorb the truth about holiness. And
that is why I am patient. I am patient because you are
trying. Continue trying, dear apostles. Walk bravely
into holiness. Be fearless in examining your condition.
If you do so, I will surround you with love so that you
do not become discouraged but emboldened. You will
become emboldened to strive for greater and greater
heights of holiness and greater and greater heights of
humility. How heaven will rejoice as the King’s apostles
relinquish their ties to the world and attach themselves
more fully to heaven’s work. Heaven’s work will always
involve two goals, one, the holiness of the apostle, two
the coming of the Kingdom. My apostles must concern
themselves primarily with their holiness and then I, the
King, can best see to the coming of God’s Kingdom. Be at
peace. Rejoice. I am with you and My plan is advancing.
July 1, 2008
Jesus
My heart never stops loving and not for a
moment does My heart stop craving love in return. I
crave love from you, My dear apostle. You love Me, I
know. You serve Me with steadiness, I know. ‘What is it
that Jesus wants from Me that I am not giving’, you ask.
I will tell you. I want you to show Me that you
understand My love for you by trusting Me. I am hurt
when you do not trust Me. Look at your time of service.
Would you agree that I have provided you with everything
you need to see to your part in My plan? Would you agree
that I have given you consolation when you were afraid?
Have I not guided you when you were unsure? What have I
withheld from you? You are growing in holiness and I am
answering your prayers for your loved ones with heavenly
prudence and steadiness. The part you are called to play
in My plan is important and I need your service but I
would never ask you to serve to the detriment of your
holiness. If you are not increasing in holiness, My dear
apostle, it is because you are not allowing Me to direct
you. Perhaps you are increasing but not as quickly as
you would like. That is another matter altogether. It is
for Me to decide how quickly to advance you. It is for
you to cooperate. I am speaking today so that I can urge
you forward. My apostles must be willing to benefit from
the guidance I am sending. You must sit in silence with
Me each day, asking Me where you can improve in
holiness. What habits are you holding on to that you
need to relinquish? What new habits should replace them?
Apostles, it is not to stand still that you are called,
but to move forward in holiness. This advance is
necessary for these times or I would not be calling you
to it so seriously. I am looking for you to change. I
want you to grow. Many of you are saintly now, walking
closely with Me in each day. I rejoice in you, it is
true. You know that I do. And yet, I allow you to remain
on earth, to work, yes, but also to become even holier.
One of the ways you can become holy in a short time is
by trusting Me in everything. A small child does not
worry about one meal shortly after she has been fed
another. She trusts her parents to provide for her,
particularly if she has never gone hungry. You, dear
apostles, have never been without My providence so there
is no reason for you to fear. You can trust Me. I have
proved this to you many times. I desire that you serve
in joy and confidence and only through trusting Me will
that be possible. Return My great love for you by
trusting Me in everything.
June 1, 2008
Jesus
I am here, with you at all times. I watch
you struggle for holiness and I encourage you to
continue along on the path you have chosen. When you are
discouraged, you sometimes look to other paths, chosen
by other people. From where you are looking, their path
might look smooth and easy, happy and fulfilling.
Perhaps their path does not include the sacrifices that
you find are necessary to travel along the path I have
marked out for you. Perhaps their path does not appear
to be as steep, as filled with obstacles, and perhaps
their path appears to include more worldly acclaim and
acceptance. Poor little apostles. Here is what you
cannot see when you admire the apparent easiness of the
paths of others who are not chosen as you are chosen.
You do not see that others, who have not made the same
level of commitment, are not enjoying the same level of
unity with heaven. Yes, their struggle seems less. Yes,
their rewards seem immediate and plentiful. But you have
something that nobody else has in the same way and that
is Me. Nobody has the same relationship with Me that you
have. You are My beloved apostle and I love all of My
apostles. But the love I have for you and the plan I
have for you is unique. It will never be repeated. I
need you to continue on in your service to Me. I need
you to remember that you are called to live differently,
that your life, which may not be proceeding exactly as
you planned, is proceeding exactly as I planned. Can you
accept this? Can you remind yourself that you have
allowed your Saviour to navigate your earthly journey?
Can you rejoice in the path that I have marked out for
you, even if it includes suffering? Please, My beloved
apostle, try. I will help you with this. Rejoice in your
apostolic commitment to Me. I will send you graces in
each moment. These graces are unrepeatable, meaning that
if a person rejects My grace in this moment, that grace
moment cannot be recaptured. Time passes while you are
on earth. Opportunities also pass. You are taking
advantage of your time on earth for the family of God
and for your loved ones and for you, yourself. You are
so precious to Me. I am caring for you, I promise. When
you are tempted to discouragement, remember that I am
with you in each moment, sending perfect graces and
blessings to you and through you. Be at peace in My will
for you and I will protect My plan for you. You are
loved by all of heaven and you are loved by Me.
May 1, 2008
Jesus
Dear apostles, My heart is bursting with
love for each one of you. Indeed, I cannot contain the
love that I possess for all of mankind. Many reject My
love. They are not open to accepting love directly from
My heart. You, My beloved apostles serving in this time,
do accept the love of the Saviour. You rejoice in My
love. You allow My love to transform you into carriers
of heaven’s healing plan for humanity. Because so many
reject Me, I give in a ridiculously lavish way to those
willing to accept Me. Many of God’s children, living in
the sadness of sin, will not admit that God could offer
them anything of value. They are closed to My love for
them and they are closed to My plan for them. But these
people will, nevertheless, accept kindness from you,
God’s apostles. They will accept good example from you,
God’s apostles. Ultimately, if My plan is successful,
they will accept love from you. The love they find in
your heart will belong to Me because I placed it there.
When the people around you are loved by you, they
experience Me. This works because you are connected to
Me each day through your apostolic pledge and through
your apostolic service. I have told you in the past that
you bring light to a dark world. I want you to know,
dear loyal apostles, that the light you bring is
changing the world. We, those of us in heaven, see the
light growing. Some of you begin unsteadily. You are not
certain that you are called. My beloved one, I am
speaking to you now. Listen to Me. You are called. You
belong in this family. I need your help. I do not ever
want to be apart from you again. It hurts Me to be apart
from you and it hurts you to be apart from Me. Only I
love you perfectly. If you remain close to Me, I can
continue to love you in such in a way that you will
value yourself as heaven values you. You are not
perfect. It is true. I accept this about you. If you
believed you were perfect, My beloved friend, you would
be no good to Me. Far better for every one of My goals
that you believe you are flawed. Believe in My
perfection and be willing, and together we will bring an
unstoppable flow of love into the world. I rejoice in
your love for Me, dear apostle. I want you to rejoice in
My love for you. If you do this, you will show others an
accurate example of the peace that comes from resting in
the Saviour. Rejoice in your heart. I am there and I
love you.
April 1, 2008
Jesus
My dear apostles, I
speak to you from My heart, the seat of love. I speak to
you freely at this time to teach you about love. I
desire that each of you accept My love, which includes
the love of all of heaven. Those who are lukewarm and do
not accept my love cannot help Me in My goal of renewal.
Those who are concerned with establishing their kingdoms
on earth will lose opportunities to seed the renewal
each day. Those who postpone a full commitment to My
goals will find that they are sadly disappointed later,
when they realize how important their service was to Me.
I rely on My apostles to be passionate about service,
seeking always to store up heavenly treasures in the
souls of those around them. Truly, no kind word, no
compassionate silence, no act of love is lost. Each of
these is both used immediately and preserved eternally.
I understand that you are tired at times. I understand
that you become discouraged. I understand these things
because in My humanity I experienced these things. I
allow these feelings in My beloved apostles because
their service to Me then becomes even more beneficial.
Rest assured that you have been given all that you need
in strength and courage for each day’s service. There is
no difficulty, from heaven’s perspective, in an apostle
serving in weariness. Most apostles served in weariness
and the weariness that an apostle feels does not mean
that the fire of the Spirit is at risk of being
extinguished. Have no fear about this because I Myself
tend to the presence of the Spirit in your soul. This
fire has been expertly banked so that it will burn for
as long as it needs to burn. Some day you will be
finished with your service on earth. The tasks that I
need from you will be completed. This will be a joyful
day for you. You will see all that you have accomplished
for Me. Yes, weariness comes and goes, but love creates
stamina that keeps the servant and the service steady.
In the time to come I intend to increase the capacity
for love in each apostle. This is necessary for heaven’s
goals and will enable My beloved ones to serve with even
greater dedication and humility. I will teach you more
and instruct you closely in the use of this gift as time
passes. This heavenly concession will greatly increase
the effectiveness of My presence in your soul. I am so
grateful that you seek to remain close to Me. Rejoice,
dear apostles. I am with you.
March 1, 2008
Jesus
My dear friend, you
will learn so much about love in heaven. You will look
back at your time on earth and you will understand that
many things that occurred to you were both exercises in
love and opportunities to love. There is
misunderstanding about love in the world but those who
follow Me, My beloved apostles, seek to master love as I
mastered love, in sacrifice. It is true that love
creates joy. This is true. But when we take on love, it
is also at times like taking on a burden which must then
be carried. We should not decide for love and then,
finding that love burdensome at times, set it down and
walk away from it. This is not how it is done. On the
contrary, if you love as I loved, you will find at times
that the weight of love is heavy. I experienced this on
Calvary when I carried My love for you to My death. Did
I make the right decision, to pay the ultimate price for
love? Of course I did. What else would I do, given the
wonderful creation that is you? In the same way, I want
each of My apostles to expect their love for Me to be a
burden to them at times. This is normal. I want each of
My apostles to expect their love for others to be a
burden to them at times. This is also normal. In love,
there are times when the decision to love feels light,
of course, and there seems to be no burden to it at all.
Rejoice in these times. In love, there are other times
when the burden causes you to question your commitment.
Do not be afraid of these times. This questioning is
necessary for your growth. I experienced this, too. I
was tempted toward an easier way. When love is tried
this way and triumphs, that love becomes firmer and less
likely to be disappointed later. Welcome the challenges
to love, even while you decide for love. I will be with
you in each situation, counselling you to humility and
gentleness. View each challenge as a worthy exercise,
allowed by heaven to teach you about eternity. See the
opportunities to love all of those around you,
particularly those whom you find it difficult to agree
with at times. Please do not be alarmed when you are
disappointed in love, when others fail you. This was
also My experience and this will also benefit you
because it will help you to learn forgiveness. I will
bring you to greater holiness with each experience if
you remember that I am with you and that I love you
perfectly and completely. From the secure place that is
My heart, you will go forward with self assurance,
confident that you are cherished. This confidence will
express itself in an increased ability to love those
around you. Be at peace, dear apostles. My plan is such
that you will learn to live like residents of heaven.
All is well.
February 1, 2008
Jesus
My friend, heaven has
accomplished many things with your service to the
Kingdom. Shall I tell you what we are achieving
together? First of all, we have increased your
holiness. It is true, dear apostle. With your
cooperation, I have been able to advance you in virtue.
Consider where you were in the holiness walk when you
first committed to serving as My apostle. Consider where
you are now. You will see that you have advanced, even
though you also see that you have additional work to do
in this regard. I want you to understand, though, that
progress has been made so that you will rejoice and have
hope for additional progress. This is good for you and
good for heaven. Next, your service to the Kingdom has
been used to bring light to other souls. Think for a
moment. Is it not true that you have tried to treat
others more like I treated others? Is it not true that
there have been times when you returned love for
hostility? Have you not discovered that you view even
your enemies with greater compassion? Think dear
apostles. Have you shared My merciful message with
others? Have they benefited? Without your cooperation,
this could not have happened. Yes, many have benefited
because you have chosen to serve Me. Would you like to
know of another result of your service? Heaven, as you
know, is filled with perfect love and comfort. I love
all of humanity, of course, but not everyone returns My
love. Because of your cooperation, I, Jesus Christ, have
received a greater amount of love and comfort from your
world. You, in your determination to serve Me, have
bestowed upon Me the greatest consolations. The light
from your willingness to serve as I wish you to serve
has given Me comfort in a time when My heart aches with
loneliness for so many. You have truly become My friend
and I hold you in My heart most protectively. All of the
intentions in your heart now move to the regular beating
of My heart. I will not abandon you and I will not
abandon your intentions. Together, we will see to each
one of them. The loyalty you feel for your loved ones is
shared by Me in that your holy desires become personal
to Me as they are personal to you. Just as you are
determined that your loved ones be healed, so I am
determined that your loved ones be healed. These are
joint projects embarked upon by the Saviour and His
beloved apostle. You are never alone in your concerns or
your crosses. I thank you for helping heaven to
accomplish so much and I will reward you, in part, by
keeping the promise I have made to seek conversion of
all of those dear to you. Be at peace in every trial,
please, because I am with you.
January 1, 2008
Jesus
I am always with you, dear apostles. You move through
your days of service learning greater and greater
lessons in holiness. I am the teacher. When you offer Me
your day, you pledge to remain with Me throughout it.
This in no way diminishes the need for you to experience
your humanity with all of its joys and sorrows. On the
contrary, it is through your daily joys and sorrows that
you are learning the lessons of love. You might think
that your cross is heavy and perhaps in truth the cross
that you carry is heavy. You might think that you would
proceed more easily or more swiftly without the cross.
This is possible, My friends, but to what purpose?
Surely, I, Jesus Christ, could have advanced more
quickly and comfortably to Calvary without the jeering
of the crowds, the physical infirmities or the weight of
the cross. This is an obvious statement. But you were
destined to be saved by My Passion. The whole world
benefited by My decision to accept God’s will, which
included suffering. In the same way, the world is
benefiting from your decision to accept the crosses in
your life. You offer Me your day. This is such a simple
thing from the eyes of the world and yet, from the eyes
of heaven, this is a very large offering indeed. Do not
be afraid of the cross in each day. Do not think that
your cross will interfere with the plan that I have for
you. The truth is the opposite. The plan that I have for
you includes suffering, and your holiness will increase
because of your crosses. I do not rejoice in the
suffering of My friends. No, I do not. I do rejoice in
the willingness of My friends to suffer, for Me and with
Me. This will never change. My gratitude toward each of
My beloved apostles increases as each day’s commitment
flows into the past. A stream of allegiance pledges
trail behind you as you proceed into tomorrow. Be at
peace in your crosses, I beg you, because your crosses
benefit you in ways that you cannot understand. It must
be enough for you that the Saviour understands. If you
are weary, do not be afraid. You will have what you
require to cope and I will sustain you. I was weary,
also. If you falter, do not be discouraged. I faltered,
also, and I will lift you back to your feet. There are
no circumstances that should cause you to be anxious
because just as you pledge your allegiance to the
Father, I, the Saviour, pledge My allegiance to you. I
will take care of you, My beloved ones. You will not be
abandoned.
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