[It was cold and raining that night, and as the vigil began, plastic rain gear was passed out to those who did not have an umbrella.]

Our Lady: "My Son has planned many surprises, pleasurable surprises, for Our children on earth who are working with Us to outwit the enemy of God. Do not be surprised when you are visited by many personages from the Kingdom. This will be truly the age of revelation to many. I say this to you, My children, with great joy of heart, for the many tribulations ahead shall prove you and test you for your entrance into the Kingdom.

"Life upon your earth is but a vale of tears. Many sorrows are in the heart of many mothers on the eve of your New Year. I bring you on this day a word of gladness, the words of hope that eventually all tribulation will end and My Son will be victorious. The battle of the spirits will not be fought by visible human means. War with the spirits is fought by prayer and the direction of the Father.

"There is only one way in which you will lose the road and fall into darkness: when you refuse the graces We have offered you.

BODY STATE VS. SOUL STATE

"For your mission upon earth, My child, it is necessary that the Father endow you with knowledge. You have stated, I understand, that you have found difference in seeing My Son and I and viewing all the personages of Heaven. I appear to you, My child, in solid form, as does My Son, because My Son ascended and I was assumed into Heaven in Our body state. But others appear different to you, My child, in their form because they come in their soul-spirit state. That is the way they were taken to Heaven, through natural human means, through the veil.

"My Son, in the Father, took Me into the realm of the Kingdom when My work was finished upon earth. I rose by the power of God into the Kingdom.

"My life upon earth was lived for the Father, though I lived a life with the knowledge of the human race. That is why My Son allows Me to champion your cause, My child, as I have stated before that My children on earth are Our champions against the adversary, the man of sin.

"I love you all, My children, and I will guide you through the tribulations. I suffer, as a Mother will suffer, from the loss of each child.

"I ask great understanding for the trials of your Vicar. He will accept martyrdom and shall be accepted with great joy into the Kingdom of the Father. Sadly, the plan of the adversary is to place another on the Seat of Peter. I send you many warnings to prepare yourself and defend yourself against this adversary.

"It truly rains teardrops from Heaven. This evening upon earth there will be many souls lost to Heaven and going into darkness. We ask all to persevere and continue in their acts of penance and sacrifice. The road to the Kingdom is not easy. It is not one in which you can bargain.

"The prayers of many throughout your land spared you the disaster (earthquake), given as warning so close to your land. Your country has known few natural—I say 'natural,' My children, because scientists will call them natural disturbances of nature. But no! The great disaster that approaches your country will not be but a natural disturbance of nature, but a punishment from your God, as you refuse to turn from your sin!

FALSE PROPHETS

"I caution you against the many false prophets who roam throughout your world during these latter days. They preach doctrines of untruth. They devise scientific intrigue that will take man from God and set up a scientific way of life and worship.

"The idol upon your earth at the present time is the worship of man. Man has set himself far above his God, even seeking to control life and death. These aspects of human life on your earth will only be controlled by the Father of life, the Father Who created each being on your earth. Man will not defy the rules set forth by the Father. He will obey as obedient children, as loving children, or he shall receive the Chastisement as a father would give to his errant children.

FALSE SCIENCE

"Astrology, the word used on earth—diviners of false nature—this is a false science for the unbelievers. To replace his God, man seeks to credit stone, light, and cosmic forces with the direction of a human life. Only God the Father directs the course of a man's life. Of course, My child, you understand that many men give their lives on earth over to satan of their free will. But shall they turn to the Father and ask His assistance, they will be guided by Him in the light. This is the plan of Heaven, and this is why man was placed upon earth: to make his way back as champions for the Father to the Kingdom, to do battle to Lucifer on earth and return triumphant to the Father in the Kingdom.

"The strength for souls will be found in the family circle. Unite against the common enemy of God. Recognize the faces of evil and the forces of evil about you now. Satan has now control of all medias on your earth. He has entered his agents within your government, your schools, and all forms of worldly entertainment. And sadly I must state again, he has entered into My Son's House.

"I realize, My child, I am repetitious in many of My admonitions. But My voice shall not weaken. I shall go on and be with you through the great tribulation, for I know that as My strength from the Father and the love from My heart goes forth to you, there is always one soul who will turn back to Me. I will abandon no one to satan who will reach out and ask for Our grace.

"You have your armor, and I do not expect you to cast this aside. I know, My children, even in the House of My Son, many of the learned have chosen to mock the sacramentals. It is only satan's plan to remove from among them their protection.

ST. MICHAEL MUST BE RETURNED

"I repeat anew: Michael must be returned in prayer to My Son's House, for Michael will stand guardian over My Son's House.

"Souls are being exchanged for pieces of silver. Judases gather about your Vicar—Judases within the House of God! They have attained great power through the love of money. They have been seduced by the love of money and power. The Father permits them to carry out their plan only until the scale is unbalanced and iniquity has reached its highest point, and they shall be destroyed.

"Each man on earth who has been baptized and set himself up as a follower of My Son in infancy has received the mark of the cross upon him. He can in his lifetime cast this away and be branded with the mark of the beast. This will be of his choice. No man will be lost without his own choice.

"In the great battle ahead, you will find that you will be rejected by many of your own. Your road, the cross you carry, cannot be lightened at this time. The sins of man have placed a great burden upon those who have offered themselves as victim souls, souls who will do penance to obtain mercy for the wicked.

HEAVENLY COMPANIONS

"My child, you will make it known to the world that there are many mysteries of Heaven. Not all can be revealed at this time, or they no longer would be sacred. I ask that the children of the world do not fall into the web of satan, for he is the father of all liars. And he lies when he denies the existence of the angels, for they are the beloved of the Father, the companions of the Father in Heaven, and the companions of the true souls who join Us in the Kingdom. They are existing, they have existed, and they will always exist. So do not listen to those who call them a myth, for how surely they will be surprised when they enter with My Son upon your earth!

"My child, I realize My discourses with you for the world are quite lengthy. But there is much that I would like you to know of the mysteries of Heaven and to prepare you for what lies ahead. I am quite repetitious because I feel that My voice must continue to go throughout the world and reach each soul, so that none will be lost to satan."

[Pause]

Veronica: . . . now a large, circular—oh, I don't know what it is. A shield, I feel it's a shield of light now covering the sky—oh, high above the flagpole. Oh, and now coming through this shield is Our Lady. She has backed into the clouds before, but now She's coming through the shield. And She has the nuns—oh, it's Saint Michael. And there are two angels; I recognize them as angels. One is dressed in green. He has a beautiful green cape, and he's holding the balance in his hand. Oh, he's Gabriel. And now he's pointing over to the right side of the flagpole, and he's saying, he—there's a large "W" appearing in the sky. And now I, I see that—oh, Jesus is appearing now. And He's placed His hand out, and the "W"—now He's writing W-A-R-N-I-N-G: "WARNING." S-O-O-N: "WARNING SOON."

Now Jesus is coming over to Our Lady, and Our Lady is standing next to the flagpole. Oh, and Jacinta is here. Jacinta is here, and she has by the hand this little boy. Now she's pulled his hat off again. And he's, he's very shy. This boy, he looks younger than Jacinta; he's quite a bit shorter. And now Jacinta is raising her hand and pointing over to the tree. And Jesus now is motioning to them, like this, to come over. And they're standing—and now Jacinta is pointing over, and I can see the letters forming again: W-A-R-N-I-N-G: "WARNING."

Now Jacinta has seemed to—well, she's not walking, but she's floating back behind Our Lady. And I can't see her now because Our Lady's gown is billowing now. It must—looks like it's very windy, because Our Lady's gown is blowing out. She's dressed in white with golden trim all around the outside of Her gown.

And Jesus now is coming forward, and He said:

Jesus: "The date will not be necessary. I have given you enough clues."

Veronica: He said:

Jesus: "And I have given you your direction for the future."

Veronica: And now I notice Jesus is walking over to the left. He's looking down now. He's on the left side of the flagpole. And Jesus is looking down. He's very pleased. Oh, yes. Oh, Jesus looks so beautiful! He's looking down now on the left side. Now He's—oh, He's raising His hand. Oh, yes. Jesus wants to bless the people and all the sacramentals.

Anything that you have, Jesus is going to bless. And He's—Jesus now is, is motioning that I should listen to Him.

Jesus: "I place upon all objects of God the grace of conversion and cure. These graces will be given in abundance as a necessity to bring the souls back to Us in truth. I bless you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and I diffuse upon you the Holy Spirit. Open your heart to Him and receive the truth. Close your heart and you will be led farther into the darkness to your ultimate destruction."

Veronica: Now Jesus is moving over to the right side of the flagpole. Our Lady now has come up behind Him, and She's raising Her crucifix. She's still holding Her large white Rosary. They're beautiful pearls. Oh, the Rosary is very large, with beautiful pearl beads. But I do notice that the, what we have at Our Father bead is golden, a beautiful, shining golden bead. And the others are pearls. And the crucifix is golden.

And Our Lady now is blessing in the sign of the cross. Now Jesus has moved over to the right side of the flagpole by the trees. Now we're to extend all the sacramentals. Now Jesus is bending over, and He's raising His hand, and He's also blessing, with His fingers like this: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

DISCIPLES MUST GATHER SHEEP

Jesus: "I repeat, My children. I dispense among you the greatest of graces, for you are My disciples. And with these graces you will have the power to return errant souls to the fold. Gather My sheep, each one seeking his brother. Go out to the pastures that are rich but filled with poison. Save My sheep from these pastures. Lead them away from the darkness, My children, I ask you, for many tears will be shed upon your earth before long. Approach these days with great hope and live your life in the spirit of light—a life of penance, atonement, and great sacrifice, not only for yourselves, but for your loved ones and others who do not have the grace to save their own souls.

"They need you, My children. And I need you, for I love you as the Father. We expect the return of each of you to Us. Do not turn your back on Our path, for it's very difficult, My children, when you go too far off the path."

Veronica: "You will continue," Our Lady said, "with the prayers now."

Oh, Our Lady said this evening many will enter into hell.

[Our Lady] wants it known that you must purify yourself upon earth by penance and sacrifice, or you will have to remain in a temporary state of suffering until you are purged and the Father knows you are shining, to enter into the Kingdom. The soul will be purified before it enters the Kingdom.

[In her printed transcript, Veronica added here:] (It is a holy and blessed deed to pray for the dead who need the extra graces of your prayers. They are helpless in purging. Only those on earth can shorten their waiting time by their acts of sacrifice, penance, graces applicable in turn for these souls in purgatory. Won't you help them? Then they will pray for you from the Kingdom. Give of yourself, and you will receive in double. Veronica)

WARNING

. . . appearing in the sky. Our Lady said to count the numbers 1, 7, 3, 2. Our Lady said I am to remember the numbers given in the sky: 1, 7, 3, 2. One and two—Our Lady said, "One and two make three is Warning. And the rest, My child, you will learn when the Father finds the time right. One and two make three is the Warning." At present, Our Lady said this will remain a puzzle for most. But when the time is right, the full answer will be made known to you.

I believe, myself—this is my own opinion now—I believe I know what Our Lady is telling me, but until She gives me the actual word, I cannot divulge this to you. And those with the grace from Heaven will be able to understand what the numbers signify: 1, 7, 3, 2. Because I believe I understand now. And Our Lady, Our Lady's smiling, so I really do think I know now why She gave me the numbers. Now Our Lady said to continue the prayers of atonement.

Worker: Yes, Veronica.

Veronica: Is it true? Our Lady said you have brought a large box with you. And She said that in that box She would like you to distribute as quickly as possible the contents.

Would you mind telling me what's in the box? Or would you object to telling me?

Worker: No, not at all.

Veronica: I'm curious now why Our Lady said it.

Worker: Well, the largest box—let's see, this large box here has—this is altar missals. From the Tridentine rite, of course. It's a whole load of them right here, altar missals.

Veronica: Well, well, this is something. Our Lady said your largest box, whatever that is.

Worker: Well, that's the largest box I've got.

Veronica: Your largest box, She would like the contents distributed as quickly as possible when you return.

Worker: Oh, wonderful! Well, I know where they're going.

Veronica: Do you know what She's talking about?

Worker: They're going to, they're going to Mexico. For the Franciscan Minims.

Veronica: All right, then you'll know what She's talking about, but me, I'm really curious what She meant.

Worker: Oh, God bless Her! Because they're coming up on the eleventh again.

Veronica: Our Lady said the large box that you brought, the largest box She would like you to distribute as quickly as possible.

Worker: Well, She's been peeking, though, you know. [Laughter] Tell Her I said God bless Her!

Veronica: All right, we'll continue.

Never before has Our Lady—Oh, Our Lady said during the next, the tribulations this will happen many times.

Oh, Mr. S., I have something I must tell you.¹ Our Lady—I hope I repeat it right, Blessed Mother. You're sure you want me to tell that?

1. D.S. of the Marian Foundation in Canada.

Mr. S.: Don't be chicken. She isn't.

Veronica: Well, Our Lady said that something about you are not to be discouraged because satan has set up a great force against you and that you are not the only soul that is going to carry this cross. But have great heart. Remember My first chosen Apostles.

I don't know if you know what She's talking about.

Mr. S.: Yes, and tell Her I'd like to meet one of the other ones.

Veronica: To remember, Our Lady said—oh, She said—oh, the Father looks into your heart. He does not choose you by your status in life.

Oh, oh! Our Lady said Peter and others left the family and would have to continue as disciples.

Mr. S.: Oh, God bless Her!

Man: There's your answer.

Veronica: Therefore, have great heart, for We have chosen you especially for your mission.

Mr. S.: Oh, I told Her I wanted to be a priest.

Veronica: This I give to Mr. S. because Our Lady stopped me directly here to give you that message. Only you would know what it is, because many things that I relate from Our Lady I don't fully understand what She's talking about.

Our Lady said:

Our Lady: "I do not mean for you to understand, My child."

Veronica: Oh, this—Our Lady says a woman who is much grieved over a troublesome husband, spouse, she will continue to pray for him, and Our Lady assures you that he will return and stop his carousing, whatever that is.

And also, there is a lady present who has a youngster who has a chronic illness. Our Lady said that the child will be cured from graces obtained from the Shrine.

Oh, and Our Lady says:

Our Lady: "That is all for the present, My child. Continue with your Rosary."

[Pause]

Veronica: . . . on this special occasion of the New Year She's relating many messages for reasons, Heaven's reasons.

Now is Sophia there?² Is Sophia here? Our Lady said that I will not be given the opportunity if I do not speak at this time.

2. Veronica's printed message referred to her as Sophia—the Voice of My Heart.

Our Lady wants Sophia to know, to have great trust in the great graces that have been given to her. The man in question is of evil. The man in question, his motives and his plan have been watched by the Father. He has approached the Shrine grounds with destruction in mind, but Our Lady wants you to know that his plan will not be carried forth.

Also, I could tell you now, Our Lady says, to Sophia—oh, Our Lady has a little name. I am not to give it here. I will write it to Sophia. But Sophia is also been given special mission on earth by Our Lady, and she will know of a great plan that Heaven has for her.

Oh, I have never been asked any time here before. Our Lady said:

Our Lady: "Do not be surprised because I have told you of the many surprises that are ahead for My Son's disciples. I am your guide and as such, I do not hold back the fruits of your work from you."

Veronica: "Thank You, Blessed Mother."

Oh, and continue now with the prayers.

[Pause]

MIRACLE OF THE STARS

. . . Our Lady said. You watch now all around as Our Lady clears the sky. There's not another place that has the stars, but as we pray. Continue the Rosary. [Excited voices.]

Also, we're not wet here, but Our Lady says it's raining over there. [Prayers and hymns continue.]

She's blowing the clouds away. [Excited voices.] Yes, Our Lady promised, She promised to clear the sky and show us the stars.

If you look around, there's not another place that has the stars, only over Our Lady's Shrine. Do you see that, Mr. S.? Can you see that? Look, there's not a place open with the stars but over the Shrine. Our Lady cleared it. Now look all in the back here. Every place else is covered with clouds and rain, but Our Lady opened up the sky here and we have the stars over the Shrine this evening.

Yes, I see a seven in the sky. Right over in the sky. Now do you see that? There's not an opening in the sky but right over Our Lady's Shrine with the stars, as Our Lady said She would ask Jesus to do. Now we continue our Rosary. We're going to watch the stars, while the rest of this area is going to be raining and cloudy. But Our Lady said we'll have the stars over the Shrine this evening. You see that, Mr. S.? There's not another star in the sky, but only over Our Lady's Shrine. And they're no place else but over the Shrine.

[Pause]

I just asked Jesus if He would bring us the stars, because we're to say the Litany to His Blessed Mother, and He brought us the stars back. That's exactly what I just asked Jesus—if He would clear the sky because I'm going to say the Litany to Our Lady.

Yes. All right. Now that the sky is cleared, continue the ending of the Rosary. We're going to say the Litany to His Mother, and Jesus told me He would clear the sky, and here He did.

[Pause]

All right. Jesus requests the Litany to the Blessed Virgin.

[The litany is prayed.]

My dear friend Saint Theresa now is coming. She's very close. She's now just about in the middle on the right side of the flagpole. And Theresa said I am to listen carefully and repeat what she says.

STRIVE TO PLEASE GOD

St. Theresa: "I have come to give you a humble lesson, a lesson on the little ways of attaining your sanctification on earth, so you will be certain to enter the Kingdom. As you live your human life upon the earth, you will say to yourself, 'Am I pleasing my Jesus?'

"Many must earn their daily bread. All must earn their daily bread upon the earth. In doing this they will do this with honor. Of the hours you awaken to, you will say, 'This day I give to please my God.' In this manner you will be directed in the light.

"You have all received in your baptism the opportunity to attain the Kingdom. The road is very simple to follow. You do not look for recognition among men. You look to please your God. You strive to please your God. For if you try to find recognition and the approval of man on earth, you are doomed to great sorrow. For all the hours, the waking hours of your life on earth must be with one purpose in mind: that you are working your way back to the Kingdom."

Veronica: And Theresa now is showing me a small Book that she is carrying. She—Theresa said she has always carried this small Book in the fold of her garment. She means her habit. I can see now she is holding it very close to me. It is the Gospels. Now Theresa said:

St. Theresa: "I was not a learned person or a scholar upon earth, but all I had and all I needed was this little Book. And I also treasured the Imitation of Christ.

"Accept the life given you upon earth by the Father, and use every moment of it to please the Father and to sanctify your soul. Love is the way, the road to Heaven. If the world can only recover the true meaning of love, for love is truly the essence, the odeur of divinity."

Veronica: Now Theresa is stepping back, and it's as though a large cloud covers her. I can no longer see her, but I do see the—her, the bottom of her garment. And now I hear her repeating to me again:

St. Theresa: "Love is the essence of the odeur of divinity."

Veronica: And now I can't see her anymore. Oh, and Our Lady now is coming forward. And She is saying:

Our Lady: "I wish, My children, a perpetual recitation of the beads of prayer throughout your country. This will lessen the number of souls lost to Us with the devastation that will soon be upon your country. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen."

Veronica: Continue with the Rosary, please.

[When the scribe was reading the handwritten notes at the end of the vigil, Veronica added the following:]

LATTER DAY MANIFESTATIONS

Oh, in other words, what Our Lady meant by that [being visited by personages of the Kingdom]—already it is happening. Many people are being manifested to, as the Father had promised. And those who do read your Scriptures, like Theresa said tonight she carries in her pocket—you will know that in the latter days there will be many prodigies and many manifestations: signs in the stars and the moon and the sky. So now do not be frightened if perhaps you find the unusual come into your life, the supernatural. That is in the plan of God now, to try to—we are at war with satan, and our Father will use all means.

And many, perhaps some here tonight, but I know many who visit Our Lady's Shrine have been chosen for manifestations. Some may have appeared to them one of the saints, with a purpose—there will always be a reason. And it has already happened to many. Now I would not say many, but I know right now four or five people that this has happened to, Our Lady has appeared to in the last couple of months. Three other people who were either traveling between the Shrine or here. And several saints have appeared to others, too. And we have the testimony for holy Church. And they were just as startled as I was the first time four years ago when this all started.

For those who have never been here before, when I'm relaying the message I myself forget a great deal of it, because at the time when Our Lady is speaking to me I'm not quite myself. There is no human way to explain it. It's like being asleep but not being asleep; it's like a state of just kind of being out of yourself, like sort of a trance-like state. And I seem to lose all feeling of where I am. There's no human way I can tell you in words.

[When Our Lady said it was necessary to endow Veronica with knowledge:]

Oh, what Our Lady meant was that many things that Our Lady tells me I don't understand at the present time. But She is giving me certain knowledge that in the future I will understand why She gave me various messages, you know.

[When Our Lady spoke of appearing in solid form:]

Oh, I know what She's talking about. Yes. You see, I would ask—I often wondered why when I see Our Lady and Jesus They are—They look quite solid, let me say. I would say They looked as human as you and I, except for the great light that seems to just exude from both of Them. Our Lady and Jesus look very—let's say solid. Let's see if I can explain it in my words. But when I have seen Saint Theresa and Padre Pio and even Jacinta, they do not look the same as Jesus and Our Lady. They look more like kind of wispy, very transparent, yet recognizable in their human form. I guess it's our Father's plan so I know who they are. They look human, but yet they're, they're very—it's like looking at a negative of a film. There's no way I can explain it to you.

But I understand now why this is so, because Jesus ascended in His whole body to Heaven. That's why I see Him as He ascended. And Our Lady was assumed into Heaven bodily. That's why I see Her so solid, too. I understand now after two years. But yet when I saw Padre Pio it was like looking through, like I say, in the negatives of the pictures you took—that negative, sort of blackish and whitish—very transparent. And so does Theresa and her sisters, too, except for the fact that Jesus makes these clothes that I recognize very easily—their habits. But they are—there is a big difference, naturally, between Our Lady and Jesus even in Their appearance in the apparitions, there's a great difference.

. . . the soul state. That's what Our Lady told me. The reason it appears like that when I see them is because they came to the Kingdom without the body, in their soul state, their spirit, whereas Jesus came fully as He was on earth, back to the Kingdom. He ascended, and Our Lady was carried up to Heaven in Her full earthly state, too. That's why They—I never knew why They looked so different.

Oh, that's right. Our Lady said that the reason Jesus allows Her to come to earth is She lived quite a number of years, then She ascended to Heaven. And having lived among the human race, She is the greatest representative for us that Heaven could send—Jesus' Mother—because She knows all of our frailties, being among the human race so long. That's what He said.

Rose Notes from Veronica:

Time grows short. Have you made ready? You have received the Message from Heaven. God bless you all.

Veronica for Our Lady