Veronica—All about the trees there is a very luminous coloring of blue now covering the sky in the area of the trees. The color seems to be coming from within the trees and fanning outward high up into the sky. Directly over Our Lady's statue, high in the sky, there is an opening forming, circular—it's circular, and opening as though there is a beautiful force just pushing back the clouds that had covered the sky.

The opening of light now is huge. It's making a circular pattern directly over Our Lady's statue. Now in the center of the pattern of light I can see Our Lady coming forward. She's coming through the light very fast, and from Her size becoming bigger as She approaches, larger to view, it's obvious that Our Lady is coming quite a distance. Oh, now She is very clear. The light—it was so brilliant that I could barely see Our Lady's face. But now She is standing directly over Her statue.

Our Lady is dressed in a beautiful white gown. It's a pure white. And about Her waist She has a deep blue sash. It's a darker blue this evening. Our Lady's mantle is white with a border of gold, approximately about—oh, about a half inch to three-quarters inch in thickness all about the outer edge of Our Lady's mantle.

Our Lady is looking about Her. She's now taking Her Rosary from about Her waist, and She's extending the crucifix, like this, and making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Our Lady is placing the crucifix to Her lips, like this.

Now Our Lady is joining Her hands together in prayer, and She's looking about Her. She has a smile, a soft smile upon Her face, but it has a great deal of sadness, too. Now Our Lady is taking the first finger of Her right hand and placing it to Her lips.

Our Lady—"My child and My children, I cannot bring to you great news for the children of the world on My visit this evening to earth, but I can direct you in the days ahead, My children.

"I have asked you and pleaded with you to do penance. There will be a great crisis set upon your country, the United States. O My children, I cannot burden you now with a full revelation of the evildoings by many in your government and the governments of the world that has brought about the present state of affairs in your world.

"As it was told through countless earth-years by many prophets and voice-boxes from Heaven, you are now living in the days of the great sorrows. Evil abounds upon earth and has entered into My Son's Church. Evil abounds upon earth and has taken hold within the homes and livelihoods of Our children upon earth. What salvation is there for you but to follow the way of the cross.

"My children, you must pray now and do much penance. A great War is approaching mankind, a war in which nations shall vanish from the earth. There will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth who have neither counseled the young nor sought to change the course of destruction that they have allowed to progress on. Because of their love of materialism and their love of what they call humanism, and their love of worldly gain in power, man has now been abandoned by the forces of light to seek his own way now, a way that he has chosen to be covered with errors and spiritual darkness.

MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN THE ONLY GUIDE

"My children, I beg of you as your Mother—I come to you from Heaven as a Mediatrix between God and man; you must listen to Me now. I warned you in the past that your medias of communication are controlled. The only guide you will have now are the messages from Heaven, given through various seers, and other miraculous manifestations from the Eternal Father to man.

"Many shall be martyred in the days ahead. Heaven can be gained through martyrdom.

U.S. TO KNOW HUNGER AND WANT

"My children, do not be concerned of any worldly possession, for soon many shall know hunger. There is a spiritual hunger now in your world and in your hearts, but soon your country, the United States, will join other nations in knowing physical hunger and want.

"My children, can this be avoided? What price must you pay before you will listen and awaken from your lethargy and realize what has been happening to your country and many countries of the world, as you go along like ducks upon the waters following leaders who have become paganized in their lust for power.

"Pray, My children, for your governments, your government leaders; and pray always for your clergy, for many have become weak and have given themselves over to material gain, and also a lust for power through pride. Pride is truly a more formidable barrier against holiness and piety than even outright licentiousness. Pride is a sin, and shall keep many from entering into the Kingdom of Heaven.

"I ask you not to judge your brothers and sisters, but I also counsel you in all warmth of heart as your Mother, not to abandon them in their sin, but to offer charitable consolation in the knowledge of their Faith. A religious foundation must be given to all of the children, the young of the world. Without this foundation of religion, paganism takes over, and soon you will see a major increase in murders and all form of abominations.

"I shall not, My child, in your weakened state this evening, give you a long discourse on the major sins of the world: the sins that shall be held in abeyance, the sins that shall send mankind into a World War, a war far greater in destructive nature than mankind has ever experienced.

MESSAGE OF LA SALETTE

"I ask that My messages, the messages from Heaven, My voice of counsel, not be discarded. I ask that you remember My visit to La Salette, and do not keep hidden the message I gave. If you still My voice, My children, you will be destroyed. Your country shall then feel a destruction both physical and spiritual.

"My children, the choice is yours. Are you trying, with the help of prayer and counsel from Heaven, to save your country, or are you going to allow the world powers controlled by Lucifer to destroy your country, as Lucifer has worked to destroy many nations already upon your earth. I say again, My children: the decision is yours!

"You must all keep a constant vigilance of prayer going throughout your country and the world. There is no time now for speculation on what is to be. The future shall be very short for many."

Veronica—Our Lady now is pointing up to the left part—Her right side of the sky, our left side, and I can see a huge red ball hurtling through the air. It's a very frightening sight. And Our Lady is now touching Her finger to Her lips.

Our Lady—"That, My child, is the second part of the Chastisement.

"You will receive, My child and My children, many manifestations from Heaven to guide you in the days ahead. You must always test the spirits first."

Veronica—Now Our Lady is extending Her Rosary out again, like this, and making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Our Lady—"Continue now, My child and My children, with your prayers of atonement. Veronica, My child, My Son will speak with you shortly. Retain your strength."

[Pause]

Veronica—The sky about the trees has the most beautiful warm pink glow, and the coloring is cascading not in direct rays—I can't explain it; it's like a film of beautiful pink coming from the trees and going upward high into the sky.

Now directly over Our Lady's statue, Jesus is coming through the clouds. There are clouds about Him, but they're becoming a beautiful pink. The color is so warm and beautiful that it gives you a feeling of such wonderful peace and happiness. The color itself—I haven't seen upon earth that color. Pink is the word I use, pink, but I have never seen the color upon any picture or anything. It's so beautiful.

Now Jesus is coming forward faster. He's standing directly above the middle tree. Now He has sandals on His feet this evening; they're brown. They look like a leather material, with one band of stripping that goes from His ankle to His toes. And His cape, His burgundy cape is flowing about His feet. It's very long, and it's tied at Jesus' neck by this gold braid material, like a cording. And there is a cape. There's a headpiece to the cape, because I can see it over Jesus' right shoulder.

Jesus' hair is blowing now in the wind. It looks a reddish brown, but the light is so brilliant I don't know for sure if it's reddish brown or dark brown, with just the coloring from the cape and the light about Him cascading from His hair. But it makes His hair look a beautiful sort of reddish brown.

Jesus is smiling. He has a short beard, but it seems very well trimmed. I don' know what you would call it—like sort of a goatee, or . . . it's trimmed very short. And Jesus is smiling, like He is amused. I know He's amused at the description I'm giving of Him. And He's now—His beautiful eyes! Jesus has the most beautiful eyes! With Our Lady, when She talks—He wants you to know that Our Lady has a more human approach in talking; but Jesus talks with me, I would say, through His eyes. He doesn't have to move His lips the way Our Lady does. He just looks and you know exactly what He's saying! Now Jesus is extending His hand out, like this, and making the sign of the cross in blessing: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Now Our Lady—I didn't know She was standing over on the right side, but She's coming across the sky, and She's going now up to Jesus. And He's talking to Her. He's not whispering, but I, I can't hear what He's saying. Now Our Lady is passing behind Him, and She's going to stand over at His right side.

And also, just behind Our Lady and Jesus, I can see Michael. Saint Michael is there, and of course, with his tremendous size, there is no human way I can explain the effect he has on you. He doesn't look out of proportion, but he is tremendous in size! Just as Our Lady calls him—a warrior of Heaven.

Jesus and Our Lady are looking about Them. Our Lady now has placed Her hands up, like this, in prayer. Her beautiful Rosary is dangling from Her fingers down across the front part of Her gown. And Our Lady is looking about Her. Now Jesus is taking His first finger and placing it to His lips.

Jesus—"My child and My children, We are well aware of the confusion now in your world, the anxiety, the anguish of heart for many.

"O My children, you are truly My little children, for many times a child must be reprimanded and chastised. However, in your freedom of will, you have become self-willed in your pursuits, relying upon your men of science who have taken you into spiritual darkness.

SEEKING TO RULE AS LITTLE GODS

"You believe you can cast aside the Commandments of the Eternal Father and exist in peace? No, My children, already your world has given full evidence of what happens when you become arrogant and prideful and seek to rule as little gods upon earth. You cast aside all religious foundation and build yourself new religions that are guided by false doctrines of humanism and modernism and satanism. O My children, you never learn from your past, because you are now in a state far worse than in the times of Noe and Sodom. And what then shall be your fate?

"My children, the Eternal Father has full knowledge of your present, your past, and your future. Much that was to happen was to take place in the future; but you, in your arrogance and turning away from the light, have made, have forced your future to be now. Madness evidenced in murders, immorality, the lack of piety, holiness, charity in the hearts of man, and even lacking in the hearts of many of My clergy, are full evidence of the fall of mankind now.

"My children, all Heaven is concerned of the souls of the young: how they may be taken from among you for their salvation.

HEDONISTIC TEACHINGS

"O My children, My Mother has cried bitter tears of anguish, for She has been given full knowledge of what is to be. She has tried to prepare you, to guide you through countless earth-years of time, to counsel you upon the direction to Heaven; but you have chosen in your arrogance and pride to build new religions, even bringing in hedonistic teachings and false gods. For this, My children, you are abandoned to your folly, and as such, you will find that you will be brought to your knees, forced to turn back from the wide road that you have chosen of your own free will.

"As My Mother counseled you through many earth-years of visitations to you, that when a country gives itself over to Lucifer, discarding all knowledge of true faith and the Commandments of the Eternal Father, that country will be destroyed. The hand that will be set upon your country shall be heavy. My Mother has pleaded your cause to Heaven, but how many have listened to Her? How many have been willing to sacrifice their own selfish desires to save mankind? Too few, My children, I say too few! The balance is heavily to the left, leaving Heaven no recourse but to allow you to continue upon the road to your own destruction.

"My children of light, do not be distressed, for I shall be with you; and your confidence shall be in the words given to you through My Mother, in all of the messages from Heaven that will guide you when the road becomes filled with thorns and the cross grows heavy.

"Yes, My children, for those who have been given much, much will be expected of them, even unto martyrdom.

"Do not seek to be recognized by man, for if you, in your pride, seek this recognition, you have already received your reward. But do your—do good deeds for the Eternal Father Who watches you in secret, for He will reward you. However, if you give yourselves over to the world, seeking the plaudits of the world, you have already received your reward.

"My child, you will accept an additional cross for your mission. I ask that you return home and remain secluded. You will not repeat this counsel, My child.

[Pause]

"Do you understand, My child? You will follow this counsel, My child, or you will not survive the illness.

"You will continue now, My child, by directing all to pray a constant vigilance of prayer for your clergy, for the Bishop of Rome, your Pope, and for all mankind, for all poor sinners whose minds have been poisoned by satan.

"Do not be concerned, My child, at the short delay in the messages that you will pass through. Our fond workers will continue, and the Message from Heaven shall reach every corner of the earth."

Veronica—Now Jesus is placing His hand out, like this, and making the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Now He's touching His first finger to His lips.

Jesus—"Remember, My child, I know the question in your mind. Remember, I could not promise you physical health. But do not be concerned. We know your labors, and We shall see that you be given the necessary strength to continue the mission as needed. You will repair home now."