A Call To Holiness


July Through December 1998 Messages to Lena Shipley

WEDNESDAY CENACLE  7-8-98

My Beloved Cenacle,

Let us give praise to Jesus together for His great gift of manifestation through your Mother!  I am with you always guiding you on the way of peace, protecting you with an army of the heavenly hosts, arming you for battle with the armament of prayer -- as the battle we fight together intensifies!

My little ones give yourselves wholeheartedly over to God!  Give yourselves over to the heavenly remedy that I have for so long trained you in!  Give yourselves over to true discipleship.  So many profess with their lips that Jesus is their Lord; yet give themselves over to the world as its slave!  So many receive our Eucharistic Jesus; yet, within minutes, give themselves over to worry, anxiety and fear.  All the while Jesus dwells within! So many receive the Gift of Love and return vindictiveness, envy, even hatred, to their brothers and sisters.

I have come into the world to call for a wholehearted turning toward God, who has loved this world so much!  I have revealed the way of peace, brotherhood and abundant life.

My cenacle, too many still sling to the remedies in the world!  They find no remedy, no mercy!  Where, my children, can hope be found for the strife that exists between nations?  Where is the hope for the violence that has infiltrated the streets?  Who will mend broken families?  Who will bind up the broken hearts of abandoned, abused children?

I come to you bearing the only remedy - as I bore Him 2000 years ago.  As He was met with cold indifference then, so it is today!

Jesus is the world's only remedy!  As it's travail intensifies, I continually invite you, my cenacles around the world, to pray with me for God's Mercy, grace and mighty rod of Justice.  Let us pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit - all to bring about the wholehearted conversion of this world to Jesus Christ, who alone is its' rightful King, who alone will restore the world to its' former, resplendent beauty!

WEDNESDAY CENACLE  7-15-98

My Dear Cenacle,

Praise be Jesus, the Lord, who loves you - giving as proof of His Love - His very life poured out for you as a sin offering, given as your food - today, until the end of the ages!  Praise Him, My children.  Give Him your heart in humble thanksgiving.

My dear ones, God sends Me to you to bring you to a greater understanding and love of the Gospel Message.  I am calling you to, not only accept My messages; but, to live them!  Living my messages means to abide in them.  When you take them into your heart, you abide in Jesus and allow Him to abide in you as He so desires.

My children, to you understand the depth to which Jesus invites you to draw?  You are so reluctant to open yourselves to Him fully!  You are so cautious to give yourselves over to Him - while He pours Himself out fully for you!  You receive Him in the Eucharist; yet, fail to comprehend the depth of the union in which you enter!  Your fingers grip tightly around the control mechanism of your heart!

I come to show you Jesus - the Miracle-worker of the New Testament, Jesus - the Miracle of today - still working signs and wonders in your midst and yet, you fail to trust Him implicitly.

I invite you tonight, to give yourselves over to trust as your world and its' systems rock wildly out of control.  Let Jesus place His hands on the control of your heart and steady you, keep you on course as the heavy burdens of life threaten to overcome you.

You live in the days of My adversary!  You easily fall under his control, when, through lack of understanding, you fail to trust in my messages, which Jesus sends Me to impart.  This is the hour when evil has its way!  But, my cenacle, not for long!!

I invite you with fervor, to abide in My messages which come to you from Jesus.  When you live the gospel, which I awaken in your hearts, you abide in Jesus and Jesus in you.  You live in peace and harmony despite pain and loss, sin and apostasy until your deliverer comes in power and might to reclaim His Kingdom which now reigns in the hearts of those who love and abide in Him.

I am with you to bring you to this fullness of grace as we wait and pray for the victory - the triumph of My Heart in the world!
 

Wednesday Cenacle  7-22-98

Daughter, as my messenger, I have written upon your heart my words to sustain my children in prayer and the living out of my messages.

I asked Our Lady why I couldn't sensually perceive her presence, yet I know I am in communion with her!  I wonder how I can continue to say the Rosary without skipping a beat and still be receiving her message.  She said that our communication is spirit to spirit and beyond human communication.  The extent that I understand and perceive her manifestation is God's will for me and not her decision.

My Cenacle, Thank you for spending so many years with me in prayer as we wait for Jesus to come again.  The Bridegroom comes!  It is my mission to ready you for His coming.  It is my mission to keep the flasks of oil filled so that your light continues to burn brightly!

I come with the oil of purity.  My children keep yourselves pure in thought, word and deed.  Most especially, keep your intentions pure.  Let this be the vehicle that brings you to your goal of perfect, Divine Love.  Purity of intention takes you out of yourself and enables you to abide in the perfect love of Jesus.

I come with the oil of solicitude.  Be solicitous for the greater gifts rather than those that bring acclaim and honor.  The higher gifts lead you to perfect peace so that you might endure these difficult times.  My dear ones, you cannot be bearers of peace in your world unless you live in interior peace.

I come with the oil of perfect contrition.  If you could but fathom the infinite purity and goodness of God, you would shriek from even the slightest infraction.  Every sin is an attack against the purity of God - against His very nature, which is love.

I come with the oil of charity.  My children, God is love.  You must love - even your enemies!  Otherwise, you rise no farther than the unbelievers who know not their God.

I am the herald of Jesus coming in glory.  The world as you know it is passing away.  I am the voice that cries out in a desolate and parched world, making straight the path He will take to purify and renew His creation.

I am the Mediatrix of all grace as exemplified by this message I leave with you tonight.

I am the Co-Redemptrix with my Son carried out through my universal motherhood.

I am the Advocate for all humanity as I bring to fruition the buds of the firstfruits of a renewed Church.

My Beloved, such is the Mercy, the Justice and the Love of God for His world!  Stay with Me.

8/5/98                                               Wednesday Cenacle

I visit you tonight as your Mother of Consolation. I bring sweet consolation to My Beloved children whom pray out of love for Jesus. I bring the sweetest consolations to those who suffer for love of Jesus.

I invite you, My dearest sons and daughters, to pray so that, through prayer you may be able to understand the meaning of your lives. It will be through prayer that you will come to understand your sufferings. Through prayer you will understand the meaning of true love!

The Church labors under the heavy weight of apostasy. You, My dearest cenacle, must bear the weight of the scourge of this sin upon your hearts. That is why I come to bring you the sweetest heavenly consolation.

The Church will be delivered of its' travail when the Holy Spirit releases renewed power (life) into the Church. O, how I weep for my children until then! Much pain…much suffering…much bloodshed!

My Cenacle, receive My sweetest consolations in the silent, serene garden of prayer. I long to console you!

8/19/98                                      WEDNESDAY CENACLE

My Cenacle,

Tenderly I gather you into the folds of My Mantle within this cenacle of prayer. I draw each of you to my lips to kiss your heads just as I kissed and caressed My child Jesus. You are all my children. When you enter the spiritual poverty of the stable of My Immaculate Heart, like Jesus, who I nourished at My breast, I offer you the sweet milk of virtue, grace and holiness. It is here that you have grown in age, grace and wisdom.

In this second and final phase of My mission on earth among you, I now commission you to pursue the path that has been lain for you. I invite you to pray to be lead on the salvific, redemptive path of My Son that you now share. For this I have come into the world and remain so long with you. I send you forth now. I drop you as a pebble into the waters of the world whose ripple affects your families, your communities and your world. I cast you into the world as a ray of light to light up this world now overcome with the darkness of sin

You stand on the threshold of a new evangelization - precipitated by the light, the power and the love of the Holy Spirit. A new evangelization - a mission wrought in pain and loss of all that the world has held out to you, a mission that will be fulfilled through the dying to self and the material world.

My little children, are you afraid? Do you grow faint-hearted in the wake of pain, loss and struggle? Do not be afraid! Come always into the silent, serene garden of prayer where I promise your strength will not fail you. Your light will not dissipate.

I am present to you as a mother to her infant! Stay with me.

9-16-98                                WEDNESDAY CENACLE

FIRST OUR LADY SPOKE TO ME:

"MY LITTLE  DAUGHTER, DO NOT LOOSE HEART!   CONTINUE TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF LOVE, PEACE AND OPENNESS TO THE SPIRIT OF THE EVERLASTING GOD.  I AM WITH YOU AND WILL BE YOUR STRENTH WHEN YOU ARE WEAK.  BUT YOU MUST ASK!

THEN HER WORDS WERE ADDRESSED TO THE CENACLE,
"TELL MY CENACLE THAT THEIR  MOTHER IS PLEASED WITH THEIR PATIENT ENDURANCE, COURAGE AND DEDICATION.  I KNOW OF THE HEAVY CROSSES THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BORNE OVER THE YEARS.  YOU HAVE ENDURED UNDER THEM WITH THE PATIENCE OF MY BELOVED SON, JESUS.  PRAISED BE HIS HOLY NAME!  YOU HAVE BORNE THEM WITH THE CONVICTION THAT SUFFERING YIELDS A RICH HARVEST AND LEADS TO AUTHENTIC FREEDOM - FREEDOM FROM THE FLESH

I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE CARRIED BY ME OVER A ROCKY AND BITTER  PATH.  YOU, MY BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS, NEED NOT TASTE OF ITS' BITTERNESS; BUT, THE SWEETNESS OF MY PRESENCE.

ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE LOVED BY ME.   IT IS BEYOND YOUR GRASP TO REALIZE THE OCEAN OF LOVE THAT ENGULFS YOU.  YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE AS ORPHANS WHEN, IN REALITY, YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH ME; AS I, WITH YOU.

ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE COMFORTED BY ME IN THESE TIME WHEN FORETOLD EVENTS UNFOLD AS THE CURTAIN OF GOD'S FINAL SALVIFIC ACT RISES AND UNLEASHES THE ENEMY'S MOST FEROCIOUS FURY UPON THE WORLD.  ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE ENFOLDED WITHIN MY MANTLE.

FOR AS SCRIPTURE TELLS, A LAMP MUST REMAIN LIT AND NOT HIDDEN BENEATH A COVERING.  YOU, MY BELOVED CENACLE, ARE LIGHT.  YOUR LIGHT MUST SHINE BRIGHTLY NOW IN THIS HOUR AS WE APPROACH TOGETHER THE THRESHOLD OF GOD'S JUSTICE.

I AM HERE, CARRYING, LOVING AND COMFORTING YOU.
 

11/11/98                   Wednesday Cenacle
 

Our Lady's words to me:  Daughter, continue to bring my words to my faithful ones.  They serve as a living flame to keep the messages burning in hearts.  I am with you.

My Cenacle,
 

Just as the night stars light the sky, so too, do you, My precious little ones, light up the darkness which has descended like a dense fog in the world.  The world knows a winter's freeze such as it has never known before as a result of the darkness of sin.  Hatred and lust for power, greed and covetousness for the things of the world have run their course.  The darkness is thick.  The chill of this winter's night seeps to the very soul of this nation.

Praise be to Jesus, My Beloved Cenacle, now and forever, for continuously  offering to the world the warmth and the light of His Love!  The warmth of His graces spew out upon this world through the Heart of this broken humanity's Mother!  I have raised up a mighty army arrayed for battle - a faithful remnant who have heard and responded to My plea.  Through your faithfulness to prayer and sacrifice, through the way in which you embrace the gospel message and through your wholehearted commitment to the Eucharistic presence of My Son, you have effected a thaw that will begin to melt hardened hearts.  Through you'r hidden acts of charity and your humble response to My messages, your light shines brightly in the darkness of the night  - never to be overcome by it!

You have been faithful soldiers and your Mother remains a strong presence among you, ever attentive to the voice of your supplications.  Let your prayers rise for poor, lost sinners.  Continue to labor in the night hours of these times.  A day is dawning - a brilliant day in which all that has been entrusted to you, carried out by you in obscurity - shall be gloriously revealed.  On that victorious day, you will know the extent you played in the masterful plan of the Almighty God.  Your joy shall be full - His will having been done on earth as it is in Heaven - through your Fiat.

I remain with you.

12-23-98                   Wednesday Cenacle

My Blessed Children of the New Advent,

     Glory to God in the highest and peace, my dear ones, to you, His children, who await His coming with gladness.  Because of His coming, you can be joyful and hopeful in the midst of a world at war.  You are a people called to great hope, great peace and great joy because of He who came among you – as one of you – to show you the way to the Father.

He came that you might find peace in the midst of the heavy burdens that you carry – burdens of lonliness, burdens of pain, burdens caused by sin.  He came that you might discover the meaning of your lives by intimately connecting yourselves to the gospel of Divine Life – which is His life.  Thus, by means of this, you may enjoy abundant life while on this sojourn of earthly life.  He came that you might win eternal life, not by your own merits, but through His – for you.

He came down from Heaven on that first Christmas with a thirst – an intense thirst – for you – for each one of you.  A love so great that you, my little ones, would die of joy if you could receive such a love while still living in the vessel of your earthly dwelling.  He came on that first Christmas with a mission – a mission so magnanimous that it includes each one of you.  A mission that will lead you to your goal – complete joy and infinite love.

I come among you as your Mother of the New Advent so that you can know your place as heirs to God’s glorious Kingdom.  My precious children of the New Advent, do you know of the radiance in which the glorified saints and angels are immersed?  I come to you that you might begin to see and taste the wonder, the radiance of the destination to which each of you is called.

I come to prepare your hearts to receive such a glory!  Tonight, on the eve of His Birth, I ask you to look into your hearts.  As you look and wait with the wonderment of a little child on Christmas Eve, keep an abiding vigil around the stables that you have prepared for Him.  My beloved Cenacle, in littleness (humility) and faithfulness you have prepared; in grandeur, in glory shall you receive your King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

Keep vigil, in heart-silence and prayer, on this holiest of nights – for He comes, with the newness and innocence of a Babe and the grandeur of a King, to claim you as His own – to crown you with your inheritance.

Rejoice!  I am blessing you all with the Miracle of Christmas Peace!
 

12-30-98                  Wednesday Cenacle

My Little Children,

    I visit you tonight as your Mother of Holy Hope.  Praised be Jesus now and forever!  Glory to God in the highest and peace to you, His children of Holy Hope – chosen to follow His Star to the new Bethlehem.

You have allowed yourselves to be guided and prepared by Me, the bright star sent from Heaven for these times.  You have allowed yourselves to be led to His stable – not for yourselves alone but for the whole world.  Just as the shepherds and wise men followed the star and beheld the Christmas miracle, so too shall you behold the fullness and the glory of God.

I desire that you look into your hearts during this Season of peace, love and joy.  Ask God to fill the mangers within your hearts with heavenly virtues and gifts so that your hearts will not be filled up with the world.  Your hearts must be filled up with what you need to lead those with whom you live and work.  You will confront two classes of people –  those who have no hope within them – who live in despair and those whose hope lies in the false security of the world.

Because of the miracle of Christmas, hope descends upon the weary world  despite wars and rumors of war.  Even though these things must come about – with greater intensity during this coming year, you shall live in holy hope, in inner peace and joy!  Much loss, my little children , great loss!!

But you, my blessed ones, do not lose sight of your goal – to behold the new Bethlehem where you will partake of the fullness and the glory of God.  This is your destiny, my children of Hope – the destiny to which I am leading you all!