Directive from Heaven #785 – Work - given to Veronica Lueken at Our Lady of the Roses Shrine at Bayside, New York

#785 – Work

“For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat. For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling. Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread. But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.” - 2 Thessalonians 3:10-13

“YOU MUST NOT BECOME OF THE WORLD”
"I have asked you, I have directed you, as your Mother, to retire--retire from your world that has been given to satan. You must earn your daily bread by living in the world, but you must not become of the world. Your children must be guided with a strong discipline and love. But this love must be coming from the light, My children, for so few cry love, and they have lost the true meaning of love. For love is your God the Father in Heaven.” – Our Lady, September 7, 1976

“YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SELL YOUR SOUL IN THIS PROCEDURE”
"My children, to be My disciples, disciples of the latter days, you must remain now out of the world as much as possible. I do not ask you to deny your livelihood, as you must earn your bread with labor. However, you do not have to sell your soul in this procedure.
"You must understand and set your values straight. I am the Bread of life eternal. You may fill yourselves up with the bread of the earth and the world. You may seek pleasures and riches and the destruction of your soul with the pleasures of the flesh, but can you say in all reality that you will have time to change or to make amends before you are struck down and come across the veil?” – Jesus, September 28, 1978

YOUR PURSUIT OF WORLDLY LIVING
"It is always a great sorrow to My heart, My children, that you are truly like little children, never learning until you are punished. You are traveling the same road as in the past. You do not learn from your past.
"But, My children, I repeat again: Throughout the world's whole population, only a few will be saved. To be saved you must now withdraw from the world, which has been given to satan. You must earn your daily bread it is true; but the Bread of life is still My Son, first and foremost.
"In your pursuit of worldly living, have you sold your souls to get to the head? Corruption and dishonesty abound in your country, the United States, and many--most countries, nations of the world. This corruption will not go unpunished.” – Our Lady, June 13, 1981

“DO THIS WITH HONOR”
"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 try 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." – St. Theresa, December 31, 1972

“MAN MUST WORK FOR HIS DAILY BREAD”
"Make your choice now, for your time is very limited. Sacrifice now for My Son, and you will receive the greatest of rewards. You cannot have both. You will not be rich on this earth and store up your riches in Heaven. You must be poor on this earth, and therefore gather your graces for Heaven.
"I am not stating that all should discard their earthly living, My children. Man must work for his daily bread. But I do say you will not lose your souls for the desire of riches and your body pamperings. Your body is but a shell for the spirit, and your spirit is eternal. Remember this!” – Our Lady, August 14, 1972

WORK FOR THE FATHER
"Do not, My children, destroy your souls for the few years that you will be as pilgrims upon your earth. Build up your graces; save them, one by one. Search for these graces that you do not have to wait in the deep pits of purgatory before you can join Us. I go, My child, many times down into the pit to relieve these suffering children of Mine. But how great is My sorrow as We watch those going into the eternal pits of Lucifer and We can never retrieve them!
"You, in your mercy and love of heart, can reclaim many of those who at this moment of earth time are on the road to darkness and Lucifer. Your example, your prayers, and your works--prayers without work, My children, they will never succeed in recovering souls. They must be worked together: prayer and work, example. Do not waste your time in frivolous occupation. Work for the Father and your reward will be great; work for Lucifer and you will receive his reward, and forever you shall cry the tears of the damned.” – Our Lady, August 14, 1974

ALL WHO WORK FOR THE FATHER WILL RISE IN GREAT GLORY
"Veronica, My child, My words you will repeat so that you will not be forgetful. We have not given you a heavier cross than We know that you can carry. The message must go out in great haste.
"All who work for the Father, and though they be laid to rest, will rise in great glory. The reward given to the workers of My Mother are not counted on earthly values. The reward is given by the Father. So do your acts and works in secret. Retire from the world, and the Father will reward you, Who watches also in secret.
"I bless you, My children. Continue with your prayers of atonement. They are sorely needed in your world that is now covered with deep darkness of spirit." – Jesus, August 5, 1973

“ALL WHO WORK FOR MY MOTHER”
"Now, My child, I give you My peace in courage and perseverance. The strength will be given to you to continue your mission, but know that the battle rages now for souls. Satan will send great forces against you and all who work for My Mother. But know now that Her voice will not be stilled throughout the world, for We will rise up great enemies against these forces of satan. As they seek to send enemies among you, We shall crush them.” – Jesus, October 2, 1974

PRIDE MUST NEVER ENTER UPON YOUR WORK
"It is only when you are different, My child, that you are on the right road. When you join the world, then you will be on the wrong road. The world will reject you as they rejected My Son. Were you to join the world in their thoughts and their living habits, you would be accepted, but because you are not of the world but of the spirit, and you live in the spirit, you will be accepted by the Father in Heaven. This you must always remember. It is not the acclaim of the world that you will look for, but you will make your way slowly with perseverance to the Kingdom.
"Pride, My child, must never enter upon you or your work, for pride is a great sin in the eyes of the Eternal Father. It was pride that sent Luciel, Lucifer, from the Kingdom.” – Our Lady, March 18, 1975

“WORK FOR THE FATHER IN HEAVEN”
"You see, My child, the great joy in your heart now. Know that this is for all who will turn their hearts to Heaven. Work for the Father in Heaven. Do not give yourselves to the world, for your only true home is with Us over the veil.” – Our Lady, September 28, 1974

MY LITTLE ONES
"My little ones--and I say in fact, My little ones, who are of humble heart and spirit, who seek not the pleasures and gain of worldliness--My little ones, I comfort you with the knowledge that you will receive the keys to the Kingdom. Be not discouraged in this world of darkness, My children; go forward with My Mother. Her direction is true to you. You may not understand all that is being given, but accept this with confidence, for when the time is right, all will be made known to you.” – Jesus, August 21, 1976

DETACH YOURSELVES FROM WORLDLY LIVING
"My children, My Mother will counsel you in your trials and the time of tribulation. She will not abandon you in your struggles. You must all pray more. Detach yourselves from your worldly living and pray. It is your contact with Heaven. You must all lead and live and practice more spiritual life. Worldliness and worldly pursuits are as nothing to you. There is not one worldly, materialistic thing or person that will be able to save you or give you necessary merit when you come over the veil for judgment.” – Jesus, August 5, 1978

DO NOT ACCEPT WORLDLINESS INTO YOUR HEART
"Parents, I must warn you again. I do not wish to repeat upon My Mother's counsel, but I must warn you again that unless you, too, as adults, do not accept worldliness into your heart, unless you in your heart remain as little children, trusting with faith, learning by example from your elders, these elders that were instructed through the ages of time in My Church--do not succumb to the modes of the world: humanism, modernism, satanism. And I repeat: what will you have gained for yourselves and your children if you gather all of the world's treasures and you have stored nothing for your redemption in Heaven?” – Jesus, February 10, 1977

YOU MUST DENY YOURSELF
"My children, you have all looked for the easy road to My Son's Kingdom. The road to Heaven is not a road of acceptance of what pampers and you find is satisfying to your worldly being. You must deny yourself of these enticements which have been created by satan. I look upon your world and have found that sin has become a way of life with you. Come out of the darkness!” – Our Lady, November 20, 1972

MATERIAL GATHERINGS, THEY ARE WORTHLESS
"Parents, reject now your worldly pursuits for power, monies, material gatherings. They are worthless! For soon the earth will shake, houses will fall and crumble, gold and silver shall be melted in the tremendous heat of the Ball of Redemption. They will be naught to you all, as nothing to mankind. Your only covering shall be prayers and your acts of sacrifice. So gather now your treasures for Heaven, for everything upon earth shall be leveled!
"My children, you did not believe Me in the past when I counseled you that many nations shall disappear from the face of your earth. This will be, My children, and will come about in a short time. This generation shall not pass without many nations disappearing from the face of the earth.
"I come to you as a sorrowful Mother, a heart plunged in pity for Her children, children who have become blind by pleasure, blinded by the pleasures of the world. You do not see beyond your life upon earth, a temporary existence only, My children. You will live forever over the veil, in the eternal Kingdom of your Father in Heaven, or you will be claimed by satan for his kingdom.” – Our Lady, May 30, 1978

LUXURY HAS BEEN YOUR DOWNFALL
"Our hearts are greatly saddened by the evils and abominations being committed in the houses of God throughout the world. Man has given himself to all pleasures of the flesh. Luxury in your country, My children, has been your downfall, for you have forgotten your God and you have starved your soul.” – Our Lady, December 6, 1975

THE GOD FOR MANY
"You see, My child, the enemy is very cagey. He has it all planned that man shall capitulate to save his body, to save his material goods, to save his money; as money has become the god for many. Money and power--this, My child and My children, is what brings upon the wars, and the killings, and the murders.” – Our Lady, September 7, 1985

THEY DO NOT COINCIDE
“I assure you I shall come to you all as a thief in the night. Little will you be prepared unless you listen to My Mother's counsel and keep your heart open for the truth. The more you seek riches in this life, the less you will have in Heaven, for they do not coincide, My child and My children. You cannot have a god, symbolized by money, before you, for you will love one and hate the other. And whom will you hate, My children, but Me?" – Our Lady, September 7, 1985

WHAT DOES IT GAIN?
"O woe! It has been said of old that money is the root of all evil, and money has become the god among mankind, for many are selling their souls to get to the head. And what does it gain a man if he gathers all of the world's treasures upon earth? He must leave them behind and stand naked before his God, unless he has covered himself with graces for his entrance over the veil.” – Jesus, June 4, 1977

BE AN EXAMPLE
"Parents, be an example of purity and goodness and disciplinarians in your homes. Your children enter outside your doors into a world of ravenous wolves ready to devour their spirit and crush them, until they cannot rise above the darkness without your help and guidance. You cannot, at this time, turn them over to others to teach the way; you must do this now yourselves! Take yourselves away from your daily pursuits, your seekings of worldly gain and materialism, pleasures of the flesh! For what? You cast aside the true way, and you go farther into the darkness and meet satan and his consorts." - Jesus, June 16, 1977

GREATEST DETRIMENTAL FACTOR
"The greatest detrimental factor in the family and home is the desire for the material. Better that you live in the gardens and fields with the nourishment of manna from Heaven, than to be filled with the abominations of the world." - St. Joseph, March 18, 1973

WHAT EXAMPLE?
"Parents share a major responsibility for the fall of their children's souls. We look into homes, homes that have become hovels of abominations. Judge not by the richness and materialism of these homes, but the destruction of the souls of the children within these homes. Parents, what example have you given to your children, with your permissiveness and your following the modes of the world?" - Our Lady, July 15, 1973

WORSHIPING IDOLS
"Man is creating many new gods, gods to feed his human nature; and it is a basic carnal nature. Idolaters abound. When you worship in abundance things, My children, you are worshiping idols! If you spend your time gathering things, money, power, you are worshiping idols. Remove yourself from these worldly pursuits.” – Jesus, March 18, 1978

CONDEMN MANY
“The desire for riches condemn many souls. All power gained through riches is but of short duration. Shall you trade that for eternity?” – Our Lady, December 24, 1972

RUINATION OF MANY SOULS
"I cannot promise you a life of joy, peace, or prosperity in materialism upon earth, My children. Were it different I should permit it. But it has been a proven fact, My children, that riches have been the ruination of many souls. Therefore, you will all be cared for in the spirit." – Jesus, May 13, 1978

WHERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN?
"The parents, the mother and the father, My children, must set a firm example to their children. When these children leave the family's home, they are subjected to all trials of error, deception, delusion, and lies.
"The parents of many have fallen into the error of feeding the body and starving the young souls. These souls, in the eyes of the Eternal Father, are young flowers that must be nourished with pure waters of truth, purpose, dedication to the road--place them on the road that will lead to the eternal Kingdom of God your Father in Heaven.
"But where are your children? They are fast approaching their destruction. Many of your children have gone now beyond the point of no return. Many parents must accept a penance, a severe penance, for the recovery of their children's souls.” – Our Lady, July 24, 1976

WHAT EXAMPLE ARE YOU SHOWING TO YOUR CHILDREN?
"Children of the world, there is so much discord among families. There is so much deterioration among families. This is not a good sign. The family unit must be together under the true sign of the living God. Mothers and fathers have a great responsibility for their children. You who spend your hours, so few upon earth, giving your children their bodily delights, their materialistic wishes and pleasures, while their souls are starving and they are being led on the path that will take them farther from the Kingdom. Sin, the darkest of sins, are being committed in the homes. What example as parents are you showing to your children?” – St. Joseph, December 30, 1972

CORRUPTIVE INFLUENCES
"My children, there is insanity from sin now in your world. Man, in his pride and arrogance and materialism, has brought about a state in which sin is becoming a way of life now. As it was in the time of Sodom and Gomorrha, as it was in Noe's time, My children, you are traveling the same road. You learn nothing from your past but commit the same errors; only now, My children, they are far worse than in the time of Sodom, Gomorrha, and Noe.
"My children, the homes, the refuge for children, whatever shall become of your family life? Parents have turned from their roles as parents, giving themselves over to pleasures of the flesh--pleasure-seeking, feeding themselves with all manner of corruptive influences while the soul is starving.” – Our Lady, July 25, 1977

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