SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #633

And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them. 

And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to the other: "Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way and opened to us the scriptures?" (Luke 24:30-32)

COMMUNION UNDER ONE KIND: Jesus gave His Body and Blood to the two disciples under the one form of bread, to be the Food and Nourishment of their souls.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible) 

Psalm 23 Prayer

1. The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.


2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

3. He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.

5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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The Fire of My Love "Satan Is Division" by Rita Ring, March 17, 1994

Satan Is Division

March 17, 1994 5:00 a.m.

Jesus: I am with you, sweet one. Let go of it all. I tend to all the details of your life. Sit and let it happen to you. You do not have to act. I will send all to you. Turn yourself entirely over to Me.

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I make the crooked ways straight. Enemies talk to each other. Satan is division. Whenever there is division, Satan is at work. You do not do this here. I will tend to every detail. Let Me work. Never do anything because it is somebody else's decision. I prompt you to do all you are supposed to do. Satan will continue to do everything he can to get you focused on everything but Me.

You need time alone with Me. My time with you is not to be interrupted.

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[MaryVitamin] Mt Carmel & Recollection

Mary Vitamin for July 13^th

 

Topic: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Recollection

 

Quote:

"Mary grew in grace every moment of her life because in the midst of her occupations she kept herself in the spirit of recollection by her purity of intention and because she offered each work for the love of God."

 Father H. O'Laverty, B.A., The Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts, (Tan Books), 144.

 

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Meditation:

St. Teresa of Avila writes about the spirit of recollection:

 "You know that God is everywhere; and this is a great truth, for, of course, wherever the king is, or so they say, the court is too: that is to say, wherever God is, there is Heaven. Avoid being bashful with God, as some people are, in the belief that they are being humble. It would not be humility on your part if the King were to do you a favour and you refused to accept it; but you would be showing humility by taking it, and being pleased with it, yet realizing how far you are from deserving it. A fine humility it would be if I had the Emperor of Heaven and Earth in my house, coming to it to do me a favour and to delight in my company, and I were so humble that I would not answer His questions, nor remain with Him, nor accept what He gave me, but left Him alone. ... Do not be foolish; ask Him to let you speak to Him, and, as He is your Spouse, to treat you as His brides. Remember how important it is for you to have understood this truth -- that the Lord is within us and that we should be there with Him.

If one prays in this way, the prayer may be only vocal, but the mind will be recollected much sooner; and this is a prayer which brings with it many blessings. It is called recollection because the soul collects together all the faculties and enters within itself to be with its God."

The Way of Perfection, Chapter 28

 

Resolution:

I will try to offer up my simple actions of the day. I will try to do my work well and pray to live in the presence of God. At noon, I will ask myself if I remembered to speak to God during my busy day. 

 

Marian Vow:

"Before making the Consecration to the Immaculate, and then being registered in a M.I.M. Cenacle, a serious doctrinal and spiritual preparation is necessary, with some days of retreat for recollection and more intense and reflective prayer. Without this, one risks reducing the consecration to the Immaculate to a simple and passing act of Marian devotion. It is useless to content oneself with a rapid and superficial study of unlimited consecration to the Immaculate, without realizing that this involves a life commitment to become more Marian day by day."

Marian Seraphic Pathways, Statutes #17

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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FORGIVE AND FORGET!

In today's Gospel for Mass Jesus said to His Apostles: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's enemies will be those of his household." (Matt. 10:34)

Has this happened to you? Have you battled with your loved one's over Christ? If we are a devout follower of Our Lord, I'm sure you have. But how long has it been since there was this conflict; and are you still holding a grudge? Maybe you aren't holding any grudge's because of your love of the Lord; but maybe the other party is. Sometimes we have these conflicts and it takes years to let go. It's amazing how time flies, especially when you're busy and don't communicate with the other person or persons.

Maybe it's time to make up! The Lord wants that, you know. How about a telephone call, or a letter, or even a birthday card. You could say "I miss you!" or some other nice greeting. The important thing is to take that first step in reconciliation, to bring together the two separated parties. It's time to forgive and forget! Think about it. I have!
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FROM MARK MALLETT: - SPIRITUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT -

Finding Joy

 

 

IT can be difficult to read the writings on this website at times, particularly the Seven Year Trial which contains rather sobering events. That is why I want to pause and address a common feeling that I imagine several readers are dealing with right now: a sense of depression or sadness over the present state of things, and those things which are coming.

We must always remain rooted in reality. Indeed, some may think that what I’ve written here is alarmist, that I have lost my bearings and become a darkened, narrow-minded creature who dwells in a cave. So be it. But I repeat for all those who will listen: the things I have been warning about are coming toward us at the speed of a freight train. We are just beginning to feel it in the Western nations during this Year of the Unfolding. Two years ago, I wrote in Trumpets of Warning - Part IV a message of warning that there are coming events which will create exiles. This is not a word for the future, but a present reality for many souls from lands such as China, Mynamar, Iraq, parts of Africa, and even areas of the United States. And we see the words of Persecutionaggressively move toward silencing those who disagree with them… this, while apes are beginning to gain the same rights as humans—one of the tenets spoken of in the coming False Unity.  unfolding almost daily as major governing bodies continue to not only push for "gay rights," but

It is just the beginning of the hard labor pains.

But above all, we must keep our eyes fixed on the Great Mercy which God is going to flood the earth with at some point during this present Storm.

 

THE ROOT OF OUR SADNESS

When Jesus told the rich man that he should go and sell everything, he went away sad. We may feel the same way; we see that our lifestyles are going to change, perhaps drastically in the coming years. Herein may lie the root of our sadness: the thought of having to lose our comforts and let go of our little "kingdom."

Whether or not times of radical change are upon us, Jesus has always demanded of His disciples a renunciation of things:

Everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:33)

What Jesus means here is a spirit of detachment. It is not a question so much of our possessions, but where our true love and devotion lies.

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. (Matt 10:37-38)

God, in fact, wants to bless us. He wants us to enjoy His creation and provide for all our needs. Simplicity and poverty of spirit do not mean destitution or squalor. Perhaps we need to reboot our hearts today. To again "seek first the kingdom of heaven" rather than the kingdom of earth. Mow the lawn. Landscape the yard. Paint the house. Keep things in good order.

But be willing to let it all go.

This is the state of soul required of the disciple of Jesus. In a word, such a soul is a pilgrim.

 

REJOICE! AGAIN I SAY REJOICE! 

Rejoice this day for whatever good health you have. Give thanks this day for your life which will exist for all eternity. Give thanks for the gift of Jesus’ Presence in the Blessed Sacrament in our cities and towns. Give thanks for the flowers and green leaves and warm summer air (or cool winter air, if you live in Australia). Revel in His creation. Watch the sunset. Sit beneath the stars. Recognize His goodness written in the universe. 

Bless the Lord for His infinite love for you. Bless Him for His mercy which has so patiently waited for us to repent. Give thanks to God in all your circumstances, good and bad, for His Divine Will orders all things for the good. And who knows? Maybe this is your last day on earth, and you are worried and anxious about the "end times" for nothing. Indeed, we are commanded to have "no anxiety at all" (Phil 4:4-7). 

I pray for my readers each day. Please pray for me too. May we all be signs of joy to a world stumbling in sorrows.  

Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When people are saying, "Peace and security," then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation. For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him. Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. (1 Thess 5:1-11)

 

First published June 27th, 2008.

 

FURTHER READING:

• Sacrament of the Present Moment

• The Duty of the Moment

• Prayer of the Moment 

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #632

Then he said to them: "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. (Luke 24:25-27)

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THE HUMAN NATURE OF JESUS CHRIST obtained its glorified state (its Resurrection, Ascension, and place at the right hand of the Father) by the merits of its humiliations and sufferings. "Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so enter into His glory?" asked our Lord of the two disciples. Through His sufferings, the human nature of Jesus Christ won a share in that glory which the Son of God had with the Father before the world began. St. Paul says (Phil. 2:8-11): "He humbled Himself, becoming obedient, even to the death of the Cross. For which cause, also, God hath exalted Him, and hath given Him a Name which is above all names, that in the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father." We, in the same manner, must win heaven by humility, patience and obedience. The way of the cross is the way to heaven.  

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

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[MaryVitamin] the cloud in the desert

Mary Vitamin for July 11^th

 

Topic: The Desert & The Symbolism of Carmel

(Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - July 16th)

 

Quote:

"The CLOUD bringing lifegiving water to the parched land of Samaria [IKings 18:43-44] symbolizes Mary who bore in her womb the source of redemptive grace, the Word Incarnate, to restore life to the desert of this world.”

Father Stefano Manelli FI,  All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed, (Academy of the Immaculate), 63.

 

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Meditation:

The prophet Elijah is considered by the Carmelites their spiritual father. It was on the Mount Carmel that Elijah, completely trusting in God's strength, battled and won against the 450 prophets of Baal. It is from this mountain that the first sign of hope arrived after three and a half years of drought:

 

"Climb up and look out to sea," [Elijah] directed his servant, who went up and looked, but reported, "There is nothing." Seven times he said, "Go look again!" And the seventh time the youth reported, "There is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising from the sea." I Kings 18: 43-44

 

Resolution:

To keep my mind on the Blessed Virgin Mary and her Son today, I will ask for the rain that Our Lady brings to keep my soul from turning into a parched and dry wasteland.  I will think of Her as the little cloud that comes with refreshment for a dry soul.

 

Marian Vow:

Learning from the Carmelites on living the Marian Vow:

"At Carmel, God is the object but the soul becomes more and more Mary."

CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY by PAUL MARIE DE LA CROIX of the Order of Discalced Carmelites

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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Creator of all . . .

Creator of all...

Creator of all
Sustainer of all
Savior of all
your glory and majesty
are beyond our understanding
your power too awesome to behold
And yet your love enfolds us as a gentle breeze
Savior of all 
Sustainer of all
Creator of all
We bless your holy name
How can we praise you 
In life’s ordinary moments
bus, car or train
pedestrian moments
at home and employment
with all those distractions
How can we praise you?
How can we praise you
when time is so precious
appointments and targets
distracting our focus
muddying waters

made clean for your purpose
How can we praise you? 
How can we praise you?
Through all of our actions
a smile and a greeting
a shoulder to lean on
a word in due season
love and compassion
in all situations
Yours, Lord is the Glory
in everything I see
a country scene
mountain stream
sunrise, sunset, rain and snow
Yours, Lord is the Glory
wherever I might go
Yours, Lord is the Glory
in everything I hear
a roaring sea
bumblebee
laughter, loving, a tender poem 
Yours, Lord is the Glory
wherever I might go
Yours, Lord is the Glory
in everything I feel
a special place
warm embrace
accepted, helped to become whole
Jesus
I am not a poet
or musician
but
I have written 
a song of praise
in my heart
And in the quietness 
of this moment
I shall share it with you
in the certain knowledge
that any imperfections
will be made perfect 
in the simple act
of opening my heart
and singing

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In the Morning, say "Jesus, I Offer You My Day"

Written by "Anne, a Lay Apostle"

The messages from "Anne, a Lay Apostle," from the international spiritual movement "Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King" have been released for international distribution with the permission of Bishop Leo O’Reilly of the Diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, the diocese in which Anne and the international headquarters of the Lay apostolate reside. They have also been submitted by Bishop O’Reilly to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome (see article, "Discernment of Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King," Marian Private Revelation section). The following message comes from Volume VI, entitled Heaven Speaks to Families. —Ed. Mary, Our Blessed Mother, Speaks to Children July 2, 2004 Dearest children, you must live for your Jesus. When you awaken in the morning you should tell Jesus you love Him and say "Jesus, I offer you my day." Little children, if you do this then Jesus will take every part of your work and play, your eating and sleeping, and He will use it to bring other souls to heaven. Isn't that easy? You see my little ones, it is not hard to please Jesus. He is loving and happy and wants you to Be loving and happy. If you do as I say, you will be happy because it is in being good that we become happy. You must never worry if someone is not good. Just pray for them and we will help them. You may not see us helping them but you can believe that we will because I would never tell you something that was not true. Neither would Jesus. We speak only the truth. You should practice speaking only the truth also. You may make some small mistakes at times and at times you may forget to pray. Simply tell Jesus you forgot and pray a small prayer. All will be well. If you practice these little things they will become good habits and you will become a beautiful little saint for heaven. It is easier than you think, my precious ones. I am with you and I will help you with everything. For further information regarding the Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King, or to purchase Heaven Speaks booklets, please contact Direction for Our Times on the Web atwww.directionforourtimes.com, or mail inquiries to the following address: 9000 West 81st St., Justice, IL 60458, U.S.A.

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God's power is revealed in weakness

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The root of our rebellion against the Lord is pride which, we might say, makes us want to do without God, to feel self-sufficient, capable of running our own lives and sometimes, even the lives of others. Man's intelligence, a gift of God, unless it remains humble can even revolt against God and imagine it can create an alternative path to the one traced by the Lord, who wishes us to be directed to the Supreme Truth and the Supreme Good, that is to God himself. Sacred Scripture tells us of such rebellion, starting with that of Adam and Eve which was the cause of “original sin”. 

Pride blinds the mind and paralyzes the heart of man, his interior, stopping him from moving towards eternal Light which shines in all its 

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fullness in the Person of Jesus, the Logos of the incarnate God!

 
The Lord Jesus placed one fundamental condition for following him, deny oneself and take up one's cross (cfr. Mk 8, 34), in other words to accept one's situation. 

The people of Israel complained and rebelled against God, they scolded Moses, demanding solutions according to human logic, dictated by intelligence not guided by humility but blinded with pride. This happens even today. How often we turn to the Lord with our difficulties and expect him to intervene with the solutions we propose. And what is the best solution in our opinion? To remove the problem!

 
But what does the Word of God teach in this regard? What should be our attitude to something which makes us weak, which creates a problem? Saint Paul gives a marvelous description.

 
“Brothers, so that I should not get above myself, I was given a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to batter me and prevent me from getting above myself. About this, I have three times pleaded with the Lord that it might leave me; but he has answered me, 'My grace is enough for you: for power is made perfect in weakness.' It is, then, about my weaknesses that I am happiest of all to boast, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me; and that is why I am glad of weaknesses, insults, constraints, persecutions and distress for Christ's sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.” (2Cor 12, 7-10).

 
Paul teaches us to even “boast” of our difficulties, of all that we suffer because of Christ, because, “when we are weak, we are strong”, strong with the strength of God!

“'My grace is enough for you ….”, Jesus replies to Paul and to each of us when we feel the weight of internal and external problems and, discouraged, we ask him to remove them. 

The solution which God has ready to solve all the difficulties which life brings, is that we should trust Jesus and: “his grace”.

 
God himself is the solution to our problems: “'My grace is enough for you ”! This is the solution we must ask of God: to grant us the strength to bear difficulties, the more they are the more strength God gives us! In the logic and pedagogy of God, as he educates us to become more and more his children, that is little children, the fact that “we cannot do it alone” makes us “capable" of opening our hearts to Jesus, of seeking his help and becoming for other brothers and sisters in need more patient and more understanding. 

Woe to me if I should feel strong in life, believing I am a person of “success”, I run the risk of becoming arrogant. This is why Saint Paul repeats twice the reason for his weakness, his problems “ so that I should not get above myself ”. 
What a marvellous confession of humility! Rather than complain of his weakness Paul sees the necessity to remain humble. Weakness is not sinful, it does not offend God, on the contrary: suffering, accepted and offered to 

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Jesus makes us more similar to Him! This is why the great saints prayed not for success but for failure, not for victory but for defeat, not for exaltation but for humiliation... Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, on his deathbed, to those who asked what he desired for his Society of Jesus, he replied “persecution”. Certainly it takes courage to speak in this way, but evidently, Ignatius, like Paul, reasoned not as an ordinary man, but as a man who had experienced the extraordinary power of God which reveals itself precisely in weakness. 

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #631

 Then he said to them: "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. (Luke 24:25-27)

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FAITH MUST BE ENTIRE: Our Lord rebuked the disciples because they, like the rest of the people who were misguided by the Pharisees, believed only in those prophecies which treated of the glory and power of the Messiah, and ignored those which related to His humiliations, sufferings and death; and He expressly demanded of them that they should believe all that God had revealed through the prophets. So now God requires of us Catholics to believe, not only the truths which suit our inclinations, nor again only such truths as the Church has defined in the past, but every truth which the Church teaches now and may teach in the future.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

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The Fire of My Love "Could I Die On A Cross?" by Rita Ring, March 14, 1994

Could I Die On A Cross?

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March 14, 1994 Before Mass

R. Could I see myself giving willingly as Christ did, allowing people to do to me what they did to Him, and be silent? To be led away, when He had all the power? To see myself put on a cross and let people nail me there when I could have stopped it? Could I see myself giving my body over like that?

He does not ask this of us. He is asking for our surrender and to do His will. To think of giving my body over and having someone nail me to a cross, with little clothing, then hanging in midair! And He did it willingly, for love of us and in obedience to His Father!

What does He ask me to do that I hold back? What does He ask me to surrender? What is He calling me to?

After Mass:

R. The world is numb to God's existence. He is totally here with us this very day. The things of God are all that matters. It is so sad to see the people walk around, so blind to God's existence, as if they are here and this life is the end in itself.

Jesus: It hurts My aching heart to watch men go about their busy lives and pay no heed to Me. They see this world as an end in itself. They have become self-centered and mean. I am love. I come to ask you to die to yourself. It is as though the world and God are on opposite ends of a pole: Selfishness/World--Selflessness/God. There is no middle. To go to the world is to be sick. It is with such sadness that I disclose this to you. I am so upset at the ways of many men. I have been totally left out of their lives and those who go to church do not even comprehend love of God. They have a motionless religion. Love is action. It is on fire. It is from the heart. It has energy! I call you to love of God and love of one another. My death is the way I taught you how to love and be selfless. Look to Me. Me

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ditate on My Passion.

I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am with you, My sweet one. My hand is in everything you experience. Let go and surrender to My love. I am by your side. You are being strengthened for what will come. Let go of your anger and focus only on My love. My hand is in all you experience. Little one, little one, I love you so. Hold tight to My love and do not fear. I am your strength. Surrender to all and know you do not have to do anything. I will act for you.

The devil is taunting you, but I love you immensely. Oh, My little sweet one, surrender to My love. You operate only for love of Me. Satan knows your weaknesses. He aims to trip you up and watch you abandon Me. You will never abandon Me, nor I you. Just surrender and let go. My love is in your heart. I am your strength. You go not alone and you do nothing on your own. I hold you up. I kiss your wounds and you go about My work. Let go of yourself and put yourself in My care. Surrender. Surrender from selfishness. Live only in My love every instant.

I am ever with you, oh, little one. Surrender to My love.

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #630

 Then he said to them: "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. (Luke 24:25-27)

JESUS CHRIST IS THE PROMISED REDEEMER: for in Him and through Him was fulfilled all that the the prophets foretold about the Redeemer.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

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[MaryVitamin] Hidden Life vs Interior Life

Mary Vitamin for July 9^th

 

Topic: Hidden Life vs Interior Life

 

Quote:

"We can easily see why Carmel should be the special order of Mary, once we realize that the interior life means everything in the salvation of souls."

Father H. O'Laverty, B.A., The Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts, (Tan Books), 143.

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Meditation:

"For two reasons, Mary is called Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The first is that Mary is the protector of the Carmelite Order throughout the world. She presented the Brown Scapular to St. Simon Stock as the pledge of her special protection over this order, promising that those who die wearing it would not suffer the pains of hell. The second reason for the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is that Mary is the model of the interior life. The interior life is often confused with the hidden life. Some lead very hidden lives and never wish for public notice, and yet they are very far from being interior. Their lives may be external or exterior, and God may be very far from them."

Father H. O'Laverty, B.A., The Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts, (Tan Books), 143.

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Resolution:

At Fatima Our Lady taught us the simple way to lead an interior life. By following her directions in offering sacrifice "for the love of God, for the conversion of sinners and for sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

In these words, our Heavenly Mother gives us the means for making our exterior life an interior life for God.

Today I will consider the difference between a hidden life and an interior life.

 

Marian Vow:

"Particular attention should be given the apostolate known as A Day With Mary The Day With Mary  is based on the message of Fatima, on all its rich content of truths of faith, of calls to great prayer and generous penance, after the admirable example of the three little shepherds of Fatima.

Marian Seraphic Pathways, Directory #77

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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Holy Father Gives Obama a Mosaic

Tribulation Times

READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/july.asp?version=63&startmmdd=0101

July 10, 2009
  

THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).


(Mat 10:18-20) And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles: But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak: For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
 

HEADLINE: Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells

Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home.

The 30-minute meeting Vatican audience was described by both sides as positive — constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor and pushing for Middle East peace but disagree on what the Vatican considers prime ethical issues.

Even in his gift to the U.S. leader, the pope sought to underscore his beliefs. Benedict gave Obama a copy of a Vatican document on bioethics that hardened the church's opposition to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. Obama supports stem cell research.

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LINK: The Seventeen Evidences of a Lack of Humility

The Servant of God, Blessed Josemaria Escriva once compiled and inventory of pride so exhaustive that it is like something written on the shield of a soldier who has learned it all in true combat. Saint John Vianney (Cure of Ars) wrote the same thing in shorthand when he signed his name to a clerical petition. His fellow priests circulated a petition accusing St. Vianney of sensationalism, ignorance, and ostentatious poverty and austerities. As it was addressed to all clergy, St. Vianney got a hold of it, read it, and promptly signed it. By 1834 the local priests themselves were going to St. Vianney for confession.

The seventeen evidences of a lack of humility are:

1. To think that what one says or does is better than what others say or do
2. To always want to get your own way
3. To argue with stubbornness and bad manners whether you are right or wrong
4. To give your opinion when it has not been requested or when charity does not demand it
5. To look down on another's point of view
6. Not to look on your gifts and abilities as lent
7. Not to recognize that you are unworthy of all honors and esteem, not even of the earth you walk on and things you possess
8. To use yourself as an example in conversations
9. To speak badly of yourself so that others will think well of you or contradict you
10. To excuse yourself when you are corrected
11. To hide humiliating faults from your spiritual director, so that he will not change the impression he has of you
12. To take pleasure in praise and compliments
13. To be saddened because others are held in higher esteem
14. To refuse to perform inferior tasks
15. To seek to stand out
16. To refer in conversation to your honesty, genius, dexterity, or professional prestige
17. To be ashamed because you lack certain goods

For more information on the Cure of Ars, we recommend the book "Saint John Vianney", by George William Rutler.

MORE: Litany of Humility

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 20- "On bodily vigil"

9. Long sleep produces forgetfulnes, but vigil purifies the memory.   

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The Fire of My Love "My Heart Aches for You" by Rita Ring, March 13, 1994

My Heart Aches for You

March 13, 1994 5:45 p.m.

R. I was overtaken by an intense unrest. I was compelled to go to the tabernacle. I felt such suffering, suffering that Jesus suffered so for us and that everyone is so busy about their lives. Suffering for the indifference to Him and how He loves us despite our neglect! It was awful. I felt as I had on Christmas.

Jesus: I am the Lord, thy God. Thou shalt not have any gods before Me. I must be first in your life.

R. If you place any woman, man, children, food, clothing or an

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y other little things above Him, you are not doing His will.

Jesus: I died for you, sweet one. I allow you to suffer. This is suffering. You are given this to know how I suffered. You I only give such little things. I suffered, sweet one. I suffered, bloodied, bruised and beaten. Blood rolled down My cheeks. My head was pierced with sharp thorns. They spat on Me. They whipped Me. They beat Me on My head, My precious head. They hit Me on My thorns and the pain was so intense--the piercing thorns! I was slapped hard by these senseless ones. Oh, such evil in the hearts of those who beat Me, the Son of God!

My whole Body ached from head to toe. I suffered so, My child. You will never know how I suffered for love of you. I am God and I loved all My precious ones to My death--and they ignore Me!

Oh, how I suffer from this wounded heart. They will never know what love I have to give them. They will never know how I, God, love them. They are so busy with their worldly lives!

You must tell them how I wait for them. I wait. I want them to come and I will give them such love! Tell them, Rita, tell them! Your discontent is from what emotions I give you and you keep them inside. I want all to know Me and My love. I am crying out to you, little one. Tell them, tell them. Do not waste any time. I am crying out for you to spread this message. I want you to tell all of My love and how I am waiting. Emotion! Emotion! I am crying out to you in your heart!

I long for their love. I died for them. How do I make them know if you, to whom I speak, hold back? I want you to get the messages out, child.

I loved all My beloved ones to My death. I love you this way this day. I am Jesus. I am begging you to not hold back this emotion.

Oh, child, My beloved ones are blind and are going down the road that leads to nowhere. You must preach My message. You must distribute My letters. You must tell all how I wait here!

Go to My faithful ones. Spread the messages at the Center. Keep them in your car. You will be called on in an instant and I will speak My message to My beloved ones through you.

Ready yourself for a big boom. No one is listening. I am crying out to you. Prepare your brothers. They are in darkness. Their souls are dying inside of them. Some come to Me with such indifference in Communion.

I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am on fire for love of them. I am Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God. I call you to this state of urgency. Move your friends by this urgent letter. There is no more time to waste. I call you all here to deliver this message personally to you. I am Jesus. I am begging each of you to spread My message. Tell them of My ardent love. In each moment you waste, souls will be lost.

I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I am your God. I am calling to you. Will you listen or will you be numb to My pleading? I yearn for your love. Come and sit with Me every day. Sit in front of My tabernacle so I can give you what you need. Pray the Prayer for Union with Jesus.

I am Jesus, the Son of God. I cry out to you to preach My love. Spread these messages. Tell all you meet that I, Jesus, am alone. I am in your midst and I love you this very day. I wait for you in the tabernacle. Come and be with Me every day. This is all that you need. I give you everything. All will work when you come to Me to get your supplies.

Come to Mass and Communion daily. I wait for you to come and be in union with Me. I want to be so close to you. I love you all and I am asking you each to busy yourself about your love affair with Me. Make Me first in your life. Give Me all you are. Pray My Prayer for Union all through the day.

It is your union with Me that will change this world. You will light the lights of the souls in darkness. They will see the might of God in your soul. Energy will be emitted from your very being. You will be as you are, My most important workers, just in your being, if you surrender and be about our love affair!

It's so simple. Come to Me, be united in Communion, pray with Me in silence after Communion, pray to the Holy Spirit for all of His gifts. Pray, lay hands on each other for strength. I am Jesus. I am alive. I will live in you in such a way that you will do such wonders, just in your being more in love with Me.

I love you all dearly. Open yourselves. Be selfless and let Me possess your soul! I love you. Jesus

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One Door Closes. Another Opens

A friend sent me this and I added my thoughts at the end.

Deacon John

One Door Closes. Another Opens Revelations 3:8 When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go, only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He'll catch you when you fall, or He'll teach you how to fly! 'The power of one sentence! God is going to shift things around for you today and let things work in your favor. God closes doors no man can open & God opens doors no man can close..  Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing. My add to this:  There was a young lad riding his bike who came too close to the edge of a cliff and fell over. As he fell, he managed to grab onto a tree branch that was growing out from the side of the cliff. He hang on for dear life and shouted "Help" over and over. Finaly a voice said "Can I help you?" The young lad said "Yes, but who are you?" The voice answered: "I Am God!" The lad said: "Will you help me?" "Yes," said God. "What should I do, God?" God said: "Let go!" The lad said: "Let go?" God said "Yes!" The lad shouted: "Is there anyone else out there?" The moral of the story is sometimes we just don't want to let go and fall into God's loving arms. We think we can do it all by ourselves! That's why, I think, the world is in such a mess. And God is crying . . . Meanwhile, I'm waiting for God to catch me and change my life around! I've been nagging Him for a long time, patiently waiting for the Divine Will to act. Fiat voluntas tua! Or as Our Lady said: "Fiat mihi!" "Be it done according to thy word!"  Deacon John

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[MaryVitamin] good deeds in Mary's hands

Mary Vitamin for July 8^th

 

Topic:  Placing ourselves in Our Lady's hands so that we become "little".

 

Quote:

"In order to belong to Jesus we must be little, but few want to remain in that littleness."

St. Therese of Lisieux

 

Meditation:

S. Louis de Montfort

"Consecrating ourselves in this way to Jesus through Mary implies placing our good deeds in Mary's hands. Now, although these deeds may appear good to us, in reality they are often defective. They are tainted by pride, or smug presumption, and in truth they are not worthy of God, who is himself eternally perfect, all-pure, and all powerful. He dwells in inaccessible splendor and majesty. Before him, the sun itself lacks brightness. It is folly to attempt to stand before the awesome God, or even before Christ Jesus the Lord, trusting in the value of our own faith and merit."

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St. Louis de Montfort, Secret of Mary, Chapter 2, par 37

 

Resolution:

Today I will work on placing all my prayers, all my good deeds, all my failures into Our Lady's hands that she may make them fitting for God. I will open my hands before my image of Our Lady and spiritually offer these things to Our Lady. I will ask her to make them acceptable to God.

 

Marian Vow:

St. Louis de Montfort

"It is easy to enroll in a confraternity; easy to undertake this devotion, and say every day the few vocal prayers prescribed. The chief difficulty is to enter into its spirit, which requires an interior dependence on Mary, and effectively becoming her slave and the slave of Jesus through her. I have met many people who with admirable zeal have set about practising exteriorly this holy slavery of Jesus and Mary, but I have met only a few who have caught its interior spirit, and fewer still who have persevered in it."

St. Louis de Montfort, Secret of Mary, Chapter 2, par 44

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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The Fire of My Love "His True Love" by Rita Ring, March 12, 1994

His True Love

March 12, 1994

Jesus: I am Jesus Christ and I alone sustain you. I am testing you, child, for what you will suffer. You will be taught constantly. You will know truly. Others move in and out. I am your lover. I wait by your side. I never leave you. I do not change--one day I am here, one day I am not. This is how people are! They are self-centered. Love is giving of oneself for the love of the other. I held not back one speck of Myself. I died for love of you. I do not make you wait. I am there at every second in the tabernacle and I wait for you. I do not get angry. I love you only as God can. No man can ever come close to My love for you. I love you unconditionally.

You will learn the lessons I so sweetly teach you. You need this testing to grow in your assuredness of Me. I am truly by your side. I talk to you all day. You know this. Never doubt Me for I am always with you. I am Jesus, the Son of God. Look what they did to Me. They persecuted Me. They led Me away as a robber. They scourged Me. What had I done? When they persecute you, remember what they did to Me. They did not listen to Me and I was God. Man is filled with ego and self. He goes to the world to check the story of God. He misses all that I am giving Him here. The world does not know what I tell you here. Only I know these things. Do not go to the world to check out the things of God. How silly to check out divinity by humanity. Man is so foolish in his ways. I sit here, the Son of God, and who pays heed? I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I write to yo

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u. The wise will listen. The foolish will remain ignorant.

Whatever I give you is not enough. I, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, write to you and you want more proof. My love I pour out to you at this very moment. Relish the gifts you are given and the gifts I give to you at this very moment. The gift I give to you in the Eucharist is Myself! I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the same Jesus that was born and died for you, and I come now and dwell in your breast. Oh, little ones, to behold God, with all His love, in your heart! God, Son of God, comes to you and is within your body. I am the source of all love. I loved you ardently to My death. How can I shake you?

I am Jesus, the Son of God. I am speaking here in your heart after Communion. Do others hear or do they do their own will? I cannot make this any clearer. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. You, child, are missing God because you go to the world for your answers. The world knows no answers about Me. Come to Me and I will teach you the ways of God. Go to mere mortals and you receive answers from mere mortals. I can tell you in one instant what the world will never know. This takes faith.

My children are so lucky and yet they do not relish such a gift. I want to give My love letters to My people. I am asking you to do this for Me. You go to people who have no knowledge and they create doubt in you. You cannot doubt! If you do not believe, who will deliver these messages?

I am talking to you, My children. I am giving you these messages. Who will do this work? You want proof? Look at Me, dying on the cross in total surrender. I held not back one speck of Myself. Judge for yourself by My selflessness. Become selfless and unattached to all persons, places and things that take you from My intimate love. No man can give you what God wants to give you in His abundance.

Search you this barren desert and find a dry land. I have a land brimming with milk and honey. I give you all you need. You look, you search, you find mere mortals with opinions. I speak directly to you and you do not listen. Only God could have accomplished what you have done here. It is love that you received from Me in Communion and in front of the tabernacle, and these letters that have given you strength, and you doubt the source of all that has fed you?

What more can I do? Go ye to mere mortals and get mere mortals' answers, when I, God, have chosen you and am talking to you? You are missing the source of your strength. My ways I am making clear to you in My way. You want Me to come and give you a hand-delivered message. I talk in the inner promptings of your heart. You want someone to make you sure. Faith is faith!!

If you operate for love of Me alone and know that I ardently loved you to My death and would die for love of you this day, why do you offend Me by going to mortals and asking questions when I am talking just to you here?

Your trials I allow to strengthen you. My hand is in everything you experience. I allow you to go through trials to draw you to Me in the tabernacle. Your answers are found from Me. Satan is working so hard to stop these letters and people talking about Me. He will work hard on anyone he can to stop this. You know how you have been fed and grown in your love of Me.

I am the Son of God. I have all the answers. I am talking to you and your problem is coming from your doubt. You hold the key to spread the ardent love of Jesus to the world, to bring men to Me and share My love with them, to sit in front of My tabernacle, and you go to those who scarcely speak about the love of Jesus and listen to what they say?

I want a love affair with My people. This will feed the sick world. This will light the lights that shine in the darkness. Satan wants this stopped. He hates Me and he wants no one drawn to My Sacred Heart. I am calling on you. Pick on details and all are suffering for the loss of the love of God. I am present and am crying, bleeding, suffering from the indifference to Me in Communion and the lack of love for Me.

This society is godless. Time is so short. My seeds need to be planted. Surrender your life to Me. I am asking you to give Me yourself and let Me operate from you. You give Me bits and pieces--this is not what I ask.

Look at Me, dying on the cross for love of you. I spread My arms, I gave My all. I had not even a place to lay My head. It hung in midair. Can you not surrender yourself to Me? This is My urgent plea.

I loved you to My death. Come and let go. You cannot love Me and hold on to anything. You cannot let go and hold on at the same time. I want your all.

I love you. Jesus.

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Fr. Emil Kapaun

Tribulation Times

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(Heb 12:1-2) And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us: Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who, having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.
 

AUTHOR: Viewing saints as perfect is a mistake

As the proposed sainthood of Emil Kapaun has advanced in the Catholic Church, an expert has watched with an interest stemming from his joy of studying Kapaun.

Many Catholics have made the mistake of "pasteurizing" their saints, making them into sanitized and de-humanized cliches, said Thomas J. Craughwell, a popular author and a writer on saints for the Catholic Church.

"Cleaning up" saints is a disservice to the saints, and to the church, he said; saints are appealing in part because of their sins, their rough edges and their ordinariness.

St. Augustine was a womanizer. St. Francis of Assisi was a party animal. Dismas was a thief and a condemned sinner until he turned to Jesus and asked forgiveness when they were being nailed to crosses side by side.

Part of what made Augustine and Francis and Dismas saints were the flaws that came with their humanity, Craughwell said.

He has written a dozen popular books, including secular ones like "Stealing Lincoln's Body," and religion-themed books including "Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men and Devil-Worshipers Who Became Saints."

Craughwell thinks Kapaun has a "great chance" of becoming a saint. He said this would be good for the church for a number of reasons, not least of which is that Kapaun was heroic while also cranky at times, prone to swearing.

"I stumbled across a biography of Father Emil a few years ago," Craughwell said in a telephone interview from Connecticut. "He wasn't levitating three feet off the ground. He was an ordinary guy in a tough situation, acting in a way that was so admirable and inspiring.

"He seems like the kind of guy that if you were his neighbor, you could mow your lawn and then sit down with him on his porch and have a beer with him."

Kapaun, a Catholic priest and chaplain, deliberately allowed himself to be captured by the Chinese Army in 1950 during a disastrous U.S. Army retreat. He stayed behind with the wounded soldiers about to be executed by the roadside, then behaved heroically in prison camps until he died in May 1951.

Craughwell said from what he has read, Kapaun has a good chance of being canonized in the next few years because his heroism was so pronounced, because fellow soldiers said the Chinese camp guards murdered Kapaun because of his religious faith, and because Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005, sped up the canonization process.

It will still take miracles, Craughwell said. And those miracles may already have been identified.

Andrea Ambrosi, a lawyer and investigator for the Vatican, visited family members and doctors for two Wichita-area families last week who believe the survival of their children during recent medical crises should qualify as miracles. Afterward, the investigator told a local priest that he had never seen doctors make such a compelling case for miracles occurring.

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Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 20- "On bodily vigil"

8. The preparing of the table exposes gluttons, but the work of prayer exposes lovers of God. The former skip on seeing the table, but the latter scowl.   

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #629

 Then he said to them: "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. (Luke 24:25-27)

THE DOCTRINE OF THE APOSTLES IS THE DOCTRINE OF JESUS CHRIST: We see in this chapter how our Lord Himself instructed His apostles and disciples in the understanding of the Scriptures. All the explanations of the types, prophecies etc., which are to be found in the writings and discourses of the apostles are, therefore, to be regarded as the explanations of our Lord Himself.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

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[MaryVitamin] fiery chains

Mary Vitamin for July 7^th

 

Topic: Fiery Chains

 

Quote:

St. Peter Julian Eymard

"O happy bonds that keep Jesus in our midst," said Mary, "be ye blessed! Ye be fiery chains that unite me to this tabernacle."

 

Meditation:

"Mary adored Jesus in the state of Prisoner which Jesus assumed by uniting Himself inseparably to the Sacred Species. She contemplated His glorified Body, His feet, His hands condemned to material immobility; His tongue speechless, His Soul without exterior expansion, His love without power, without wings-fettered, unable to show man aught but His chains of love."

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, (Eymard Library) Day 23

 

Resolution:

Today, while I am away from the Tabernacle, I will try to imitate Our Lady's Eucharistic thoughts.  I will think of His Hands 'condemned to material immobility' unable to show aught but His chains of love."

 

Marian Vow:

From Father Manelli's Jesus Our Eucharistic Love

(Academy of the Immaculate)

 

"Wherever I may be I will often think of Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament. I will fix my thoughts on the holy
Tabernacle - adoring Him from where I am, calling to
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, offering up to Him the
action I am performing. I will install one telegraph
cable from my study to the Church, another from my
bedroom, and a third from our refectory; and as often
as I can, I will send messages of love to Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament." Servant of God, Andrew Baltrami

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

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I'll Get To the Doctor One of These Days:

"Pasan Ko ang mga kasalan ng mundo."

I'm a bad boy, or so say my family, cause I'm avoiding going to the doctor! Why? Because he will only tell me what I already know and send me for more tests, which I can't afford to pay for. Why does the family want me to go to the doctor or even to a hospital? Well, last week, after waking up in the morning, I had some sharp pains in my left thigh which lasted about 15 minutes. Believe me, I never felt any pain like that before! I was like paralyzed and couldn't stand up and anything. After offering it up to the Lord in union with His sufferings on the Cross, I asked Jesus to take it away if it was His Will; and slowly the pain disappeared and I was able to stand up and walk around. I hobbled around for a while until everything seemed to get back to normal. The only after effect was that I noticed my hands started to fall asleep if I used them a lot and my feet ached. Otherwise I'm back working at my part-time job. BTW, I'll tell the doctor about this incident on my next general check-up, which is in about a month.

The Fire of My Love "He Walks With Me" by Rita Ring, March 11, 1994

He Walks With Me

March 11, 1994
At St. Vincent Church After Communion

R. I saw Jesus in my heart. Dressed in a white tunic, hands outstretched, He walked with Me just as if He were present. I felt His presence. He talked to Me. I forgot my book and He walked back with me and said, "Sweet one, don't hurry. I won't go away." I felt as if His arms were surrounding me. I cried for such longing and wanting Him. Then I felt this weight on my arms as if He is pressing lovingly on me.

He is truly here!

Jesus: I am Jesus. Yes, sweet one, I am here. Your surrender pleases Me. It is in surrender that we are joined. You cannot be attached to anything. (His arms still surround me and I feel such presence! He is truly here.)

I am Jesus. I am the Son of God. I write in these letters to My beloved ones. I want them to know and love Me. You hold the medicine.

R. May the love of Jesus be in our hearts and truly present on our lips. Nothing more could delight me than to sleep in front of the tabernacle. I am so relaxed now.

Jesus: I am truly with you in all things. I place images in your mind.

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SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #628

 Saying: "The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon." And they told what things were done in the way: and how they knew him in the breaking of bread. 

(Luke 24:34-35)

THE APPARITION TO PETER: Our Lord appeared to St. Peter before any of  the other apostles 1. to distinguish him as the chosen head of His Church; 2. to repay him for the greater love he bore Jesus than the others; 3. to assure him of His forgiveness, and to show to the whole world how pleasing to Him were Peter's tears of contrition, and how willing He is to forgive repentant sinners.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]

(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)