FROM MARK MALLETT - SPIRTUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT - THE SMOLDERING CANDLE UPDATED

The Smoldering Candle

 

 

THROUGH very powerful confirmations, I believe Jesus wants you to read this writing very carefully because the days for its fulfillment are now here. You must not be afraid, for the love and light which God is pouring into your soul are going to increase more and more such that all darkness and fear will be conquered in your heart. There will only be Jesus, He who is perfect love casting out all fear. Rest, little ones, and know that you are safe in the refuge of the Heart of Mary. She is the one who is bringing you deeper and deeper now into the chambers of the Master's Sacred Heart where no evil can touch you. 

Understand, these days are here… and for these days, you have been born. 

First published January 12th, 2007, I have added a few comments about families at the end, as well as some timely quotes. 

 

A POWERFUL image came to me… an image that carries both encouragement and warning.

Those who have been following these writings the past year know that their purpose has been specifically to prepare us for the times which lay directly ahead of the Church and world. They are not so much about catechesis as calling us into a safe Refuge.

 
THE SMOLDERING CANDLE 

I saw the world gathered as though in a dark room. In the center is a burning candle. It is very short, the wax nearly all melted. The Flame represents the light of Christ: Truth. The wax represents the time of grace we live in. 

The world for the most part is ignoring this Flame. But for those who are not, those who are gazing at the Light and letting It guide them, something wonderful and hidden is happening: their inner being is secretly being set aflame.

There is rapidly coming a time when this period of grace will no longer be able to support the wick (civilization) due to the sin of the world. Events which are coming will collapse the candle completely, and the Light of this candle will be snuffed out. There will be sudden chaos in the "room." The deprivation of Light will lead to great confusion and fear. But those who had been absorbing the Light in this time of preparation we are now in will have an inner Light by which to guide them (for the Light can never be extinguished). Even though they will be experiencing the darkness around them, the inner Light of Jesus will be shining brightly within, supernaturally directing them from the hidden place of the heart.

Then this vision had a disturbing scene. There was a light in the distance… a very small light. It was unnatural, like a small fluorescent light. Suddenly, most in the room stampeded towards this light, the only light they could see. For them it was hope… but it was a false, deceptive light. It did not offer Warmth, nor Fire, nor Salvation—that Flame which they had already refused.  

 
NOW IS THE TIME

The Scripture of the ten virgins came to mind immediately following these images. Only five of the virgins had enough oil in their lamps to go out and meet the Bridegroom who came in the darkness of "midnight" (Matthew 25:1-13). That is, only five virgins had filled their hearts with the necessary graces to give them the light to see. The other five virgins were unprepared saying, "…our lamps are going out," and went off to buy more oil from the merchants. Their hearts were unprepared, and so they sought the "grace" they needed… not from a Pure Source, but from deceptive peddlers.

Again, the writings here have been for one purpose: to help you acquire this divine oil, that you may be marked by God's angels, that you may see with a divine light through that day when the Son will be eclipsed for a brief period of time, plunging mankind into a painful, dark moment.
 

FAMILIES

We know from our Lord's words that these days are going to catch many off guard like a thief in the night:

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They ate and drank, they took husbands and wives, right up to the day Noah entered the ark—and when the flood came it destroyed them all.

It was much the same in the days of Lot: they ate and drank, they bought and sold, they built and planted. But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be like that on the day the son of Man is revealed… Remember Lot's wife. Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it; whoever loses it will keep it. (Luke 17:26-33)

Several of my readers have written, alarmed that their family members are slipping away, becoming more and more hostile to the Faith. There is indeed a sifting and purification happening as we speak. However, because of your prayers and because of your faithfulness to Jesus, I believe they will be granted great graces when the Spirit of God opens all hearts to see their souls as the Father sees them—that incredible gift of Mercy which is drawing closer. The antidote to this apostasy within your family ranks is the Rosary. Read again The Coming Restoration of the Family. 

You are chosen by God, not to save yourself, but to be the instrument of salvation for others. Your model is Mary who surrendered herself completely to God thereby becoming a co-operator in redemption—the Co-redemptrix of many. She is a symbol of the Church. What applies to her applies to you. You too are to become a co-redeemer with Christ through your prayers, witness, and suffering. 

These two readings are from today's Office and Mass:

Those who have been considered worthy to go forth as the sons of God and to be born again of the Holy Spirit from on high, and who hold within them the Christ who renews them and fills them with light, are directed by the Spirit in varied and different ways and in their spiritual repose they are led invisibly in their hearts by grace. —Homily by spiritual writer of the fourth century; Liturgy of the Hours, Vol. III, pg. 161

The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?

Though an army encamp against me,
my heart will not fear;
Though war be waged upon me,
even then will I trust.

For he will hide me in his abode
in the day of trouble;
He will conceal me in the shelter of his tent,
he will set me high upon a rock. —Psalm 27

 

REFERENCES:

• On the time of grace: The Time of Grace… Expiring?

• On angels marking God's people: Trumpets of Warning — Part III

• On the coming world-wide deception: The Restrainer & The Coming Counterfeit
  

 

 

Published in: DAILY JOURNAL, THE GREAT TRIALS | on February 6th, 2009 |