August 3, 1994
(On way to Frisch's Restaurant - 1:00 pm)
Title: People Thirst for the Love of God
R. If I want something so much, then learning about it is a joy, even when it takes effort. If I want something so much, I will ardently pursue and thirst after knowledge about that thing.
If the priests preached the love of God, people would flock to the church. We were created to know, love and serve God. This is the drive in our being. Stronger than any appetite is the need to love God.
People are thirsty for the love of God. They are hungry for His love. Their appetites crave His love. If they were given this love in church, it would be a joy to come to hear His Word, a joy to attend Mass, a joy to pray the Rosary.
Coming from a place of love for God, I want to go to church. I want to pray. I want to be with Him. It is not a chore, it is enthusiasm to come and be with my loved one. I love Him. I want to hear His Word, it is about Him, Whom I love. I want to pray the Our Father, it is my beloved Father, to whom I pray!
Loving God, reading His Word, attending Mass, meditating on Jesus in the Rosary, are joys because I love Him so much!
Jesus: The priests need to preach My ardent on-fire love, given for each of My precious ones. They will want to come to My altar, they will want to receive Communion, they will want to pray if they do it for love.
I come to give you life that you may have it more abundantly. When you experience the love of God it is a life that is vibrant within you.
Song: New Life
R. Jesus came to give us new life. He gives us life in our souls. He gives us living water in our souls. His life is joy within our hearts. Jesus' love for us is the Good News. He has died, He is risen, we are raised to new life in Him!
This is the life in the church: vibrant, full and alive, with the love of God. Love is not inactive, but active. Love of God is a mighty force within our souls that cannot be contained. It is emitted to all those we touch because it is powered by the hand of God.
We were given this sharing in His life in baptism. God outpours His life to us through His Church. Our union with Him is the fire that is ablaze within our souls.
Our journey to Him is to forever seek deeper union with Him. He gives us new life. This is life in Christ, it is available to each of us. We keep ourselves from union by being fixed improperly in the world. To live with the Lord, we must die to many things in the world.
We are on the journey to new life. This life is deepened by our intimacy with Jesus. Our intimacy in heaven, our experiences of knowing God in heaven, depends on our union with Him on earth.
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