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Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2017
July 14, 2017
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Dear Family of Mary!
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! I invite you to open the door of your heart to Jesus as the flower opens itself to the sun. Jesus desires to fill your hearts with peace and joy. You cannot, little children, realize peace if you are not at peace with Jesus. Therefore, I invite you to confession so Jesus may be your truth and peace. So, little children, pray to have the strength to realize what I am telling you. I am with you and I love you. Thank you for having responded to my call." (January 25, 1995)
Here is an exquisite explanation of what it means to "open
the door of your heart to Jesus", written by Saint Ambrose. Enjoy!!!
From an exposition of psalm 118 by Saint Ambrose, bishop
(Nn. 12.13-14: CSEL 62, 258-259)
God's temple is holy; you are his temple
My Father and I will come and make our
home with him. Let your door stand open to receive him, unlock your soul
to him, offer him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the
riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw
wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting
light that shines on every man. This true light shines on all, but if
anyone closes his window he will deprive himself of eternal light. If
you shut the door of your mind, you shut out Christ. Though he can
enter, he does not want to force his way in rudely, or compel us to
admit him against our will.
Born of a virgin, he came forth from the
womb as the light of the whole world in order to shine on all men. His
light is received by those who long for the splendor of perpetual light
that night can never destroy. The sun of our daily experience is
succeeded by the darkness of night, but the sun of holiness never sets,
because wisdom cannot give place to evil.
Blessed then is the man at whose door
Christ stands and knocks. Our door is faith; if it is strong enough, the
whole house is safe. This is the door by which Christ enters. So the
Church says in the Song of Songs: The voice of my brother is at the
door. Hear his knock, listen to him asking to enter: Open to me, my
sister, my betrothed, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is covered
with dew, and my hair with the moisture of the night.
When does God the Word most often knock
at your door?-When his head is covered with the dew of night. He visits
in love those in trouble and temptation, to save them from being
overwhelmed by their trials. His head is covered with dew or moisture
when those who are his body are in distress. That is the time when you
must keep watch so that when the bridegroom comes he may not find
himself shut out, and take his departure. If you were to sleep, if your
heart were not wide awake, he would not knock but go away; but if your
heart is watchful, he knocks and asks you to open the door to him.
Our soul has a door; it has gates. Lift
up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, eternal gates, and the King of
glory will enter. If you open the gates of your faith, the King of
glory will enter your house in the triumphal procession in honor of his
passion. Holiness too has its gates. We read in Scripture what the Lord
Jesus said through his prophet: Open for me the gates of holiness.
It is the soul that has its door, its
gates. Christ comes to this door and knocks; he knocks at these gates.
Open to him; he wants to enter, to find his bride waiting and watching.
(Found in the Office of Readings for July 13!)
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!Cathy Nolan
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