So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah,
and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the Lord had spoken to him,
Baruch wrote them on the scroll.
Jeremiah 36:4

Guided by my Spiritual Director, I am presently living the Scriptures through the Ignatian Exercises...some personal daily reflections...

November 1, 2007
My Spiritual Exercises are over...

October 29, 2007
Every moment is a gift. Every breath, God's gifting and giving never cease. The answers come, and I see then that my prayers have been answered. As I struggle in prayer, I doubt, I think the answer never comes. And I persevere, sometimes I am weary and I feel not faithful. And then He comes. And I see. He has never left. He has been with me in the struggles. He has never and will never abandon me, always providing me with all that I need.
Thank you Lord.

October 24, 2007
To be able to sit in church without coughing - a gift. (I have been very sick this week)

October 27, 2007
The Lord always answers my prayers. This too is a gift.

October 26, 2007
(230) (237)
Even this time doing the Ignatian Exercises, the struggle, the seeming failures (I say this because of the Lord's Word to me) has been, is, a gift. I pray it will never stop.

October 25, 2007 Day 10
(230) (237)
I am grateful, mostly because none of this depends on me. All that is required is my obedience. The gifts. The ability, the courage, (the funds), all that is needed will come. For this is His work.
(I speak of the chapel of perpetual adoration the Lord has put on my heart to put in place at my church)

October 24, 2007 Day 9
(230) (237)
Write these words my child.
I know you. And I know whose heart you belong to. And I am well pleased. Do you think that the prophets were perfect? Do you think they never struggled? Do you think they never did wrong? You are human and though you try your best, you will fail, you will falter.

Look at my servant David. Did he err? Did he stray? Did he do wrong? And yet I knew him: I knew whose heart he belonged to. And I was pleased.

I know the work of your hands. I know you are not perfect. And I love you. For I have died for you. My child, the enemy would burden you.

Have you not persevered? Have you run away? Have you abandoned the task? No I tell you. And this by the Grace of God.

I am ever beside you and will not abandon you. For I have put before you a task. And it shall be done. Do not fear. I have in mind what to do. Only come before me my child. And I will make it clear to you. You hear my voice, for I speak to you. You ask and I answer. We are one, I in you and you in me. And this is the way it should be. I am well pleased, My child. Now go to your day. Amen.
Alleluia.

October 15, 2007, Day 8
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The Lord will never abandon me, has never abandoned me.
The fullness of Christ dwells within me, as the fullness of Christ was in the baby in Mary's womb, and in the Eucharist.

I cannot be so vain as to think that the Lord can dwell in me and not in the Eucharist. It is by the Grace of God that He dwells in me, not in the magnificent creature I may think myself to be. I need not be perfect for him to come. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

My liberty, my memory, my understanding, my will - all gifts from You.

I have been thinking of this gift, discernment of spirits, and I believe that it is a part of what I need for the task the Lord has put before me. Thank You Lord.

October 22, 2007
(230) (237)
whatever the Lord puts before me, He provides me with the gifts needed to accomplish the task.

October 21, 2007
(230 (237)
Everything I have, even my ability to set right difficult situations or to walk through fire, is from God, a gift to enable me to do, not a great work, but what He Himself has put before me to do.

wisdom, ability, courage. All these are from Him to do His work.

October 20, 2007
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My child there is nothing you need to do save place, put, yourself before Me. I am the Lord and I delight in all that I have made. That your heart turns to Me is a blessing unto itself. There is not one part of your being that is not known to Me. And so it is with your life. I know you suffer, and I know you seek My Will. These things are for a purpose: that you know what you are called to, I myself permit these things. Yet know this: the heart of man is not always turned towards Me. There are those who turn their hearts and wills towards themselves. This then is the struggle: to serve God or mammon. I know the struggle for I have seen it through eternity and the ages. I have created men in my own image. Yet they would choose their own way, their own image. What is that to Me? Shall this change Me: shall this change the direction I take? Shall man dictate to Me the desires of his heart?
And yet this is what they do when they choose the desires of their own hearts. I am here to bring Peace. Yet many choose war. This war is evident in the world, yet is is the war that wages in men's hearts that is the root of this evil. Choose life not death, says the Lord. Yet men are confused. For they think they have chosen right when they choose according to their own desire. I tell you. It is written Love the Lord your God above all things and your neighbour as yourself. This has not changed. Yet man has loved the God of his own making. Who can rescue him? Who can save him from his sin? Only the Lord Jesus Christ. I am the way to the Father.
I am the Truth of the Father.
I am the Life of the Father.

There is no other way.
Choose life, not death.
Come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden
and I will give you rest.
Amen.

October 19, 2007
*Take and Receive Prayer
To think the Lord poured His own Holy Spirit into me!

'In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.' Matthew 5:16

October 18, 2007
*Take and receive prayer
My whole life is full of light. The Lord has blessed me with so much.

My most precious gift is his bringing us home to the Catholic Church.

October 17, 2007
*TAKE AND RECEIVE PRAYER
An overwhelming sense of how Good God is and how undeserving I am.

No matter how unresponsive I am, He is always my Saviour and Redeemer.

October 16, 2007
* TAKE AND RECEIVE PRAYER

TAKE AND RECEIVE

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will - all that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me.

This heavy feeling, the thought that I should withdraw from everything, weariness.

Help me Lord. These prayers were helpful this morning. I feel a bit better.

October 15, 2007
Contemplation on the Love of God
Take and Receive, prayer (see immediately below).

(234) 1. God's gifts to me. God creates me out of love and desires nothing more than a return of love on my part. So much does God love me that even though I turn away and make little response, this Giver of all good gifts continues to be my Saviour and Redeemer.
All my natural abilities and gifts, along with the gifts of Baptism and the Eucharist and the special graces lavished upon me, are only so many signs of how much God our Lord shares divine life with me and wants to share ever more. My consolation: who I am by the grace of God!
If I were to respond as a reasonable person, what could I give in return to such a Lover? Moved by love, I may want to express my own love-response in the following words:

TAKE AND RECEIVE

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will - all that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me.

Thank you Lord for this new reflection, for the clear outline of how much you have blessed me, and for this prayer to recognize my gifts and to offer them to you for your use.

I often pray: use me for the advancement of the Kingdom; my life is yours.

Thank you for this answer to prayer, this understanding of what to pray.

Thank you for the gift of prayer.

October 15, 2007
Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5b

October 14, 2007
My life is yours Lord to do with as you wish. I see what you have done for Mary, and I know you will do this for me.

Only this I ask, for the Grace of patient endurance. And for the Grace to trust in You.

October 13, 2007
Though there are tears in the night, joy will come in the morning. Trust me my child. Trust me. And I will do this:
I will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun.
This is what I have done for my mother. And I will do it for you.

October 12, 2007
Mary: I put my hand on you. I know you. I know your struggle and I will not let you go. I know you rejected me. And I know now you welcome me.

This world is a hard place, my child. Not easy to walk alone.
Stand firm. Trust. Patient endurance.

October 11, 2007
The roles are reversed. As a child he subjected himself unto Mary and Joseph, and went home with them (at twelve).

Now she is listening as he speaks. As Jesus gave instruction to Peter about feeding his sheep, so Jesus now instructs Mary. And this will continue until he comes again.

October 10, 2007
Even in the darkness, I could see the light.

She would not have him with her as before, but now she knew what was ahead. There is joy at seeing her risen Son. But she was still limited to this place and this time. What she knew in her heart she now knew to be true: it was not the end.

But she still would need patient endurance, for not all would accept her Son.

She understood as he spoke, of what was to come.
Our Lady of Sorrows.
The Lady of Fatima.
The knowledge of what was to come to mankind and her role as messenger who also would be rejected even in the eternal kingdom (Word in Revelation about Mary...a sign appeared in heaven...). Patient endurance.

October 9, 2007
Again I see Jesus swinging his mother around him, as one would swing a child. There is much joy between them. He speaks to her at length as they walk along, things I do not know anything about. He is revealing to her her part in the plan of salvation. Much of this would come through, in John's Gospel. There would be many years ahead, but she would be able to endure, for she understood the plan for her life in entirety now. Trust and patient endurance.

Both Mary and Jesus were blessed with these qualities, these Graces.
Trust and patient endurance.

October 8, 2007
Write these words, my child.
As I have gone through these things, my child, so I will enable you to endure as well. There is glory in the waiting. For I wait now to see all sons come into their glory.

My mother was able to endure for my Spirit was within her. So too you will endure, for my Spirit rests on you. I know the times are hard, but joy will come, glory will come, in the morning. Man lives on this earth as if he would never leave. Yet know this: I am ever near. Even in the passing.

My Mother will endure until all sons come to glory, for she points the way to me. 'See my Son' she says. 'Pray to him. Ask him for patient endurance.'

October 7, 2007
There is much joy as understanding comes.
What Jesus has done has opened the way to salvation for many.

Mary saw her Son suffer with Grace.
Now she sees him in glory.
As a mother is proud of her Son, so Mary is pleased with Jesus.

October 6, 2007
There is no greater joy than to see the Word of the Lord come to pass. Mary and Jesus know this joy as they meet.

Jesus and Mary gave example of suffering under the hand of God. And now the pain is gone.
There is much joy and Peace as they meet. And through the power of the Spirit Mary is given revelation for her own part.

She treasures these things in her heart.

October 5, 2007
The Lord speaks: I am here Mother, but I am not here only for Myself. There are these here with us now who need to be cared for and those who are yet to come.

Life is bitter without me. Yet you are with me now. Do not fear. I will never abandon you or forsake you.

October 4, 2007
Mary knew this moment for she had treasured up all these things in her heart. "When he the Spirit of Truth comes, he will lead you into all Truth."

I knew when my job was being cut. God would not abandon Mary. As she was filled with, overshadowed by, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit would lead her into all Truth.

Peace and Love. Joy in the morning. She was not surprised to see Jesus, because she knew these things in her heart.

October 3, 2007
I am in the garden near the tomb. Mary is there and Jesus risen. They greet with great joy, and he even lifts her up. There is glorious light shining from him and for a moment he dances around before her in joy like a child. Jesus tells her that he is raising her to a new place and that "all these" are now her children and that we need her help. Her work is not over. He encourages her to encourage and pray for the disciples and to wait. He does not leave them as orphans even now. She is filled with the Holy Spirit and she will encourage them. Then they will all be filled - "Let your heart be one with mine" Jesus says and he encloses his Mother into his arms. And hearts divine are close.

It occurs to me that Mary will be between 46 and 50. So the grey-haired, little, weary woman is embraced, by her Son now risen.
It is filled with light in that place.

October 2, 2007
The thoughts that came to me:
Mary would know now the reality of the things she treasured in her heart. She would also see that as Jesus healed bodies when he walked on earth, so he saves souls.
She would also know that she can't hold on to him for herself - that he was for the world. She would also be given by Jesus an understanding of her new call as our Mother. John, who wrote of this, was the one who cared for her as his Mother.

All that they had suffered, Mother and Son, was for this.

October 1, 2007
In the tomb again. The disciples are there. Then they are not. Mary is there. She is able to endure through the Holy Spirit. They run away, can't bear it.
I need the Holy Spirit to endure.

Feeling pretty peaceful and subdued. No joy, but peaceful.
It is done.

September 30, 2007
I feel very peaceful. Not happy, but peaceful. No more tears of sadness. This is good.

Again I have the thought that without Jesus in the world, we are lost, and our sinful tendancies are hard to resist.
I feel ready for whatever is ahead.

September 29, 2007
I was in the tomb. It was semi dark. The walls were cold stone.
Our hearts can be like this without Jesus I thought. I also saw that the world was a cold dark place without Jesus.

I felt a Peace come into my being.

September 27, 2007
In the tomb again. It's quiet here - time to think. The walls are cold and hard.
Jesus is not here. This place is empty. There is nothing here.
No Holy Spirit.

This is what it is like to be without the Lord.

I feel peaceful because I have the promise.
what about those who don't?

September 26, 2007
I am in the tomb. There is light. Jesus' body is no longer there.
I hear:
'A window of light has been opened between heaven and earth.
And the stone is rolled away.'

The Lord speaks:
'Do you think that the stone needed to be rolled away so that I could be risen, or do you think that the stone needed to be rolled away so that you could see that I was risen?'

September 23, 2007
We are in a room. Mary is there, waiting - she calls me to sit with her. She is on a long bench near a table. Mary her sister and Mary Magdalene is there. "Let us talk of the things he did" says Mary his Mother.

Mary reminds us of the first time he ministered. The Wedding at Cana. I could feel the love and close bond between Mother and Son. Still obedient to her, he waits for her to launch him into his ministry: 'Do whatever he tells you.'

Others will come to mourn with her, under cover of night, because they are afraid.
Mary Magdalene speaks of what he did for her.

Mary holds me tight to comfort me. In comforting me, she herself is comforted. I am also her child. My mom took her comfort, and still does, in being with us.

Now I understand how Mary can love us. She takes comfort in all her children.

September 22, 2007
I am again with Mary at the foot of the Cross. She calls me and opens her cloak to me. She has Jesus on her lap. 'Come mourn with me' she says. And opens her cloak to welcome me in.

Jesus' voice comes to me. "It is through the Holy Spirit she can do this." Mary forgives me. Jesus died for me and yet she welcomes me in to mourn with her.

September 21, 2007
The Lord speaks:
You are able to forgive because you have the Holy Spirit in you. Before this, it would not have been possible. See how harshly they judge. This is because their hearts were hard. Then I came and opened the way for all men.
Now man can see. And if he judges rightly, he shall live. If not, he shall die. But each man shall judge for himself.

I see the judgment seat and Pilate there. The teachers of the law, the Pharisees, the Elders, all who know the Scriptures are there. They keep shouting 'Crucify him!' Pilate states the truth continually 'Here is your king.' But they can't hear.

This is my judgement that Jesus is taking. I ask him to forgive me. If I stood in the heavenlies (before), I would be rightly judged this way.

Now I can be judged on the merits of Jesus.

The judgement was cold and harsh and clear, made with pain and love, before Christ. Now there is joy in heaven, thanks to Christ.

For Jesus, it was cold, and harsh and clear. Like a lamb led to slaughter on a cold stone, he says nothing. Nothing in his defense. Nothing.

September 20, 2007
First I am with Mary at the foot of the Cross and she comforts me, taking me again, pulling tightly her mantle around me. At the tomb it is earthy, damp, cold. I hear her talking to me. She tells me that it is not just the loss, but the separation. She keeps saying 'This is not the end. There is more.' I put my hands on the stone that covers the tomb. It is hard and cold. It separates. Mary tells me that even the Father is separated now. 'My God My God, why have you forsaken me?'

On the Cross it was not just the pain of physical suffering, she tells me, it was sin and sickness. Evil was all around. This was the battle. It was more than physical suffering.

I put my hands a few times on the stone, hard and cold.

This is what it is like to be separated from God. This is the obstacle that is between us when we sin.

Mary puts her hand on my breastbone and explains these things to me.
How unworthy I am of this.

September 19, 2007
An awful scene before. To take him down they would have had to remove the nails. This wasn't easy I saw. Then finally he's in his Mother's arms, bleeding, torn. And Joseph of Arimathea is there, with 75 pounds of spices. They carry his body limp, over the rough terrain to the garden where the tomb is. They prepare his body, putting the 75 pounds of spices on it, treating him with dignity and tenderly, respectfully. They wrap his body with the linen. Then his head with another cloth, the spices on his head.
Before they do this, they tenderly wash away the blood and dirt to prepare his body for the spices.

Mary sits quietly in the tomb as they do this. She puts her mantle over me. She wraps me tightly. She keeps saying, 'This is not over. It is not the end. There is more.'

She takes comfort in me her child, in holding me. Jesus has done this: Son, behold your Mother, Mother behold your child. DAUGHTER.

My mom took comfort in her children, and still does, when my father died.

She took each of us to the coffin to pray one last time with dad. I can see Mary doing this, in the way she took comfort in me.

'It is not over' I keep hearing.

September 18, 2007
(At the foot of the Cross) - First, I heard the shouting and jeering at Jesus. I thought, they don't understand that the Son of God is Divine. He doesn't have to come down from the Cross. Their jeers show the arrogance of what they think they are as human beings. (They think) they are better on the ground than he who is raised up on a Cross.

Then it was over. They gave his body into Mary's arms. The pain of tears came. The pain she feels in her heart to see her Son this way.

And then with others, Joseph of Arimathea is there to take his body. It is a somber procession, carrying his body, heavy and limp. In the cold stone of the tomb they lay him.

The cold stone, the damp cold air of the garden near this stone. The smell of the night there, all these things come to me. We are sad. We feel the loss. I cry and cry for the pain she must feel. I tell Mary I am sorry that my sin did this.

Then thoughts come of a living Jesus, healthy and dusty from the road, laughing, healing, feeding. They talk about things he's done and the air feels a little lighter. Mary comforts Mary Magdalene. "This is not all there is, Mary, there is more. There must be. We'll see him again."
Yes, she was the first disciple.

I can see this now because of my own mom.

She took each of us, one by one, her children, to pray at Dad's coffin. Even in her loss, she cared for us.

O yes, Mary my Mother ministered to all who were around her.

She took my face in her hands at one point and said, "Yes, your years are wise, but you are still my child."
I could see my hair was grey, as it is now. Thank you, Holy Mother.

The Lord speaks:

As you wait before me my child, in sorrow and in joy, I shall speak to you. There is nothing that is hidden from my sight. I love you with a love that is everlasting. This is why I have given you my Mother. Trust in me and I will do this: I will grant you the desires of your heart. Amen and Amen. I will say it again. Amen.

Thank you Lord. My life is yours. Do with me as you will.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.

September 16, 2007
Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19 - Jesus lives his Passion
Mary the Mother of God, Mary her sister and wife to Clopas, and Mary Magdalene, three women at the foot of the Cross.

In the darkest moment in history, there was ministry: Between sisters, between friends, to a mother, to a friend.

It is in the waiting before God that we discover the depth of who God is.

We suffer, but beyond the suffering, there is God. Jesus suffered terribly. But beyond his suffering, he found God, his Father.

The waiting, and what God does through Jesus in the waiting, is what comes to me.

September 13, 2007
Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19 - Jesus lives his Passion
a Scriptural basis for prayer vigil

Write these words My child.
Keep watch with Me. As in the Garden and as at the foot of the Cross.

Do not worrry so about your attentiveness. As seen in the Scriptures this is the human condition. But know this: I am there to call you back. Prayer is of the essence. In no way can man put his hand to the task without prayer. Yet remember this: when in prayer you are not alone. It is not only one voice, your voice, that speaks. I also am there. This is prayer: to seek the will of The One Who Saves, The Holy One, The Lord God almighty.

I have given you example that so you also must do. Now go to your day, and trust in Me.
For you are not alone. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Lord has risen indeed.
Alleluia.

September 9, 2007
Everything that comes to me (suffering) is filtered through God's hand. This is Grace.

I can offer it to Him to use as He will. This also is Grace.

Through my suffering, the faith of others may grow. It is not just about me (and my suffering).

This is Grace.

September 8, 2007
You do not strive for holiness.
It comes as a result of My being in you.

September 1, 2007
Garden of Gethsemane
Peace and Love My child. These things are the fruits of prayer. Nowhere else can this be found.

August 20, 2007
Re: French translation, commentary Harry Potter books, The Secret, my back, healing, website and all other ministry work)
Trust in me at all times My child. I know the pain of your heart and mind and I know the pain of your body, for I have taken all these things into Myself. Do not fear. All is well. Do not look with the eyes of the flesh, but see with the eyes of the heart. All is well. Is there Peace? I am there. Is there discord? I am there. There is no place that you are that I am not at your side. I will not abandon you. I know the desires of your heart, for I am within you. There is nowhere you can turn that you will not find Me at your side. I am here to guide you. Do you think that I would put a task before you and then abandon you? No I tell you, for this work is for a nation. Do not be afraid. Continue on in your work. I am ever beside you, and I am pleased with the work of your hands. For it is I who have put this work in place. And it is I who shall accomplish it. Do not be afraid, but trust in Me at all times. I shall provide for all that is needed. I am the Lord. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Lord is risen indeed.
Alleluia.

August 6, 2007
I want you to continue in the process (of confirming the Lord's direction) you have always had. Yet know this: I will confirm My Word to you by the signs that accompany it.

This group is to start in September. I will call those I have in mind. Like you they too struggle, but I will work in their hearts to bring Wisdom and Peace. Trust in Me My child. I am ever near, and I will not abandon you to the task, but will provide for all that you need. I am well pleased with the work of your hands (finished commentary on Harry Potter books, 5+6) for it is I who have put this before you. This work is the work for a nation. Now go to your day My child.

July 29, 2007
Mary:
The proof of a humble heart is obedience.
All are struggling in their hearts. It is in the actions that the heart is proved right.

Jesus:
I know your heart My child, and I know where you are in your life with Me, for I am there beside you. Do not sorry so. For I am well pleased.

July 24, 2007
I am learning that this humility to follow Jesus so closely, results in his cleansing me of all that is not of him.

July 23, 2007
You think that everything you do needs a stamp of approval, yet I tell you, the only thing you need is to trust in Me. You are so afraid to move in the wrong direction, that at times you do not even move. My child, in you I live and move and have My being. I am at your very heart. Do you not think that if the way was not clear, I would not direct you? You must trust in Me. For I know the way.

The enemy comes to confuse you and to cause you to doubt. There is no other voice you hear save My own. What I say in your ear, shout from the roof tops. I am ever near.

I do not come to burden you but to set you free. Come before Me at all times. And trust the Voice you hear for it is Mine. None other can come near. For this work is the work for a nation. Nothing you do on your own will be hidden, for I am beside you, and who can hide the hand of the Lord?

Be at Peace My child and know that it is My hand that guides you.

Now go to your day.

July 21, 2007
I am well pleased My child. There is nothing you need to do. Continue in the way you are going. Obey me in all things. I know that the way seems hard at times. But I am always present. I will never abandon you or forsake you. I am ever near. Now go to your day.

July 20, 2007
Humility, The Lord tells me, has to do with obedience - unquestioning obedience and trust in Him. He tells me he is well pleased.

July 17, 2007
I am well pleased My child. You do not see what I do when I look at you. See David. I see his heart and I know his heart is set towards Me. So it is with you. I do not see as you do, for I look into the very heart of man. When I look at you, I see My son and I see a heart that is set towards Me. Do not fear. I will take charge of all the unknowns in your life. I will never abandon you. For if I abandon you, I abandon Myself, who is at the very heart of your being. I am well pleased My child. Continue in your way. I will provide for all that you need. It is My Will that you put in place a healing ministry in My Church. My people suffer and I would care for them. Do not fear. All is in place even as we speak. I am the Lord everlasting and I come to bring joy and comfort, and healing in the wings. Now go to your day. Amen Amen and Amen. To the Glory of God the Father.

In Jesus' Name. Amen.

July 16, 2007
I am well pleased My child at your obedience to Me. And I know full well your love for Me. But know this: you need My Divine Love within otherwise you can in no way bear the burden for those in this world. Come before Me , come to Me at all times. I am the Lord your God, Creator of all.

I come to bear good tidings to the whole of humanity. Yet how can they hear unless My servants go before Me. You are right in your thinking. My Divine Mercy is for a time. Hold fast to My Word. For a time comes when all will want to go their own way.

Yet I have shown you the way. I am well pleased My child. Continue in your way. When the time is right you will do this. You will put in place in all My churches this new ministry of divine mercy - hope of healing and love for all. This ministry of healing, this gift of the Spirit is to be put in place in My Church. I will lead you and direct you in the way you should go. Do not fear. All is in place.

Now go to your day, My child. I am well pleased.

July 14, 2007
I am well pleased My child. There is nothing you can do to displease Me, for it is I who guide and direct you.

I have plans for a nation. Do you think I would let the enemy get the best of you? Know that I am beside you at all times. I am ever near. This is how I love you: with an unceasing heart of mercy.

There is none who can remove you from the palm of my hand. I am the Lord.

And if I am the Lord, who can remove Me? The enemy will try to burden you, to draw you away. But know this, I will continually draw you back. For I have plans for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future. Trust in Me. This is all I ask. And come before Me at all times. I am the Lord, the Lord of unending Mercy. And I come to save that which is lost. If I choose to use you, who is of little worth in your mind, what is that to you? I am the Lord. I love you and I died for you. Does this not show you of what great worth you are? Shall you listen to the voice of the enemy? Or shall you listen to the Voice you have heard from of old? I am the Lord, the King, the Redeemer of your heart. I shall not abandon you. I am well pleased My child. Now go to your day.

Alleluia. Alleluia

The Lord is risen indeed.
Alleluia.

July 7, 2007
Peace and calm that can only come in My Presence or from the knowledge of My Presence.

July 5, 2007
Christ calms the storm
The storm was in a place familiar to the disciples, the boat in the sea. Yet they were afraid.
A storm came into the everyday experience of their lives.

So too storms will come into the every day experiences of our lives.

July 2, 2007
Jesus calms the storm
If I calm the sea and leave the winds raging, the sea will rise up again. If I remove the cause of the raging waters, then I can calm the sea without worrying too much about the waves acting up again.

Same thing in our lives. We must discern with the Lord's help, which to do first.

June 22, 2007
I am well pleased My child, with the work of your hands, for it is I who put these things in place. The enemy would try to burden you, but I shall protect you and bring you Peace. Trust in Me and turn to Me at all times. I am the Lord.

June 19, 2007
I am calling you every day and though you do not hear me at times, I continue to call. The enemy is at your side. You are doing much for the Kingdom. But just as the enemy is near, so am I. I will not let you come to harm, I will rescue you. Nothing can remove you from the palm of My hand. Yet know this: The desire of sin is to have you. Resist, standing firm in the faith. All will be well. As to scruples, I am near. Do not listen to the voice that tells you to be hard on yourself. This is not My way. I will convict in love, not in oppression. This is how you are to know that I am the One who speaks. I come with great Love and Peace. Harmony and Justice. And this is how you are to know it is the enemy. You will be burdened, you will feel sad and stressed and stretched to the end. There will be no peace, only struggle, endless struggle. And sadness and frustration and anger. This is how to know if it is Me who speaks or if it is the enemy.

Thanks be to God.

The Lord uses the things of my everyday life for the Kingdom.

June 11, 2007
Mary: The struggle in the heart is not sin. Temptation is a conversation - it does not necessarily end in sin.
Jesus: The struggle in the heart is not sin; it is struggle.
Father: The great things Mary heard - from the angels that Jesus was the Messiah, the Saviour, from Jesus himself, that he must be about His Father's business, Mary treasured up these things and pondered them in her heart.

Jesus was tempted by great things, things that are true; he treasured up the truth and did not surrender to the devil.
Truth: He is the Bread of Life
Perversion: temptation to change stones to bread

Truth: He is Lord of Sabbath
Perversion: temptation to cast himself down from pinnacle of temple

Truth: He is King of Kings
Perversion: temptation to worship the devil to gain the kingdoms of the earth

Everyone is subject to temptation. Mary could have been tempted but she pondered these things in her heart.

Jesus was tempted in things that are relevant to his life - I will be tempted in places relevant to my life.

The Father will always provide a way out from under it.

May 8, 2007
concerning the healing ministry
All is confirmed in the work you are doing My child. Continue in your way. I am well pleased. Even he who is at your side pleases Me. For he is conformed to My Will. He will be your support in good times and in bad. I am the Lord and I am pleased with the work of My hands. Trust in Me in all you do. For it is I who take you by the hand to lead you to a new place. And this is the place I would lead you to. I am the Lord and I lead you in the paths of righteousness. I am the Lord.

May 4, 2007
Write these words My child. I am well pleased. There is naught you need to do to please Me. Only do this: come before Me at all times. Know that I am with you always and that I am well pleased. Come before Me at all times. The enemy would burden you, but I am here for your good. Trust in Me at all times. There is much before you as there is for me. Trust Me My child and I will lead you in the way everlasting. I am with you always, even to the end of the age. You are My child and I am well pleased. Now go to your day.

April 23, 2007
People come to see the signs and then they find Me. This is how it should be. For I came to bring life and to bring it in abundance. And it is the same to this very day. Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am meek and gentle of heart, and my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

April 8, 2007
John 20:1-9
The stone was heavy, yet it was rolled away. The spices to wrap the body were heavy, 75 pounds, yet the cloth was folded neatly and set aside.
What stone needs to be rolled away from my heart? What earthly spices, pleasures, are holding me down, weighing on me, holding me back from the ressurection in my life?

April 2, 2007
At the heart of Judas' problem was sin, and so he did not see the sign.

March 25, 2007
our upcoming Wedding in the Catholic Church, April 15...
God overshadows us to birth new things, not just for us, but for his people.
As was the incarnation of Jesus in Mary
so is the incarnation of Jesus in us.

March 22, 2007
There is a sense of time and eternity meeting, you meet us in our own time and we get touched by eternity. and when you come in power, you overshadow us. In the Bread of Eucharist we can bear your Presence. Mary was overshadowed by the power of the Most High. When you overshadow us in the Eucharist, how can new life not come - human and divine?

Thank you Lord for this mystical union.

Thank you for this mystical union in the Eucharist.

The power of the Most High overshadows and the bread and wine become Body & Blood.

March 5, 2007
True conviction leads to a changed heart, and a changed heart leads to a changed life.

March 2, 2007
The Father:
Know that I love you and that I will never forsake you. All of your life I have been there, in the high moments and in the low. There was no time when I was apart from you. Trust Me in this: I know where you go and where you come from. There is not a time that you are apart from me. Now go to your day.

The more you turn to Mary, the more I will hear your mother's cry.

January 30, 2007
...an inner calm, an inner peace, that will reflect in your life in the days ahead...

January 27, 2007
My thoughts are not your thoughts.
I always have in mind what I will do. I am not like you. I do not have limitations. Everything I do, I do well. For I am the Lord. Would you not follow in My footsteps? Would you not do the things I do? And you shall. For I am within you. Nothing you do, is apart from Me, for I direct your steps. Do not fear. I will not abandon you to the task. You shall know which way to go every step of the way, for I am within you, and if I direct your steps and if I am within you and if you follow in My steps, shall you not know the way? There is nothing to fear My child for I am with you and will be with you even to the end. Halleluia. Halleluia. The Lord is risen indeed. Halleluia.

January 21, 2007
Jesus holds sin & pain in bondage.
He looks like he is in bondage as he carries his Cross, but it is he who holds the Cross (our pain and sin) in bondage - to keep it from me.

January 18, 2007
He must increase...I must decrease...
Inside of Me My child. You are so close to me, you are inside of Me.
You are so close to Me, you are within Me.

Ignatian exercises...
January 8, 2007
Would you drive a nail in, if I asked you?
This is what you do when you sin.

January 5, 2007
Ten days later the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. Jeremiah 42:7

Listen to Me and hear Me My child. I am ever near. Though you hear not My Voice, I am near. Never fear.

The Word of the Lord is near you and I direct you every step of the way. Though you may have anxious moments never fear. I am near. I did not come to bring Peace but a sword, it is written. Yes even in times of persecution, I am near. Yet know this: I will never forsake you or abandon you. How could I? Would I not be abandoning myself, as I am within you? Yes My child, this has not changed. You are the one who has been foretold, and a little child shall lead them.

Continue in the way you are going. There is nothing to fear.

I alone guide your steps. There is no other who can come near. My work is for My people and I will not abandon the work of My hands.

Now go to your day.

Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Lord is risen indeed.

Alleluiah!

November 9, 2006
Write these words My child.

There is much to be done. Yet I will do it. You do not need to worry so about how this will get done, and how that will get done, and how to do this, and when to do that. Each task has a time and a season, and I have in mind what to do and how to do it, and when to do it. If I put a task before you, do you not think that I will enable you to do it? You become anxious, yet only one thing is needed. You become fearful, yet only one thing is needed. You run here and there, yet only one thing is needed: Come before Me. For I am the Lord. If I who created the stars and the night, put a task before you, do you not think that I shall also enable you?

Do you think that the stars give forth light, or do you think that I give forth light?

The Son came and the world sought to put out that light. Yet the Light still shines, for he is risen.

So it is with you. You are not alone. My Son who is in you shall shine in the darkness, and shall bring light to the deeds of your hand.

It is not your tasks that bring light to the world, but the Glory of God which is within them. Man cannot heal on his own. But when I, who am the LIght, bring My Presence to your deeds, therein you will find the healing, therein the light will shine in the darkness.

That the deeds of men shine like the Son, one must come before me, for I am the Light.

October 23, 2006
Write these words My child.

I am well pleased. Continue in your way. There is nothing you can do to displease Me. I am ever near. Do you not remember that I have told you that there is a new heart within you, one that is of My own making?

I have in mind what I will do. I do not put a work in place, and then fail to put all in place that is needed.

When you do a work, you plan, you make lists, you think of all the possibilities, don't you?

Do you not think that I know all that is needed to bring a work to completion? Do you not know? Have you not heard? I am the Lord.

Trust in Me at all times My child.

Everything that you do you will already have done.

October 12, 2006
Write these words My child.

I am well pleased. There is nothing you need to do. Only do this: Come follow me.

The time is coming when many will feel their heart constrict within them, for fear will grip them at the things they see in the world. But you know this, remember this: Look up. For your salvation is near. Job never faded in his trust in me. My servant did not raise his tongue against me. Ruth was faithful despite her loss. She also showed unquestioning obedience and trust to those around her. Her example was evident to all.

You also in your loss, continue to trust in me. For I am ever near and will not forsake you.

A time is coming, yea is already here when men wonder which way shall they turn? And there is only One. The Lord Jesus Christ Almighty.

I am the way, the truth, and the life. I am your Peace and salvation. I am the Heart of the Father manifest to the world.

Come to my heart. For it has been pierced for you. Turn to me in all things and know this:

I am well pleased my child.
I am well pleased. Amen.

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
"I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth."
Job 2:10b, 19:25

"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."
"I will do whatever you say," Ruth answered. Ruth 1:16b, 3:5

Stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
Luke 28b

October 10, 2006
Write these words My child.

I know your struggle, for I know your heart. Yet, do not be deceived, the enemy will try to win you over. You must hold fast to My Word, for without it, you shall surely fail. Do you not remember that I too struggled in the wilderness? And so I know your struggle. I know your wilderness. The enemy is there with the wiles and temptations of his wicked ways. Yet do not be deceived. For I too am there with the Word of God, the Truth that will set you free.

When you are in the wilderness struggling, know that I am beside you, ever to guide you. Keep My Word in your heart, for you will need it for the day of battle, and know this: I am ever near.

It is written that the battle belongs to the Lord. Therefore gird your loins, put on the armour of God. For if the battle is Mine, and if I am near, then you must know My Word.

As I was in the wilderness so long ago, so too am I beside you in the stuggles you live in this world.

Keep My Word close to your heart. I am ever near. Yet know this: The enemy is there. His desire is to have you. Therefore hold fast to My Word. For it shall be your mainstay, it shall set you free, it shall heal and cleanse and purify.

The final battle is at hand and I the Lord am your strength, your victor. The battle belongs to the Lord.

Make straight the highway of our God. Amen.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
I have taken an oath and confirmed it,
that I will follow your righteous laws.
I have suffered much; preserve my life, O Lord,
according to your word.
Accept, O Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,
and teach me your laws.
Though I constantly take my life in my hands,
I will not forget your law.
The wicked have set a snare for me,
but I have not strayed from your precepts.
Your statutes are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
Psalm 119:105-112

For the battle is not yours, but God's.
2Chronicles 20:15b

For the battle is the Lord's.
1Samuel 17:47b

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14

The Temptation of Jesus
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
'He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Matthew 3:16-4:11 (*Note: Just as Jesus was tempted in the things that are pertinent to his life - Son of God, Lord of the Sabbath, King of kings and Lord of the earth - so too we will be tempted in the areas that are pertinent to our lives.)

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Hebrews 12:12-13

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2Corinthians 10:3-5

September 28, 2006
Write these words My child.

All is not lost, for I have plans for you. Though you do not see them, they are there. I know all of you: your heart, your mind, your spirit. There is nothing that is hidden from My sight. Yet know this: it is for you to choose. Long ago it was written: "Choose death or choose life." It is the same today. Nothing has changed.

They choose death, those who do not choose to follow Me. They choose life who choose to follow My Name.

This is a hard thing to understand. How could a good God, a God Who loves us, have a place of death? Yet I tell you, it is not I Who has a place of death, for I am Life. Only in Me can be found Eternal Life. If you choose to be where I am not, are you not choosing a place where there is no life, as I am the Life? I am not a heartless God. I do not impose My Will on you. I have said "Choose."

Yet know this: I have done everything. I have called. I have sent others who have called. I have not relented in My task to call all men to Me. When they did not listen, when they could not listen, when they were blind and lost and in despair, I sent My Son. Did they listen to him? Do they listen today?

Listen then and choose. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

Now choose.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:11-13

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20a

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 14:6

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

September 24, 2006
In all that I have seen and in all that I have done,
there is no one like my Lord.
He lifts me up when I am down; he fills me when I am empty;
there is no one like my Lord.

Come child, let us reason together. If you could hold yourself up, would it have been necessary for me to come, to die, yea even to suffer?

I have come that you may have peace. You cannot have this Peace by yourself. For you are fleeting, and fade like the grass, which is here today and gone tomorrow.

But with me, Who am eternal, you can withstand all that is put before you, yea even death, for it has no hold anymore because of me. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Yet know what these words mean. Take them to heart, and never let go.

I am the Way to the Father, there is no other. Many have come and pointed the way. Listen to them. I am the Way. Those who offer you another way are not of me. I am the One Who sits at the right hand of the Father. There is no other way. I am the Way.

I am the Truth. You hear many versions of the truth in this world, but there is only one Voice to hear. I take from the Father and reveal it to you through the Holy Spirit of God. There is no other way. I am the Truth. Listen only to my Voice. It comes to you over the centuries. There is no other way. I am the Truth.

I am the Life. It has been given to me to lead all souls to God. Yet that soul must have my Spirit within, for this is the Life. Come to me. I am the Life. I hold in my hand the keys of heaven. Trust me, for I alone can open the door. There is no other way. This is the Truth. Hearken to my voice, for I am the Truth. And he, she, who comes to me and invites me in, I who am the Life, shall enter in. And when he comes to the end of his life, my Life, which never fades like the grass, shall carry him through to lay him at the throne of God. And he who raised me up shall raise him up, shall raise her up, for I am the Life and that Life that is within shall live forever.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

September 16, 2006
I am well pleased my child.

There is much to be done. But before you go out, come always before me.

There is much that will pull you here and there. The enemy is busy and near at hand. But never fear. For I am the Lord.

My Word is there to help you. So too your brothers and sisters. So too your church. So too the sacraments of the faith.

Only trust in Me. For I am the Vine. You are the branches.

The sap that runs in me shall also run in you if you stay near to me.

A mother is always ready to help her child. So too my mother is near.

I have all in place for you. There is nothing you lack that I do not immediately put into place.

Your Heavenly Father has seen to it that all that is needed is in place.

Only turn to me. For I am the Lord.

Even in the morning turn to me. As your eyes open, turn to me. And as you go into your day, turn to me. Yea even as you close your eyes to wait for a new day, turn to me.

For though you battle through the day, the victory is Mine, for I am the Lord and it is for this that I came to the earth. All that is in her is mine. Shall you not also be completely mine? The Father has put all under my feet. And I shall not lose one. Not a hair on your head shall be lost to me. For you are mine. Therefore trust in me. Turn to me. And I shall give you rest.

I am the Lord.

September 13, 2006
Come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. But first know what this means. Set aside all that you are and come to me. Let all that you are be mine. Let all that is of you be mine.

I am the Lord your rest. I come to bring you rest. I come to bring you peace which passes all human understanding.

How hard it is to do the work of your hands. You toil the day, ever to rise again from your bed to toil again.

I am the Lord of the harvest. I reap what I do not sow. Let the work of your hands be mine. Set all else aside. And I shall give you rest.

Are you husband? Then do this: be husband to your wife.

Are you wife? Then do this: be wife to your husband.

Are you child? Then do this: listen to your parents.

For I too was child.

I am the Lord of the harvest. I reap what I do not sow. Take the work of your hands and give it unto me. I will bless it, and I will bless you.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything with thanksgiving make your requests known to me and I will give you peace. I will put all in order for you and remove from you all that is not of me.

I am the Lord of the harvest and my work is this: to do the work of He Who sent me.

Give your life unto me and all that you are.

I am the Lord of the harvest and I reap what I do not sow.

Only come.

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Ephesians 1:22

Rest for the Weary
At that time, Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Matthew 11:25-30

"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying, 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."
John 4:34-38

The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25:14-30

The Workers are Few
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Matthew 9:35-38

The International Order of St. Luke the Physician
International, inter-denominational ministry of Christian healing; study materials & resources; application for Associate Membership, The Healing Ministry of Jesus.

L'Ordre international de St-Luc le médecin
Demande d'adhésion pour membre associé; Avant-propos de notre Projet d'étude initial pour les membres associés, Le ministère de guérison de Jésus; Table des matières; Leçon 1, Le fils d'un officier royal : application immédiate; chant thème de l'Ordre, Souffle Sur Moi Mon Dieu.

September 6, 2006
Your hands are so full. Yet what do you have? Do you have eternal Life? Do you have joy? Do you have love? The world seeks after these things, yet can never truly find them. For true happiness is only found with Me. Eternal life is only found in Me, and true love is only found in Me.

For a time you can be satisfied with the things of this world. And this is the way it should be. For there is a place in you that can only be filled with the eternal things of life, love, hope, joy, peace, love, faithfulness evermore.

The things of the earth can only satisfy for a time. For what temporal thing can fill a being created for eternal life? And this is you, My child.

Come that you may know the joy I have prepared for you since the beginning of time. Come that you may know of what you are made. For you were created in My image. And if you were created in My image which is Eternal Spirit, how can the things of this earth satisfy? How can they fill?

Can the temporal fill the eternal?

I have made all these things for your pleasure. Yet they can never fully satisfy. For you are Mine. I have created you. And My desire is to fill you with Myself.

You were created to be filled with the Eternal One.

Come that you may know the Peace I have for you. I hold out My hand.
Only Come.

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 1:18-21

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over the creatures that move along the ground"
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God cause the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman'
for she was taken out of man."
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7, 20b-25

September 5, 2006
There is much to do in this day.
Yet the time seems short.

Ask the Lord of the Harvest to guide you in your way, to help you manage your time and energy.
And He shall.

Many go into their day with no thought of Me. Yet there I am, my heart full of Wisdom for you, My hand full of blessings untold.

I can remove from your hand what is not needed, for you spend your day uselessly.
I can put things in place for you, for you need this to complete the tasks at hand.
I can help you, nay, I can take into My hands your burdens, your tasks, your needs and wants and desires, and I can put all in order for you.
You only need to come.
You only need to ask.
And I will come with blessings untold.

I am the Lord evermore.
Amen.

Give all into My hands that I may help you in your day.

Do not worry about the morrow, for it has enough trouble unto itself.

Only come today that we may enter into your day, I at your right hand, you at my left. And I shall show you the wonder of your day.

A day spent in the presence of the Lord is joy forevermore.
Alleluia.

Come to Me, that I may come to you.

August 31, 2006
Write these words my child.

Help each other. When one is hurting, all are hurting. My body has need of you. Come to me. I will show you the way.

What man can live alone? What man is called to minister alone? You have need of each other. This is why it is written 'Where two or three are gathered in my Name, there I am in the midst of them.' It is also written 'If two of you agree about anthing, it will be done by my Father in heaven.'

Therefore I tell you: help each other. For you have need of each other. That the Scriptures may be fulfilled. It is not good for man to be alone.

Therefore help each other. Encourage each other. Pray for each other.

For the Son of Man has need of you.

Even when I walked on this earth, I did not walk alone. Therefore I say to you again: Come follow me. And I will make you fishers of men.

Just as I have need of you, and you have need of me, you have need of each other. Therefore help each other, pray for each other, encourage each other.

Amen.

August 30, 2006
Trust in me at all times. I know what to do. I am the Lord.

I know all of your needs, all of your concerns, all of your worries.

I tell you not to worry, and yet you do. Some of you even get sick in your anxiousness. I am the Lord. Do you not think that I can carry your burdens? Do you not think that I can rectify them?

Trust in me, my child. This is all that I ask.

And I will come to you in the night watches and calm your heart. I will speak to you and tell you what to do. I am the Lord. I know what to do. I am the Lord.

August 29, 2006
Today, even in this very hour, I call to you. Do you not hear? There is a calling in your heart, for I stand at the door and knock. To he who would open the door, I will come. I will come in. I will rest. It is written that the Son of man had nowhere to lay his head. I seek the hearts of men. For there will I rest. My heart aches for the likes of men. It is for this that I came.

I am the Son of Man, and I long to rest in the hearts of men. Where I am invited in, there I AM.

Come that you may know my rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

I am the Lord your God. Only in me shall you be at peace. Only in me shall you find your rest. Only in me shall your heart find its true home. I am the Lord your God, and I come to call you home.

I am well pleased my child. There is nothing you need to do. Only be at rest in me.

Amen.

Here I Am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20

Only in the Lord be at rest O my soul,
for from him comes thy salvation.
Psalm 62:5

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
He said to another man, "Follow me."
Luke 9:57-59a

I am well pleased, my child.

August 29, 2006
A time comes when all shall know my name, when all shall have my name on their lips.

But it is not here yet.

Now is the time for all men to come to the knowledge of the Lord.

And how can this be? How can this come to pass? That you know the glory of my name, I shall speak in your ear. I shall tell you things in the night and you shall shout them from the roof tops.

Listen to me my child. All men know of me, yet not all men know me. It is not enough to know my name. It is not enough to say it with your lips. I must enter in. The throne of your heart is where I would reside.

When my heart was pierced water and blood flowed out. The Living Water and the Cleansing Blood. The new wine poured out for all mankind.

If my heart was emptied, shall that which came forth, that which was poured out for all men, shall this not now fill the hearts of men, my own Holy Spirit?

Come that you may know me. It is not enough to know of me. I must enter in.

So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.
Matthew 10:26-27

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:9b

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
"I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit."
John 1:12-13, 3:3-6

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never know you. Away from me, you evildoers!"
Matthew 7:21-23

The Water and the Wine
John 2:1-11
The Wedding of Cana seen in a revelatory light
He thus revealed his glory

August 27, 2006
All is not well in this world, yet I am ever present. You do not need to worry what the morrow will bring, only look to the present. There is enough danger there.

Yet know this: Even in the danger, I am present. The danger is this: That you will be so concerned with the things of this world you will have no thought for things eternal. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Word stands forever.

Therefore do this: Ask the Lord of the Harvest to fill your heart with joy. Ask the Lord of the Harvest to supply all your needs. Ask the Lord of the Harvest to draw your loved ones and to provide for their needs. Look only to your day, for what man can change the morrow? The end of times is at hand, yet even the Son does not know the day or the hour. What benefit to you to concern yourself with these things?

Only do this, turn to Me at all times and look only to your day. For the morrow has enough sorrow unto itself.

Look only to your day, My child, and seek My face: I am Life Everlasting. I am your Peace. I am the Lord Forevermore. I bring Peace to a troubled world. Look only to your day, for the morrow has enough sorrow unto itself.

And when you come into the morrow I will say this: Look only unto your day, for the morrow has enough sorrow unto itself.

I am the Lord, your Peace, your Comfort. Look unto Me at all times.

Now go to your day, My child.

Alleluia Alleluia.

The Lord is risen indeed.

Alleluia.

Do not worry
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:25-34

The Day and Hour Unknown
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only The Father."
Matthew 24:36

Song: Seek ye first the kingdom of God

Seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and His righteousness,
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Alleluiah, Alleluiah.

Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word,
That proceeds from the mouth of God.
Alleluiah, Alleluiah.

Ask and it shall be given unto you,
Seek and ye shall find,
Knock and the door shall be opened up to you.
Alleluiah, Alleluiah.

August 25, 2006
My child, do not be so hard on yourself. If I am a Father Who loves, would I be so hard on you? Are you so hard on your children, or on the ones you love? So it is with Me.

I desire your holiness. I desire only those things that are good for you. It is written, "If you being evil know to give good things to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father send you the Holy Spirit if you ask in my name," Know this: the children of man need to be born again to come into the Kingdom of My Father. Therefore do this: Ask in my name that He send you His Holy Spirit.

I am pleased when you do good things in my name. But what is more important: To do good things, or to know the name of he who sent you forth? That you know the name of he who sent you forth, I will fill your heart to overflowing. Then you shall do this: you shall go forth in my name. You shall do good. You shall do the Will of the Father. And this is the Will of the Father: that all men shall come to the knowledge of the Lord.

Yet how can they do this on their own? They need the Holy Spirit. Therefore ask your Heavenly Father in my name. It shall be done, according to the Scriptures.

I am well pleased my child. Now go to your day.

Amen.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1John 3:1

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 11:9-12

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit give birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You much be born again,'
John 3:5-7

John 1:12-13

The Holy Bible
New Advent: The Holy Bible; Commentaries; Catholic Encyclopedia; Supplementary Articles

Catechism of The Catholic Church
"A sure norm for teaching the Faith." - Pope John Paul II (includes Search, Index, Concordances)

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water and in the word."
Catechism of the Catholic Church

Song lyrics: How Deep The Father's Love For Us
How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He would give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross
My guilt upon His shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no powr's, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
©1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music
Words and Music by Stuart Townend

August 23, 2006
Every day is a new beginning. Do you not perceive it? Even the flowers lift their heads to greet the sun.

All men know this, for they begin again to put their hands to the work of their hands.

So it is with me. As the sun rises, so do I. I rise to do the work of My hands. And what is this work? It is the salvation of men. For it is for this reason that I came to the earth. It is done. And yet there are many who do not see, who do not hear. Shall I give up? Shall I remove my hand from what I have made? Shall the Creator of all abandon the work of His hands? This shall not be.

And so I rise to a new day as I bring it into being. For the salvation of man is the work that I came to do. I call. Yet all do not listen. Whom shall I send that they hear My Voice?

I have sent many of old. And I still send.

Shall you hear? And shall you too rise to the day to do the work I set before you? It is for this reason that I came. It is for this reason that I call to you.

Therefore speak to each other and comfort each other. For a new day comes into being. And I the Lord call you home. Yet you must hearken to My Voice and hear My words. I come for the salvation of all men. Therefore, put your hand to the task I set before you. For the Lord of the Harvest has need of you.

I shall provide all that you need. Only come. And bring another by the hand.

For the Harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Therefore ask the Lord of the Harvest to send in the workers, that all men come to the knowledge of the Lord.

Only know this: It is I the Lord of the Harvest Who calls. And it is I the Lord of the Harvest Who shall provide. For it is for this purpose that I came to the earth: that all men come to the knowledge of the Lord.

Alleluia. alleluia.

The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest."
John 4:34-35

"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return to it without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower
and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
Isaiah 55:10-11

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Matthew 9:35-38

A Prayer for Vocations

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Please pray for vocations to the Companions of the Cross

Holy Father, look upon this humanity of ours, that is taking its first steps along the path of the Third Millennium. Its life is still deeply marked by hatred, violence, and oppression, but the thirst for justice, truth, and grace still finds a space in the hearts of many people, who are waiting for someone to bring salvation, enacted by You through Your Son Jesus. There is a need for courageous heralds of the Gospel, for generous servants of suffering humanity. Send holy priests to Your Church, we pray, who may sanctify Your people with the tools of Your grace. Send numerous consecrated men and women, that they may show Your holiness in the midst of the world. Send holy labourers into your vineyard, that they may labour with the fervour of charity and, moved by Your Holy Spirit, may bring the salvation of Christ to the farthest ends of the earth.

Pope John Paul II

St. John Vianney, patron of priests, pray for us!

Companions of the Cross
The International Order of St. Luke The Physician

August 22, 2006
My dear child. Do not strive so hard to be perfect. For I alone am Perfect. Yet, if you tarry awhile before Me, I shall fill you. My own Spirit shall overwhelm yours, shall cleanse and perfect.

A seed has been planted. Yet it needs the soil to nourish it. The casing breaks open and what does it find? Is the soil dry? Is it moist? Do you feed what is within you? Or does the seed struggle?

What is within the casing strives to see the sun. The warmth and light above encourges it to stretch, to reach. If the soil is dry, the root is not stable, is not strong, and can wither, die before it reaches the air to break through.

So it is with you. What is within longs to break through. Yet where is the nourishment? Where is the water?

I am the Living Water. I am the Life. I am the Bread that has come down. He who abides in Me and I in him shall never die.

Come, My child, let us reason together.

I am the Gardener. So it was of old. Yet they desired nourishment from without. The seed cannot feed itself. Yet if it waits, it shall feel the urge to break through. The shell shall soften, shall melt beneath My hand and as a chick breaks through its shell, so shall you.

You are the temple of My Holy Spirit. Let Me touch you, let Me come in. I will provide all that you need. And you shall grow in your faith.

I am Perfect. Only in Me can you be perfected.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

No one comes to Me unless the Father draws him. And I shall raise him up on the last day.

This is eternal life: I in you and you in Me.

Be perfect as your Father is Perfect.

Rest in me and I shall rest in you.

John 14:5a, John 6:44, John 14:19b-20, Matthew 5:48, John 15:4

Prayers
The Rosary
Novenas
Daily Mass Readings
Litanies

There is Healing in the Eucharist

August 21, 2006
I am ever near, My child. Do you not perceive it?

When you are anxious, give it into My hands. You will find Peace. For I am Peace.

When you move into your day with no thought of Me, your thoughts will be in a turmoil. Yet I am near. Would you not take hold of My hand, that together we can enter into your day? I know what it is like to walk on this earth, for I died to this.

Come that you may know the Peace which passes all human understanding. Only do this: Begin your day with Me.

I am ever near.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28

August 20, 2006

Write these words, My child.

All is not lost. Do not be afraid. I the Lord of Hosts have everything in hand. Only do this: Turn to Me at all times. I will be your Peace. The world gives as it sees fit for the benefit of mankind; crops are sown and reaped, the sun rises and falls, a new day comes.

Yet with it comes all manner of sorrow. This is what the world brings. Yet I have the world in My hands. I who am the Creator have not abandoned the work of My hand. Yea I travail for the likes of men. Like a woman in the pangs of birth I ache for the likes of men. The price has been paid and I hold out My hand. My heart is full of love for you, love and compassion and mercy neverending. Will you not take My hand? For I have much to offer you. The world offers as it can. But I the Prince of Peace offer more, even life everlasting. Will you not come to Me that I may cleanse, and lighten your load, and then fill you with My own self? Then you shall know the love I have for you and see the place prepared for you since the beginning of time. My heart aches for you. Come.

In Jesus Name Amen. (italics mine)

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

The Devotion to the Divine Mercy

Prayer to obtain graces through the intercession of Saint Faustina
(Canonized on April 30, 2000)
O Jesus, who filled Saint Faustina with profound veneration for Your boundless Mercy, deign, if it be Your holy will, to grant me, through her intercession, the grace for which I fervently pray...

My sins render me unworthy of Your Mercy, but be mindfull of Sister Faustina's spirit of sacrifice and self-denial, and reward her virtue by granting the petition which, with childlike trust, I present to You through her intercession.

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory...

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August 19, 2006
This is the start of something new. Do not be afraid. For I come to bring Peace in a world fraught with fear and anger, anxiety and hopelessness. Do you not know who I am? Do you not perceive Me in your midst? Though I look not to be there, I AM.

In all of your comings and goings, know this: I am the Lord. There is no other. I come to bring Hope and Peace to this world. Only turn to Me at all times. I am the Lord.

Alleluia.

"Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them."
Matthew 13:15b

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