How Does This Happen That The Mother of Our  Lord Should Come To Us

Posted byValerie Parisi December 11, 2023  EditHow Does This Happen That The Mother of Our  Lord Should Come To Us

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

How Does This Happen That The Mother of Our  Lord Should Come To Us

“As you see, I am honoring you again. At your request, I come to bless your family and the whole neighborhood. I have brought My peace. Trust! Do not give way to discouragement! I unite your sufferings to my merits.(Jesus) (April 14, 1964)

Today’s Readings: “Most blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1)

Prayer Meditation- How is it Lord, that Your Mother, Our Mother comes to us? She came with haste to help Elizabeth her cousin and She comes with haste when we call. She has been coming to Earth to help us in her various apparitions including Our Lady of Guadalupe. If we want to know Her Heart which is in union with Your Heart we only have to ponder the following comforting words to St. Juan Diego- Am I not here, I who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am 1 not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need something more? Let nothing else worry you or disturb you. Let us meditate today on the Heart of Our Mother and take Her into our hearts and our homes!

A Journey To Make

Posted byValerie Parisi December 10, 2023  EditA Journey To Make

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Monday of the Second Week of Advent

A Journey to Make

“I grasp your hands. I will go with you. May our feet journey together.” (Jesus) (November 29, 1962)

Today’s Readings: It is for those with a journey to make, and on it the redeemed will walk. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee. (Isaiah 35)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, sometimes it is so easy to forget that it is indeed a journey we make to You and Your Kingdom. We want instant restoration and healing but that is usually not how life is and not the way You work in souls. You work in us little by little, changing us from glory to glory! So let us be patient with ourselves and realize we have a journey to make in this world to You- we are redeemed by Your Blood and we will enter our heavenly Zion singing with everlasting joy and gladness and all sorrow and mourning will flee. And on the way, we sing with joy and praise because we are never alone but Your Feet journey together with us and You take us by Your Loving Hand!

Comfort To My People

Posted byValerie Parisi December 9, 2023  EditComfort To My People

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Second Sunday of Advent

Comfort to My People

He filled my soul with the strength of His grace. I cannot express the Lord’s words any more. I have written these words to record how the Lord’s goodness comforts me in my difficult hours. (Elizabeth) (October 15, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. (Isaiah 40)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, sometimes when we think about things of the past, regrets, sins, where we went off the rails it can fill us with such despair. But Lord You did not come to condemn us (John 3) but to redeem us and heal us of our deep wounds. You whisper to us comfort, peace, whatever it is brought to You in true sorrow and contrition- it is over!  You remember our sins no more (Isaiah 43)! So this Advent let us take a deep breath and a long look at ourselves and bring all that is tying us in knots to the Throne of Grace (Hebrews 4) in the confessional if we need to, and we all need to. And after we do that, as they say in Brooklyn fugedaboutit! Because You already have!

Christ Our Strength

Posted byValerie Parisi December 8, 2023  EditChrist Our Strength

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Saturday of the First Week of Advent

Christ Our Strength

Use all your strength to bring sinners to me. Give no thought to anything else. With your entire soul, desire that My consecrated souls always look upon Me and are never distracted by worldly things. They must see My sorrowful eyes and be immersed in Me. If they look into My eyes with a repentant heart, I will make them holier with the rays of My grace. By plunging them into the love of My Heart, I will give them new birth provided they trust Me fully. (Jesus) (April 8, 1962)

Today’s Readings:
The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” (Matthew 9)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, we may be few, those of us who respond to Your Call but even in our weakness we are actually working in Your Strength! The harvest seems even greater now in this world of growing darkness but You desire that we give all we have to bring the lost to You. O Lord we need laborers who are on fire with the Flame of Your Love! O Lord we know You will be gracious to all who cry out to You (Isaiah 30) May our hearts also be moved with pity for all the troubled and abandoned in this world (Matthew 9) because a bruised reed You will not break! (Isaiah 42). Break our hearts for what breaks Yours!

Holy And Without Blemish

Posted byValerie Parisi December 7, 2023  EditHoly And Without Blemish

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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Holy And Without Blemish

“I want you not just to know my name, but to know also the Flame of Love of my maternal heart beating for you. I entrusted you with the task of making known this burning love. That is why you must be very humble. Such a grace as this has only been granted to only very few. Hold such great grace in high esteem.(Mary) (September 29, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Brothers and sisters:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. (Ephesians 1)

Prayer Meditation- On this beautiful day celebrating Our Beautiful Mother we rejoice in the Immaculate Conception and also Her Immaculate Heart joined to Yours that loves us so much with burning charity! She wants us all to be saved and to one day be like Her, Holy and Blameless! Lord may we be the humble little ones who cling to Our Mother who always brings us ever closer to You! Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us!

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand- All Other Ground is Sinking Sand

Posted byValerie Parisi December 6, 2023  EditOn Christ The Solid Rock I Stand- All Other Ground is Sinking Sand

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Memorial of Saint Ambrose

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand- All Other Ground is Sinking Sand

We constantly hurt Him by our many sins. He, in spite of everything, is always kind. He said: “I bless this house that is consecrated to My Sacred Heart.” (Elizabeth) (August 16, 1962)

Today’s Readings: “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. (Matthew 7)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, we often build our houses not on the Rock of Your Love but on the sinking sand of what the world tells us should be our foundation. And then we are confused when it all falls apart- the rains, the floods, and the winds come and we have no foundation. Thank You Jesus that we can turn to You in spite of everything because a humble contrite heart You will not spurn (Psalm 51). Lord, let us build our houses, our lives, on You the Solid Rock on which we stand- all other ground is sinking sand! Jesus we trust in You!

Pity For The Crowd

Posted byValerie Parisi December 5, 2023  EditPity For The Crowd

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Wednesday of the First Week of Advent

Pity For The Crowd

“How good of You to come! Truly, You do not despise me. Because I am a sinner, You double Your strength in me. What goodness, what limitless compassion You have for a repentant sinner.” For a long time, I gave thanks for His infinite mercy. (Elizabeth) (November 22, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Jesus summoned his disciples and said,
“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,
for they have been with me now for three days
and have nothing to eat.
I do not want to send them away hungry,
for fear they may collapse on the way.” (Matthew 15)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today we are reminded that You indeed have pity on us. There is nothing that escapes Your Loving Gaze into our hearts. There is no need that You do not understand and want to fill. You have true loving concern for us in every moment of our lives! What goodness, what limitless compassion You have for those who love You and what mercy is awaiting those who do not yet know Your Love! Lord Jesus, be born in our hearts this Advent season and in the hearts of those we love and bring to You every day in prayer!

To The Childlike

Posted byValerie Parisi December 4, 2023  EditTo The Childlike

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Tuesday of the First Week of Advent

To The Childlike

Jesus: “Do you know why I make you write about the different events in your life? Because these are reflections of My graces in your soul that you – I know it well – would never tell others. In this manner, I oblige you to write so all will see the Divine Work that I have done in your soul since your childhood. (Jesus) (July 24, 1965)

Today’s Readings: Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
“I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike. (Luke 10)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, sometimes we can make things so complicated. We want to know everything but the reality is that You reveal Yourself to the childlike and the humble who turn to You in faith and trust. To them, and hopefully that is us, You have revealed the Kingdom of Heaven. You have been working in our souls since our baptism and You want us to remain Your little children totally dependent on You. Maybe this Advent it is time to strip any complexities from our lives, especially our faith lives, and go back to basics. Instead of piling on devotion after devotion, spiritual book after spiritual book, why don’t we read a chapter a day from the Gospels and pray the Rosary from the heart. Let us do it every day and help us to keep our eyes on You and our hand in Mary’s Hand as we await Your birth into our hearts anew this Advent.

Only Say The Word

Posted byValerie Parisi December 3, 2023  EditOnly Say The Word

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Monday of the First Week of Advent

Only Say The Word

“I tell you and I promise with My Divine Word that whenever you pray for someone, you will never be refused, because the drops of oil of your sacrifices not only fall on the lamps of souls, but also upon My wounds which burn with fever. (Jesus) (April 12, 1965)

Today’s Readings: The centurion said in reply,
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed. (Matthew 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today we meet the centurion who like us is totally unworthy to receive You but who hopefully like us has faith that You can heal by just one Word! Because one drop of Your Favor is all that it takes to turn any situation around. So let us pray boldly and with confidence, unworthy though we are, because You want our healing and the healing of our loved ones more than we do! Lord I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof but only say the Word and my soul will be healed!

Mindful Of You In All Of Our Ways

Posted byValerie Parisi December 2, 2023  EditMindful Of You In All Of Our Ways

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First Sunday of Advent

Mindful of You In All Of Our Ways

Jesus: “You know, the great sin of the world is to ignore My inspirations. It is because of that and lukewarm consecrated souls that the world is walking in darkness. They could help Me, but they are not even aware how dangerous their tepidity is.(Jesus) (First Sunday of January 1964)

Today’s Readings: No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you
doing such deeds for those who wait for him.
Would that you might meet us doing right,
that we were mindful of you in our ways. (Isaiah 63)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, how we have ignored Your Inspirations. How we have turned from You and gone each of us in our own way (Isaiah 53), the way that for so long may have seemed right to us (Proverbs 14:12). And we see now in the darkness of this world that we are utterly helpless. Lord, would that even now, we would be mindful of You in all of our ways. Would that we were waiting right here and right now for deliverance from whatever is obstructing Grace and not allowing us to even hear Your inspirations. Because You are the God who saw us in our misery and came to Earth to redeem us not counting the cost and in an excess of love never before seen. And You still see us and walk with us in all of our pains and sorrows. So, let us open our hearts Lord! Empty them of whatever is burdening us in this long hard year that we would be ready to be filled by the Fountain of Your Holy Will which is Love and Mercy itself!