BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS

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Monday of Holy Week

Be Strong and Courageous

Suffer with courage, perseverance, and sincere abandonment. Don’t ponder if the suffering is large or small. All that you can still do for Me on Earth is meritorious. (Jesus) (July 24, 1963)

Today’s Readings:

I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD. (Psalm 27)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, help us to suffer with courage and abandonment to Your Holy Will. Lord we believe that You are working all things for good. we wait for You with courage! Lord all we can do for You is meritorious. So, let us like Mary in today’s Gospel (John 12)  anoint You with the sweet perfume of our offering of ourselves in complete trust and abandonment as we enter Holy Week.

Lord Jesus we follow You, we love You and we adore You this week knowing it was all for love and love wins!

AT THE NAME OF JESUS

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Palm Sunday of The Lord’s Passion

At The Name Of Jesus

Jesus: “Come, My little one, bow your head towards Me and let us talk about something that is difficult for you. Will the sufferings you do for Me be many?” (Jesus) (October 15, 1962).

Today’s Readings: Because of this, God greatly exalted him
    and bestowed on him the name
    which is above every name,
    that at the name of Jesus
    every knee should bend,
    of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,    
    and every tongue confess that
    Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.(Philippians 20

Prayer Meditation- Lord, we enter Palm Sunday today and Holy Week we know that the crowd called out Your Holy Name only to turn around and yell “Crucify Him” in less than one week. It is easy to say Your Name when things are going well or when we are in a friendly crowd but what happens when the crowd turns against You in our families, in our work places, in our culture? O Lord, You know it is difficult for us but You also tell us to pick up our crosses and follow You, ready to suffer our tiny piece of the Cross You have made ready for us. O Lord, You will be high and lifted up on that Cross this week and You will lay down Your Life and empty Yourself for our redemption and for the glory of God the Father! Lord one day every knee will bend and every tongue confess that You are Lord but let us gladly choose You now and worship You, loving You for all that do not love, do not hope, and do not adore You! Blessed Mother, may we keep You company this week like St. John and the faithful women always with our eyes and our hearts turned to the sorrows of Your Son Jesus!

Lord, we thank You, we praise You, and we adore You that Your Dwelling Place is indeed with us and that You are our God!

AS A SHEPHERD GUARDS HIS FLOCK- RANSOM FROM HEAVEN

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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent

As A Shepherd Guards His Flock- Ransom From Heaven

Prostrate yourselves at the feet of My Holy Cross and let My Precious Blood fall upon you. The drops of My Blood are a blank check in your hands; you need only to collect it. This check is valid until the end of the world. The soul that lives in God’s grace can cash it anywhere, at any time until death, even if she ignores the day. As frequently as possible, each soul must make use of this check, which is the ransom paid by My Precious Blood. (Jesus) (February 22, 1964)

  Today’s Readings: The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
    he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
    they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings:
The grain, the wine, and the oil,
    the sheep and the oxen. (Jeremiah 31)

Prayer Meditation- Lord we read today in Jeremiah that You are the Shepherd who guards and redeems His Flock. And You ask us to journey with You every step of the way as we enter Holy Week. Because if we walk with You, we will see how every tear, every insult, every assault on Your Most Holy Person, every drop of blood You shed was for every single one of us so that so that all would be redeemed at a price we could never pay. And You just want us to worship and adore You with hearts full of thanksgiving and love because we were bought at a price (1 Corinthians 7:23), no longer slaves

(Romans 6:6) but set free by the Ransom from Heaven!

BELIEVE THE WORKS

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Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Believe The Works

In any case, I arrange everything for your good. My Divine Providence works hard, with diligence, and without any interruption for the good of all humanity. (Jesus) (January 29, 1964)

Today’s Readings: If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;
but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. (John 10)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today in the Gospels you encounter opposition from the religious leaders. So often, You encounter resistance from us as well. Even if we profess faith in You, we can struggle with doubt and unbelief. And yet Lord You arrange everything for our good! If we look back, we can see all the times that You worked miracles in our lives- moments of pure Grace and Providence even if we did not realize it at the time. What stories we all could tell and we will tell in Heaven! Lord, help us to take time today to meditate on Your Goodness and recall all those times that You worked in a mighty way or even small ways in our lives and may we do so with faith, trust, and thanksgiving!

Oh Lord, let us praise You today for You are God yesterday, today, and always!

THE GREAT I AM

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

The Great I Am

I am grateful to you because your heart suffers with Me, beats in Me. Never tire of contemplating My Sacred Wounds, from which you will always draw strength. Offer yourself to the Eternal Father. Abide within the Most Holy Trinity. (Jesus) (March 4-7, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today let us contemplate Your Greatness and Your Love. The God who came to Earth to free us from the bonds of sin and death. The God who loves us to the end. The God who wishes to dwell and live among us even now in trial and travail. God, You are faithful and Your Everlasting Covenant of Love is forever and always! Let us like Abraham follow You in faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5) because Your promises are true and indeed if we remain in Your Word we will never die but live with You forever! (John 8).

Lord thank You for setting us free and continuing to set us free from the chains that bind us! Lord show us where we still need Your Freedom as we enter into Holy Week!

ANOTHER IN THE FIRE

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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Another In The Fire

With all your strength, remain continually in My redeeming work. You will not be paid less because you came later than those who arrived early. But, naturally, from you I require surrender and faithfulness that must last unto death, because it is the only way you can help from up there also. There, our hands will gather in unity.” (Jesus) (October 4, 1962)

Today’s Readings: “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord You come to us today in Your Word. In fact, You come to us every day in Your Word. And You ask us to remain in You and to be Your disciples. You ask us to know the truth, the only truth that sets us free! The truth that has never left us or forsaken us but whispers gently in our storms, I am with you! Just as in the first reading from Daniel 3, we may feel like we are in the blazing furnace in the world we live in today but You, the Son of Man are with us in the fire no matter how hot it is blazing! Lord help us to praise You with Daniel- “Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim;
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.” We praise You in this storm!