Daily Devotional Based on Spiritual Classic He And I

Fear? O course, My little girl, it counts for expiation for your host-life, for the co-redemption. I Myself was afraid in Gethsemane. And what fear! There again we are together, since I wanted to share all your sufferings. Joyously consent to share Mine. This means so much to Me. Do you see My part in your life-supreme love desiring only at-onement with you? It is for this end that I arrange the events of your life. (Jesus, July 27, 1944).

³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” ³⁹ And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (Matthew 26:38-40).

¹⁷ and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. (Romans 8:17-18).

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6).

O Lord we love You, we adore You and we praise You because You are a God who understands our fears. You walked the Earth and shared all of our sufferings and our fears and now You ask us to enter into Your suffering not only to heal us and redeem us but that we would be co-heirs and co-redeemers with You! (Colossians 1:24). It means so much to You when we offer our sufferings, not only out of resignation but of love! You seek union with us not only in Heaven but here on Earth and You arrange the events of our lives so that all would come together for good (Romans 8:28) for those who love You! Lord may we trust in You always with all of our hearts, leaning not on our own understanding, acknowledging You, the author of our lives!

Here I am. I was waiting for you. When my children receive Communion in the morning, I wait during the day for their little of thanks. Haven’t I deserved it? Just think what it means to receive Communion. How heartless not to say thank you! I gave all of Myself to My little children. Whoever wants Me may take Me. And those who receive, receive all Heaven, for Heaven is you Christ. But don’t take such an immense favor for granted. Think of each Communion as a first Communion. (Jesus to Gabrielle Bossis, July 23, 1942)

Daily Devotional Based on He and I

¹⁸ Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
    therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
    blessed are all those who wait for him. (Isaiah 30:18).

¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

³² “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32).

O Lord, it is so hard to believe that You wait for us. You the God of the Universe, wait with longing for us each day. And Lord it is so few but when we come to Mass in the morning, You wait for our thanks. O Lord I must admit even as a daily Mass goer I can give into distractions and let the thorns of life (Matthew 13) choke the good soil of my soul. And yet You have given us everything and each day we can receive You- we can receive Heaven! What if today was my last Communion- how did I receive You today? With love and thanksgiving and in absolute awe for the God who stops at nothing to live in union with me, this dust who in her nothingsness has absolutely nothing to give back but thank you, thank you thank you? I love You Lord for myself and for all as if all received You with gratitude, faith, trust, and love!

A Daily Devotional Based on the Spiritual Classic He and I

I take My rest in people who give themselves to Me; the more work I have to do in them, the more I rest. And while I’m working in you, if you keep your eyes on Me all day long, my work will be more fruitful.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. (Romans 12:1)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6).

² looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

O Lord, You so want us to give You everything, all that we are! We think pleasing You is all about what we do but it really is about how much of ourselves have we given to You so that You can rest in us and work in us. To trust in You with all of our hearts and not to rely on our own insight. You ask us to keep our eyes on You while You work in us. We know sometimes that work can be painful if we really let You in and let You remove what is not of You! And yet in keeping our eyes fixed on You, trusting You in all of our storms and in enduring our crosses in union with You, that there is joy ahead and life that never ends!

Daily Devotional Based On The Spiritual Classic He And I

For love I gave myself into the hands of men who did with Me as they wished. Now, I give Myself up in the Eucharist, and once again you do with Me what you wish. This is for love too. Right to the end. Right to the end of time. (Jesus, July 19, 1939).

 ⁵ Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷ but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. ⁹  (Philippians 2:5-9).

 ²³ For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵ In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1).

O Lord, this reading today from He and I makes me want to cry because You have given everything in Your Passion and You continue to give us Yourself, all of Yourself, in every Catholic Mass at every moment around the world. And You did it and do it for love, for no other reason than love because You are love. And how many people really know this or think about it. Not all of the world is Christian, and not all Christians are Catholic and so many Catholic if you believe the statistics think the Eucharist is just a symbol. And yet, You are there and will be there until the end of time. You will never leave us forsake us now matter how You are received. O Lord let all of us who do believe in the fullness of Your Truth receive You with deep gratitude and love because You are the Love which never gives up on us and never let’s go loving us to the end of our lives and into Eternity.