Living In The Spirit-Real Time

Posted byValerie Parisi May 14, 2023  EditLiving In The Spirit-Real Time

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Living in the Spirit- Real Time

Jesus: “And I tell you: From now on, no longer speak of yourself. The ‘I’ in you must cease completely. Let there be only Me for you. That is your real life.” (Jesus) (May 16, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. (John 15)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, You have promised that You will send the Advocate. In fact, if we are baptized and confirmed You indeed have. Lord sometimes it gets so confusing- there are the gifts and the fruits but we can so often wonder if any of this is actually working in our lives. Yet Lord, You meant for Your Spirit to guide us in our real lives, real time! Lord, send us anew Your Spirit of Truth- let Him testify to You so that we can testify that this same Spirit that rose Jesus from the grave lives in us! (Romans 8:11) Come Holy Spirit with all of Your Gifts- let Your Peace rule in our hearts (Colossians 3:15).

Come Holy Spirit

Posted byValerie Parisi May 13, 2023  EditCome Holy Spirit

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

Come Holy Spirit

Jesus: “Now, you must endure the suffering and darkness which My disciples experienced after My death. But as I sent the Holy Spirit upon them, I will also send Him upon all those for whom you must suffer. Now, in the middle of the sufferings, you comprehend what you did not understand before. This miracle is the repeated coming of the Holy Spirit that many await, and the light of His grace will spread and penetrate the whole earth” (Jesus) (May 15, 1965)

Today’s Readings: “I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you. (John 14)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, we read how You spent time with the Apostles, getting them ready not only for what was to come soon, Your Death, but also the coming of The Holy Spirit! You promised that The Holy Spirit would come and remind them of all You told them. You make that same promise to us too- but are we asking for the Holy Spirit to come into our hearts? Are we asking for His Gifts given to us at Baptism and Confirmation? Are we manifesting His Fruits? Lord particularly in these times, we can feel like we are walking in darkness. But we are never alone and You are always with us! Lord, help us to offer our daily suffering and darkness in union with You for the salvation of many souls! Come Holy Spirit! Come by the means of the Power of the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!

Blessed Are Those Who Hear The Word

Posted byValerie Parisi May 12, 2023  EditBlessed Are Those Who Hear The Word

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Our Lady of Fatima

Blessed Are Those Who Hear The Word

“My Mother, why do you not work miracles like you did at Fatima so people may believe in you?”

Mary: “The greater the miracles, my little one, the fewer those who believed in me. I asked for the First Saturdays and they never heeded my request. I am your gentle and understanding Mother. United with you, I will save you. (Elizabeth/Mary) (April 13, 1962)

Today’s Readings: He replied, “Rather, blessed are those
who hear the word of God and observe it.” (Luke 11)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord we praise You, we bless You and we adore You for this beautiful feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. She came to warn us, Her Children and Yours, and to lovingly instruct us in Heaven’s Peace Plan for this hurting world. She asked us for First Saturday devotions in reparation for our sins and offenses against Her Immaculate Heart. She asked us to pray the Rosary for peace and she warned us about the errors that were to come into the world through our own destructive human wills and ideologies because apart from You we can do nothing (John 15). And we did not listen. Yet She is our gentle and understanding Mother who so wants to unite with us still to save us by bringing us safely to You and Your Divine Mercy! Lord, help us to spread the Flame of Love of Her Immaculate Heart to save souls and bring down Your Kingdom because Her Immaculate Heart will triumph, it is a guarantee! Fiat!

I Chose You

Posted byValerie Parisi May 11, 2023  EditI Chose You

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter

I Chose You

This is why I chose you to be the instrument of our heavenly messages, so that the world will see how prevailing is the Divine Will that wants to be manifested only through the weak. (Jesus) (February 17, 1964)

Today’s Readings: It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another. (John 15)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, You chose us! If we spend some time to really meditate on this it can’t help but blow us away. You chose us- not because of anything wonderful about us or our achievements or our status in this world. You choose the weak to confound the strong, not the other way around. (1 Corinthians 1:27). And the amazing thing is that we can fall and we can fail and we can totally blow it and we can still rest in the blessed assurance that You have not taken back Your choice. We are weak and we are no surprise to You! Lord to be messengers in this age of darkness- to bring the Kingdom of Your Divine Will on Earth is something given to the little ones. Those who come to You like St. Therese like a little child. So let us come to You as children- repent of anything that has gotten in the way of our total dependence on You, Abba Father, because the Kingdom has been hidden from those who are wise in this world and revealed to the little ones. (Matthew 11:25).

Remain In Him

Posted byValerie Parisi May 10, 2023  EditRemain In Him

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Remain In Him

I am your way and your life. Everything passes away, only your work for souls remains.” (Jesus) (January 18, 1964)

Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.(John 15)

Prayer Meditation: Lord, it seems like it should be so easy- just remain in Your Love! But how many things pull us so many directions- temptations, fears, anxieties, troubles all around. And then there we are trying to white knuckle it all by ourselves! Lord You told Saint Faustina that the cause of our falls is that we rely on ourselves and not on You! So how do we remain in You, the only Love that lasts? Help us Lord to remain faithful to prayer, meditating on Your Word, and the Sacraments as often as we can even Spiritual Communions! Without You we can do nothing- let’s not even try it ourselves today- only Your Love remains, all else passes!

Staying Connected

Posted byValerie Parisi May 9, 2023  EditStaying Connected

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Staying Connected

Did you forget that I wanted you to renounce all distracting literature? Let your life be one of contemplation, prayer and sacrifice. (Jesus) (September 2, 1963)

Today’s Gospel: Today’s Readings:

Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. (John 15)

Prayer Meditation: O Lord, there is so much in our world that distracts us from Your Voice and Your Will. Our time on Earth is short and distractions are just wasted time! Help us to stay connected to You, the One True Vine by prayer and by offering every moment to You! Let us not just take up space but may we truly bear fruit (Galatians 5)! May we stay connected to You as we unplug from the world.

Peace He Gives Us

Posted byValerie Parisi May 8, 2023  EditPeace He Gives Us

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Peace He Gives Us

Jesus: “Calm down, My little one. There is no reason to lose the peace of your soul over such a question. (Jesus) (September 1, 1964)

Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. (John 14)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord so many things disturb our peace- questions, worries, fears, our own weaknesses and sins. On our own we are shipwrecked. Yet You always bring Your Peace- no matter what questions we have or fears that trouble us. You calm the seas of our souls. Let us call on You Jesus and not let our hearts ever be troubled!

Remind Me

Posted byValerie Parisi May 7, 2023  EditRemind Me

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Remind Me

Write down again My teaching which corroborates the teaching of the Holy Father. We have not yet meditated on that, but it is very important. Should you have forgotten about this, then I want to remind you. (Jesus) (February 29, 1964)

Today’s Readings: Today’s Readings: “I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.” (John 14)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, there is a country song called Remind Me about a couple who wants to remember the better times. Lord, You have sent us The Holy Spirit to remind us not only of memories of You but what You are saying to us right now at every moment if we would but listen to Your Voice and harden not our hearts (Hebrews 3:15). Lord You dwell in us- help us to love You more and keep Your Word today and every day!

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Only Jesus

Why do you want to know more than you need for

your eternal salvation? (Jesus) (Diary 224)

Today’s Readings: Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time

and you still do not know me, Philip? (John 14)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, we who spend time with You should know You better by now! We overthink things and give in to analysis paralysis and jump through all these hoops because we think that is what we have to do to know Your Will but all we really need to do is to trust in You! Especially in these days we read all sorts of things trying to figure it all out- the times we are in and what will happen.. But there is only one thing to know-that is You Lord and You crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2)   You do not want us to give in to vain curiosity reading and hearing things that only makes us more anxious but to let not our hearts be troubled or afraid because You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life! (John 14). Lord, show us Your Glory- be with us and never leave! That is all we need to know!

We Are His Instruments- Are We All In?

Posted byValerie Parisi May 5, 2023  EditWe Are His Instruments- Are We All In?

Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter

We Are His Instruments- Are We All In?

Do you want to continue being an instrument? Do you want to climb with Me the Mount of Calvary, the Golgotha? If so, your place is beside the Mother of Sorrows. The Flame of Love of her heart that she wishes to enkindle on earth through you demands a total commitment on your part.  (Jesus) (March 24, 1963)

Today’s Gospel: For so the Lord has commanded us, I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13)

Prayer Meditation: O Lord Paul and Barnabas and all the Apostles were all in! Being all in is scary- it involves sacrifice and commitment and pushing forward, not looking back. Yet if we climb with You on the road to Calvary, You have promised us every spiritual blessing including Our Mother who is waiting for our fiat to pour out Her Flame of Love on a hurting world! Let us meditate and prepare ourselves to be His instruments!