A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary with Today’s Readings to jumpstart your day!
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
Meditation- Yes, boldly! Not please, please, please. Not wimpy prayers but in total trust tell Him what you need! Ask, seek, and knock! God knows what we need before we ask but He still wants you to ask. So ask in faith and trust- hold out a big cup!
Prayer- Jesus we trust in You!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Boldly To the Throne of Grace!
Our Lord praised her sacrifices and prayers. “Sacrifice and prayer! These are you instruments. The goal is to bring about the powerful work of Salvation. Oh, if your desires reach the throne of the heavenly Father, the results will be abundant.” (Jesus) (July 22-23, 1963)
Today’s Readings: For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.
Prayer Meditation- Lord, we do not have a high priest who does not know what we are going through! You gave all so that we could be free! You want us to come boldly to the Throne of Grace, with total trust and abandonment. Yet our best instruments are prayer and sacrifice with the desire to please You and save souls! Like John and James in today’s Gospel we can have silly and immature wants and needs, O Lord, purify our hearts and desires in conformity to Your Perfect Will which is Love and Mercy itself!
What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? (Psalms 8:4)
Meditation- O Lord You are mindful of us and love us so much that You became one of us and suffered all that we suffer. You also came to repair and restore all of our acts in Your Most Holy Divine Will and then made the ultimate sacrifice of Your Life for ours! What is man- Your dearly beloved sons and daughters made in Your Likeness and Image!
Prayer- Let us pray the Our Father knowing You have loved us into existence from all eternity!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues
Led by The Spirit to Speak
“Do not be surprised, my little instrument, that you cannot speak eloquent words. I am the one who acts and who enkindles the Flame of Love in the depth of hearts. (Mary) (December 17, 1962)
Today’s Readings: When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” (Luke 12)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, so often we want to speak eloquent words in defense of the Faith or of You! Often we find ourselves tongue tied or confused especially when we meet opposition because we are trying to do this under our own power! Lord purify our hearts and minds and our speech- let Your Holy Spirit let us know when we should speak and when we should be quiet in humility. We are Your Instruments- Lord use us for Your Glory!
The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. (Psalms 145:18)
Meditation- Lord we so often forget that You are always right there, never far from us but near to us always even during our busiest days and hard seasons. Let us call You always into all of our actions, thoughts, words, and deeds. Even into every heart beat and every breath! Jesus breathe in our breathing, speak in our speaking, think in our thinking!
Prayer- Jesus Son of God have mercy on me, a sinner! Jesus I trust in You!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist
The Laborers are Few
The souls that make reparation and faithfully follow My desires are so few.”(Jesus) (October 18, 1962)
Today’s Readings: He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest. (Luke 10)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today we celebrate St. Luke. St. Luke’s Gospel ,of the four, is the Gospel of Your Mercy and Love and desire for healing for the lost and the broken. In the Gospel today we see the sending of the 72- today Lord You send us out today in this broken world, just a few laborers in an ever growing harvest of souls in need of Your Grace. Lord, help us to be the ones who make reparation and faithfully follow Your desires for the salvation of souls! Let us be merciful in our words and deeds and never discount the power of prayer and intercession to bring in the harvest of souls for You!
For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ. (Ephesians 1:19)
Meditation- O Lord You have given us the gifts of the Holy Spirit including wisdom and insight. To know Your Most Holy and Divine Will! But where do we learn Your Will- it is in Your Word! Through meditating on Scripture and applying it to our lives. It is there that we find our purpose in Christ in whom we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). All things are complete in You Lord and Your Most Holy and Divine Will is a mystery which You keep revealing to us through all Eternity!
Prayer- Thy Kingdom come, thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
The Lord Has Made Known His Salvation
“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: The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness. (Psalm 98)
Prayer Meditation- Our Mother who has been coming more and more to Her Children like any good Mother would- to warn us, protect us, and save us. In Fatima, the last apparition brought with it a miracle- the Miracle of the Sun for the whole world to see thanks to the media of the time. Lord, You did indeed make salvation known in the sight of the nations! And yet, even after such a miracle, it was business as usual here on planet Earth. We did not heed Your Mother’s request for First Saturdays- for prayer and sacrifice including the Rosary. And yet Lord, You do not give up on Your kindness and Your faithfulness. Even in these sad times, You have given us the lifeboat- the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Ark of Safety for our times! So let us repent, which means simply to turn around, and let us return to You offering our nothingness in love for the Love which never lets us go because You have made known Your Salvation! Let us correspond to Your Grace!
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalms 1:3)
Meditation- Lord today the Readings are all about fruit, the kind of fruit we should be manifesting through the Spirit in Galatians 5- love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, generosity,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. On our own it is impossible but the key is in the Psalms, we are to be trees planted by the streams of Your Living Water because it is through You and Your Holy Spirit that we can yield good fruit in due season and truly prosper in the abundant life You so want us to have in You!
Prayer- Jesus we surrender ourselves to You, take care of everything!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Wednesday of the Twenty Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Fruits of The Spirit
Do not make decisions based upon the feelings of the moment. Have a firm and persevering acceptance of sacrifices. This is what produces abundant fruit in the souls.” (Jesus) (August 7, 1962)
Today’s Readings: In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.(Galatians 5)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, if we want a check- up of where we are there is no better Scripture reading than Galatians 5. Are we seeing joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control? If not is it because we are still living in our own will and not Yours? Lord, help us accept the duty of the present moment, with Your Grace, so that we would manifest the fruits of living in the Spirit in our lives each day!
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