My Redeemer Lives!

For I know that my Redeemer lives and at last He will stand upon the earth (Job 19:25)

Meditation- Today’s Mass Reading is from the Book of Job. You know Job, he was tested and tried in every way but he stayed faithful even in the worst of circumstances and loss. Even as his wife told him to curse God and die! (Job 2:9). Even as friends kept stopping by with all kinds of questionable advice. And even God does not really give poor Job an answer but in Job 38 shows His Omnipotence as the One who tells the sun where to stand and the sea that it can only go so far! And that is the point isn’t it? We may never have all the answers in this life in our suffering but we do know the One who is in control and who always works all things for our good! (Romans 8:28). Yes Lord, You live and because You live we can face today and tomorrow and everything in between and we know You will have the final Word in our lives and for all time as You bring the new Heavens and the new Earth! (Revelations 21) Fiat!

Prayer- O Lord we praise You we thank You and we bless You because You are God Alone and You remain on the Throne even in our chaos. Reign in our hearts and reign in all the Earth!

October 2- Feast of The Guardian Angels

” See that you do not despise one of these littles ones; for I tell you that in Heaven their Angels always behold the Face of My Father who is in Heaven.” (Matthew 18:10)

Fruit of Meditation- O Lord we are all Your little ones and our angels watch over us night and day. It is not You who leave us but us who leave You, forgetting we are little and You are Our Loving Father. O Lord we forget that we depend on You and Your care and protection for us and the love we have inside of us quietly grows cold. We become self reliant in our own eyes, yet we can do nothing without You, including love those around us! We cannot truly love one another as Your littles ones with any other Love but Yours!

Prayer- O Lord let us love with Your Love as our love is so poor to the point of nonexistent at times! Our Guardian Angels, guard and protect us! Mary, Queen of Angels pray for us!

Fire From Heaven

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

Memorial of Saint Therese

Fire From Heaven

If a fire breaks out in a place, people come from everywhere so there is as little damage as possible. Then why do you not put out Satan’s fire? You let the flame of hell carry out its destruction. (Jesus) (August 7, 1962)

Today’s Readings: On the way they entered a Samaritan village
to prepare for his reception there,
but they would not welcome him
because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?” (Luke 9)

Prayer Meditation: Oh Lord, today’s Gospel can be kind of humorous when we think about John and James, the Sons of Thunder, wanting to call down fire from Heaven. Then we realize, so often that is us! How many of us have “called down fire” in throwing Bible verses or catechism paragraphs at our loved ones to prove we are right and they are wrong and on the wrong track! We judge others when it is Your job, assuming we know where they are heading but the truth is we do not even know where we are headed! Even St. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:27 that he pommels his body to subdue it, lest after preaching to others he himself should be disqualified. It is not our job to call down fire from Heaven but to spread the Flame of Your Love so that we can truly counteract Satan’s Fire which rages out of control today. It is not spending time and energy on the latest outrage , no matter how justified that leads us to Heaven but spending time in prayer and adoration so that we can love others with Your Love that calls down the only Fire that heals! In the words of Saint Therese, let us love since our heart is made for nothing else!

Would That All Would Be Prophets

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

Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Would That We All Would Be Prophets (Numbers 11)

When you hear anyone pronounce My Name with a sigh, let this ring unceasingly in your ears. Help that soul to come close to Me.” (Jesus) (November 29, 1962 )

Today’s Readings: Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. (Mark 9)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, it is so easy to become territorial in trying to work for You but You have told us whoever is not against You is for You! Lord would that we all would be prophets which means one who speaks Your Truth and that we would all be One in You! May our hands gather in unity as we pray and sacrifice for Your Flame of Love to spread and Your Kingdom to reign on Earth as it is in Heaven!