Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
Listen To Him
Because your soul has been purified of the anguish of doubts, you now have been given the power to rise to the heavenly Father and be immersed in the delightful and joyful contemplation of the Holy Trinity. (Jesus) (October 23-24, 1963)
Today’s Readings: Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them (Mark 9)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today we meditate on the Transfiguration. Peter, John, and James see You in the Your Glory. Peter nervously tries to enter the conversation with You, the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah) but really the Apostles are scared to death and have no idea what is going on. In so many ways, when faced with Your Glory and Your Majesty, we can be the same. And yet, You call us- Our God first and foremost but also Our Friend to rise and not be afraid especially in these turbulent times. You call us to be purified of doubt and fear and to rise to You in confidence and trust! Let us raise our eyes and see no one but You alone- reign in all the Earth Jesus!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Monday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
All We Have
On the way, I kept adoring Him. When I entered the bakery, I remembered that it was Saturday and I asked, “Do you still have bread?” They said, “No.” I was scared. What will happen now? When I was about to leave, I heard them call me. They had reserved a bread, but the one for whom they had set it aside did not come to get it. At once, I said, “My adorable Jesus.” He said: Jesus: “I am that one. Do you see? The time you spend with Me should not harm your family.” (Elizabeth/Jesus) (February 14, 2015)
Today’s Readings: When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” He said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” (Matthew 14)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, today we read two parallel stories. One disciple, Elizabeth, spent too much time in Adoration as if there is such a thing, and was risking missing out on the last loaf of bread for her family at the bakery. The others followed You to a deserted place but now it was dinner time with not a restaurant in sight. As disciples we come to You with all we have- the five loaves of our devotion, the two fish of our poverty because without You we are nothing. And that is right where You want us- not self sufficient but dependent on You for our daily bread! And You ask us to bring those loaves and two fish to You because it is not our job to feed the five thousand although sometimes we may think that it is. It is our job to bring all that we have to all that You Are- infinite abundance and infinite love and always enough!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Give Us This Bread Always
While we were eating our bread, He allowed me to feel His inner emotions and He breathed His words full of grace into my soul. Jesus said, “May our souls be in harmony. In this way, our hands will gather in unity. Now I fill your heart with the feeling of My Divinity. Oh, that we might gather together as much as possible!” (Elizabeth) (October 18, 1962)
Today’s Readings: So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” (John 6)
Prayer Meditation- Lord most of us will probably not have mystical experiences like Elizabeth, yet all of us, every day if we want to, can visit You in the Tabernacle as if we were visiting You in Capernaum or sitting at Your feet in Bethany. And each day we can receive Holy Communion, the Bread of Life that fills us with everything we need and everything we desire in You. You are our desire- no one else will do! Draw us close to You Lord- may our souls be in harmony, give us this Living Bread always until we are home with You in Heaven!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Saturday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time
Revive Our Hearts
But the amazing spiritual force that had revived in me during these moments filled my heart with an ardent love and the desire that the Flame of Love of the Blessed Virgin be enkindled. (Elizabeth) (February 1, 1963)
Today’s Readings: “See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.” (Psalm 69)
Prayer Meditation- Lord we thank You that You have revealed Your Kingdom to the little ones, not the wise and learned (Matthew 11:25). In these times which can be so discouraging, You see Your lowly ones who seek You with their whole hearts! Revive our hearts Lord and fill us with the ardent love and desire to enkindle the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Friday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time
Behold This Heart
Jesus asked, “Cannot I work a miracle?” “But I am not worthy, Lord.” “Nevertheless, I will work a miracle. I will so bless the problem which seems impossible that all will be straightened out.” (Jesus) (August 3, 1962)
Today’s Readings: But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.” And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith. (Matthew 13)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, have we allowed You to be too familiar? You are fully present in our Churches and in our hearts but yet we take You for granted. We don’t think of You or turn to You in prayer unless we need something- and then it is on our timetable and not Yours! We set up barriers- distrust, unbelief, wanting to have things turn out our way, and even to despair that You as God may not be big enough for our problems! We have not because we ask not! (James 4:3). Lord we do not give You honor in Your own house- not in our Churches and not in our hearts! Lord open our eyes to Your Goodness, to Your Heart which has spared us nothing and teaches us to pray with our whole hearts- 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
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liquori
The Potter’s Hand
You, little instrument, be reasonable and totally humble. You are an instrument in our hands. (Jesus) (December 17, 1962)
Today’s Meditation: This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Rise up, be off to the potter’s house; there I will give you my message. I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel. Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased. (Jeremiah 18)
Prayer Meditation- We are but instruments in Your Loving Hands, pieces of clay that You mold into what is pleasing to You if we would but abandon ourselves to You! Lord, an old worship song says it best- Take me, mold me, use me, fill me I give my life to the potter’s hand. Call me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me I give my life to the potter’s hand.
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saint Ignatius Loyola
Pearl of Great Price
After your death, there will abound in the treasures of your heart those who will know, bless and glorify God. God helped you with His boundless grace to have a life filled with treasures. Those who will live after you on earth can draw abundantly from these treasures. They will be able to follow the simple road of your life. By this path, they also can reach Me.” (Jesus) (November 17-18, 1964)
Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.” (Matthew 13)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, You are the pearl of great price, the treasure in the field! For so long, I had no idea, I took my faith and You for granted. Then You turned my life upside down and I had nowhere to go but You! You blessed this broken road and took me by the hand- Lord I had no idea that the pearl of great price was not only You in my life but You fully present in Your Church! That was quite the surprise and I traded my ideas of who You were and what church was twelve years ago for entry into Your Church! Lord I pray that this little path I am on now filled with boundless grace will sow seeds in my family so that they too will find You in all of Your Fullness!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time
Shine Like The Sun
If they used the Sacrament of Penance to polish these treasures, they would shine again with the light of My graces. But they have no interest and are distracted by the world’s glitter. Whoever does not gather with Me, scatters.” (Jesus) (May 24, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.” (Matthew 13)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord, so much of the world can appear dark. World events and news can bring us down and so can our daily lives. We are to be the light but so many of us have our lights under the bushel (Matthew 5:15) of anger, anxiety, worry, despair, fear, and sin. Your light will never shine though us or on us with all of that gunk on the windshield of our souls. Because Lord we don’t like to admit it but with all of that weighing us down we may well find ourselves in the weed category. Even in grace we can have thorns and thistles that we do not let You pluck out entirely. So let us examine ourselves, if You are not shining through us what is blocking the Sun of Your Grace? Do we need to use the Sacrament of Penance perhaps to polish the treasures we are trying to hold in our Earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7)? O Lord we can do nothing without You (John 5:15). So let us let You in so that You, the Son and Our Sun will shine again with the light of Your Graces in us and through us for Your Glory and the good of all souls!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saints Mary, Martha, and Lazarus
Friend of God
Jesus said, “Is it not true that we now have both gained new strength? I also suffer with you. Could you imagine that I would leave you alone? No! I would never do that. Our souls are always in harmony.” (Jesus) (February 13, 1964)
Today’s Readings: Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. (Luke 10)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, we read in the Gospel how You had friends including Martha, Mary, and Lazarus! You are God and yet You want to be our closest friend. The Friend who never lets us down and never lets us go! Lord help us to welcome You into our homes and our hearts and just “waste” time together as we pour out everything on our hearts knowing You will listen! We can be like Martha, Mary, and Lazarus today and visit You in the Blessed Sacrament and just “hang out”.
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Loaves and Fishes
When I entered the bakery, I remembered that it was Saturday and I asked, “Do you still have bread?” They said, “No.” I was scared. What will happen now? When I was about to leave, I heard them call me. They had reserved a bread, but the one for whom they had set it aside did not come to get it. At once, I said, “My adorable Jesus.” He said:
Jesus: “I am that one. Do you see? The time you spend with Me should not harm your family. (Elizabeth/Jesus) (February 14, 1965)
Today’s Readings: Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. (John 6)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord, we thank You and praise You and adore You because today we read about the loaves and the fishes. The disciples were in a tough spot because the crowds were overwhelming- how would they feed so many. What did they have to work with- five barley loaves and two fish? Who could do anything with that for so many? And how many times do we also start to run on empty, so little to give, afraid that what we have will never be enough. And yet Lord, to quote Dallas Jenkins, creator of The Chosen, it is not our job to feed the five thousand but to bring the loaves and fishes. The loaves and fishes of our lives- the little we have left given to You in all humility and trust knowing that what is overwhelming for us is not overwhelming for You! And what do You do with these loaves and fishes- these fragments of our lives? You take what we have to give and You multiply it- You make what we have to give perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9) united to You. And You are always more than enough and more than we can ever ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). Lord today’s Gospel is the beginning of John 6- the Bread of Life discourse. The multiplication miracle of the loaves and fishes is a foreshadowing of what is to come in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar when You give everything You have to us in the Eucharist. O Lord, let us praise, love, and adore You and receive You with grateful affection always knowing that You will always take the little we have to give, our nothingness really, and multiply it in union with You and Your Most Holy Divine Will!
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