Saving Life Rather Than Destroying It

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Memorial of Saint Peter Claver

Saving Life Rather Than Destroying It

Therefore, all must share in this great saving work whose purpose is to save souls.” (Jesus) (Easter Monday 1964)

Today’s Gospel: Then Jesus said to them,
“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?” (Luke 6)

Prayer Meditation-O Lord we thank You we praise You and we adore You for the Saints such as  St. Mother Teresa who went to the margins to do good- to save life rather than destroy it. She saw You in the distressful disguise of the poor. Most of us will not do that heroic work but we are all called to work right where we are in our homes and our parishes to save souls. Mother Teresa taught us that the greatest disease in the West is being unwanted, unloved and uncared for. That we have a hunger for love and a hunger for You Lord. And we see it everywhere in our homes and families, this spiritual poverty all around us. And like the Pharisees in today’s Gospel, we can think of all kinds of loopholes that excuse us from doing anything about it but Lord You are asking all of us no matter our vocation, station, even the sick to pray and sacrifice for our brothers and sisters. These are the spiritual works of mercy that You told St. Faustina, another great saint, that anyone can do. So let us Lord all share in Your great saving work to save souls and let us begin today and every day!

Here Comes Our God

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

Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

Here Comes Our God

Be not of little faith. Remember what I told you: If you need strong support, say ‘Father, I need Your strong, fatherly support.’ He will extend His strong, fatherly arm. Take courage and grab His arm, not only you, but all those souls that I entrust to you.” (Jesus) (August 8, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. (Isaiah 35)

Prayer Meditation- Lord it seems there is so much to be frightened about these days- illness, the economy, family strife, children away from Church, so many things can make our hearts frightened. Yet, Lord You call us and You whisper to us, be not afraid, because You come to save us- You are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Lord Jesus may we keep our eyes fixed on You trusting in the only One who saves and heals! Let us take courage and grab Your Holy Arm because we need Your Fatherly Support. Lord we praise You in whatever storms we are in and lift up our voices- here is Our God! As we call for You let us grab Your Holy Arm with courage as You always come running to us with Fatherly support!

Fools For Christ

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Memorial of Saint Gregory The Great

Fools For Christ

I am either a fool and a liar or what is happening in me is true. If it is true, then I cannot stand around with my arms folded while souls are perishing. (Elizabeth) (June 18, 1965)

Today’s Readings:

When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
when slandered, we respond gently.
We have become like the world’s rubbish, the scum of all,
to this very moment. (1 Corinthians 4)

Prayer Meditation: O Lord, what is foolish to the world is wise in Your eyes! Either You are the Truth, The Way, and The Life or we are deluded- and how often the world sees us as deluded indeed or even worse as St. Paul tells us! But we can’t stand around waiting for the world to love us and worrying about human respect- souls perish while we drag our feet! O Lord let us be fools for You- use us to shame the wise for Your Glory!

Heart Motives

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Friday of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time

Heart Motives

Our Lady said, “I am the one giving you the strength to begin. In spite of many objections and bad intentions my Cause will succeed.” (Mary) (August 16, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. (1 Corinthians 4)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, it is so often that we can do good things but do them with all the wrong motivations. We want people to like us and to notice us, to affirm us. We work for men and not unto God (Colossians 3). Yet only The Lord knows our hearts! Lord, purify our motives so that we can offer all we do today for love of You and for the salvation of souls! Let us work together with Our Blessed Mother working with and in Her Heart today while we serve Jesus in others!

Let Down Your Nets

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Thursday of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time

Let Down Your Nets

With deep gratitude, I thanked Him that His attention extended also to our earthly needs. (Elizabeth) (February 14, 1965)

Today’s Readings: After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. (Luke 5)

Prayer Meditation- Lord how often we try to do it all in our own strength. We work hard and long hours and we feel we have nothing to show for it. We never think to turn to You first in our daily lives- we just keep spinning our wheels. But Lord, if we let You into our boats and listened to You and put out into the deep water, even when it does not make sense, we would know that , You are with us. You are whispering in our trials and our failures. You take the little effort we can give and You multiply it with just one touch of Your Grace and Favor! You are telling us today- do not be afraid and to have confidence in You because You always know what we need and what is best for us and You are always more than enough!

God’s Coworkers

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Wednesday of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time

God’s Coworkers

Jesus said, “All of you have been called to My work of salvation, fathers and mothers, learned and ignorant, the well and the sick. All can work for Me, the free man and the one suffering in prison. What is important is the availability of the soul and the spiritual freedom which constitutes the culture of the soul.” (Jesus) (May 24, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. (1 Corinthians 3)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, in this time of crisis in the Church when it is so easy to get caught up in the news we forget that this is Your Church and You are still on the Throne! We are nothing but unprofitable servants in Your Kingdom! (Luke 17) and we are called to work with You to bring Your Kingdom here. You have no hands or feet but ours, that has not changed! We can all work for You, even those who are sick, in prayer, sacrifice, and in loving others especially those closest to us! Let us work with You today on Earth as it is in Heaven!

What Is There About His Word?

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Memorial of Saint Gregory The Great

What Is There About His Word?

As she (Mary) said: ‘Nothing comparable to this has happened ever since the Word became Flesh.’” (Jesus) (January 17, 1964)

Today’s Readings: They were all amazed and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. (Luke 4)

Prayer Meditation- Lord we stand amazed today at Your Word, what is it about Your Word spoken over us that heals us and strengthens us like nothing else! Lord, help us to bring You today what is unclean in us- only say the Word Lord and we shall be healed! Help us put on the Mind of Christ as St. Paul tells us we have through Your Spirit in today’s first reading (1 Corinthians 2)

Meditating On The Word

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Monday of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time

Meditating On The Word

The material for my meditation these past months has been one phrase: “And the Word became Flesh.” This is an inexhaustible theme and I always meditate on it. (Elizabeth) (March 23, 1963)

Today’s Readings:

How I love your law, O LORD!
It is my meditation all the day. (Psalm 119)

Prayer Meditation: O Lord, help us to meditate on Your Word all day long- help us to love Your Law of Love. You are the Living Word made Flesh for us- Our Rescue and Our Redeemer! Help us like Elizabeth to never tire of pondering what can only be fathomed by the heart and not our human minds! May our hands gather together in unity Lord as we meditate on Your Saving Word all the day long!

Doers Of The Word

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Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Doers of the Word

“You see that almost no one is doing anything. The Flame of Love of My Mother is not yet going forward. You, My little one, must stir up the fire because you have been chosen for this. (Jesus) (July 12, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls. Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. (James 1)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today we are in crisis in Our Church and in Our World. Help us to stir into flame (2 Timothy 1:6) the Word You have planted in our hearts and to be doers of the Word! Lord, please help us not to be paralyzed by the media and anything that makes us take our eyes off of You. It is so easy to get caught up in emotions and anger in times like this but that is what the enemy wants- anything but God and even Christians fall into the trap. We must fight fire with fire, the fire of hatred with the fire of love (Flame of Love Diary December 6, 1964)  Let us be sparks of light enkindled by the Flame of Love so that souls would be enlightened because the greater the number who pray and sacrifice, the greater the power of the Flame of Love on earth will be! Thy Kingdom come, thy Will be done. Fiat!

O my Jesus, blessed be Your Holy Name by which I came to be blessed. I, a lowly nothing! My Lord, my adored Jesus, it is also Your infinite goodness that proclaims Your glory. How good You are to keep my soul in constant humility! (Elizabeth) (January 13, 1966)

Today’s Readings: Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,
and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
and God chose the lowly and despised of the world,
those who count for nothing,
to reduce to nothing those who are something,
so that no human being might boast before God. (1 Corinthians 1)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, we love You, we bless You and we adore You because You choose the weak to shame the strong. In other words, in our nothingness, You choose us in Your Infinite Goodness for Your Glory and the salvation of souls. It is the little and the humble that You use as we bring our five loaves of bread and two fish, our Rosaries, our fasting, and our sacrifices for You to multiply allowing Your blessings and graces to fall on the whole world like celestial dew! O Lord, to the world we are foolish, weak and lowly but to You we are the instruments You use to spread the effects of grace of Thy Flame of Love over all humanity!