Citizens Of Heaven

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

Friday of the Thirty First Week of Ordinary Time

Citizens of Heaven

“You are too immersed in earthly things, My little one. I did not say that to discourage you. I want to encourage you so that you do not seek relief by looking to the earth in your battles.” (Jesus) (February 7, 1963)

Today’s Readings:

Their end is destruction.
Their God is their stomach; 
their glory is in their “shame.”
Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven, 
and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord You know how we are drawn to the Earth! Our little gods and appetites rule and occupy us even as we strive to seek You in our everyday life. We immerse ourselves in so many things and seek relief in so many outlets! Life on Earth is a battle 
but we can only be victorious with You, Our Savior- the only One who can break the chains that weigh us down and keep us from claiming our rights as sons and daughters of Heaven! Lord break every chain today by the power of Your Precious Blood!

Emptying Ourselves

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

Tuesday of the Thirty First Week of Ordinary Time

Emptying Ourselves

Oh, you fools! If you could only feel the immense pain your pious indifference causes to My Divine Heart. I am the Victim and it was not by pious attitudes but only by a continual acceptance of sacrifices that I brought about My redemptive work. Repent! Repent! Repent! This is what I am asking you. The voice of repentance reaches up to the throne of My heavenly Father. It is the voice holding back the arm of justice of My Father.” (Jesus) (November 8, 1964)

Today’s Readings: Brothers and sisters:
Have among yourselves the same attitude 
that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and, found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross. (Philippians 2)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, You are God Alone and You came to Earth as fully man and fully God. And yet You humbled Yourself making Yourself a slave of all, humbling Yourself -fully obedient to the Will of the Father. You did not come as a religious leader nor did You look for any honors but You continually accepted sacrifices ultimately leading to You laying down Your life for us. So let us empty ourselves of any pride or vainglory because no matter how pious and good we believe we may be the fact is we are nothing and You are all! Lord Jesus, we bow down at the sound of Your Holy Name and we repent and turn to You who alone can redeem and sanctify us!

With All Of Our Strength

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

Thirty First Sunday of Ordinary Time

With All of Our Strength

Therefore, renounce yourself completely with all your strength and all your will. You must serve only Me. No one else and nothing else now exist for you. Only I.” (Jesus) (September 1, 1962)

Today’s Readings: “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.” (Deuteronomy 6)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, You have told us in today’s Gospel the meaning of all the commandments. Love of You and love of neighbor which flows from love of You. We love You in others made in Your likeness and image. Even when we don’t feel like it, because it is all in the will and not in our feelings. Lord, please think in our thinking, breathe in our breathing, speak in our speaking so that it is Your Love living in us and not our own poor love which is subject to our whims and moods because we are waves tossed by the wind (James 1:6) when left to our own devices.  Lord, help us to give our all- all of our heart, soul, and strength to serve only You! As for me and my house, we will serve The Lord! (Joshua 24:15)

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Take Courage-Jesus Is Calling

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

Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Take Courage- Jesus Is Calling

Jesus: “Do you realize how many times I take you by the hand?

I lead you so that you are not timid. The abundant grace that gives you strength and courage is Myself. My clarity lights the rocky roads that you must walk. This light, which keeps you from walking blindly, reminds you that I walked a similar road. All do not walk this road in the same spirit as you do. Many are without light.” (Jesus) (July 22-23, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.”
He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 
Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” 
The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” 
Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.”  (Mark 10)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, many of us, though maybe not physically blind like Bartimaeus in today’s Gospel, are walking blindly and without light. Rocky roads does not even begin to describe what many of us may be walking through- and yet we are reminded that You walked a similar road as You are not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses but one who has been similarly tested in every way, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15). So let us take courage because You are calling us more times than we even realize- You take us by the hand and give us the abundant grace we need, the strength and courage to keep walking. Let us not to be afraid to tell You that we want to see, that we want to be well and to be healed with confidence knowing that we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7) and that You will light the road ahead a little at a time.