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!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus
From The Inside Out
My hair is soaked in blood. My feet are chapped from having followed you. I constantly stretch out My hand asking for help. I go from heart to heart and I receive only a small donation. Then they quickly close the door of their heart and I can hardly cast a glance inside. (Jesus) (May 2, 1962)
Today’s Readings:
Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.” (Luke 11)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord we do so much to make the outside of our lives pretty and neat! Even the faithful can be just putting on a show if we don’t address what we are inside- full of judgment and self-absorption, jealousy and indifference and sometimes even hate. You relentlessly pursue our hearts longing to come inside and cleanse us of our infirmities yet we shut You out! We place You in whatever neat little compartment we have for “religion” rather than opening wide our hearts. O Lord let us give You our everything- alms not only of treasure but of our time and talents used for You and with You in service to You each day in the distressing disguise of our neighbors! Such acts of charity come only from a heart that burns with Your Flame of Love- Lord purify us from the inside out! Helps us to keep our “interior castles” clean on this wonderful saint day of St. Teresa of Avila!
For freedom, Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)
Meditation- It is so easy to say the Son has set us free and that we are free indeed (John 8:36) and yet how many of us live in chains. Chains of habits, addictions, fear, worry, anxiety, negativity, and the list goes on! Freedom is not about our circumstances,. We can have interior freedom in prison and live like slaves with no apparent entanglements to our outward freedom. The key is that it is Christ who has set us free and now it is up to us to live not as slaves but as dearly beloved children of God! So let us submit to Christ today whose yoke is easy and burden is light (Matthew 11) anything in our lives that would place us back in chains!
Prayer- Jesus we surrender ourselves to You, You take care of it!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Monday of the Twenty Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Freedom
How many times, while kneeling at the Lord’s sacred Feet, He freed me from terrible worries. (Elizabeth) (February 1, 1963)
Today’s Readings: For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. (Galatians 4)
Prayer Meditation: O Lord, You have indeed set us free from sin and all of our chains. You have set us free! So why do we still so often act and think like prisoners- prisoners of our past sins, failures, weaknesses, anxieties and human frailty. The prison door is wide open but we stay in the darkness afraid to walk into Your Marvelous Light! Lord Jesus let us go with confidence to Your Throne and kneel at Your Sacred Feet and help us let it all go! You wait patiently in the Tabernacle and in the Sacraments! Let us use frequently the Sacrament of Reconciliation when we fall and let us never let You go! You call us through Your Word and You heal us with each Eucharist received worthily and with thanksgiving! So let us run with confidence into the light of Your Freedom! May Our Mother Mary hold our hands with each Rosary as she accompanies us on our journey to union with You!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Twenty Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Double Edged Sword of The Word
The look of His eyes is like a flash of lightening which lights up everything. It penetrated my whole being and I saw all my hidden sins. (Elizabeth) (January 14, 1963)
Today’s Readings: Brothers and sisters: Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. (Hebrews 4)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, we read in the Gospel today about the Rich Young Man. It is not that he had stuff, it was that his stuff had him! He could not let go of trinkets to follow You into the Kingdom. He really is all of us to a certain extent- we are all holding onto something, be it material or emotional baggage. Lord the only cure is to allow You, the Living Word, to penetrate into our hearts and show us the hidden sins and faults that we just can’t let go of! Hard work if we try it ourselves, but easier with Your Grace because all things are possible with God! (Mark 10). Lord, help us to go boldly to the Throne of Grace and not be afraid to let You transform us! Our Lady of Fatima pray for us!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Saturday of the Twenty Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Blessed Are Those Who Hear the Word of God
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: While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” (Luke 11)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, no one meditated on Your Word better and more perfectly than Our Blessed Mother! She is the model of discipleship- of hearing the Word of God and observing it. Lord, help us not only to read the Word but to meditate on it and ponder it, letting it transform us from glory to glory into Your likeness and into perfect union with You! Blessed Mother pray for us and intercede for us!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Friday of the Twenty Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Gathering with Jesus
“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!” (Jesus) (October 18, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. (Luke 11)
Prayer Meditation- Lord it is hard to believe that You were accused of working for the devil in today’s Gospel, casting out demons in the name of Beelzebub. At the same time we see such disunity in Your Body where even believers don’t always trust other believers. Lord we pray that we would not be a House Divided because You prayed that we would all be one (John 17). Lord may we as Christians in this time not forget the mission which is to gather souls into Your Kingdom. Let us offer our prayers, works, joys and sufferings for the salvation of souls and for love of You today- let we walk together with You our hands gathering in unity!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Wednesday of the Twenty Seventh Week of Ordinary Time- Our Lady of Champion
Teach Us To Pray
Then the sweet Redeemer asked me to pray with Him the prayer that expresses His deepest desires: May our feet journey together, May our hands gather in unity, May our hearts beat in unison, May our souls be in harmony, May our thoughts be as one, May our ears listen to the silence together, May our glances profoundly penetrate each other, May our lips pray together to gain mercy from the Eternal Father. I made this prayer completely mine. The Lord meditated on it many times with me, asserting that these are His eternal longings. He taught me this prayer, so I would in turn teach it to others. With all our strength and mind, let us make our own His eternal thoughts and burning desires. (Jesus) (May 1962)
Today’s Readings: Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”
Prayer Meditation: Today on this Feast Day of Our Lady of Champion we come to You Lord and we ask with the disciples to teach us to pray! You have given us the Our Father and through the angel Gabriel, the Angelic Salutation, the Hail Mary. And these basic prayers open up the Kingdom to us if we really meditate on them. Through Our Lady, You have given us the Most Holy Rosary and through the Rosary we can take our minds off of ourselves and our many words (Proverbs 10:19) and meditate on the mysteries of the lives of Jesus and Mary, still alive to us, and grab hold of whatever we need in the present moment. Do we need humility, patience, courage, faith, hope, love- all of the virtues of Jesus and Mary are there for the taking in the mysteries of the Rosary. Lord, let us truly unite with You and the Blessed Mother as we offer our whole selves in meditating on these mysteries in our hearts and with our hearts today and every day. There is no problem, no matter how difficult, that cannot be solved with the Rosary (Sister Lucia)
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all you heart, and with all your souls, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27)
Mediation- Lord the scholar in today’s Gospel asks You just who is our neighbor. It should seem simple but this scholar and really all of us choose to justify ourselves. How we love to make simple concepts complicated. Nuanced we may call it. And we miss so many opportunities to love and serve! Lord today You show us that anyone we come across in our path today- a stranger in distress, a family member having a bad day, a co-worker who is on our last nerve is indeed our neighbor. And just how are we a true neighbor to others. Well You tell us in the Gospel by showing mercy. We can show mercy in deed, in word, or when nothing else is possible in prayer. But show mercy we must, it is the heart of the Gospel!
Prayer Lord Jesus show us always the merciful deed, word, or prayer that is right in all situations because all are indeed our neighbors! May we love with Your Love!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Our Lady of The Rosary
Bearers of Divine Mercy
Jesus: “I choose you, My little one, to be the bearer of My Divine Mercy. Fill yourself with the abundance of My Divine Mercy and when you open your mouth to speak, proclaim the mercy of My Heart burning of desire for sinners. Let your whole life be a burning desire to take part in My work of Redemption through prayer, sacrifice and desire.” (Jesus) (May 4, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10)
Prayer Meditation: Lord today in the Gospel we have the beautiful story of the Good Samaritan. The scholar of the law thinks he know it all and in trying to trick You asks, who is my neighbor? Because there were many laws of man never intended by You at that time which stated in great detail who were the neighbors of the Jewish people at the time and who were not. But Lord, You came for everyone, Your Mercy is for all! And You ask us to be bearers of Your Divine Mercy, that we would burn with desire for the salvation of souls! The Divine Mercy Diary tells us the how to- acts of mercy, especially spiritual acts of mercy which all can do, words of mercy if we cannot always act, and prayers of mercy which even the sick and homebound can do! So what about us? Who are our neighbors? Well in the Flame of Love, we pray for everyone, we spread the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary over all humanity! So let’s get busy- let’s make our wholes lives burn with the desire to take part in Your Redemption through prayer, sacrifice, and desire. Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us!
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