Daily Devotional Based on The Spiritual Classic He and I

A light bulb was missing in front of the Blessed Sacrament. “Lord, let my heart burn before You there in its place.” “To burn would not be enough. You must be consumed. I mean you must burn right out. This is what I did for you, for all of you. Don’t you feel the desire to do the same for Me? This is what it means to simplify everything in you to a single principle, a single élan toward your great friend. Isn’t this restful? Isn’t it your goal? And don’t you find that this changes your entire being? You can see that My call is blessing, can’t you, and that your response will bring you joy? “O answer! Answer unceasingly. Your strength will increase and you will give it to others so that it will go from soul to soul as a torch is passed from hand to hand. The living spring is your Christ. Drink at the very fountainhead, for the closer you come to the fountain-head the more your cup will run over.

²⁸ Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe; ²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28-29).

 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, (Ephesians 4:1).

They go from strength to strength;
    the God of gods will be seen in Zion. (Psalm 84:7).

⁶ And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water without price from the fountain of the water of life. (Revelations 21:6)

Reflection- O Lord You desire that we burn for You, to burn for the Love that consumes us like fire! We make things so complicated and yet it is our simplicity that You desire, our simple love worthy of the calling You have had on our lives since our baptism. Your call is a blessing, transforming us from glory to glory and strength to strength! You are the Living Water, the Living Flame of Love which You want passed from heart to heart, soul to soul for the salvation of souls and the good of all. Blessed Mother, You who hold in Your Immaculate Heart perfectly the Flame of Love, which is Jesus Himself, please show us how to do what Jesus asks for His Glory and the good of all!