Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues
Led by The Spirit to Speak
“Do not be surprised, my little instrument, that you cannot speak eloquent words. I am the one who acts and who enkindles the Flame of Love in the depth of hearts. (Mary) (December 17, 1962)
Today’s Readings: When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.” (Luke 12)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, so often we want to speak eloquent words in defense of the Faith or of You! Often we find ourselves tongue tied or confused especially when we meet opposition because we are trying to do this under our own power! Lord purify our hearts and minds and our speech- let Your Holy Spirit let us know when we should speak and when we should be quiet in humility. We are Your Instruments- Lord use us for Your Glory!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist
The Laborers are Few
The souls that make reparation and faithfully follow My desires are so few.”(Jesus) (October 18, 1962)
Today’s Readings: He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. (Luke 10)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today we celebrate St. Luke. St. Luke’s Gospel ,of the four, is the Gospel of Your Mercy and Love and desire for healing for the lost and the broken. In the Gospel today we see the sending of the 72- today Lord You send us out today in this broken world, just a few laborers in an ever growing harvest of souls in need of Your Grace. Lord, help us to be the ones who make reparation and faithfully follow Your desires for the salvation of souls! Let us be merciful in our words and deeds and never discount the power of prayer and intercession to bring in the harvest of souls for You!
Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
The Lord Has Made Known His Salvation
“My Mother, why do you not work miracles like you did at Fatima so people may believe in you?” Mary: “The greater the miracles, my little one, the fewer those who believed in me. I asked for the First Saturdays and they never heeded my request. I am your gentle and understanding Mother. United with you, I will save you. (Elizabeth/Mary) (April 13, 1962)
Today’s Readings: The LORD has made his salvation known: in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice. He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness. (Psalm 98)
Prayer Meditation- Our Mother who has been coming more and more to Her Children like any good Mother would- to warn us, protect us, and save us. In Fatima, the last apparition brought with it a miracle- the Miracle of the Sun for the whole world to see thanks to the media of the time. Lord, You did indeed make salvation known in the sight of the nations! And yet, even after such a miracle, it was business as usual here on planet Earth. We did not heed Your Mother’s request for First Saturdays- for prayer and sacrifice including the Rosary. And yet Lord, You do not give up on Your kindness and Your faithfulness. Even in these sad times, You have given us the lifeboat- the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Ark of Safety for our times! So let us repent, which means simply to turn around, and let us return to You offering our nothingness in love for the Love which never lets us go because You have made known Your Salvation! Let us correspond to Your Grace!
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!
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!
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Galatians 3:27)
Meditation- Lord there is a Christian song from a group called Big Daddy Weave that proclaims I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus live through you and me? Because if we were baptized into You then we have indeed put You on. We have Your Mind (1 Corinthians 2:16). And we are invited by You to obey Your Commandments and You and The Father will come to us (John 14:23). That You are always at the door knocking (Revelation 3:20). And yet why do we let You seem so far off when indeed You are living in each one of us! The Kingdom of God is within us (Luke 17:21). Lord we put You on when we do and live in Your Will! Lord may we seek You and find You always in Your Word and in Your Sacraments that we would indeed put You on daily and let You live through us!
Prayer- O Lord as we live in union with You let us pray always for the unbaptized for the grace of conversion especially for all the families who are not having their children baptized.
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)
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