MATTHEW 8:2-3 (2026)

MATTHEW 8:2-3

Then a leper came forward. He knelt before him and said,
“Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I want to, be clean again.”
At that very moment, the man was cleansed from his leprosy.

---- my own,

Why do you doubt? Why are you worried and anxious? Why do you live as if you were an orphan? Isn't My Abba your Abba, am I not your brother, friend, Savior, redeemer, and am I not espoused to you? Why do you go about with a long face and a heavy heart when you have my Mother and yours, and all the angels and saints in heaven, who are continually praying for all your intentions and bringing them before us, the triune God, incessantly? You do your faith in Me a grave injustice when you do not believe what you know is true. Why do you allow the evil one to tempt you and shake your confidence in the power of My victorious right hand to save? Have I not assured you over and over again that, in the end, you will see that I have answered every prayer you have made and have soothed away every anxious doubt and worry? Why are you so fearful for the salvation of those you love? Are they not grafted to My Body, have they not been baptized, are they not adopted children of My Father, is not My Holy Spirit in them? Even though they have abandoned the faith and sin separates them from Me, My Holy Spirit is working in them for good, your prayers will be answered, and you will rejoice. Pray with faith, pray with expectation, pray with joy, and you will see the mighty hand of God bring about all that you are praying for and so much more than you could ever ask for or dream of. Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

PSALM 35:23-28 (2026)

PSALM 35:23-28

23 Stir yourself up; stand up for my rights and my cause, my God and my Lord! 24 Declare me innocent, O Lord, my God, according to your justice. Let them not gloat over me. 25 Never give them reason to say, “We have trampled him down!” 26 Let them be utterly disgraced and confounded, who exult over my calamity.

Let them be ashamed and dishonored, who rejoice at my distress.27 But let them be glad and rejoice, who are in sympathy with my cause. And may they ever say, “Great is the Lord, who has justified his servant.” 28 Then will my tongue proclaim your righteousness, and sing your praises all day long.

---- my own,

Every cry and word of distress that you pray to Me through the verses of this psalm I have heard, and at the appointed time I will answer. I hear you. I always hear you. I AM the God of justice, and no power can succeed against My will and My Word. I know all that has brought you to this moment in your life. I know that evil has worked its worst against you, and it will appear that it has succeeded. But do not lose heart. Do not cease praying with praise and thanksgiving, for I AM the Lord and I never sleep. Every cry, every sigh, every tear I have not forgotten; they remain in My Sacred Heart, I will not forget. Those who did you wrong will pay and return to you, in full measure, all that was taken from you through deceit and lies. The time is coming when the wicked will be exposed to the open light of day; they will be crushed and disgraced, and the justice of God will make your innocence known to all, and you will rejoice. The days of the wicked will end, and they will make restitution for the distress they have caused to the innocent. Have faith, the days are coming when you will see the justice of God right every wrong, and you will praise and proclaim to all how the Lord your God worked mightily in your favor, bringing you from sorrow to joy, from darkness to light, from mourning to joyful song. Have faith, pray with confidence, the day of victory and rejoicing is at hand.