MARK 6:54-56 (2025)

MARK 6:54-56

As soon as they landed, people recognized Jesus, 

and ran to spread the news throughout the countryside. 

Wherever he was, they brought to him the sick lying on their mats;

and wherever he went, to villages, towns or farms, 

they laid the sick in the marketplace, 

and begged him to let them touch just the fringe of his cloak. 

And all who touched him were cured.

---- mine,

What is your reaction when you recognize Me and experience My goodness in your life? What is your response to Me when you encounter Me? Are you indifferent, selfish, or joyous? Do you wish to share with others the Good News of how you came to Me broken and sad and you did not cease pleading with Me to come to your assistance and to the aid of those for whom you cried out to Me to touch, to bless, to forgive, to heal, and to restore? Have you shared with others how I responded to your cries of help? Is your response like that of the people who heard that I had arrived and ran to spread the news so that others, too, could come and experience My love, My healing, the joy of knowing Me and My Father, and be filled with My Holy Spirit? Are you afraid of being wounded by the barbs of unbelievers, who do not know the Truth, by their ignorance, by non-Catholics who, because of their ignorance too, believe the lies that are fed to them by those they call pastor for they are blind guides who ineffectually try to sate the hunger and quench the thirst for Truth from their broken cisterns? Are you complacent because you know Me, believe in Me, have faith in Me? Do you keep the treasures you have received to yourself rather than risk being hurt and misunderstood by sharing with others what you have freely received? Let the whole world know that I AM HE and let them bring to Me and lay before Me all those who need Me to touch them and heal them of all their iniquities, cleanse them from all their sins, feed them with My Body and Blood and give them hope that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to all who believe in Me and in My Word so they too may bend low, in humility stripped of all their pet erroneous beliefs and enter the narrow gate to receive of the fullness of Truth, Beauty and Goodness in the Church I founded on the Rock of Peter?

LUKE 18:6A, 7-8 (2025)

LUKE 18:6A, 7-8

And Jesus said, 

“Will God not do justice for his chosen ones, 

who cry to him day and night, even if he delays in answering them? 

I tell you, he will speedily do them justice. 

But, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

---- mine,

Patience is the fruit of unceasing prayer. Those who pray with confidence in the dark, trusting that I know when and how to answer and supply all your needs, are like children who are weaned and lie in sweet contentment on their mother's lap. They are not agitated, troubled, but their spirit is quiet and filled with peace and serenity. Ask for this grace and it will be given to you that in testing times your faith will not falter or fail but will grow in strength and confidence because you have confidence in Me, your Lord and your God, your Savior and your Redeemer, your Provider and your Spouse, the Bridegroom of your soul. Ask ---- my own, and never cease to do so. Ask and I will provide for all your needs and for the needs of those you love. Pray for the conversion of your loved ones who are separated from Me. Pray with confidence even though your heart is filled with sorrow that they are far from Me. I desire to answer you because I too long for their return to Me, to the safe shelter of My Sacred Heart and into My sheepfold. Although you pray with tears and a broken heart, pray also with faith and confidence, for I, too, desire that they live and not die. Have faith and remember that My mighty and glorious arm is not too short to save, to rescue, and to restore. Believe! Have faith! I AM the God of the impossible.