WORD OF GOD - JN 5:5-9

JOHN 5:5-9

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’ The sick man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk.’ At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

---- mine,

A man was lying beside the pool at Beth-zatha for thirty-eight years too ill to move? All that time he had been feeling sorry for himself because there was no one to put him into the pool when the water was stirred up. I saw him and approached him and said, 'Do you want to be made well?' The obvious response should have been an eager, 'Yes, I do.' Instead, he voiced the distress that had plagued him all those years, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.’ Are you in any way like him? Are you so caught up feeling sorry for yourself that you have forgotten that I am right here beside you saying to you what I said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?' And waiting for you to say eagerly and expectantly, 'Yes Lord, I do wish You to heal my whole being, heart, mind, soul, body, and spirit. Heal me, Lord, heal me.' And you will hear Me say to you as I did to that man, ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk.’ 

WORD OF GOD - JN 3:34-36

JOHN 3:34-36

He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God’s wrath.

---- mine,

Listen to My Word, believe what I say, and make known to everyone you meet that I alone give life - this is as My Father has willed it. Receive Me and you will receive My Spirit and I will make known My Father to you and we will come to you and make our home in you. But first, you must believe in the One that the Father has sent. Apart from Me, you have no life. Apart from Me, you can do nothing. Apart from Me, you have nothing that is worth having. Without Me, your life is bereft of all that the Father desires to give you - which is the fullness of Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and Joy but these can be yours only if you believe in Me, receive Me in your heart, and are rooted deeply in Me. 

WORD OF GOD - JN 6:35, 51

JOHN 6:35, 51

Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’

----mine,

I AM the living bread, eat Me, drink Me and you will never thirst or 
hunger for the things of the world, the things that stale, decay, can be lost and can die. Instead, come to Me, eat Me, drink deeply of the Living Water that flows out from Me, and live a life of superabundant joy that is not of the world but comes to you directly from My Heart. Abide in Me and I will abide in you not just for an hour or a day but always. Be still and know that I AM God and I love you now and forever. My Father wills that you belong to Me, He chose you to be Mine.

WORDOF GOD - PS 69:13-18

PSALM 69:13-18

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.
With your faithful help
rescue me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
Do not let the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the Pit close its mouth over me.
Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
Do not hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.
Draw near to me, redeem me,
set me free because of my enemies.

---- mine,

I hear you, I am with you, fear nothing but separation from Me. Strive to be pure and holy. Let your every thought be captive to Me, let every word be inspired by My Spirit, let every deed glorify Me. I will keep you safe from the Enemy. I will rescue you from the pit of vipers. I will draw you out of the miry pit, and I will wash you, cleanse you, purify you, feed you, and sustain you. Remain in My love and I will protect you, I will keep you safe from the wiles of the Enemy. Trust Me! Courage! Believe! Have faith! All will be well. Remain in Me, remain in My love.

WORD OF GOD - LK 6:46

 LUKE 6:46

‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you?’

---- mine,

Every moment of every day that you are alive, My Holy Spirit speaks to you constantly but you do not always listen to Him, you do not give Him the freedom to lead and guide you into doing what God wills. You drown out His promptings when you follow your own sinful inclinations. The longer you ignore Him the more quickly your conscience will grow so coarse you will no longer hear Him then when it is too late and you cry out, 'Lord, Lord open the door to me, I ate with You and drank with You, I heard You preach.' You will hear Me say, 'Depart from Me, I never knew you.' Before the dawn of that dreadful day build your house on the sure foundation of the Rock which is My Church. Remain childlike and docile to My Spirit, and you will hear Me say in the end, 'Come, enter into the home of My Father.'  

WORD OF GOD - MT 26:4-41

MATTHEW 26:40-41

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, ‘So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.’

---- mine,

If My Church falls asleep while the devil wreaks havoc in the world what hope is there for anyone to stand firm against the evil that is seeping insidiously into the very fabric of society, the family, institutions of education, and governments? While you sleep the devil is sowing darnel among the wheat. Ignorance of Me and My Word is rampant. No one can tell the difference between right and wrong, good and evil anymore.  How long will My Church and its members sleep while Satan roars at her gate seeking to prevail upon her? Wake up while there is time yet. All the time-honored institutions of the world are crumbling and will no longer be able to withstand the onslaught of evil that is pervading the whole earth. Pray without ceasing, fast, and plead for mercy for yourself and for the world. Stop indulging the flesh and wake up!

WORD OF GOD - EPH 2:19-22

EPHESIANS 2:19-22

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God.

---- mine,

There ought never to be a moment in your life when you feel unwanted, unloved, a stranger, an exile, an outsider, because you, my own. You are a member of the household of God. You belong to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Because you are grafted to Me in baptism, you are privileged to address God as Dad, Abba, for you are now a daughter of the Most High. I have not left you orphaned, I have not abandoned My own, but I have sent My Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Love and Truth, the Spirit of Wisdom and Knowledge, the Spirit of Understanding and Fear of the Lord to come upon you and to dwell in you. He helps you every moment of every day awake or asleep until your time on earth will come to a close and you will stand before the Throne of Mercy. Do nothing that will separate you from My love and you will remain Mine in time and in eternity.

WORD OF GOD - MT 17:5

MATTHEW 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’

---- mine,

Do you wish to be happy in this life and eternally happy in the life to come? Then do all that the Father asks you to do - do it promptly, joyfully, humbly, and obediently and the peace and joy that surpasses all human understanding will be yours; no matter what difficulties and challenges you will experience in your pilgrim journey from this life to the life that is to come. Be still, know that I AM The Eternal Word of the Father, and listen to Me, not just sometimes and in some things but at all times and in all things.

WORD OF GOD - ROM 8:14-17

 ROMANS 8:14-17

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

---- mine,

Fear has no place in the life of a child of God whom you are privileged to lovingly address as Abba, Dad, Papa. Baptism grafts you to My Body, the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling place in you and enables you to live a life of grace. Only the sinless may enter God's presence. You are sinless whenever you approach Me in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and are washed in the Blood of the Lamb. Unite all your sufferings in this present life with My agony, passion, and death on the Cross and you will be glorified with Me as co-heir in the Kingdom of God. Fear nothing save sin.

WORD OF GOD - MT 22:14

 MATTHEW 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.

---- mine,

All who hear of Me but do not pursue the path that leads to knowledge of Me, all who are baptized and grafted into My Body but either reject Me or are indifferent to Me, all who believe in Me passionately for a while but do not persevere in the path of holiness and purity fall under the category of being called. But the ones who remain rooted in Me, are obedient to My Word, and docile to the Holy Spirit for as long as they live are the ones that are chosen to live with Me forever in My Father's house. In My Father's house are many mansions, and I have prepared a place for you, claim it by living a life conformed to My will while you still have today for tomorrow is promised to no one.

WORD OF GOD - LK 6:35

LUKE 6:35

... love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

--- mine,

The way of the world is contradictory in every way to the way of God. The world is opposed to the values of the Kingdom of heaven, to Beauty, Truth, and to Goodness. The world teaches you to worship at the altar of self, of personalities, of wealth, and power but I tell you most solemnly today unless you worship the Lord your God alone with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength and your neighbor as yourself, I will turn My Face away from you. Follow the Way, the Truth, and the Life if you desire joy in this life and eternal joy in the life to come. Pursue virtue, have faith, place all your hope in Me for in Me you will have the fullness of life and joy even in the midst of sorrow. You can choose to be a friend of God or a friend of the world for you can serve only one master. Choose life and you will live.

WORD OF GOD - ESTHER 5:6B

Esther 5:6B

..... the king said to Esther, ‘What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.’

---- mine,

To you, a daughter of the King I say, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you ask the way to the Kingdom will be revealed, to all who seek the secrets of the Kingdom will be made known, and to all who knock persistently and in faith, the gates of the Kingdom of God will be thrown wide open for it pleases My Father to give the Kingdom of God to all who believe in Me, His only Son, and to give them all a share in His Kingdom for all eternity.

WORD OF GOD - LK 12:2-3

LUKE 12:2-3

Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.

---- mine,

You cannot hide from Me. There is no place you can go that I will not follow. Your whole life is an open book before Me - I know all. The very worst thing you can do is fool yourself that you can hide the evil you have done, all the wrong choices you have made, I know them already. You can only be forgiven and renewed when you approach Me with a humble heart and a contrite spirit and acknowledge your sins with sorrow and true repentance. My mercy is greater than any sin you commit no matter how grave - it is unconfessed and unrepentant sin that I cannot forgive. Approach me with boldness and ask for all You need and I will give you far more than You expect or imagine for I AM God. 

WORD OF GOD - LK 11:16-17

LUKE 3:16-17

John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’ 

---- mine,

Understand who you are and to what extent your vocation as priest, prophet, and king extends within your calling and submit in all humility to it. Do not boast, do not think yourself better than others because you think you know a little more, or are marginally better read, or believe you have made some small advance in your spiritual life. Never forget that it is the least in the Kingdom of God who is exalted and those who exalt themselves will find themselves in the last place. You are the least of the least because you have a long road ahead of you before you can make any claim to attaining spiritual growth or growth in sanctity. Recognize your limitations and rely wholly on My grace and in the power of My Spirit at work in you. Without Me and My Spirit, you are nothing and can do nothing. I AM the Lord your God it is I who make all things possible, I and no other.

WORD OF GOD - LK 11:1

 LUKE 11:1

He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’

---- mine,

Close your eyes, quiet your spirit, empty your mind and focus on Me Center your whole being on Me and on My love for you. Ask the Holy Spirit to come upon you and allow Him to permeate your soul. Contemplate for a while that the Author of Life, the Alpha, and the Omega, willed to enter into a Covenant of Love with you through the Blood of the Lamb. Be still, savor your identity as a child of God. You have received the Holy Spirit of God in Baptism and you are united with God in bonds of love that can never be broken. Let your heart overflow with songs of praise and thanksgiving for all God has done for you. Repent of your sins. Resolve with the abundance of grace that is available to you for the asking, to sin no more, then bask in the love of the Triune God for you.

WORD OF GOD - WIS 4:7-9

WISDOM 4:7-9

But the righteous, though they die early, will be at rest.
For old age is not honored for length of time,
or measured by number of years;
but understanding is grey hair for anyone,
and a blameless life is ripe old age.

---- mine,

I AM the Author of life and I decide when a person's pilgrim journey on earth ends, I and no other. To some is granted long life to others one that is short but the measure of a life is not the number of years one lives but the sanctity with which one has lived it. The wiser a person is in the ways of the Lord, the more will their life be counted as honorable. It is not gray hair that makes one wise in the ways of the Lord but humility, simplicity of heart, and a childlike spirit, one that is always yielded to My Spirit; to such as these, the little ones, does the Kingdom of God belong.

WORD OF GOD - LK 8:16

LUKE 8:16

‘No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.’

---- mine,

Is the lamp in your house lit and does its light radiate from you to all who meet you so they too can see by its light or have you hidden the Light and your whole life is in darkness because you refuse to or are too afraid to let the Light of Truth witness to the whole world that you are a child of the Light? Do not be afraid or ashamed to live as a sign of contradiction in a sinful world.

WORD OF GOD - LK 11:33-36

LUKE 11:33-36

‘No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness. Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.’

---- mine,

A disciple cannot be silent but must announce the Good News from the rooftops so all may hear, believe, and be saved. It is the will of the Father that all come to the knowledge of Truth and receive eternal life. Be an authentic witness to the Truth so all who see you will believe and receive the Light of the Gospel, the Light that makes all believers sons and daughters of God.

WORD OF GOD - MT 8:25-26

MATTHEW 8:25-26

They went and woke him up, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you of little faith?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm.

---- mine,

I know you are anxious about many things, remember only one thing is needed, faith. Believe in Me, believe that all things work together for the good of those who love Me. Accept all that you are to endure and trust Me to provide all the grace you need. In this life, you will have troubles, trials, and tribulations, but remember I have overcome the world. Be calm and trust Me, the storms in your life will cease. Be still and know that I AM God and I am with you always.