BARUCH 4:26-30 (2024)

BARUCH 4:26-30

My pampered children have travelled rough roads;
they were taken away like a flock carried off by the enemy.
Take courage, my children, and cry to God,
for you will be remembered by the one who brought this upon you.
For just as you were disposed to go astray from God,
return with tenfold zeal to seek him.
For the one who brought these calamities upon you
will bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
Take courage, O Jerusalem,
for the one who named you will comfort you.

---- mine,

Once again, today is a new day, the day of the Lord and I continue to reassure you of My blessings and My favor not only on you but on your children. Take heart. Take courage. Pray without ceasing and I, the God of all hope will grant you all that your heart cries out for day and night. They have strayed far from the fold, but they are always before Me. My gaze is riveted on them and I will bring them back. I will not allow a single sheep that belongs to My fold to be lost especially when prayers of supplication rise up continually for them before MyThrone of Mercy. Suffering is the lot of both sinner and saint but the sufferings brought on sinners is one that they invite on themselves because they choose sin over Me and sin separates the sinner from the Love of God. But do not lose heart, take courage, ---- my own, be comforted because I, the God of all comfort, assure you that I will bring them home to My Father's house. Pray with hope and pray without ceasing.

LUKE 4:38-39 (2024)

LUKE 4:38-39

After leaving the synagogue he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her. Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.

 ---- mine,

When you leave the Church you must go into the world with eyes wide open, ears ready to listen, hands ready to give and to serve, feet prepared to go wherever you are sent, and a heart so filled with abounding love for Me that it impels you to spend your life for others. There is no other way for a follower of Mine to live but in loving service to neighbor. Love lays its life down for the good of the other. This is what My Father asked of Me and it is what My Father and I ask of you as well. A life lived for others is fruitful, a life closed in on itself will soon shrivel up and die. Pray for others and bring them to Me so I may touch and heal them in every way that they need healing and they in turn will rise up from their sick bed, from their sick selves, from their unhealthy focus on themselves, and begin to serve. Live for God's glory and do everything for the glory of God. 

PSALM 86:2, 3-4, 17 (2024)

 PSALM 86:2, 3-4, 17

You are God;
be gracious to me, O Lord,
for to you do I cry all day long.
Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Show me a sign of your favour,
so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame,
because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

---- mine, 

Yes, I AM God, and I will be gracious to you and I will bless you. I have heard your cries, I have seen your tears, I know that your heart is breaking and the things that break your heart breaks Mine as well. I know that you are sorry. You bring your contrite heart and broken spirit to Me and you beg me for healing not only for yourself but for all those nearest and dearest to you. Signs of My favor abound all around you, look for them today, ---- my own, notice them and give praise and thanks that I do see, I do hear, I do understand, and at a time of My choosing, and according to My will I will answer and your heart will be filled to overflowing with joy, peace, and gladness. 

TOBIT 13:6-7 (2024)

TOBIT 13:6-7

If you turn back to him with all your
heart and soul,
and live justly before him,
then he will turn back to you
and will no longer hide his face from you.
See what he has done for you
and return him thanks aloud.
Bless the Lord who alone is just
and praise the King of ages.

---- mine,

While it is true that God created you for His pleasure and we desired you to be born so you could be with us in eternity, you, my child, cannot be saved unless you will it. A thousand times a day you turn your face from Me. A thousand times a day you do what displeases Me. A thousand times a day you walk away from Me yet, when trouble comes you are importunate in your cries and lamentations. You are ceaseless in your sighs and tears. All you do is plead that the cross be lifted from you and those you love. You complain that I place heavy loads on you and the sorrow and grief you bear is relentless. Is this really true, ---- my own? Each of you is well aware that the consequences of a life of sin mean separation from Me. Grace is cut off for it is rejected. Having chosen willingly and carelessly to break the Commandments you now wail and lament the suffering that justly follows. But take heart. There is a remedy to sin - a humble, contrite heart I will not spurn. It does not matter how far you or your loved ones have strayed, you and they can always return like the Prodigal Son and always, always, find a welcome in the Father's loving embrace just as he did. If sinners repent and resolve to sin no more all will be restored and your place assured one more in My Father's house. The hymn of the repentant sinner is unceasing praise and thanksgiving for all God has done.

PSALM 138:7-8 (2024)

PSALM 138:7-8

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 

you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.
The Lord will fulfil his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.

---- mine,

Your worst enemy is fear. As long as you are anxious, worried, and fearful you will doubt and your faith will waver. You must know by now that in this life you will have suffering, troubles, sickness, heartache, heartbreak, loss, pain, and grief, this is all part of the human condition. You have also experienced goodness, kindness, compassion, tenderness, laughter, and peace in the good times as well as in times of trials. Peace is My gift to those who belong to Me. Fear nothing ---- my own, but fear itself. Fear comes from the evil one, but love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, and understanding are the gifts of My Holy Spirit to all who are called by My Name. Be not afraid, I have overcome the world and I assure you today as I have done so often in the past, I will fulfill the plans I have for you and those you love. I will never forsake those whose names are carved on the palm of My hands.  

SIRACH 15:14-15 (2024)

SIRACH 15:14-15

It was he who created humankind in the beginning,
and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
If you choose, you can keep the commandments,
and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.

---- mine,

Choose wisely, act faithfully, keep the Law of Love for God and neighbor. If you wish to know joy in this life and eternal joy in the life to come then choose life, choose love, choose to serve with a glad heart and a willing spirit. Bend your will to the will of the Father. You know what the God of love desires of you, what pleases and delights Him and so choose these things that He desires, that please and delight Him. Seek life in its fullness which is a life of purity and holiness. Strive after the things that testify that you are a child of God and you will inherit a share in My Kingdom. Your free will is a gift for in freely choosing the right, the true, the good, and the beautiful you choose Me and in choosing Me you also choose the Father and the Spirit and we will come to you, abide in you and, make our home in you. 

PHILIPPIANS 4:4, 5b-7 (2024)

PHILIPPIANS 4:4, 5b-7

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
The Lord is near.
Do not worry about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving 

let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

---- mine,

Joy is the herald announcing wherever you go and to all who see you that I, the Lord your God am with you. Why then do you permit thoughts of fear to cloud your spirit? Why do you worry? Why are your prayers accompanied by sighs, moans, groans, tears, and anguish? AM I NOT GOD? IS ANYTHING TOO DIFFICULT FOR ME? Listen to what I say to you today, and act on what I say - DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING - when you pray, pray with joy and let my peace flood your soul because you know that I, the God of love, will grant you all that you ask for in prayer. Let praise and thanksgiving flood your soul and flow from your lips every hour of the day and through the watches of the night and My peace and joy which is beyond human understanding will be your ever-present companions. Believe, ---- my own, for My Word is truth and I sanctify you in Truth.

PSALM 55:1-2, 18, 23, 24C (2024)

PSALM 55:1-2, 18, 23, 24C

Listen to my prayer, O God, do not be deaf to my pleading;

give heed to me and answer me.

Morning, evening, and even at noon, 

I cry out my grievance and moan; 

surely he will hear my voice.

Place your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; 

for he never allows the upright to fall.

As for me, I trust in you alone, O Lord.

---- mine,

What do you think about the goodness of My Father? Cast your thoughts on all the days of your life that are now past and see how God has cared for you, especially during those difficult times when you thought you would never know joy and peace of mind ever again. What does this teach you? When has God ever failed you? When have you found that the prayers you have prayed have fallen on deaf ears and your cries and pleadings have remained unanswered? What is your experience of Me, the Son of the Living God, and My Holy Spirit? And how has My Father and yours dealt with you always? When My Mother whom I have given you failed to comfort and console you and assure you that she who walked with Me every step of Calvary will not be with you too? When has she not assured you that she is praying for you, interceding for you mediating on your behalf, and obtaining from Me all that she asks of Me for you? You importune the saints especially St. Joseph and St. Anthony daily - now listen attentively to what I say to you. Quiet your soul. Still your beating and anxious heart. Let My peace flood your soul and you will rediscover anew that I have never failed you in the past and I will not fail you now nor will I ever fail you in the years ahead. Do not be troubled ---- my little one, I have heard and I will answer for I Am the Yes and the Amen of God. 

HABAKKUK 3:17-19 (2024)

HABAKKUK 3:17-19

Though the fig tree does not blossom,
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.
God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and makes me tread upon the heights.

---- mine,

There will always be seasons of joy and aridity in your life, seasons of waiting patiently on the will and favor of God that seem endless. You and your loved ones will always face trials, fear, anxiety, and doubt it is then that you must not lose heart. Waiting may seem like an eternity, and you will be to believe that the answer to your prayers of petition and intercession for those nearest, dearest, and closest to your heart are unheard. Yes, the winter seems endless, the aridity eternal, the uncertainty unbearable, the longing of your heart for blessings healings, wholeness, salvation, fullness of joy, and untroubled peace for those you importune Me daily with tears, sighs, moaning, and groaning appear to you to fall on deaf ears. Even then, ---- my own, continue to pray with faith, with expectant faith, for you know that I AM God and in My time, in My Way, according to My will, I will grant perhaps not quite what you are praying for but something far, far better than you could ever hope for or imagine. Hold on fiercely to faith and keep your gaze fixed with confidence on Me. Nothing is impossible for those who believe. 

TOBIT 12:17-18 (2024)

TOBIT 12:17-18

But Raphael said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; peace be with you. Bless God for evermore. As for me, when I was with you, I was not acting on my own will, but by the will of God. Bless him each and every day; sing his praises.

---- mine,

Morning after morning you come before dawn and offer the first fruits of the day. You also offer your fears and anxieties, you weep and sigh before Me. You make known your troubles to Me and over and over again I have assured you and continue to assure you saying, 'Do not be afraid I AM with you. I see all. I know all. I have gathered your tears. Your prayers are always before Me.' Take heart, ---- my own, in the end, I will triumph. Be of good cheer,  pray, and praise constantly offering Me a grateful heart and joyful spirit. All things, including your trials, work for your good. Receive all as coming from the hand of the God you love. Fear paralyzes, hope has wings. You have put all your hope in Me and you will soon discover that hope does not disappoint.

MATTHEW 14:23-32 (2024)

MATTHEW 14:23-32

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking towards them on the lake. But when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.’

Peter answered him, ‘Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.’ He said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came towards Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, ‘You of little faith, why did you doubt?’ When they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

---- mine,

I want you to note carefully the sequence of events and listen as I speak to you through each of them. When you pray leave everything behind and let your heart, mind, and soul rise up to God. Rest quietly in Me. It is not necessary to say many words let heart speak to heart. I will quiet and gentle your soul. I will strengthen your will. I will pour My grace and fill your life with blessings not as you wish but according to My will - I know what is needful for you. After the time spent with Me, you are ready to go out and face the storm. Never forget for an instant that you are never alone. If you do, the wind, the waves, and the storm will overpower, overwhelm you, and terrify you and you will lose your peace, and fear will gain control over you. If you lose sight of Me call My Name and you will hear My voice saying to you, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.’ Be as bold as Peter and ask to come out of the boat and walk on the water and I will invite you to do so. Nothing in your life may change but as long as you keep your gaze and focus on Me all will be well. However, if you are distracted by the storm, the wind, and the waves that clamor around you then fear will get the better of you, and overwhelm you causing you to sink. But all is not lost, call My Name, cry out to Me as Peter did, ‘Lord, save me!’ And I will immediately reach out My hand and catch you. Fear paralyzes the soul but faith conquers all. Have faith and do not doubt. With Me in the boat of your life, the wind will cease, the storm will die down, and I will take you safely to the place where I desire you to be. Remain in My love.

LUKE 11:27-28 (2024)

LUKE 11:27-28 

While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” 

---- mine, 

Very often you emphasize the wrong thing, it may be good but there is something greater that you miss when you focus on what is less important, and less relevant. Sometimes you can be like the woman in the crowd who was so emotionally charged by My teaching that she cried aloud, praising My Mother but she was praising her for the wrong reasons. While it was true that My Mother, Mary, was uniquely blessed, she was fully aware that she had done nothing to merit this singular grace, it was God who chose her and God who raised her up as she sang in her hymn of praise to God in the Magnificat. What raises My Mother above every human creature is that none heard the Word of God and obeyed it as perfectly as she did. The Word of God was food and drink to her as it was to Me. Do you wish to be blessed, ---- my own? Then you too must strive to hear the Word of God and obey it in season and out of season, always and everywhere, when it is convenient or not when it costs you nothing, and when it costs you everything. And praise My Mother, love, and reverence her, and take her into your home. She is My gift to you. She will teach you, pray for you, intercede for you, and obtain all the graces you need to obey God in all things as she did. Her intercessory prayers to Me, her Son, for all her children, are always heard.

LUKE 8:46-48 (2024)

LUKE 8:46-48

But Jesus insisted, "Someone touched me,

for I felt power go out from me,"

The woman knew she had been discovered.

She came trembling and knelt before Jesus.

Then she openly confessed why she had touched him,

and how she had been instantly cured.

And Jesus said to her,

"Daughter, your faith has saved you.

Go in peace."

---- mine,

 Cling to Me, do not let go. Stay with Me and let me stay with you. Let the power of My Spirit course through you and give you life and healing in mind, soul, body, and spirit. Do not be afraid to approach Me night or day for I AM with you always. I long to hear the sound of your voice. Ask for anything and I will give it to you. AM I not your Brother, Beloved, Bridegroom of your soul – there is nothing I will not do for you – I laid down My life for you what more can I give you that I have not already given you. My Father is your Father, My Mother is your Mother, My Spirit is poured into your soul. Come, ---- my own, come to Me, let me lead you to green pastures, let me take you to drink beside cool streams so you can rest and be refreshed. Come and be blessed and receive the peace that the world cannot give. Take heart, do not be afraid, rest in My love.

MATTHEW 21:22 (2024)

MATTHEW 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer full of faith, you will receive.

---- mine,

Be still and know that I AM God. I know all, I see all, I hear and answer every prayer. Have no fear not for yourself or for your loved ones for I have overcome the world. Pray without ceasing let your mind and your heart rest in Me and be still. Be not afraid my own, but in all things with praise and thanksgiving make your needs known to Me, I do not tire of listening to you for I delight in your praises and I am pleased when you trust Me with all your trials and troubles. Am I not God? Will I not hear and answer my little ones when they run to Me? I will hear and I will answer. Have faith and all you ask for in prayer full of faith you will receive I assure you.

MATTHEW 18:12-14 (2024)

MATTHEW 18:12-14 

What do you think of this? If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside, and go to look for the stray one? And I tell you, when he finally finds it, he is more pleased about it, than about the ninety-nine that did not go astray. It is the same with your Father in heaven. Your Father in heaven doesn’t want even one of these little ones to perish.

---- mine, 

What do you truly think of this? Don’t you marvel at the Father’s love for you and for all sinners that He sent Me into the world to save every human being? Contemplate the unfathomable love of God, that He, knowing what it would mean for Me to leave Him, aware of how heart-wrenching it was for Me not be with Him, to leave My home in heaven and My place at His side and become a creature? Such is the Father's love for you and My love for Him, that I did as He asked. This is why for the sake of My sorrowful passion and My bitter agony, My shameful, ignominious crucifixion My Blood has the power to heal, to transform, to make new, and to restore every soul. Even though your sins be as scarlet My Blood washes whiter than snow. Continue to pray, to fast, to give alms, and not one of the souls that you bring before Me daily, hourly, every moment, will perish. Have no fear ---- my own, I have overcome the world.

WISDOM 16:26-28 (2024)

WISDOM 16:26-28

Then the children you love learned

that it is not crops of whatever kind which

nourish humankind, but your word that

sustains those who trust you.

That food which resisted fire, simply

melted in the warmth of a fleeting sunbeam,

teaching us that we must rise

before the sun to give thanks

and pray to you at dawn.

---- mine, 

You belong to the family of God and over His children He stoops low and feeds them with the Bread of Life and He gives them drink from the Cup of Life and Salvation. This is the Bread of Angels necessary for eternal life without which you will wither and die. This is the imperishable food that wells up to divine life in the children of the Most High purchased with My Life. This is the supernatural food that is given to all who are grafted to Me, My Church, My Bride. All that is dross, impure, unworthy melts in the fire of My inexhaustible love. This is why it is right and good for you to wake up at dawn before the rising of the sun, to give praise and thanksgiving to the God of Love who created you in love, redeemed you in love, and sanctified you in love.

HABAKKUK 3:17-19 (2024)

HABAKKUK 3:17-19 

Though the fig tree does not blossom,
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.
God, the Lord, is my strength;
e makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and makes me tread upon the heights. 

---- mine, 

Know this, do not look at all that is going on in your life and the lives of those you love so dearly, lift your eyes to Me. Yes, it may seem I AM far from you, that I do not see, hear, or that I have cut off all abundance and joy, good health, and mental and spiritual well-being from the lives of those so very dear to you. If you see with the eyes of mortals it does seem that the fig tree, the vine, and the olive tree are barren right now, there is neither blossom nor fruit and the sheep have left the fold but look once more with the eyes of faith and you will see signs of My abundance overflowing everywhere and you will rejoice and give thanks. Remember that God dwells in the praises of His people and You are My people. Rejoice, ---- my own, I have neither forgotten nor abandoned you. I AM here closer to you than you are to yourself. Rejoice and be glad for I AM with you. I AM your strength, I AM your Savior, I AM your Redeemer and in the end, when the time is right, all that you are praying for so ardently shall come to pass and you will know that not for a moment did I forsake you nor did I leave you. I will lift you up, I Myself will tend and heal all the wounds that sin has inflicted and I will strengthen you and lead each of you to the bosom of My Father. Believe and rejoice.

HOSEA 14:4-6 (2024)

HOSEA 14:4-6

I will heal their disloyalty;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel.
He shall blossom like the lily,
he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
His shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive tree,
and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.

---- mine,

Take heart. Your days of lament and woe will end. I, who have constantly assured you that I will hear and answer, speak to you the words I spoke through the prophet Hosea. I will keep My promise. I will fulfill all that I have said. You and your family will be healed in every way that healing is required. I will make touch and restore to wholeness and robust good health. I will forgive and I will restore and you will all blossom and be fruitful. Trust Me and trust My Word, for the Word that goes forth from the Mouth of God does not return without accomplishing what it was sent to do. Be still and know that I AM God and I have heard you. Because of My love for you, ---- my own, I have answered.

ZECHARIAH 13:9 (2024)

ZECHARIAH 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire,
   refine them as one refines silver,
   and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
   and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people’;
   and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ 

---- mine, 

Yes, I will refine, I will test and will do so until your days on earth have come to a close. But do not fear, do not be anxious, I will ensure that after the time of testing you and those you love will be purified and fit for the Kingdom. Now it seems impossible. Tears dim your eyes and sorrow is your constant companion. But you also know that I AM with you and I AM with the ones you love. When you or any of them call MY NAME I will answer and I will say to them as I say to you all day and every day, ---- my own, I AM your God and you are My people. Have I not laid down My Life for you and for the whole world? Have I sent My Holy Spirit to abide in you? Have I not revealed to you that My Father is your Father as well? And have I not given you My Mother to be your Mother too? Be of good cheer, ---- mine, I have overcome the world. 

SIRACH 39:33-35 (2024)

SIRACH 39:33-35

All the works of the Lord are good,
   and he will supply every need in its time.
No one can say, ‘This is not as good as that’,
   for everything proves good in its appointed time.
So now sing praise with all your heart and voice,
   and bless the name of the Lord.

---- mine, 

It is good for you to remember these words of wisdom and carry them in your heart today. To be absolutely certain that all things that come from the hand of God or that God permits according to His will, work for good for those who love Him. Every circumstance, ---- my own, you must accept as needful in as much as I use it all to teach you, and all your loved ones for whom you love so dearly and pray for constantly, not to cause you to stumble, fall, or make you despondent, anxious, worried, and certainly not to cause you so much uncertainty and distress that you give up. But rather that you will see the hand of God even through it all. In time, when you cast your mind on the things that broke your heart when you recall those times that seemed darkest, when grief and sorrow, heartache and heartbreak seemed the food and drink allotted to you, you will discover that everything was good, and you will lift up your soul, your heart, your mind and your voice to sing praises to God and you will bless My Name from the rising of the sun to its setting. 

BARUCH 5:1-2, 5-6 (2024)

BARUCH 5:1-2, 5-6 

Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem,
and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.
Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God;
put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting;
Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height;
look towards the east,
and see your children gathered from west and east
at the word of the Holy One,
rejoicing that God has remembered them.
For they went out from you on foot,
led away by their enemies;
but God will bring them back to you,
carried in glory, as on a royal throne.

---- mine, 

Never again do I want to hear you say, ‘Lord, where are you? Do you not hear me? Do you not see me? I do hear you always and My eyes are always on you. Never doubt, ---- my own, that I AM nearer to you than you are to yourself. I have heard every prayer. I have gathered all your tears. I have heard each sigh. I hold your broken heart in My Heart. Do not be cast down. Do not mourn. I love you with an everlasting love – you belong to Me. I walk with you. I abide in you. I fill you with My Holy Spirit. My Father is your Father – He created you because He desires that you come to Him and remain with Him eternally. O ---- my own, why do you allow doubts to crush your spirit? Trust Me! You know you can trust Me because I have never let you down and I never will. The day of rejoicing will come. Your children will come home. I will carry them and bring them back. Dry your eyes and offer God a hymn of thanksgiving and praise for God has come to your aid. Rejoice and be glad. 

PSALM 143:8-12 (2024)

PSALM 143:8-12

Let the dawn bring me word of your love; 

For in you alone, I put my trust. 

Show me the way I should walk, 

for to you I lift up my soul.

Rescue me from my enemies, O Yahweh, 

for to you, I flee for refuge. 

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. 

Let your Spirit lead me on a safe path. 

Preserve me, O Yahweh, for your name’s sake; 

free me from distress, in your justice. 

You, who are merciful, crush my enemies

and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

---- mine,. 

Long before the first light of dawn, you come to Me. You ask Me to speak to you a word of love, encouragement, and assurance. You plead with Me without ceasing for the salvation of those nearest dearest and closest to your heart. You are full of sadness at the sinful choices made leading to broken hearts, broken lives, and their distancing from the rest of the members of My body. To you who are helpless, these troubles seem insurmountable. You are aware that there is no joy apart from Me, no life without Me, and only death and sorrow apart from Me and so your soul is cast down and you go about sad sorrowful anxious, and joyless. Yet this is not what faith in Me is about. Without faith, and hope how can you trust Me? Cast a glance at your own past and walk along it in your mind’s eye until you come to the present. Have you not wandered far from Me often? And have I not led you back to the fold? Take heart. What I have done for you I will do for them as well. I will lead them by the hand. I will seek them wherever they are. I will bring them home and there will be great rejoicing when they return to My Father’s house never to depart from it or Me again. 

EZEKIEL 39:25-29 (2024)

 EZEKIEL 39:25-29 

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget their shame, and all the treachery they have practised against me, when they live securely in their land with no one to make them afraid, when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have displayed my holiness in the sight of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them behind; and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

---- mine, 

On the feast of the Immaculate Heart of My Mother and yours, know this, I AM true to My promises. All that I have said I will do. As for you, be still and know that I AM God, nothing is too difficult for Me. The Word of God spoken through the prophet is a Word spoken to all people in every generation and I speak it anew to you here and now, at this time, in this place. I will bring every member of your family into My House because although they have strayed they are called by My Name. They will confess their sins and their guilt and I will forgive. I will wash away their iniquity, I will no more remember their sins. I will bring them home and they will never stray from Me again. I will not hide My Face from them, I will pour out My Spirit upon them and your house will be fruitful with the abundance of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Be not afraid, ---- my own, continue to pray faithfully and all that I have said - I WILL DO.

PSALM 12:6 (2024)

PSALM 12:6 

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,
silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.

---- mine, 

Today My Church celebrates the feast of My Sacred Heart. Today I assure you that every promise I make to you is true. I love you with an everlasting love - you are Mine in time and in eternity. 

Ponder My 12 Promises today. Embrace them. Believe. Do not limit Me to your finite way of thinking, ---- my own, to do so is to bring sorrow on yourself. Do not wallow in self-pity but know that I AM God and allow Me the freedom to act as I will, in My time, in My way always and everywhere. This is the way - place all your trust in My Sacred Heart and rest in serenity in My will.

1.  I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
2. I will establish peace in their homes.
3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
6. Sinners will find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
9. I will bless every place in which an image of My Heart is exposed
and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names
written in My Heart.
12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in My disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

PSALM 107:28-31 (2024)

PSALM 107:28-31

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out from their distress;
he made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Then they were glad because they had quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.

---- mine,

Never forget, especially when you find life particularly trying, that I AM with you. My right hand holds you up so your feet will not stumble nor will you fall. See, I have carved your name on the palm of My hand so I will never forget you. My eyes keep constant vigil over you. Be not afraid ---- my own, in this life you will have to carry the cross. There is no other way to the Father's house but I AM with you. With my and my rod I comfort you, guide you, and keep you on the straight and narrow path leading to salvation. Have no fear. I AM with you in the eye of the storm, in the raging wind, in the billowing waves, in the surging of the waters, I AM with you. No harm shall come to you or to those you pray for. You come to Me before the rising of the sun, you call My Name through the day, and even in the silent watches of the night. I see you, I hear you and I assure you ---- my own, that I will never leave you, I will not forsake you. I will still every storm in your life and I will bring you and all your loved ones to the desired haven - My Father's house.

SONG OF SONGS 1:2-4 (2024)

SONG OF SONGS 1:2-4

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine, your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you. Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

---- mine, 

The more you seek after Me the closer I will draw to you. Desire Me with every breath you breathe -hunger and thirst for Me. Do not permit any created thing to come between us but consider all things and everyone well lost for love of Me. To be one with Me, to desire only that which I desire, to seek to please Me in all things even if it means dying to yourself – this is the way to perfect union with Me, with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Seek Me while I may yet be found before it is too late and before your days on earth come to a close. This is the day and the hour; now is the time, this is the moment of your salvation. Come, come, my own little one, see, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Look at the scars on My hands, My feet, My side, and never doubt that you are most greatly loved. I truly am the Bridegroom of your soul and you are my heart’s delight. Be still ---- my own, be still and know that I AM God and I love you. 

LUKE 18:7-8 (2024)

LUKE 18:7-8

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?’ 

---- mine, 

As often as you need Me to reassure you that I hear and see you, I will. I always have and always will answer you. In the eye of the storm, I AM with you. When the waves rise high and toss the boat of your life around, I AM there. When the winds are howling and shrieking all around you and you are afraid, I AM holding you close to My Sacred Heart beating with love for you. Continue to cry out to Me as you do for I AM not only your God but I AM also the Bridegroom of your Soul. Come to Me rest in Me and I will pour My grace into your heart and grant you mercy. I will hear and answer you and your heart will rejoice. I have commanded the winds and the waves to hush, to be quiet, and the wind will change to a gentle breeze that will carry you safely to shore. Have faith! Believe! Trust Me!

WISDOM 6:26-29 (2024

WISDOM 6:26-29 

Then the children you love learned that it is not crops of whatever kind which nourish humankind, but your word that sustains those who trust you. That food which resisted fire, simply melted in the warmth of a fleeting sunbeam, teaching us that we must rise before the sun to give thanks and pray to you at dawn. The hope of the ungrateful will melt like winter frost and flow away like water that is not being used. 

---- mine, 

It is not what you eat that sustains you but the Word of God that stoops low over you every waking and sleeping moment. There is not an instant ---- my own, when My gaze is not lovingly on you watching over you, teaching you, leading and guiding you, and encouraging and consoling you. In the early hours before dawn you come to Me morning after morning and you rest in Me. In those early hours even though you do not always fully comprehend, I feed your soul on the Bread of My Word and when you come daily to celebrate the Holy Eucharist I feed you with My Body. You receive Me in Holy Communion Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity and we are one in an intimacy that nothing in human experience can match – for it is a marriage between God and you, making you truly My spouse and I, the Bridegroom of your soul. Remain in My love and be assured that I who am God hear the cry of your heart and hearing always, I answer. Be at peace and fear nothing. 

MARK 9:27 (2024)

MARK 9:27

But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and the boy stood up.

---- mine,

Just as I took the boy with the spirit by the hand and lifted him up, so too will I take the one you pray for day and night by the hand, and I will lift him up as well. Don't you know by now that all things are possible for the one who believes? Do you believe, ---- my own? Believe and you will receive blessings not only for yourself but poured out, shaken together, and overflowing on each member of your family. As for you, ---- mine, be still and know that I AM God, nothing is impossible, nothing is too difficult, for Me. Just believe and you and your household will be saved.

ZEPHANIAH 3:15-18 (2024)

 ZEPHANIAH 3:15-18

The Lord has taken away the judgements against you,    he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;    you shall fear disaster no more. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion;    do not let your hands grow weak. The Lord, your God, is in your midst,    a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness,    he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing    as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you,    so that you will not bear reproach for it.

---- mine,  What have you to fear when I, the Lord your God have assured you that I AM with you and no power can prevail over you except the power of My love for you? I the King of Kings and Lord of Lords am with you to protect you. I make My home in you. Your heart is My tabernacle where I delight to dwell. Do not fear and do not let doubts weaken your faith in Me. Hope in My love for all My promises are true. Do not permit your heart to tremble in fear but lift up your hands in praise and thanksgiving and prostrate yourself before Me, your Lord and your God, in worship. I AM the Lord your God, there is no other. I will give you victory and you will shout for joy and sing songs of gladness having experienced that I AM faithful from one generation to the next. You will rejoice and exult, you will songs of gladness and will be filled with joy because I have given you victory. I have saved you and your loved ones, and you will no longer remember your sorrows and your affliction. I the Lord have spoken and all that I have said I will accomplish – I AM GOD!