Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
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.
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.
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
But Jesus insisted, "Someone touched me,---- 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
Whatever you ask for in prayer full of faith, you will receive.
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
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
---- 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
Though the fig tree does not blossom,---- 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
I will heal their disloyalty;---- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
ZEPHANIAH 3:15-18
The Lord has
taken away the judgements against you, |
---- 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! |