SONG OF SONGS 2:16-17 (2024)

SONG OF SONGS 2:16-17

My lover is mine and I am his;
He shepherds his flock among the lilies,
Before the dusk blows and the shadows flee,
Return, my lover, be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the rugged hills.

---- mine,

Know that I AM God and I love you. Let this truth give your heart peace. Take courage for I, the Lord your God, have sought, found, and taken you to be My own. Walk with Me and remove from your heart all desire for things that would hinder you from belonging wholly to Me. In Me is life, joy, and peace in Me, you will draw near to the Kingdom of God for I AM the Gate that leads to union with God. Walk with Me, live in Me, remain in Me. As long as you are with Me you will find that though the path is narrow and difficult, the cross is heavy and you are weary, because I Am with You to help you,, the yoke will be sweet, and the burden light. Even though the path is rough it will not seem too difficult for My grace and presence will be sufficient to carry you and bring you to paths that are level and smooth. Stay with Me and I will carry you home to Myself to remain with Me forever.

TOBIT 8:15-16

 TOBIT 8:15-16

“May you be blessed, O Lord,
with all pure and holy blessings.
May the saints and all your creatures bless you.
May all the angels and the elect bless you forever.
May you be blessed for having filled me with joy.
What I feared has not happened,
but you have treated us with great kindness.”

---- mine,

This is how you will praise and give thanks when I answer your prayers. You will no longer sigh, weep, and mourn for the day of rejoicing is coming. Do not lose heart, do not allow your spirit to be cast down, and let hope spring anew for I AM God and all that I have said I will do. Do not be discouraged because what I promised has not yet come to pass. Have faith when the time is right I will do all that I have assured you I will do until then pray with confidence and with expectation. The day of deliverance is at hand. Pray, hope, and fix your gaze on Me. I always keep My promises.

ISAIAH 25:8-9 (2024)

ISAIAH 25:8-9

He will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

---- mine,

Every day is the day of the Lord, every day is a new day to thank Me for the graces and blessing I pour on you and those you love. Every day is a gift for which you must be grateful and thankful. Each new day is another chance to draw nearer to Me, to let go of the things that are an obstacle to real intimacy with Me. You will never be able to lead a life that is truly pleasing to Me as long as you cling to those things that keep you from being wholly Mine. This is why you must use the time given to you every day for as long as that new day lasts, as an opportunity to turn away from sin and to turn to Me with a renewed heart mind, and spirit. And do not be afraid I keep My promises I always keep My promises.

PROVERBS 8:17 (2024)

PROVERBS 8:17

I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.

---- mine,

Morning after morning you come to Me, seek Me, spend time with Me, read My Word, and allow My Word to speak to you. You praise,  worship, and adore Me. You make your needs known to Me with tears, sighs, supplications, moans, and groans, While it may seem to you that I AM taking My time in granting you your heart's desires and your prayers for your children's spiritual and temporal well-being seem unheard yet you come faithfully and offer Me the first fruits of your day. Believe in the Word I give you today, 'I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find Me.' Trust My Word. I love you and I love those for whom you pray so earnestly. You must continue to pray with faith and hope. Trust that when I deem the time is right I will give you all that your heart desires for them according to My will. I will grant all that is necessary for the salvation of their souls. Do not be dismayed I AM God, I know what is needed for them to live a life of joy and peace. As for you, continue to be faithful and never lose hope.

ZECHARIAH 8:23 (2024)

ZECHARIAH 8:23

Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’

---- mine,

It is I that the world seeks, it is I in whom the world will find peace. It is I through whom the world will know the Father, there is no other. No one can come to My Father except through Me. I Am the Way the truth and the Life apart from Me you have no life. Do not be afraid even if your sins are as scarlet I will wash you whiter than snow. I will give you a new heart and a new spirit and I will make you a new c creation in Me. Come to Me, rest in Me, confide in Me. Come to Me and speak to Me without fear, shame, or anxiety. Courage! I know all. Come to Me as confidently as a child approaches its Mother and lean on Me. I will wrap My arms around you and fill you with grace, and peace. I will hold you close to My Sacred Heart. Be still and know that I AM God. Remember the woman with the hemorrhage, and how fearful she was. She came behind Me stealthily desiring only to touch the hem of My garment unnoticed and unseen because she was afraid and ashamed. But she had great faith and great courage. She touched Me and she was healed. I was aware of her. I was aware of her touch, and I wanted everyone around Me to see her and know her as I did so they too could recognize and applaud her faith and courage just as I did. I healed her, took away her shame, and restored her. Come to Me and I will do the same for you because you are Mine.

HOSEA 14:4-5 (2024)

HOSEA 14:4-5

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.

---- mine,

Each time you come and plead your cause I assure you and reassure you that I have heard and answered all your prayers. Daily, over the years, you have lamented, wailed, wept, and cried aloud for mercy begging and pleading with Me to bring those you love back into My fold. Over and over again I have comforted you, wiped your tears, consoled you, and what I have said then I say again, this day, this moment, right now through the words of the prophet. I love them freely as I love you. I will heal their disloyalty as I have healed you. My anger has turned away from them as it has turned away from you and they will return. My mercy will fall on them as dew and I will wash away their sins, refresh them, renew them, and fill them with My Holy Spirit. They will be fruitful again. Their prayers will rise again like fragrant incense and I will remove all traces of their iniquity from them and they will once again be Mine. Pray, hope, and have faith and do not be troubled or anxious about them anymore. All I have said, I will do.

ISAIAH 46:3b-4, 9b (2024)

ISAIAH 46:3b-4, 9b

Even to your old age, I am he

and I will sustain you
even when your hair turns gray.
It is I who have done this,
and who bear the burdens,
I will sustain and save you.
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.

--- mine,

Remember this always: let this truth give light to your eyes, strengthen your will, and give you the courage to do all I ask. I AM the Lord your God, there is no other. I know you, I have loved you even before the foundations of the world. I died for you, I have carved your name on the palm of my hands. It is I who love you with a love that is everlasting. No one can take out of My hands what is Mine and you, ---- my own, are mine now and forever. I keep watch over you and I protect you, I hold your hand firmly in mine. Should you stumble you will not fall, if you fall I will raise you up. I will wipe away your tears. I will heal all your wounds. I will hear and answer all your prayers. Remain in Me and I will remain in you and you will have life. Fear nothing and take courage. I hear you I always hear you. I AM yoked to you and I share all your burdens. Be still and know that I AM God, I have marked you with the sign of My Cross and the Seal of My Spirit. Be not afraid Love, trust, obey, and do not worry or be anxious about anything, trust Me with all your heart trust in My Word and not in yourself or any created being. You have Me and I AM all you need.

PSALM 62:11-12 (2024)

 PSALM 62:11-12

Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
12 and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.

---- mine,

In the beginning, at a time appointed by God, He breathed forth His Word, His only Word, and through His Word, all that is in heaven, on earth, and under the earth came into existence. It is by the Word of God that His perfect will is accomplished. The work of God is visible in all He has created and the power of God is experienced in the life of His creation. The love of God and the power of God are at work in you and in every living soul. You were created for God but could never be His without the work of salvation I wrought in love for you and the whole world. You know that you are created by God for God and as a child of God you must keep the commandments. If you fail to keep them you will be called to judgment at the end of your life. Do not be afraid even as you work out your salvation in fear and trembling, ask for and receive my unfailing help and trust in My merciful love. Have faith never lose hope and know that because I love you can trust Me. Bring all your troubles to Me with childlike confidence and leave them with Me knowing that in and through them I can and will work all things for your good and the good of all those you love. The greatest blessings are granted to those who trust Me to lead all who are Mine in safety to the home of My Father.

SIRACH 18:13b-14 (2024)

SIRACH 18:13b-14

The compassion of the Lord is for every living thing.
He rebukes and trains and teaches them,
   and turns them back, as a shepherd his flock.
He has compassion on those who accept his discipline
   and who are eager for his precepts.

---- mine,

As long as today lasts, you can turn away from your self-centeredness, self-interest, and concupiscence. All you have, all you can count on, all that is in your control is the present moment yet you squander your todays with frivolity, you give Me the bare minimum, you barely acknowledge by the way you live your life, that I AM your God, your Lord, your King. How much longer do you think you have? How much longer do you think I will be patient with you? Is it not time for you to give your Lord what is due to Me? Now is the day, the hour, and the moment, this is all you have. Stop, listen, and obey. Only the meek, the humble, the little ones, can truly comprehend what it means to be loved and be beloved of God. Unless you become like a little child you cannot enter My Kingdom.

WISDOM 16:26-28 (2024)

 WISDOM 16:26-28

so that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn
that it is not the production of crops that feeds humankind
but that your word sustains those who trust in you.
For what was not destroyed by fire
was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,
to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give you thanks,
and must pray to you at the dawning of the light.

---- mine,

Man lives not by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the Mouth of God. If it were not for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist from the sun's rising to its setting, the world would perish. It is this Holy Sacrifice made once and for all on Calvary and offered in memory of Me for as long as time lasts that keeps the wrath of God from consuming the world and destroying it. I, His Eternal Word, His only Word, who prevent the world from being destroyed by the fire of His righteous anger. In fact, His wrath melts when He looks at You through Me on the Cross as I offer Myself in expiation for your sins and the sins of the world. Never forget, ---- my own, that it is the prayers of the faithful, those who wake up early, those who go to be late at night, those who mortify the flesh and rise up before the sun to offer praise and thanksgiving, worship and adoration, those who contemplate Me and My Word and gladly keep vigil with Me who participate with Me in staying the Hand of God. Pray, hope, and do not worry. In the end, all will be well. Trust Me with all your heart and do not be anxious about anything. I AM God and I will never fail you because you are Mine now and forever. 

PSALM 6:9 (2024)

PSALM 6:9

The Lord has heard my supplication; 

 the Lord accepts my prayer.

---- mine,

Yes, I have heard you. I always hear you. I always answer. Wait on Me. Wait patiently for the time when My promises will be fulfilled. Be attentive to My voice and you will hear Me speak to you constantly in the silence of your heart. Be still and know that I AM God and I will never leave you. Never will I abandon you I have bound you to Me with cords that can never be severed. Remain in My love. Do not allow anxiety, fear, or doubt, to distract you from this great truth. I AM the Lord your God who has loved you beyond anything you can comprehend or imagine. Be patient. Wait and while you wait pray with faith and with hope, and do not worry. Worry does nothing except fill your soul with anxiety and steal your peace. I AM God and all that I have said I will do. Watch, wait, and pray.

SONG OF SONGS 8:6-7 (2024)

SONG OF SONGS 8:6-7

Set me as a seal upon your heart,
   as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
   passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
   a raging flame.
Many waters cannot quench love,
   neither can floods drown it.
If one offered for love
   all the wealth of one’s house,
   it would be utterly scorned.

---- mine,

I have sealed you in My Holy Spirit and I have engraved your name on the palm of My hand. I have loved you even unto death, death on the Cross. My passionate love for you and my fierce love for you gave me the strength to endure the most horrendous, horrific, and barbaric death. ---- my own, never doubt for an instant that My love for you is a raging fire that will never be quenched. Come and drink from the Living Water that flows in torrents from My open side and Heart and you will never be thirsty again. Yes, you are a sinner, frail, weak, selfish, and lazy, you blow hot and cold, but My love for you remains steadfast and unwavering. I will love you unceasingly and passionately always. I have marked you for My own. Love Me, strive to love Me, do all I ask, endure all trials and difficulties, be prepared to let go of all that is not of the Kingdom of God for My Sake, and at the end of your pilgrim journey I will come and take you to Myself and you will remain with Me eternally.

PSALM 77:2-13 (2024)

PSALM 77:2-13

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
   in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
   my soul refuses to be comforted.
I think of God, and I moan;
   I meditate, and my spirit faints.       

You keep my eyelids from closing;
   I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
I consider the days of old,
   and remember the years of long ago.
I commune with my heart in the night;
   I meditate and search my spirit:
‘Will the Lord spurn for ever,
   and never again be favourable?
Has his steadfast love ceased for ever?
   Are his promises at an end for all time?
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
   Has he in anger shut up his compassion?’      
And I say, ‘It is my grief
   that the right hand of the Most High has changed.’

I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
   I will remember your wonders of old.
I will meditate on all your work,
   and muse on your mighty deeds.
Your way, O God, is holy.

   What god is so great as our God? 

---- mine,

I hear you, I always hear you. Know that I AM God and with Me all things are possible. This is the hope that I desire burns brightly in your heart always no matter how bleak life seems to be know this - I AM God and nothing is too difficult for Me. Be of good cheer, ---- my own, I have overcome the world.

MATTHEW 6:21 (2024)

MATTHEW 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

---- mine,

The Kingdom of Heaven is the treasure, what are you willing to give up for this treasure? What receives the primacy of place in your heart? Is there room in your heart for the treasure that thieves cannot steal nor moths destroy? What do you love more than Me making it an idol in your life usurping the place that should be reserved for Me alone? Unless you are willing to give up all that distracts you, tempts you, beguiles you, robs Me of what is rightfully Mine, what is due to your God, your King, your Lord, and your Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, you are not fit for the Kingdom of God. Unless you are willing to deny the demands of your flesh unless you are prepared and willing to not be a slave to the constant distractions that are harmless but nevertheless rob Me of what is due to Me, you become a slave. You are a captive when you become ensnared with the baubles and trinkets that come between Me and you. Stay awake, remain alert, be vigilant, and pick up your cross daily, hourly moment by moment with courage in obedience and humility, and follow Me and the God of all consolations will come to you, I will make My home in you and remain with you forever.

HOSEA 14:4 (2024)

HOSEA 14:4 

Assurance of Forgiveness

I will heal their disloyalty;
   I will love them freely,
   for my anger has turned from them.

---- mine,

I forgive, I heal, I restore, I AM God and I hear and see all. Do not grow weary of pleading for the cause of your loved ones. Yes, they have strayed far from Me they have wandered away from the path of truth and righteousness But I will woo them, I will pursue them relentlessly, I never tire of seeking and saving the lost. I will bring them back. Pay heed to the words I speak today and take heart. I AM God and all I say I will do. My yes is forever and the power of My Word will accomplish all that I desire it to do. Be not afraid ----- my own, I came to seek and save the lost. They will return home. Take heart and continue to pray without ceasing. I delight in your confidence in Me. Remain in My love, rest in Me, abide in Me, delight in Me, have confidence in Me. Do not be anxious. Do not be afraid. Know that I AM God and all that I have said I will do. Lift up your head raise your arms in thanksgiving and praise and watch for all the wonderful new things that I AM going to do, and while you wait, rejoice!

MARK 5:19 (2024)

MARK 5:19

But Jesus refused, and said to him, ‘Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you.’ 

---- mine,

There are things you think you need, things you want, things you beg Me to give you but not everything you ask for either for yourself or those you love will work for good. You do not see as I see, you do not know as I know. Trust Me to give you everything you need for your salvation and trust that I will save. Yield to My will, and be obedient and submissive to all I ask. Do not pout, do not grumble, do not grow discontented, rather say always and everywhere, 'Not as I will O Lord but as You will.' This is the way to know peace. Childlike surrender to the God of love who has loved you with love beyond all telling, who has loved you so much that I laid down My life for you so that you may become coheir with Me to the Kingdom of God, this is the God that you must trust. Entrust every soul for whom you plead for Me unceasingly to My mercy, pray, hope, and do not be anxious or afraid My hand will save, My hand always saves. Never forget to proclaim to everyone how good God is and how He came to your help and rescued you from the jaws of death and now it is no longer who lives but I who live in you. I dwell in the praises of My people, the more you praise Me the more fully alive I AM in you.

PSALM 69:33-36 (2024)

PSALM 69:33-36

For the Lord hears the needy,
   and does not despise his own that are in bonds.

Let heaven and earth praise him,
   the seas and everything that moves in them.
For God will save Zion
   and rebuild the cities of Judah;
and his servants shall live there and possess it;
   the children of his servants shall inherit it,
   and those who love his name shall live in it.

---- mine,

I desire this to be the day when you will take heart and rest assured that all that I have promised you I will do. Day after day you cry out to Me begging Me to save your children, to bring them back home. You pray with a broken heart for them to return to the Church and her Sacraments without which you cannot possess life. This is what My Father, the Holy Spirit, and I desire too so take heart calm your spirit, wipe your tears, and wait in confidence and peace. You have placed all your burdens on Me and I receive them gladly for I love you, remember always that you are Mine. Doubt no longer, ---- my own, but believe. Wait in faith, hope, and total surrender, and watch with awe and wonder for the wonders that will unfold. I AM God and all that I have said I will do.

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 for ever.
   Do not forsake the work of your hands.

---- mine,

Yes, even when you walk through the deep, dark waters, I never leave you I will never abandon you. My Name is Emmanuel 'God with us'. Yes, and this is who I AM, God who is with you always. Each time you call my Name, when you say 'Jesus' you call on the one who saves. I AM the beloved Son of the Eternal Father who has loved you with a love beyond all comprehension. He sent Me into the world as one like you and I said yes gladly for I desire all that My Father desires. I love as He loves you and I gladly died for you so you can live and not just you, ---- my own, but every man woman, and child on the earth. I have loved you with an everlasting love you belong to Me. Continue to call on Me always, not just in times of distress but always, and I will come to you gladly. I abide in you and you in Me. I delight in you and when you delight in Me you console Me by making up for the coldness  and indifference of those in the world. I will never leave you, never will I forsake you, we are bound with cords of love that can never be broken. You belong to Me. Ask and I will give all that you desire for your salvation and the salvation of your loved ones even making you co-heirs with Me to the Kingdom of God.  

MARK 4:23-25 (2024)

MARK 4:23-25

‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’ And he said to them, ‘Pay attention to what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. For to those who have, more will be given; and from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.’ 

---- mine,

Listen! Pay attention - these are the words I want you to hear today. Listen and hear not just with your ears but with your whole being. Be attentive to the signs and wonders around you and you will know what I desire you to see, know, hear, and experience, you will live and act as I desire but only if you have understood what I am saying to you. You have received grace in abundance. You are given grace sufficient for the day and you have gifts and talents according to your capacity and the ability given to you by the Father through the Holy Spirit. You can either squander these gifts and graces by doing nothing or you can increase and multiply them by using them generously for good. Only in the spiritual realm is this true - the more you give the more you receive. The more you hold on selfishly, or lazily because you are afraid that you will lose the little you have or because you are too lazy to make an effort to live the life of the Gospel, you will lose even the little you have and become impoverished. The contradiction of the spiritual life turns everything the world stands for on its head. In the Way of Life, to be poor is to be rich, to be weak is to be strong, to lose is to find, to lay down your life for the sake of the Gospel is to receive life in abundance and have it forever. If you wish to receive in abundance and live an abundant life of grace, joy, peace, goodness, truth, and beauty then you must pick up your cross daily and follow Me all the way to Golgotha. There can be no resurrection without first experiencing crucifixion and death. The way to life is to death to self. 

ISAIAH 65:1-2, 24 (2024)

ISAIAH 65:1-2, 24

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
   to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am’,
   to a nation that did not call on my name.
I held out my hands all day long
   to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
   following their own devices;
Before they call I will answer,
   while they are yet speaking I will hear.

---- mine,

I will never forsake you nor will I forsake those whom you love. You cry out to Me day and night, bring your troubles to Me, lay your head against My Sacred Heart, and say to Me, 'I love you, I trust you I will not be afraid for I know that you hear me. In your perfect time, you will answer me.' Even though they have strayed from Me yet, I will never forsake them I will not leave them their names are written on the palm of My Hands. I know them and they belong to Me. For the sake of My love for them, for the sake of the wounds I bear in their name, for the sake of my sorrowful passion, I will seek them and find them and not one will be lost. As for you, ---- my own, remain in My love. Rest in Me, find your consolation in My promises and My tender compassion for you and your loved ones. Be not afraid for I have overcome the world. The day of rejoicing is at hand, wait patiently for the day of deliverance. It is coming it is almost here. Rejoice and be glad for the day of their vindication is at hand.