“Come, eat and drink of the bread and wine I have prepared.
Give up your foolishness and you will live;
take the straight path of discernment.”
---- my own,
Every morning for so the whole of your life, ever since you first received Me in the Holy Eucharist, I have invited you to come to the table and share the Banquet of Love that I prepare for you. You have responded to My invitation, and morning after morning you come to Me and partake of the Banquet of Love, which is My own Flesh under the appearance of mere bread and My own Blood in the appearance of wine. You eat and are filled with spiritual nourishment and strength for the journey that will take you from this life to the next. At every Holy Communion, I fill you with every grace and blessing that you need to help you as you sojourn in this valley of tears. You have troubles, you have sorrow, and you are anxious about many things. The health of your spouse, the troubles of your children, and these weigh your spirit down, and you lose awareness of My Presence in you and all My gifts and My promises to you. This is why your spirit is sad, and joy escapes you, and peace is far from you. How foolish you are, ---- mine, peace is My gift to you as it is to all who follow Me closely and are grafted onto Me. Peace I leave you, My own peace do I give you not as the world gives it, which is not peace at all, for it is like the morning mist in the sun that disappears at the first sign of testing. My peace is an abiding peace. It is a peace that remains unwavering and unshakeable, no matter what storms rise up to rob you of it. The waves may be high, the winds may scream and toss you about, but nothing will shake you or disturb you, for you know with conviction that nothing can shake that I AM in the eye of the storm with you, and My Peace, which is in you, enables you to sail serenely and joyfully through the stormiest seas. Contemplate often this truth: My peace is with you; it abides in you. Do not let anyone or anything rob you of this peace, which is My gift to you.
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