HOSEA 14:5-7 (2023)

HOSEA 14:5-7

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.
They shall again live beneath my shadow,
   they shall flourish as a garden;
they shall blossom like the vine,
   their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

---- mine,

I hear your prayer and your sighs, I have seen and collected all your tears, I know your heart aches and breaks for the sins of those you love who have wandered far from Me. Listen to what I say to you today - take heart, be consoled, continue to pray for their salvation unceasingly as you are doing now, and believe in My Word which I  have given you today:

My love for them is like dew restoring and refreshing their souls which will blossom once again. They will once more be rooted firmly in my Holy Spirit and they will not depart from the way of righteousness leading to life. Their tears of repentance and contrition along with their prayers will rise up as a pleasing fragrance to God, My Father and they will live again in My love and My peace and in the joy of the Holy Spirit and I will forgive them their trespasses. Virtue will flourish and blossom in their lives and their lives will be as sweet-smelling incense and wine and a delight to both God and to those around them. Pray earnestly, and hope with all your heart for My Word is true.

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1-4 (2023)

SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1-4

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,

I have called you as I have called every man, woman, and child to rejoice and feast at the Wedding Banquet of the Lamb. I have anointed you and consecrated you with holy oil and made you a kingdom of priests and a holy nation with the rest of God's family. My Spirit makes your heart His Sanctuary of love. He makes it possible for your love to be filled with the fragrance of the virtues which He lavishes on all who love Me and acknowledge Me as their Savior, their King, and their Sovereign Lord. Come to Me, ---- mine, visit Me often in the Blessed Sacrament, just as you do every day. I am always glad when you come to see Me. I draw you into the bridal chamber when You receive Me daily in the Holy Eucharist as well as when you visit Me each evening. I exult and rejoice over your daily earnest striving to live in My Presence and offer up everything for My glory and in atonement for your sins and the sins of the world. Your praises resound with the rest of all My faithful people as well as all those who have gone before you and are now eternally in My Presence. All the saints now live in exultant joy in My Father's house. Continue to pray, hope, and do not be anxious or troubled about anything just trust God and trust in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions - I have gone ahead of you and I have prepared a place for you and for everyone you love and pray for so faithfully each day. Do not be afraid, I Am your Beloved and you are mine. Trust Me and believe in My Word and in My love.