JOB 31:33-34 (2024)

JOB 31:33-34

Have I, out of human weakness, hidden my sins 

and concealed guilt in my heart,
keeping silent by myself, 

because I feared the crowd and their contempt?

---- mine,

I instituted the Sacrament of Reconciliation because neither the human heart nor the immortal soul can bear the burden of guilt. Guilt manifests itself in many destructive ways. The more you hide your sins, the more you try to cover your conscience, the more you lie to yourself that your transgressions do not displease God, hurt your neighbor, and wound yourself the more you will grow hardened by sin and dead in conscience. The greater the guilt, the graver the sin, the greater the need to confess and set yourself free from becoming enslaved to the power of darkness. Do not delay. Come to Me, meet Me in the person of the priest in confession become like a child, and unburden yourself to Me with simplicity and humility and I will forgive you and set you free. Come often and unburden yourself and receive the freedom that belongs to a daughter of the Most High.

MATTHEW 11:15 (2024)

MATTHEW 11:15

Let anyone with ears listen!

---- mine,

Do you listen and having heard do you obey? You are deaf and blind, you neither hear nor see, I speak to you constantly. If you would but shut out the din of the world, the clamor of your selfish desires, the feverish gaze seeking things that cannot satisfy but instead keep you from coming into a close and deep relationship with Me. Listen! Really listen and you will hear Me in the silence. I speak to you constantly in everything around you. In the people you meet, in the beauty of nature, in the sounds of nature. I Am speaking to you constantly, seeking you tenderly, speaking consolingly, calling you gently, comforting you, saving you, helping you but you are so caught up in your own thoughts, emotions, fears, distress, and anxiety that you spend all your time complaining that I do not answer you. You know it isn't true for I AM constantly at work to bring about all that is good and needful, all that will make you more like Me. Take the time to listen ---- my own and you will not only hear Me you will see Me you will touch Me because I AM always with you. Remain in Me and as I remain in you.