Calling

 Some people dismiss demons and devils as childish fantasies. Prophecies of them all being loosed upon the earth at once are also dismissed, despite the excellent caliber of the prophets. What people fail to see, is the corruption of society descending more and more into sin and violence. The ferocity of mindless attacks on people in all sorts of places that used to be safe, are safe no longer. Governments flounder to get a handle on the chaos, but it has been unleashed on the human race so that people must make choices about what they do with their lives; indifference is becoming impossible.

The despicable notion that it is good and right to charge "fashionable" prices for living space is moronic, and the longer governments refuse to address rents by regulating them so anyone can afford an apartment is simple insanity.

Rent regulation is the first part of a solution, but a spiritual rennaissance must also happen. If there is none, then efforts to address rents are also going to fail, and the insane violence and criminality will continue until things get so bad that everyone has been killed.

The rennaissance I am speaking of is that people address the Lord just because they want to tell Him they love Him, are grateful to Him and implore Him to assist those who are struggling and have no advocate. In such an occurrance, it is possible to see an acceptable future, because people are helping others to also arrive at their own rennaissance.

Each of us has all the time we need to do what He asks in a given day. That we did not at least think of Him in love, will be a blight on our memory of that day when we must account for our existance and deeds.

Pay attention when you perceive the Lord telling you not to do something. One does not need to go off into the desert to sit in a cave waiting for a revelation. Wherever you are now is your cave. Sit in it and turn off the voices in your head, and the whisperings of panic in the darkness, and allow the Lord to be heard and felt so near. The desert fathers did it because God told them specifically to do it. If you are called in the same way, then enter the wilderness and pray. Wherever you are is your dwelling place, and wherever you will be at the fall of night, is an acceptable habitat for your seeking.

Calling

 Some people dismiss demons and devils as childish fantasies. Prophecies of them all being loosed upon the earth at once are also dismissed, despite the excellent caliber of the prophets. What people fail to see, is the corruption of society descending more and more into sin and violence. The ferocity of mindless attacks on people in all sorts of places that used to be safe, are safe no longer. Governments flounder to get a handle on the chaos, but it has been unleashed on the human race so that people must make choices about what they do with their lives; indifference is becoming impossible.

The despicable notion that it is good and right to charge "fashionable" prices for living space is moronic, and the longer governments refuse to address rents by regulating them so anyone can afford an apartment is simple insanity.

Rent regulation is the first part of a solution, but a spiritual rennaissance must also happen. If there is none, then efforts to address rents are also going to fail, and the insane violence and criminality will continue until things get so bad that everyone has been killed.

The rennaissance I am speaking of is that people address the Lord just because they want to tell Him they love Him, are grateful to Him and implore Him to assist those who are struggling and have no advocate. In such an occurrance, it is possible to see an acceptable future, because people are helping others to also arrive at their own rennaissance.

Each of us has all the time we need to do what He asks in a given day. That we did not at least think of Him in love, will be a blight on our memory of that day when we must account for our existance and deeds.

Pay attention when you perceive the Lord telling you not to do something. One does not need to go off into the desert to sit in a cave waiting for a revelation. Wherever you are now is your cave. Sit in it and turn off the voices in your head, and the whisperings of panic in the darkness, and allow the Lord to be heard and felt so near. The desert fathers did it because God told them specifically to do it. If you are called in the same way, then enter the wilderness and pray. Wherever you are is your dwelling place, and wherever you will be at the fall of night, is an acceptable habitat for your seeking.

Hide, Run !

 Only an asshole would want to revive the old soviet regime, but Putin seems not to notice. No good will come from the war in Ukraine unless the russians are defeated and prevented from continuing to revive the corpse of the old russia. I propose that people pray for peace, and end of the war, and that the aftermath be healed.

Facebook does not want such sentiments expressed, and so hides them from everyone. One has to wonder where they are in the scheme of things. Do they really support the old russia? Do they in fact support the government in THIS country? It really makes no sense to censor what may be controversial. If no one can talk about what is most prominent in the world, then what is their reason for existing, just to be a place for advertising to be vomited onto visitors? I have news for them.

Hide, Run !

 Only an asshole would want to revive the old soviet regime, but Putin seems not to notice. No good will come from the war in Ukraine unless the russians are defeated and prevented from continuing to revive the corpse of the old russia. I propose that people pray for peace, and end of the war, and that the aftermath be healed.

Facebook does not want such sentiments expressed, and so hides them from everyone. One has to wonder where they are in the scheme of things. Do they really support the old russia? Do they in fact support the government in THIS country? It really makes no sense to censor what may be controversial. If no one can talk about what is most prominent in the world, then what is their reason for existing, just to be a place for advertising to be vomited onto visitors? I have news for them.

Light

Day's Saints
Adalbert of Egmond Deacon
Blessed Dorothy if Montau, Nun

Gospel Mt 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father."

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DAILY HIGHLIGHT

St. Charbel

One day we will stand in His full
light to be utterly revealed.

I cannot abandon the Church when I hear His voice saying to me, "Remain". Rather, let those who have abandoned Her repent, and hasten to the arms of the Lord and His Heart transfixed in pain, the pain of those separated from the Lord who long so painfully to be one with Him.

He has already borne more than He deserved, and He was not deserving of the contempt served up to Him by mortals who were already dead.

Money and the things of this world claim our attention, but the Lord remains aching to hold us in His arms to lavish His affection. One day He will reveal Himself as He has not revealed Himself before, and all will be stricken with His grief so they know who He is and recongnize Him in us all. Those who have striven so ardently to give themselves to Him will be filled with bliss, but those who knowingly were indifferent to Him will feel the pangs of His abandoment. No one can come to eternal bliss without labor, but He makes it sweet with His consolations.

Standing in the flames of His love, we are cleansed of any impurity and atone for sins so we may be one with Him forever. He offers you the sweetest cool water; why do you stand parched in the desert, not coming to the water?

Do not wait until this life is over to atone for sins, when the pains of the cleansing are so much gentler in this life than the next. Do not own anything if it will occupy all your time and attention. Comfort those who suffer, ask the Lord for healing of the sick and sinful. The wealthy have their reward, if they will not claim what He freely offers. What will you give in return for all the kindness He has given when you were still sinning and mere objects captivated you more than the Source of life itself?

If I write and it strikes your heart, do not fear the Lord's punishment for your sins, but long to be united to Him so He may unite you, and this life become the beginning of your unity with Him. Neither act as if there were no eternity in which to suffer, for there are those who already suffer emptiness that never dies. Those who have eaten of Him will no longer hunger for any earthly thing,  but will bless His Name to suffer the flames of His love and at the end be united to Him completely forever.

Light

Day's Saints
Adalbert of Egmond Deacon
Blessed Dorothy if Montau, Nun

Gospel Mt 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father."

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DAILY HIGHLIGHT

St. Charbel

One day we will stand in His full
light to be utterly revealed.

I cannot abandon the Church when I hear His voice saying to me, "Remain". Rather, let those who have abandoned Her repent, and hasten to the arms of the Lord and His Heart transfixed in pain, the pain of those separated from the Lord who long so painfully to be one with Him.

He has already borne more than He deserved, and He was not deserving of the contempt served up to Him by mortals who were already dead.

Money and the things of this world claim our attention, but the Lord remains aching to hold us in His arms to lavish His affection. One day He will reveal Himself as He has not revealed Himself before, and all will be stricken with His grief so they know who He is and recongnize Him in us all. Those who have striven so ardently to give themselves to Him will be filled with bliss, but those who knowingly were indifferent to Him will feel the pangs of His abandoment. No one can come to eternal bliss without labor, but He makes it sweet with His consolations.

Standing in the flames of His love, we are cleansed of any impurity and atone for sins so we may be one with Him forever. He offers you the sweetest cool water; why do you stand parched in the desert, not coming to the water?

Do not wait until this life is over to atone for sins, when the pains of the cleansing are so much gentler in this life than the next. Do not own anything if it will occupy all your time and attention. Comfort those who suffer, ask the Lord for healing of the sick and sinful. The wealthy have their reward, if they will not claim what He freely offers. What will you give in return for all the kindness He has given when you were still sinning and mere objects captivated you more than the Source of life itself?

If I write and it strikes your heart, do not fear the Lord's punishment for your sins, but long to be united to Him so He may unite you, and this life become the beginning of your unity with Him. Neither act as if there were no eternity in which to suffer, for there are those who already suffer emptiness that never dies. Those who have eaten of Him will no longer hunger for any earthly thing,  but will bless His Name to suffer the flames of His love and at the end be united to Him completely forever.

Brambles

The consequences of change can be profound peace and relief. To resolve conflict, a series of realizations and changes must be implemented. God is always changing things because the things He moves are living, in some fashion or other.

God is often deliberate in putting us in difficult positions. We must turn to Him if we want peace. The reason for the way things happen aren't always clear, and an acceptance of the fact that things are deliberately vague is to cause faith to grow, so that we may depend on Him without trepidation.

We are simply not always part of solutions. Often, it may seem we have been mistaken, and the actions of others may increase doubt. Things work out eventually, until it becomes clear that our feet have walked in the footsteps of Jesus. Emotions may work for us or against us in this process. However, if we have placed ourselves in His Will, we are not living in darkness, but light may only be had, sometimes, by a lot of work clearing away brambles of uncertainties which do nothing pleasant, like a patch of large, well-established blackberry canes. They are bristling with sharp thorns, and removing them without getting stuck and bleeding might be impossible. Blessed the man who walks forward anyway, to hack his way clear to the light and freedom of God's revelation,

Brambles

The consequences of change can be profound peace and relief. To resolve conflict, a series of realizations and changes must be implemented. God is always changing things because the things He moves are living, in some fashion or other.

God is often deliberate in putting us in difficult positions. We must turn to Him if we want peace. The reason for the way things happen aren't always clear, and an acceptance of the fact that things are deliberately vague is to cause faith to grow, so that we may depend on Him without trepidation.

We are simply not always part of solutions. Often, it may seem we have been mistaken, and the actions of others may increase doubt. Things work out eventually, until it becomes clear that our feet have walked in the footsteps of Jesus. Emotions may work for us or against us in this process. However, if we have placed ourselves in His Will, we are not living in darkness, but light may only be had, sometimes, by a lot of work clearing away brambles of uncertainties which do nothing pleasant, like a patch of large, well-established blackberry canes. They are bristling with sharp thorns, and removing them without getting stuck and bleeding might be impossible. Blessed the man who walks forward anyway, to hack his way clear to the light and freedom of God's revelation,

Invitations

 I can assume the Lord is moving and wishes me to follow, on the basis of events in my life, and certainties which assert themselves. In the matter of attending a banquet, the Lord used the image of a banquet at a wedding. He can invite, but He will not force anyone to sit down to dinner with Him.

The problem for the Christian is, to sort out and separate conflicting impulses in such a way that the Lord's Will is obvious and other motions are damped out.

Indeed, the enemy is vigilant for any opportunity to play with our emotions, in order to hide the danger of invitations we receive. The Will of God is accompanied by peace. By that I do not merely mean we experience no emotion whatever, but the deep and abiding rest of the soul is established in an impereturbable peace; the enemy is always trying to disturb that rest and that peace because he cannot abide the presence of the Lord which is manifested by that joyful peace. When you hit your thumb with a hammer, accidentally, you drop the hammer and hop around a bit until the pain is reduced enough to be tolerable. The peace of the Lord was always there, but the impact on the finger by the hammer is capable of drowning out the perception of peace.

Similarly, the rest I am speaking of is no emotion, but it evokes emotions that soothe and augment a spiritual rest. Finding a haven where we may rest in the solitude surrounding the Lord is a matter of persistent evaluation of the suitability of a place where we may experience the rest and the peace in order to listen for the voice of the Lord.

While we should not avoid consolation, neither should we importune the Lord like an immature child, "daddy I want more." The quickest way to squelch that consolation which is so appealing, is to insist on having it. A mother has only so much milk to give her baby; crying an fussing will not cause an increase in lactation.

At the same time, as we get older, we begin to realize time getting short. The prudent man notices, and strives to make the most of his time. We are given time in order to do the Will of the Lord, and He knows how to take a trial and turn its pain into a powerful voice of intercession to bring us salvation, so long as our heart is truly fixed on Him, and not merely to satisfy ourselves. We generally lack the insight to realize how trivila most of our longings are. That demands that we analyze ourselves, and listen to others with a perspective on the Lord to guide us to the place we should be.

While participation in the passion-life of the Lord is a laudable thing, it does not happen merely to satisfy some longing for a spurious pain that may have nothing to do with God at all. So long as its origin is seen to emanate from our own emotions, we should recall ourselves to an attitude of selflessness that characterizes the Lord, and a realization that what He offers us by way of participation is of such caliber as will force us to endure merely for love. Any other motive is suspect.

The Lord loves those who love Him. He loves anyone who is willing to shoulder part of His burden.  pious man will realize how deep is His sorrow and pain as the original sufferer of crucifixion. He lends part of it as a burden to us; a burden to be borne with and by His strength and according to His love, because it is not bearable in any other way.

He will maintain what selflessness we possess, and weave our acquiescence into His Will and His workings, so that our desires do not conflict with His and we remain selfless and useful to Him as a passive participant in what He wants to do.

It is no secret that selfishness tries to assert itself at all times, while the Lord is operating in us, to Will a cooperation with Him. If you perceive His work in you, give thanks and try to cooperate as well as you can.

If you find joy bubbling up from within you, give thanks and draw closer if you can.

If you become aware of a new idea, know that someone else may already have thought of it. Investigating the possibilities of cooperation can enhance the execution of God's Will, so long as one remains awake and does not allow oneself to drift off to some specious dream. Often God's Will provides that two groups of a similar nature will conceive similar ideas at the same time. If you recognize such a work, it is worth wondering what the Lord may have in mind. The preeminant work must be that the Lord's Will is visible and the path forward to accomplish something in His Name is the impetus behind the action.

Invitations

 I can assume the Lord is moving and wishes me to follow, on the basis of events in my life, and certainties which assert themselves. In the matter of attending a banquet, the Lord used the image of a banquet at a wedding. He can invite, but He will not force anyone to sit down to dinner with Him.

The problem for the Christian is, to sort out and separate conflicting impulses in such a way that the Lord's Will is obvious and other motions are damped out.

Indeed, the enemy is vigilant for any opportunity to play with our emotions, in order to hide the danger of invitations we receive. The Will of God is accompanied by peace. By that I do not merely mean we experience no emotion whatever, but the deep and abiding rest of the soul is established in an impereturbable peace; the enemy is always trying to disturb that rest and that peace because he cannot abide the presence of the Lord which is manifested by that joyful peace. When you hit your thumb with a hammer, accidentally, you drop the hammer and hop around a bit until the pain is reduced enough to be tolerable. The peace of the Lord was always there, but the impact on the finger by the hammer is capable of drowning out the perception of peace.

Similarly, the rest I am speaking of is no emotion, but it evokes emotions that soothe and augment a spiritual rest. Finding a haven where we may rest in the solitude surrounding the Lord is a matter of persistent evaluation of the suitability of a place where we may experience the rest and the peace in order to listen for the voice of the Lord.

While we should not avoid consolation, neither should we importune the Lord like an immature child, "daddy I want more." The quickest way to squelch that consolation which is so appealing, is to insist on having it. A mother has only so much milk to give her baby; crying an fussing will not cause an increase in lactation.

At the same time, as we get older, we begin to realize time getting short. The prudent man notices, and strives to make the most of his time. We are given time in order to do the Will of the Lord, and He knows how to take a trial and turn its pain into a powerful voice of intercession to bring us salvation, so long as our heart is truly fixed on Him, and not merely to satisfy ourselves. We generally lack the insight to realize how trivila most of our longings are. That demands that we analyze ourselves, and listen to others with a perspective on the Lord to guide us to the place we should be.

While participation in the passion-life of the Lord is a laudable thing, it does not happen merely to satisfy some longing for a spurious pain that may have nothing to do with God at all. So long as its origin is seen to emanate from our own emotions, we should recall ourselves to an attitude of selflessness that characterizes the Lord, and a realization that what He offers us by way of participation is of such caliber as will force us to endure merely for love. Any other motive is suspect.

The Lord loves those who love Him. He loves anyone who is willing to shoulder part of His burden.  pious man will realize how deep is His sorrow and pain as the original sufferer of crucifixion. He lends part of it as a burden to us; a burden to be borne with and by His strength and according to His love, because it is not bearable in any other way.

He will maintain what selflessness we possess, and weave our acquiescence into His Will and His workings, so that our desires do not conflict with His and we remain selfless and useful to Him as a passive participant in what He wants to do.

It is no secret that selfishness tries to assert itself at all times, while the Lord is operating in us, to Will a cooperation with Him. If you perceive His work in you, give thanks and try to cooperate as well as you can.

If you find joy bubbling up from within you, give thanks and draw closer if you can.

If you become aware of a new idea, know that someone else may already have thought of it. Investigating the possibilities of cooperation can enhance the execution of God's Will, so long as one remains awake and does not allow oneself to drift off to some specious dream. Often God's Will provides that two groups of a similar nature will conceive similar ideas at the same time. If you recognize such a work, it is worth wondering what the Lord may have in mind. The preeminant work must be that the Lord's Will is visible and the path forward to accomplish something in His Name is the impetus behind the action.

Prevail

Day's Saints

Adalbert of Magdeburg, Bishop & Benedictine
John of Pulsano, Bendictine

Gospel
Mt 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

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Choose your weapons by which you will prevail.

He tells us to be as perfect as His Father. We have not seen Him with our earthly eyes, and seldom with spiritual eyes, yet a time will come when we do not see Him with earthly eyes at all, and we must grow in faith for the day when we will need all our strength to see at all.

Demons behold a beauty beyond what we can see with our earthly eyes, but they cannot appreciate it, or come to love the Lord, because they are caught up in everything evil, and are filled with an unquenchable hate for the human race. He is limited in what he can do himself, but God is not limited in any way, and His children were made to create galaxies and to revel in the splendours of the universe made by Him, and so, constantly give praise to God by their very being.

It should be obvious the source of the vile occurrences in the world, and the very goodness of God's creation ought to speak to His glory and the depths of His love. There is a mortal combat, therefore, between brothers and sisters, one striving to take what is not theirs, and the other, striving to protect the people God created to be His children. 

Blessed are the children of God, for He loves them. I rejoice in their goodness, and bless Him for humbling me so that I may participate in seeing this marvel of holy goodness, and the pangs of His cross with which He reminds me I am His. I am weak and incapable of much, but He accomplishes all that needs to happen, because He is our way to succeed. We do succeed in pleasing Him, and He awaits our attempts at reaching out. He will therefore reach out to us, to compensate for our weakness and frailty, and He will deem our efforts as His glory and will be more than glad to wear them as a cloak of honor.

Therefore, children of the cross, rejoice in God, whether calamities befall your or not, for so long as you love Him, and do what is loving amongst yourselves, you will bless Him who needs no blessing and receive what you did not deserve, because His love is greater than what you deserve.

No one who has given Him everything they have or everything they are, will lack for His love and admiration. This is the strength of the saints that made the martyrs keep their place and not run off in fear to lose their lives. They received their lives back again and enriched by divine grandeur so that they were forever content to be in and of Him forever.

Prevail

Day's Saints

Adalbert of Magdeburg, Bishop & Benedictine
John of Pulsano, Bendictine

Gospel
Mt 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect."

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Choose your weapons by which you will prevail.

He tells us to be as perfect as His Father. We have not seen Him with our earthly eyes, and seldom with spiritual eyes, yet a time will come when we do not see Him with earthly eyes at all, and we must grow in faith for the day when we will need all our strength to see at all.

Demons behold a beauty beyond what we can see with our earthly eyes, but they cannot appreciate it, or come to love the Lord, because they are caught up in everything evil, and are filled with an unquenchable hate for the human race. He is limited in what he can do himself, but God is not limited in any way, and His children were made to create galaxies and to revel in the splendours of the universe made by Him, and so, constantly give praise to God by their very being.

It should be obvious the source of the vile occurrences in the world, and the very goodness of God's creation ought to speak to His glory and the depths of His love. There is a mortal combat, therefore, between brothers and sisters, one striving to take what is not theirs, and the other, striving to protect the people God created to be His children. 

Blessed are the children of God, for He loves them. I rejoice in their goodness, and bless Him for humbling me so that I may participate in seeing this marvel of holy goodness, and the pangs of His cross with which He reminds me I am His. I am weak and incapable of much, but He accomplishes all that needs to happen, because He is our way to succeed. We do succeed in pleasing Him, and He awaits our attempts at reaching out. He will therefore reach out to us, to compensate for our weakness and frailty, and He will deem our efforts as His glory and will be more than glad to wear them as a cloak of honor.

Therefore, children of the cross, rejoice in God, whether calamities befall your or not, for so long as you love Him, and do what is loving amongst yourselves, you will bless Him who needs no blessing and receive what you did not deserve, because His love is greater than what you deserve.

No one who has given Him everything they have or everything they are, will lack for His love and admiration. This is the strength of the saints that made the martyrs keep their place and not run off in fear to lose their lives. They received their lives back again and enriched by divine grandeur so that they were forever content to be in and of Him forever.

Two Hearts

Feast of the Immaculate Heart
Calogerus the Anchotire

Ex 19:2-6a

In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp.

While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain,

Moses went up the mountain to God.

Then the LORD called to him and said,

“Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;

tell the Israelites:

You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians

and how I bore you up on eagle wings

and brought you here to myself. 

Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant,

you shall be my special possession,

dearer to me than all other people,

though all the earth is mine.

You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”

Gospel Matthew 9:36—10:8

At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them 

because they were troubled and abandoned,

like sheep without a shepherd.

Then he said to his disciples,

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;

so ask the master of the harvest

to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Then he summoned his twelve disciples

and gave them authority over unclean spirits

to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.

The names of the twelve apostles are these:

first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;

James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;

James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;

Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,

“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.

Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

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More prescious than anything, is the gift of the heart to God. With such a gift, Jesus can conquer the world, laying it waste in His love, which is to say, shorn of all other embellishment or grandeur.

That which belongs to God, does not belong to the world, and no money can buy it. All that we have comes from God, so that taking the little the poor have, is stealing from God. He will pursue anyone who tries to take what belongs to Him, and anyone who takes the life of a person given to God, will never see His Face, while those who held His children in reverence, will never cease to see His Face and be washed in bliss forever.

Bold of heart are those who love the Lord, and they shall be strengthened to see more deeply into that Heart which was pierced for love. Thus, His most precious children have been called by Him, and tasked with suffering to obtain great graces that sanctify the earth and all the peoples on it.

Even if the world itself were to vanish, God would remain, and all who loved Him will be safe in Him, for He will make a place fitting for those who loved Him.

His Mother will be  honored forever, and those who loved Her will see Her and be swept up in love to Her arms. She will pour out holiness on a world defiled by selfish sins and sinners will be troubled commensuarate with their sins, but all who come to love Her will be safe from destruction. Only those who longed for destruction will be destroyed, for His love, and His Mother's love will claim what is God;s and conserve it.

God did not send invaders to kill and destroy, but those who came will be destroyed.

Two Hearts

Feast of the Immaculate Heart
Calogerus the Anchotire

Ex 19:2-6a

In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp.

While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain,

Moses went up the mountain to God.

Then the LORD called to him and said,

“Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;

tell the Israelites:

You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians

and how I bore you up on eagle wings

and brought you here to myself. 

Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant,

you shall be my special possession,

dearer to me than all other people,

though all the earth is mine.

You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”

Gospel Matthew 9:36—10:8

At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them 

because they were troubled and abandoned,

like sheep without a shepherd.

Then he said to his disciples,

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;

so ask the master of the harvest

to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Then he summoned his twelve disciples

and gave them authority over unclean spirits

to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.

The names of the twelve apostles are these:

first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;

James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;

James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;

Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,

“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.

Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

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More prescious than anything, is the gift of the heart to God. With such a gift, Jesus can conquer the world, laying it waste in His love, which is to say, shorn of all other embellishment or grandeur.

That which belongs to God, does not belong to the world, and no money can buy it. All that we have comes from God, so that taking the little the poor have, is stealing from God. He will pursue anyone who tries to take what belongs to Him, and anyone who takes the life of a person given to God, will never see His Face, while those who held His children in reverence, will never cease to see His Face and be washed in bliss forever.

Bold of heart are those who love the Lord, and they shall be strengthened to see more deeply into that Heart which was pierced for love. Thus, His most precious children have been called by Him, and tasked with suffering to obtain great graces that sanctify the earth and all the peoples on it.

Even if the world itself were to vanish, God would remain, and all who loved Him will be safe in Him, for He will make a place fitting for those who loved Him.

His Mother will be  honored forever, and those who loved Her will see Her and be swept up in love to Her arms. She will pour out holiness on a world defiled by selfish sins and sinners will be troubled commensuarate with their sins, but all who come to love Her will be safe from destruction. Only those who longed for destruction will be destroyed, for His love, and His Mother's love will claim what is God;s and conserve it.

God did not send invaders to kill and destroy, but those who came will be destroyed.

Exchange

DAY'S SAINTS
Anthony of Padua, Franciscan,Doctor of the Church
Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux, Cistercian

Gospel Mt 5:13-16

Jesus said to his disciples:
"You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father."

Give me your heart in place of my own.

Do  not give up in despair, you have yet to be crucified, unless, of course, He has nailed you to your cross. While you struggle, continue to love Him with all the effort in your being, to demonstrate your love of Him, because He crucified you precisely for that purpose.

You will only get so many opportunities to show your love to Him before you are summoned to His side to account for your life. Be a good steward and invest all your trials into eternal life, an endless account from which only you and God can take anything.

He sees every moment of your life, and every impulse of your heart, so strive that they all be as perfect as your Lord, to answer every question decisively on the side of the Lord.

We have a heavenly country to which we belong and from which we can never be separated. We may be exiles on this earth, but God is everywhere, and all His holy blessings and affectionate longings for our love take place hidden in His Heart.

Was your heart pierced by the lance? The side of your Lord was, long before you were born, and He carried that wound like a shield awaiting your appearance on the scene, and defended you against all things that might harm your eternal existence. His wound was meant to enkindle your love so you might participate in its pain and bliss which exist together forever. Bow down to your brothers and sisters with that heart He has wounded so they too may catch fire in that eternal flame of love.

Exchange

DAY'S SAINTS
Anthony of Padua, Franciscan,Doctor of the Church
Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux, Cistercian

Gospel Mt 5:13-16

Jesus said to his disciples:
"You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father."

Give me your heart in place of my own.

Do  not give up in despair, you have yet to be crucified, unless, of course, He has nailed you to your cross. While you struggle, continue to love Him with all the effort in your being, to demonstrate your love of Him, because He crucified you precisely for that purpose.

You will only get so many opportunities to show your love to Him before you are summoned to His side to account for your life. Be a good steward and invest all your trials into eternal life, an endless account from which only you and God can take anything.

He sees every moment of your life, and every impulse of your heart, so strive that they all be as perfect as your Lord, to answer every question decisively on the side of the Lord.

We have a heavenly country to which we belong and from which we can never be separated. We may be exiles on this earth, but God is everywhere, and all His holy blessings and affectionate longings for our love take place hidden in His Heart.

Was your heart pierced by the lance? The side of your Lord was, long before you were born, and He carried that wound like a shield awaiting your appearance on the scene, and defended you against all things that might harm your eternal existence. His wound was meant to enkindle your love so you might participate in its pain and bliss which exist together forever. Bow down to your brothers and sisters with that heart He has wounded so they too may catch fire in that eternal flame of love.

Solitaire

Solitaire

I've lived many lonely places and I was lonely because Jesus was lonely and did not want to be lonely by Himself.

I don't know anyone who does. I can fathom the love of solitude as a means to pursuing peace and rest, but there is a darkness in it that is corrosive,and a burden that is ubearable. Yet, Jesus never refuses to help us by shouldering part of the sorrow.

The saints thrived and knew lonely places because they found Jesus there almost always. He bore a cross He has never been without, and He shared His passion-life with some, to endure the sharp pain of the lance in His Heart because the love that rested in Him always wanted to share.

They wanted more, and that it should never cease, becaue of the harmony of suffering and love that is an unbearable sweetness. 

Walk miles and love the beauty, but it will always be lonely without the love.

A favorite and powerful prayer.

Solitaire

Solitaire

I've lived many lonely places and I was lonely because Jesus was lonely and did not want to be lonely by Himself.

I don't know anyone who does. I can fathom the love of solitude as a means to pursuing peace and rest, but there is a darkness in it that is corrosive,and a burden that is ubearable. Yet, Jesus never refuses to help us by shouldering part of the sorrow.

The saints thrived and knew lonely places because they found Jesus there almost always. He bore a cross He has never been without, and He shared His passion-life with some, to endure the sharp pain of the lance in His Heart because the love that rested in Him always wanted to share.

They wanted more, and that it should never cease, becaue of the harmony of suffering and love that is an unbearable sweetness. 

Walk miles and love the beauty, but it will always be lonely without the love.

A favorite and powerful prayer.

Touching

Day's Saints
Columba of Iona, Priest
Ephrem of Syria, Doctor of the Church

Gospel Mk 12:35-37

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,
"How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David?
David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said:
The Lord said to my lord,
'Sit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet.'
David himself calls him 'lord';
so how is he his son?"
The great crowd heard this with delight.

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You cannot embrace the Lord
without touching the cross.

Never try to match wits with the Lord; you will be defeated and humiliated, for only a humble heart can see what He has waiting for you of His delight.

Troublemakers abound in the world today, losers who cannot bear their lives and try to drown out reality with drugs and sex which satisfy for a time, and then leave you in ruins corruption.

Behold the hand of the Lord is cleaning His threshing floor before He beats the grain from the stalks to gather His harvest into His barns. The children of God will eat well in His care and the sword of sorrow will vanish from sight.

Evil rose unbidden of jealous rage and sought to destroy the children of God, but as many as fell, a dozen more have risen empowered to triumph on earth in the name of the Lord.

I will serve my Lord, and my hands and feet will long for Him, and my heart He cleft will rejoice in Him when I thought everything was lost. Be careful whom yu address as Lord, for there is one God.

Touching

Day's Saints
Columba of Iona, Priest
Ephrem of Syria, Doctor of the Church

Gospel Mk 12:35-37

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said,
"How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David?
David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said:
The Lord said to my lord,
'Sit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet.'
David himself calls him 'lord';
so how is he his son?"
The great crowd heard this with delight.

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You cannot embrace the Lord
without touching the cross.

Never try to match wits with the Lord; you will be defeated and humiliated, for only a humble heart can see what He has waiting for you of His delight.

Troublemakers abound in the world today, losers who cannot bear their lives and try to drown out reality with drugs and sex which satisfy for a time, and then leave you in ruins corruption.

Behold the hand of the Lord is cleaning His threshing floor before He beats the grain from the stalks to gather His harvest into His barns. The children of God will eat well in His care and the sword of sorrow will vanish from sight.

Evil rose unbidden of jealous rage and sought to destroy the children of God, but as many as fell, a dozen more have risen empowered to triumph on earth in the name of the Lord.

I will serve my Lord, and my hands and feet will long for Him, and my heart He cleft will rejoice in Him when I thought everything was lost. Be careful whom yu address as Lord, for there is one God.