Security

As a baby we did not know how to speak or see, yet we followed every sound our parents made, and were secure in their hands.

I have developed a small case of gout in my left foot, out of nowhere. It is painful but the pain is manageable, thankfully.

I was thinking recently about how we see. It is assuredly not on our own. It is telling that the mystical experience of prayer is often described as darkness or night. The eyes do not see the Lord, the spirit does. and if we are not granted the vision by which to see Him, to satisfy our longing to see, then we see by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The spirit longs to see the Lord, free of the limitations of the fleshen eyes, and the spirit shares in the being of God by His grace, and accordingly, when we begin to see spiritually, as it were, then we also participate in the joy of the Lord to involve us in His seeing, and advance toward unity with Him at His pace.

One must put aside the desires, as difficult as that may be, learning to see for the moment with eyes that can see nothing, while He prepares a place for us to abide with Him.

We cannot at first find words to convey the reality of our being, but to those with spiritual eyes, the gladness of the soul permeating a person united to Him cannot be mistaken for anything else but God.

We learn to proceed with trust, allowing the Lord to help us walk, though at times it may not be apparent we are moving at all, or are soaring without the burden of our former reality.

It is imperative we know these things in a world that can be annihilated in an instant.

We should realize our time is short, and that it is important to ask Him what to say and what to do so that we may live in peace. Then too, sometimes there is no substitute for the flowing of the Holy Spirit through us in an astounding peace. To be aware of it, or to participate in it, it i necessary to pray with our spirit and our being. These are without words.

Security

As a baby we did not know how to speak or see, yet we followed every sound our parents made, and were secure in their hands.

I have developed a small case of gout in my left foot, out of nowhere. It is painful but the pain is manageable, thankfully.

I was thinking recently about how we see. It is assuredly not on our own. It is telling that the mystical experience of prayer is often described as darkness or night. The eyes do not see the Lord, the spirit does. and if we are not granted the vision by which to see Him, to satisfy our longing to see, then we see by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The spirit longs to see the Lord, free of the limitations of the fleshen eyes, and the spirit shares in the being of God by His grace, and accordingly, when we begin to see spiritually, as it were, then we also participate in the joy of the Lord to involve us in His seeing, and advance toward unity with Him at His pace.

One must put aside the desires, as difficult as that may be, learning to see for the moment with eyes that can see nothing, while He prepares a place for us to abide with Him.

We cannot at first find words to convey the reality of our being, but to those with spiritual eyes, the gladness of the soul permeating a person united to Him cannot be mistaken for anything else but God.

We learn to proceed with trust, allowing the Lord to help us walk, though at times it may not be apparent we are moving at all, or are soaring without the burden of our former reality.

It is imperative we know these things in a world that can be annihilated in an instant.

We should realize our time is short, and that it is important to ask Him what to say and what to do so that we may live in peace. Then too, sometimes there is no substitute for the flowing of the Holy Spirit through us in an astounding peace. To be aware of it, or to participate in it, it i necessary to pray with our spirit and our being. These are without words.

Merry-Go-Round

 I have had internal problems again and have slowly recuperated. Along with feeling lousy comes a lack of desire and inspiration; they are hard to combat.

Given what is going on in the world, I feel like I am on a merry-go-round, hanging on for dear life. i offered my small sufferings to Jesus and His Mother for the sake of souls. I hope you will do the same and profit from the graces that flow from doing so.

Spring is establishing itself firmly and the trees are fully loaded with beautiful leaves. The Cottonwoods soar high and sway in the wind. i  miss the hummingbirds. people in the apartments above me have a feeder and it usually os very busy. The hummers flock in from the feeders to rest in the treetops, usually, but they abruptly disappeared. I read that California has a bloom going on and the birds have gone south for the feast :). A little rain is all it takes to clothe the hillsides in life .

The propaganda machines ae busy on Youtube, and I continue to pray for peace. Meantime, let us pray the truth be known and not the lies.

UPDATE:
I think my troubles are related to fasting. I will have to mitigate the fasting.

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A Pied-Billed Grebe. Taken at Bitter Lake yesterday.

Merry-Go-Round

 I have had internal problems again and have slowly recuperated. Along with feeling lousy comes a lack of desire and inspiration; they are hard to combat.

Given what is going on in the world, I feel like I am on a merry-go-round, hanging on for dear life. i offered my small sufferings to Jesus and His Mother for the sake of souls. I hope you will do the same and profit from the graces that flow from doing so.

Spring is establishing itself firmly and the trees are fully loaded with beautiful leaves. The Cottonwoods soar high and sway in the wind. i  miss the hummingbirds. people in the apartments above me have a feeder and it usually os very busy. The hummers flock in from the feeders to rest in the treetops, usually, but they abruptly disappeared. I read that California has a bloom going on and the birds have gone south for the feast :). A little rain is all it takes to clothe the hillsides in life .

The propaganda machines ae busy on Youtube, and I continue to pray for peace. Meantime, let us pray the truth be known and not the lies.

UPDATE:
I think my troubles are related to fasting. I will have to mitigate the fasting.

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A Pied-Billed Grebe. Taken at Bitter Lake yesterday.

Treasure

 

Oh you insubstantial thing, do you not know that
I love you as my greatest treasure?
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ArizonaDesertDrive

If you were to drive through the desert and you saw a little plateau, why would you not suspect that all the rock sloping down from its sides had experienced the force of erosion, wind and rain? On the day of your journey through the desert, it would be amazing to see that such forces were at work even as you drove by.

It may not be raining as you pass, but how else can you explain the evidence of your own eyes?

If it is stormy and frightening with vivid lightening flashes and startling thunder, will it not pass as the stream of the atmosphere rushes on? Just so, trust in the Lord, that He will bring low the mountain in your path, and still the thundering violence of the wind and air.

Today was not given to regret the past or dread the future, but that God might be with you, and you might experience His embrace. Why are you in the quiet garden if not to feel the warmth of His embrace?

Often times, when watching a video of a strange and captivating place of solitude I think, "Now that is where I should make my hermitage", and the Lord replies, "you are with me and I pass through places and you have not seen the world I have seen because you have so little time."

Yet, ours is all of eternity if we embrace our Creator and do not sadden Him with our sins.

Journey on, and see all He has to show, and trust that you will sleep fully satisfied.

Treasure

 

Oh you insubstantial thing, do you not know that
I love you as my greatest treasure?
+

ArizonaDesertDrive

If you were to drive through the desert and you saw a little plateau, why would you not suspect that all the rock sloping down from its sides had experienced the force of erosion, wind and rain? On the day of your journey through the desert, it would be amazing to see that such forces were at work even as you drove by.

It may not be raining as you pass, but how else can you explain the evidence of your own eyes?

If it is stormy and frightening with vivid lightening flashes and startling thunder, will it not pass as the stream of the atmosphere rushes on? Just so, trust in the Lord, that He will bring low the mountain in your path, and still the thundering violence of the wind and air.

Today was not given to regret the past or dread the future, but that God might be with you, and you might experience His embrace. Why are you in the quiet garden if not to feel the warmth of His embrace?

Often times, when watching a video of a strange and captivating place of solitude I think, "Now that is where I should make my hermitage", and the Lord replies, "you are with me and I pass through places and you have not seen the world I have seen because you have so little time."

Yet, ours is all of eternity if we embrace our Creator and do not sadden Him with our sins.

Journey on, and see all He has to show, and trust that you will sleep fully satisfied.

Peace

We are family, part of each other's lives.

Those who promote war when a way to peace is open, take a path into hell and eternal damnation in the most exquisite pain.

We should ask for peace at every opportunity, regardless of the pain involved in giving ourselves to Christ.

We should do all in our power to ask the Lord for peace, instead of stirring up innocent souls who stand only to be destroyed by the implements of war. Hatred sets aside all possibilities for peace and rest. If you hate your brother and wish his death in war, you are bringing down on yourself, the death you would wish to avoid yourself.

God created both yourself and your brother. Just as we are obligated to sustain and protect the lives of our children, so too we are obligated to pray for the good and the welfare of all other human beings. Let the prayer for peace be a shield held high by the Holy Spirit and the strong arms of Jesus crucified. If the Holy Spirit is near us, He will hold our arms straight and give them strength to persevere, because that is His goal for us all.

Let us pray for strength, grace and peace so that in every instant, we are ready to make  ourselves available to the Holy Spirit in the combat against evil in the world. People who wish to live and die in peace, the friendship with Jesus, must offer their very selves to God as a sacrifice to be used to sanctify others and ourselves, so that we may become a source of strength at all times. While we are alive, we have great work to do securing the place of Jesus with all His power, in the world, so that peace and strength prevail in a world of violence and sin, of selfishness and all the ways that hell employees to drag us from the arms of Jesus.

Whilst we are busy and trying to prove things beyond doubt, we should never fail to believe in the victory of Jesus in the world, and the place of our brothers at our side pouring forth their own selves in the struggle of salvation.

God will ask this of us, and judge us on our love for others. Let there never be any doubt when we are examined by those who will undoubtedly examine us and find us lacking, that we stood firmly at the side of the Crucified who proved and proves, His love of us at every moment until everything is accomplished and a new heavens and a new earth appear. May they appear beforehand so that we may see and live in awe of the love and power of Jesus toward us all. Let Him hold you in His pierced hands, and may He anoint you with His own Blood to seal you against sin or selfishness, so that you may be a source of the greatest consolation for your brothers.

Pray for the peace of God in Jesus to be abundantly present to us all, so that the divine order might be established and the just may enjoy peace in silence established with all He said.

I celebrated my 77nd birthday yesterday. It is an incentive to be present to Jesus in silence and solitude, however we are disposed so that in the final analysis, it may not be doubted we loved Him always, and fought always to belong to Him no matter what happens around us, so that others may realize there is a Garden full of quiet and peace and the joy of being with Jesus.