Resurrection without the Passion

#257  Wed. Apr. 16/14, 10:20am. St.Theresa’s before Blessed Sacrament

Be Joyful.  I have Words to share with all of you.  The Resurrection is almost upon us.  Rejoice and be glad.

The hour of My Passion is coming yet the hour of My Resurrection is also coming.  My Death could have been the end except it was trumped by My Resurrection.

Rejoice and be glad!

Surely allow yourself to experience My Passion --- to walk with Me in your life’s journey is a reflection for you of My Passion.

I want you to know that My Passion is here to strengthen you, to show you that the fullness of the Resurrection is preceded by the passion.  Whose life has not experienced the passion of pain, suffering, sorrow?

I did not want you to feel that your life was in the depths of nothingness.  I want you to realize that the passion is so, so part of the Resurrection.

We all want the Resurrection without the passion, but it just does not happen that way.

Look at Me. I could have just died and then Resurrected but it would not give you the proper sense and value of the Resurrection if I had not suffered first.

One begets the other.  One does not make sense without the other.

Stand firm that you will think your passion is worse than others.  It may seem so to outsiders, yet, I tell you your passion is such a personal journey, allowed by Me, to bring you ever closer to who I AM in your life. 

I know that it is hard, very, very hard to endure such pain. 

But rest assured I am with you through medicine, through compassionate people, through the love of a stranger.

You know yourself that when the pain passes we know what ‘good’ feels like, eh?

You would not be able to experience My True Goodness if you lived constantly in feeling ‘good’ times.  You would not need Me or seek Me.

Look at the times that have brought you running to Me.  It is usually in painful times, right?

Can you imagine the delight of your soul, the Resurrection of your soul when it sees you, in pain, running to Me for help?

Your soul is thirsty for My Love and consolation, so it is very jubilant when your hurts bring you more into My Presence.

If you were not in pain, would you often reference Me?

Some of you would, and yet, there are others who might not.  Not because they are purposely ignoring Me, but they feel they have no particular need of Me at this time in their lives.

So perhaps your soul rejoices when you are in pain or suffering because it hopes you will utter “My God, My God why have you forsaken me?  It desires to hear your voice calling on God to release you from pain and refresh your soul with My Words, My Name in your life.

I have told you before that even when you are using My Name in vain --- in regular conversation, not really sincerely referencing Me, that your soul grasps and holds tight to My Name that you have uttered because that is its source of life and nourishment.

My Name, even taken in vain, has such a power that you can’t realize.

Now do not take it in vain to see if I am right on this.  But if you hear it taken in vain, rejoice that it has such power even in these circumstances!

Grab it, hold onto it, rejoice in it.  You know to whom it belongs and the power it has, so do not hesitate to embrace it and let the power it has be released in you.

It is like someone who lets loose a precious butterfly.  The butterfly will hang in the air awaiting to be admired and captured by our sight and senses.

So with My Name.  It will hang in the air waiting for a soul to capture it, embrace it, rejoice in hearing the Name, even in the vilest of circumstances, and give it a place to rest and nourish the person who takes it in.

When you hear My Name taken in vain, not in prayer, repeat it, repeat it, repeat it to yourself in great admiration and love.

Let it resonate in your soul “Jesus”, “Jesus”, “Jesus”.

A smile will come over your face.  You can’t help but be delighted by the power and love of this voice within you.  Each cell will rejoice.

You see you may go through a day, not using my Name in vain, and perhaps not using His Name much at all.

So it is almost like Jesus wants to get your attention and draw you back to Him, when you hear His Name taken in vain.

His name is Precious, so make it precious to your soul by saying it many times a day. 

And then count the extra blessings when you can take it at a moment that it is used in vain and give it the true adoration it needs.  Do not disclaim the person who is using it in vain.

But rather acclaim Me, the Importance and Impact of My Name in your life.  It is just another great opportunity for you to adore My Name and give it the honor it is due.

I caution you, do not think less of the person using My Name in vain --- heh they know My Name!

But be very aware of the marvelous blessing you can bring into you and into the world when you take My Name, said in vain, and Raise It Up!

You see right away then that by doing this My Name is no longer taken in vain!

Get it?

My Name serves a purpose at all times if you understand that you can, by your adoration and praise, make the taking of My Name a source of healing and strength to you and when you are healed and strengthened do you not see that those around you will benefit from the taking of My Name.

So it is in vain if My Name finds no resting place, no opportunity to succor and enlighten and lighten another’s soul.

So, remember that you can take offense at My Name being taken in vain and let it stop there in a judgmental mode.

Or you can praise and thank Me for coming to you seeking a place to alight and make My Home in you.

In one case we are judgmental, in the other we are mightily blessed.  We now know that His Name can’t be taken in vain if there is a soul nearby that will capture the Name of Jesus and let it rest in and nourish our soul.

Do not waste any opportunity to hear My Name, repeat it gently and reverently to yourself and offer to give it a resting place – your soul. 

Do you see how generous Our God is?  He will not let anything go that can be used for good.

He will not disclaim His Name, even taken in vain, if it can suffice His Purpose of nourishing even one soul.  What a Mighty Considerate God!

Go in Peace knowing that you can pick My Name out of the air, repeat it gently to your soul and offer it abundant love and a place to dwell.

What a gift from God!

Welcome Humility!

#256   Monday, April 14/14, 10:15am, St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

Sit quietly with Me.  You have seen the humility of others, their faith in Me.  Be ever so grateful, be ever so blessed by their example.

Yes, do the ‘soul and soul’ prayer for them and their concerns, but also humbly recognize the blessing and Godly Love I have poured over them.  You are no more Loved than them. What great reassurance, eh?  To know that you share such a common bond with them through My Love for the both of you. 

Calm your thoughts and think only of Me.  Let any thoughts that stray from My Way be quickly discarded in the Fire of My Love.

You can see the differences yourself and how, through My Graces, you are catching yourself quickly when certain thoughts enter your head and try to entertain your pride.

What a blessing!  You do not have to spend more time with them and less with Me.

Each time you catch yourself wandering off into dangerous territory hasten back to My Sacred Heart.

And the dangerous territory can be as simple as thinking that you are that much holier than another, or commenting to yourself that that color isn’t pretty on them, or that they forgot to take their hat off in church.

Such simple thoughts, yes?  Yet they take you to judgment and thus take you to trying to play My Role – Judge.

I know you say ‘well Lord it is hard to not make comments sometimes.’   And I know that, but yet I still encourage you to recognize how the body will want you  to satisfy its personal needs instead of aching to fulfill My Needs for you.

You have noted too that if you think it, you will be more likely to say it.  Correct?

So, if you catch yourself as you think it and put a stop to it immediately, it does not make it to your lips and out into the world around you.

How dare we contaminate God’s beautiful Creation.

I do not say this harshly, but I want you to be very sure that the bad things we utter do not enhance the World, do not add to the beauty of My Creation.

If I don’t tell you these things, you will continue to feel that you are making great progress in My World.

If you want to grow closer and closer to Me, you have to let Me lead you, and not you leading you to Me.

That is an impossible insurmountable task.  Do not take it on if you are really serious.

You ask Me “What should I do Lord?”  Yet when I show you, you feel that that answer is too simple or too off the mark to be good enough to do, so you tend to ignore Me and My Suggestions.

My Fine-Tuning can hurt because you have to relinquish you and allow More of Me to turn and twist the parts of you that have always bent that way, or twisted this way, or pointed that way or felt hurt this way.

Ouch, you say, because it does hurt your ego to give up yourself.

Yet which is the better Master, the More Loving Caregiver --- your ego? or My Sacred Heart?

I know sometimes you feel satisfied to spout off about such and such.  And do you see how I give you many occasions that provide opportunities for you to hush in My Sacred Heart, or expand and endeavor to supply your ego, which will never be satisfied.

Just begin to note the times ‘things’ arise --- in the news, in a conversation, in a situation, when you hold your tongue and not only hold your tongue but quickly allow Me to erase your very thought. 

Now you do not note these times and congratulate yourself --- no, no, no.

You note these times and Praise God that you have caught My Message to you and are humbly putting it into practice.

A huge step in humility is acknowledging that I have led you to this better thought process, that I have quieted your tongue, that I do not want you to contaminate My Creation with thoughtless unloving words.

It is not you who have changed you, but you have allowed Me to change you.  So do you see the Huge Grace of Humility?  It is such a fine tuning.

Humility opens you up to More of Me in your life.  It does not curb your growth as a human being, but enhances it!

Who would have thought that humility makes you a stronger person?

Ache to be humble;  ache to be stronger in Me and My Way, My Truth, My Life.

Remember to tell your dear heart “Jesus Loves me.”  And that is why I ask you to be humble, not to be less, but to be able to be open to absorb More of the Unconditional Love I have for you.  For each of you.

Once again, yes there is someone writing these Words of Mine down for you to read, but the Message in these Words of Mine is for each of  you.

Do not think they apply to just one person or only a few.  I want your heart.  I want your heart to know how much I really and truly Love you.  So don’t walk away from these Words thinking they do not apply to you.

Any such hint comes from the devil who can’t stand humility.  He does not want you contrite and humble of heart because he knows then that you are talking to and wanting to love and follow Me.

Note:  the devil never asks you to be sorry for any of your sins;  he encourages you to make up excuses for the sin.  He wants you to justify the sin to yourself which is impossible.  Otherwise you would never be bothered by the things you have done wrong.  He wants you to deny your healthy conscience which was implanted in you as a good road sign in your life.

So the humbler you become, the farther you walk away from him and his ruses.  The closer you walk with Me.

So welcome humility – make a comfortable home in your heart for humility.  Each day invite humility into your new heart.  If you invite humility in you will be more humble.  It is as simple as that .

Go now in Peace.  Each person who reads these Words today, I give you My Special Blessing --- that you will never go wrong if you heed these Words of Mine.  What a blessing eh?

I love you, go in Peace and Love and serve Me joyfully and humbly.

I tell you again “I love you”,  “You are My Beloved.”   

Go towards the Crucifixion with Joy!  Because death has no power!

Present Tense

#255   Friday, Apr. 11/14, 4:15pm, St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

You heard Me call you to come aside and write My Words.

There is so much to tell My Beloved People.

I love you is the most important message of all.

Not how to be good, follow the rules, be kind, thoughtful, but for you to take in one thing and one thing only --  “I Love you.”

If you really believe this and take it to heart, there are no rules you have to follow.

Because in hearing “I Love you” and believing “I Love you”, your only course of action is to love back and forward.

You can follow rules but not love, you can be kind because it looks good, but you may not be loving.

For instance how can you be kind and loving to one person and not to another? 

Did I ask you to pick and choose on whom you would My Love fall.  Because, note, you cannot love unless you know and believe in My Love.

All else is make-believe for this world only.  The Love I ask you to receive and share is Eternal Love – it transcends this life and thus does not stop at death.

Have you ever said, of someone who has died, “I loved that person so much.”  Do you see that you are using the past tense and thus your love for them was only for this life time.

We who believe God loves us, do not talk in the past tense about our loved ones who have died.

“I love my mother” –  even though she died to this earthly life in 2002.

Do you see what I mean?  Our whole conversation, our words of love will change from past tense to present tense --- present in the Presence of God.

Jesus did not love us.  Jesus Loves us.

So if we are going to live, as people of God, we have to be prepared to speak of our love for others always in the present tense.

We are in God’s presence.  We are surrounded by His Angels, Saints in the present.  Our deceased family members are with us.

If you don’t believe in God then of course you will speak in past tenses because you believe that there is no eternity in which we are living right now.