Faith and Good Works

#535  Sun. May 15/16, 9:10am.   St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

I Love My People.  I rejoice in each person by name.  I call each by name to come to Me, sit with Me, kneel with Me, stand with Me.

Join Me in learning how to pray from your heart which is within My Most Sacred Heart.

Do not shy away from this call.  It is abundant and profound and holds many, many Graces. 

But sometimes we see our lives as being too hectic to take time to worship Me.  I understand we can get distracted.  But do you not realize I am calling you, personally, each time, to step aside from busy and step into My Peaceful Presence.

You see you don’t have any excuse at all not to come aside when I call.  You are able to make up excuses yes, but they just tell Me you are not interested in spending time with Me.

Your excuses may sound to you like an excuse or an apology “If I wasn’t this busy Lord I would certainly spend time with You.”

But what your excuses are really saying is that you do not want to come aside and Be with Me.  I do not hold any attraction, promises or greatness, I do not satisfy your time – you would rather spend it doing something you prefer to do, not something I want you to do for Me.

Why are you afraid to come aside and be with Me? Is it fear?  Is it indifference?  Am I a God that you proclaim, yet do not really believe in?

Well it seems so.  You may say “I am Catholic”, “I am a Christian” yet what do these words really mean to you?  I know what they mean to Me, yet they do not translate the same way when you say them. 

Do you see what I mean?  How do you practice your faith?  Is coming aside and being with Me part of your faith practice?  How can you practice the faith you proclaim if you don’t come aside and Be with Me? 

I am present in the Blessed Sacrament!  Do you truly believe this?  If so, then I expect to see you more often.

How do you believe this if you do not carry out the good works this belief calls for ?  That is, if you believe, then why do you not work to be with Me more often?

This is a whole new twist to ‘faith and good works.’

For some, coming aside seems a waste of time because you feel you could be doing more worthy things.  So, do your good works outshine spending time with Me?  Have your good works become your center?

I tell you, the more time you spend one on one with Me, the more blessed will be your good works, the more worthy will be your good works, the more beneficial will be your good works.