Looking or Being

#581  Mon. Sept. 12/16, 10:10 am, St. Theresa’s, before the Blessed Sacrament

(looking or being)

Great and Generous God. Thank you for your Real Presence.  Thank you for being a peaceful place of safety and refuge.

Come My People and adore.  Do not be afraid or ashamed to proclaim to your soul that you want to adore.  Let your soul lead you to prayerful adoration.

So many times we are afraid to look holy.  Why?  Really I ask you why?  But I don’t want you looking holy.  I’d rather you BE holy.

Looking holy according to you means a pious face and attitude and manner.  

BEING holy takes on a soul attitude.  Do I want to waste time on things that are not of God, or do I want to spend time with God in His Most Holy Presence? 

So do not mind looking holy to others, yet prefer to BE holy before Me at all times.

Sometimes, we may put on our holy appearance to impress others.  Yet, I want you all the time to BE holy before Me.  Do not hesitate an iota to BE holy before Me.

You see I know what Holy is.  So I will know if you are trying to deceive Me by your external attitude and behavior or your internal BEING holy in and from your soul.

Do not try to fool Me.  Because the only one you really fool and deceive is yourself.

Ask Me to show you how to BE Holy in My Holy Presence.

Do I ask you to brag or complain?

Do I ask you to take on a martyr’s attitude?

Do I ask you to pretend to Love when really you don’t?

I call you to Truthfulness.  I call you to truthfully tell Me that you are struggling to Love this person or that person instead of lying to Me knowing deep in your heart you still can’t stand that person.

Honesty in My Presence is part of BEING Holy.  Lying is not part of being holy.  So please be most honest with Me. 

Admitting that you want Me in your life more than anything else is being Holy before Me. 

You are not telling Me that I am ALL in your life, but rather admitting that you really, really want Me to be ALL in your life. 

This tells Me you are trying, aching, desiring that degree of Holiness that is challenging to acquire and maintain.

Endeavor regularly during the day to turn your heart towards Me.  What a great act of Holiness. You are willing to turn from endeavoring to have you served, to seeking to serve Me – and you serve Me through LOVE.

BE in LOVE with Me.  Let Me help you BE in LOVE with others.

The more you turn to Me, the more you will BE with Me, the more you will LOVE Me and others.

Come and BE with Me and see your tender holiness grow stronger and stronger through this marvelous LOVE bond.

You can only grow in holiness by spending more time with Me than with yourself!