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Friday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time
I Hear The Sound of Dry Bones Rattling
My little one, I am going to allow you to suffer a great spiritual dryness.. Different temptations will torment you. Have total confidence. This is the key to my heart.”(Jesus) (March 4-March 7, 1962)
Today’s Readings:
Prophesy over these bones, and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life. (Ezekiel 37)
Prayer Meditation: O Lord breathe Your Life into our dry bones- at times we can feel so dry and so remote from You. So alone in this Valley of Tears- so tempted by the world, the flesh, and the devil. Lord we have total confidence in You that Your Spirit will speak life into what needs revival in us- let us only ask and speak Your Promises out loud to those dry bones and Your Spirit will fall on us like healing rain!
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Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
It Starts with a Yes and Ends with a Crown
Yes, my little one, we will put out fire with fire: the fire of hatred with the fire of love. (Mary) (December 6, 1964 )
Today’s Readings: Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 1)
Prayer Meditation- Today we celebrate the Queenship of Mary, Our Mother. Lord, She gave Her Yes, not knowing what would lie ahead but in humble trust and faith! As the first disciple She gained the Crown and lives in Heaven with You, interceding for us, more Mother than Queen (St. Therese). Today, if we have the opportunity, let us pray all four mysteries with Mary, from Her Yes to Her Crown, and let us follow Her and imitate Her virtues as we meditate on Your Incarnation Lord knowing that we will live forever with You in following this sure path!
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Memorial Saint Pius X
Not A Moment Too Late
Desire to share in My work of Redemption! Let this be the supreme goal of your lives, the most valuable gift that you can bring to Me. Take advantage of every opportunity and every means to save souls. Work at it! Remember what you once read: ‘If each Christian would save just one soul, no one would be lost.”. (Jesus) (January 15, 1964)
Today’s Readings: Going out about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’ (Matthew 20)
Prayer Meditation: O Lord You want no one to be lost- even the five o’clock laborers, the ones who are late to Your table. O Lord let us make our efforts to bring those five o’clock souls to You- who have we not invited? Let us not pick and choose who should come! Even Lord if we are the “late” ones who are paid the same let Your praise be always on our lips in gratitude that You have invited us to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb- let us not delay!
In my house, I had to tighten still further to make room for my children who raised their families. This was very difficult. I had a four bedroom home with modern conveniences. I still had the large dining room at my disposal. Nevertheless, I gave it up also, even though it came at a great cost. (Elizabeth) (1961-1962)
Today’s Readings: And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. (Matthew 19)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, You are the God who gives and takes away. There are seasons in life of abundance and season where we must be pruned from our attachments because You have something new for us, a new season of faith and growth! Like St. Paul we know what it is like to be in want and to be in plenty (Philippians 4). Lord, help us always to keep our eyes on You and to follow You knowing that as You prune us it is always for Your Glory! We may or may not receive a hundred times more in this world but we will inherit what is priceless- eternal life with You in Glory forever if we are faithful!
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Monday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time
If You Wish To Be Perfect
Jesus said, “I want to give you great graces, but you must renounce yourself completely.” Elizabeth writes: These were harsh words for my reason. This is why I asked Him, “Am I capable of doing this?” Jesus responded, “You must only will it; leave the rest up to Me.”(Jesus) (1961-1962 )
Today’s Readings: Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. (Matthew 19)
Prayer Meditation- Lord You do not ask the same things of everyone but what You do want is our whole hearts! In the Mark version of this Gospel it is related that You looked on the rich young man with love (Mark 10:21) and You look on all of us with love as You ask each of us to be free from the chains that bind us. These things could be many- money, food, drink, prestige, human respect, or the need to constantly be in control. Lord, help us to examine today, what it is You want us to be detached from- help us to will it and leave the rest to You!
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Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Not As Foolish Persons But As Wise
From now on, you will be the representative of the souls of our parish community. This is a great task. Every day, you will recite the morning prayers in the name of the parish community; in the name of the fathers, the mothers, the young people, the indifferent children and the foolish elderly who, even now, do not even think about the end of their life. (Jesus) (August 28, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Brothers and sisters: Watch carefully how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise, making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not continue in ignorance, but try to understand what is the will of the Lord. (Ephesians 5)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord we love You because today the readings focus on Wisdom. Wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It allows us to understand things from Your Point of View. And yet how many people today actually seek to activate the wisdom You have given us. I would say most of us live life in our own heads and our own wills and even as we reach old age, the golden years, we still have not found wisdom as we live as if this life will never end. Living for retirement not eternity. But we were not created for this temporal existence. And to live eternity minded, to put on Your Mind Lord, we so desperately need Your Wisdom in this very foolish world in these evil days. Lord that seems like a big ask if we have not called on the Holy Spirit for some time but You have given us an easy way to start. The key is the very first Reading. The Church has always linked the Wisdom literature, Lady Wisdom, with Our Blessed Mother. And we can picture Her calling out to us to turn to Her, whoever is simple and lacks understanding, as She implores us to forsake foolishness that we may live (Proverbs 9). She calls us home to You and to the Church, to the Sacraments and to the Eucharist so that we would have Your Life within us, Eternal Wisdom. Blessed Lady, place us where we belong in the Divine Fire, share with us Your Immaculate Conception.
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Saturday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Each According To His Own Ways- Return And Live
Repentance is the only step that brings you closer to Me. I know that many will fall again, but if I see you are not going astray as you distance yourselves from Me, I can quickly raise you from your prostration since My Divine Hand is close to you. Then, as I raise you, the sin falls away instantly and you become lighter again. Gratitude is all I want in return. Tell Me just one word: ‘Thanks.’ (Jesus) (August 7, 1963)
Today’s Readings: Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Turn and be converted from all your crimes, that they may be no cause of guilt for you. Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies, says the Lord GOD. Return and live! (Ezekiel 18)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today we read in Ezekiel about conversion and repentance. You want all to return and live! To have a new heart and a new spirit- Your Spirit! You know that we will fall again and again but if we have sincerely repented and we are really trying to live in Your Will You will raise us up quickly again and again and our sins will fall away as far as the East is from the West (Psalm 103). Lord thank you for Your constant forgiveness and especially in the Sacrament of Confession because if You kept a record of all of our sins, who could stand? (Psalm 130). Let us always maintain a spirit of gratitude always knowing that You are for us and not against us and Your Divine Hand is always close to us!
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Friday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Pardoned for All We Have Done
“I overlook everything. By your repentance, you attract Me to you like a magnet, and any soul doing that will attract Me. Oh, I beg you, draw Me to yourselves.” (Jesus) (July 26, 1964)
Today’s Readings: For I will re-establish my covenant with you, that you may know that I am the LORD, that you may remember and be covered with confusion, and that you may be utterly silenced for shame when I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 16)
Prayer Meditation- Lord we thank You that no matter what we have done and who we have been, You pardon us when we come to You with a repentant heart. You overlook everything in Your unfathomable mercy- You remember our sins no more! (Isaiah 43:25). Lord, soften our hearts and draw us close to You and to Your Sacraments for healing and pardon!
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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Blessed Are They That Believe
‘If each Christian saved just one soul, no one would be lost.’” (Jesus) (January 15, 1964)
Today’s Readings:
Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” (Luke 1)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord blessed is She who believed and followed You. Blessed is Her Glorious Assumption into Heaven where she intercedes for us! O Lord may we believe and act on Your Word like Our Blessed Mother. Let us never doubt that our prayers in union with Mary in the Rosary are the weapon for our time and for saving souls! Lord we believe Your Word today- help us to follow You!
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Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Marked With The Sign of The Cross
Jesus: “Were you not deeply touched by the bishop’s blessing? I was there when he traced the cross on your forehead. I did this for two reasons: to give you a reward for your numerous sufferings; and so that the bishop would know My Divine Will concerning you.” (Jesus) (December 15, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a “Thau” on the foreheads of those who moan and groan over all the abominations that are practiced within it. (Ezekiel 9)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord we love You, we bless You and we adore You on this Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe who was so devoted to Our Mother, the Immaculata, promoting Total Consecration to You through Her to grow in conversion and holiness! Because She is the Ark for Our Times for all who love You! In Ezekiel, we read of those who lamented the evil in their day and they were marked with a Thau, an exemption from judgement. Today Lord, Our Lady is spreading the effect of Her Flame of Love to all souls marked with Your Cross because the Flame of Love in the Her Heart is Noah’s Ark for our sad times for ourselves and our families(Spring 1981). Today let us join the Immaculata, Our Beautiful Mother and renew our consecration prayers no matter which ones we made (De Montfort, Kolbe, 33 Days, etc) in the name of all for Your Glory Lord and the good of all!
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Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
We Are All Little Ones
“That first meeting was the great step, when My Mother entrusted you to Me in a special way. Since then, My little one, you have been flying like an arrow towards Me. (Jesus) (April 8, 1962)
Today’s Readings: And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.” (Matthew 18)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, You tell us how much You love the little ones. You also tell us today that it is not Your Will that any are lost! Lord, the truth is, if we humble ourselves, we are all Your little ones and You came for all of us! Let us entrust ourselves to You as little children through Our Blessed Mother so that we will fly like arrows into Your Loving Arms!
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Just a Glimpse
Then I came to a dead stop and for a brief moment the clouded face of God appeared before me. (Elizabeth) (1961-1962)
Today’s Readings: Like the bow which appears in the clouds on a rainy day was the splendor that surrounded him. Such was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. (Ezekiel 1)
Prayer Meditation- Lord most days it seems that we are walking around in darkness, there are clouds all around and we can wonder where You are in all of it. Then, if we are truly seeking You, it will happen- a brief but glorious glimpse of Your Presence like a rainbow on a rainy day! Lord You are with us in every moment of our lives so let us be strong and courageous for You will never leave or forsake us! (Deuteronomy 31:6).
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Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
When the Journey Is Too
Long Little by little, I distanced myself from God. The continuous task to survive consumed my soul. After a long battle, my spiritual life faded. Even my faith itself was endangered. (Elizabeth) (1961-1962)
Today’s Readings: After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.(1 Kings 19)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, we all know that sometimes the journey just feels too long. Every day is a battle- sickness, fear, anxiety, worry, all the cares and problems of the world. And we can start to distance ourselves from You as our problems just seem to suck the lives out of our souls. It can be a slow fade- this life on Earth if we are not tethered to You. Sometimes it just seems we are barely hanging by a thread. And Lord You know this is what we are up against- that is why You are the Living Bread that came down from Heaven so that we would live forever (John 6). On January 16, 1964, You told Elizabeth Kindelmann the following:
“I am the great Donor of blood. By virtue of My Divine Blood, you can be divinized. Can you understand that? Truly, it is difficult. I am the sole Donor of blood in the whole world. Permeate yourself with My love, My almighty love. Meditate on that now in the light of My holy brightness. Can’t you feel this Precious Blood? My Precious Blood warms up and sets into motion the frozen, paralyzed energy of your souls. I am pouring it out and will continue to pour it in all the men in the entire world inasmuch as they submit to the holy treatment of My Divine Hand” “After receiving My Precious Blood, examine your souls and become aware of the exhilaration that the power of My Precious Blood brings about in you. Do not be so insensitive. Let not routine lead you to my holy table, but rather the fervor of sacrificial charity, which ignites through contact with My love” Lord You have promised never to leave us or forsake us and we bless You, love You, and adore You because truly Your Love is the Love that never fails, never gives up, and never lets go!
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Feast of Saint Lawrence
Rising By Falling
“When you are in Heaven and from up there you contemplate the death of one of your children, you will be by his bed. Your drop of oil will fall on the empty lamp and the Flame of Love of the Blessed Virgin will be lit. (Jesus) (October 9, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. (John 12)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, on this feast day of Saint Lawrence we are reminded of the cost of discipleship. That to follow You means to die to ourselves- for Christians through the years and even now it meant literally laying down their lives as You did. For most of us to die means to lay down our own ideas, our own wills, maybe even our own dreams for Your dream for our life. Many of us who follow You Lord are still unopened seeds, so much potential, but held back by the fear of falling. Held back by our need for control. Yet Lord it is in this abandonment to Your Providence that we will produce the fruit that You intended for us to produce. It may be here in this life but it may very well be in the next- like St. Therese doing good from Heaven! Fiat Lord, Thy Will be done!
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Friday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
The Way Of The Cross
On Friday, immerse yourself in my Sacred Passion. During the day, meditate on the Way of the Cross. From noon to three, adore my sacred wounds.” (Note, this can be done even at work or school.) (Jesus) (April 6, 1962)
Today’s Readings: Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? (Matthew 16)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord, so many want to avoid the cross in their lives. We want everything easy- we want our Heaven here! But there is no way to Heaven except through the Cross of Jesus. We have so many crosses- family worries, health concerns, work problems, the state of our nation and our world, our own helplessness to avoid sin. But if we unite them to Your Cross Lord throughout our day out of love for You and for the salvation of souls You will be faithful and You will walk us through the valley!
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Memorial of Saint Dominic
God Forbid Lord
I told Him: “Forgive me, my beloved Jesus. Did I not ask You to destroy the rough features of my soul?” He answered with a mild voice: Jesus: “My little daughter, you must love Me night and day.” (Elizabeth/Jesus) (1961-1962)
Today’s Readings: Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
Prayer Meditation- O Lord it is so easy to be critical of Peter. There he goes again, foot in his mouth. What we would call these days as having “no filter”. And it is shocking at first to hear Your response to him. But then all it takes is a quick look in the mirror. Because most of the time we are not thinking as You do but as human beings do. Stuck in our own human wills. And how many times have we said the same when the cross, whatever cross You have chosen for us comes our way. Illness, financial troubles, family problems, you name it. We say, God forbid Lord that such a thing should ever happen. And we fight the cross that You have lovingly chosen for us- feisty enough to consider cutting off someone’s ear and then cowardly enough to just run away and lick our wounds. This is us, every day of our lives, when we do not unite our will to Yours. But the good news is we can ask for grace every day for the plans that You have for us and we can love and praise You night and day because if our focus is on You we will not sink under the waves when You call us to do what seems impossible!
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Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Woman How Great is Your Faith
The Lord Jesus told me that He had just given me, with wonderful strength, the grace of faith and confidence, because without these two virtues, no other virtues can take root in either me, or in any other soul. (Elizabeth) (May 24, 1963)
Today’s Readings: Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour. (Matthew 15)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today is a wonderful day because The Church has given us the Gospel of the Canaanite Woman who never gave up in her persistence! She humbled herself and You heard her prayers! Lord You are asking all of us to do the same- to pray with faith and confidence and with love and humility in our hearts! On this day let us pray The Holy Rosary as Our Lady has taught us because there is no problem that cannot be solved by praying the Rosary! (Sister Lucia)
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Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
Listen To Him
Because your soul has been purified of the anguish of doubts, you now have been given the power to rise to the heavenly Father and be immersed in the delightful and joyful contemplation of the Holy Trinity. (Jesus) (October 23-24, 1963)
Today’s Readings: Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them (Mark 9)
Prayer Meditation- Lord today we meditate on the Transfiguration. Peter, John, and James see You in the Your Glory. Peter nervously tries to enter the conversation with You, the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah) but really the Apostles are scared to death and have no idea what is going on. In so many ways, when faced with Your Glory and Your Majesty, we can be the same. And yet, You call us- Our God first and foremost but also Our Friend to rise and not be afraid especially in these turbulent times. You call us to be purified of doubt and fear and to rise to You in confidence and trust! Let us raise our eyes and see no one but You alone- reign in all the Earth Jesus!
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Monday of the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
All We Have
On the way, I kept adoring Him. When I entered the bakery, I remembered that it was Saturday and I asked, “Do you still have bread?” They said, “No.” I was scared. What will happen now? When I was about to leave, I heard them call me. They had reserved a bread, but the one for whom they had set it aside did not come to get it. At once, I said, “My adorable Jesus.” He said: Jesus: “I am that one. Do you see? The time you spend with Me should not harm your family.” (Elizabeth/Jesus) (February 14, 2015)
Today’s Readings: When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” He said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” (Matthew 14)
Prayer Meditation- Lord, today we read two parallel stories. One disciple, Elizabeth, spent too much time in Adoration as if there is such a thing, and was risking missing out on the last loaf of bread for her family at the bakery. The others followed You to a deserted place but now it was dinner time with not a restaurant in sight. As disciples we come to You with all we have- the five loaves of our devotion, the two fish of our poverty because without You we are nothing. And that is right where You want us- not self sufficient but dependent on You for our daily bread! And You ask us to bring those loaves and two fish to You because it is not our job to feed the five thousand although sometimes we may think that it is. It is our job to bring all that we have to all that You Are- infinite abundance and infinite love and always enough!
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Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Give Us This Bread Always
While we were eating our bread, He allowed me to feel His inner emotions and He breathed His words full of grace into my soul. Jesus said, “May our souls be in harmony. In this way, our hands will gather in unity. Now I fill your heart with the feeling of My Divinity. Oh, that we might gather together as much as possible!” (Elizabeth) (October 18, 1962)
Today’s Readings: So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” (John 6)
Prayer Meditation- Lord most of us will probably not have mystical experiences like Elizabeth, yet all of us, every day if we want to, can visit You in the Tabernacle as if we were visiting You in Capernaum or sitting at Your feet in Bethany. And each day we can receive Holy Communion, the Bread of Life that fills us with everything we need and everything we desire in You. You are our desire- no one else will do! Draw us close to You Lord- may our souls be in harmony, give us this Living Bread always until we are home with You in Heaven!
