What is a Colloquy? [54]

March 11, 2025  Isaiah 55:10-11, Psalm 34, Matthew 6: 7-15.

'My child,

This is a day of prayer for your son, who is with me now, and for his beloved Sarah. Trust in me my child. I will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun. Do not be afraid, but trust. There are many who long to hear what you hear, and to do what you do. But I have chosen you. You have not chosen me. And so it is with much joy and delight that I tell you this: There are none that you know who shall not be with me. Trust in me. Not one will fall from my hand. Now go to your day and know this. This is a day of prayer for your son. Be happy and rejoice in it. Amen.'

The Scriptures speak to me about Jason:

Isaiah answered prayer for me.

The psalm answered prayer for him.

Matthew 6:7-15 Jason was praying the Our Father.

Lord, it is a mystery to me, but I accept this cross of losing my son here, and give him to you completely. Thank you for the grace of knowing he is with you and Sarah. Thank you for the gift of having him with me here on earth. May my love go with him, as small it is to yours. Help me to find Peace on this earth, until I see him again. And thank you for the consolation of hearing his voice for a while on this earth. May my grandchildren find Peace and Joy again, soon, O Lord. That their lives will be rich with love and grace and that we find courage to continue on until we see them both again, Jason & Sarah. Bless them Lord as you bless Jason in heaven with you, on this day of prayer for him. May his joy be complete in you, O Lord, and may his righteousness shine like the noonday sun. Come Holy Spirit, come in the name of Jesus. Mother Mary I entrust him to you. Amen.

March 11, 2025 late evening hours

after prayer of intercession...

I felt the Lord telling me that Jason would still come to me, when I need comfort I think...I could not write at the time this was coming to me. The Lord said that Jason had a special gift, and that he will  bless him with this special grace.

 The Lord will make this clearer to me when the time is right. For now I am grateful, and the loss seems less hard to bear. Thank you Lord Jesus, Mother Mary.

And Jason will also be an intercessor for us when the time is right. All in the Lord's Good time.

Amen.

March 12, 2025 Psalm 51

'I am still here. I've been given a special grace to come to you. Don't be sad mom, I love you and we'll see each other again. All is forgiven, but there was not much. You did your best, gave everything for us, never selfish. You put yourself last, always gave everything for us. I did not see this then, but I see it now. Life was hard for you, but you continued on. Please continue on now, for the kids, they need you. You must now teach them about their faith. Do not hesitate. We want them to have everything as we do, so continue with them.  Jason.'

Thank you, Lord, for this grace.

Lord Jesus, Moher Mary, pray for us.

DRAW ME INTO YOUR FRIENDSHIP, The Spiritual Exercises

David L. Fleming, S.J.

The Literal Version

[54]  The Colloquy is made, properly speaking, as one friend speaks to another, or as a servant to his master; now asking some grace, now blaming oneself for some misdeed, now communicating one's affairs, and asking advice in them.

The Contemporary Reading

[54] "Colloquy" is a term that describes the intimate conversation between God the Father and me, Christ and me, or perhaps Mary or one of the saints and me. This conversation happens on the occasion of my putting myself as totally as I can into the setting of the prayer. I will find that I speak or listen as God's Spirit moves me - sometimes accusing myself as sinner, sometimes letting myself be carried as a child, at other times expressing myself as lover or friend, and so on. A colloquy does not take place at any particular time within the period of prayer; it happens as I am moved to respond withing the setting of the exercise. It is true that I should mark the actual end of the hour of prayer with a definite closure - usually the Our Father or some favorite prayer is a reverent way of my bringing an end to a formal prayer period.

What is the Office of Consoling? [223-224]

 March 4, 2025

Journal entry.
Jason, my son, passed today, suddenly.

March 4, 2025

Journal entry.

I am numb. All is surreal. Then it is deep, despairing sadness and pain.

Last night I prayed for a sign that Jay is with the Lord. And I recalled that Jason had been sharing about his spiritual journey. That he understood what I was saying. He had encounters with God and knew Consolation. He also said he had prayed, and prayed the Our Father.

He texted me this as well and said that he, if he ever married again, it would be Catholic, that he would not reject his baptism or his faith.

He had found his faith and my prayers were answered.

Then as I suffered in pain before the Lord and gave all the suffering to him, to use as he would, the Lord spoke to my heart and said,

'This is the sign, you will receive consolation. 

And I was in Consolation. This has happened a few times already.

Jason is with Sarah and the family, and watching over us with her.

March 5, 2025  Ash Wednesday

Thank you Lord,

I entered the church, went to light two candles, one for the four grandchildren and my younger son, Devon, the other for Jason, and I knelt before the Divine Mercy image of Jesus, entrusting all into his hand.

"I give you my heart Lord," I prayed.

During the Intercessory Prayers, I prayed in my heart for personal prayers, for Jason, Eternal rest, that the Lord would bring him home, wipe away his tears, heal his heart. And I was asking forgiveness for the failure to help him.

The Lord said to me:

"He is with me now, and he is asking you to pray for the children".

I was so grateful and to tears, 

prayed for the children.

During Communion, I was again repenting and sorry for failing him, and then the Lord spoke again, and Jason too.

'Your son is with me and Sarah too. They are pleased with  you.'

And I heard Jason, 'I understand now, and we are happy you are there with the kids. Pray for them and accompany them.'

I received the assurance that all would be well and they would be provided for.

Later that evening as I prayed at home...

Jason, "Mom I am with you now and I am so happy. The Lord has given me such a beautiful place. But I will only be here for a while."

The Lord did say it would be for a little while. The Lord is here too and I feel such great consolation in my heart.

Thank you Lord God, Thank you.

March 7, 2025  Psalm 51

I am mourning my son, my beautiful son.  I am surrendering my younger son, my lost child, to the Lord. I will ask a Mass for him.

My heart hurts, not for one but for two. And the Lord comforts me with his Consolation in my whole being as well as my heart.

Psalm 51 touches me today.

I am always repenting, sorry for my mistakes.

I hold on to the grace, the answer to prayer, that I will see my sons in eternity, and now I pray for my grandchildren as they mourn the loss of their dad, my son Jason.

Bless you Lord Jesus. Bless you.

March 8, 2025  Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 86; Luke 5:27-32

The Lord:

"I want you to just listen to me today. Times are hard, but I am very near, as are your loved ones with me. Trust in me, my child. I will direct you in the way you should go, and in the things you should do. I am pleased that you hear me and that you listen to me. There is no reason to be afraid or to worry as you do. Trust in me. Have I not shown you the way in the past. I am the Consoler as Ignatius taught all whom I put before him, and ... to this day. I am risen and I spend time with my people. It pleases me that you come to me and that you have given me your heart, and I bring consolation, but not for what you do or who you are, but because I love you with an everlasting love. Now go to your day. All will be well. This pain too will pass for I come to console and to heal. Trust in me, my child, and follow the desires of your heart, for it is I who have placed them in your heart. I hear the prayers you send up for your loved ones and for those you do not know - and I answer them. I will bring comfort and consolation to your loved ones. All will be well. All will be well. Amen."

It is coming to me to do a Memorial Mass for Jason and Sarah. I had asked for a regular Mass. (not regular as ordinary, but our usual mass that we attend at 8:30am)  But now I am feeling to ask for a Memorial Mass. And to share the words the Lord gave to me as in the previous pages, about Jason and the Lord.

"Memorial Mass for Jason and Sarah".

March 8, 2025, 5pm, Jason:

'I have forgiven you Mom, and I am happy. I understand now, and I have a special place here, thanks to you. I will go soon and you won't hear from me, but I love you and I will be watching over you now and praying for you, as you have always prayed for me. Try not to be so sad because of me. I am okay, more than okay, and Sarah is too. We love you and we will be watching from afar.

But the Lord is near, nearer than you can imagine. Pray for our children and we will pray for you. I love you. Jason.

The Lord is near, as you always say, and hear. Amen.

Spiritual Exercises [223-224]

Concerning March 4th and 5th

experiences of consolation as written in this journal.

Draw me into your Friendship, The Spiritual Exercises, by David L. Fleming, S.J.

LITERAL TRANSLATION & A CONTEMPORARY READING

LITERAL TRANSLATION:

[223] Fourth Point. The fourth, to consider how the divinity, which seemed to hide itself in the passion, now appears and shows itself so marvelously in the most holy resurrection by its true and most holy effects.

[224] Fifth point. The fifth is to consider the office of consoling which Christ our Lord bears, and to compare how friends are accustomed to console friends.

A CONTEMPORARY READING

...[223-224] In contrast to the passion, I should note how much the divinity shows through the person of Jesus in all his appearances. The peace and the joy which he wants to share with me can only be a gift of God. To realize that the role of consoler which Jesus performs in each of his resurrection appearances is the same role he performs now in my life is a faith insight into why I can live my life in a true Christian optimism.

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Where is Mary... in the Spiritual Exercises? ...in the life of Ignatius?

The Science of Mary

by Penelope Olive, August 13 2023

Excerpts from the spiritual journals of Penelope Olive

I get all wrapped up

in the veils

of my Mother's presence.

I hear the swooshing

of her garments

As she passes me by.

I feel the hems

of her garments

brushing over my feet.

She also is near

and comes to help me,

puts her hand

on my breastbone,

and speaks gently to my heart.

I am her child

And she is my mother.

Thanks be to God

for this indescribable gift.

Amen.

Encounter with Mary in the Three Part Colloquy [62]

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

PART 1

Our Lady of the Wall

"I went out by night...and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down..."

Nehemiah 2:13a

May 23, 2016, journal entry on my birthday

What is the Wall of Mary like in your life? The Wall of Mary.
These words kept coming to me this past week.
I felt led to read Nehemiah's story of his scrutiny of the walls of Jerusalem, by examination of them at night. The Book of Nehemiah is about the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, but it is also a story about the walls that need to be in place around our hearts.

I am in the midst of a family crisis.
I prayed the Rosary all night. I prayed all the Mysteries of the Rosary:
Joyful
Sorrowful
Glorious
Luminous
The true Rosary, before culture got so busy.

You have rebuilt your Wall of Mary.
You have rebuilt the Wall of Mary in your life.
I heard these words. Then:

Just as a mother holds
as treasures in her heart,
the memories of her child's life,
so too my Mother holds in her life,
the Mysteries of my life.

When you hold the treasure
of the Mysteries of my life
in your life,
you have rebuilt The Wall of Mary
in your life.

The Wall of Mary consists of the Mysteries
of my life and hers.
These are the Mysteries of my life.
When you contemplate my life,
you see your life in mine.

This is the Wall of Mary that must be built into the life of every believer.

PART 2

Mary As Intercessor

July 15, 2022, journal entry, during morning prayer

Matthew 12:1-8
"I tell you, something greater than the temple is here."
"For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Lord Jesus, you are my Lord, my rest, my Sabbath.
You are my Lord, my Sabbath.

In all of this, trust me my child. I will never forsake or abandon you. You too are my rest. For the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. The children of the Kingdom do not yet understand this. Here I am in the Heavenlies, and my Mother is my Comfort, in her humanity. I have need of Mankind for it is for you that I came. Fully human, fully divine, I am complete for I have the Father and the Holy Spirit with me, in me, above me, behind me, below me. Yet, I have need of humankind. This is what this means, and continues to mean. In me, mankind is complete. You too in me, have a place to rest, for I am in you and you are in me. Yet I have need of all humankind.
The Son of Man has no where to lay his head.
In my humanity, I have need of all of humankind. For it is for this reason I came, to redeem man and to bring him into communion with Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Come my child, share in the joy that heaven has for you, I in you and you in me. You will be my rest, a place to lay my head and to reign, and I will be your rest, a place to lay your head and to reign also in my heart, for my heart too has need of you. Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you. Whatever you ask in my name, and according to my will, it will be done for you, for you are mine and I am yours. We are one.
Amen.

Thank you, Lord, for this sweet understanding of your love and need of me, lowly creature that I am. I console you as you console me.

This gives me a new understanding of the words about the joy in heaven when one sinner converts. Thank you, Lord.

How great is your love, this even brings new understanding to my heart.
And that we add to what is lacking in the Cross.
All of humanity needs to be at the Cross, worthy or unworthy as we all are, to console your humanity for what you suffered for us on the Cross.

Thank you, Lord God, Jesus my Love and my Heart.
Help me not to add to your sorrow, but to be there with you.
Amen.
Jesus, in his Divinity is complete with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for there is Completeness in the Trinity of God.

Jesus in his humanity is in need of all of humanity, as the Mother of God shows us in her presence in heaven, interceding continually for us. Jesus in his humanity in the Heavenly places is in need of humanity, a place to lay his head, in my heart, and in the heart of all of humanity. As Mary comes into the throne room of heaven in her full humanity, she is a consolation and a delight for Jesus. She has danced as Wisdom before him for all of humanity. Let my heart be emptied of all material things that Jesus the King of Glory may enter in, and find a place to rest his head.

Thank you, Lord. So hard to put in writing what you are bringing to my heart.

As I have need of you, so too you have need of me.

The Son of Man has no place to rest his head.

Amen.

 

PART 3

Mary In Eucharist

July 17, 2022, journal entry

Remember when receiving the Eucharist
As you partake of the Body and Blood
of Christ
You too become Mary's child
From whom Jesus drew
his humanity when
enfolded in her body and blood
in the womb;
You too now partaking
of her body and blood
in the Full Presence of Christ
his Body and Blood now too
in full divinity and
in full humanity
Through the Fiat of your own Mother Mary.
Amen.

On the morning this came to me, I woke with two songs in my heart, sung often during my evening Rosary Prayer Group, one English, the other French...
Couronnée d'Étoiles (Crowned with Stars), and, Be With Us Mary
...and these songs stayed with me as I prepared for my day.
I came to my prayer time and sang...
And then these words started coming to my heart from the Lord, and I wrote them down.
Thank you, Lord.

REFERENCES

Mary in the Spiritual Exercises:

[313] RULES FOR PERCEIVING AND KNOWING IN SOME MANNER THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE CAUSED IN THE SOUL,

the good, to receive them, and the bad to reject them.

[327] Fourteenth Rule.  The fourteenth: likewise, he behaves as a chief bent on conquering and robbing what he desires: for, as a captain and chief of the army, pitching his camp, and looking at the forces or defenses of a stronghold, attacks it on the weakest side, in like manner the enemy of human nature, roaming about, looks in turn at all our virtues, theological, cardinal, and moral; and where he finds us weakest and most in need for our eternal salvation, there he attacks us and aims at taking us.

[63] First Colloquy. The first colloquy to Our Lady, that she may get me grace from her Son and Lord...and with that a Hail Mary.

[147] First Colloquy . One colloquy to Our Lady, that she may get me grace from her Son and Lord that I may be received under his standard...and with that a Hail Mary.

[218] THE FIRST CONTEMPLATION    

How Christ our Lord appeared to Our Lady.

[299] OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD; OF HIS FIRST APPARITION.

    First Point. First: He appeared to the Virgin Mary. This, although it is not said in Scripture, is included in saying that He appeared to so many others, because Scripture supposes that we have understanding, as is written: "Are you also without understanding?"

[248] Note. ...whoever wants to imitate Our Lady in the uses of the senses, let him in the preparatory prayer recommend himself to her, that she may get him grace from her Son and Lord for it; and after considering each sense, say a Hail Mary.

[342]  GUIDELINES FOR THINKING WITH THE CHURCH TODAY:

[355] Third Rule. The third: to praise....long prayers, in the church and out of it...

The Autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola, Joseph N. Tylenda, s.j.

A Pilgrim's Journey

Chapter 2, Monteserrat: A Knight'sVigil

Image:

The Wall of Mary

What is the Fifth Rule of the GUIDELINES FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS? [313-327] [318] (La réflexion française suit.)

May 13, 2023

excerpt from my spiritual journal

La réflexion française suit.

"MEDITATION (from Prions en église, translated into English)

Acts 16:1-10

In all our projects, it is important to be attentive to the Holy Spirit. God sees the bigger picture and calls us to share the Good News of salvation with all the nations."

Thought of sharing the Lord's word to me on Peace, Wisdom, and Hope.

***

Yesterday, we went for Jack's appointment at the clinic.

As I sat in the waiting room, I realized I had not brought a book or some knitting, nothing to do while waiting at the doctor's office.

I had nothing with me, so I took a look in my purse. There was the Word from the Lord that I had plasticized into a bookmark.

I read it as I sat with Jack.

Got to the bottom and I read, "rec'd from the Lord May 12, 2021..."

I thought it a good thing to share with the group, so now translating into French, with the help of a dear sister in Christ.

Thank you Lord. Amen.

Peace, Wisdom, and Hope

 
Do not worry so about the things of your life.  I am here and I tend to the souls of all.  Keep in your heart only the things I have put before you, tend to these things.  The rest I will take care of.  If I am here to care for the things of your heart, shall I not also be there for the things that burden the hearts of your loved ones?  Do not worry so.  Look to my mother.  She knows the way.  She pondered things in her heart, it is written.  Not with anxiety and worry, but with peace, wisdom, and hope.  Keep these things in your heart, and you will do well.  These three are graces that come from my mother’s heart.  Ask for them, pray for them.  Even now this earth that is in turmoil has need of these things.
 
Peace Wisdom and Hope.
 
Read her Magnificat and be at Peace.  Pray her Hail Mary and have hope.  Trust in me.  The Wisdom that is my Mother shall be with you. I am pleased you have returned to the Rosary Group.  Stay there.  Do not leave.  I will be with you.  Peace Hope and Wisdom will be with you.  Trust in me my child.
 
Now go to your day, take courage, be of good cheer.  The Lord is near and will never abandon or forsake you.  I am your Lord, and you are mine.  Amen.
 
From the journal of Penelope De Cairos Olive
Received from the Lord on May 12, 2021

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

GUIDELINES FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS

[318] Fifth Rule.  The fifth: in time of desolation never to make a change; but to be firm and constant in the resolutions and determination in which one was the day preceding such desolation, or in the determination in which he was in the preceding consolation. Because, as in consolation it is rather the good spirit who guides and counsels us, so in desolation it is the bad, with whose counsels we cannot take a course to decide rightly.

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Quelle est La cinquième règle des Règles de discernement ?  313 à 327 ; 318

Samedi, le 13 mai, 2023

Un Extrait de mon journal spirituel.

<< MÉDITATION

(Actes 16, 1-10)  Dans tous nos projets, il importe de demeurer à l'écoute de l'Esprit Saint. Dieu voit grand et nous appelle à ouvrir la Bonne Nouvelle du salut à toutes les nations. >>

(Un extrait de Prions en église.)

Je suis inspirée de partager cette Parole du Seigneur s'intitulée :  La paix, la sagesse, et l’espérance.

***

Hier, nous sommes allés à la clinique pour mon mari.

D'ordinaire j'aurais amené avec moi soit un livre ou même mon tricot pour avoir quelque chose à faire en attendant.

Je n'avais rien avec moi alors j'ai regardé dans mon sac à main. Et voilà le signet avec la parole inspirée du Seigneur que j'ai plastifiée il y a quelques années.

Je l'ai lu alors que j'étais assise à côté de mon mari.

À la fin j'ai lu, "reçu du Seigneur le 12 mai 2021."

J'ai eu la pensée que ça sera une bonne chose de partager avec le groupe de prière, alors avec l'aide du'une bonne amie en Jésus, j'ai traduit la parole en français.

Merci Seigneur. Amen.

La paix, la sagesse, et l’espérance

 
Ne t’inquiète pas tant pour les choses de ta vie. Je suis ici et je m’occupe des âmes de tous et toutes. Garde dans ton cœur seulement les choses que j’a placé devant toi, occupe-toi de ces choses. Je m’occupe du reste. Si je suis ici pour m’occuper des choses de ton cœur, ne me soucierai-je pas aussi des choses qui pèsent sur le cœur de tes proches ?  Ne t’inquiète pas tant. Regarde ma mère. Elle connaît le chemin.  Elle repassait ces choses dans son cœur, il est écrit. Pas avec l’anxiété et l’inquiétude, mais avec la paix, la sagesse, et l’espérance. Garde ces choses dans ton cœur, et tu feras bien. Ces trois sont des grâces qui vient du cœur de ma mère. Demande ces grâces, prie pour ces grâces. Même maintenant cette terre qui est en tourmente a besoin de ces grâces.
 
La paix, la sagesse, et l’espérance
 
Lis son Magnificat et sois en paix. Prie son Ave Maria et garde espoir. Crois en moi. La Sagesse qui est ma Mère sera avec toi. Je suis satisfait que tu as rentré au groupe de rosaire. Reste là. Ne pars pas. Je serai avec toi. La paix, l’espérance, et la sagesse sera avec toi. Aie confiance en moi, mon enfant.
 
Va maintenant à ta journée, prends courage. Le Seigneur est proche et ne t’abandonnera jamais. Je suis ton Seigneur, et tu es à moi.
Amen.
 
Un extrait du journal spirituel de Pénélope De Cairos Olive.
Reçu du Seigneur le 12 mai 2021.

Les Exercises Spirituels de Saint Ignace de Loyola.

Règles de discernement.

318  La cinquième règle.  Au temps de la désolation ne jamais faire de changement, mais être ferme et constant dans les résolutions et dans la décision où l'on était le jour qui a précédé cette désolation, ou dans la décision où l'on était lors de la consolation précédente. Car, de même que dans la consolation c'est davantage le bon esprit qui nous guide et nous conseille, de même dans la désolation c'est le mauvais : avec ses conseils, nous ne pouvons prendre le chemin pour réussir.

What is the First Point for Making the General Examen? [43] First Point

March 16, 2023

excerpt from my spiritual journal on March 17, 2023

As I prayed the Rosary with my husband this morning, Jack leading us in prayer...

We came to the last decade of our Rosary, where we pray the 5th Mystery of the Luminous Mysteries, and we pray for the Grace of Thanksgiving to God.  And it came to me that on earth there is no other Thanksgiving To God that is greater than this.

At our Mass, our Eucharistic Celebration, we offer on the altar the body and blood of Christ on the altar, the Crucifix is there, we offer in Thanksgiving this sacrifice of God, His Only Begotten Son, and Jesus offering himself up for us,  And God gives us His Son, the Body and Blood of Christ, to us, to consume, that we may be conformed to his Son.

All of our Thanksgivings for all the Lord does for us are important, we should live lives of Thanksgiving. But the Greatest Thanksgiving of all is the Mass, the Eucharistic Celebration, where we offer on the altar, the Priest being Christ himself, the Holy Sacrifice of His Body and Blood, and God returns his Son to us under the appearance of bread and wine, that we become one with Christ in this Sacrifice of Thanksgiving which is the Mass.

Thank you Lord for this beautiful understanding of the Holy Eucharist.

continued May16, 2023

What has come to me today is: The Greatest Gift of Thanksgiving to God...The Holy Eucharist.

We should run to the Eucharist, run to Mass, if you can't, then go online.

This is the Greatest Gift of Thanksgiving we can offer to God.

It is so great that we should continually offer Thanksgiving to God for everything, every thought, every gift, for all comes from above.

Thank you Lord should be our daily word to Him.

Amen.

I am touched to tears with this new understanding.

Thank you Lord for this gift.

[43] METHOD FOR MAKING THE GENERAL EXAMEN

It contains in it five points.

First Point. The first point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the benefits received.

Second Point.  The second, to ask grace to know our sins and cast them out.

Third Point.  The third, to ask account of our soul from the hour that we rose up to the present examen, hour by hour, or period by period; and first as to thoughts, and then as to words, and then as to acts, in the same order as was mentioned in the particular examen.

Fourth Point. The fourth, to ask pardon of God our Lord for the faults.

Fifth Point.  The fifth, to purpose amendment with His grace.

Our Father.

Source:

DRAW ME INTO YOUR FRIENDSHIP

A Literal Translation and A Contemporary Reading of The Spiritual Exercises

David L. Fleming, S.J. 

The Institute of Jesuit Sources, Saint Louis 1996

What is [355] Third Rule of GUIDELINES FOR THINKING WITH THE CHURCH TODAY?

October 5, 2022
Meditation on Luke:11:1-4, The Lord's Prayer

"I am with you, my child, until the very end. I will never abandon you or forsake you, for you are mine, and if I abandon you or forsake you, I also abandon myself, I forsake myself.

Trust in me, my child. I know how hard this is. Your cross is your son's cross, and it can seem hard to bear, but know this: as I carried my cross, so too my Mother carried my cross. As I suffered, so too my Mother suffered. As I agonized, so too my Mother agonized. Look to her to find your Peace. Follow in her steps. Watch and see if you will not find Peace. It is in praying the Rosary that you will find Peace, and the answers to your musings and questionings. For my Mother knows the way, and you will find your way in hers. Pray the Rosary and you will find me and all that I have for you: Peace, Love, Joy, Healing, Wholeness, and Life.
Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest...For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Come to Me.  Trust in Me.  Pray the Rosary.
You have prayed, asked for Wisdom concerning the life of your son, his situation.  This is the way."
***

"Come to Me. Trust in Me. Pray the Rosary."
Thank you Lord God, Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
Angels and saints. Holy Spirit, Holy Father, Lord Jesus.
Holy Trinity. Amen.

***

My heart has been heavy, concern for my younger son, and all my children and grandchildren, but primarily my concern for my younger son's situation, had me frozen.
I spoke to the Lord, about my feelings, frozen, traumatized, stunned, sad, disappointed, and much more. I prayed for wisdom, how to see this. Last night and this morning, I prayed for a sign, as Father Roger had always suggested.
Thank you Lord for your clear direction in this.
***
"Come to Me.
Trust in Me.
Pray the Rosary.
It is in praying the Rosary that you will find Peace and the answers to your musings and questionings."

GUIDELINES FOR THINKING WITH THE CHURCH TODAY

[355] Third Rule: to praise the hearing of Mass often, likewise hymns, psalms, and long prayers, in the church and out of it; likewise the hours set at the time fixed for each Divine Office and for all prayer and all canonical hours.

Reference:

DRAW ME INTO YOUR FRIENDSHIP, The SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
A LITERAL TRANSLATION & A CONTEMPORARY READING
David L. Fleming, S.J.

What is Sitting in Silence with God's Word?

July 27, 2022 

journal entry this day

Matthew 11:44-46

You are the pearl, my child.  I have searched and found you, and you are of great value, precious in my eyes, and I have given all for you.

I came down from the heavenlies into human form, setting aside my divinity, to save and rescue you for I want you with me in eternity.

And so it is with each of my children whom I love with an everlasting love.

You are that pearl, so too your brothers and sisters in the faith, the pearl of great value, that I gave all to save.  I sought you out, and paid the price of all that I AM, to bring you with me into eternity.

You are the Pearl of great value that was found.  Amen.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it." Matthew 13:45

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Life is not easy these days.

With the ups and downs of life pressing upon me, I feel resistance in sitting in the quiet.  But I stay, I re-read my Scripture for the day, I persevere against the stresses and demands of life that are with me, even as I try to sit in the silence, and I pray, "Speak, O Lord, your servant is listening", because I know, I remember from my prayer times, that the Lord is always here to help me and to bring me Peace.

Thank you Lord for this Word of Love that I needed so much to hear this morning.

Amen.

And the Lord has encouraged me to add this immediately to my Blog, because this is for you too, dear Reader.

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