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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