August 19, 2026
Journal entry, morning prayer time.
Ezekiel 39:1-11; Psalm 23; Matthew 20:1-16a
Acclamation, Hebrews 4
"The word of God is living and active; it probes the thought and motives of our heart."
message: The workers at the last hour received the same wage as those who were called in the beginning.
This is what we want to see as servants of God...I want to see the last to come to Christ to be in front of me entering the Kingdom. I am happy to be last and to be ushering in many before me.
This has always been the thought I had in serving others.
Thank you, Lord, for I see many, all in my household here on earth, entering the Kingdom before me...my own beautiful son, Jason, and my beautiful daughter-in-law, Sarah! Thanks be to God!
Amen.
I prayed at the end of my prayer time for wisdom (as in James 1 verse 5) concerning a new ministry.
And the Lord's answer was this:
That I have written commentaries and other things to bring light to things that are not God's will for us, all my spiritual life.
This will be for another to determine.
I am to continue to write all the words of the Lord in this time of mourning, but also, what I have been writing in the previous book, Book 5..."Coming Home to Sacred Mysteries."
Book 6..."A Glimpse of heaven through the eyes of my son (Jason)
Conversations with Jesus and Jason"
Thank you, Lord, for this blessing and privilege.
This will be the final chapters of my life.
Amen.
"I am well pleased, my child. In this I find joy: your faithful and loving obedience. Always trust in me. Always trust in my word. And what you feel in your heart, bring it to me, and I will bring understanding and clarity to you. I am not a God who wants my child to guess and wander on her own. I desire a heart that is mine, and you continually give me your heart. Now, go to your day, and know this: I am ever with you. Always at your side. Above you, below you, within you. I am ever near.
God bless your heart, your words, your life, your love. God ever before you, God ever behind you, God always within you.
My child, my love, my faithful servant, companion, my heart. Amen.
I am well pleased."
I read this little bookmark I had made with a quote from St. Francis de Sales, which was in my Living With Christ missalette, as I prayed and reflected this morning.
'Always give heed to the Word of God, whether you hear or read it in private, or hearken to it when publicly preached. Listen with attention and reverence, seek to profit by it, and do not let the precious words fall unheeded but receive them into your heart.' - St. Francis de Sales; Living with Christ
My heart is filled with Peace and Love.
Amen.
References:
Note:
This journal entry will be added to my blog for today, as I have not been writing here lately, but in my online books, located on my website,
LIFE AND DOCTRINE:
https://lifeanddoctrine.ca/english.html
Please scroll down to see:
Book 5, Coming Home to Sacred Mysteries
Book 6, A Glimpse of Heaven thought the eyes of my son
Conversations with Jesus and Jason.
Book:
DRAW ME INTO YOUR FRIENDSHIP The SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
A LITERAL TRANSLATION &
A CONTEMPORARY READING
FIRST WEEK 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 letting myself be carried as 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 within 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.
