"Myra mine."

"Yes, Beloved."

"Put your hands in Mine. Let me draw you to Me and fill you with my Holy Spirit. Permit My Spirit to fill you, cleanse you and animate you. Let My Spirit fill you with joy and peace. Let my Spirit move in you , breathe on you, brush over your senses and empower you. Let the love of My Father and yours embrace you. Be still, quiet your senses. You belong to Me. You are Mine my precious - I love you. Be still and drink deep of My Presence. Be filled with My light and My life. Be drawn into the heart of God. My heart and remain there. I love you."

Psalm 102-18, Zechariah 8:8, Luke 9:47 & 48

Psalm 102:18,

He will answer the prayer of the needy and will not despise their plea.

Zechariah 8:8

They will be my people and I shall be their God in truth and in justice.

Luke 9: 47 & 48

Jesus knew their thoughts.

...listen: the one who is found to be the least among you all, is the one who is the greatest.

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Beloved it is hard to be humble and little sometimes. It helps wonderfuly to know that You who are God allowed Yourself to be made small for our sakes. Thank You for your wonderful promise in Zec 8:8

And thank You for your timely reminder in Luke 9:48 that it is only in giving myself will I find myself.

I love You my Beloved. Stay with me through the day.

My Beloved, today the Church celebrates the feast of the Apostle Matthew. In today's reading in Ephesians 4:11-13 we are reminded that each one of us has been given gifts and is called to work for the Kingdom.

The Psalmist says, No speech no word, no sound is heard yet the message goes out to the ends of the earth. May my life be a strong witness to the faith that I profess.

To know You Beloved, to trust You to believe in Your words, to obey Your commandments. To walk in the light of the truth that You have revealed. To be submissive and humble - willing and ready to serve. To know oneself and that all that we are is because of Your graciousness and goodness. To attribute all that is good in us to grace that You so willingly pour upon us and to acknowledge that when we fail and fall it is not because You were not willing to help us but because we are weak and we did not cling to You in our moments of weakness - this is peace and joy.

Beloved, help me to be an authentic Christian, Your true follower and a fruitful member of the Curch that You founded with Peter as the Rock, the visible head. If I live the life of a true disciple then I will be an effective witness to the truth. Pour out Your Holy Spirit O Lord to help all of us who wish to follow You who are the Way, the Truth and the Life. Amen.

Zechariah 2:9, 14-15, Jeremiah 31: 10, Luke 9:44-45

Zec 2:9, 14-15

...I myself will be around her like a wall of fire, and also within her in glory. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for I am about to come, I shall dwell among you.....my dwelling is with you.

Jeremiah 31:10

The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.

Luke 9:44-45

"Listen and remember what I tell you now. The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands." But the disciples didn't understand this saying; something prevented them from grasping what He meant, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

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Beloved, I claim all these promises for myself and my family. Make Your dwelling not only in our hearts and in our home, but at the centre of our family life.

Beloved, when You say listen and remember then I must be all attention and ready and willing to do what You say. Often, although I am ready and willing - I am hard of understanding even though what You say is pretty clear. Fear grips my heart. I do not want to understand because it is a hard and painful thing. I may have to give up some creature comfort. Something that is a hindrance to a closer union with You and I am not willing to ask You what You mean because I am afraid You will tell me precisely that which I am afraid to hear. But through experience I know Beloved that whatever I give up You bless me greatly with something even better - thank You.

Haggai 2:4-5, 9

Haggai:2:4-5, 9

..do not be discouraged. Begin to work, for I am with you says Yahweh. Do no be afraid for my Spirit is in your midst. In this place I will give you peace.

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My Beloved, thank You for the time spent with my children. Thank You for bringing me back safely. Thank You for Your assurances to me today. You ask me not to be discouraged but to work with confidence and You promise to be with me. You ask me to be unafraid for Your own Spirit dwells in our midst, in our family, in our home and You give us Your peace.

I shall not be afraid, downcast or discouraged for You my Savior are with me.

Beloved, any spiritual institution that does not have You as its foundations, center and head is doomed to implode in on itself. May You be the centre, foundation and head of my life and the life of our family.

Psalm 100:5, Luke 8:15

Psalm 100:5

The Lord is good; His love is eternal and His faithfulness lasts forever.

Luke 8:15

The good soil, instead, are people who receive the word and keep it in a gentle and generous mind, and persevering patiently, they bear fruit.

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My Beloved, I so long to be the good soil that receives You the Eternal Word of God that finds a place in me, sends down deep roots and bears fruit for the glory of God. Hear my prayers for Mel, me and our children that we may grow into Your image and likeness. You have said, all we ask of the Father in Your Name He will grant us. This is my prayer to the Father, may it please Him to grant it. Amen.

Luke 8:1-3

Luke 8:1-3

The twelve followd Him and also some women who had been healed from evil spirits and diseases: Mary called Magdalene, who had seven demons; Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; Suzanna and some others who provided for them out of their own funds.

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My Beloved, there is nothing in this beautiful world that You created or that man has invented that can satisfy. Only You O Lord can bring with Yourself deep abiding peace, contentment and joy. Stay always with me. I too have been forgiven much like the women in today's Gospel. May I love You like them - follow You always and be ready to give You all as generously as they did.

1 Timothy 3:15, Luke 7:35

1 Timothy 3:15

The Church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of truth.

The Church is a place made up of sinners in need of a Savior. It is in this Church, we find Christ the Head who has left the apostles and their successors as its pillar and foundation. It is He who will preserve His Church from evil and error.

Luke 7:35

Next came the Son of Man, eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton for food and wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners." But the children of Wisdom always recognise her work.

How glad I am that You are a friend of tax collectors and sinners because I will always find a place at Your table.

My Beloved these last few days You have been teaching me about true love. I have not really understood how You see me and love me. I am Your child - a child with weaknesses and failings and You know all of them. You watch as I struggle and Your heart is moved with love and compassion for me. You are ready to help me should I need it. You watch over me all the time. Often You let me struggle alone because You know that it makes me stronger and more confident when through grace, I overcome difficulties. But Your arms are wide open ready to lift me and help me should I need it.

Psalm 111:5 Always mindful of His covenant, He provides food for those who fear Him.

The unsearchable riches and treasures of God is His infinite capacity to love me, to fill me, pressed down, shaken and running over with His indescribable love. My Beloved, all I need to do is glory in that love and respond to it.

Luke 2:34-35

Luke 2:34-35

See Him, He will be for the rise or fall of the multitudes of Israel. He shall stand as a sign of contradiction, while a sword will pierce your own soul. Then the secret thougths of many may be brought to light.

My Beloved, I still have not understood what true love is all about. I know it intellectually I do not know it as a way of life. I do not know it experientially.

You say to me, "Look at Me to understand. On the cross my arms are wide open, I am naked and vulnerable. Every inch of my body is flayed. Large thorns pierce my head and nails hold my hands and feet fast to the cross.

Know this, no matter how large the nails or how many - they could not have held Me had I not allowed it. Love and only love held me nailed to the cross. Love, true love does not count the cost and it is not focused on itself but on the one who who is loved. Look at the cross and learn from Me. As long as you focus on yourself and your feelings and emotions, you will never know the joy of loving without barriers - a total sacrifice and surrender of self.

Myra you can be worried and distracted about many real and imaginary things or you can choose the better part which is being united with and to Me."

Help me my Beloved, help me Mama Mary to be all that God wants me to be.

Numbers 21:5, 7-9, John 3:6

Numbers 21:5

...we are disgusted with this tasteless manna.

vs 7-9 Moses pleaded for the people and Yaweh said to him, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a standard; whoever has been bitten and then looks at it shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a standard. Whenever a man was bitten, he looked towards the bronze serpent and he lived.

Beloved, it was God who provided the manna to sustain the people. How shocking to complain so bitterly about a gift and yet I am guilty of the same offence. I am never satisfied. Thank You that whenever I am bitten by the poison of sin, I can look at You who was pierced for me and I can live.

My Beloved, You emptied Yourself completely - You took on our nature and became one like us in order to take on Yourself our sin and punishment so You could save us. Give me a grateful, loving, thankful heart.

John 3:6 Yes, God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him may not be lost, but may have eternal life. God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world; instead; through Him the world is to be saved."

This verse has been quoted a zillion times and yet we will never fully fathom the length, breadth, height of God's love. Thank You Abba. There is no way of fully comprehending the love of the Father in asking His First Born, His own Beloved Son to take on what I should have suffered.

All that You suffered Beloved in Your passion should have been my punishment and shame. Thank You.

Isaiah 50:5-9, James 2:14-18, Mark 8:27-35

My Beloved, some lessons are very hard to put into practice. You said the servant is not greater than the Master. You also said where I am there my servant will be. To give ourselves in complete self-donation takes true love. All the readings and the Gospel of today speak eloquently about what it means to love as You love.

Love shows itself in action. Love means to forget self. Love means to allow yourself to be put to death - to die to what you feel or want so that the loved one may receive what he or she desires. Love finds joy in saying, 'Yes". True love that is free from selfishness. What a long, long way I have to go before I reach that ideal my God. Pray for me. Take my hand. Teach me. Strengthen my will. Amen.

"You make a million and one excuses to convince yourself you are right and every one of them will be wrong because love does not count the cost. The depth of our love can be measured by the sacrifices we are willing to make."

Thank You Jesus.

Colossians 3:12-17

My Beloved, yesterday You asked me to strip off my old self and today You tell me to clothe myself in garments that are fitting for a child of God. I must put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness and patience and over all I must wear the most beautiful garment of love which brings all together in perfection.

I am also reminded to be thankful. Just to be thankful for all things. This is a timely reminder my Beloved, because I have a spirit that complains of every pin prick. Help me to be grateful and thankful my God.

Psalm 145:2,

Psalm 145:2

Great is the Lord, most worthy of praise; and His deeds are beyond measure.

My Beloved, I could not exhaust all the praise that is due to You in one life-time, in several life-times or in eternity for Your goodness, beauty, power, splendor and majesty are all beyond measure and words. I must begin now - my whole life must be one hymn of praise to You my God.

Colossians 3:5

.....put to death what is earthly in your life.

If I call You my Lord, my Savior and my Redeemer. If I am baptised into Your body, then I must put to death the old ways that led to sin.

verse 9

....You have been stripped of the old self and its ways of thinking to put on the new, which is being renewed and is to reach perfect knowledge and the likeness of its creator.

verse 11

Christ is all and in all.

As You were stripped of Your garments so must I be stripped of my old self and I must put on Christ who is all and in all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER MARY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA MARY!!!

What gift can I make you today? I give you the gift of myself as your loving and obedient daughter. I ask that through your intercession I may keep my gaze fixed on you just as the eyes of the serving girl are on her mistress in order that you may direct my way and will in the way and will of your Son, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Psalm 62:6-7, 9 & Colossians 2:2-3

Psalm 62: 6-7, 9

Find rest in God alone, O my soul, from Him comes my hope. He alone is my Rock and my salvation, with Him as my stronghold, I shall not be overcome. Trust in Him at all times my people, pour out your hearts before Him; God is our refuge.

My Beloved, I could not receive better advice than these verses. What do I need when I have You, when I can run to You with every problem, in every distress and trouble. I can trust You. I can hide in You. I can lean on You. You are ready and willing to listen no matter how long I cry and no matter how often.

Colossians 2:2-3

May you be established in love, that you may obtain all the riches of a full understanding and know the mystery of God, Christ Himself. For in Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Today's Gospel reading in Luke 6:6-11 speaks of the man with the withered hand whom You healed on the sabbath. This infuriated the Pharisees and they began to plot against You. How the Pharisees hated You my Lord. There are many today who hate You with the same vitriolic hatred. They would try to kill You again if they could - in any case they try to kill You by trying to blot You out in various ways.

Apart from all this Lord, my hand is often withered and shortened because I have not used it to reach out in generous service. Heal me my Beloved.

Isaiah 35:5, Mark 7:32-35, Psalm 146:8

Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unsealed.

Mark 7:
They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

Psalm 146:8
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

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My Beloved, there is a similar thread that is woven into the readings of today as well as the Psalm. Yes, You are a healer but there is more that the passages speak of. I am like the deaf-mute. Often I cannot hear You or I refuse to hear and when I am deaf I am unable to articulate my faith or live it. I need You, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to touch me with outward signs so that my soul wells up with inward grace. You say,"Go, your sins are forgiven - sin no more," and then You bless me as a sign that as You have said, so it is. Continue to stay with me Lord and lead me into all truth. Amen

Colossians 1:22

Colossians 1:22

God has reconciled you in the human body of His Son through His death, so that you may be without fault, holy and blameless before Him.

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Whatever You will and wish for me my Beloved, grant me the grace to embrace it gladly. In Your human body which was crucified and mangled, I am reconciled to God through Your passion death and resurrection and more than that You make Your body available to me as food for my soul so as I eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of the Most High God I become what I consume.

Colossians 1:15-20

Colossians 1:15-20

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

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Reading these verses Beloved is like having a powerful floodlight shining and revealing the purpose of the Father and the love of the Father for His Son. In perfect humility and perfect obedience You aligned Your will to the Father's will and this perfect union resulted in our salvation - the greatest love story of all time - the love of the Father for his Son and for us sinners. Thank you Jesus for bowing down Your head and saying, 'not my will but Thine be done."

Luke 5:8, Colossians 1:10-14

Luke 5:8

Leave me Lord, for I am a sinful man."

Yet, if You left us Lord what would happen to us. When we work in tandem with You there is fruit - but all our good works apart from You are not worth much if anything.

Colossians 1:10-14

What a beautiful prayer St. Paul makes in the following verses.

May your lifestyle be worthy of the Lord and completely pleasing to Him. May you bear fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all the strength God is able to give you according to His glorious power, so that you may have great endurance and perseverance in joy. Constantly give thanks to the Father who has empowered us to receive our share in the inheritance of the saints in His kingdom of light. He rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. In Him we are redeemed and forgiven.

Beloved, there were 2 things that struck me today.

Psalm 52:11 says:

I am as a green olive tree that thrives in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.

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Luke 4:39

Bending over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and waited on them.

This is an affirmation of yesterday's thought that You bend over us in our affliction in compassion, pity, love and mercy. and You minister to us. Is it any wonder why I can say what the Psalmist says in the above verse.

I love You, Lord.

My Beloved, how good it is to spend this time with You each morning. I am tempted like Peter to say let us pitch our tent here. But I must come down the mountain and put into practice all that You have taught me. I must be like You and Mary my mother. Just as You have stooped down to help me, so must I stoop in love and compassion to help others.

Job 13:23

What are my faults what are my sins? Make them known to me.

My Beloved, unless I know the areas where I am weak only then can I know what requires correction. Help me through the power of Your Holy Spirit to know my faults, my sins, my weaknesses, to confess them and with the help of Your grace to overcome them.

Matthew 23:27-32

My Beloved, in today's Gospel message it is clear that the truth is always the truth and a lie is always a lie. You are not afraid to tell it like it is . Your love is a true love - not a namby pamby, wishy washy kind of feeling that sometimes passes for love. Thank You for always telling me the truth even when it was hard and thank You for holding me up so I fell softly.

MY BELOVED, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU MAKE ME HAPPY!!!!!

Psalm 139

My Beloved, once again in the psalm You remind me that Your knowledge of me is complete. You care for me. Yours is a protective love and it makes me feel precious in Your sight. Thank You. I know I need never be anxious. Like a child resting in the arms of a loving mother so may I rest in You always.

John 1:48

My Beloved, You always see me just as You saw Nathanael and knew exactly where he was standing. I find such knowledge that You have of me reassuring. You see me always, Your hands are ready to steady me should I stumble, to lead me if I falter, to pick me up should I fall.

Sirach 6:37

Meditate on the precepts of the Lord and apply yourself unceasingly to His commandments. He will strengthen your heart and the wisdom you desire will be given to you.

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My Beloved, I asked You to give me the wisdom of Your little ones and here is Your response. You are always ready to give good things to Your children if we are prepared to do our part. Help me Lord to meditate on Your Word and to follow Your commandment to love You with my whole being and my neighbour as myself always, then You will strengthen my heart and give me my heart's desire. Thank You.

John 10:27-30

'My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.’

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My Beloved, I hear Your voice and it is the sweetest, gentlest, voice I have ever heard - a voice that beckons and speaks of love and invites me into deeper friendship with the Triune God. A voice that sweetly promises to give me all that is necessary to live my life here on earth joyfully trusting in Your divine providence to supply all my needs both spiritually and materially. Thank You for Your wonderful committment to never let me perish and to always renew me and give me all I need through the frequent use of the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Reconciliation. Thank You Jesus.

JOSHUA 1:8-9

Joshua 1:8-9

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’

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Your Word is spirit and life. It is manna from heaven. May I receive Your Word, may it find a place in my heart. May its roots spread deep into my innermost being. May I be grounded in Your Holy Word. May it be the rule of my life. May I live it, breathe it, speak it, be nourished by it and may its radiance illumine my entire being beginning with my soul. Then I shall tremble not from fear but from love and awe and wonder that You O gracious God love me.

Ezekiel 39:25-29

My Beloved, dare I believe what You are saying to me in these verses for us as a family as we prepare to move into our new home?

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget their shame, and all the treachery they have practised against me, when they live securely in their land with no one to make them afraid, when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have displayed my holiness in the sight of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them behind; and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

What wonderful promises You make and my heart is at peace and rest. I will claim each promise for my family and for the new life we will begin under our own roof. You will reign as our King, our Lord, Our Protector and our Deliverer. Your Holy Spirit will fill each one of us so that our lives may be pleasing to You and our home will be a place of peace and love.

Proverbs 9:5, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:51, 53-58

My Beloved, You have so much to say to me in today's Mass readings and Gospel passage. The message is so spectacularly clear. You invite me to the banquet of Your Body and Blood. "Come eat and drink of the bread and wine I have prepared." Why is it so important? The whole purpose of the incarnation was that You would enable me to have all the means necessary to equip me for my life's journey. For you have said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." You are my sustenance when I eat Your flesh and drink Your blood. If I fail to do so then You say very clearly that not only can I not participate in the Divine life - the life of the Trinity and not only will I die - I will be dead eternally. "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day;" But if I partake of Your Body and Blood then I have life - life that will sustain and strengthen. The very life of God that enables me to meet every challenge. "for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’ The life that will enable me to live as St. Paul advises in today's reading. Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Without grace and without the Eucharist I would find it impossible to please God. My life would fall flat. Every fear and anxiety would prey on me, depress me and lead me to despair. But because I am loved and God knows how much I need Him, He made provision for me to eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood in order that I may have life in abundance here on earth and life everlasting with Him in Heaven. Praise the Lord!!!!

LUKE 8:45, 46-48

Jesus asked, "Who touched me? Someone touched me for I felt power go out of me." Then she openly confessed why she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured. And Jesus said to her,"Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

My Beloved, You are always aware when I approach to touch You no matter how light the touch whether hesitant or confident You know. You are aware and You are ready to respond to my need. No matter how faltering my faith, even trembling with fear You want me to know that I can identify myself without fear of being rejected by You and You will meet my need over and above my expectations.

Luke 1:28

The angel came to her and said, "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.

From the moment of her conception, Mary had angels jostling each other to come close to her. Fairest flower in all creation on whom her spouse the Holy Spirit lavished every grace so that she was adorned more brilliantly that any creature ever born. She is the fairest daugher of the Most High God whose Presence over shadowed her. She was to be the mother of His Son - born of a woman but conceived by the Holy Spirit. No praise, no honor, no expression of love and devotion can doher justice or be sufficient and that is why saints in every age have tried to outdo each other in recognising and praising the merits won for her by the Triune God.

Beloved, today please help me begin my journey with Your help and that of the Your Holy Spirit to enter into a deeper and more loving relationship with Your mama and mine. Thank You.

Proverbs 15:30, Proverbs 16:1-3, 9

Proverbs 15:13

A kind look delights the heart, good news revives ones strength.

Proverbs 16:1-3

Man's heart makes plans but it is the Lord who answers. Although people are satisfied with all of their deeds the Lord considers the motives. Entrust all you do to God and your plans will be realised.

Proverbs 16:9

Man's heart seeks the right way but it is the Lord who makes his footsteps sure.

Mark 12:37

......Many people came to Him and listened to Him gladly.

Mark 13:11

When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

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My Sweet Jesus, You have said so many things to me today. Grant me the grace to ponder on them the whole day. May Your Holy Word feed me, nourish and strengthen me and may I become the Word that I have read and pondered on; in order that I may live it. Amen.

GALATIANS 4:7

You yourself are no longer a slave but a son or daughter, and yours is the inheritance by God's grace.

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Through faith I am a descendant of Abraham. The promises made by God to him was sealed in the blood of Christ. Through baptism I died in Christ and I rose to newness in life in Him. I am co-heir with Jesus to all that the Father has to give. Freely He has given all to the Son and freely the Son gives His all to me. I am no longer a slave to sin, the flesh, the world and the devil. Rather I am a daughter of the Most High God and I call Him Abba, Dad because in Jesus, I am a child of God and heir to His Kingdom. I walk with my head held high in the freedom of a child of God.

Luke 8:1-3

COMPANIONS: Mary Magdalene with Joanna and Susanna

Luke 8:1-3

Afterward He journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying Him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.

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The women who followed Jesus.

For these women to follow You was radical. They were from different sections of society. They were women who were not intimidated. They had encountered You my Lord. They had experienced You unconditional love for them. You touched them and their lives and they were not the same again. They were unafraid of the petty gossip and criticism of being part of Your circle providing for You and Your followers. Working, cleaning and using their own means to do it. They were generous and willing to serve. I want to follow You and I want to be just like them.

Job 10:12

JOB 10:12

In Your goodness You gave me life and watched over my breathing with care.

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You made me just as I am, You redeemed me through Your Son, You fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Inspite of all my faults, failings and weaknesses, You see the potential - You see the person I will finally become through grace and I am so utterly special to You that You want me with You eternally. You watch over my breathing not casually, not as a spectator, but with care. In fact You breathe in me each breath I take and this breath gives me life. When my days on earth are over I shall cease to breathe on earth but shall continue breathing Your breath in eternity.

There is an intimacy suggested here between God Almighty and I that simply blows me away. Praise You my God, my Beloved!!!

Mark 9:35-37

He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’ Then He took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in His arms, He said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’

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My Beloved, , You take all the values of the world and spin them on their head. The world wants us to push and shove in order to be first. You say, If someone wants to be first let him be last of all and servant of all. Blessed Mother Teresa and St. Francis of Assisi come to mind as wonderful examples of those who followed Your way.

Lord, children in our world today are used, misused and thought of as a nuisance or are over indulged to the point of stupidity lacking discipline and self-control. Your loving arms are around every child and You warn of serious consequences should we fail these little ones. In fact if we reject them, we reject Your Father and if we welcome them we welcome the Father.

Psalm 59:10-11

O my strength, I look up to You, for You O my God are my fortress. My loving God will come to help me.

God walks with us. He sends His angels to accompany us. He feeds us with Himself in order that we may be strong to fight and overcome evil.

2 Kings 4:27, 30, 38-41

2 Kings 4:27

When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away. But the man of God said, ‘Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.’

2 Kings 4:30

Then the mother of the child said, ‘As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave without you.’ So he rose up and followed her.

2 Kings 4:38 - 41

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, ‘Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.’One of them went out into the field to gather herbs; he found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. They served some for the men to eat. But while they were eating the stew, they cried out, ‘O man of God, there is death in the pot!’ They could not eat it. He said, ‘Then bring some flour.’ He threw it into the pot, and said, ‘Serve the people and let them eat.’ And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

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My Beloved, everything in these verses speaks of You and our relationship with You. When I come to You I must cling to Your feet and not leave until You answer me. I must be persistent in prayer and tireless in my pleading.

Verses 38-31 is the deadly image of sin that can kill but You O Bread of Life have the power to take away its deadly poison with Your tender mercy, compassion and forgiveness.

Isaiah 27:2

This is what the Lord says, "Praise my fruitful vineyard! I the Lord am its Keeper, I water it every moment so that no one will harm it, day and night I guard it."

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Of what shall I be afraid when the Lord God Most High assures me that He is my Keeper, that He waters me all the time with divine grace and that He guards me night and day so no harm will come to me? Thank Your Lord.

Psalm 19:8:16

The law of the Lord is perfect, it gives life to the soul; the word of the Lord is trustworthy; it gives wisdom to the simple.

The law of God commands us to love Him and our neighbor. The Word is Jesus.

The precepts of the Lord are right, they give joy to the heart; the commandment of the Lord are clear, they enlighten the eyes;

The precepts of the Church teach us to be selfless. The entire law is summed up in the two commandments given by Jesus – obey them and you will be pleasing to God and man alike.

The fear of the Lord is pure, it endures forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and altogether just and right.

To fear God is to love Him so completely that one is afraid to do anything that would hurt that friendship.

More precious are they than gold - even pure gold of the highest quality; they are much sweeter than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb.

What our God ordains and decides is perfect. Accept them in love and humility and one is at peace.

They are light to your servant, keeping them is indeed a great reward.

There is a certain freedom in walking in complete accord with what God wants.

But how can I discern my own errors? Forgive my failings of which I am unaware.

It is easy to deceive oneself into thinking what is wrong is right and v.v.

Help me also keep away from willful sin. Would that I walk blameless, and innocent of transgression.

May my God in His love preserve me from such error. To walk with God with the trust of a child free from grave sin enables me to live in harmony with my God, my neighbor, myself and the universe.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord – my redeemer, my rock.

May all my life praise You and may it be pleasing to You my Rock, my Redeemer, my Sure Foundation, my Beloved.

Psalm 50:15

Call on Me in times of calamity; I will deliver you and you will glorify Me.

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My Beloved, when troubles come it is so very easy to take my focus away from You and fix my eyes on the trouble until they loom higher than the mountains and feel just as insurmountable. But when I turn to You and remember that You are the almighty, powerful God who is madly in love with me I am at peace. All I need to do is call on You, tell You my problems and trust You to handle it according to Your wisdom and will. Thank You.

Psalm 84:1-2

How lovely is Your dwelling place O Lord of hosts. My soul yearns, pines for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the Living God.

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Today my Beloved, I understood what the psalmist meant when he wrote these words. I have had a taste of visiting You face to face in the Adoration Chapel and participated in the Holy Mass these weeks and received You in Holy Communion. Today I was not able to go and I am bereft. When I receive You, my heart becomes Your dwelling place and consuming You I am consumed by You.

John 14:23-28

Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.
‘I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, “I am going away, and I am coming to you.” If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

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My beloved Jesus, it is not enough to give You lip service, but I must live the love I profess for You by being obedient. In keeping the Word, the Father and Son will make my heart a resting/dwelling place for Himself. The Word is the Father's Word sent by Him - the Word has accomplished in perfect humility and obedience, powered love all that the Father desired and now in this new age, the Father sends the Holy Spirit in the Name of Jesus to complete and confirm us by teaching, reminding, helping and refreshing us. The Prince of Peace gives us lasting peace, such peace that the world looks in amazement. I will be neither troubled or afraid for I love You my Jesus and I trust You.

John 12:14-15

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written: ‘Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!’

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Through the eyes of the world this is a ridiculous picture. The powerful of this world travel with an army of security guards. No one can approach them especially not those without any influence. But the ways of God are a paradox. You my Jesus, as old Simeon prophesied, are a sign of contradiction. You are meek and gentle of heart and you promise that the meek will inherit the earth. You vanquished evil through an instrument of shame and torture. When You say, "Do not fear." We can trust You completely and be unafraid.

Teach me to be truly humble Lord. Give me a heart like Yours and Mother Mary's. Amen.

Proverbs 11:25

The warmhearted soul will prosper. He who waters will himself be watered.

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"Myra, seek to please Me always. This must be your life's work. I must be at the centre and heart of all that you do only then will you become less self-centered, less concerned about what people say and do to you. If your entire focus is on Me and how to please Me, then you will be neither distracted nor will you waste time agonising about how others treat you. Your joy must be in striving to please Me always.

Look into your heart and you will always find me there as long as you are free from serious sin."

Thank You Jesus.

Matthew 17:20

Truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “Move from here to there”, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.’

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Faith when exercised, no matter how small, has within itself the potential to grow, to expand, to deepen. It is like a mustard seed that has within it, small as it is, the potential to grow into a mighty shurb when it is planted. Faith that is strong, that has conviction, that believes that something is possible, then no matter how small that faith is when is put into practice it will grow. Such a faith can only grow deeper, stronger and more vibrant.

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"Myra, don't cling to anything or anyone just trust in me."