“Do not forget!” “A prophet like me shall come…to him you must listen.”

The renewal and restoration of fallen humanity began with listening to God. The same holds true in our own time and in each of our own lives: listening, trusting, responding to God.

What am I being called to do—and how much am I willing to work—in order for me to become well? He comes to help even us lepers become saints!

There is much in a name… “Let all the earth cry out to God with joy!”

“Take off your shoes.” God reveals Himself as being itself; and He wants to give us even life! Will we take off our shoes? “Repent! Or you shall perish.”

POLAND PILGRIMAGE: Mass in the private chapel of the Archbishop of Krakow; site of the priestly ordination of Pope St. John Paul II

History was changed because of what transpired on this floor. A young man who knew his identity as a beloved son chose to bet his life on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Karol Wojtyla lived free from fear and concern for what others think. He lived free from the spirit of the world, because he lived the song of the World Youth Day celebration which he himself started: “Jesus Christ, you are my life!”

POLAND PILGRIMAGE: Mass at the Shrine of Divine Mercy

It is mercy that speaks the final word in creation. All history belongs to Him. “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” Am I listening to the witness of the prophets who I met today; prophets of Truth, of Love, and of Mercy?

POLAND PILGRIMAGE: “It is good that we are here.” Peter notices in whose presence he is; there is nowhere else he would rather be. Do we strive to imitate the saints, or imitate those who live in the spirit of the world? “Listen to Him.”

It is easy to often live in SELF-made aloneness. But self-made aloneness is not real, because God has come; Emmanuel is with us.

“Prompt our action with your inspiration, O LORD…that all we do might always begin from you, and by you be brought to completion…”