Love Crucified

Lourdes Pinto

Growth in true poverty must involve both the works of mercy and the purification and emptying of our hearts. This reflection focuses, through the Gospel of Mathew 6:1-18, on the difficult process of the purification of our desires and the hypocrisy which lies hidden in all of us.

Virtue of Poverty II

2/18/21

Poverty brings forth chastity, and chastity brings forth obedience, which is the essence of Love. (Simple Path #66, p.204)

I.               63. THE PURIFICATION OF YOUR DESIRES —DIARY OF A MOC. P.187

The purification of your desires is the first stage of purification in My Sacred Heart. You begin to move only according to My desires and not yours. You no longer do what you want to do, nor go where you want to go, but now, you go only where I take you. You choose to live each day according to what is most difficult, not what is easiest. This will require a greater discipline of your will, greater silence, and stillness of soul in Me. 

• Saint Augustin- Our heart longs for God:

-  The entire life of a good Christian is, in fact, an exercise of holy desire.

-   By desiring heaven, we exercise the powers of our soul. Now, this exercise will be effective only to the extent that we free ourselves from desires leading to infatuation with this world. Let me return to the example I have already used of filling an empty container. God means to fill each of you with what is good, so cast out what is bad! If he wishes to fill you with honey and you are full of sour wine, where is the honey to go? The vessel must be emptied of its contents and then be cleansed. Yes, it must be cleansed even if you have to work hard and scour it. It must be made fit for the new thing, whatever it may be.

•The virtue of poverty requires SACRIFICE because we must be willing to RENOUNCE to many things our flesh desires.

–  Example: 1st level of poverty - buying clothes and then returning them…

–  “Poverty consists in large measure in sacrifice. It means knowing how to do without the superfluous. And we find out what is superfluous not so much by theoretical rules as by that interior voice which tells us we are being led by selfishness or undue love of comfort.” (Interview with Saint Josemaria Escriva on the virtue of poverty)

–  “Detachment is the key. Are we attached to the material things we have, or do we entrust our riches totally to the Lord, knowing that He gives and He takes away? Practicing virtue requires hard work and sacrifice. Practicing poverty as a virtue does not necessarily mean ridding ourselves of everything we own of which we’re fond, but it does require a deep inward dive to ask an honest question: how would I respond if this phone, cherished book, painting from a child, picture of a deceased loved one, treasured necklace, workshop, car, house, etc. were taken away? We might think the Lord would only ask us to spare the things we have in surplus – clothes, books, toys, the extra-full pantry – but He often asks us to give or let go of that which is precious.” (Embracing the Virtue of Poverty in Your Own Life, By Kenzie Key)

•  110. SPIRIT OF POVERTY —DIARY OF A MOC. P. 303

The spirit of poverty is lived when you allow the Holy Spirit, My Blessed Mother, and Myself to strip you of everything interiorly: your desires, expectations, plans, attachments, securities, consolations in friendships, even consolations from Me so that you are left completely empty. It is a soul that has been stripped of everything, that is empty and can be filled with My life…

•  “We have to learn to live every virtue, and perhaps this is especially true of poverty. We have to learn to live; otherwise, it will be reduced to an ideal about which much is written but which no one seriously puts into practice.” (Interview with Saint Josemaria Escriva on the virtue of poverty)

II.             Desires and Attachments of our hearts

•  Mathew 6:1-18 (Ash Wednesday Gospel)

Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them;…

 2 “Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men…

3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Ex. the woman who gave a coin in the temple)

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men….(fake saint, falsehood, false piety) 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7 “And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread;

12 And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors;

13 And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

16 “And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men….18 that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you

–  The desires to be seen, heard, and praised by others was the hidden intent in the hearts of the Pharisees, probably not consciously known to themselves – IMPURE INTENTIONS. The good works of almsgiving, prayer and fasting are not flowing from love and therefore are not pleasing to the Lord who sees the heart. 

Again, growth in true poverty must involve BOTH, the works of mercy united with the interior work of the purification and emptying of our hearts.

•   “In everything, the Christian life will be marked by a continually expanding rhythm that moves from ever-renewed discoveries to ever deeper renunciations.” Fr Louis Bouyan.

Self-knowledge is the gift of the Holy Spirit that obtains for us self-discovery, which leads to renunciation through repentance in order to love more and more solely in God and for God. We don’t renounce to anything just for the sake of renunciation but because we desire God. Whatever attachments we have to ourselves are places in our hearts that are full of ourselves and not God.

• Hypocrisy (HYPOCRISY IN ME; Growing in Purity of Intention Cenacle teaching 7/11/19)

Fr Cantalamessa’s 1st lent Homily 2019:

–The opposite of purity of intentions is hypocrisy

–  It is surprising that the sin of hypocrisy—the sin most denounced by Jesus in the Gospels—enters so little into our ordinary formulations of examinations of conscience. Not having found in any of them the question, “Have I been a hypocrite?” The greatest act of hypocrisy would be to hide one’s own hypocrisy—hiding it from ourselves and others since it is impossible to hide it from God. Hypocrisy is, in large part, overcome the moment it is recognized.

– The exterior words and attitudes do not correspond to the inner reality of the heart. What appears on one’s face is not what is in one’s heart.

• Purification of our Desires. –2020 Encounter 3rd reflection –

–  Wounds > unmet needs > disordered desires > disordered tendencies> 7 capital sins

– Pride / Envy

• “Mission of the 12”  –1/30/18   Diary of a MOC, Mathew 10:1-24

A victim soul must fix his eyes on Christ, must desire with all his being to become one with his Master, must be willing to learn from Him and imitate Him. He must be willing to fight against all his disordered desires.

• HW-

1. Listen again to 3rd reflection from 2020 Encounter and ponder the notes in prayer, continuing the work of the purification of your desires, expectations, judgments, comparisons, pride, envy, hypocrisy… 

2. Listen to cenacle teaching on hypocrisy from 7/11/19. Beg for the grace of illumination to see your hypocrisy.

Lourdes Pinto

POVERTY I

2/11/21 Cenacle

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Poverty brings forth chastity, and chastity brings forth obedience, which is the essence of Love. (Simple Path #66, p.204)

I.               1/14/21   Aspire to be Poor in the World

My ways are not the ways of the world. Meditate on My life and the life of the Holy Family. We were rich in the graces of ABBA, our Father but always poor in the things of this world. You cannot aspire in your hearts for both; that is why to follow Me, you must leave everything. You must aspire to be poor in the world and rich in virtue.

·      Luke 12:13-21 Parable of the rich fool

• “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (12:21)

•  Catechism of the Catholic Church

2547 The Lord grieves over the rich, because they find their consolation in the abundance of goods.340 “Let the proud seek and love earthly kingdoms, but blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.” 341 Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow. 342 Trust in God is a preparation for the blessedness of the poor. They shall see God.

•  Luke 12:29-31

  “Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (12:33-34)

•  Luke 8:3 “and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.”

• Luke 11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.”

•  “True poverty should be an expression of faith in God and a sign that the heart is not satisfied with created things and aspires to the Creator; that it wants to be filled with the love of God so as to be able to give this same love to everyone.” (Interview with Saint Josemaria Escriva on the virtue of poverty)

II.             DESIRES

•   1/30/18   Diary of a MOC, “Mission of the 12”, Mathew 10:1-24

A victim soul must fix his eyes on Christ, must desire with all his being to become one with his Master, must be willing to learn from Him and imitate Him. He must be willing to fight against all his disordered desires.

Do I truly desire with all my being to become one with my Master, one with Love crucified? What other desires are in the way?

The mortification of the passions of our flesh is not enough in and of itself. This desire to mortify our disordered desires is the work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, awakening in us the desire to grow in holiness, which is good and important, but our hearts still lack PURE LOVE. 

Our desires must be purified in the fire of the Sacred Heart of Jesus until our desires are one with His—the burning desire for the Cross solely for love of God and the salvation of souls. This ONE DESIRE—The Cross—is the perfection of all the virtues because it is pure love.

Luke 12:49-50 “I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!”

Example: MOC moving close to her parents….

63. THE PURIFICATION OF YOUR DESIRES —DIARY OF A MOC. P.187

The purification of your desires is the first stage of purification in My Sacred Heart. You begin to move only according to My desires and not yours. You no longer do what you want to do, nor go where you want to go, but now, you go only where I take you. You choose to live each day according to what is most difficult, not what is easiest. This will require a greater discipline of your will, greater silence, and stillness of soul in Me. 

•HW- What are the desires of my heart? 

Examination of Conscience – Love

1/30/18  Diary of a MOC, “Mission of the 12”, Mathew 10:1-24

  My little one, I have chosen you to bear fruit for the Kingdom of God on earth. The mission is not easy, for the ways of God are never the ways of the world. All who are chosen by God to fulfill His plan on earth are hated by some, rejected by others, ill-treated, persecuted, for I came upon the earth to set one against another, for the ways of God will never be accepted nor appreciated by those who live for the things of this world. You have been asked by God to bring Him victim souls. A victim soul must fix his eyes on Christ, must desire with all his being to become one with his Master, must be willing to learn from Him and imitate Him. He must be willing to fight against all his disordered desires. This requires certain disciplines for my disciples: 

1) “take no gold, nor silver, nor copper”- that means detached from the riches of this world, trusting that God will provide.

2)” no bag for your journey,” which means that My disciples must allow My spirit to detach them from all disordered attachments. (My Lord, how do we know what a disordered attachment is?) Anything that weakens your desire for Me distracts you from loving Me, takes your gaze from Me. 

 3) “nor two tunics”- My disciples must live simply as I did, poor, never in excess.

 4) “nor sandals”- a life dedicated to sacrificial love, penance, renunciation.

 5) “nor a staff”- My disciples lean on Me; I become their support; I lead the way.

 My disciples wear My yoke-the wood of the Cross, united to Me. I am their All. My disciples are the men and women consumed in love and desire for Me. They choose to live this way of life for love of Me and the consuming desire to be made perfect- which is to become Love. Only in this way will My disciples reflect the face and light of God in the world. These are my victim souls that possess the power of God on earth.

Do I really want to repent? –Fr. Jordi Rivero

v Repentance does not come naturally.

Ø  Without grace we do not see how incapable we are of knowing God and ourselves.  

Ø  If we do not see we cannot repent. 

v Jesus asked His disciples, “who do people say that I am?”.

Ø  But not even the disciples knew. 

Ø  Finally Peter says, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Mt 16,16.

Ø  But immediately, Peter reverted to his human thinking and objected when the Lord said He must go to Jerusalem, suffer and die. 

§  Peter recognizes that Jesus is divine, but then argues with Him!

Ø  Jesus then tells him: “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance[i] to me; for you are not on the side of God but of men.”

v At the Last Judgement many who called themselves Christians will be condemned.

Ø   Mt 7:22  On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’

Ø  Mt 25, 44  They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

Ø   They knew God, they performed activities in His name but they were not of one heart with God. They had come to their own interpretations.

v Today among practicing Catholics. 

Ø  How many interpretations of what is right and wrong!  Relativism.

Ø  What good is my opinion if it is a lie that keeps me from repenting and turning to God?

v To repent and turn to God we need: 

Ø  1-knowledge of who God is.

§  God wants to show Himself to us. 

§  The problem is that we think we already know Him.

§  We have our opinions set. 

Ø  2-knowledge of who we are and our true condition.  

§  Only Christ can reveal to us our identity. 

§  Until He does, we have a very distorted understanding of ourselves. 

§  But He cannot reveal it to us unless we are willing to accept a truth that will shatter our false identity. 

§  The love of Christ must pierce our fears and self-justifications.

§  Allow JESUS to bring our sin to the light.

§  The more we do, the more that Christ can heal. 

v  Repentance is not complete until we choose to change.

Ø  This can only be done with the power of the Cross

Ø  This means to choose to enter battle as ONE with Christ. 

Ø  Christ conquered by persevering in love and obedience through suffering.

Ø  No other way. 

v Our tendency is to avoid the battle and instead of repenting and allowing God to change us, we justify ourselves with exterior practices of the law. 

v Paul writes: Phi 2,12 “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling”

Ø  He knows the magnitude of the battle. 

Ø  He understood the price paid for His salvation: CROSS. 

§  Ponder the Cross. 

§  The Cross reveals the gravity of sin AND the love of Christ. 

§  Do I believe that my fallen condition is such that Jesus had to die for me?

v We are in a battle

Ø  Satan uses the world and the flesh against us

Ø  World.  Repeats the lies until they are seen as truth. 

Ø  Flesh seeks self-satisfaction:

§  We exploit persons and things. Fail to see how they are being hurt. 

§  Obfuscation

§  We don’t see it as it is. 

§  Impurity.

v LAW

Ø  Paul: warns that we are not saved by observing the law; we are saved by Christ. 

Ø  It sounds obvious, but it is a common pitfall.

Ø  “I'm a good person. I keep the Commandments, I don’t hurt anybody”

Ø  We must keep the Commandments, but without Christ, we cannot do so for two reasons:

§  1- We do not know what God commands and we interpret it wrong. 

§  2- We simply are incapable of the necessary love unless we have been transformed by the power of the HS

§  Example: Mt 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’  But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Ø  Pharisees: boasted that they lived by the law, but in truth the law became a cover, a way of justifying themselves and not acknowledge their sin. 

§  Justifying themselves = self-righteous.

§  They remained interiorly oppressed, driven by Satan to pride, hate, murder. . 

§  Result: They used the law to condemn Christ. 

·      Ex: Sabbath. Pharisees accuse Jesus of violating it.  

·      In their self-righteousness, they were not open to receive understanding from God, so they failed to see that Christ indeed fulfilled the Sabbath: to live the covenant with God and neighbor. Day of restoration of human dignity, day of healing.

v Fake saints = Giving an impression of holiness while not allowing God to expose our sins.

Ø  — Joseph Ratzinger (Hochland, October 1958)

 “The appearance of the church in the modern era shows that in a completely new way it has become a church of heathens, and increasingly so: no longer, as it once was, a church made up of heathens who have become Christians, but a church of heathens, who still call themselves Christian, but have really become heathens.  Heathenism is entrenched today in the church itself. That is the mark both of the church of our time and also of the new heathenism. This heathenism is actually in the church and a church in whose heart heathenism lives.” 

Ø  Many who pride themselves on their knowledge of the faith will not enter the kingdom.

v Then there is the politicization of morality and truth. 

Ø  Acts become good if they support my cause; bad if they don’t. 

§  Examples

§  Condemning the Capitol riot while ignoring other riots 

§  Condemning other riots while justifying the Capitol riot. 

Ø  The Media is constantly seeking to shape our minds through this kind of exploitation. 

v Meaning of words is changed to serve ideologies:

Ø  French revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity = national motto of French Republic and most masons, dates from the French revolution, … guillotine, the genocide of Vendee.

Ø  Today we do the same with the genocide of abortion.  1 child killed  / 34 seconds. 

§  It is called “Reproductive health”, “Women’s right”. 

v It is not possible to repent and change our lives without a willingness to give it all for God. It is not enough “to be ‘sorry’” or to say “I’ll try”. 

Ø  There are demons that will not depart unless we are willing to unite prayer and fasting. (Mk 9:29) If necessary, we need to take recourse to more severe penances, such as cold showers, sleeping on the floor….  The body does not like to be punished. If we persist in prayer and penance each time we fall, the Lord will give us the strength to win. Temptations may still come, but the Lord in us will master them. 

v Hebrews 12:3,  

“Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.  And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? -- "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.  For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."  It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?  If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.”

Jesus reveals the Kingdom of God by revealing His heart but only those who remain as disciples through trials and ultimately the cross and are willing to renounce their expectations can receive the radical novelty of the Kingdom.

What it takes to REMAIN and PERSEVERE

Cenacle 1-28-21

Mark 4:10-12   (at the end of the Parable of the Sower)

As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve disciples, began asking Him about the parables. And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for those who are outside, everything comes in parables, 12 so that “while seeing they may see, and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear, and not understand, otherwise they might return and it would be forgiven them.”

His followers remain when the crowd leaves.

Ø  They ask questions… 

Ø  To them, the mystery is granted: the heart of God & His plans.

§  Mystery cannot be grasped by natural human ability: 

§  “hidden from the wise and the learned”

§  The mystery not only is beyond human expectations, 

·      But contrary to them.

·      The Kingdom is established in a hidden, unexpected way- through suffering and the Cross. 

v Is. 6:9. Context: God warns Isaiah that His message will be resisted. 

v  God will not block their eyes and ears… they will block themselves to avoid hearing what they do not like. The implications of Jesus’ words are painful.

There were only a few from the large crowd who were willing to REMAIN and GO DEEP with Jesus. It is to these who received the MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 

While Jesus was on earth, the multitudes followed Him out of curiosity or to receive something they wanted from Him, but few remained and persevered with Him allowing His teachings to penetrate their hearts and bring them to repentance and conversion. 

Who will remain faithful in the great and terrible persecution?"

Simple Path 4-B / topic – Fear vs. Trust

(This is the same text as the previous talk)

Message to the LC 9/30/19

The Mystery of the Cross is unveiled to the pure and innocent of heart. Its meaning with its power and glory is known and understood by My little ones that approach Me with sincerity and simplicity of heart. Those that allow the Holy Spirit to destroy their plans, expectations, perceptions, and desires to enter into the Mystery of Divine Love.   

My apostles at first could not receive the mystery of God’s plan of salvation, which opens the passage to enter into God through His Son, because their desires and expectations kept their minds and hearts concealed to the knowledge of God’s love, but when their expectations and desires were shattered, and their hearts were humbled in grief, the Holy Spirit could begin to reveal to them the Mystery of Divine Love found and encountered in the Cross and through the Cross. 

To this day, the Mystery of the Cross continues to be veiled to most people because they are not willing to allow the Spirit to pierce through their pride, control, stubbornness, plans, and self. 

 Continue to enter through the passage I have created for you with the innocence of My little ones, and receive the graces of Abba’s love, protection in maintaining perfect peace, and the joy of the saints who live with perfect faith and hope in the knowledge of Divine Love. Once My apostles received the knowledge of My death and resurrection, they lived in the power of the Holy Spirit amidst great tribulations and darkness. Fear no longer had a hold on them. It is the same for you during these times of tribulations and great darkness – My hidden martyrs of love living in the knowledge of Divine Love through the Mystery of the Cross will shine like bright stars during the darkness of the great persecution. Persevere living as My hidden martyrs of the end times.

• “Fear no longer had a hold on them” doesn’t mean that we don’t fear, but that our fear no longer controls us. Divine Love moves us through our fear!

Review:

St John Paul II:

“We must be prepared to undergo great trials in the not-too-distant future; trials that will require us to be ready to give up even our lives, and a total gift of self to Christ and for Christ.” (Simple Path p.409)

-       2/15/13  BE MY COMPANION OF LOVE Path p.126 – “Who will remain faithful during the great and terrible persecution?”

-       4/10/12  A CRUSADE OF VICTIM SOULS – “My crusade of victim souls will have to suffer greatly and be formed to perfection in love to fight this fierce battle but know that My Cross has triumphed.”

Mathew 14:22-33 Jesus Walks on the Water

Mt 22 "Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately he spoke to them, saying, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." 28 And Peter answered him, "Lord if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." 29 He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on water and came to Jesus; 30 but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, 'Truly you are the Son of God.'"

A priest in his homily compared this Gospel to what a race car driver told him:

·      Rule #1 – When you’re driving close to the wall, do not look at the wall, or chances are you will hit it. Keep your eyes on where you want to go.

·      Rule #2. If there is a crash, don’t look at the crash but stay focused on where you want to go.

When Peter looked at the storm, and away from Jesus, he began to sink. We, too, can focus on Covid19, the many serious world problems--the storms—and lose our focus on Jesus and our goal, which is The Cross, to usher in the era of peace.

Message to LC 12/27/20

My little one, My passion has begun again for My Body the Church. It is a time of intense silence and suffering. My Body, too, will be stripped of all her earthly glory. She, too, will be made naked before the world. Her members living the passion as one with Me, her Head, will obtain my Body's sanctification. Her glory will shine like the radiance of the sun through the purity of its few victims of love, and these few, united as one in My sacrifice of love, will usher in the new dawn for My Church and world. Know that I have found favor with you and my little mustard seed of Love Crucified. Persevere in My Love crucified. 

•  Luke 1:30 “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.”

The moment our gaze turns away from Jesus, like Peter, we doubt, and the darkness seems overwhelming.

• “what is a disordered desire?” “Anything that takes your gaze from Me.”
• When the race driver was asked, “Then why are there so many accidents?” He answered, “Because they succumb to the TEMPTATION to look at the wall or accident.”

We, too, must battle the temptation to focus on the evil of our times, which would bring us to doubt who we are in Christ and His promise of the power given to God’s hidden victim souls to battle this darkness and conquer it.

• Temptation > fear > doubt

Example: Friend in room quarantined for Covid… Can't attend Mass nor receive Jesus sacramentally. Superior gave her the Ok to come out after the 12th day, but another doctor called her & said she should remain quarantined for 3 weeks….

The Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich p.108

• When our Redeemer, on Mt Olivet, was pleased to experience and overcome that violent repugnance of human nature to suffering and death which constitutes a portion of all sufferings, the tempter was permitted to do to him what he does to all men who desire to sacrifice themselves in a holy cause….
• Father, if you are willing, remove this chalice from me; nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done. Luke 22:42
• ….a succession of new and terrifying visions were presented before His eyes, and that feeling of doubt and anxiety which a man on the point of making some great sacrifice always experiences, arose in the soul of our Lord, as He asked Himself the tremendous question: ‘And what good will result from this sacrifice?’

Approach all fear with the 5 stones for battle:

1. Humility – knowing our nothingness, weakness, fears, wounds, limitations… and knowing who God is as ALL goodness, love, power and that He as our Spouse, Protector, Defender is with us.
2. Ex. Maria sick (Is. 41:13)
3. Purity – a heart purified of self—of all our desires, plans, intentions, to desire solely the Cross.
4. Simplicity – in BELIEVING that God conquered darkness and death through the Cross—suffering solely for Love.
5. Trust – abandoned to the will of God, which is the Mystery of the Cross
6. Ex. Juliana visiting her dad in Miami
7. Courage – to choose to do what is most difficult -Love

Romans 8:15

“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship.”

• Ex. My fears with Covid kept me away from loving my family – I was enslaved

Why do we fear? 

• Because we believe the lies

For example:

• “I have to be perfect to be loved.”
• Fear of going to purgatory – “God is so demanding, and I will never be holy enough…”

We have not come to know the truth of who God is.

Example: Consecrated woman – feared that if she gave her yes to be God’s victim soul, God would ask something too difficult from her.

What is the lie? God doesn’t’ love me; I’m not enough; God is very demanding…. The lie is rooted in a falsehood of who Abba is. This lie's origin is the first lie Satan spoke to Eve about God (Genesis 3:1-5). When Eve believes the lie, she doubts the truth of who God is. 

The truth is that ABBA loves us and created us to be happy with Him. He has given us rules and boundaries to protect and defend us from Satan’s darkness that only serves to enslave us. God desires our freedom to know and receive His love, to participate in the ecstasy of His Trinitarian love. He invites us to be one with Christ the Victim, not to squash us and make us miserable in suffering, but to set us free to experience pure divine Love and to participate in Love so that we can experience true fulfillment and joy in this life and its fullness in heaven. 

Fear of suffering and death

This truth is the power of God to cast out fear: Isaiah 41:13-20.

“For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you." 

God speaks with tenderness;

• Is 41:14. "Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel."
• The worm Jacob; so little, so weak, so despised and trampled on by everybody. Worms, but not vipers, not of the serpent's seed. Every part of God's word is calculated to humble man's pride and to make him appear little in his own eyes. The Lord will help them, for he is their Redeemer.

The Mystery of the Cross is unveiled to the pure and innocent of heart. Its meaning with its power and glory is known and understood by My little ones that approach Me with sincerity and simplicity of heart. Those that allow the Holy Spirit to destroy their plans, expectations, perceptions, and desires to enter into the Mystery of Divine Love. 

Is 41:15. "Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff; 16 You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel, you shall glory."

• The Lord will make Jacob become a threshing instrument. This has fulfillment in the triumphs of the gospel of Christ, and of all faithful followers of Christ, over the power of darkness.

Message to LC. 4/10/12. "Satan is working to bring forth his new world order of destruction, but My crusade of victim souls will possess the power of God to crush the head of Satan."

 1 John 4:18-21 – “There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.”

FEAR > PARALYSIS > SUFFOCATES FAITH, HOPE & LOVE

9/6/13 message to LC

• I bring glad tidings to you. The Father has found favor with you (LC). You have listened to My voice, bringing you out of the desert into new life. Be diligent, My little ones, be diligent! For the God of heaven and earth will shake the earth. A new dawn is coming upon the earth. You, My holy remnant, if you remain faithful during the time of great darkness, will see the Light of the new dawn rising from the east. Persevere!

 FAITH, HOPE > PEACE & JOY

Continue to enter through the passage I have created for you with the innocence of My little ones, and receive the graces of Abba’s love, protection in maintaining perfect peace, and the joy of the saints who live with perfect faith and hope in the knowledge of Divine Love.

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"Who will remain faithful in the great and terrible persecution?"

Simple Path 4-B / topic – Fear vs. Trust

Christ’s Crusade of Victim Souls vs. Satan’s new World Order, “Be not Afraid” Part III.

Message to the LC 9/30/19

The Mystery of the Cross is unveiled to the pure and innocent of heart. Its meaning with its power and glory is known and understood by My little ones that approach Me with sincerity and simplicity of heart. Those that allow the Holy Spirit to destroy their plans, expectations, perceptions, and desires to enter into the Mystery of Divine Love. 

 My apostles at first could not receive the mystery of God’s plan of salvation, which opens the passage to enter into God through His Son, because their desires and expectations kept their minds and hearts concealed to the knowledge of God’s love, but when their expectations and desires were shattered, and their hearts were humbled in grief, the Holy Spirit could begin to reveal to them the Mystery of Divine Love found and encountered in the Cross and through the Cross. 

To this day, the Mystery of the Cross continues to be veiled to most people because they are not willing to allow the Spirit to pierce through their pride, control, stubbornness, plans, and self. 

 Continue to enter through the passage I have created for you with the innocence of My little ones, and receive the graces of Abba’s love, protection in maintaining perfect peace, and the joy of the saints who live with perfect faith and hope in the knowledge of Divine Love. Once My apostles received the knowledge of My death and resurrection, they lived in the power of the Holy Spirit amidst great tribulations and darkness. Fear no longer had a hold on them. It is the same for you during these times of tribulations and great darkness – My hidden martyrs of love living in the knowledge of Divine Love through the Mystery of the Cross will shine like bright stars during the darkness of the great persecution. Persevere living as My hidden martyrs of the end times.

o   “Fear no longer had a hold on them” doesn’t mean that we don’t fear, but that our fear no longer controls us. Divine Love moves us through our fear!

o   Review: 

-   St John Paul II, Simple Path p.409:

“We must be prepared to undergo great trials in the not-too-distant future; trials that will require us to be ready to give up even our lives, and a total gift of self to Christ and for Christ.”

-       2/15/13  BE MY COMPANION OF LOVE Path p.126 – “Who will remain faithful during the great and terrible persecution?”

-       4/10/12  A CRUSADE OF VICTIM SOULS – “My crusade of victim souls will have to suffer greatly and be formed to perfection in love to fight this fierce battle but know that My Cross has triumphed.”

Mathew 14:22-33 Jesus Walks on the Water

Mt 22 "Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately he spoke to them, saying, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." 28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." 29 He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on water and came to Jesus; 30 but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, 'Truly you are the Son of God.'"

A priest in his homily compared this Gospel to what a race car driver told him:

·      Rule #1 – When you’re driving close to the wall, do not look at the wall, or chances are you will hit it. Keep your eyes on where you want to go.

·      Rule #2. If there is a crash, don’t look at the crash but stay focused on where you want to go.

When Peter looked at the storm, and away from Jesus, he began to sink. We, too, can focus on Covid19, the many serious world problems--the storms—and lose our focus on Jesus and our goal, which is The Cross, to usher in the era of peace.

Message to LC 12/27/20

My little one, My passion has begun again for My Body the Church. It is a time of intense silence and suffering. My Body, too, will be stripped of all her earthly glory. She, too, will be made naked before the world. Her members living the passion as one with Me, her Head, will obtain my Body's sanctification. Her glory will shine like the radiance of the sun through the purity of its few victims of love, and these few, united as one in My sacrifice of love, will usher in the new dawn for My Church and world. Know that I have found favor with you and my little mustard seed of Love Crucified. Persevere in My Love crucified. 

 -       Luke 1:30 “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.”

The moment our gaze turns away from Jesus, like Peter, we doubt, and the darkness seems overwhelming.

·      “what is a disordered desire?” “Anything that takes your gaze from Me.”

·      When the race driver was asked, “Then why are there so many accidents?” He answered, “Because they succumb to the TEMPTATION to look at the wall or accident.”

We, too, must battle the temptation to focus on the evil of our times, which would bring us to doubt who we are in Christ and His promise of the power given to God’s hidden victim souls to battle this darkness and conquer it.

·      Temptation > fear > doubt

-       Friend in room quarantined for Covid… Can't attend Mass nor receive Jesus sacramentally. Superior gave her the Ok to come out after the 12th day, but another doctor called her & said she should remain quarantined for 3 weeks….

The Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich p.108

When our Redeemer, on Mt Olivet, was pleased to experience and overcome that violent repugnance of human nature to suffering and death which constitutes a portion of all sufferings, the tempter was permitted to do to him what he does to all men who desire to sacrifice themselves in a holy cause….

 Father, if you are willing, remove this chalice from me; nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done. Luke 22:42

 ….a succession of new and terrifying visions were presented before His eyes, and that feeling of doubt and anxiety which a man on the point of making some great sacrifice always experiences, arose in the soul of our Lord, as He asked Himself the tremendous question: ‘And what good will result from this sacrifice?’

Approach all fear with the 5 stones for battle:

1.     Humility – knowing our nothingness, weakness, fears, wounds, limitations… and knowing who God is as ALL goodness, love, power and that He as our Spouse, Protector, Defender is with us.

o   Ex. Maria sick (Is. 41:13)

2.     Purity – a heart purified of self—of all our desires, plans, intentions, to desire solely the Cross

3.     Simplicity – in BELIEVING that God conquered darkness and death through the Cross—suffering solely for Love.

4.     Trust – abandoned to the will of God, which is the Mystery of the Cross

o   Ex. Juliana visiting her dad in Miami

5.     Courage – to choose to do what is most difficult -Love

Romans 8:15

“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship.”

o   Ex. My fears with Covid kept me away from loving my family – I was enslaved

Why do we fear? 

-       We believe the lies

For example:

“I have to be perfect to be loved.”

Fear of going to purgatory – “God is so demanding, and I will never be holy enough…”

-       We have not come to know the truth of who God is.

Example: Consecrated woman – feared that if she gave her yes to be God’s victim soul, God would ask something too difficult from her.

What is the lie? God doesn’t’ love me; I’m not enough; God is very demanding…. The lie is rooted in a falsehood of who Abba is. This lie's origin is the first lie Satan spoke to Eve about God (Genesis 3:1-5). When Eve believes the lie, she doubts the truth of who God is. 

The truth is that ABBA loves us and created us to be happy with Him. He has given us rules and boundaries to protect and defend us from Satan’s darkness that only serves to enslave us. God desires our freedom to know and receive His love, to participate in the ecstasy of His Trinitarian love. He invites us to be one with Christ the Victim, not to squash us and make us miserable in suffering, but to set us free to experience pure divine Love and to participate in Love so that we can experience true fulfillment and joy in this life and its fullness in heaven. 

Fear of suffering and death

This truth is the power of God to cast out fear. 

-       Isaiah 41:13-20

“For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you." 

o   God speaks with tenderness;

Is 41:14

Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. 

o   It is the worm Jacob; so little, so weak, so despised and trampled on by everybody. Worms, but not vipers, not of the serpent's seed. Every part of God's word is calculated to humble man's pride and to make him appear little in his own eyes. The Lord will help them, for he is their Redeemer.

o   The Mystery of the Cross is unveiled to the pure and innocent of heart. Its meaning with its power and glory is known and understood by My little ones that approach Me with sincerity and simplicity of heart. Those that allow the Holy Spirit to destroy their plans, expectations, perceptions, and desires to enter into the Mystery of Divine Love. 

Is 41:15

Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff; 16 You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel, you shall glory.

o   The Lord will make Jacob become a threshing instrument. This has fulfillment in the triumphs of the gospel of Christ, and of all faithful followers of Christ, over the power of darkness.

Message to LC. 4/10/12.

Satan is working to bring forth his new world order of destruction, but My crusade of victim souls will possess the power of God to crush the head of Satan.

 1 John 4:18-21 – “There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.”

FEAR > PARALYSIS > SUFFOCATES FAITH, HOPE & LOVE

9/6/13 message to LC

I bring glad tidings to you. The Father has found favor with you (LC). You have listened to My voice, bringing you out of the desert into new life. Be diligent, My little ones, be diligent! For the God of heaven and earth will shake the earth. A new dawn is coming upon the earth. You, My holy remnant, if you remain faithful during the time of great darkness, will see the Light of the new dawn rising from the east. Persevere!

 FAITH, HOPE > PEACE & JOY

Continue to enter through the passage I have created for you with the innocence of My little ones, and receive the graces of Abba’s love, protection in maintaining perfect peace, and the joy of the saints who live with perfect faith and hope in the knowledge of Divine Love.

The Mystery of the Cross is unveiled to the pure and innocent of heart. Its meaning with its power and glory is known and understood by My little ones that approach Me with sincerity and simplicity of heart. Those that allow the Holy Spirit to destroy their plans, expectations, perceptions, and desires to enter into the Mystery of Divine Love.

The time has come. The principalities of darkness will consume the face of the earth. Jerusalem will weep, for she failed to recognize the time of her visitation. All will suffer; many will be lost. It is time for you to get up and walk with Me, for I have prepared you to enter this battle. You will hold tight the sword I have placed in your hands. This is the sword that Satan fears; My sword of righteousness.

(I asked the Lord how I am going to fight in this battle... I do not understand what these words mean...) In the same way I conquered this battle through the power of the Cross.

My Cross is the sword of righteousness and everyone that enters in it (conquers) with the power of God.

In this reflection on “The Pieta” we discover our identity as women–Mothers of the Cross–to live the hidden martyrdom of the heart as Mary, our Mother of Sorrows. Like Mary, we must sacrifice our maternal hearts and participate as ONE in the sufferings... the pains...the tears and sorrows of Our Beloved— Love Crucified. We are called to enter and remain in the Mystery of the Cross, in the silence and hiddenness of our hearts.

Summary

Christ's Blood is the gift of Himself, which contains the power of His love. It saves, restores, heals, and gives new life, it is present at every Mass, yet it has not been received. It has been trampled on. The world offers Satan more innocent blood. We are called to unite the blood of the martyrs with the Lord's, to be ONE with Christ, our Spouse, to shed tears of pure love with Him. This is the power that casts out evil and propitiates a New Pentecost for the salvation of the world.

Message from the Lord:

You are My beloved spouse of My Most Precious Blood.

It is My Blood that refreshes the soul and brings forth new life in the Spirit. My little one, My Blood, poured out for mankind, has been trampled on. It has not been received as My gift of Myself to humanity. At every Mass, My Blood is present to you (pl.), to receive into your own hearts. This Blood is the power of My love for you (pl.). This Blood is sacred, for it is the Blood of the Lamb of God who voluntarily laid down His life for you (pl) so that you can be free. Yet My Blood has not been received. Your tears are one with My tears and Mary’s, for the wrath of God is upon the earth. My Blood saves, restores, heals, and brings forth new life. Yet the world has chosen to give their good God the blood of the most innocent, My little ones in the wombs of their mothers, and the blood of the slaughtered innocent ones on the streets of the world. This is the blood of Satan, the blood of evil. You have been chosen by the Father to bring to God the blood of My martyrs of love; the blood shed with tears of pure love as one with Me. This blood hidden to the world has the power to cast out evil and usher in the reign of peace. Continue to unite these pure martyrs of My Divine Love to save the world from utter destruction.