Daily Inspiration: Luke 6:19
Luke 6:19
The entire crowd tried to touch Him because of the power that went out from Him and He healed them all. My Beloved, I can see the crowd, waves upon waves of them. The verses prior to this say that the people had come from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon. It would have been like a rock concert. All of them wanted to touch You because of the power that emanated from You. The power of the Most High God and we are told that ALL WHO TOUCHED YOU WERE HEALED.
Contrast this with the tinsel heroes of the world today. Yes, they too gather huge crowds all of whom are hungry to look up to someone and to receive acceptance. Their lives are empty, they are lonely and they long to touch and be touched in love. Lives are wounded, sick and broken in every imaginable way and for a brief spell the crowds are taken up in the frenzy of a momentary togetherness and acceptance.
What is even more tragic is that the people they emulate are as sick, broken, unhappy and empty as they themselves are. All the baubles in the world don't feed the hunger, nor does it satisfy or replace what our hearts are hungry for which is You and You alone. All that the world"s present day tinsel heroes offer is a false gospel that preaches a certain way of dress and the acquiring of certain things or being part of a particular group or following the current lifestyle in order to be happy and fulfilled. The broken lives of these tinsel stars are a testimony of this big lie. Most of them end up in re-hab centres, they have multiple marriages or partners, and very few of them are genuinely satisfied and filled with the everlasting peace and joy that only comes from You despite our circumstances.
In the Adoration Chapel where You are present Beloved, many like me come to visit You daily. We know that You are there truly present - heart, mind, soul, body and divinity. Truly God and truly Man. We come to worship, adore and offer You our praise and thanksgiving, to confide in You our troubles, to reveal our heartaches, and to tell You of our joys. We intercede for those we love, family, friends, the world. We know You are there and we communicate in silence. We know you love us to visit You and You bless us and answer all our prayers - much like all those who touched You and were healed in every way that healing was needed.
I see them approach and touch the glass behind which You are present in the round, white Host. They want to get as close as possible to You. The glass stands between You and they. I just send You fervent flying kisses as I leave. I know that I will receive and touch You more intimately in the Eucharist. We will become one heart, one flesh and for the duration when You remain one with me, You touch me and I am healed.
Possessing You Beloved and being possessed by You in this marvelous way is exactly as the Father had planned in eternity. It is a way of being in heaven while we are still on earth. Thank You Father, thank You my Beloved for doing exactly as the Father wished You to do and which You did do in perfect love for Him and for us. Thank You Holy Spirit for it is You, the bond of love between Father and Son that makes this miracle possible.
Daily Mass Readings: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-15, Psalm 116:12-18
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
Here, in the beginning of salvation history is a foreshadowing of the Eucharist. It is what God intended from all eternity. Verse 5 says, "5 You will select a perfect lamb without blemish, a male born." Every word of this verse is significant for it speaks of You. Every consecrated priest represents You Beloved, the male Lamb, sinless and without blemish the perfect Lamb of God. Ordaining female priests and bishops is a perversion of what You have ordained. Verse 8 tells us, 8 That night you will eat the flesh roasted at the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. We receive Your Body that was burned in the holocaust of bitter suffering and offered as a perfect sacrifice and now the unleavened bread, at each Eucharist we celebrate becomes Your Body. Verse 13 13 The blood on your houses will be the sign that you are there. I will see the blood and pass over you; and you will escape the mortal plague when I strike Egypt. Your Body seals us in the Covenant of Love with the Triune God and we are marked for eternity with You. Verse 14 14 This is a day you are to remember and celebrate in honor of Yahweh. It is to be kept as a festival day for all generations forever. This is an echo of what You said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." We will do it through the ages to come until You come again in glory. Maranatha!!!!
1 Corinthians 11:23-26,
Beloved, once again St Paul reiterates the Tradition You passed on to us through Your Apostles. More illuminating are the verses that follow today's Epistle - verses 27-33. How can all the various denominations be deceived into disbelief in Your True Presence behind what looks, feels and tastes like bread, Beloved? Satan is alive and well and until the veil of deception is ripped from top to bottom and they begin to believe that what You said and did is literally true, these brothers and sisters will continue to remain our separated brethren - separated from You and us. Denying this truth, they lack the fullness of Truth.
John 13:1-15
Here it is Beloved, You know that Your hour has finally come. verse 1 speaks so beautifully and eloquently,
• 1 It was before the feast of the Passover. Jesus realized that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, and as he had loved those who were his own in the world, he would love them with perfect love.
Verse 3
3 Jesus knew that the Father had entrusted all things to him, and as he had come from God, he was going to God. Beloved, You were perfectly aware of all that Your Father had entrusted You to do.
Verse 4-5
4 So he got up from table, removed his garment and taking a towel, wrapped it around his waist. . 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.
To all those in the world who worship false gods in the shape of their tinsel heroes, here is what a real hero and a true Master does. The Son of God wears an apron, gets down on His knees and washes our feet. The Master, out of love becomes our Servant in love in order to teach us the way back to the Father which is through perfect humility and perfect obedience.
Peter knows You are God and so he said, " Why Lord, You want to wash my feet!!!" Once Peter understood why it had to be so, he gladly submitted and spoke in his usual impetuous way, "9 Then Simon Peter said, “Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” But You responded that all of them (except one) were already clean and did not need to be washed all over.
Once again Judas had a chance to repent, when he head You speak and refer to him as being unclean. Beloved, may all who call ourselves Catholic and Christian never forget Your words in verses 13-15 beginning with the hierarchy to the smallest member of Your Body, that we are called to be servants, first of God and then to each other. Convict us Beloved if we expect everyone else to wash our feet while we look down our Pharisaical and hypocritical noses on every one else.
Psalm 116:12-13, 16-17
12 How can I repay the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
16 O Lord, I am your servant,
truly your servant, your handmaid’s son.
You have freed me from my bonds.
At every Eucharist, I shall offer grateful praise and thanks for Your goodness to me for setting me loose from the bondage and slavery of sin. Praise You Lord!!!
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