The Spirit of truth will be my witness;
and you too will be my witnesses. JN 15:26, 27
and you too will be my witnesses. JN 15:26, 27
There is nothing greater, more sublime, more profitable, and more pleasing to God than to place all our hope and our trust in You, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. When I say with perfect confidence and childlike simplicity - Jesus, I believe in Your Word which assures me that in all things God works for my good, and through all the circumstances of my life, with no exceptions, God has the power to draw good for You, my Lord and my God, have overcome the world, crushed the head of Satan and set us free from slavery to sin. The Enemy has no power over those who have been grafted into Your Body unless we freely choose to believe his lies.
Abraham believed God's mind-boggling promises to him to make him the father of many nations assuring him that his descendants would be as countless as the stars or the grains on the shore. His wife Sara was barren and he was an old man and yet he believed and he was not disappointed. When it seemed that Sara would remain childless, she conceived and their son Isaac was born when she was 90 years of age, and Abraham was 100 years old.
With God nothing is impossible. All God's promises are yes and amen in You, my Lord. I believe and I ask for this gift of grace to believe even when the night is darkest for Your Word O Lord is true, it is eternal, and it is life.
PSALM 104(105):6-9,42-43 ©
O children of Abraham, his servant,
O sons of the Jacob he chose.
He, the Lord, is our God:
his judgments prevail in all the earth.
O children of Abraham, his servant,
O sons of the Jacob he chose.
He, the Lord, is our God:
his judgments prevail in all the earth.
He remembers his covenant forever,
his promise for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
his promise for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
For he remembered his holy word,
which he gave to Abraham his servant.
So he brought out his people with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.
which he gave to Abraham his servant.
So he brought out his people with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.
The Lord remembers his covenant forever.
LUKE 12:8-12 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
My Soul's Beloved,
Christianity once again faces opposition from the world. Evil forces from the deepest, darkest pit of hell have been unleashed with fury and malice and are spewing murderous rage and venom on all who believe, uphold, and proclaim the Good News that saves.
The hour is finally upon us in this age when all Your disciples who are called by Your Name must pay attention to this passage in the Gospel that is being proclaimed to us in the Liturgy today.
‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of the angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God’s angels.
‘Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
‘When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.’
It is time to put on the full armor of God. The time for sleeping is past. This is the time to rise up from our slumber and be ready for battle to the end. We have been equipped by the Holy Spirit and with power. Armed with the Word of God, the Cross, and the Holy Rosary the evil forces of darkness will be routed once again as in the past. Love conquers all. Love always prevails. When we are called to lay down our lives, Beloved, let us do so with great faith, hope, and joy for we know that it is in dying for Your Sake and for the Good news that we are born to eternal life.
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