The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many. MK 10:45
ZECHARIAH 8:20-23 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
It is in You alone that we live, move, and have our being there is no other. You are the God who loved us into being, You are God with us. You are the Way may we walk in it. You are the Truth may we embrace it and live it. You are Life and without this Life of the Holy Spirit sustaining us we will surely perish.
Joy, abiding joy and peace in the midst of adversity are possible only when we are united to You, the true vine. Apart from You we will wither and die. We know this to be true by our own lived experience and this is the witness we ought to give the world so they too may come to know that we are created by God for God. We cannot be happy apart from You.
Lord Jesus, we pray for the day when all may come to know You and believe in You and we can come together as one body to offer You the only acceptable Sacrifice of Thanksgiving, praise and worship pleasing to the Father - the one, holy, and perfect Sacrifice offered on Calvary. The fulfilment of the prophecy of Zechariah to the Jews will then be realised - “We want to go with you, since we have learnt that God is with you.”
PSALM 86(87) ©
On the holy mountain is his city
cherished by the Lord.
The Lord prefers the gates of Zion
to all Jacob’s dwellings.
Of you are told glorious things,
O city of God!
The Lord prefers the gates of Zion
to all Jacob’s dwellings.
Of you are told glorious things,
O city of God!
‘Babylon and Egypt I will count
among those who know me;
Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia,
these will be her children
and Zion shall be called “Mother”
for all shall be her children.’
Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia,
these will be her children
and Zion shall be called “Mother”
for all shall be her children.’
It is he, the Lord Most High,
who gives each his place.
In his register of peoples he writes:
‘These are her children,’
and while they dance they will sing:
‘In you all find their home.’
In his register of peoples he writes:
‘These are her children,’
and while they dance they will sing:
‘In you all find their home.’
God is with us.
LUKE 9:51-56 ©
My Soul's Beloved,
There is hope yet my Lord, there is always hope and so we pray unceasingly and offer up to You all our sorrows and tears united with Your agony at Gethsemane as we pray for the conversion of those we love. How comforting it is to know that when James and John wanted to call down fire from heaven to destroy the Samaritan village for refusing to receive You, You admonished them. I believe in Your word O Lord and take comfort in it - Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live? EZ 18:23
I will continue to pray, Lord, and I will pray with faith and unwavering hope that in the end all those I love will be united in heaven as together we enjoy forever the beatific vision. We will behold You my Lord as You for the Church assures us that we will not only behold You but become like You. We will finally make the Father's vision come true for it is He who created us in His image and likeness.
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