2/2/23  We carry the candle   Into the temple  The Candle Given by our God   And offered in peace and harmony  With the sacrifice of the lamb  Together we give glory to God  We are the light of the world  Perfected in the grace of the Eucharistic feast,    and always in harmony and unity  with Christ our King!  At the Altar of the temple,  In sacrifice and celebration,   To the Glory and honor of our God!  We are the light of the world!  The Flame of Love!  "My soul doth magnify the Lord"    Luke 1:46-55 (DR)"And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid;  for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy:As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever."       

 1/30/23  St Benedict by his profound humility and profound love  Was able to consummate profound courage and profound acts  Remove the Spirit of gluttony   By simple and habitual acts of mortification   And by prayerful and profound acts of charity and love   Great love and humility yield great things  Do even the little things with great love  Humility creates space for grace  Love and Grace fill the void    2 Corinthians 12:10 (RSV)"For the sake of Christ, then,   I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong." 

1/29/23  Forgiveness is a weapon  When we forgive from the heart  We become a weapon in the hands of God  The power the likes the world has never seen  We are forgiven as forgive those who trespass against us  And when mercy and Grace become the perfect charity of Divine Love it becomes an unstoppable force  Christ on the Cross in his greatest torment, United with the Father utters the words of the greatest forgiveness of his enemies,  “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do!”  Have pity on those closest to the evil one. Those who seek dominance over their fellow man!  Satan knows his time is short!   The worldly wicked are duped and will suffer greatly in this life and some for eternity!  Pray for our enemies who know not what they do!    Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. 

1/28/23  Let us unite in spiritual oneness   In a fusion of grace   In one harmonious heartbeat   In unison with all creation    Simple and seamless   Let us flourish in the flow   Of the Divine Will,  of God’s omnipresence and his omnipotence    A spiritual oneness in the body of Christ   A church of peace and of light   Of God’s grace revealed    Our Spirits soar and the heavens proclaim the glory of the Lord   Joy and Serenity in an all Consuming Fire  of Love    This is the Flame  of Love    Now share the goodness of our God  In docility and humility   Carry the grace given to the world!   The Kingdom of God is at hand!    Romans 5:20-21 (RSV) "Law came in, to increase the trespass;   but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,  so that, as sin reigned in death,   grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 

​1/19/23 The litmus test of living in the Divine Will is Peace  Discernment of thought, word, and deed  Clean or unclean  Good or evil    Death or life   God’s Will or my Will   God’s plan or my desire  Peace permeates in the Divine Will  Anything else is disrupting   John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.   Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."  Mathew 8:23-27"And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.  And they went and woke him, saying, “Save, Lord; we are perishing.”  And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?”   Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.  And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”