Hearing the Voice of Truth

Truth Speaks Inwardly Without the Sound of Words
The Disciple from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis

SPEAK, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." "I am Thy servant. Give me understanding that I may know Thine ordinances . . . Incline my heart to Thine ordinances . . . Let Thy speech distil as the dew."
The children of Israel once said to Moses: "Speak thou to us and we will hear thee: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die."
Not so, Lord, not so do I pray. Rather with Samuel the prophet I entreat humbly and earnestly: "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." Do not let Moses or any of the prophets speak to me; but You speak, O Lord God, Who inspired and enlightened all the prophets; for You alone, without them, can instruct me perfectly, whereas they, without You, can do nothing. They, indeed, utter fine words, but they cannot impart the spirit. They do indeed speak beautifully, but if You remain silent they cannot inflame the heart. They deliver the message; You lay bare the sense. They place before us mysteries, but You unlock their meaning. They proclaim commandments; You help us to keep them. They point out the way; You give strength for the journey. They work only outwardly; You instruct and enlighten our hearts. They water on the outside; You give the increase.
They cry out words; You give understanding to the hearer.
Let not Moses speak to me, therefore, but You, the Lord my God, everlasting truth, speak lest I die and prove barren if I am merely given outward advice and am not inflamed within; lest the word heard and not kept, known and not loved, believed and not obeyed, rise up in judgment against me.
Speak, therefore, Lord, for Your servant listens. "Thou hast the words of eternal life." Speak to me for the comfort of my soul and for the amendment of my life, for Your praise, Your glory, and Your everlasting honor.

O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit.
Amen.

Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus

He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

AMOS 9:6 DRB

FATHER'S LOVE

Father beyond knowing is Your Love for Me!
Yet, not with my sinful mind and accusing tongue could I ever have conceived this great embracing ever consuming Love you have for me.
Yet, a young virgin girl Holy and blameless in your site said yes and conceived Your Son
He is the” Who” the “I AM” and “Ever Reigning One” at Your right hand interceding for all mankind. He ,”Who” You have sent now in the same form as We in human frailty, That very few men can see, unless You draw them unto Yourself. Oh’ Father of Love! Oh’ Father of He, The Son of Mary, The Son of David, The Only Begotten Son of The Father come to die and Rise in Body now marked by the Father’s Love for you and Me.
Oh’ heart of mine feel the pain of Your Blessed Mother Mary as she gazed into her Son’s eye’s filled with obedience to carry our Cross of death by His Father’s Love. Divine Mercy full of compassion for all in need of understanding in the midst of scandal, shame, and suffering in fullness of time, centered in a power-hungry selfish world. Oh’ Heart of Jesus inflamed with compassion for a world caught in the thrust of lust that separates and abandons itself from Your Father’s Love. Your Holy Spirit sent in agreement with Your Father to break open our stubborn hearts inflicting self-destructive shame on the helpless ones crying out for Divine Mercy. “ Let the tears of your hearts now flow My little ones in union with My Mother’s heart of Love and follow Me in agreement with all My Martyrs and Saints standing before Me cheering you onward to Our heavenly Father’s Home.”

JESUS FEEDS US HIMSELF part 2

JESUS FEEDS US HIMSELF (PASSOVER)