“Awake, sleeper, I have not made you to be held a prisoner in the underworld. Arise from the dead; I am the life of the dead. Arise, O man, work of my hands, arise, you who were fashioned in my image. Rise, let us go hence; for you in me and I in you, together we are one undivided person.”
– piece from ancient homily from unknown source
“avanti senza paura” (“go without fear”)
-Pope Francis 2014
Say it over and over again until you get it!
Divine Mercy has re-established order. Absorbs sin for us when we are in authentic conversation with God.
We can only be cleansed with the help of God, our creator, the one who has made us, our father, our maker. When Jesus came he sealed with his flesh, the new covenant that God had made with humanity by circumcising, piercing his heart. “Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and be no longer stiff-necked” (Deuteronomy 10: 16) When we join with the eternal spiritual wonder, we become one with pure potentiality.
When we receive the Eucharist–the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ–we receive the Sacred Heart pierced (circumcised) for us. This new heart is joined to our hearts, transforming them and making it possible for us to live the new covenant of love that Jesus sealed in his flesh. With circumcised hearts and one with the Heart of Jesus, we can now love God and neighbor as Jesus did.
Water (Baptism) takes away sin. Blood (Eucharist) gives a new heart.
Read Jesuit Priest, Father Kubicki’s A Circumcised Heart
Fasting can be a powerful spiritual weapon.
“The truth is, we’re dust — and to dust we shall return. And not only are we made of dust, but so is most of the stuff we spend our time chasing every day. All of our money, possessions and earthly accomplishments are not important in themselves. They are all fleeting. They are all, ultimately, dust.”
-Matthew Warner
Read 5 Reason to Love a Spiritual Weapon, Fasting by Matt Warner
Be fully conscious of the present. Spend no time over-thinking the past or the future, just enjoy the ride.
Song, Just Enjoy the Ride, by Morcheeba
Pushing the boundaries and seeing how far people can go lights the way.
Times of dryness find us sometimes in life. Remembering when we peel away everything that creates chatter and obstructs us from being the best version of ourself, essentially our relationship with God is what matters. Once we sacrifice ourselves to the will of God, we are transformed into what we consider the impossible – A more perfect union with our creator that radiates the light from within.
A life surrendered is transformed and shared.
-from the Bible