My Compassionate Heart

                “Dear loving, compassionate, merciful Lord, I cannot fathom the depths of Your mercy or the deep compassion You feel for the people You created, yet I am so deeply grateful and awed at these things. Even now, I struggle to find the words to describe what lies in my heart, yet I am confident that Your compassionate heart feels it too. I especially ponder how You created us with free will, knowing that Your beloved people would not use this gift of free will wisely and that many would turn against You. You knew these actions would pierce Your own heart and that in Your compassion, You would also experience the hurt, loss and despair that these people who turn away from You would experience. You created a world where death and sadness occur knowing that You too would suffer compassionately. When I reflect on Your Passion and the cruel, unjust persecution and horrific Crucifixion, my empathy overwhelms my senses and I shudder in horror. I cannot begin to understand Your ways but I am eternally grateful to be a part of Your plan.”

                “My darling compassionate daughter, do not shudder in horror but instead, see with your heart and find the great love inside My heart. That love is what compelled Me to find the only way to save all My children. Wouldn’t you do anything to protect your children? It is the same with Me only exponentially greater. By creating My children with free will, I created a greater pathway to show love. An animal acts out of a need to survive. I wanted more for My children. I wanted them to act out of love which is so much greater than mere survival. That is why there are martyrs who act out of love for Me and not just to survive. The benefits of acting out of love are so much greater than you could ever imagine. The Trinitarian love that flows through Me and My Father and the Holy Spirit is so intense and awesome that I cannot find the words to describe it in terms you would understand. Just know that My greatest desire for My beloved children is to experience that same love as one with Us. That love is freely given, but it must be freely accepted as well. You have to want it, seek it, ask for it and live for it by your own free will. That is My gift.

                “My compassionate heart burns for all of you and yes, I do feel what all of you feel and only I could take on all of humanity’s pain and suffering and then open the gates of heaven to all those who truly love Me. You cannot begin to fathom the deep longing I hold in My heart for all of you to be with Me forever. The deep longing you feel for Me is but a drop of what I feel for all of you. But my dear compassionate child, keep your heart open and always be compassionate to those who suffer, no matter how far they stray from Me and no matter what has caused their suffering. Just know that through their suffering, they may find Me waiting with compassionate merciful arms. Walk with them, comfort them and share their pain, for then My child, you will be imitating Me and you will help Me bring our people home.”

Follow the Light

                “My blessed Lord, God and King, I bow my head and humbly seek Your guidance in my life. This life on earth has many joys and blessings, but it is also a life of work, hardships and suffering, sometimes drenched in tears. I know You never promised it would be easy, but You did promise that You would never leave us, that You would be with us forever, and that gives me a light to follow even in the darkest places.”

                “Yes My child, follow the light I have given You and guide others to do the same. I am the light and that light is made of love, the same love out of which I created My beloved people. That is why you feel that deep longing to return to the light and one day, you will return; all My beloved will be invited to return to the light.

                “Your time on earth is meant to prepare you for that eternal life, so that you can dwell in that light. If not prepared, you would simply be incinerated in the light as it would be too much for you, just as in Moses’ time, those who looked upon the light of God’s face would not live. I Am is preparing His beloved to look upon the light and to be united as a bride to her bridegroom, to live as one with His beloved. This is why I sent My Son Jesus in the form of a man so that My beloved people could look upon the face of God and live – and not only live but live united as one in deep love, in deep communion as I Am is in the Son and the Son is in the Father and the Holy Spirit: all three in one. I want all My beloved to dwell in this blessed union with Us forever, but My people need to be prepared for that union. Their time on earth prepares them and that preparation is full of the joys and blessings you speak of, but it is also full of the work, hardship, suffering and tears you mention. It is all part of My plan and in the end, the light will envelop us all and we will be as I have always intended. The joys and blessings you speak of will pale in comparison to the eternal joys I have in store for all.

                “So embrace your life on earth my child, with all I send you because you are being prepared for something greater. Delightfully wear your joys and sorrows and endure any suffering with happiness as you follow that light I give to all to follow. Continue to lead others into that light, singing with joy, drenched not in tears, but in the understanding that I love you more that you could ever imagine.”

               

Train Like an Athlete

                “My Lord, my God, love of my life, I long to be with You, to be one with You as You have always intended. You generously give me glimpses of what this union will be like through Communion, Adoration and contemplative prayer and for these graces, I am very grateful and humbled, yet through these moments, I also recognize my weakness and inability to remain in deep union with You for very long. Sometimes it is like holding my breath under water: at first I am strong and able to remain alert and focused but eventually, I become distracted by my body’s need to breathe air and I can no longer remain under water. I don’t want to resurface, but I must and though that first breath of air brings relief, I immediately want to take in more air so that I can be submerged again.”

                “My child, my dear little fish, yes, being one with Us is a bit like being submerged in water but replace the water with pure love. When we are one, that is what you breathe and what you exist within. That love becomes everything around you and within you. You will live completely in it and your body will crave nothing else. It is how I made My people.

                “On earth, you must train like an athlete to take in and give out nothing but love. Your earthly bodies can only survive on love alone in this way for shorter intervals. Train like an Olympic swimmer who can stay under water with fewer breaths while you are on earth. The more you train on earth, the better prepared you will be for heaven and eternity with Me and My intense, permeating love. Do not be discouraged when your soul becomes distracted during My moments of grace on earth. Stay focused and keep returning to Me and you will be more and more able to subsist on love alone. I am always by your side, loving and encouraging you to be in My presence, wherever you are because I too long to be with you as one.”