Surrendering All

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. Mark 13:31

We are coming to the end of the Church year and Advent will begin again in two weeks; we are reminded of our end time, individual and general. Ends can be frightening!

Blessed Assurance!

Ends of time are new beginnings in Jesus! However, we must do our part. Each day, each moment of the day, is a preparation for the end of time. These moments could be full of joy instead of fear. Living in Jesus is our joy and our peace.

We must learn to pray with Bl. Charles de Foucauld:

“Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will…”

Whatever happens, pandemics, or other challenging times, we are able to face them, because we are in Jesus! His grace is sufficient to provide for our peace.

Ends leads to new beginnings!

Pax.

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What happened, has already happened. Nothing can change that. You will have to learn to live with the memory of it, whether you forgive them of not. …

Can all things be forgiven?

We Are Not Far From the Divine Kingdom!

“Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all of your strength.”
Mark 12: 29-30.

Today we pray Jesus’ Shema, the central prayer of His People, the People of Israel. It is Jesus’ version because Jesus adds another phrase to the Shema found in the Torah, Deuteronomy 6: 4-5, “With all your mind”. It is significant because we are challenged to go beyond our heart to use our intellect to live the Shema in our lives.

Jesus challenges us to love the Divine One totally!

To love God totally, our will must be surrendered to the Divine Will! Our mind, our thoughts, must be conformed to this Will. Our thoughts of hate are incompatible and unacceptable because God is love!

Let us allow our total being to be an act of worship to the Eternal One!

Let us be like Jesus!

Pax.

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And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has healed you”. And immediately he received his sight and follow Jesus on the way,
Mark 10:52

Bartimaeus was a blind person but he knew that he had the opportunity to see when he encountered Jesus. Originally he was not encouraged by others, but because of persistence, Jesus heard him and healed him.

This story can tell us many things about how we can live in the world today!

There are so many things going on in our world that we can easily be blinded by the confusion that is ever present. There are so many questions that we have to deal with. There is the on going Pandemic! There is hate that seems more present than love! And we have our usual struggles.

Lord Jesus we need to see!

People, places and things may keep us from Jesus. They may keep us from doing “the next right thing!”

Be like Bartimaeus, be persistent!

Jesus will open our eyes to see through the confusion. Also like Bartimaeus, we want to stay sighted, “going our way must be going Jesus’ Way”!

Pax.

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The Leadership in the Divine Kingdom!

“You know that those who are suppose to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them… But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant…”
Mark 10:42-43

Jesus used the desire for greatness in the His Disciples, especially the desire of James and John to sit at His right and left in His Kingdom, to give the command of servant leadership. Jesus is quite clear, it shall not be so among you! The way of the Gentiles, that is the way of the World, must not be our way of treating one another.

We can look around our world and see that this command is often not followed. We must remember Jesus is speaking to each of us individually.

Jesus expects each one of us to respond to Him directly!

The way we treat each other is all we have the power to do. Our example can create the Divine Kingdom now! The command of Jesus is for each one of us, and we must follow it, each one of us and change the World!

Pax.

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Jesus looked upon him loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in Heaven; and come follow me.”
Mark 10:21

The “Rich Young Man” could not give his life away, at that time, to follow Jesus. We do not know the end of the story of this person’s life. It open ended.

This story can be about us. Do we have things in our lives that keep us from following Jesus? We may not be able to let these things go. These possessions are important to us. We may not want to let go of our attachments. But regardless of whatever these things things or concerns are, remember:

Jesus looks upon us and loves us!

The Divine Love is unconditional!

Jesus will never give up on us!

If we are not faithful, Jesus is always faithful!

#TotalTrust

Remember, in the story of the “Rich Young Man”, he walk away, Jesus remains. Jesus always remains! Maybe the young man return to Jesus because nothing is more important than Him!

May our return to Jesus be our story too!

Pax.

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Be Blest By Jesus!

And He took them in His arms a blessed them, laying His hands upon them. Mark 10:16

Jesus loves the little children, all children and all that come to Him like children and He blesses them!

Yes, in reality Jesus love everyone. However the childlike are very special because they can receive Him completely. The obstacles of the world do not interfere. The childlike are real, they are humble and because of these things they can receive Jesus in a complete way. They can be transformed!

Receive the blessings of Jesus!

It is hard to surrender all of the things we carry emotionally and mentally and receive Jesus’ blessings, but it is the way to peace.

Let us today present ourselves to Jesus!

#TotalTrust

Let us allow Jesus to give us peace regardless of all of the challenges we bare!

Pax.

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We Can Change Our World!

Truly I tell you, anyone who gives a cup of water in My Name, because they belong to Me, will be rewarded.
Mark 9:41

How can we change the World?

The key answer to this is, will we be the change?

If we live in the Almighty, and are available to the Almighty, then the Spirit of the Almighty can change us and through us, we are changing things.

We change the lives of others!

Jesus uses in His teaching about charity the giving a cup of water. Charity needs not be a grand action of giving tremendous things, rather it is creating in ourselves, through Divine Grace, a mindset of kindness.

In all things, be charitable!

Living charity changes us! If we give from our hearts not expecting anything in return, we allow this Grace of Peace to be born and remain in our lives.

We become the change that changes the World!

Pax.

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