I know that man finds it difficult (to suffer). And knowing that he would find it so difficult, the Father had not given His children any sorrow. It came with sin. But how long does sorrow last on the earth? in the life of a man? A short time. It is always short, even if it lasts a whole lifetime. Now I say: is it not better to suffer for a short time rather than forever? Is it not better to suffer here than in Purgatory? Consider that time there is multiplied a thousand times to one. Oh! I solemnly tell you: you ought not to curse pain, but bless it, and you should call it “grace” and “mercy”. (Poem 1:83) »
Never abandon your prayers;pray more with your heart! (TLIG 16 April 2022)
Intelligent sees the present; wise sees the future. Intelligent acts to get maximum benefits from the present; wise acts to get maximum benefits for the future. Intelligent is a master of the world; wise is a master of the spirit. Intelligent satisfies present desires; wise seeks future benefits. Intelligent says I live my life now to die tomorrow; wise says I die now to live tomorrow. Both are gifts from God but intelligent without wisdom is like a boat without a rudder. One can be intelligent but not wise (9 April 2021).
Good and devout people first plan inwardly the works they are to do outwardly; in this way they are not led to evil inclinations, but bend their wills to the rule of right reason. Who has a greater struggle than those who labor to overcome themselves? This should be our daily labor: self-conquests, so as to make steady progress in the spiritual life - Imitation of Christ on Teaching of Truth
"It is in families that we first experience how human beings are not created to live closed in themselves, but in relation with others. It is in the family that the light of peace begins to burn in people's hearts, so as to illuminate our world". (Benedict XVI)
When one seeks God, natural habits must yield to superhuman considerations and necessities (Poem 1-175)
God is eternal and our soul is eternal, and the relation between god and our soul is eternal. Therefore the thing that gave rise to a punishment then, is the same thing that gave rise to a punishment now, and the effects of the fault are the same. (Poem 1:211)
He who feeds the birds of the heavens and clothes the lilies of the field will not fail you in either food or clothing - st Claire
The one who created me has ever taken care of me as a mother does her tiny little child whom she tenderly loves. May you be blessed o lord. You who created me. St Claire
Ever since I have known the grace of our lord Jesus Christ no suffering had been bothersome no penance too severe no infirmity has been hard. St Claire
Joseph 30 years old when married with Mother Mary (Poem 1:61)
... the eyes of the Lord is ten thousand times brighter than the sun. Observe every step a man takes and sees into hidden corners. He who knows all things before they exist still knows them all after they are made (sirach 23:19-20)
God knows everything (mark 12:15)
He knows what is in the darkness (Daniel 2:22)
If you desire wisdom keep the commandments (sirach 1:23)
Restlessness, anxiety, uncertainty of future, hopelessness (64% university students in china study Christianity)
Have you erred so far? err no longer. abandon all errors. (Poem 1:265)
It is not enough to have the Temple and to go and pray God in it. The first temple is in the heart of every man and that is where holy prayers should be said. But a prayer cannot be holy unless the heart amends its ways of living and with his heart man also amends his habit, affection, the rules of justice towards the poor, servants and God. (Poem 1:265)
Without God, man ultimately chooses selfishness over solidarity and love, material things over values, having over bring. We must return to God so that man return to being man. Pope Benedict year of faith 2012-2013
My peace will always flow into you, through My words and through contemplation. Poem 1:228
I have given you a spiritual gift, this of prophecy; I have commanded you to speak in My Name and proclaim without fear and with clarity all that I have been teaching you; I have set afire your soul to go forward and witness with ardour, enflaming other hearts to know Me; the Holy Spirit has been your remedy and the source of prophecy in these messages, but of all times too; it is He, who make you into gods by participation;
there is no better service given to Me than this one of bringing souls back to Me; do not lack confidence because this service alone is a divine sign that you alone are unable to accomplish if it were not through the Holy Spirit; this is exactly how the grace of the Holy Spirit is revealed; He alone gives you the possibilities to bring souls to Me; (True life in God)
You will not have the kingdom of god in you, if you do not have love. Because the kingdom of god is the love, and appears with the love, and through the love it is established in your hearts. Poem 5:871
Preserve in seeking and doing good. That subdues the flesh and makes the spirit sovereign, mastering concupiscence, directing one towards virtues. Poem 5:519
Every creature is better alive than dead.
The last parable of Jesus: when a woman has conceived and the hour of delivery comes, she is in great distress, because she suffers and groans. But when her little child is born and she presses it to her heart, all her pain comes to an end and her sorrow changes into joy, because a man has come into the world. Poem 5:516
After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing." Act 15:36
It is better to exceed in bounty and trust rather than exceed in distrust and hardness. If you help an undeserving person, what harm will befall you? None. Nay. God's reward will always be active for you, whereas that person will be guilty of betraying your trust. Poem 1:296
The value of purity is such that as you have seen the first thing Satan was anxious about was to deceive Me about impurity. He knows very well that sensual sins dismantle the soul and make it an easy prey to other sins. (Poem 1:255)
Many people sneer about the sexual scandals that have plaque the Catholic Church. They should know that the priests and other religions are at the forefront of a spiritual battle and are therefore exposed to extreme danger to fall into sin. They shouldn't be sneered at but prayed instead.
Who infringes the Sabbath to make a profit will be punished by God. He makes a profit? He will lose it during the other six days. He makes no profit? he has fatigue his body to no purpose. because he did not grant it the rest that Intelligence prescribed for it. The day of the lord instead is to be spent with your hearts united to God in sweet prayer of love. Poem 1:275
God speaks to love
War is a punishment of god to chastise men. It is a sign that man is no longer a true son of God. Poem 1:271
Let every lust die....
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew. (Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918, French Poet, Philosopher)
Tiredness is one of the roots of human pride. And so is haste. Why is man annoyed by defeats, why is he upset of delays? Because pride says: why say no to me? So much delay for me?
When facing difficulties, don't become bitter, instead become better.
Christ is believed in, talked about, and served, but He is not known as the soul’s actual and very life
We love because he loved us first. 1 John 4:19
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Without peace one cannot hear God -poem 1:458
"Unspeakable joy, rises in my soul, never lets me go"
It's your conscience that makes you sleep or not (Poem 1:531)
Be careful because the soul can die before the body and you may unknowingly carry around a putrid soul. The dying of a soul is so imperceptible! Poem 1:524
We love because he loves us first 1 John 4:19
For those who are not watching over themselves and the Enemy will become one thing with him. (Poem 1:488)
To know God means to love with loyalty and virtue.
Forgiveness is the highest form of love. A child is always entitled to your love. (Poem 2:12)
God does not impose himself. He opens his arms to everybody. He invites everybody, but if one says to Him: Go away. He goes away. He goes to seek elsewhere, to invite other people, until he finds someone who says to him: I will come. Poem 2:13
We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail.
The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor
Physical. eye is the mirror of the soul. It reflects the yearning of the soul. A yearning for heights where reason by instinct places God. And searching for Heaven the eyes looks at height (Poem 1:130)
At the beginning the Master was predominant. Now the savior is revealed. The end will see the face of the redeemer. Poem 2:7
I did not want to know many things but the essentials.
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew (Deut 32:1-3)
Prayer is nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD - (Letters of Brother Lawrence-1670)
The beauty of God is reflected in His creation
In filling myself, I had emptied myself. In grasping things, I had lost everything. In devouring pleasures and joys, I had found distress, anguish and fear (Thomas Merton)
Fullness of joy comes from living in the presence and reality of God
Does not a man abuse the soul by not devoting himself to its study? (Ficino, Meditations on the Soul)
It is foolish to feed diligently the body, but allow the soul to starve (Ficino, Meditations on the Soul)
The soul is the man himself and the body but his shadow (Ficino, Meditations on the Souls)
A soul is not a thought; the soul is the spirit; it has a beginning but has no end. (The Poem of Man-God)
..you have many things for which you should humble yourself, for you are weaker than what you are capable of comprehending (Kempis, Imitation of Christ)
Never think that you have made any progress until you consider yourself to be inferior to all (Thomas Kempis, Imitation of Christ)
Humble yourself the more, the greater you are...by the humble God is glorified (Sir 4:18-19)
It is often good for us to have others know our faults and rebuke them, for it gives us greater humility (Imitation of Christ, T. Kempis)
Humble people make the church truly vital.
If you have any good, believe that others have better so that you may preserve humility (Thomas Kempis: Imitation of Christ)
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God, something to be grasped (Phil 2:7)
"I have my sins constantly in mind" says the psalmist. That keeps the spirit humble
My blessing is to be assisted by your good will in order to be fruitful (Poem 4:211)
To forget the good done is wisdom - it shows humility and trust in God.
Never abandon your prayers;pray more with your heart! (TLIG 16 April 2022)
Intelligent sees the present; wise sees the future. Intelligent acts to get maximum benefits from the present; wise acts to get maximum benefits for the future. Intelligent is a master of the world; wise is a master of the spirit. Intelligent satisfies present desires; wise seeks future benefits. Intelligent says I live my life now to die tomorrow; wise says I die now to live tomorrow. Both are gifts from God but intelligent without wisdom is like a boat without a rudder. One can be intelligent but not wise (9 April 2021).
Good and devout people first plan inwardly the works they are to do outwardly; in this way they are not led to evil inclinations, but bend their wills to the rule of right reason. Who has a greater struggle than those who labor to overcome themselves? This should be our daily labor: self-conquests, so as to make steady progress in the spiritual life - Imitation of Christ on Teaching of Truth
"It is in families that we first experience how human beings are not created to live closed in themselves, but in relation with others. It is in the family that the light of peace begins to burn in people's hearts, so as to illuminate our world". (Benedict XVI)
When one seeks God, natural habits must yield to superhuman considerations and necessities (Poem 1-175)
God is eternal and our soul is eternal, and the relation between god and our soul is eternal. Therefore the thing that gave rise to a punishment then, is the same thing that gave rise to a punishment now, and the effects of the fault are the same. (Poem 1:211)
He who feeds the birds of the heavens and clothes the lilies of the field will not fail you in either food or clothing - st Claire
The one who created me has ever taken care of me as a mother does her tiny little child whom she tenderly loves. May you be blessed o lord. You who created me. St Claire
Ever since I have known the grace of our lord Jesus Christ no suffering had been bothersome no penance too severe no infirmity has been hard. St Claire
Joseph 30 years old when married with Mother Mary (Poem 1:61)
... the eyes of the Lord is ten thousand times brighter than the sun. Observe every step a man takes and sees into hidden corners. He who knows all things before they exist still knows them all after they are made (sirach 23:19-20)
God knows everything (mark 12:15)
He knows what is in the darkness (Daniel 2:22)
If you desire wisdom keep the commandments (sirach 1:23)
Restlessness, anxiety, uncertainty of future, hopelessness (64% university students in china study Christianity)
Have you erred so far? err no longer. abandon all errors. (Poem 1:265)
It is not enough to have the Temple and to go and pray God in it. The first temple is in the heart of every man and that is where holy prayers should be said. But a prayer cannot be holy unless the heart amends its ways of living and with his heart man also amends his habit, affection, the rules of justice towards the poor, servants and God. (Poem 1:265)
Without God, man ultimately chooses selfishness over solidarity and love, material things over values, having over bring. We must return to God so that man return to being man. Pope Benedict year of faith 2012-2013
My peace will always flow into you, through My words and through contemplation. Poem 1:228
I have given you a spiritual gift, this of prophecy; I have commanded you to speak in My Name and proclaim without fear and with clarity all that I have been teaching you; I have set afire your soul to go forward and witness with ardour, enflaming other hearts to know Me; the Holy Spirit has been your remedy and the source of prophecy in these messages, but of all times too; it is He, who make you into gods by participation;
there is no better service given to Me than this one of bringing souls back to Me; do not lack confidence because this service alone is a divine sign that you alone are unable to accomplish if it were not through the Holy Spirit; this is exactly how the grace of the Holy Spirit is revealed; He alone gives you the possibilities to bring souls to Me; (True life in God)
You will not have the kingdom of god in you, if you do not have love. Because the kingdom of god is the love, and appears with the love, and through the love it is established in your hearts. Poem 5:871
Preserve in seeking and doing good. That subdues the flesh and makes the spirit sovereign, mastering concupiscence, directing one towards virtues. Poem 5:519
Every creature is better alive than dead.
The last parable of Jesus: when a woman has conceived and the hour of delivery comes, she is in great distress, because she suffers and groans. But when her little child is born and she presses it to her heart, all her pain comes to an end and her sorrow changes into joy, because a man has come into the world. Poem 5:516
After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing." Act 15:36
It is better to exceed in bounty and trust rather than exceed in distrust and hardness. If you help an undeserving person, what harm will befall you? None. Nay. God's reward will always be active for you, whereas that person will be guilty of betraying your trust. Poem 1:296
The value of purity is such that as you have seen the first thing Satan was anxious about was to deceive Me about impurity. He knows very well that sensual sins dismantle the soul and make it an easy prey to other sins. (Poem 1:255)
Many people sneer about the sexual scandals that have plaque the Catholic Church. They should know that the priests and other religions are at the forefront of a spiritual battle and are therefore exposed to extreme danger to fall into sin. They shouldn't be sneered at but prayed instead.
Who infringes the Sabbath to make a profit will be punished by God. He makes a profit? He will lose it during the other six days. He makes no profit? he has fatigue his body to no purpose. because he did not grant it the rest that Intelligence prescribed for it. The day of the lord instead is to be spent with your hearts united to God in sweet prayer of love. Poem 1:275
God speaks to love
War is a punishment of god to chastise men. It is a sign that man is no longer a true son of God. Poem 1:271
Let every lust die....
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew. (Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918, French Poet, Philosopher)
Tiredness is one of the roots of human pride. And so is haste. Why is man annoyed by defeats, why is he upset of delays? Because pride says: why say no to me? So much delay for me?
When facing difficulties, don't become bitter, instead become better.
Christ is believed in, talked about, and served, but He is not known as the soul’s actual and very life
We love because he loved us first. 1 John 4:19
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Without peace one cannot hear God -poem 1:458
"Unspeakable joy, rises in my soul, never lets me go"
It's your conscience that makes you sleep or not (Poem 1:531)
Be careful because the soul can die before the body and you may unknowingly carry around a putrid soul. The dying of a soul is so imperceptible! Poem 1:524
We love because he loves us first 1 John 4:19
For those who are not watching over themselves and the Enemy will become one thing with him. (Poem 1:488)
To know God means to love with loyalty and virtue.
Forgiveness is the highest form of love. A child is always entitled to your love. (Poem 2:12)
God does not impose himself. He opens his arms to everybody. He invites everybody, but if one says to Him: Go away. He goes away. He goes to seek elsewhere, to invite other people, until he finds someone who says to him: I will come. Poem 2:13
We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail.
The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor
Physical. eye is the mirror of the soul. It reflects the yearning of the soul. A yearning for heights where reason by instinct places God. And searching for Heaven the eyes looks at height (Poem 1:130)
At the beginning the Master was predominant. Now the savior is revealed. The end will see the face of the redeemer. Poem 2:7
I did not want to know many things but the essentials.
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew (Deut 32:1-3)
Prayer is nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD - (Letters of Brother Lawrence-1670)
The beauty of God is reflected in His creation
In filling myself, I had emptied myself. In grasping things, I had lost everything. In devouring pleasures and joys, I had found distress, anguish and fear (Thomas Merton)
Fullness of joy comes from living in the presence and reality of God
Does not a man abuse the soul by not devoting himself to its study? (Ficino, Meditations on the Soul)
It is foolish to feed diligently the body, but allow the soul to starve (Ficino, Meditations on the Soul)
The soul is the man himself and the body but his shadow (Ficino, Meditations on the Souls)
A soul is not a thought; the soul is the spirit; it has a beginning but has no end. (The Poem of Man-God)
..you have many things for which you should humble yourself, for you are weaker than what you are capable of comprehending (Kempis, Imitation of Christ)
Never think that you have made any progress until you consider yourself to be inferior to all (Thomas Kempis, Imitation of Christ)
Humble yourself the more, the greater you are...by the humble God is glorified (Sir 4:18-19)
It is often good for us to have others know our faults and rebuke them, for it gives us greater humility (Imitation of Christ, T. Kempis)
Humble people make the church truly vital.
If you have any good, believe that others have better so that you may preserve humility (Thomas Kempis: Imitation of Christ)
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God, something to be grasped (Phil 2:7)
"I have my sins constantly in mind" says the psalmist. That keeps the spirit humble
My blessing is to be assisted by your good will in order to be fruitful (Poem 4:211)
To forget the good done is wisdom - it shows humility and trust in God.