You are my inheritance, O Lord! What a gift to ponder. The psalm for Mass this weekend is a great psalm to pray and sit with as we celebrate Eucharistic Devotions. We pray, “You will not abandon my soul to the netherworld…fullness of joys in Your presence…” This is who our God is…a God who will never abandon us…a God who makes His presence known to us NOW…a presence that leads to joy! Soak in His presence this weekend. He will heal you, restore you and give you what you need to live the life He is calling you to live. The other day, I simply stopped by to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for just a few minutes, and I left feeling restored and even healed in a variety of ways. Why? Because the Eucharist is Jesus! Please come to Him and let Him do what He does in your life.
I came across this passage from St. Faustina’s Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, which might be great to ponder and pray with while you sit with Jesus…
On the evening of the last day before my departure to Vilnius, an elderly sister revealed the condition of her soul to me. She said that she had already been suffering interiorly for several years, that it seemed to her that all her confessions had been bad, and she had doubts about whether the Lord Jesus had forgiven her. I asked her if she had ever told her confessors about this. She answered that she had spoken many times about this to her confessors and "the confessors are always telling me to be at peace, but I still suffer very much, and nothing brings me relief, and it constantly seems to me that God has not forgiven me." I answered, "You should obey your confessor, Sister, and be fully at peace, because this is certainly a temptation.
But she entreated me with tears in her eyes to ask Jesus if He had forgiven her and whether her confessions had been good or not. I answered forcefully, "Ask Him yourself, Sister, if you don't believe your confessors!" But she clutched my hand and did not want to let me go until I gave her an answer, and she kept asking me to pray for her and to let her know what Jesus would say about her. Crying bitterly, she would not let me go and said to me, "I know that the Lord Jesus speaks to you, Sister." Since she was clenching my hand and I could not wrench myself away, I promised I would pray for her. In the evening, during Benediction, I heard these words: "Tell her that her disbelief wounds My heart much more than the sins she committed." When I told her this, she began to cry like a child, and great joy entered her soul. I understood that God wanted to console this soul through me. Even though it cost me a great deal, I fulfilled God's wish (Diary of St. Faustina, 628).
As you sit with Jesus this weekend, truly believe in His mercy, lean into His mercy. Jesus loves you so much and wants you to know that deep within.
God bless you this weekend and always,
Fr. Jeremy
P.S. I can’t believe it, but Advent is coming soon! Please take a moment and put the Advent Calendar on your fridge, mark your calendar and pray with us.
