124 SEELING the I AM stepping forward now

I'm doing the next week in SEEL PRAYER #24: THE ARREST OF JESUS and find so much, so strong, coming to me from all directions. I know to stop and wait and listen. Yes, Lecto Listening - sounds better than divine listening which is really the meaning I’m focused on. I’m still doing Lectio Divinia or Divine reading.

As noted at the right, reading this first page filled me with the Love of Jesus. I shared a lot on the PrayerLine again this week, and this piece about the Blood of Jesus came through so strong.  I ask people if I can share more, or only ask when they have said something I can respond to.

I always start by saying how God created us in His Image and set us down in the Garden of Eden, Naked and it was all GOOD . . . Until the snake showed up and messed it all up. Then when God came back and found out what happened the first thing he did was sacrifice an animal to make clothing to cover their sin.

Yes, so sin results in death and the blood that covers the sin all started here with Adam and Eve. So when Jesus came to bring us back home, he became the ultimate sacrifice, providing the blood for all sin.

Yes, the ultimate love to give his life for a friend. Or really for all of us. This came through to me stronger than ever this Easter Season, as I recognized how GOD is Holy and pure so He can’t get near any Sin at all. So for people to have any relationship or any experience of God at all we need to be cleared of all sin. Which Jesus did for everyone.

Course as with all love, the conscious aspect of asking, seeking and requesting it, is really fundamental.  We can’t have love without actively seeking and acknowledging it.  I mean, it’s really not just a feeling or emotion, it is the fundamental power of creation . . . Which brings be back to Fr. Kevin and “Each One, Teach One” as the basic place of love for our neighbor and God.

I am a living, breathing, walking testimony
I am the living proof of what the Lord has done
You May call it crazy, but they can't take away my story
'Cause I am a living, breathing, walking testimony

So DAY ONE was Matthew 26:47-56. This is really strong for me since this coincided with the Bible verses in mass, Luke 24-13-35. The couple was walking to Emmaus after the Crucifixion and Jesus joined them. He explained the Prophecies from Moses saying this same as I highlighted here at right.

Of course, the next thing I heard was Bishop Barrron who breaks it down for me even more: Bishop Barron reflects on how Jesus interpreted the scriptures beginning with Moses and all the prophets to show that the entire Old Testament serves as a template or lens through which one must view Jesus. (5:41 - 6:04). This highlights several Old Testament figures and patterns that prefigure Christ:

• Adam: Jesus is the first man of the new creation (6:28 - 6:35).
• Noah: Jesus is the new Noah, whose "ark" provides salvation during the flood of sin (6:38 - 6:50).
• Abraham and Isaac: Jesus is the fulfillment of the covenant and the true son sacrificed by the Father on the "mount" of the cross (6:51 - 7:27).
• Jacob: Jesus is the true ladder connecting heaven and earth (7:29 - 7:53).
• Moses: Jesus is the new lawgiver who leads people from the slavery of sin into the freedom of the children of God (7:54 - 8:16).
• David: Jesus is the king who takes on the powers of the world, just as David fought Goliath (8:18 - 8:33).
• Jonah: Jesus is the sign who spends three days in the "belly of the earth" (8:34 - 8:47).
• Isaiah and the Prophets: Jesus fulfills the suffering servant role in Isaiah 53, the "thrust through" messiah of Zechariah, and the bringer of the new covenant promised by Jeremiah (8:50 - 9:26).
  

DAY TWO John 18:12-27 is a longer piece and it really didn’t catch me much at all.  Jesus seemed almost frustrated with them. Like all this work, and effort and still they couldn’t come up with one phrase against him. Course then the last line was Prophecy again, where he had told Peter this would happen only few hours earlier.

So now I wonder where my lesson is in that. And I gross it is really about my own place in the prophesy of God. I noticed that last week where the experience and stories of Saint Faustina resulting in her diary is very similar to my own.

I Start with my DAY THREE Matthew 26:57-75. This brings me back to the last phrases I wrote about Saint Faustina Mercy Sunday where we are able to step beyond all sin. Here the Pharisee teased him about prophesy by hitting him and asking who did it. Then Peter completed the prophesy denying three times before the cock crows. 

God has given more than I could ever want or need always asking me to write and share as much as I can.

Has 800-223-9286 share the love on spirit FM may 16-17 Glory in the Gardens: Busch Gardens Celebration DAY FOUR Luke 22:66-71

Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I Love You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, Thank You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I Love You Dear Lord Jesus Christ, 

THIS is awesome the Divine Mercy Chaplet just started on the Radio.. . . And it really brought me to tears again.

just wwowwww… like I read this section of the Bible. . . And Yes ye say I am. And everything comes to a head for me. Reflecting on this as I prepare to visit with Sr.Dick as I am learning and realizing that my challenges and expectations, are not all my own. I know this is my challenge before me … 

I need to recognize my place and responsibility in this time I have… like doing my grades and my studies as I am finding more trauma and pain in my history. And I Realize how again I am meeting with a new councilor and have so much to share and understand more deeply.

This brings me to a new place of power and focus. I know my place. I’ve been very clear and strong with who I am and what I do. . . .

And then the DAY Five, Six and Seven it all slams me in the face as Isaiah Speaks and shared (Luke 22:19-20, creating the Eucharist, in the New Covenant in Blood, with Charles Stanley on the Radio now)

It's always slamming me in the face. Like yesterday speaking to a counselor who actually asked me about childhood Trauma. . . And my first thought was how my dad had always been out to get me. As I recall now, I actually told her a great deal beyond so much I;ve shared or considered in years. . . Wow, so I need to really step into more and more. . . Which kinda freaks me out a bit . . .here typing to share with my kids too!

123.00 hind-sight is 20/20

 Week 23 is next for me in SEEL.

This section really pulled me into the sense of the prophetic Jesus.  I mean, knowing that he was here on a mission and had to get things done . . . Very important things.  Even things he might not have understood or been clear about until the moment that everything came together. 

He sorta always knew what was next because he had been here from the beginning and simply stepped into the role and responsibility when it was time to.  I mean he certainly planned it all with God and the Holy Spirit. I often get this feeling about me too. And it’s interesting as we are surprised what happens or surprised what we need to do, but then step into it almost automatically or blindly anyway.

I remember this same feeling with my experience with Fr. Curtis, where I simply did what was opened for me. I mean, I never really thought about it or planned.  I realized how he was speaking about community and specifically how to engage the Catholic Community. And we had just had a meeting together, where he wanted me to get professional help about boundaries and engaging in this community better on his terms. So I knew I had to speak to him about it more, feeling again how he was speaking directly to me.

 Funny, as I realized this was importantly for me to step into.  I didn’t really remember much of the details from his homily at all. Course the clip I sent Ben was there on my iPhone, so I pulled it up into the transcripts and read it at that very moment. This was just enough to have this profound experience, or really enough to accept the direction and step intro the actions I was called to with confidence.

Like the four bible verses we are studying this week in SEEL. Each listed here has a very powerful prophetic element to it. Or should I say that’s what jumped out at me when I read each one as highlighted here in yellow during my first read.

And I guess we all really have a sense of this. I mean as we are conscious of our own personal experiences with Christ, we are all pulled to do things we might not completely understand.  Men always want to be in control which often means we sidestep God's directions or abridge and adjust things to one own liking.

But “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” . . . And it really is all about BEing the hands and feet of Jesus here on Earth. Fulfilling what it is that we are Called to, whether we really understand it or not. And I get this knowing from the experience of how God really likes to surprise us. Not so much because he never wants us to know what’s next, but more so it’s about the “surprise” and the authentic joy and excitement that surprises bring into our hearts.

Like these four bible verses we are studying this week in SEEL. Each has a very powerful prophetic element to it. Or should I say that’s what jumped out at me when I read each one. Like here with Matthew 26:23 which was highlighted purple when Dick asked me to skip a week again. It's funny how each time he does that, I spend another week praying, feeling, and exploring the same Bible verses again, adding this new purple in insights to the yellow that I started with.

So here, the purple was prophetic as Jesus spoke or knew what would happen as he “dipped his hand into the bowl” again. Still his disciples didn't believe him or understand what it meant to be betrayed to death, “as it is written.”  Now to be with and know this with Jesus is key. 

We each are given tasks and responsibilities where we know and step into more and more each day. BEing the hands and feet of Jesus! And now this morning with Mass, where they repeated the Bible versus I heard on the Hallow app earlier. Yes, I hear and learn about the same experience again where Jesus is not understood and must explain the scriptures, as I highlighted again here in yellow from the Mass Daily Readings at left.

And what I found more powerful today was now highlighted purple where Christ revealed Himself to them with the breaking of bread. While above the same passage of power was in Matthew 26:28 where the blood of the covenant was shared for the forgiveness of our sins . . . Again where Jesus shares the powerful experience which we may not fully understand,

This really feels like the most profound and important statement of all. Beyond BEing the hands and feet of Jesus is really the requirement for us all to be sinless before we approach God. God is Holy and for us to approach Him we must be sinless! And again this really feels like a critical statement or fundamental knowledge that Jesus has really struggled to express and make clean to us all.

This again brings me to the power and focus of my time and experience with Jesus.

I mean this next Bible verse John 13:1-17 is the same teaching again. Not just that they do not know or understand now, but that they will understand later, as he specifically explains in the passage. And again the prophetic nature of his words really comes through so strongly.

Speaking very clearly about the example Christ provides in washing their feet. Which again presses me forward to do God's will in this very time and moment.

 I know how I need to do so much. It's gotten really cold and rainy outside. So I really don't want to go any where or do anything but know my place and responsibility to get things done, as the servant to heal and serve others in my community as needed.

I stopped my reading and witting here for Jesus, because He wanted me to bring the chicken soup to Annette. I was supposed to visit her yesterday but it was cold and raining. I almost used that excuse today too, but He wouldn’t stand for it telling me to drive my truck instead.

Then I brought a big jar of my chicken soup. I never was sure why I made it or who it was for. But she finished her first bowl while I was there with her. So it was really clear to me now what it was all about. Just like Jesus tells the disciples, whether we know or understand is really not relevant, we just need to have Faith and follow directions

And now I see this really has brought me to this last verse in this weeks SEEL Exercise Matthew 16:26-46 which mimics my lesson today with Annett to simply do God’s will, don’t question, don’t struggle to understand or anything but simply do it. Of course, over the weekend I was struggling with the kitchen and the chicken soup as I felt like I’ve been eating too much and needed another fast day. Course, I bought the veggies and everything for the soup whether I was wanting it or not, and simply did what I was told. . . Lost completely about why, but did it anyway. And now hind-sight is 20/20 and I’ll bring Annett more soup tomorrow.