Monday, March 12, 2012

Happy Birthday, little brother!

Happy Birthday, Tom! I love you and miss you!

March 13^th is my brother Tom’s birthday. He would have been 56 years old today. He would also be so proud of his daughters, who have grown into beautiful young women. His daughter Katie just got engaged to be married. I can see Tom smiling now!

Please remember to keep him in your prayers this week. I have written about him quite a few times in this blog. I think my favorite entry is The Man in theBoat. Or, you can just put “Tom” in the search bar above and find the other entries.

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".