Friday, April 16, 2010

It is I. Do not be afraid!

In whatever situation we are in, God is with us. He is there beside us, within us, whispering to us and manifesting Himself through us.

Do not be afraid. This is a key phrase in the ministry of Jesus. It is the phrase He speaks when He is with the Martyrs at the end. It is the phrase He speaks when He tells our Catherines of Siena and Teresas of Calcutta to speak out against the madness of the times. It is the phrase He speaks to us as we tend a sick child or a dying parent. It is the phrase of peace and joy that promises forever a presence with us.

He walks across the water to us. There is no place on Earth that we can be where He cannot. There is no place out of His reach. The Father has given Him to us, and even though we have tried to throw Him away and push Him away, still, He is our friend and our constant companion - the reason there can be no fear, because He has driven it out and He continues to drive it out.

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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".