He and I - compassion. infinite Ocean

YOU AND i Gabrielle Bossis. p.192/3. 1945 Part Two

February 1 – 1945. Holy hour.

"Don't be astonished at My suggestion that you never cease asking for compassion, humility and gen­tleness. Aren't these the hallmarks of your Bridegroom's heart and shouldn't you try to resemble Him? Wouldn't you be happier if you had these qualities? And isn't it always your happiness that I'm seeking? .. Ask My mother to give them to you and offer sacrifices in ex­change. Plant the seed of desire for them. And as always, ask Me to help you.

How happy a father is when his child who cannot yet walk holds out his arms to him. And if the child is tired, how he holds him to his heart! Who is happier, the father or the child?

If you only knew what compassion really is - the compassion you must strive to imitate! Overlooking everything to stoop to a heart's needs, paying no attention to any disappointments or ingratitude, being even kinder to those who have hurt you. Just be your Christ for them. If you make this your intention I'll be seen in you. You are so little that you wonder how this could be. You know how grace gives unction to the voice, the look, a gesture? You noticed that yesterday when your relative who had not seen you for three years exclaimed, 'Oh, how I love you!' She was addressing Me in your voice."

"Lord, I hope people will always find flashes of You in me."

Nearby Inishkeel Island from Narin

"Then disappear more and more, My little girl. I am your infinite Ocean; flow over into Me. It is so simple for you to lose yourself there. Since I'm waiting for you. One will only - Mine. A single goal - the Father's glory. A single declaration - 'I love You with all the strength of this heart that You gave me: That's all. And the Father takes us together as a single offering.

One only: I - you."

Gweebarra Bay

Saint David of Scotland

Saint of the day: 24th May

Saint David of Scotland

Scotland's greatest king was the sixth and youngest son of St Margaret of Scotland and Malcolm III, born in 1085. He married Matilda daughter of Waldef, the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon which gave him a claim to the earldom Northumberland.

For many years he waged a long and unsuccessful war against England, but after being crowned king of Scotland in 1124, around the age of 40, he devoted his life to peaceful activities and became known as a kind, just and liberal king.

Historians say he was responsible for making Scotland into a modern nation, by reforming the legal system and public administration and encouraging trade and the foundation of towns. He also reformed the Scottish church, establishing a system of dioceses. Under his rule many monasteries, hospitals and almshouses were founded.

David prayed the Divine Office daily, received Communion each week and gave generous alms to the poor - often in person as his mother had done.

He died on this day in 1153 and was buried at Dunfermline. His shrine was a popular place of pilgrimage until the Reformation. One of the patron saints of Scotland, many churches are named after him.

Waiting for the Holy Spirit with Mary the Mother of Jesus

The Cenacle Icon

Compiled from Knox-Cox “The Gospel Story”
………………. (combining extracts from: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts)

Then, from the mountain which is called Olivet, went back full of joy to Jerusalem  into the upper room where they dwelt. All with one mind, gave themselves up to prayer, together with Mary the mother of Jesus, and the rest of the women and his brethren.  Matthias was added to their number as a witness of Jesus resurrection and took rank with the eleven apostles.  They spent their time continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.

When the day of Pentecost came round, while they were all gathered together in unity of purpose, all at once a sound came from heaven like that of a strong wind blowing, and filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then appeared to them what seemed to be tongues of fire, which parted and came to rest on each of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in strange languages, as the Spirit gave utterance to each.

Compiled by W.J.W. 

The Gospel Story, Knox and Cox. Appendix:  p.431.

'With Mary the Mother of Jesus' (p. 428)
We must go to Mary, the Mother of the Mystical Body,
for all the graces we need; no work can prosper without her prayerful assistance.

Via Lucis - Stations of the Resurrection. CTS.

Waiting for the Holy Spirit
with Mary  the Mother of Jesus

From the Acts of the Apostles

... All these joined in Continuous prayer, together with several women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. (Acts 1:12-14)

First Meditation

They were waiting for the Holy Spirit. After coming down from the mountain, they begin to pray. Jesus is no longer visible. The cloud of the Ascension has placed Jesus in glory. The Risen Lord, no longer visible to our

human eyes, can now only be seen with the eyes of faith. The Easter people now call on the Holy Spirit. His coming is eagerly awaited, for in the fullness of his gifts he will give birth to the Church, and guide its first steps to becoming the herald of his resurrection. The invocation of the Holy Spirit is always efficacious. This was guaranteed by Christ when he said: "If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him" (Lk 11:13). From this moment on the Easter people is united in the name of the Risen Lord. With him in our midst, we implore the Father for the Holy Spirit, the spirit of love who renews the face of the Earth. Then will come an eternal Pentecost. The Easter prayer is marked by the presence of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She was present from the beginning at Cana, where people first began to believe in his signs. She was present at Calvary where the Church was conceived. Now she is present in the Upper Room, where the Church is born. Mary the mother of Jesus; she it is who knows best the Easter mysteries: death and life, cross and resurrection.