God enters into our hearts. Nivard

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Your faith has saved you. Lk 7:50.

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From: Nivard . . . .
Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:42
Subject: Thur 13 Your faith has saved you. Lk 7:36-50.   

Magnificat, Adapted, Lk 7:36-50. 24 Thur 19 Sept 13 Your faith has saved you.    When we have an inferiority complex, we do not believe that what God has made is good. We do not look at ourselves with the merciful, tender, compassionate eyes of God. When we do not realize that God is both in our midst and within us, our faith fades and disappears.               The mystery of man enters into the mystery of God. It bursts forth with great joy, faith and understanding.           When faith is there, all is clear, and a love relation with God enters into our hearts. When we have faith, it is such a simple thing to accept his love, even if we do not understand why he loves us.   Father, Fill our hearts with the faith of Mary Magdalen and love You as she loved  your Son Jesus our Lord.                                          **************** Full text:  MEDITATION OF THE DAY   "Your faith has saved you" When you have an inferiority complex-and who of us hasn't-you say things like, "I just don't believe that what God made is good. Look at me, I'm a louse." Don't dare to challenge God like this.Everything he made is good, including yourself. Don't listen to that serpent who is giving you apples that look red on the outside and are full of inferiority complexes on the inside. Don't eat that apple, or else you are going to go down into a pit prepared by Satan for you for your whole life. How can you have a wrong image of something or someone that God touched? God touched you and he created you. You passed through his mind and you were begotten. Anyone of us that passes through God's mind, anyone of us that God touched, cannot be this horrible person we think we are. No! Each one of us is beautiful-we're beautiful because he touched us. Sometimes this is very difficult for us to accept. We look at ourselves and say, "He made us in his image, equal to himself in a manner of speaking, heir to his Son? This just can't be. He hasn't looked into my heart. He doesn't know what I'm made of!" We say those silly things because our evaluation of ourselves is very poor. We haven't looked at ourselves with the merciful, ten­der, compassionate eyes of God. So we walk in despair half the time. As a result, the ability to realize that God is both in our midst and in us-a realization that is the fruit of faith-fades and disappears. This is the main reason, it seems to me, why the Father sent his Son to us, why the Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us as one of us. The Father, having given us the fantastic gift of faith,wanted to help us accept this awesome gift. He sent his Son Jesus Christ so that we, unbelieving,might believe. We are like children; we need to touch. Every human being is a mystery. The mystery of man enters into the mystery of God, and bursting forth with great joy, comes faith and understanding. When faith is there, all is clear, and a love relation with God enters into your heart. When you have faith, it is such a simple thing to accept his love, even if you do not understand why he loves you. ERVANT OF GOD CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY Catherine de Hueck Doherty (t 1985) was born in Russia and was the foundress of Madonna House in Combermere, Canada