Dom Donald's Blog: Feast of St. John, who leaned on His heart.

Thursday 2 January 2014

Feast of St. John, who leaned on His heart.

COMMENT:

On Thursday, 2 January 2014, 17:07, William ... wrote:

Dear Father Donald,

I am delighting in your blog entry for the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, and followed the link you provided:

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/01_1.cfm especially of that to the

history of the 'Monogram for the Holy Name' (that is a little further down the page).

'IHS' - sent me searching amongst my 'buttons & badges' collections of medallions, found on market

stalls over past years and, sure enough, there were two (see attached photos - front / back).

What a wonderful reflection this feast will add to the prayer to 'Our Father, Hallowed be Thy Name...'

Thank you for again taking me deeper into the mystery of the Holy Name of Jesus.

If I might find an old oak tree that I could carve this Name for all who pass by...

... in Our Lord,

William

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HE AND i, Gabrielle Bossis

1937

December - 24 - Midnight Mass.

"Enjoy it. Nothing must be lost of what I suffered for you in My passion. Bring everything into the inner stillness. Offer Me to Myself. "

I was in spirit inside the wounds of His hands and as I was astonished to find myself entirely enclosed, He said to me,

"My wounds can hold the entire world. Stay there

(on His heart),

Say nothing. Let us exchange our sufferings and love in secret. . . I live you. My child, live Me. "Christmas - "Don't you live enfolded in Love? Give Me all. Everything. . . Love Me. Make amends for all the ways others are going to offend Me tonight. "

St.-John-and-Jesus-at-the-Last-Supper

December - 27 - Feast of St. John, who leaned on His heart.

"Tell Me that with every breath of yours you breathe the love of My heart. What priceless treasure for you!"

1942

Feb 12 ; Let your ear always be on the alert to listen to Me. You will hear. When John leaned on My heart, he heard its secrets. If he had not shown me this gesture of tenderness, would he ever have heard? I am like the shy person - I have to wait for you to make the first move."

1945

December 27 - "If you have to make sacrifices to reach Me, don't worry about them. I'm in you. I’ll shoulder their weight. If you find no words to express your love, keep silent and I in you will speak to Myself. If you can't keep your thoughts on Me, come back to Me as soon as you notice this, gently, without bitterness against yourself. Since I can put up with you, you can surely put up with yourself. Transmute this into an opportunity of being humble. Oh, never miss one of such blessed opportunities. My little girl humble. . . What a joy for Me!

You understand, I see all that's going on inside you. I can fathom you. Don't parents see right through their little child? And I. . . Shouldn't that hearten you? Shouldn't it help your inner life? I'm at rest in your soul.

At the beginning of Creation, God walked in the Garden of Eden and talked with your first parents. There was God and there was man. Now it is the God - Man, and He is in you, still nearer, since He took on human nature. What oneness, My child! Think of it. If you understood better, your heart would melt with love. "

"Lord, give me the grace to understand better. "

"Ask St. John to help you. It's his feast day today. Although I left him on the day of My ascension, he went on living with Me right to the end of his life on earth. Ask him for the tender faithfulness that won so much light for him. And trust. "

1948

May - 27 - Corpus Christi. - "Lord, I want so much to work for "Your desires."

"Take your place near Me where John is as I invent My Eucharist. Look at My happiness. I seem to forget even My fearful passion that is about to begin, so completely am I engulfed in the love of man. Not just the Eleven, but all the people to come, even to the very last at the end of time. You understand, it's as though I took everyone - all of you - in My body, promising you to be members of it. The thirst for union with you is so great that I want to be consumed by you in order to merge our minds, our beings. I want to be your thinking and your doing.

Such love amazes you, and yet you can guess at only a very faint part of it. Does the flame of a torch give any idea of a conflagration?

There, near Me, in John's place, are you aware of My deep joy at having found a way of remaining among you - all of you who were not there that evening at the Last Supper. You whom I already love so much that I am ready to die a shameful death for you. You whose entire life will be accompanied by My Hosts, and whose death will be the sweeter for them.

And from your place - John's place - see how the apostles have already become new men – gentle and fervent. They believe. They possess Me. I already act in them as I shall act in you.

Can I be present and not make your cup of blessings overflow? Who is as rich as I? Who could desire your highest good more than I? Then help Me to fulfil this desire by asking the Father that all people allow Me to have My own way in them. If only they would consent to let Me come in. They are afraid to be seen. They have no time for anything but business; they have none for Me. They don't believe and they don't think about these things. They are scornful. Others believe, but hate Me and basely persecute all that they can in the ciborium.

You, My faithful friends, surround Me; adorn My tabernacles; comfort Me; respond to Love, in life, in death; wish to remain longer on earth in order to love Me the longer there. Others will come after you, but who will replace you? For Me each of you has a face, a path. Keep your face before My face and hasten along your path."

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Various Community Refectory pictures of the Last Supper.