Day 2 of 33 Day Journey

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

St. John Paul II, as a young man, consecrated himself to Jesus through Mary and later wrote it was a “turning point”. Commenting on the call of Levi in the Gospel of Luke, Pope St. John Paul said:

…Listening to Christ and adoring him leads to courageous choices, to decisions that are at times heroic. Jesus makes demands, because he wants us to be authentically happy. He calls certain people to leave everything in order to follow him in a life as a priest or in a consecrated life. May those who hear this invitation not be afraid to answer “yes”, and may they generously follow him. But aside from particular vocations to a consecrated life, there is the vocation of every baptized person. It, too, is a vocation to that “high degree” of ordinary Christian life, which finds its expression in sanctity (cf. Novo millenio ineunte, At the beginning of the new millennium, 31).

So many of our contemporaries do not yet know God’s love or are trying to fill their heart with insignificant substitutes. It is thus urgent to be witnesses of the love contemplated in Christ… The Church needs authentic witnesses for the new evangelization: men and women whose lives have been transformed through their encounter with Jesus; men and women who are able to communicate this experience to others. The Church needs saints. We are all called to sanctity, and only the saints can renew humankind.

Some of us have made the choice to consecrate or re-consecrate ourselves, as saints before us have done. Let us continue to pray to the Holy Spirit and to Our Blessed Mother for the grace to persevere. For more, see HERE

 

[hazcompat]

Silent, secure in darkness, anticipating.

Peace

 

[MariaChristi]

Silent, secure in darkness, anticipating.

Peace

Dear hazcompat,

How very important silence is! It enables us to hear God’s “still small voice” and experience the security of faith in the darkness, anticipating Him Who gives us all we need!

Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of Your faithful, kindle in us, the Fire of Your Love.

Thanks again for your reply to this and other threads.