How has the miraculous medal helped you?

[BobCatholic]

It is important to love, but it is also very important to trust.

Trust what?

Momma Mary? Who doesn’t talk to me? Daddy (Abba)? Who doesn’t talk to me?

How are you doing with the commandments? “If you love me, keep my commandments.”
“Do unto others as you would have others do to you.” That spells lovable. And believing by doing spells trust. He gives us an easy way to know how to turn things around.

I go to confession frequently, and if I’m aware of mortal sin I’m there.

And Mary thru her miraculous medal, can lead you and make this possible to be one with Jesus. Just try it and trust.

How? It is signalling I’m dark. That’s how I see myself, that I’m dark inside.

 

[fred_conty]

Trust what?

Momma Mary? Who doesn’t talk to me? Daddy (Abba)? Who doesn’t talk to me?

I go to confession frequently, and if I’m aware of mortal sin I’m there.

How? It is signalling I’m dark. That’s how I see myself, that I’m dark inside.

Isn’t “dark” an emotion? I know that emotions are strong and are not always easy to handle, but Jesus did say that if you love me keep my commandments. That means that a person is pleasing to Jesus and not dark. Dark implies sin. So if you are going to the sacraments as you say, then you are light, bearing the light of Jesus within you.

Again this takes trust in what Jesus has told us. We trust his words.

A good practice is to say often, “Jesus I trust in you”. He would not lie to us.
Many a grace depends on our own disposition as preparation to receive grace which is the light and power of Jesus. So if we trust him and take him at his word, then that light of Jesus is really within us.

Just pray often, “Jesus I trust in you”.

 

[BobCatholic]

Isn’t “dark” an emotion? I know that emotions are strong and are not always easy to handle, but Jesus did say that if you love me keep my commandments. That means that a person is pleasing to Jesus and not dark. Dark implies sin. So if you are going to the sacraments as you say, then you are light, bearing the light of Jesus within you.

But I’m not in heaven, hence darkness. I don’t have the beatific vision. I don’t have conversations with God. I don’t have a personal relationship with God. I am temporally punished by God for Adam’s sin.

Again this takes trust in what Jesus has told us. We trust his words.

A good practice is to say often, “Jesus I trust in you”. He would not lie to us.
Many a grace depends on our own disposition as preparation to receive grace which is the light and power of Jesus. So if we trust him and take him at his word, then that light of Jesus is really within us.

Just pray often, “Jesus I trust in you”.

Jesus said I will have the cross. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I will have problems in life. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he is not going to give us everything we want. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I will suffer. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I can lose my salvation. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I can be spit out of his mouth. That is guaranteed, 100% trust.
Jesus said that life will be nothing but a series of sufferings. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said there are things that are lacking in his sufferings. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he doesn’t want to help temporally, he expects us to help temporally instead (Matthew 25). That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he did not take care of the temporal punishment for Adam’s sin (Romans 8). That is guaranteed. 100% trust.

 

[fred_conty]

But I’m not in heaven, hence darkness. I don’t have the beatific vision. I don’t have conversations with God. I don’t have a personal relationship with God. I am temporally punished by God for Adam’s sin.

Jesus said I will have the cross. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I will have problems in life. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he is not going to give us everything we want. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I will suffer. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I can lose my salvation. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said I can be spit out of his mouth. That is guaranteed, 100% trust.
Jesus said that life will be nothing but a series of sufferings. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said there are things that are lacking in his sufferings. That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he doesn’t want to help temporally, he expects us to help temporally instead (Matthew 25). That is guaranteed. 100% trust.
Jesus said he did not take care of the temporal punishment for Adam’s sin (Romans 8). That is guaranteed. 100% trust.

Thanks for your response.

In golf, sometimes a water hole comes up. And when about to hit a ball over the water, the one thing the pros tell a golfer to do is focus on the green and not on the water. Because a lot about golf is mental.

I think the same is true here as well. A lot of what we focus on makes a great deal of difference. If we focus on the many ways Jesus showed his love, then we will begin to love.

May Jesus be with you.