Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Like a lily among the thorns, so is my Love among the maidens... Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in His shade, and His fruit is sweet to my taste... (Song of Solomon 2:2-3)


 

The very thought of Thee...


 

Anima Christi - Soul of Christ


SOUL of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds, hide me.
Separated from Thee let me never be.
From the malignant enemy, defend me.
At the hour of death, call me.
To come to Thee, bid me,
That I may praise Thee in the company
Of Thy Saints, for all eternity.

Amen.

But he desired to eat from the pigs' field but no one would give him anything to eat... (Luke 15:16)


 

I do not speak on My own accord but according to Him who sent Me... But even if I judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me... (John 12:49; John 8:16)


 

Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to him through whom they come! It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble..." (Luke 17:1-2)


 

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me... A stranger they will not follow... I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one Shepherd... (John 10:27; John 10:5; John 10:16)


 

Which Jesus do you follow?

..and they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” (Revelation 6:16-17)


 

Do not answer a fool according to his folly or you will be likened to him yourself... There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens... A time to plant and a time to harvest what one plants... (Proverbs 26:4; Ecclesiastes 3)




Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away. When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up? No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn... (Matthew 13:24-30)