Messages From on High, Message 223

Title: "Rejections are the cornerstones of this Road."

(Notebook XXXV, pp. 49--53)

Live + Jesus

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Retreat, First Friday, August 1, 1997

Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,

This morning, Lord, as I awakened with Your new Gift(*) You have told me that the direction in which we go and obedience is very important. Otherwise, had You taken Your Vision off Calvary, You might have wandered a different path with Your Cross. To focus on our Father! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!! I place my Trust in You!!

The Road to Calvary, child, is a Road of Glory. It is paved with sin and sorrow and tears, all of which I have felt along the way under My Very Feet. [I understood that Jesus has walked the way for us: OVER our sin, OVER our sorrow and OVER our tears.] I have heard with My Ears all sorts of wailing and also taunts and jeers. I, of all men, could have walked away. For no mere man am I, but God as well. Divinity in humanity. Clearly. Distinct. Yet in oneness am I. I chose the Path to My Father’s will. I have had opportunities in which My Will, My Own Will was tested. My humanity cringed at the insult and yes, the hurts waged upon Me. Yet, I resisted. In the Name of My Father. That I should please His Will. That is My Mission and to bring with Me, souls. Souls to be presented to My Father.

O daughter, hear Me. I do not come to embarrass you any more than the

Father requested I enter this world to be publicly harassed and even

spit upon. It was all for a purpose: the Will of God. Now I enjoin

you to remain close to Me. Remain in the Company of these with whom I

surround you. Be support to one another and do be of good cheer. A

sorry face is a sad face. (Yes, Jesus!!) [I smile.]

And I HAVE placed a Joy within you, have I not? (Yes, Jesus. An ever-filling Joy. Thank You, Jesus.)

Be prepared, in the face of trial and conviction to be drawn ever closer here within My Heart. It is for this reason, child, that I have invited you for all these days here into the place in My Own Sacred Heart. (O, YES, Jesus!!)

And the soothing hand of My Mother. I give to you that which I did not have in My Time of Trial. (Yes, Jesus.)

And friends. Dear one, I give you friends. My own abandoned Me, save a few. But you, dear child of My Heart—to you I continue to give friends. For in no way can anyone of you be strong enough to bear the burden I have borne. So Perfect was My Sacrifice. Yet, I loan to those loved ones in My Midst, a part of My Crowning Glory, My Moment in Time Eternal, that together you might come to know more and more of My Love for you. Do you see, child? All the questions you have asked Me last night have come to completion now.(**) Here, you and I and My Mother will walk together to bring an army of hearts deeper into Me and through Me, into My Father’s House.

Rejections are the cornerstones of this road. Come, be marked by its

way. But as well along the Path are friends. Step out now with Me, and

let us continue our Journey. Amen. (Amen, Jesus. So be it. Amen. In

Love. You are Love. Amen.) +

(Mt. 13:54-58)

With Love, deeply in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

His Sarah

During Thursday Night Prayer in Chapel, Jesus had asked me to constantly pray His Name, no matter what! And as I prayed I could feel a pain on my scalp and a pressure, very heavy, pulling my head toward my chest. More than any "pain" was the agony of being alone. My face became distorted and I began to cry and perspire. Jesus consoled me with His Words of how He felt when He was on His Cross. I felt so abandoned by everyone, but I was with Him. I stayed even though Great Silence had started and I could "hear" everyone leave.

 

** When I went to my cell I asked Jesus why this had happened. I told Him that I felt "embarrassed" about what the Sisters might say. He told me to hold my head high, for any suffering in Him is a sharing in His Crown of Glory. Before leaving retreat I met with the Superior and the Assistant Superior. Both listened with their hearts, for I wanted them to know I didn’t want anyone to think I was trying to draw attention to me—for the "scene" of what I had experienced. They each only saw me sitting in chapel in an intense moment in prayer! One of them said she was the last to leave the chapel and my manner was most peaceful; that I had a mystical experience. A very beautiful moment in Jesus. A lasting moment in Jesus. Meaning and purpose in Jesus. Amen.

 


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