St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Thursday, October 16, 1997
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
In this moment, my Lord, my heart is breaking. And the tears are flowing down my
face. O Lord! Jesus! I read of your dinner with the Pharisees and legal
scholars and how You were treated. How they waited to trap You. And so You
stated the Truth and left. In this morning's "Living Faith" it
says: "St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, apostle of the Sacred Heart, was thought
by some of the nuns in her convent to be possessed by a devil. They avoided her and
sprinkled Holy Water in her direction when they had to pass by her. Yet she
maintained a calm serenity through it all, trusting that God would vindicate her.
And He did." O Lord, I see how even as we struggle for unity, we attack
one another. We tend to desire to hold high the image of our own opinion, and worse,
judgment of one another, rather than to focus on You, my Lord. May we be drawn to
the Flames of Your Most Sacred Heart. May we join St. Margaret Mary in saying:
"Thanks be to God, I am poor in every respect, and I desire to be rich only in the
pure Love of His Sufferings and Humiliations: Jesus, His Love and His Cross
constitute all the happiness of Life." ["Thoughts and sayings" for
October 16; II, 247.] Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.
How easily My people turn from Me. (Lord?)
Child, it is I, your Lord. Will you record My Speech, My Word, My Way? O
lamb, you are My worthy scribe. (My Jesus, only by Your Grace. Only as
Abba has made me capable. Only as the Holy Spirit of Truth fills my being.
Only by the sweet intercession of Mary and all the angels and saints. All is
by You, O God, nothing is by me.)
Sweet lamb, hear Me and record. (Yes, my Sweet Lord!! O! How I Love
You, Jesus!!)
Lambs, hear Me. I instruct you now. It is true that I was chastised by
those around Me. There is free will. And all too often, free will interferes with
its very self. It becomes its own distraction. Thoughts are carried as if as a
conversation with self. You convince yourself of your own worthiness, exclusive of
the fact that all worthiness is gained by My Sacrifice on the Cross. For This
Sacrifice was so pleasing to the Father, that His Mercy endures forever and rushes now,
upon each of you to wash you clean of all your sin. A repentant heart. That is
the only membership at This Font of Life.
Would I talk about My enemies? No. Would I condemn a one? No.
Would I present for your scrutiny, the heart of another? Children, you have
enough difficulty with the condition of your own heart, no less the condition of your
neighbor's heart. I see hearts clearly. Do you? The hearts are My
Father's property. They come to Him by Me. What is your concern, then?
Child: it should be your own heart.
Lambs, hear Me. I take advantage of My Own Words to you this day, yes, my
Gospel. [I understand to indicate here.] (Yes, Lord: Luke 11:47-54.)
Now lambs, hear Me. When have YOU tried to trip Me up? When have YOU
tried to trick Me. When have YOU plotted against Me? When you have done it to
the least of My brothers and sisters, you have done it to Me. You say you must form
a judgment. Of facts, perhaps. Of decisions, perhaps. But to judge one
another is wrong. Love the sinner, not the sin. Children, I say to Love one
another. Therefore, I say do not judge one another. The actions that come into
your life are the rights or wrongs you decide to follow or avoid. The PERSON of the
right or the wrong deed is NOT for your judgment. Be clear about that in your heart.
Do not judge one another.
Lambs! O! How I would like to put to rest all falsehood. All lie.
But there is free will. Again on its own path. Where will the path
lead? Perdition? Or Heaven. For in the end, there is only that choice.
Lambs, release one another from bondage. Your thoughts prevent you from
living in true harmony. You pray to be forgiven as you forgive. Would you
truly like to see what you are not forgiving? It would pain your heart like a stab
wound.
All that separates you from Me is your willingness To follow ME or for you to
continue as you are, aside of Me. For you are aside of Me if you judge one another.
But see.....I continue to walk among you. I am Hope. I am Love. I
am Faith. Come follow Me. Purely. Wholly. Be in Me as I am in
thee. Purely. Wholly. Being in Me is a challenge. But
nothing is impossible in Me. Recall all I teach you. Learn. Grow.
BE in Me.
Unity will never occur unless you relinquish your heart to Me. Your mouth to
Me. Your mind to Me. Your Way to Me. My Way becomes your way. My
Life becomes your own. True Life cannot exist in a closed heart. Cast away all
the blockages. It is simple: In one act of willingness. Offer
yourself to Me and declare, "Jesus I trust in You." Now and forever,
lambs: One in Me. As I am in thee. Reserve nothing from Me. Give to Me
all you have. Consecrate your being to Me. I will make you whole.
[Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, composed by St. Margaret Mary.....]
O Sacred Heart of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to Thee I consecrate and offer up
my person and my life, my actions, trials and sufferings, that my entire being may
henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my
irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy Love, renouncing with
my whole heart all that can displease Thee.
I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my
life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation
for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be
Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from
His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and
malice, and placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine
infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee.
Imprint Thy pure Love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be
separated from Thee. I beseech Thee through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my
name be engraved on Thee, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live
and to die as one of Thy devoted servants. Amen.
(Romans 3:21-29; Psalm 130:1-6; Luke 11:47-54)
With Love, in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
His Sarah