Yesterday's Gospel reading of Jesus Christ's Holy Words according to St. John 15:9-17, were what I was going to ponder and share whatever insights before I let myself be distracted. Another night of sleep has passed, and another morning of waking up battling the effects of far too much physical pain on the body. Yet God's message breaks through the temporal externals, and Jesus' Living Word reaches and uplifts, always, the eternal human soul.
"Jesus said to His disciples: 'As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and remain in His Love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 'This is My commandment: love one another as I love you'"....
God bless His Real Presence in us!
Now to spend some stilled, silent time in the solitude of an early morning, to praise God and pray for the salvation of the world with whatever thoughts and words and feelings--or none--that come, what may or not.
