Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

(St. Anthony Claret)

Jesus said: “My people, all of humanity has been made in My Image and you are worth more to Me than the animals because you have a soul and you have been given free will and an intellect. You have some behaviors which are instinctive, but your soul and free will must have an intention in your heart before you perform any action. It is this process of decision making that makes you accountable to Me for all of your actions. If you have a properly formed conscience of what is right and wrong without any rationalizations, then you know when you have done a good deed or you have committed a sin. I have given everyone My Ten Commandments as a guide to proper living in loving Me and loving your neighbor. It is obedience to My Will and My Commandments that is necessary to follow Me into heaven. Being obedient to Me, your authorities, and your spiritual advisor should have been taught to you from your childhood. I have given you My sacrament of Reconciliation in order to confess your sins and renew My grace in your soul. Some want to always be in control of their lives and do things the way they please, but that may not be in conformance with My laws. When you accept following My Will in your daily consecration, you give up your ways to be obedient to My ways. Putting yourself in obedience to your spiritual advisor means that you want to relinquish your control over to Me. I want you to be obedient to Me more out of love than just out of fear of punishment. When you act out of love from the heart, you will be imitating more how I lived on this earth. When you act out of selfishness, meanness, or revenge, your actions could lead to sinful things without love in your heart. When you live in the love of obedience, you will have peace in your soul. This is the peace that I give you, and you need to guard this peace from all earthly and demonic temptations and desires. Let Me lead you in love in all of your daily actions of the will, and you will be preparing your soul to be with Me in heaven for all eternity.”