Monday, February 27, 2023

Monday, February 27, 2023

Monday, February 27, 2023: (St. Gregory of Narek)

Jesus said: “My people, feeding the poor with your donations of food or money should be one of your corporal works of mercy, as your Lenten almsgiving. You can give donations to your local food shelf so they can distribute the food to the needy people. In today’s Gospel I was telling the people that every time that you help someone, you are helping Me in them. I was even saying that those people, who help others, will be rewarded in heaven. But those people, who do not make an effort to help others, did not help Me, and they will suffer in hell for not loving Me. So if you want to love Me, you must love your neighbor also, and not just in words, but in your actions of helping them. This will be a harsh judgment, because when you die, you will have to make an accounting for all of your life’s actions and intentions in front of Me as your Judge.”

Jesus said: “My people, you have been having a few ice storms and it caused tree limbs to fall on the power lines so you had some power outages. My refuges need to have alternate sources of heat, and even other homes should also have backup heaters in the winter. You have used kerosene burners with some ventilation because it consumes oxygen. You also want a carbon monoxide detector so this does not harm your breathing. If you use a wood burning fireplace, it would be best to have an insert in your chimney. The insert gives a 70% efficiency vs. a 10% efficiency without an insert. This keeps most of the heat in the house and not going up the chimney. You also may want to have a light source as LED lanterns with rechargeable batteries. You could use oil lamps or other means of producing light at night like candles. When your electricity is out, these are some helps to keep warm and light at night even if your electricity is out for a long time. Pray that your refuge builders have these preparations because you may have to endure less than 3½ years of the tribulation without electricity.”