Holy Spirit of God, help me be open and obedient to your plans and purposes…

 
Luke 1:38 – 47 & Matthew 21: 28 - 32

 
Elisabeth, Mary, Joseph and Zechariah – all of these believing and faithful individuals have these things in common: - They were purely open and obedient to the will of God;  each one was habitually contemplative and meditated on God’s word any time, in any place; Each was graced to be given a task that was out of the ordinary, that birthed the Word of God into the world; Each one waited long years for the fulfillment of God’s promises, plans, and purposes through their part in his special work of salvation of human kind.  Today, as then, God long to bring to birth is plans and presence, that is, his mercy, within our own lives, and through us to the world at large.  Will I, like these two holy couples align my being with God’s will? Holy Spirit of God, help me be open and obedient to your plans and purposes.
 
Happy are those … whose delight is in the law of the Lord…they are like streams planted by streams of water, that yield their fruit in its season.  (Psalm 1:1,2)
 
Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful and loving infusion of God which, if admitted will set the soul on fire with the spirit of love.
St John of the Cross.
 
Watch “You Are Mine” , David Haas.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pPevY5sd8
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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