Advent is here and we are in our second day of preparing a beautiful 30 days in deeper communion with Jesus!
What does God have planned for you? Well you know it is a lot more than Egg Nog and lots of chocolate! Or the gifts you can’t wait to buy for others and to receive!
No good Catholic you and I both know that God has beautiful gifts and riches of grace that He would love to bestow on us if we would just spend some time in joyful hope… waiting for Him!
Jesus said over and over in the Gospel to wait, to be vigilant in preparation for Him and to WATCH!
Today is our second day of preparing and so we ask our Lord what He would like us to focus on.
Yesterday we reflected on were we felt we are spiritually right now.
Based on what I shared yesterday – especially about turning to things and people instead of Our Lord — for short term feel goods instead of waiting for grace…
So I feel led to pray for more faith, hope and love… I’ll expand on this tomorrow…
Also to pray for humility and trust!
Today is the day to pray about where God wants to fill your mind… with what riches…
If I am going to pray for more trust then of course I will spend some time meditating on Divine Mercy and St. Faustina’s Diary! A total treasure!
Pray today and ask God what Scriptures He wants you to focus on… what spiritual readings…
Maybe you have not been as devoted to Our Blessed Mother this year?
How about a daily Rosary… or a consecration to Our Lady –
I’m definitely going to spend much of Advent with Mary — queen of humility and faith!
Also take today to pray about the times you will pray… morning, noon evening?
For me morning is the best time… but I am also going to focus on creating an evening ritual of prayer that has been lacking for… basically always!
So pray pray pray today and be at peace and so much joy!
Knowing that whoever you are and however you have sinned this year… God wants you back and closer than ever to His Sacred Heart –
Actually He never left you!
Here is the reading that I meditated on in adoration today — I hope you are blessed and please share!
Divine Mercy Diary of St. Faustina # 133
St. Faustina says to Jesus:
“Jesus, it seems that You do not associate intimately with such wretched people as I”
Jesus says to St. Faustina
“Be at peace, My daughter, it is precisely through such misery that I want to show the power of My Mercy”
