GUIDELINES FOR SALVATION

One of the great means to come to love your fellow people is not to listen about their shortcomings.  When our human nature learns about the sins of others, it abhors not the sins but the persons who have committed them.

Whoever sets oneself in a grave danger of sin, has already become guilty of a grave sin.  It is a mortal sin to place oneself in such a grave danger without justifiable reason.  Whoever does not avoid a proximate occasion of sin commits a grave sin, unless that occasion was necessary.

When you find yourself in an unavoidable proximate occasion of a mortal sin, you should above all, pray God to be with you and to help you.  You should act hurriedly in the least possible way, and recall to your mind the Last Things, for these have a divine power on the will.

From the Writings of St.George Preca, the Maltese Saint.

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April 26, 1945
Gabrielle: 'Lord, Your poor little girl, Your poor image is here before you, yearning for You with all the strength of her being.'

Jesus: "Have you noticed how people talk among themselves, discussing all their personal affairs? They spend so much time this way and it does them so little good. Don't you think that if they gave themselves to Me, their Friend, I should rejoice to have My place in their thoughts and I should know how to reward their confidence in abundance?

Don't you think that it would create a moment-to-moment intimacy between them and Me, and this would be a joy for them, because close to Me their lives would lose their tension.

You understand? It would be life together with Me- I carrying the heavy end of things. So again I say: speak with Me, My little ones. Speak with Me. And our hearts will Merge. Isn't this the aim of My Christians? Isn't that why you want to die? Then begin living this heart-oneness. Seize upon every opportunity. Find every pretext. You aren't bold enough. For some of you it is because you are indifferent.

But My close friends, why, why don't they call to Me from their heart's depths? If only their belief were less like unbelief! If their hope were fixed upon My help ... And if, in all simplicity, their love loved Me more. I should be there looking after everything in their day, and when night fell, their eyes would close again on My face."

From the Spiritual Journey of the Mystic Gabrielle Bossis: “HE AND I”. Also found on my Blog at: http://wordofgodalmighty.blogspot.com/

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GOD’S  PERSONAL  GIFT  AT THE  ARRIVAL  OF  EVERY  NEW  BABE

Whilst praying, meditating or writing about the Word of God, for Talks or for posting on the facebook, I praise God … not by word of mouth … but by listening and appreciating, HIS beauty, HIS marvellous creations; by listening to music which is to my liking.

Right now I am listening to the  Piano Concerto no.2, by the Irish composer, John Field, the second movement, ‘Il poco adagio’. This music is a Prayer in itself, not because it is a religious work, but, listening to it, it creates, for me, an atmosphere of peace, mental, interior peace,  peace of soul. It seems to transform me and carry me to a corner in heaven. (I suggest you download this concerto or buy the CD … you will not regret it.)

I reflect and think.

If man has been given the ability, the capacity to create such beauty, such enjoyment, which brings peace to your heart and mind … then, what can GOD do, God who created all.  After all; this charisma, this talent which the composer … all composers, all artists have … all human beings have, is a great GIFT, personally  given by God Himself.

I imagine God, at the birth of every babe, or should I say at the conception, going  down (humanly speaking), and kissing the new-born; on the mouth if later on in life this child is going to be a great singer, an orator, like John Chrysostom, golden tounged; He kisses the fingers to give the GIFT to artists: painters, sculptors, pianists, conductors, surgeons … an endless list. I imagine HIM kissing the heart of mothers-to-be, making them strong in heart and ever loving, to the point of death.

Whatever the case, GOD gives each and every person, every new-born, a GIFT, a charisma. It is up to us to find what that GIFT is, and use it well to give glory to God. When we use that God-given Gift, we will be showing HIM how much we have appreciated such a gift. God shows us His appreciation by giving us more GIFTS.

By sharing our God-given GIFTS with others we will be helping so that His Kingdom will come, because we will be reflecting God’s Beauty, His Majesty, His Power, all His attributes and there will be Peace on earth.

Pray God frequently to grant you the grace to deny yourself, to persuade yourself of your

own nothingness.  Kempis (the author of the book 'The Imitation of Christ') says: 'Desire

ardently not to be known, and to be held as nothing in the eyes of others.'  Abhor the

din and turmoil of the world.

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April 20, 1945 - Le Fresne. At church.

Gabrielle:      ‘I had seen flowers of all kinds at the edge of a ditch.’

Jesus:     "You see how insurgent the spring is! Let a spring­tide of love in your soul blossom out in good deeds of every color. I shall look lovingly at them just as you looked at the flowers in the underbrush. Tell yourself that love alone can make fresh wonders spring forth.

Then give yourself to Love so that Love may pos­sess you. Don't divide yourself into two - one part for you and the other for Me - since I long to have all of you and cherish this hope.

Your love quenches My thirst. I am most demanding: you see I want My chil­dren to be wholly and utterly Mine at every moment. So don't withhold a thing. Don't take anything of yourselves away. You would steal from Me if you did, because everything is Mine.

If I require this of you it is because My yearning for you is a consuming fire. And My yearning is born of My love. Do you understand? Do you at last believe? Do you acknowledge My power to love? And if Mine is a love beyond all others, then how could you fail to go beyond your usual ways of loving to make your home in the higher realms - the realms where all is simplicity in our oneness. Above all when you know that it is there that I'm waiting for you and that great is My need to Meet you.

Meditate on this need of Mine and you will call to mind that it is in your power to give Me this alms. Then remember the value of a free gift - the gift of oneself ­when offered out of tenderness. What inexpressible joy will be His who receives it. He will multiply His bless­ings so that the one that receives them will be lost in wonder and gratitude. 'What have I done to deserve the kindness of My God?' he will ask. And I shall reply, 'You loved Him with all your strivings and you let Him love you'"

From the Spiritual Journey of the Mystic Gabrielle Bossis:  “HE AND I”. Also found on my Blog at:  http://wordofgodalmighty.blogspot.com

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April 12, 1945, in the train station at Angers.

Gabrielle:   ‘Coming from Paris I had a seat in spite of the dense crowd’.
Jesus:  "You see what great care I take of My own. Even in the tumult I draw them into solitude where the heart is on the alert to hear the Beloved. Didn't I say to them in the past, 'When I sent you out without purse or staff did you lack anything?' And they answered, '’Nothing"

Gabrielle:   'Lord, it is often l who am lacking.'
Jesus:     "For these omissions humble yourself, and don't be astonished by them. Wish to be cured of this lack of carefulness in My service. Take frequent stock not only of the value of your actions, but above all, of the value of your motive in doing them - the forthrightness of your will to glorify Me.

Perhaps if you paid attention more often to what you do for Me, you would intensify your fervor and tender­ness. You would be more faithful in the details - these precious details that can earn so much. They are the specks of goodness that fill life....You get the picture -the invisible grains of sand that make up the im­mense Sahara.

Take great care in the very little things, My Gabrielle. Say to yourself, 'They are made to the Measure of My little nature', and this thought will keep you humble.

Have you noticed how often the work of the hum­ble has to be done again? Put all your heart into it, knowing that you please Me, and since you want to live for Me, since you want to see everything in rela­tion to Me, and pattern your life after Me, then con­sider how short the time is that remains for you on earth. You can give Me glory in that time. Give it to Me unstintingly,"

From the Spiritual Journey of the Mystic Gabrielle Bossis: HE AND I