Prepare for Miracles...
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It is a time of great miracles and outpouring of grace from the Holy Spirit. When you feel overwhelmed by the evil, do this...
Take a moment and ask the Lord to shower down His Holy Spirit. Into your life. Into the lives of your loved ones. For the ones who seem strong. For the ones who seem lost...
It is time for transformation. Metanoia. I have personally seen miracles and conversion unlike anything I have seen in my lifetime. I expect that there will be more.... much more.
Surely, it is no accident that St. Joseph features so prominently this year. We sometimes forget that he was not a passive or weak man. He was physically, mentally, and spiritually robust. He knew how to wield axe and a sword. How to build a home. And how to defend a family.
The kids and I are using a series on mental prayer created by Fr. Dave Nix. And in the series, he teaches the cataphatic way of prayer that St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Teresa of Avila both used. It uses the gift of imagination to lead the soul to relationship and understanding of Christ.
We are a just beginning and so are spending time in the Gospel of Matthew... still in the cave of Bethlehem. Today, I was blessed by the powerful image of the face of St. Joseph, his face illuminated, his rough hands holding a single candle that illuminated his beautiful family.
As I rested at the feet of Blessed Mother and her Infant King (because her maternal love emboldens the timid heart to approach), she turned to me and asked "Would you like to hold Him?" And as I imagined holding the Christ Child, I felt encompassed by the protection of St. Joseph, whose physical presence was magnified by the Divine purpose for which He was created.
Even in these uncertain times, devils flee in the presence of Joseph, who was chosen by Christ to care for and defend Him from infancy...
Be prepared for the miracles of 2021. And don't be afraid if they sometimes feel like riding on the back of a donkey, sleeping in a manure-scented cave, fleeing through Egypt, and doing the daily rough work of a faithful servant of Love.
St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, ora pro nobis 🔥