Baruch
4:28 For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return again
you shall seek him ten times as much.
It is never too late to
convert!I was recently emailed with the
question, “Is it too late for me to convert?”Brethren, it is never too late to turn your heart wholly unto God.Take a look at the examples of some Saints
who did not start the race of life so great.These specific Saints such as Francis or Augustine, allow us to see,
just how great Gods mercy.It shows us
very concretely that if we turn our hearts wholly unto God we can change and become
new creatures in Christ.Therefore,
there are many potential Prodigal sons who keep from returning Home due to
fear.This fear is a result of self love
but we have hope from the Scriptures themselves!Yea, we can say the further we move from our Home
the more “thirstier” we get and thus those who once have abandoned Christ and
His Catholic Church have a great hope for what could be.
Our hearts will not rest until they
are in God’s.Yet it is pride which
keeps our feet moving in the opposite direction.In our pursuit of things we forget our
ultimate goal which is to be in the Presence of the Living God.We forget the fundamentals of what pleases
God.We have forgotten wholly as a
society the true principles which govern this pleasing of God and now we see
society slipping day by day into further madness.We pretend we are happy and yet the
statistics prove otherwise.We are a
society which is addicted to porn and club hopping.We are hooked on pills and cannot live in the
reality of our lives without alcohol.We
are hooked on prescription meds to artificially bring us “happiness”.The statistics demonstrate how more people
are committing suicide even amongst the youth and why?We have forgotten what truly makes us happy
and that is God Himself.On top of this
we cannot have God unless we hold His Faith which is Catholic alone.
Does your heart thirst yet again?I recall in my own conversion that very early
on I had a thrist for Him.I recall this
painful process of “not doing” those things I was accustom to do and needed
Divine assistance in order to draw more from His Well or Fountain.I would come to this Fountain thirsty and
drink a little only to turn around and fall yet again BUT I did not stop from
going back to this Well!I persisted and
my heart began to expand in Selfless Love.I saw others around me in a similar spiritual situation who would draw
only a few times never to be seen again.Thus, the question we all must ask is, “how bad do you really want to be
with God?”Who can look upon the face of
God in His Passion and not see how bad He wanted to be with us!And yet we are cruel unto Him.We forget Him we persist in our ways and yet
His Voice can still be heard this day calling out unto sinners for this return
Home.
Our minds have gone astray.Indeed, the enemy has sown seeds in our daily
lives which propose many challenges to our Faith.Many are asking these days, “what is
Catholic?”Due to Vatican II a good
number are still confused and to a certain degree it is not there faults.However, on another level I will argue it is
our fault and how so?You say you are
unsure of what is Catholic and yet you spend all your evenings in
distraction.You do not bother spending
time investigating and thus this shows me you do not thirst!You say you do but the reality is you do not
care for Catholic truth.You
purposefully allow your minds to wander off by watching the “Dancing with the
Stars” marathon all night and you say “I am confused”!Well, what are you doing about it?The souls in hell have no more time to get
this right brethren.Yet we think we can
spend the whole weekend watching football and rely upon our bishops to get this
right?Far from it, folks.Unfortunately most of the Bishops are worse
off than the laymen that is the sad reality of our times.
Thus, how can we correct erroring
minds?Where your heart is there also is
your treasure.Some of you have buried
your treasure so deep that you can no longer find it.You keep it hidden from your neighbor because
you conceal your self love.Thus, one of
the most fundamental things we can do is simply “get away”.This is why I preach getting away for at
least an hour so you can pray and dialogue with God.The more you walk alone with Christ the
better you will get to know yourself.The more you will begin to see what you have concealed in your buried
treasure.We must stay close to
Faith.We must stay close to Mary, who,
will take our hands, like a little child and guide us away from our erroring
ways.Indeed, erroring minds have
misplaced hearts to match!Therefore,
the answer for our times is the Sacred Heart of Christ.Christ, is our model and Mary is the guide of
this Fortress of the Soul.Her
Immaculate Heart knows every inch of this Fortress and shall guide you through
the interior life leading you through purification, illumination and ultimately
into the Oneness of God in the spiritual Marriage.It is true we are all not called unto earthly
marriage but there is not one person who has not been willed to come unto this
Spiritual Marriage.
Take advantage of the time given.Souls who were once in error will find upon
their return a deep desire to seek Him alone.We fall but His grace gets us up.Do not abuse His mercy and grace but at the same time realize the
process within is just that a process.You must work at it.There are no
cliff notes to the interior life it is one battle after the next in our attempt
to move forward within this Fortress of the Soul.Our ultimate goal in Union with God and therefore
we must cast aside all self love.We
must violently shake off error and return to the land of Truth.Christ has said those who love Him would look
for even that one lost sheep and yet how much does that one lost sheep look for
Christ?How many times have we denied
those who attempted to get us back on track?How many times have traditionalists tried to open the eyes of those in
the Novus Ordo only to be called heretical or schismatic!It will be a rough day for these Popes,
prelates and priests who have been suggesting such for darkness can only endure
for a short while and then the Light come in the morning to expose.And thus it is through Mary the Destroyer of
all heresy who is coming to squash the Vatican II Revolution beneath her loving
and protecting feet.
Let us all pray for an increase in fervor
for Truth Himself and the retention thereof.How much do you value Truth?Enough to stay in a state of grace for only a few days? A few
weeks?Examine your actions and you will
find that you do not Love the truth as you say you do.Accuse yourself and see that you are willing
to give away the Living God over such trivial desires.Yea, all you have to do is quit turning your
back on God and simply turn around to see Home and alas you shall you begin to
move your feet more rapidly in that direction.You will find as you return Home that your feet will begin to
quicken.You will see as the tears of
repentance roll down your face that you are RUNNING Home because your heart is
being filled ten fold.In the end, God
gives truth for He is Truth but he does not force this WANT (which comes on our
end) that we must have for His truth.Within
the soul runs the Highway of Love which has two streets.Does your street run against the Living God
or does your car flow with His traffic?His Love is not a ONE WAY DEAD END STREET brethren for He is
ETERNAL!Love’s highway is an endless spring
trip.His Sacred Heart never runs out of
“real estate” thus let us begin anew this day and seek him out, amen.
