Prophetic Words & Scripture Readings at Live Stream August 20, 2025

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good.

Prophecy - "Rejoice in the name of Jesus."

Prophecy - "Yes, my little ones, rejoice for I am in your midst.  Yes, I am here with all of you.  I am right here in the middle.  My little ones, look at me.  I am so pleased, so pleased to be gathered with you tonight.  My love for you is unending.  My love for you is so great, I cannot withhold it.  Open wide your heart and receive my love.  I am also the Prince of Peace.  Let me bring peace and joy in your hearts.  Yes, rejoice my little ones. We are one.  We are one.  Thank-you, thank you for accepting my invitation.  Thank-you for allowing me to come and be with you.  How blessed you are, my chosen ones, how very blessed you are!"

Scripture Reading Matthew 6:25-34 - "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.  Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not worth much more than they?  And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?  And why are you worried about clothing?  Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you?  You of little faith!  Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'  For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Scripture Reading Sirach 40:12-17, Injustice Will Not Prosper - "All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will last forever.  The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a river, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a storm.  As a generous person has cause to rejoice, so lawbreakers will utterly fail.  The children of the ungodly put out few branches; they are unhealthy roots on sheer rock.  The reeds by any water or river bank are plucked up before any grass; but kindness is like a garden of blessings, and almsgiving endures forever."

Teaching

Bishop Robert Barron spoke on Matthew 20:1-16, The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard.  This parable unmasks or sheds light upon certain darknesses in our soul, certain resistances to God. 

Let's say we've been at it our whole life long, honoring God and trying to be a good person.  And suppose there's someone at the very end of life, after living a terrible life of deep sin, etc., repents.  They get the same reward.  They both get to heaven.  Do we think, "Is that fair, is that just?"  

How about the good thief, St. Dismas, who was crucified alongside Jesus?  At the very end of his life, he reaches out to Jesus.  Jesus said, "Today, you will be with me in Paradise."

St. Catherine of Siena said, "Because Jesus said he himself is the way, then the way to heaven is itself heaven."  The love we demonstrate all life-long is preparing us for the fullness of life in heaven. (i.e. Mother Teresa)  We are given the enormous privilege of participating in the divine life all our lifelong.  The good thief didn't have that grace, that opportunity.  

We must see the path of love as itself already an anticipation of heaven.  Love is what heaven is.  To love is to will the good of the other.  Mercy/love trumps justice.  We have given the opportunity to love all our life.

What love does is that it burns away any preoccupation with "Who deserves it more, Who's worked harder".  Let this parable shine its light upon the darkness in us, which just means an absence of love.

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