Scripture Reading Psalm 18:26-31 at beginning of meeting - "Toward the faithful you are faithful, toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted, toward the sincere you are sincere, but toward the crooked you are astute; for lowly people you save but haughty eyes you bring low; you indeed, O Lord, give light to my lamp; O my God, you brighten the darkness about me; for with your aid I run against an armed band, and by the help of my God I leap over a wall. God's way is unerring, the promise of the Lord is fire-tried; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him."
Prophecy - "I have brought you together tonight in unity of my Spirit that you all may be one in me. Remain united, remain as one. You are all unique and I need each one of you with all your gifts. My little ones, these times are going to be very difficult and I need you to bind together. I need you to pray for one another. I need you to use your gifts, your God given gifts, to lead my people back to me. Remember, you are all unique and I made you that way. You cannot all be a hand or a foot or a mouth or an eye. My little ones, I need you as a whole, as my body. Stay united. The enemy is fiercely trying to divide you and separate you. I need you to stay strong. Be courageous. Be united in one Spirit and I will see you through every difficult time that is coming. I will provide for all your needs. I will give you more of my Spirit as you need and do not be silenced. Speak my word to those I send you. Be my mouthpiece. Be strong and stay united. I love you, my little ones, and I chose each one of you for a mighty purpose. Together, together we will stay strong and we will conquer any evil that may come at you. ?? Lord bless my little ones. You are my beloved chosen ones."
Confirmation - I can confirm. The Lord was showing me the Spirit and the unity when we were praising. It's like when you're dancing with someone and you're in sync with the same step like a waltz and that's how the praise is in the total unity, the whole body just moving together with the Spirit. It was like an intimate moment with our Lord then.
Scripture Reading Matthew 12:17-21 - "This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will send my Spirit on him and he will announce my judgement to the nations. He will not argue or shout or make loud speeches in the streets. He will not break off a bent reed nor put out a flickering lamp. He will persist until he causes justice to triumph and upon him all people will put their hope."
Scripture Reading John 15:5-10 - "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from me, you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire and are burned. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that if you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love."
Word of Knowledge - The Lord is freeing us to have the boldness to grow in the gifts.
Scripture Reading John 14:15-17 - "If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever, that Spirit of truth whom the world can never receive since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you."
Prophecy - "Stop being anxious. Be anxious for nothing but bring all your petitions to me with praise and thanksgiving. Stop being afraid, stop being afraid. Get in my word. Stop being afraid. I am still in charge, my children. I am still in charge. You are my beloved children. I am looking after you. I am looking over you. So be anxious for nothing but bring your petitions to me with praise and thanksgiving."
This is the third day that I'm getting this message, "Be still and know that I am God," and "to be strong."
St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church - Holiness in the Spirit. 1347 - 1380. She was one of 24 children. Catherine was a lay person, had compassion for the poor. Known to have the gift of tears. She was never afraid to give the truth. She said what kept Jesus on the cross was his love for us. At 6 years of age, Jesus appeared to her; at the age of 7 she took a vow of virginity. She spent 3 years in deep prayer - a secluded life. She learned the importance of solitude. She wrote about the cell of the heart where all of us could retreat to and spend precious time with God. She was deeply moved by Jesus revealing his great thirst for the salvation of souls and how we can satisfy his thirst by the good news with others. The Mass was central with her walk with God. She had many mystical experiences. The Father spoke to her about many things including that Jesus was the bridge to heaven and salvation. In her late 20's, she received the stigmata. She was known as a powerful preacher and exercised the charisms of the Holy Spirit. She had a dangerous ministry of peacekeeping between warring factions. She is most known for her intervention into Church politics - convinced Pope Gregory XI to move the papacy back to Rome. As a result, she was later invited to Rome to be an advisor to Pope Urban VI and his cardinals. She is sometimes called the Prophetess of the Blood of Christ - the power of the Blood of Christ to save souls. She could read souls; she saw the weaknesses and the strengths. She loved them as God loved them. She had an exchange of hearts with Christ. For Catherine, holiness is knowing who Jesus Christ is and who I am. Holiness is recognizing I am really nothing but knowing that with Jesus Christ who is blessing me in everything I can do anything. If you were what you should be, you would set the world ablaze. That's holiness: being what was meant to be. With every action, with every thought, with every movement we have to love the other person as a creature whom God is madly in love with. We need to ask for her help. She'll definitely give it.
When Joan's oldest granddaughter was a toddler, she asked St. Therese of Lisieux to pray for her and look after her. When she became rebellious, Joan asked St. Therese if she had forgotten about her. And then, all of a sudden, something would happen like the time Joan received a bouquet of flowers and Joan knew that St. Therese was praying for her. Along the way, incidents like this happened and helped Joan. On Oct 3rd of this year, the Feast of St. Therese, Joan had just finished her prayer time and she thought she'd send a text to her granddaughter to tell her this was St. Therese's feast day. She started typing the text and at that moment, Joan felt that St. Therese was smiling at her granddaughter. Joan included this in the text. A few minutes after the text was sent, the granddaughter replied, "Wow, just this morning, I received acceptance into a law firm and here is the email that was sent to me." The email was so positive and beautiful. Joan shared all this because many of us may be praying for our family. Joan said not to give up, not to give up praying because God is faithful. He will answer and he has given us his saints and angels to back us up and to intercede....more power.
Natalie saw a doctor about pain and possible lump in breast. Doctor confirmed that there was a lump there. Had a diagnostic mammogram and ultra sound. They found no lump and said everything looked normal. Thank you Lord for the cancellation that the tests could be done sooner and praise and thanksgiving that lump was no longer there.
Marilyn praised and thanked the Lord that Kevin who had emergency surgery last week got to the doctors just in time and he's doing very well. Marilyn and Fr. Michael are also very grateful that all is going well with Vincent. Also, with all that's going on with COVID, Kevin and Vincent are receiving wonderful care from the nurses and doctors.
A praise report from Joe - he is back being a spiritual care volunteer at the hospital. They had been shut down for at least 18 months and it's good to be there again in the name of the Lord.
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