"Adoration is a furnace and a forge. The soul called to a life of adoration must expect to suffer the intensity of the fiery furnace, and the reshaping of all that is misshapen in her in the forge of My Divine Will. For this to happen, it is enough that the soul offers Herself to My love and remain humble, peaceful, and quiet as I purify and transform My Presence.
(St. Agatha's Parish, Canastota, NY)
If only souls
knew the power to purify and to transform that emanates from My tabernacles! If
only My priests knew this they would hasten into My presence and remain there, waiting
for Me to do in them what,
of themselves, they cannot do. It is
the simple prayer of adoration that renders a priest fit for the sacred
ministry by giving him a pure heart and by correcting all that is incompatible
with My Divine Holiness and with My Priestly Love in his life. This way of
holiness through adoration is a secret revealed to My saints in ages past, and
it is a gift that I am offering My priests in these times of impurity,
persecution, and darkness.
For impurity, I will give them a shining purity that will blaze before the eyes of the world as a testimony to Divine Love. For persecution I will give them a manly strength and resoluteness of purpose that will confound those who plot their downfall. For darkness I will give them a clear light by which to order their steps and see what choices are pleasing to My Heart."
Time spent in My presence is not time wasted. It is the ground and support of every word spoken by My priests in the exercise of their ministry; it is the secret of a priestly action that is supernaturally fruitful, bearing fruit that will last.
(Excerpted from Holiness Through Adoration - one of 28 articles included in I Thirst For Your Love)
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