Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

[The following article, penned by a dear friend and faithful Catholic, was first published more than four and a half years ago in the December 2017 issue of The Patriot (Volume 8, Issue 2). I am re-posting it here with permission and at his request. This is one man's attempt to wake us up. It needs to be heard and heeded.] JESUS’ WARNING TO US I, Jesus, speak to you, the people of the United States, individually and as a nation. I have witnessed civil conflict after civil conflict, war after war, Mortal Sin after Mortal Sin. I have witnessed the breaking of each of the Ten Commandments. More and more people are denying Me, are indifferent to Me. I have been profaned. My Mother Mary has been ridiculed and the object of jokes. Moral corruption on all levels of the political, social and religious strata is ubiquitous. People are scandalized by all of this. I have held my anger back because I love each and every one of you and I want you to join Me in Heaven. But time is getting...

Less than 25 per cent of Catholics who attend Sunday Mass, we have been told by pollsters, believe in the Real Presence of our Lord in the Eucharist. Even fewer ever visit Him during the week or outside of Sunday Mass - this despite our Lord's unending invitation that we come and quench His thirst for our love. (Image Source - Wikimedia Commons ) For those who did believe and did visit Him prior to this extended time of isolation, quarantine and staying in place, the past weeks have been a very painful loss - now we have a taste of what our Lord has endured for centuries - being abandoned and treated irreverently. There is much to say about the appropriateness or inappropriateness of not offering public Masses or the Sacraments and locking our Churches during these difficult times, but that will have to await another post at some future time. Dan Burke, noted blogger and spiritual guide, who miraculously survived the corona virus, views these trying times as a ch...

One of my Lay Dominican brothers, Louis Puzutti, posted this video of Jonathan Cahn's compelling presentation at last year's National Day of Prayer.  I am sure you probably have not heard it.  You have to prayerfully watch and ponder the Truths he so clearly and courageously shares. Pass it on.