Thy Will Be Done
October 22, 2013 A.D.
October 22, 2013 A.D.
The call of Mary is to abandon ourselves completely to Her and to God. This is one of the most frequent messages in Medjugorje – abandon yourselves to God. Holiness is total abandonment to the Will of God! To renounce our own will and instead put the Will of God in our lives is essential to holiness…
Medjugorje then is this “School of Holiness,” where
holiness is available and given to each pilgrim – if he wants! The only
thing we have to do is to make a decision for holiness and abandon
ourselves completely to God:
Abandoning ourselves completely to God is opening our
hearts to His Holy Will in our lives. Mirjana was once asked about the
importance of doing God’s Will. She responded:
“The Blessed Mother has taught me that nothing
matters in a person’s life but faithfulness to God’s Will. God made us
for Himself. So many people today waste their earthly lives on things
that pass away. So many people today do not know God. So many people
today have made gods out of things, goals, and other people. For them
there is only weeping and anguish because our life on earth is so short –
so very short.” 2
When asked about people who don’t pray, Ivanka, one of the six visionaries from Medjugorje said:
“People know whether they are living in God’s
Will or not by how much peace they have. If they don’t feel peace in
their hearts, they know they are not doing the right thing. Those who
are doing God’s Will have peace. Their life is filled with joy and
contentment, even in the midst of the worst sorrow.” 3
A Friend of Medjugorje has stated:
“As St. Louis de Montfort previously stated,
that without sacrificing to Mary unreservedly all our material
possessions, our family, our income, and even the inner possessions of
our soul, then we cannot say that we are entirely consecrated to Jesus
through Her.
“The hardest sacrifice we may have to surrender is that of our own will and desires for our lives.
“For if we hold back from God our wills, attachments, bodies, souls, possessions, and our decisions to change then He cannot acknowledge that we are entirely consecrated.” 4
“The hardest sacrifice we may have to surrender is that of our own will and desires for our lives.
“For if we hold back from God our wills, attachments, bodies, souls, possessions, and our decisions to change then He cannot acknowledge that we are entirely consecrated.” 4
Let us pray every day to recognized God’s Will in our
lives and that we be given the grace to embrace and live it. The more
we surrender ourselves to God, the more His peace and mercy will enter
and remain in our hearts.
This past Sunday, October 20, 2013, was our beloved
Andrea’s birthday. Andrea was a young wife and mother of the Community
who died last year, along with her unborn baby, on Palm Sunday after her
heroic battle with cancer. Read Learning How to Die which will show the graces and peace granted by God in embracing and accepting His Will in one’s life.
1 Words From Heaven, Chapter 8 by A Friend of Medjugorje
2 Words of the Harvesters, Vol. #43
3 Words of the Harvesters, Vol. #6
4 Words of the Harvesters, Vol. #29 June 1997
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