No matter how many big or little sufferings we offer up, if we do not also allow God to transform the thoughts and emotions surrounding our sufferings, we have not really discerned or submitted to their purpose; we have not undergone the deep transformation that Jesus died to give us and that the Bible calls a Sabbath rest.
Because it is such a profound, secret work, only God can identify and accomplish in us the deep soul work of purgatory, or sanctification, as thoroughly as we need it. He does not simply cover our sins with his blood, he scrubs out the deep, set-in wounds, “all unrighteousness.” We can and must dispose ourselves to receive this rest, but is always still a gift, one that God insistently offers us through the repeating circumstances and relationships that are meant to attract our attention and cooperation.
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L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)
O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.)
If you have not done so yet, I’d like you to try the visualization technique and the Mirror Exercise I offered in this episode. What do you want to say to the Lord about those?
V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.)
Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin.
E | Entrust (May it be done to me according to your word!)
Heavenly Father, I ask that Your love flow upon me. May the Blood of Christ cover all wounds and restore all in me to wholeness and life. May the fire from Our Lady’s heart now enter me and anoint everything with the Holy Spirit and blind Satan. May St. Joseph wrap me with blessings and peace, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen + (Prayer for Inner Healing, Deliverance Prayers for the Laity, Fr. Ripperger)
What we discussed | Show Notes
Overview:
Minutes 00:12:00 – Visualization exercise for transforming emotion (continued from last week)
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Addressing and battling worthlessness, healing the root
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Mirror exercise
Minutes 36:01-48:00 – “There is now no condemnation” (Rom 8:1); praise confounds the enemy
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