John the Baptist came to tell us to prepare the way of the Lord. What did he mean for us to do?
We can use our free will to prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus, Son of God. We make preparations of the Christmas decorations, lights, food, presents and stockings hung by the chimney with care. We want to make sure nothing is left out.
What is the best way to prepare our hearts?
If there ever was a time for reflection, meditation, prayer it is these few days before Christmas. Let us take a moment to quiet our souls, open our hearts and minds, and imagine Jesus speaking directly to us:
“Jesus: The smallest act of virtue has unlimited value in My eyes because of your great love for Me. In a soul that lives on My love alone, I reign as in heaven. I watch over it day and night. In it I find My happiness; My ear is attentive to each request of its heart; often I anticipate its requests. O child, especially beloved by Me, apple of My eye, rest a moment near My Heart and taste of the love in which you will delight for all eternity.” (Taken from the Diary of St. Faustina 1489)
Let us receive Jesus in our hearts, act with increased love, forgive a past hurt, even if that person or situation has passed on from our lives. We can replace any and all hurts in our loves with the love that knows no bounds.
If we have we ever shut the doors of our faith because we did not get a prayer answered in the way we prayed, perhaps now might be the perfect time to open this closed door that we ourselves shut. God will never shut the door to us. He may say “NO” to some request of ours because we do not have foresight to accurately know the future, but it would only have been for our greater good. Or maybe we never knew such a divine love from Jesus. Then again, we might have traded in Jesus for New Age gurus, or downgraded Jesus to an ascended master, as if that is all He ever was.
We begin right where we are. We prepare to greet Christmas. Remember the shepherds watching their flocks by night, gazing up to the night sky, amazed at the host of heavenly angels singing glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.
God Bless
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