J.M.J.
ON COMMON GROUND
TO THE STABLE THE SHEPHERDS CAME MY SON TO GREET;
NOW THE SHEPHERDS COME HERE TO SERVE MASS WHERE YOU MEET.
THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN THE BARN OR THE STABLE
IS THE SAME FLESH AND BLOOD WHICH ONCE LAY IN THE STABLE.
CAN YOU NOT, MY DEAR CHILDREN, COMPARE THE RELATION
FROM THE FIRST PLACE OF WORSHIP AND THE NEW DESTINATION?
GOD GATHERS HIS CHILDREN TO PLACES LIKE THESE
BECAUSE THEY COME THEIR SAVIOR AND NOT THEMSELVES TO PLEASE.
I HAVE RECENTLY SENT A MESSENGER HERE
WHO CONVEYED OTHER PLACES SUCH AS YOURS DO COMPARE.
YOU, MY DEAR CHILDREN, ARE BY NO MEANS UNIQUE;
YOU SHARE COMMON GROUND AND THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK.
EACH STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE MAY NOT BE EXACT,
BUT ALL THOSE WHO ARE CALLED THERE NOW WITH GOD INTERACT.
WHEN THE EARTH HAS BEEN CLEANSED, YOU AS ONE WILL UNITE
GIVING GOD PRAISE AND GLORY FOR HIS GUIDING LIGHT.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
3-24-2006
(THE “MESSENGER” REFERS TO AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR WHO CAME FROM OUT OF STATE
AND JOINED US IN PRAYING THE ROSARY SHARING WITH US SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.)