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Pax et Bonum!
Pax et Bonum!
Our Father's Plan of Communion between God and mankind is described in terms of a wedding. Jesus is the bridegroom and the Church is the bride. The Holy Spirit gathers those who accept the invitation to Union with God into the Church. Everyone is invited to this Heavenly Banquet, but few are chosen. To be chosen we must love God with all our heart, soul, might and mind. To be chosen we must love our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. We witness this love by keeping the Commandments and everything Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd, teaches us in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
When we live this way then we will be happy, holy and, God willing, reach Heaven. Our Good Shepherd leads us up the holy mountain to eternal happiness. There is no other way to have lasting happiness than to faithfully follow Jesus and His teachings in the Catholic Church. When we follow our own ways or listen to false "shepherds" then we stray, get hurt and never arrive at the happiness of the Heavenly Banquet prepared for us. Only those who faithfully follow the Good Shepherd as He speaks through the Catholic Church will find happiness.
It is up to each one of us to generously respond to the call to happiness, holiness and Heaven. Let us be rigorously honest and examine whether we have been faithful to the invitation and lived in such a way that we will be dressed properly for the wedding banquet. We must be clothed in Christ. In Him we live and move and have our being. We no longer live for ourselves. We live for Him who died and rose for us.
The Most Holy Eucharist is the foretaste of Heaven. Our lives are to be centered in the Most Holy Eucharist where Jesus is really, truly and substantially present. Jesus' body, blood, soul and Divinity are in the Most Holy Eucharist. Jesus, our Good Shepherd, nourishes us and refreshes us with and in Himself. The Most Holy Eucharist is the greatest gift any human person can receive. Do not be distracted from your destiny by chasing after other things. Do not be distracted by chasing after career, money, fame, success, honor, power or anything else that the world offers. Your destiny will only be realized by faithfully following the Good Shepherd.
To help us keep our focus and arrive at the Heavenly Banquet, Jesus has given us Mary as our model and Mother. Ask Our Blessed Mother to help you accept the invitation to Union with God and live in such a way as to be chosen by God. Ask Our Blessed Mother to help you keep your focus on the Good Shepherd and live in the Truth that will set you free.
-- Through the intercession of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. Michael, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. John, St. James, St. Therese, St. Rita, St. Philomena, St. Jude, St. Nicholas, St. Alphonsus, St. Peter Chrysologus, St. Zachary, St. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, St. Perpetua, St. Felicity, St. Francis, St. Veronica Guiliani, St. Joan of Arc, St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz, St. Padre Pio and all the Holy Angels and Saints may you be abundantly blessed in the Covenant of Communion of the Most Holy Trinity, with my Priestly blessing,
Father Zachary of the Mother of God, SOLT
