On this Feast Day of St. Dominic, who was known to be a preacher, I was asking our Lord what I should write about today. As of last night, I had planned to write a prayer to counter the forces of chaos operating in our lives. I heard Him pause these inclinations. I decided to wait to the morning, go to mass, and see how He might want to guide me. He invited me to write a prayer to ask for protection against disruptions to our acceptance of His Love.
God’s Love never changes… and God’s Love never ends.
So, if the Stream of Living Water that flows from the right side of the Temple of God instantiated in the Mystical Body of Christ/aka You and Me and All God’s People is always moving towards, always washing us, always renewing us in Mercy, then why do we ever feel disjointed?
What’s happening to disrupt our participation in the Baptism of the Spirit that brings us into Communion with Jesus Christ, and through Him, in communion with every person?
Answers to such a question are beyond the full scope of our understanding. And while Jesus is the answer, there’s no one simple remedy to halt our experience of disruptions of continuously imbibing Love during our earthly schooling. To be out of sync with God’s Present Presence is part of our fallen nature. That’s not bad news: no really, it’s not bad news.
Jesus is our compassionate King who has walked with us, touched us, cried with us, felt all things in us, faced temptations like us, eaten with us, and bled for us. He has ensured that nothing can separate us from the Love of God.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things,* nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 37-38)
Let’s pray and invoke the Precious Blood and Name of Jesus for protection against disruptions…
Behold, you desire true sincerity;
and secretly you teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
You will let me hear gladness and joy;
the bones you have crushed will rejoice.
Psalm 51: 8-10
Heavenly Father source of All Love and Goodness, Jesus Fountain of Life, and Beautiful Spirit orchestrator of Sacred Love, please hear our cries. Grant us protection from disruptions of Your Love. Let the Light of Your Love triumph in our battles with deception and darkness. Transform our missteps into new wisdom that feeds the fires of our souls with greater virtue. Draw us deeper into Your Heart. Enliven our Sacred Imaginations with clear visions of our unique mission in Your Kingdom both now and forever in Your eternal Love Story. May we burn with a desire to throw ourselves into Your hands with reckless trust. Excuse our grumblings. Douse our forgetful stupor with shocks of gratitude. We thank you for the moments we recognize You breaking through the dense walls of our hearts and spirits to lavish us with Love. Increase our awareness of Your breadcrumbs from heaven. We treasure Your gifts and ask for the eyes of our hearts to be opened wider that we might revel in wonder at all the ways You are continually blessing us and working in our lives. Gather us into a network of Christ encouragers that Live Your Word in ways that give others Your Hope and sends them running into Your arms. AMEN
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.
2 Timothy 1: 7-8
