TO LIVE WITHOUT HIM IS MERE EXISTENCE

The more deeply we are one in Him, the more deeply we unite to others. How we unite to others is directly correlated to how one we are in Him. I realized my union with the Trinity. I realized my oneness with the Father. I realized my oneness with the Holy Spirit.

Since September 14, I have been developing a deeper union with the Father. I read, "If you then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Lk. 11:13)

I am knowing the Father more; being one with Jesus is being one with the Father.
Knowing the Father - being one in Him.
Knowing the Holy Spirit - being one in Him.
Knowing Jesus - being one in Him.

I realized the presence of all three Persons at Mass. It is such joy for all eternity to know that we will unite with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit if we love and serve God now!

My heart burns to know You, my Beloved, to see the blue sky and the sunlit day, to see You alive in others, to see Your life in a flower, but most of all, to unite more and more deeply in my whole being with You. As I breathe, I know that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit live and dwell in me. Life is life in Him. He is life; to live in Him is to live. To live without loving Him is mere existence.

I see the trees against the blue sky. They are in beautiful fall foliage but are withering and dying. As I die to myself, I will be cut back and new growth will come - growth saturated deeply with His life.

It is painful to be cut back - it is in this that you will be filled with a vibrant life. If the old leaves do not fall and die, the new leaves will not sprout.

I long for the outside and the glory in His world, the beauty of the sky, the life in the world - it means so much to me. To go to the cemetery and sit, I realized how this world is so temporary. The trees continue to live-I see His life in the trees and grass. I see His reflection in the world, the beautiful sky, the sun. It is only in being rooted in Him that we have what really counts.

There are some bodies of saints in the cemetery. The souls of these saints are in heaven. Some of the souls of these bodies in the cemetery are now in purgatory. Some of the souls of these bodies in the cemetery are in hell. The body is not as important as the soul. In Him we find Life! I love You! I love You! I love You!

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