UNION IS GIVING

After 7:15 a.m. Mass, the second Sunday of Advent:

At the first reading, I wanted to cry. It was Isaiah, and it talked about the gifts of the Spirit. It talked about the reign of God, the reign of peace, the lion laying down with the lamb.

Is. 11:6-9:

The wolf will live with the lamb,
the panther lie down with the kid,
calf, lion and fat-stock beast together,
with a little boy to lead them.
The cow and the bear will graze,
their young will lie down together.
The lion will eat hay like the ox.
The infant will play
over the den of the adder;
the baby will put his hand
into the viper's lair.
No hurt, no harm will be done
on all my holy mountain,
for the country will be full
of knowledge of Yahweh
as the waters cover the sea.

It talked about justice. In the psalm, Ps. 72:7-8, the response was:

In his days uprightness shall flourish,
and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.
His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,
from the river to the limits of the earth.

I was filled with such love of God. I want to surrender myself more and more to Him, to unite with Him in the sacrifice. I give Him my hands, my feet, my head - whatever is His will is what I want.
Such intense love at the consecration. I hope I die in the Mass. I picture Jesus raised high on the cross and His creatures beneath. I picture His skin and His human body from the side and see us standing below. This is the love He has for us, His creatures. Look at Him. He is God. He is above us but He came to earth a man and He gives us Mary, our Mother, to mold us into His image and likeness. We are tainted by sin, but He has given Himself that we will have new life in Him. He gives us Mary, our Mother, to mother us on our way.
I realize this is really God coming to me, and I want to love Him so much. I ask Him to unite with me, to give my love to Him. I love God more deeply the more I am united to Him. I offer myself to the Father. All that I am, I give Him - my hands and feet and head, my heart, my every cell, to do with as He wants - complete and total abandonment. I give Him my all and ask Him to make me more like Him. I am yours, Lord, I come to do Your will. Through Him, with Him, and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.

I am so unworthy to receive Our Lord but so filled with such awe that He comes to me.

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