Our heavenly Father wants to make our hearts into a flame of love that burns for Him, and He wants it to be burning already. He is both the spark that ignites it and the power that makes this fire shine. He is the light and warmth in our hearts. He wants to make our hearts one heart within His heart.
He has asked me that we gather together daily for a short quarter of an hour. The Father places a spiritual space at the disposal of our community in which He awaits us. The time set for this is 8:00 p.m. Anyone who wishes can enter during that time. One does not always have time set aside exclusively for it, but it can also be done while on the way somewhere, at work, or during/beside another activity. Simply think of Jesus in the heart, that is, send Him a loving thought; in this way one passes through the door and takes part. One may then be still and breathe love, or bring a concern before the Father, weep and laugh, but above all find His will and security within it.
Of course one can always do this, and naturally a child of God always receives the grace of Jesus Christ when he or she is in true love for Him. But in this space and at this time the Father gives us a special grace of His presence. This shared time is an additional gift, because our heavenly Father truly wants to train disciples and apostles here for the time to come.
We are called to serve Him as His disciples and apostles once served Him. This requires a special surrender and a particular training; it requires handing over one’s own life, in love for Jesus Christ, to Jesus Christ. Only through recognizing His heart and the love for us contained within it, in which we can find and unfold our love for Him, are we able to fulfill this calling of ours. Thus this shared time becomes a blessing beyond compare, both individually and collectively. And truly, no one is unworthy to serve God if he or she kneels before Jesus in humility and repentance over committed sins and asks for His blessing and redemption.
Naturally, this shared time is not reserved for us alone. We can invite our brothers and sisters to it and thus pass the invitation on to those whose hearts likewise long for our heavenly Father and who wish to serve Him.
As a result, the Father will transform and fill us in such a way that we can communicate with one another within the space of His heart; that is, we will actually meet one another in the Spirit—as though we were embracing bodily and speaking, but as souls in the otherworldly space of our earthly existence.
One day all creation will have been redeemed and spiritualized, and all life will have entered into God. Then we will look back upon our existence, but above all upon this earthly life, which represents the most dangerous and important period of our existence. Within it we have the possibility of offering our life to Jesus Christ in such a way that we can become completely one with Him, in order to dwell in His house forever.
Let us dare this unique adventure; let us lay all our strength of will at His feet; let us give Him our hearts anew each day. Let us be brothers and sisters in Him, for His joy and for our eternal bliss. May our Father increasingly fill our hearts with His Spirit of love so that our souls burn in love for Him, so that our entire being enters into Him and He is our life.
To this the Father gives His Amen.
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