John 18:1-19:42

Lord,

How could you love me this much, to suffer so much and to do it willingly so that I can live with you in eternity?  How can you love me after all the things I have done to hurt you?  How can you love me after all the ways I have not loved others?  It is unfathomable to me.  It is so contrary to human reason and nature, yet you loved me.   You love me any way and in spite of it all.

Lord, I am so unworthy.  J just flashed through my head.  I love her so much, but it’s nothing in comparison to how much you love her.  She has openly and unashamedly rejected you and abandoned you and you still love her more than I do.  You love her more than I do.  You love her more than me, the one who carried her in my womb, more than I who held her and loved her and continue to love her.  Lord, I thank you for continuing to love and to love her.  What can I do to help  you help her to come home to you?

You are doing it.  Just pray and I will do the rest.  Be patient and don’t lose hope, even when you don’t see the fruits.  Our Mother, The Mother never lost hope or faith while she watched her only innocent son’s torture and murder.  She trusted my word and she knew I would deliver on that word and you must too.

You must not let anything separate you from that faith, hope and love.  You must not every give up.  Pray for her and pray for E’s mom to return to my Church.  She prays and loves but she has lost hope.  She has given up in the depths of her heart.  She needs me, she needs my sacraments to strengthen her and renew her faith.  Just pray for her.  She is ignorant of what my Church has for her and she must come back to ease her pain.  Pray for her return when you pray for them.