Daily Inspiration

Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”—Luke 6:27-38

The Most Holy Trinity lives in our lives every day, yet seldom is He perceived. We live in His presence without interruption in this life, and a successful soul remains living in the Lord’s presence after it passes from this world to the next.

I experienced the loss of God’s presence in that purgative place. Buried under the weight and burned by the remorse of my sins, my soul suffered stark, raving fear at the loss of all that is Good. When I surrendered to God, He freed me and sent me back. One of my first realizations upon my return was how I feared for every soul on earth, that they might suffer the same torture. I realized I had no enemies, only brothers and sisters who needed to know the Gospel, the Truth of the Christ.

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