Brother James
Beloved of All
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Hasten, O Lord! Enlighten my darkness, speak to my soul. Nothing happens without you permitting it, and nothing you permit is without comfort.
O Jesus, Son of God, you who were silent in the presence of your accusers, restrain my tongue until I find what I should say and how to say it.
Show me the path and make me follow it. In delay there is danger, but in haste there is likewise peril. Therefore Lord, give ear to my petition and show me the way.
I come to you, as the sick go to the doctor in search of aid. I long for you like the dying. O Lord, give peace to my heart.
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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.
Sincerely, no offence but are you trying to teach us that we can pray to an angel that really only does what God/Jesus wants or desires them to do? I know that the Catholic Church as well as other Churches try to teach us that we can pray to saints, angels, Mary etc but did you know that Saul was punished for seeking a saint that had died? I also know that we are instructed to seek and pray to the Father through Jesus the son so why should we pray to or seek another? Can you imagine Michael telling God/Jesus but I am busy because so and so needs me, he has prayed and I must ignore your Instructions and go to him? Of course not, yet you are ignoring your Instructions from God/Jesus yourself? You ask for healings and yet you are instructed that by Christ's stripes you are healed so why do you not rather speak or post I am healed by Jesus' stripes? You post an image of Christ and yet you are instructed to have no images and you wonder why you suffer, do we not all suffer for a lack of knowledge, the knowledge of the One who made us? You can remain Catholic if you like yet will all those suffer a lack of not seeking out what God/Jesus says we should do or be doing and rather not following Christ along with His teachings?
