{"id":38628,"date":"2019-12-17T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=38628"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T21:54:47","slug":"the-great-forerunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-forerunner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Forerunner","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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Speak to the world about My mercy;
\nlet all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy.
\nIt is a sign for the end times;
\nafter it will come the day of justice.
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u2014Jesus to St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in My Soul<\/em>, Diary, n. 848\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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IF<\/strong> the Father is going to restore to the Church the Gift of living in the Divine Will<\/em> that Adam once possessed, Our Lady received, Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta reclaimed and that we are now being given (O Wonder of wonders) in these last times<\/em>… then it begins by recovering what we first lost: trust<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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THE BREEZE OF MERCY<\/p>\n

I am deeply moved by the letters many of you sent over the weekend sharing with me your own recognition of the idols in your life. It is clear that the Holy Spirit is moving like a beautiful breeze over the garden of my readers.<\/p>\n

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When they heard the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. (Genesis 3:8)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Good News is that you don’t need to hide from Jesus! While you may feel a surge of shame at the deeper awareness of these idols, you have not taken the Lord by surprise. He not only knows of these idols but sees into the very depths of your soul where sin reigns in ways you may not \"\"fully comprehend even now\u2014and yet, He still searches you out with a burning <\/em>love. How can you be afraid of someone who loves you so much, in spite of your misery? This is the meaning of the words:<\/p>\n

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I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:38-39)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do not fear what you will lose by smashing your idols, rather, fear what may lose if you don’t! Remember how St. Paul said that “For the sake of the joy that lay before him, [Jesus] endured the cross.”<\/em> [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Heb 12:2<\/span><\/span>