Jesus Alone by Cami Murphy of the Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother

Dear little handmaids and friends,

I hope that this attached spiritual message will bless you and draw you closer to Jesus, in the arms of Our Loving Mother!

Cami Murphy

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Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother
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And Mary said, "Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." (Lk 1:38)

Jesus Alone

“For You alone are the Holy One,

  You alone are the Lord,

  You alone are the Most High,

  Jesus Christ,

  With the Holy Spirit,

  In the glory of God the Father.

  Amen.

                Holy Mother Church calls us at Mass to proclaim the glory of Jesus Christ in these beautiful words from the Gloria, which are, of course, meant to be prayed in a spirit of Adoration. They are words that come directly from Scripture. In Luke 1, in the account of the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would be the Mother of the Son of God:

“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus.

                He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High…

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.”

This is the truth about Jesus Christ, who is fully Present to us at every Mass. The Holy One, the Lord, the Most High, Jesus Christ is also Present in our hearts if we welcome Him in.

Matthew 28:20- “…lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

In last week’s homily, my pastor spoke about the disciples on the road to Emmaus, who recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Then Father in his homily asked the question: “Do we fail to recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread?”

Recently in prayer an image came to me in which I entered a room where a party was taking place. Many people were standing around talking, and in one corner of the room was Jesus, sitting in a chair, totally ignored.

What a lonely throne, on which the Holy One sits alone! The Lord, who came to earth and was conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, in order to bring His love and salvation to us, in order to die for us! The Most High, who is worthy of constant worship, but is so much of the time ignored!

When I returned to the Church in 1992 I had a dream that very much reminds me of the prayer image. It took place in a beautiful church, made completely of black marble. It was at the end of Mass, and a lot of people were standing around chatting, as if they were at a cocktail party, so casually. I was down on my hands and knees, cleaning the black marble

floor.

That image and that dream remind me of my feelings at the end of each Sunday Mass that I attend, when people immediately begin to loudly chat with each other, as if the Lord is no longer Present. I feel sad. Have we forgotten that the Lord is Present, or have we never come to an awareness of His Presence?  

When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him; and He vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?” (Luke 24:30-32)

May our hearts burn within us at every Mass, as the priest or deacon, in the light of the Holy Spirit, opens to us the Scriptures! May we recognize Jesus--- the Holy One, the Lord, the Most High-- in the breaking of the bread!

                                                                                                               

Amen.