Friday, November 16th
St. Margaret of Scotland
Jesus said, "This is My commandment: love one another …. What I command you is to love one another." "Ask and you will receive that you joy may be full."
John 15: 12,18

As you have received love and self-giving from others so have you received Me. I am the love of the Father : every joy and blessing you have known is the fruit of His bounty and His unceasing loving care. As I and the Father are one so am I one with His gifts and His blessings. And with Our loving Spirit every child of the Father who responds in love and self-giving to Our life and to the blessings which We offer becomes one with Our giving and receiving according to the measure of response.

This is the fruit that you will bear as you become and do the Father's will, receiving the light and power which He yearns to bestow upon you and upon each and every one of His beloved children - to become His love in the world He created for joy and peace. Even so does the fulfilled perfected one minister His peace and radiate His joy through Our redeeming, sanctifying Presence and Power.

As I become the Father's love in you, so shall I be the peace and the joy. So shall I become power for goodness, furthering the Father's loving purpose in His world.