Saturday, October 12th
Jesus said, "Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it"
Luke 11:28

Blessed above all others was My Mother for she received the Father's Word Incarnate and brought Him forth in joy and in obedience. And yet her suffering was greater than any known to man or woman at any time, save only the Son of Man Himself. To conceive Perfect Love and bring Him forth - love, foster, train, tend and launch Him into manhood and then to see Him die a cruel death - this is the grief which few can fully understand.

And those who hear the word of God and keep it will experience all the griefs and sadnesses which come the way of every child of man. As they are faithful to the word and live in love with others in the way so will they suffer in their sadness too, sharing my yoke for all humanity.

But they will have an underlying joy as they do the Father's will and fulfil His loving purpose. For as they live in love and in obedience to the Father's word so do they become the dwelling place of His beloved Son who is The Word Incarnate, the Father's saving love to all.