Brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now, for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and walking according to the manner of man?

If I understand the times of Consolation and Desolation that I experience, I am equipped then, to know if I am truly a friend of God, and where I can become a more intimate friend.

If you have been away from the Church, come home. I wait to welcome you back into the Father’s house. I stand ready to embrace you. If you have been hurt by someone in the Church bring that hurt with you and let me help your bear it.

I entrust all of this to Mary, the Queen of Heaven and Earth.

To put simply, prepare for war! The spiritual life is a battle, and we too quickly dismiss this as being overly spiritual or we doubt that the fight is real. While we are in a state of Spiritual Consolation we are in a period of peace where we are blessed with the opportunity to bind the wounds of the previous battle, to strengthen our armor, to restock our weapons and munitions, regain our strength, rest and regain our energy.

t is incredible to see so many people gathered to support the education of our future priests. It is incredible to see how many people, including people of our parish, contribute to such a large fundraising for the education of our seminarians.

When we are in spiritual consolation and we do not prepare for the desolation, when it comes, we will soon allow ourselves to be convinced that those experiences of God’s love were somehow not authentic or that we had imagined them all along.