Featured article from November's Spirit of Medjugorje
PRAYING BACKWARDS
By June Klins
A few months ago, I found a little gem of a book in the “free stuff” outside our Adoration chapel. The little book is a book of Carmelite meditations. It has no copyright, but it does have a Nihil Obstat and an Imprimatur from 1965. As I glanced through the meditation titles, one in particular caught my attention. It was entitled “Praying Backwards.” As soon as I read it, I knew it was too good to keep to myself. At the top of the page is a quote by the Carmelite Saint, St. Therese: “We can never have too much confidence in the good God; He is so mighty and so merciful; as we hope in Him, so shall we receive.” Then it read:
Statue of St. Therese at the “castle” in MedjugorjeStatue of St. Therese at the “castle” in Medjugorje
“There is no such thing as time in God’s
sight. Time is only for us to use as a path to
eternity. For God there is no past or future; all
persons and events are before His eyes this
present moment and every moment. Christ,
as we know, was comforted by our love and
reparation as well as grieved by our sins
during His Passion. This thought should be
a great consolation to us, especially when we
are worried about the salvation of a loved
one. Was that soul prepared for death?…Did
I pray enough?…Did I sacrifice enough?…If
only I had done more, we say to ourselves
anxiously over and over again. Instead of
grieving as one who has no hope, we should
realize that there is still time to pray, and will
be time as long as we live.
“Let us trust then in God’s eternal mercy,
and pray and sacrifice as though that loved
one were still on earth. No matter how great
our love for that soul, God’s love is infinitely
greater. He sees our tears, He hears our
prayers, and He will judge with a just but
loving judgment.”
How very comforting it is to know this.
Recently, I have known of a number of people
who have died unexpectedly of a heart
attack. They had no chance to receive the
Last Sacraments. How comforting to know
we can still pray for their eternal salvation.
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Thank you June, you have rekindled, in my heart, the fire for Our lady's messages so much after reading this book that I am working out the details to start a Prayer Group devoted to spreading/sharing and living Our Lady's messages! I started with this lovely book and I am now reading the rest of your books!! Thank you so much and God bless you!!!
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