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Sunday, October 6, 2019

The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation~10 Recollection


He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; 
he it is that loveth me. 
And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: 
and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 
Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: 
Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, 
and not to the world? 
Jesus answered, and said to him: 
If any one love me, he will keep my word, 
and my Father will love him, 
and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.
John 14:21-23
Douay Rheims Roman Catholic Bible

     The Holy Rosary and the Holy angels are commemorated during the month of October. Mother Teresa of Calcutta said that when we pray the Rosary, we are loving Jesus with the heart of Mary. We remember His healing miracles and teachings and apply them to our current lives, making every moment a step towards heaven. We open our lives to the love and mercy of Jesus, the Holy Spirit's guidance, an outpouring of God's graces delivered to us by our Blessed Mother, the assistance of Angels (especially our Guardian Angel) and Signal Graces.
     In  The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation  Saint Alphonsus Liguori writes, "To preserve recollection of spirit or the constant union of the soul with God, three things are necessary: solitude, silence, and the recollection of the presence of God." The Holy Rosary provides us with the opportunity for all three of these requirements."Love is always strengthened by the presence of the object loved."