How to Terrorize Demons - Fr. Mark Goring, CC

if we get one thing right in our life it has to be this from the cloud there came a voice this is my son the Beloved listen to him this is the one command from God the father that's heard audibly and openly it's kind of like the one thing God the father wants us to get get right listen to his son Jesus and it is the one thing we hear about this when Mary the sister of Martha was sitting at the feet of Jesus Luke tells us she was listening to him and Martha complained said to our lord Jesus you know tell my sister to help me and what was our Lord Jesus's response he said there is need of only one thing Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her it's the one thing when our lord Jesus commanded Lazarus who'd been dead for 4 days to come out Lazarus he came out Lazarus was like that valley of dry bones that Ezekiel tells us about dry bones they were real dry and the bones are told hear the word of the Lord and breath Spirit entered the bones they came back to life the word of God brought them back to life Jesus's words are spirit and life they're alive and active they give life not only do do they give life but but our Lord Jesus's words they carry God's Divine spirit so they give eternal life that's how important it is to listen to our lord Jesus in the reading today Paul says if God is for us who is against us it is God who Justified who is to condemn now the truth is is we do have an enemy who's against us who's trying to condemn us we hear about him in uh John 10 our lord Jesus says a thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I came so that they may have life and have it in abundance and so there is an enemy The Thief but the thing is is we don't need to listen to this enemy pay attention and this is in again in John 10 the Lord Jesus he says I am the Good Shepherd and I know mine and mine know me he goes on to say the sheep hear his voice the good Shepherd's voice as he calls his own Sheep by name we're his sheep we have to hear his voice the Sheep follow him because they recognize his voice oh that's so important but they will not follow a stranger they will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers we recognize the voice of our beloved Lord Our Savior Our Redeemer our creator the one who loves us with an everlasting love the one who calls us by name the one who knew us even before he formed Us in the in our mother's womb we know our Lord his voice the one who loves us all these other voices strangers we pay no attention to them stranger danger no attention we pray pay to those our Lord goes on to say all who came before me are thieves and robbers but the Sheep did not listen to them oh there's so many voices trying to lead us in all kinds of different directions but there's the one voice of the one who loves us with an everlasting love who made us out of love he's the one we listen to and follow Lord Jesus goes on to say I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold you see Jesus is speaking to the people of Israel but he's sending he's going to send his disciples out to All Nations and we will hear the gospel we've heard the gospel I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold these also I must lead and they will hear my voice oh yes we've heard the gospel we've accepted Jesus we believe in him and now we know him we hear his voice Lord Jesus goes on to say my sheep hear my voice I know them and they follow me I give them eternal life and they shall never perish this is the promise of our Good Shepherd the Lord Jesus the one whom God the Father commands us listen to him and so we need to again to pay ATT attention to the Lord Lord's voice because there's again there's so many other voices out there you know the devil pardon my language but he doesn't know how to shut up we hear this in Revelation 12 it says for the accuser of our brothers is cast out who accuses them before our God day and night oh there's an accuser out there the devil he doesn't be quiet constantly oh you're no good do this just constantly this constant kind of barrage of accusing and negativity and lies but this is the deal when we enter into conversation with the Lord Jesus when we turn to him gaze upon him and the Lord returns that gaze when the Lord speaks to us it silences the enemy you want to silence the voice of the enemy in your life listen to the voice of Jesus you want to drive out the devil from your life let God's Radiance shine on you enter into the contemplation of divine things and it will drive away the enemy now an example par exos of this is St Joseph St Joseph we call him Terror of demons the demons were terrified and I think one of the reasons is is because St Joseph is the man of Silence St Joseph was was the man who in deep contemplative silence gazed upon the Lord he communed with the Lord and just again a profound intimacy and this Radiance again scripture says look to him and be radiant when we contemplate the Lord the Lord lets his face shine upon us in this Radiance terrifies the demons the devil hates contemplative Souls who are able to recollect themselves and enter into sacred silence communing with the lord always based on his word you know prayer since since the beginning of the the chosen people has always been understood as you you spend time with God's sacred word his holy word and and this leads into dialoguing with the Lord and meditating and contemplating prayer has always been understood as based on hearing God's voice in particular through his sacred word and so you know I've been recommending or encouraging uh us to take a daily prayer time with the Lord have your daily appointment with the Lord and I've told you that when you go to your prayer time go to your prayer time with sacred scripture your Bible or your the sacred scripture found in your your daily Mass readings in a notebook because good students take notes uh but this this practice of spending time daily with sacred scripture every Catholic should spend some time every day in God's holy word because man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God we need to fall in love with sacred scripture it should be daily bread for us and as we do spend time in Scripture it fills us us with God's Divine Life it fills us with his Spirit it gives us light it gives us power and it it gives us everlasting life and so I urge you as good sheep of our Good Shepherd listen to his voice follow him and he will lead you to the father's life to eternal life with the one who made you and loves you

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Published: Tue Feb 27 2024