MARY MAGDALA:
PSSST, CHILDREN,
I HAVE SOMETHING TO GOD AND YOU TO CONFESS!
PSSST, CHILDREN, IT IS LENT, AND THAT IS THE TIME TO
LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND TO REPENT,
AND EVEN JESUS DID GO FOR FOURTY DAYS AND NIGHTS
INTO THE DESERTS ALL ON HIS OWN
WITHOUT ANY APOSTLES OR KNIGHTS,
AND BEFORE HIM ALSO THE ISRAELITES,
WHEN MOSES LED THEM OUT OF EGYPT AND THEIR SLAVERY,
WHERE THEY HAD SUFFERED BUT DID NOT GIVE INTO
GOD'S MOCKERY AND BLASPHEMY.
I NEED SOMETHING TO GOD AND YOU
TO CONFESS BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW,
WHETHER AND WHAT AND WHEN I CREATED
IN MY LIFE EVERY SINGLE MESS BUT IT IS
SO HEALING, WHEN WE TALK TO GOD AND JESUS
ABOUT ALL THAT WE HAVE AND MIGHT HAVE DONE
WRONG, AS WITH A PURE HEART WE GROW
AGAIN IN JESUS' MIGHT AND GOD'S INFINITE LIGHT
STRONG, AND DON'T WE ALL FOR PEACE OF MIND
AND JOY IN OUR LIVES LONG?!
TODAY ON MY WAY TO CHURCH I VAGUELY REMEMBERED THAT I MIGHT
HAVE GIVEN AS A CHILD AN INNOCENT
VOW, WHEN I FOUNDED WITH MY TWO FRIENDS
FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THE SECRET SOCIETY
OF THE RED ROSE AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, AND
WE WERE JUST A KIND OF DETECTIVE CLUB,
AND MET IN THE CELLAR UNDER THE STAIRS THAT SOME NICE OLD LADIES FROM OUR HOUSE GAVE US AS OUR MEETING SPACE,
WHERE WE MET WITH A RED ROSE AND SWORE
TO GIVE OUR TIME FOR - AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM,
I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER FOR WHAT, BUT WE ALWAYS
DID GOOD THINGS LIKE PLAYING AND SINGING CHRISTMAS
CAROLS IN THE NURSING HOME OR AT CHURCH FOR FREE
BUT WE ALSO GAVE A VOW OF SECRECY.
AND THAT IS NOT REALLY A GOOD THING, AS AFTER A WHILE
WE MIGHT FORGET THAT WE GAVE A VOW, AND IN SOME CASES,
SOME CHILDREN MAY HAVE SWORN SOMETHING THAT WAS INVOLVING
TOO MANY AN OBLIGATION THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE ONE HOLY NATION,
AND WE DO NOT EVEN ANYMORE KNOW, WHAT IT WAS FOR,
AFTER SO MANY YEARS, AND THAT CAN CREATE
MANY UNKNOWN FEARS, OR EVEN TEARS, AND THEN WE MIGHT
DO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FOR OUR SOULS'
HIGHEST GOOD, AND THEREFORE, IT IS BEST JUST TO BUY
A ROSE FOR YOUR CHURCH OR FOR YOUR MOTHER, AND TO
PRAY FOR YOUR SISTER OR BROTHER, AND OTHERWISE ALWAYS
SHARE FOR FREE, WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FREELY
AND HELP YOUR NEIGHBOUR, EVEN IF IT MEANS HARD LABOUR, AND IN YOUR FAMILY,
AND LIVE IN JESUS SACRAMENTS AS OUR DAILY FOOD.
AND LATER, WHEN WE ARE GROWN UP, WE MIGHT LIKE
TO BE A NUN OR MONK, AND CAN EVEN IN THE ORDER OF THE HOLY
ROSE LIVE WITH OUR SPOUSE AND FAMILY IN OUR HOLY
COMMUNITY, WHERE WE LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER
IN PEACE AND HARMONY AND IN UNITY
FOR ETERNITY.
BY THE WAY, DID I TELL YOU, I WANTED TO BE A NUN ALREADY,WHEN I WAS A LITTLE CHILD, AND I SAID TO MY PARENTS: ONE DAY I AM GOING TO BE A WIFE, A MOTHER, A TEACHER, A WRITER, A SINGER AND A NUN. THAT IS, HOW IT ALL IN THIS MY LIFE BEGUN. BECAUSE YOU KNOW ALREADY IN YOUR HEART WHAT YOU WANT TO BE AS YOU LISTEN CLEARLY TO JESUS' VOICE, AND IF YOU DO THAT ALSO AS AN ADULT IN YOUR FAMILY, THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS MAKE FOR EVERYTHING THE RIGHT CHOICE,
INCLUDING TO WAIT FOR THE SOUL THAT GOD SHOWS YOU IN YOUR DREAM IN HEAVEN, WHOM HE WANTS TO JOIN YOU WITH, AND WHEN YOU ARE BOTH READY HE WILL MAKE YOU ONE IN FLESH ON EARTH ALSO IN HOLY MATRIMONY, WHEN YOU GIVE BEFORE GOD THE VOW TO SERVE GOD TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE AND TO LOVE EACH OTHER ALL YOUR LIFE AND EVEN AFTER YOUR DEATH YOU WEAR INVISIBLY YOUR ETERNAL WEDDING WREATH.
TRUE LOVE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF GOD TO HEAL ALL MAN-MADE RIFTS, AND TO BRING ABOUT JUST LIKE WITH MOSES' ROD SOME MIGHTY FOR THE BETTER CHANGING SHIFTS, LIKE WRITING TO SOMEBODY OF APOLOGY, WHEN WE WERE WRONG A LETTER.
WE STICK SIMPLY TO GOD'S 10 SIMPLE RULES THAT ARE SAFE TO UNDERSTAND AND LIVE EVEN FOR FOOLS AND THAT JESUS MADE
INTO AN EVEN MORE SIMPLE LAW: TO TREAT WITH LOVING-KINDNESS
OUR NEIGHBOUR AND NOT TO COMMIT ANY SIN AGAINST
OUR NEXT OF KIN; AND IF WE DO ACCIDENTALLY, THEN WE DO GLADLY AND WITH A SMILE
CONFESS IT TO GOD AND MAKE UP WITH OUR HOLY FAMILY, BUT NOT AS THE LAST STRAW,
AS THAT IS ALSO PART OF JESUS BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY OF HIS HOLY EUCHARISTIC CUP,
TO FORGIVE AND TO REPENT, AND THAT IS MY LITTLE STORY
FOR YOU OF LENT.
ANNO DOMINI 28TH FEBRUARY MMX
Mother Eliora,
M.S. OHR
Mother Eliora,
M.S. OHR
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