FROM JESUS ​​CHRIST FOR YOUR SOUL

This spiritual dialogue is a literary and devotional gem that offers a path to serenity and confidence in the midst of life's tribulations. It is a constant invitation to open the heart to Christ, who promises to transform human miseries into temples of his glory.

In this context, the words are presented, which express the voice of Christ addressing the soul with personal and unconditional love:

“My beloved, your restless heart will not find peace until it rests in me. I am the rest of the weary, the comfort of the afflicted, the refuge of those who seek the truth. Open your soul to me, and I will fill it with my love.”

“Look, do not fear the darkness within you, for in the midst of your miseries my light shines. Know yourself, so that you may understand how much I have loved you: you are clay, but I am your potter; You are dust, but in you I have breathed my divine breath.”

“Do not look outside for what you can only find inside. I am in your heart, waiting for you to let me in. Tell me, what can the world offer you that equals my love? A treasure? I am the hidden pearl. A friend? I am the one who gave his life for you.”

“Do not be afraid. I carry your burdens with you. Every tear you shed I collect and turn into a jewel that adorns your soul. Learn to see me in your cross: I walked that path first, and I am with you always.”

“Give me all your heart, even the corners where you keep your fears and doubts. I do not seek your perfection, but your love. Trust in me, and I will make you a holy dwelling, a temple for my glory.”

“My peace I give you, not as the world gives it. It is a peace that springs from abandonment in my hands, from love that asks nothing in return. Live in me, and your soul will be like a river that flows serenely towards eternity.”

The text "Alloquia Jesu Christi ad animam fidelem" by John Justus of Landsberg (or Lanspergio) is a deeply spiritual work, framed in the devotional tradition of the Christian mystics of the 16th century. This writing, whose title is translated as "Dialogue of Jesus Christ with a faithful soul", reflects an intimate conversation between the Lord and the believing soul, with the purpose of consoling, guiding and strengthening the inner life of whoever meditates on it.

Landsberg, a Carthusian monk and pious writer, composes these words with a warm and spiritual style, aimed at awakening in the reader the desire for a deeper relationship with Christ. The text invites the soul to fully trust in God, to recognize its own limitations and weaknesses, and to rest in the infinite love of Christ.

Each paragraph is a reminder of Jesus Christ's personal love for the human soul, highlighting themes such as inner peace, acceptance of the cross, trusting abandonment, and seeking God within oneself. The language, imbued with divine tenderness, seeks to heal the reader's wounds and guide him toward a more intimate union with our God.

The Peace of Christ: Source of True Joy and Salvation

When Christ bid farewell to His disciples, He left them with an incomparable legacy: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you” (Jn 14:27). These words, which resonate through the ages, contain both a promise and a challenge for every believer: to attain and live in the peace of Christ, a peace that transcends the mere absence of conflict and manifests as a deep state of order and harmony in the soul, born of the love of God and the practice of virtue.

Peace as Tranquility in Order

St. Thomas Aquinas defines peace as “tranquility in order” (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 29, a. 3). This classical definition introduces us to the understanding of peace not merely as an external state of quietness, but as the calm that arises from the just order of things, both in the cosmos and in the human soul. According to Thomas, peace is the natural result of justice and charity: “The peace of the interior man consists in the orderly arrangement of his desires, which rest in a single object” (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 29, a. 3). In other words, peace arises when every aspect of life is correctly oriented towards its ultimate end, God.

Joseph Pieper expands this vision by stating that true peace is not something man can construct by his own efforts, but rather a gift from God that we must receive with humility and gratitude. For Pieper, the peace of Christ is the peace of the “City of God,” a peace that is fully realized only to the extent that man lives according to the divine order, in harmony with his Creator and with his neighbor. Pieper warns that any attempt to achieve peace without reference to God is doomed to failure, for “without justice, there is no peace” (Peace in the City of God).

Peace as an Expression of Love for God

Danilo Castellano, in his work What Is Peace?, takes up the Thomistic tradition and develops it in a contemporary context, emphasizing the inseparability of peace and love for God. Castellano argues that true peace can only be achieved when man recognizes and accepts his radical dependence on God. “Peace is the fruit of justice, but justice is rooted in the love of God. Without this love, any peace is superficial and temporary” (What Is Peace?).

For Castellano, the peace that Christ offers is above all a reconciliation with God, which is manifested in daily life through charity and the fulfillment of the divine will. This peace is a gift that the world cannot give because it neither understands nor accepts the divine order. Only in Christ, and through a life of prayer and sacraments, can man attain the peace that surpasses all understanding (Phil 4:7).

Peace in Daily Life

Patricio Horacio Randle, in his San Fernando Speech, underscores the importance of living the peace of Christ in daily life. For Randle, peace is not an unattainable utopia, but a reality that is built through concrete acts of virtue and charity. “The true challenge for the Christian is to translate interior peace into actions that reflect the love of God and neighbor” (San Fernando Speech).

This practical approach is grounded in the doctrine of St. Thomas, who asserts that peace is inseparable from the virtue of charity. Charity, as the love of God above all things and of neighbor for the love of God, is what guarantees the peace of the soul. “The proper effect of charity is peace; for according to charity we love God above all things, and in Him we order all else, so that all our affections rest in a single end” (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 29, a. 3).

Peace as the Path to Salvation

The peace of Christ, far from being a mere emotional state, is a path to salvation. According to Castellano, living in peace means living in conformity with the divine order, which inevitably leads us to eternal life. “The peace of Christ is not the absence of conflict, but the assurance that, in the midst of trials, we are in the hands of God” (What Is Peace?).

St. Thomas adds that peace is the final result of justice and charity operating in the soul: “Just as peace consists in the tranquility of order, and order involves the proper disposition of things, peace in man arises when all his faculties are subordinated to reason and reason to God” (Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 29, a. 3).

Conclusion: True Peace as the Source of Joy and Salvation

At the end of our lives, what will truly matter is the love of God and the charity we have cultivated. The peace that Christ gives us is the mature fruit of that love. It is not a peace achieved through isolated human efforts, but a peace that flows from a life lived in the grace and truth of God.

The peace of Christ is the deep calm of the soul that has found its rest in God. It is the joy of knowing that, in the midst of the tribulations of the world, we are secure in the hands of our Creator. As Castellano says, “The peace that the world cannot give is the one that springs from the heart that lives in the presence of God and in conformity with His will” (What Is Peace?).

Living in this peace is the greatest testimony we can give to the world of the living presence of Christ in our lives. It is, ultimately, the true source of joy and the key to our salvation, Pax Tecum.

Bibliograph

1. St. Thomas Aquinas

• Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 29, a. 3.

• Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 28, a. 3-4.

• De Veritate, q. 12, a. 3.

2. Danilo Castellano

• “What Is Peace?” Verbo, nos. 301-302 (1992), 93-107. Fundación Speiro.

• The Foundations of Peace According to the Christian Tradition. Madrid: Speiro, 1998.

3. Joseph Pieper

• The Four Cardinal Virtues. Madrid: Rialp, 1963.

• Peace in the City of God. Trans. Luis Vives. Madrid: Ediciones Palabra, 1981.

4. Patricio Horacio Randle

• “Speech at San Fernando 1983.” Fundación Speiro. Madrid, 1983.

• Trends Toward the Deconstruction of the Contemporary City. Fundación Speiro, 1992.

Saint Augustine dixit

That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow

"That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in Heaven, on earth and under the earth: And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father." ~Philippians 2:10-11

THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IS TO KNOW, LOVE AND SERVE GOD IN THIS LIFE SO WE WILL LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER IN HEAVEN

 It is for this supreme moment of radiating joy that Our Lord came into the world, paying back the blood debt of our own sins so that we could have life and have it to the fullest. Thus, our old lives of unbelief and self-centeredness must be forever buried in the waters of our baptism. We must put on the new man Who is Jesus Christ, which is why our Godparents were given a white baptismal gown to place on us. We must understand that we are meant to shine forth always the light of Christ in the world, which is why our Godparents held a lit candle at the moment of our baptism. Easter Sunday teaches us that Our Lord wants us to be transfigured in glory for all eternity. And we must understand that every aspect of our daily lives - and of the lives of nations themselves, as Pope Pius XI reminded Catholics in Quas Primas in 1925 - must reflect the reality of the Incarnation, Nativity, Hidden Years, Public Ministry, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity made Man, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

 

CHRIST THE UNIVERSAL KING (prayer)

 

IT IS TIME TO DEFEND CHRIST

 

WE ADORE YOU

 

I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

 

LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME

“And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them. Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them: Let the little children come to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God” (Mk. 10, 13-16).

How many things can we learn from children: their simplicity, their joy, their enthusiasm, their innocence, their purity, but especially we can learn their calm confidence. Children know very well that their parents love them and that is why they blindly trust them. They don’t question things, they simply abandon themselves to the will of their parents. It is precisely this trust that is most pleasing to Christ and therefore He invites us to imitate them in our relationship with the Heavenly Father.

God is an infinitely good Father and He always seeks to show us His love, but He asks us to be like children, that we accept His designs for us with simplicity and abandon ourselves in His arms, with the full confidence that His love for us is greater and more powerful than any setback. 

Joy is the reflection of a soul that trusts in God and is the clearest and most eloquent distinctive of the Christian faith, so today let us strive to spread it to all those who approach us, knowing that our joy is a silent but eloquent word that speaks of God's love and of our trust in Him.

Purpose: Show a cheerful face despite the difficulties knowing that I will never lack God's help and protection.

WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED

“Islam cannot be fought in the name of the Enlightment and even less so by relativism. The only thing that can oppose it, is the natural and Divine law, denied radically by both relativism and Islam. For this reason we are raising the Crucifix which secularism and Islamism reject and we are making of it a banner of life and action. St. Paul said ‘We preach Christ Crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumbling-block and unto the Gentiles foolishness’” (I Cor. 1, v.23). 

 Roberto de Mattei

LONG LIVE CHRIST THE KING!

 

PRAYER TO THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

 

Oh Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Please save us. 

Oh Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Please cleanse us.

Oh Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Please draw our soul near to Thee, Never let us part from Thee. 

Oh, Good Jesus, the life and strength of all those who have faith in Thee, Please have mercy on us. 

 July is the month of the Precious Blood. The feast was instituted in 1849, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the church was born for the pierced side of Christ and that the Sacraments were brought forth through His Blood. 

In Catholic belief, the Blood of Jesus is precious because it is Christ's own great ransom paid for the redemption of mankind. Jesus is said to have given His life - His Blood for the sake of all humanity, in atoning for every form of human sin. The Precious Blood is a call to repentance and reparation. 

I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD

 

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT

Psalm 23 is one of the most famous and deeply rooted in Christian tradition; but it is also a reminder for the believer to feel guided and accompanied by the firm and protective hand of God.

 David was a shepherd and he knew that the sheep trust the shepherd in any situation. When the sheep are hungry, the shepherd leads them to green pastures where they have enough grass to eat. When they are thirsty, he leads them to a quiet stream where they can drink water. When the sheep are in danger of being eaten by wild animals, the shepherd is their protector. The sheep can trust the shepherd in every situation.

  Every day we are faced with situations of great difficulty and difficult choices. Many times we ask ourselves: "Who can I trust?" The answer is: "Jesus". The Bible tells us that Jesus is "the Good Shepherd" and that we are His sheep. Like David, we can say: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." We can trust Him in every situation.

  Dear Lord Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd and we are your sheep. We put our trust in You.

JESUS HELP ME!

 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐌𝐞! In every need let me come to you with humble trust saying,

 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! In all my doubts, perplexities and temptations, 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! In hours of loneliness, weariness and trial,

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! In the failure of my plans and hopes, 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! In disappointments, troubles and sorrows, 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! When I throw myself on your tender love as a Father and a Saviour 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! When I feel impatient and my cross is heavy, 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! When I am ill, and my head and hands cannot do their work, 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! Always, always, in joys or sorrows, in falls and short-comings 

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞! and never forsake me. Amen.

BEING A GENUINE CATHOLIC AND PERSEVERING TO THE END, IS TRULY NOT SOMETHING EASY: WE HAVE TO ASK GOD AND PUT FORTH OUR BEST EFFORT

FOLLOW HIS LAW, AND TRUST HIM

 The Blessed Virgin said in Cana: "Do whatever He tells you." Today she tells us the same thing. Trust God and follow his commandments and teachings. 

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HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS