I am happy to report that the Curly Girl routine is working well for me. I have been dutifully avoiding shampoo and brushes, have scrunched and gelled, and here we are in coldish weather and I generally have in-tact curls instead of frizz. So far, so good. I've remembered why winter is tricky, though. It is no fun to have thick, wet and cold hair! From year to year I forget that my hair dries exponentially quicker in hot weather, long before my curls get all flattened out by the amount of time they spend being all wet. (Call me silly but I have limited space in my brain for storing practical matters such as this.)
The theory works, but I'm still in search of products that also work. Our town's water is also a culprit, I believe, because when I wash my hair while on the road, my curls manifest themselves in a much more orderly way. I've given up Pantene for curly hair, my potion of choice for years. I'm trying Kiss My Face brand products now, but I'm not completely impressed with them, especially for the price. The gel is nothing special, doesn't have much "grab" to it. I do need to try some of Massey's tips for adding moisture and shine. If you have tried some of her recipes and liked them, please leave me a comment about it!
It's all about embracing my humanity in its beauty....
Monday, November 19, 2007
Preparing for "Christmas"
I went shopping tonight for a birthday gift for my dh, who turns still-three-years-younger-than-me-just-up-a-notch tomorrow. It was inescapable that stores are in full swing for "Christmas".
Ok, let me explore those quotation marks a bit. I struggle with cultural vs. Christian Christmas. We are still in Ordinary time, and the mall is playing Christmas songs and everything is decked out and people are starting to wish each other "a happy holiday" (which makes me want to yell, "could you please be more specific?!"). And I am moving more and more towards a desire to celebrate Advent as Advent and to begin celebrating Christmas on December 25, not to wrap it up then. I feel the need to instill into my children that the Christmas we celebrate is not the Christmas celebrated in the culture at large.
Now, it is not that I am being an anti-incarnationalist here. Been there, done that. When I was in college I was vehemently opposed all of the festivities and trappings that I saw a polluting the true Christmas. I had a skinny, bendy Santa with no head (have no idea where this item came from). I hung him in effigy on my dorm door, upside down, with large black letters "DEATH TO SANTA." Several people found it so disturbing that my RA finally took it and refused to return it.
It took my conversion to Catholicism, whose climax came at the Midnight Mass, Christmas Eve, 1991, to truly open my eyes to the Incarnation of Christ and Its millions of beautiful ramifications. I remember the first time I went to Mass on the feast of St. Nicholas. The priest spoke movingly of how St. Nicholas, or the traditional Santa Claus, mirrors God's loving generosity. I have had a great love for good ol' St. Nick since then. And I love the beautiful decorations, the music, all of that.
I just wish it would all happen at the right time.
I would love to walk out in public on the Feast of the Holy Innocence and still see the beautiful decorations and still hear whatever music one might hear to commemorate Christmas. This year I am determined to go Christmas caroling during the octave of Christmas (and before, as well, because alas that's when my parish is going out). We want to try celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with our family. I am pretty lame when it comes to celebrations, anyway, so it will be a stretch. But I just feel this need to be counter-cultural. Yes, I want to embrace all that I can of what is good in the cultural "holiday season". But I want to build and preserve a Catholic Christian celebration as well, for myself and my family.
Stumbling in the dark here. Any good suggestions to share?
Ok, let me explore those quotation marks a bit. I struggle with cultural vs. Christian Christmas. We are still in Ordinary time, and the mall is playing Christmas songs and everything is decked out and people are starting to wish each other "a happy holiday" (which makes me want to yell, "could you please be more specific?!"). And I am moving more and more towards a desire to celebrate Advent as Advent and to begin celebrating Christmas on December 25, not to wrap it up then. I feel the need to instill into my children that the Christmas we celebrate is not the Christmas celebrated in the culture at large.
Now, it is not that I am being an anti-incarnationalist here. Been there, done that. When I was in college I was vehemently opposed all of the festivities and trappings that I saw a polluting the true Christmas. I had a skinny, bendy Santa with no head (have no idea where this item came from). I hung him in effigy on my dorm door, upside down, with large black letters "DEATH TO SANTA." Several people found it so disturbing that my RA finally took it and refused to return it.
It took my conversion to Catholicism, whose climax came at the Midnight Mass, Christmas Eve, 1991, to truly open my eyes to the Incarnation of Christ and Its millions of beautiful ramifications. I remember the first time I went to Mass on the feast of St. Nicholas. The priest spoke movingly of how St. Nicholas, or the traditional Santa Claus, mirrors God's loving generosity. I have had a great love for good ol' St. Nick since then. And I love the beautiful decorations, the music, all of that.
I just wish it would all happen at the right time.
I would love to walk out in public on the Feast of the Holy Innocence and still see the beautiful decorations and still hear whatever music one might hear to commemorate Christmas. This year I am determined to go Christmas caroling during the octave of Christmas (and before, as well, because alas that's when my parish is going out). We want to try celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with our family. I am pretty lame when it comes to celebrations, anyway, so it will be a stretch. But I just feel this need to be counter-cultural. Yes, I want to embrace all that I can of what is good in the cultural "holiday season". But I want to build and preserve a Catholic Christian celebration as well, for myself and my family.
Stumbling in the dark here. Any good suggestions to share?
Volume Two: Conversations With the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus (Part Three)
... no reincarnation ... God's obedience ... living heaven now...
August 25, 2003
Jesus
Our work continues. I remain a prisoner in this tabernacle. I wait for every soul who is absent from Me. My children must understand that I am drawing souls to Myself. I can no longer stand by and watch so many souls lost for eternity. In days past, there would be a small number of souls who chose to remain parted from Me for eternity. This caused Me suffering, it is true. In these times though, My presence in the world and dominion over this world is treated so casually that many souls choosing darkness are led to believe this is almost a meaningless decision. They do not understand the impact. Indeed, some of My children are casual about their eternity because they believe they will have several attempts at life in this world. I tell you today children, this is a Godless notion created and perpetuated by the evil one who would like to downplay the importance of what you do with this time. There is only one life allotted to each soul. There can be no question about that. Do not believe that you will come back to earth again for another chance. It is this life you are living that will determine your eternity. So, My children, now that We all understand the importance of this day, and this series of days allotted to you, let Us make a decision on how you will spend the remainder of your time. I would like you to help Me. I know exactly how many days are left before you appear before Me in the next life. I have special work that needs to be done. In deed, I have special work for each one of these days remaining to you. If you will say yes to Me, I can rest more easily, knowing those tasks will be completed and souls, the certain number attached to your work, will be saved. Additionally, I will have the joy, the happiness of knowing that My immeasurable love for you is returned. My child, come to Me and do My work. You will find no greater joy on this earth. Ask My true followers. They know the ecstasy of feeling My smile in their soul. I want that for you. Let Me assure you that in most cases, My work for you involves you remaining in your current role. I simply want you to be at peace. I want you to know you are loved. I want to be with you as you struggle and I want to keep you safe. You will experience your days differently when you united them to Me. What formerly caused distress for you, will be barely a ripple against the great peace I am offering. I can take even the smallest, humblest, acts of love and obedience and use them to rescue a soul. So instead of merely surviving your time here, you will be using your days, already and always finite, to rescue souls who are living without Me, and in some cases, living against Me. We must have hope for every soul, My dear one. Rest in My tremendous grace during this time as I continue to reveal My great secrets to you.
August 26, 2003
Jesus
Children, I want to speak with you about obedience. I, as your God, am obedient to you. I protect you when I am asked. I render assistance when I am prevailed upon. I created a beautiful world for you to learn about love so you might earn your heaven. I, your God, am doing My part. I am asking you now to do your part. I speak only from concern, My children. Your world, distorted as it is, seeks to confuse you and make you think that obedience is a negative thing that weakens you. I assure you, My child, I am all powerful. I am Jesus Christ and if you look at My time in your world, you will see that I was obedient to all whose obedience had call upon Me. I was obedient to God. I was obedient to the laws of that time set forth by the governing rulers. I was obedient to the religious authorities. I was obedient to My parents. If you study My life you will see a life of Holy Obedience and meekness. And yet, a man with more power never walked the face of your earth. There is great strength in obedience, and I want to show that to you. Come to Me in the sacrament of the Eucharist and I will teach you about obedience, revealing its beauty and the strength that lies with this misunderstood virtue. What am I asking of you, you might wonder. I am asking you to obey your church, first of all. My church has suffered in this time. Many children have taken this passion time of the church as a license to be disobedient. Children, this must cease. You are called on to be obedient to your church and in this way you are obedient to Me. I do not seek your destruction, My child. I seek your salvation. That is why I have given you this church with all of its wisdom. Many souls say that the world has changed and because of this, the church must change. Well, I assure you today, I have not changed. Heaven has not changed. You will discover this first hand one day. The changes have occurred in your world and I am coming to you today through this prophet to tell you that the changes are destroying mankind. Change is not always bad, of course, but you world has deteriorated to an Age of Disobedience and too many souls are being lost. I am intervening in a significant way not to resent the course and direction for you. Heed My words this day. I come to you in love, My children. I bring you unlimited graces. Do not be afraid to change your life, even though it means admitting you have made mistakes. A wise man does not fear mistakes because he knows they are inevitable. Indeed, it is through these mistakes and through the study of past mistakes that we learn for the future. I want your future to be glorious. I want only good things for you. I have the graces necessary to insure that you succeed spiritually. You need not fear that you are not holy enough to follow Me. My child, I know all. I call you because your destiny lies with Me. I am your God and I call you by name, into My heavenly service. Do not disappoint Me. Begin by the smallest acts of obedience to your church and I will lead you to the heights of holiness, for which I created you. Fear nothing. Sit with Me in silence and I promise to direct you. You need only come to Me and the changes will begin. How you will welcome these changes. Your world does not offer peace. Peace comes only from Me. Make haste to return to Me for My graces are waiting.
August 27, 2003
Jesus
Today I wish to speak to My children about heaven. Heaven is real, dear ones. It is a place and I am there. Most of your deceased family members are here along with all of the saints and many others whom you have not met. There is great fellowship in heaven, particularly among souls who served Me in particular ways. You will feel no pain for fatigue here, but, at times, you will rest in ideas and concepts so that you can learn them. You see, My children, your learning continues and the quenching of the thirst for knowledge is a part of heaven because anyone is able to learn about any topic that sparks their curiosity. You can then build on that and graduate to even deeper levels of knowledge and knowing. This does not feel like school. It is joy and wonder. It is innocence and love. It is coming into the mystery of your universe in such a way that you then help to direct the universe. My children, because of your limited understanding, which is necessary while you remain on earth, I cannot tell you everything. But I wanted to share this glimpse of heaven with you and I will continue to part the curtains, as it were, so that you understand where you are going. It is good to know your destination so that you know how to prepare. I, your Jesus, am helping you prepare. If you listen to Me, and prepare well, you will be ready for heaven when it is time to come here. In this way, the day of your earthly death will be the best day of your life. Believe Me, My children, when I tell you that all of Us here in heaven await your coming. We are linked to YOU. My children on earth like to think that holiness is someone else’s call. If you are listening to Me now, you understand that holiness is your call. If your destination is heaven and of course it should be, then you must begin your preparation now. You would hardly travel to a foreign country without learning at least something about what you will want and need there. So take heed when I tell you that you will want to practice the virtues while you remain on earth. Try to view it as learning to speak the heavenly language before your arrival here.
I want to tell you, My children, that the saints, everyone here, clamours to assist you now. You are living in dark times and many of you have fallen into a spiritual sleep. I am preparing to make a loud noise, in a manner of speaking, to awaken your world. Better for you, My child, that you open your eyes gently now and begin to serve from love and obedience, as opposed to fear. If you follow Me now, you will nearly eradicate fear from your life. I felt stabs of human fear for fleeting moments, as in the Garden and when I was condemned to death. But My faith and knowledge assured Me that man could hurt my body, but My soul remained intact, belonging to God and this heavenly world. It will be the same for you, children. You will fear nothing. Additionally, if you follow Me, you will receive extraordinary graces to deal with anything that frightens you. I will manage any fears that you have, both now, and in the future, and this is another solemn promise I make to you. Also, I give you permission to be like small children, often saying to their parents, You promised!
Separation of School and State
Here's an idea I like very much. Check out the website of The Alliance for the Separation of School and State to learn more.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Kyrie Eleison
Could you please say a prayer for our Bishop and our diocese?
This week it was publicly announced that a priest in the next county has been accused of sexual assault of a then-minor girl (some 16 years ago). The priest protests his innocence, but by policy the Bishop still must remove him from active priestly service pending criminal investigation and inquiry from Rome.
Also, it was announced in parishes this weekend that the much-contested plans to build a cathedral are going to be scrapped, and a new plan of action drawn up. The Cathedral project has been a major element of division and pain, especially in our town which is the seat of the diocese. And in my opinion some Catholics have badly embarrassed themselves in their public attacks against the Bishop, in both the Catholic and secular newspapers.
I am reminded of words I just read of Fr. Guissani:
We are a materially poor diocese, relative to the rest of the country, but I fear we lack in this Great Poverty as well.
I appreciate your prayers for us, that Christ truly would shine on us in His grace, truth, and healing.
This week it was publicly announced that a priest in the next county has been accused of sexual assault of a then-minor girl (some 16 years ago). The priest protests his innocence, but by policy the Bishop still must remove him from active priestly service pending criminal investigation and inquiry from Rome.
Also, it was announced in parishes this weekend that the much-contested plans to build a cathedral are going to be scrapped, and a new plan of action drawn up. The Cathedral project has been a major element of division and pain, especially in our town which is the seat of the diocese. And in my opinion some Catholics have badly embarrassed themselves in their public attacks against the Bishop, in both the Catholic and secular newspapers.
I am reminded of words I just read of Fr. Guissani:
The poor man is he who is certain of a few great things, so that–certain of a few great things–he builds the cathedral and lives in a hovel, a hundred thousand times more a man than those whose ultimate horizon is a totally comfortable apartment and then, if that desire is fulfilled, goes so far as to give an offering for the Church. Poor: certain of a few great things. Why does poverty mean being certain? Because certainty means abandoning oneself, overcoming oneself; it means that I am tiny, nothing, and that the true and great thing is an Other; this is poverty. This is the poverty that makes us full and free..
We are a materially poor diocese, relative to the rest of the country, but I fear we lack in this Great Poverty as well.
I appreciate your prayers for us, that Christ truly would shine on us in His grace, truth, and healing.
Volume Two: Conversations With the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus (Part Two)
...family unity.... silence.... the longing in the Heart of Jesus....
August 20, 2003
Jesus
Today I speak to you about unity. There is great disunity in the world. This disunity has permeated most modern life but I speak in a particular way of disunity within the family. I intend to return a sense of unity to every family that will allow Me to do so. My children, when there is family unity, the members experience a steady flow of love. My peace, always available, draws the family through the inevitable times of difficulty and members of such families possess as calm and steady bearing. Prayer will bring unity to a family in a swift manner. If a family makes a decision to make family prayer a priority, I can bestow many graces to that home. Families devoted to Our mother already understand this connection between prayer and family unity. I want this for all families. Make a firm decision on when your family will pray together. If something interferes with this time, do not take that as a sign that your prayer commitment was a mistake. Simply reschedule to a more suitable time. I, your Jesus, am watching. I understand all. If you tell me that your family never has enough time together to pray, I will help you to find that time. It is possible you are all too busy and should eliminate certain activities. My children of this busy world must understand the very significant difference between entertainment and duty. An obligation to meet with friends is not as important as an obligation to family prayer, and it is possible that your priorities require examination. Do not fear this examination because I will help you. Together, We will examine your life and see where We can schedule time for you to draw your family together in prayer. Believe Me when I tell you that you will be abundantly blessed in this decision. I will put unity in your family.
Unity is also important for the purpose of identity. Children, in particular, must understand that they are expected to view life and respond to live differently because they are Christians. This begins in your home. My youngest children of this world do not understand their inheritance. With many of My adult children, it is more serious. They have rejected their inheritance. So our goal is two-fold. We must educate Our youth and call out in love to Our adults. Look at your brothers and sisters in the world. Many are experiencing disunity in their families and walk in bitterness. They do not appeal to Me for help. They simply accept that this is how people behave. I assure you, My children, Christians do not behave this way. I intend to bring families together. From this secure love source, children will learn responsibility to others and to God. I intend for this to be the norm again. Will you help Me? Let us agree today, that each family will respond to this message by praying together. Start small, if you must, with one Our Father. Then advance gradually. I would like families to pray the Holy Rosary. Let that be your goal. Devotion to My mother will advance a family to Me very quickly. Devotion to My mother will heal many deep wounds. My mother is united with Me in this work and brings many, many souls back to Me. Pray now, as a family, and rejoice, as I restore unity to your home.
August 21, 2003
Jesus
Today I wish to direct attention, once again, to the hectic pace of this modern world. Children, come and sit with Me in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. I am in every tabernacle throughout the world. Think of one now, and picture Me there. Do I have a television? A radio? Of course not. Yet I am truly there. What does He do, you might ask. I tell you, My child, I am not bored. I think about you. I worry if you are far away. I suffer if you have chosen worldly paths and you are endangering your soul. I am sad each day if there is no hope of a visit from you. I ask My father to have mercy on you. I direct My angels to watch over you in the hope that someday you will return to Me. My child, how often during your day do you think of Me? You are thinking of Me now, as you read these words. So while your mind is resting upon Me, let Me tell you that I love you, I want only your happiness. I can help you in everything. I can solve your problems and heal your wounds. My child, come and sit before the Eucharist in any tabernacle. My graces and blessings will flow out to you. I want you to sit and soak in the silence. You may close your eyes there and I will fill your precious head with a stream of heavenly thoughts. I have so much to share with you. I have seen every injury you have experienced. I longed to comfort you. Let Me comfort you now.
Again I entreat you to eliminate as much noise from your life as possible. Noise is not conducive to holiness and while you might have to tolerate noise in the world, you can diminish noise in your home and in your car. In silence comes peace, little ones. You will find Me in silence. I am waiting for you and I have never once turned my gaze away from you. You must know that I forgive you for everything. I want only your love.
Souls find this concept difficult because your modern world has scoffed so often on selfless love, that souls are suspicious. Why does Jesus love me? I am not very lovable, they think. Indeed, many souls in this world do not like even themselves. So they find it hard to imagine that anyone, particularly the God of All, could desire their well-being, and love them completely. I tell you, dear child, that the Truth cannot be denied. I am the Truth. And I love you beyond anything you can imagine. My only wish is to bring you back to Me, where I might protect you. Do not be afraid. You will not be punished for your misdeeds. Come back to Me now and I will pardon your sins. We will proceed together as though these sins had never been committed. Sins leave a certain residue on a soul. Come to Me now, My beloved child, and with a heavenly breath, I will blow away the residue of sin so your soul proceeds in joy and newness. I am your God. I love you. That will never change.
August 22, 2003
Jesus
The love in My heart gushes forth upon your world. In an unparalleled manner, I lavish graces on souls. My children, My love is such that I can no longer contain it. I see so many in need of Me, and truly, they shall have Me. Bring My words to those who suffer. My words will be the balm you will use to nurse souls back to wellness. Like heavenly nurses, you will apply My words to every wound and you will see miraculous results. My children, I am working through you. I am using you as healing instruments. Your world is sick and suffers from a disease far worse than any disease of the body. The very soul of your world struggles now, to find the source of healing it requires. And I am here. I intend to heal your world. I want you to be joyful representatives of your Eucharistic Jesus. The Eucharistic Jesus calls out to His children in firmness. I call you each by name and I say to you, It is time to return to Me. Come to Me, waiting in the tabernacle, and I will reveal Myself to you in such a way that you will have no doubts. You will be glad in your heart and peaceful in your soul. Rest near the Eucharistic heart of your Saviour and you will be granted everything you need. Faith is a gift, My dear one. I wish to give this gift to you. But you must turn to Me so that I may. My heart beats only with love for you. I can promise you that I will not reproach you. I will help you understand that only joy and light is suitable for a child of God. You will return to Us one day. Let Us make that the most joyful day of your life. Come to Me, My child, and I will show you how. You say, Jesus, I forget how to pray. My child, does a small one forget how to cry when he is hurt? Of course not. Come before Me and cry out your pain your hurt, and your fear. We need not do it all in one day, but take the first step to Me by coming in front of Me. Put yourself in My Eucharistic presence and I will do the rest. The work will come from Me. I will move you back swiftly to that place that has been reserved for only you in My Sacred Heart. You see, My child, if you have been away from Me, that place has been empty. I, your Jesus, have felt the emptiness terribly as I waited for your return. My heart aches with waiting for you so do not let Me suffer another moment. Do you begin to understand? I love you totally. You were meant to be with Me. Do not let anything hinder your return. I am your God, the God of All. The world wants to trick you out of your inheritance, but I hold it for you. It is safe with Me, My child, so return to Me now, that I may begin to heal you.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
I Found It!!!
I found the song I mentioned several days ago, "Daughter"; the lyrics are in this post. This is the only recording of this song anywhere in the world, I am guessing. Please humor me by listening to it, despite the extremely rough recording. Take into consideration that this comes to your speakers via my digital camera recording off a humble boom-box, off a nearly 22-year-old cassette (which survived a mauling by one child), recorded on an even more humble boom box that was on the floor of a high school auditorium, at a live performance.
What I wouldn't give for a professional rendition of this gorgeous song.
Volume Two: Conversations With the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus (Part One)
This is the first of several installments of Volume Two of the messages given to "Anne" as Direction for our Times. This does not include the introductory comments contained at the beginning of each volume, but you can read more about Anne and Direction for our Times here and you can read the statement from Anne's Bishop here.
The title of volume two is "Conversations with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus."
August 17, 2003
Jesus
My children, I am speaking to you from the depth of my Eucharistic Heart. My dearest little souls of this world, you must come back to Me. I want your love now, as never before, and I want to protect you, as never before. Because Our time is not like your time, I can communicate with you in a timeless manner. This is what I wish to tell you. I am going to share My deepest secrets with you. I am going to remove the veil from the Tabernacle as never before. I want you to know Me. I want you to know Me in My miraculous form of the consecrated host. I am the Bread of Life. Yes. And I am your Jesus, also. I was a humble man, who walked your paths of difficulty, want, and hardship. Many treated Me badly, so I understand the pain of hurt. We had little money, so I understand the pain of hunger. I was different, so I understand the pain of isolation. Little ones, I am with you. I want to teach you things that souls of past times did not learn until they came to heaven. I am doing this because I am rising up a tidal wave of Christians to wash over the shore of badness that has taken control of this world, so lovingly created by My Father. This process will cleanse your world, making it safe once again for God’s children. I am going to bring you knowledge, wisdom, and love. I am going to introduce you to the divine to make your hearts burn like furnaces of divine love. You will be given the opportunity to work with Me. Children, come with Me now. Walk this walk of the divine with Me, your Saviour. Together, We call out to others to join us. In this way, We rise up against evil and reclaim goodness for the world, for its people, and for God in Heaven. I am omnipotent. By cooperating with Me and working with Me, you share in My power. You will learn to love in a way you have never known before. I am revealing Myself in a new way, such as I have never done. Come, let us together pay homage and pledge obedience to God the Father. It is He who decrees this work. Thank Him often and deeply for these graces, for with these graces, you will help Me to save the world.
August 18, 2003
Jesus
I want to show My children the great devotion I have for them. I reside in tabernacles all over the world. I do this because I desire My children to have a living Christ in their midst. Such holiness is available to souls who visit and venerate Me in the Eucharist. I am the cure for every ill. I am the calm for every storm. I am the comfort for every sorrow. Because I intend to lead My children in a more enhanced way, I am going to show you the Life that is enclosed in each tabernacle. My dear ones, if you but knew the value of each and every visit that is made to Me here, there would be crowds all through every day and every night. It is this crowd of souls I invite now. Dear children of this world, I, your Jesus, am not limited by the laws of nature. I can do anything. My powers are unimaginable to souls who have not seen the heavenly Vision. In other words, to souls who remain on earth. Much is said in your world about power. This one has this power and that one has another power. Children are being deluged with images of occult or magical powers. I want this to cease. There is an obsession with powers that are NOT heavenly powers. My children, even some of My children of Light, say these are good things, or at least harmless. I tell you now, In all of My Godly Majesty, that if a power is not from Me, it is evil. Search every day for these impostors and remove them from your life. You do not see the damage being done, but I, your Saviour, assure you that this opens a door to your soul that you do not want opened. Your children must be protected from entertainment or games that feature "powers".
I wish to guide you in this specific manner. I wish to warn and correct you. I wish to teach you. Most of all, I wish to love you. Have you ever loved someone passionately but been rejected? Was your love ever tossed casually back at you? If this has ever happened to you, then you understand how I feel. I am rejected by the majority of humanity. I gave My very life for this humanity, so that their sins would be overlooked and forgotten. Humanity, poor foolish humanity, flings this gift back at My feet, as if to say, "Your gift is worthless. It has no value anymore." Dearest children, this is ignorance in some cases. Many of these children do not understand that the gift they toss aside is their Eternity, their Salvation. They do not understand this in many cases because they are not being told. I will rectify this situation shortly when I reveal Myself to your world, leaving no room to for doubt that Jesus Christ lives and that Jesus Christ saves. At that time, souls will know Me and will be free to make a choice based on knowledge. My little one, how consoled I will be by the souls who make the choice in advance of that day, based on faith. I am sending My Spirit into the world now. The Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is resting upon every soul who welcomes Him. My words must be spread and when these words reach a soul who is housing the Spirit, that soul will light up in a spectacular manner. Truly, the light of each of these souls will reach heaven, where the Triumphant ones will rejoice to see another soldier returning to the cause. Be alert, dear ones, to My every whim. Practice responding in obedience to My requests. You will walk in peace, I promise you that today. Adore Me in the Eucharist as I teach you about love.
August 19, 2003
Jesus
I wish to speak to you today about love. I am all love. All love is Me. My children of this world must learn about love again, because, for many, the essence of love has been so distorted, they do not recognize it as valuable, or seek to obtain it. Love is quiet and stead, My children. Love can be relied upon. Love does not diminish in the face of temptation. There are many kinds of love upon earth and all genuine love has its place. I want My children to examine the genuine opportunities for love in their lives. Certainly a family is a primary source of love. But many families have failed in love and their members drift away in bitterness. Children, the obligation to love someone does not mean you will not be hurt. On the contrary, often, and I must say usually, this obligation to love insures that you will be hurt and it carries with it another obligation and that is the obligation to forgive. If you would like to see an example of someone who has been hurt, look at Me. You did not deserve to be hurt, little one. I understand and I see everything. I also did not deserve to be hurt. I tell you now, dearest ones, that you have hurt Me many times. Your neglect alone wounds me terribly. But I love you. I understand you are not perfect. I look upon you and truly, I forgive you. Please accept My forgiveness and let Us begin Our walk together anew. Please, dear wounded child, take My forgiveness into your heart and let it make a home there. If a guest is welcome, a guest causes little trouble to His host because a guest who feels truly welcome will make Himself at home and not cause His host any trouble. A welcome guests sees to His own needs and seeks to help His host. Isn’t that true, dear one? I am your Guest. I am a Guest in your soul. Make Me welcome and I will heal, nourish, and recover your soul. Your heart will beat only with love. I will cleanse the bitterness and permanently remove the hurt. I will leave such a surplus of forgiveness that you will have plenty to lavish upon those who have hurt you. Dear children of this one true God, seek out people who have hurt you, especially in your family, and offer your forgiveness. You don’t need to look for it. Ask Me where it is, dear child, and indeed, I will hand forgiveness to you. If you do this, you will heal. You may say, Jesus, it is too hard. I cannot do this as I have been hurt too badly. My child, again I counsel you to practice. Say these words of forgiveness in your head. Then say them aloud. Becomes used to the sound of them. With My graces, it will not only be possible, it will be easy. Trust Me, who loves you with a genuine love and seeks your peace. I want to barrier of bitterness between Us. I want to heal you. I want to heal families Do not be afraid. If someone rejects your forgiveness, that is their loss. You will heal, and you will be rewarded. It matters not to Me what a recipient does with a gift you have given when I examine your life. So welcome Me as your Guest, My beloved one. I will put so much love and forgiveness in your heart that you will not be able to give it away fast enough. I am your God. Believe in Me.
The title of volume two is "Conversations with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus."
August 17, 2003
Jesus
My children, I am speaking to you from the depth of my Eucharistic Heart. My dearest little souls of this world, you must come back to Me. I want your love now, as never before, and I want to protect you, as never before. Because Our time is not like your time, I can communicate with you in a timeless manner. This is what I wish to tell you. I am going to share My deepest secrets with you. I am going to remove the veil from the Tabernacle as never before. I want you to know Me. I want you to know Me in My miraculous form of the consecrated host. I am the Bread of Life. Yes. And I am your Jesus, also. I was a humble man, who walked your paths of difficulty, want, and hardship. Many treated Me badly, so I understand the pain of hurt. We had little money, so I understand the pain of hunger. I was different, so I understand the pain of isolation. Little ones, I am with you. I want to teach you things that souls of past times did not learn until they came to heaven. I am doing this because I am rising up a tidal wave of Christians to wash over the shore of badness that has taken control of this world, so lovingly created by My Father. This process will cleanse your world, making it safe once again for God’s children. I am going to bring you knowledge, wisdom, and love. I am going to introduce you to the divine to make your hearts burn like furnaces of divine love. You will be given the opportunity to work with Me. Children, come with Me now. Walk this walk of the divine with Me, your Saviour. Together, We call out to others to join us. In this way, We rise up against evil and reclaim goodness for the world, for its people, and for God in Heaven. I am omnipotent. By cooperating with Me and working with Me, you share in My power. You will learn to love in a way you have never known before. I am revealing Myself in a new way, such as I have never done. Come, let us together pay homage and pledge obedience to God the Father. It is He who decrees this work. Thank Him often and deeply for these graces, for with these graces, you will help Me to save the world.
August 18, 2003
Jesus
I want to show My children the great devotion I have for them. I reside in tabernacles all over the world. I do this because I desire My children to have a living Christ in their midst. Such holiness is available to souls who visit and venerate Me in the Eucharist. I am the cure for every ill. I am the calm for every storm. I am the comfort for every sorrow. Because I intend to lead My children in a more enhanced way, I am going to show you the Life that is enclosed in each tabernacle. My dear ones, if you but knew the value of each and every visit that is made to Me here, there would be crowds all through every day and every night. It is this crowd of souls I invite now. Dear children of this world, I, your Jesus, am not limited by the laws of nature. I can do anything. My powers are unimaginable to souls who have not seen the heavenly Vision. In other words, to souls who remain on earth. Much is said in your world about power. This one has this power and that one has another power. Children are being deluged with images of occult or magical powers. I want this to cease. There is an obsession with powers that are NOT heavenly powers. My children, even some of My children of Light, say these are good things, or at least harmless. I tell you now, In all of My Godly Majesty, that if a power is not from Me, it is evil. Search every day for these impostors and remove them from your life. You do not see the damage being done, but I, your Saviour, assure you that this opens a door to your soul that you do not want opened. Your children must be protected from entertainment or games that feature "powers".
I wish to guide you in this specific manner. I wish to warn and correct you. I wish to teach you. Most of all, I wish to love you. Have you ever loved someone passionately but been rejected? Was your love ever tossed casually back at you? If this has ever happened to you, then you understand how I feel. I am rejected by the majority of humanity. I gave My very life for this humanity, so that their sins would be overlooked and forgotten. Humanity, poor foolish humanity, flings this gift back at My feet, as if to say, "Your gift is worthless. It has no value anymore." Dearest children, this is ignorance in some cases. Many of these children do not understand that the gift they toss aside is their Eternity, their Salvation. They do not understand this in many cases because they are not being told. I will rectify this situation shortly when I reveal Myself to your world, leaving no room to for doubt that Jesus Christ lives and that Jesus Christ saves. At that time, souls will know Me and will be free to make a choice based on knowledge. My little one, how consoled I will be by the souls who make the choice in advance of that day, based on faith. I am sending My Spirit into the world now. The Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is resting upon every soul who welcomes Him. My words must be spread and when these words reach a soul who is housing the Spirit, that soul will light up in a spectacular manner. Truly, the light of each of these souls will reach heaven, where the Triumphant ones will rejoice to see another soldier returning to the cause. Be alert, dear ones, to My every whim. Practice responding in obedience to My requests. You will walk in peace, I promise you that today. Adore Me in the Eucharist as I teach you about love.
August 19, 2003
Jesus
I wish to speak to you today about love. I am all love. All love is Me. My children of this world must learn about love again, because, for many, the essence of love has been so distorted, they do not recognize it as valuable, or seek to obtain it. Love is quiet and stead, My children. Love can be relied upon. Love does not diminish in the face of temptation. There are many kinds of love upon earth and all genuine love has its place. I want My children to examine the genuine opportunities for love in their lives. Certainly a family is a primary source of love. But many families have failed in love and their members drift away in bitterness. Children, the obligation to love someone does not mean you will not be hurt. On the contrary, often, and I must say usually, this obligation to love insures that you will be hurt and it carries with it another obligation and that is the obligation to forgive. If you would like to see an example of someone who has been hurt, look at Me. You did not deserve to be hurt, little one. I understand and I see everything. I also did not deserve to be hurt. I tell you now, dearest ones, that you have hurt Me many times. Your neglect alone wounds me terribly. But I love you. I understand you are not perfect. I look upon you and truly, I forgive you. Please accept My forgiveness and let Us begin Our walk together anew. Please, dear wounded child, take My forgiveness into your heart and let it make a home there. If a guest is welcome, a guest causes little trouble to His host because a guest who feels truly welcome will make Himself at home and not cause His host any trouble. A welcome guests sees to His own needs and seeks to help His host. Isn’t that true, dear one? I am your Guest. I am a Guest in your soul. Make Me welcome and I will heal, nourish, and recover your soul. Your heart will beat only with love. I will cleanse the bitterness and permanently remove the hurt. I will leave such a surplus of forgiveness that you will have plenty to lavish upon those who have hurt you. Dear children of this one true God, seek out people who have hurt you, especially in your family, and offer your forgiveness. You don’t need to look for it. Ask Me where it is, dear child, and indeed, I will hand forgiveness to you. If you do this, you will heal. You may say, Jesus, it is too hard. I cannot do this as I have been hurt too badly. My child, again I counsel you to practice. Say these words of forgiveness in your head. Then say them aloud. Becomes used to the sound of them. With My graces, it will not only be possible, it will be easy. Trust Me, who loves you with a genuine love and seeks your peace. I want to barrier of bitterness between Us. I want to heal you. I want to heal families Do not be afraid. If someone rejects your forgiveness, that is their loss. You will heal, and you will be rewarded. It matters not to Me what a recipient does with a gift you have given when I examine your life. So welcome Me as your Guest, My beloved one. I will put so much love and forgiveness in your heart that you will not be able to give it away fast enough. I am your God. Believe in Me.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Trisomy 21 and Jerome Lejeune
I came across this article this evening on the life and work of Jerome Lejeune, who discovered the chromosomal pattern known as Trisomy 21, or Down's Syndrome. He was willing to risk his professional reputation in order to speak in defense of those born (or rather conceived) with this condition, when he saw that his discovery was being used for selective abortion. I love the quote, written to his wife after he blasted a high-profile abortion-favoring group of medical professionals, "This afternoon I lost my Nobel Prize."
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose his soul?
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose his soul?
Of Viruses and Vitality
Most of my household has undergone a stomach virus attack this week. I have been the most recent contestant in the battle. Every illness feels like the worst thing, I suppose, but I would take the hacking cough and aches of the flu which made up my last significant illness, when I was 8 months pregnant no less, to throwing up 25 times in the space of seven hours.
And yet, who am I to complain? Today I was privileged to hear, at least 5,000 times, that beautiful word "Mama." It is hard for my children to be deprived of the normal rhythm of their lives, as well it should be. Whether their sickness or mine, or worst -- both at the same time -- it is an extra challenge for them to not find the comfort within themselves or within their Mommy that they are used to. It is a gift to be used to good things, but it is also a gift to stop for a moment and realize you are used to good things. And it is a gift beyond compare for me to realize that I am a source of good things for my precious littlies. I know too well that it could all be very different.
And yet, who am I to complain? Today I was privileged to hear, at least 5,000 times, that beautiful word "Mama." It is hard for my children to be deprived of the normal rhythm of their lives, as well it should be. Whether their sickness or mine, or worst -- both at the same time -- it is an extra challenge for them to not find the comfort within themselves or within their Mommy that they are used to. It is a gift to be used to good things, but it is also a gift to stop for a moment and realize you are used to good things. And it is a gift beyond compare for me to realize that I am a source of good things for my precious littlies. I know too well that it could all be very different.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
For the Love of Submission
One of my stranger memories, which gets even stranger in the re-telling, is of laying on the floor in my non-denominational fellowship, something like 18 years ago. What was I doing there on the floor, you ask? Being prayed over, of course. I don't remember the details, but I imagine that I had been "slain in the Spirit" and two women known to have gifts of prophecy were praying for me. One of these women, who had quite the headstrong edge to her, suddenly exclaimed, as if she had just gotten some strong spiritual whiff arising off of me, "Oh! You have SUCH a submissive spirit!" She was really overwhelmed by whatever reality she mysteriously encountered.
I don't claim to have the ability to explain anything I just wrote theologically. But I can attest that I have always been a person in search of a proper place to submit myself. I was just reading an article in Traces tonight (May 2007) entitled Obedience: A Matter for Reasonable Men. I found it very affirming in that it discusses how obedience, or submission to proper authority, is the first act of reason, and that which preserves reason.
Personally, the crux of my conversion to Catholicism was in seeing that God had intended and given a charism of authority within the Church in the role of the papacy through Peter. I remember Scripture lighting up as I read Acts and saw Peter's role, not created by him or resting in his personality or his talents or even his faith, but bestowed upon him by the Holy Spirit. As I read Catholic and Christian and the documents of Vatican II and saw the teachings of the papacy, apostolic succession, and the authority of the Magisterium, I was both delighted and terrified. God had established authority, given as a charism. How wonderful.
I had experienced submission to human authority and found control and corruption. I had also had the experience of desperately trying to prop up a few well-wishing words offered me and make it into a shelter of authority that might protect me. For years I had what I can only call a longing for true authority, to submit myself in true freedom.
I was confused, at first coming to the Church, that Her authority was by no means heavy-handed, controlling or specific. These had been my images of "good" authority. I found I had more freedom under the Church's authority than I knew how to handle. But I quickly found that I could flourish in this environment. My humanity heard the call, like Lazarus, to "come forth"!
The Traces article made a beautiful point, that "obeying the Church", or "submitting to the Church", are simply other ways of saying "loving the Church". Oh, and I do. This is so misunderstood by many outside the Church (and perhaps even more within the Church!), but the last thing the Church's authority is is coercive. If my Bishop tells me my parish is closing, I might have some hard moments, but I will go with his plan, even if I don't see the wisdom in it or like it, because I choose to express my love for Christ and His Church by being united with my Bishop.
I absolutely love having a rightly-established authority that I can submit to. It is my freedom, my protection. Even if my Bishop were a corrupt man, or, heaven forbid, our Pope were, I can still trust that the charism of the Holy Spirit operates through them for me. My heart absolutely leaps with joy at this.
I don't claim to have the ability to explain anything I just wrote theologically. But I can attest that I have always been a person in search of a proper place to submit myself. I was just reading an article in Traces tonight (May 2007) entitled Obedience: A Matter for Reasonable Men. I found it very affirming in that it discusses how obedience, or submission to proper authority, is the first act of reason, and that which preserves reason.
Personally, the crux of my conversion to Catholicism was in seeing that God had intended and given a charism of authority within the Church in the role of the papacy through Peter. I remember Scripture lighting up as I read Acts and saw Peter's role, not created by him or resting in his personality or his talents or even his faith, but bestowed upon him by the Holy Spirit. As I read Catholic and Christian and the documents of Vatican II and saw the teachings of the papacy, apostolic succession, and the authority of the Magisterium, I was both delighted and terrified. God had established authority, given as a charism. How wonderful.
I had experienced submission to human authority and found control and corruption. I had also had the experience of desperately trying to prop up a few well-wishing words offered me and make it into a shelter of authority that might protect me. For years I had what I can only call a longing for true authority, to submit myself in true freedom.
I was confused, at first coming to the Church, that Her authority was by no means heavy-handed, controlling or specific. These had been my images of "good" authority. I found I had more freedom under the Church's authority than I knew how to handle. But I quickly found that I could flourish in this environment. My humanity heard the call, like Lazarus, to "come forth"!
The Traces article made a beautiful point, that "obeying the Church", or "submitting to the Church", are simply other ways of saying "loving the Church". Oh, and I do. This is so misunderstood by many outside the Church (and perhaps even more within the Church!), but the last thing the Church's authority is is coercive. If my Bishop tells me my parish is closing, I might have some hard moments, but I will go with his plan, even if I don't see the wisdom in it or like it, because I choose to express my love for Christ and His Church by being united with my Bishop.
I absolutely love having a rightly-established authority that I can submit to. It is my freedom, my protection. Even if my Bishop were a corrupt man, or, heaven forbid, our Pope were, I can still trust that the charism of the Holy Spirit operates through them for me. My heart absolutely leaps with joy at this.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
If My Life Were a Room ...
... I'd aspire to be a tatami room. Uncluttered, of focused purpose, allowing in the natural rhythms of light and dark, cold and heat. With a deep connection to history and tradition. "Empty" means there is room for God, room for others.
Starkness and emptiness are my kind of beauty.
Thoughts After Beginning Day
I spent part of this weekend participating in "Opening Day" with the Washington DC Communion and Liberation community. I didn't go with any particular set of expectations, only with a general sense that it wouldn't be a waste of my time.
I've had several months of many emotional experiences with texts of Fr. Giussani, and with and in the actual physical act of meeting with the local group (called "School of Community"). This experience in DC was relatively dispassionate, but also a moment of things feeling crystal clear.
First crystal clear thing: CL is all about the core of Christianity, namely personally encountering Christ, responding to Him, and the incredible power that unleashes.
Second crystal clear thing: CL also emphasizes a positive embrace of our creation, and re-creation, as human beings. This is an aspect of truth into which I feel a deep need to soak myself, intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, physically.
Another crystal clear thing needs some context: The priest who gave the talks (Msgr. Albacete) told the story of his discussion with a catechist who had lost faith in the Resurrection of Christ. Albacete said as he talked to the man about the Resurrection, the man suddenly exclaimed that he could see that if Jesus Christ had risen from death, everything would be changed. Nothing that we experience in life right now would be able to be seen in the same way if the Resurrection were true. "But," the man said, "where is the evidence?" This, Albacete said, was the real beginning of the conversation. "What evidence will you accept?" Albacete asked him.
Now, this line of thinking about evidence for (or "verifying" to use a CL term) the Resurrection is not one I had followed, but I could relate to, for example, looking to verify that the Catholic Church is the church established by Christ. But I considered this even more basic challenge -- what evidence I would accept to something as foundational as the Resurrection of Christ (upon which really follows the divinity of Christ, the basic claims of the Christian faith). I realized the evidence for me has been to find love manifested towards me by human beings, in a way that touched my rawest needs, when they could have freely chosen not to manifest that love. The evidence for me has been to have a Good Samaritan come and pick me up off the Jericho road, in my bleeding and dying state, and to "pour in the oil and the wine", to quote an old song. In other words, if Jesus is still alive, He shows up through His people.
This has happened to me many times throughout my life, but meeting the School of Community has been this for me lately. And I guess the oddest part of it was that I wasn't even feeling aware of any raw need when I started feeling my need met, by the words of Fr. Giussani, by being listened to by others in the group, by others sharing their hearts with me, by a sense of welcome that melted something in me.
Ok, it melted something in me to a degree. The other crystal clear thing I come away with is a call. All my life I have felt a call to enliven the faith of those who go to church and may even be rather religious, but who don't experience God personally, or who don't live like they do. It is very clear that the way to share Christ (with anyone, really) is to love. So, my call is to give love.
And this brings me back to look at my woeful inadequacy. Most of the time, I do not feel like a loving person. I am not effusive, I do not get emotional in certain ways, I don't get feelings or spontaneous thoughts of generosity. In fact, I usually feel rather clueless in the face of the needs of others. I feel, shall we say, masculine in my sense of loving others.
I know this doesn't mean I am unloving. But I need to go back to that soaking in God's embrace of my humanity, for healing, and more clarity about how precisely I am built to image God. {Sigh} I need so much remediation in what it means to be a human being.
Thirteen years ago I remember telling Fr. John, my former spiritual director, that in my conversion process I felt I had been taken, blessed, and broken, and now I was to be given, I just had to figure that part out, but I absolutely could not stop at this point. Is that what living this life is all about?
The danger, of course, is to go to navel gazing at this point. God is not calling me to fret over my imperfections or sit around trying to purify myself by some kind of self-work where I go off on a mountain somewhere alone and try to git r' done. The call is to love. So I guess the call is to muddle through, experiment if you will, set out a plan of action and start working it. I know in the mean time, insight, clarity, healing, growth, knowledge will come.
But it can feel so threatening to set out on a mission without a staff or bag or bread or money, or two tunics (Luke 9). Isn't it funny that that is exactly what Jesus wants?
I've had several months of many emotional experiences with texts of Fr. Giussani, and with and in the actual physical act of meeting with the local group (called "School of Community"). This experience in DC was relatively dispassionate, but also a moment of things feeling crystal clear.
First crystal clear thing: CL is all about the core of Christianity, namely personally encountering Christ, responding to Him, and the incredible power that unleashes.
Second crystal clear thing: CL also emphasizes a positive embrace of our creation, and re-creation, as human beings. This is an aspect of truth into which I feel a deep need to soak myself, intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, physically.
Another crystal clear thing needs some context: The priest who gave the talks (Msgr. Albacete) told the story of his discussion with a catechist who had lost faith in the Resurrection of Christ. Albacete said as he talked to the man about the Resurrection, the man suddenly exclaimed that he could see that if Jesus Christ had risen from death, everything would be changed. Nothing that we experience in life right now would be able to be seen in the same way if the Resurrection were true. "But," the man said, "where is the evidence?" This, Albacete said, was the real beginning of the conversation. "What evidence will you accept?" Albacete asked him.
Now, this line of thinking about evidence for (or "verifying" to use a CL term) the Resurrection is not one I had followed, but I could relate to, for example, looking to verify that the Catholic Church is the church established by Christ. But I considered this even more basic challenge -- what evidence I would accept to something as foundational as the Resurrection of Christ (upon which really follows the divinity of Christ, the basic claims of the Christian faith). I realized the evidence for me has been to find love manifested towards me by human beings, in a way that touched my rawest needs, when they could have freely chosen not to manifest that love. The evidence for me has been to have a Good Samaritan come and pick me up off the Jericho road, in my bleeding and dying state, and to "pour in the oil and the wine", to quote an old song. In other words, if Jesus is still alive, He shows up through His people.
This has happened to me many times throughout my life, but meeting the School of Community has been this for me lately. And I guess the oddest part of it was that I wasn't even feeling aware of any raw need when I started feeling my need met, by the words of Fr. Giussani, by being listened to by others in the group, by others sharing their hearts with me, by a sense of welcome that melted something in me.
Ok, it melted something in me to a degree. The other crystal clear thing I come away with is a call. All my life I have felt a call to enliven the faith of those who go to church and may even be rather religious, but who don't experience God personally, or who don't live like they do. It is very clear that the way to share Christ (with anyone, really) is to love. So, my call is to give love.
And this brings me back to look at my woeful inadequacy. Most of the time, I do not feel like a loving person. I am not effusive, I do not get emotional in certain ways, I don't get feelings or spontaneous thoughts of generosity. In fact, I usually feel rather clueless in the face of the needs of others. I feel, shall we say, masculine in my sense of loving others.
I know this doesn't mean I am unloving. But I need to go back to that soaking in God's embrace of my humanity, for healing, and more clarity about how precisely I am built to image God. {Sigh} I need so much remediation in what it means to be a human being.
Thirteen years ago I remember telling Fr. John, my former spiritual director, that in my conversion process I felt I had been taken, blessed, and broken, and now I was to be given, I just had to figure that part out, but I absolutely could not stop at this point. Is that what living this life is all about?
The danger, of course, is to go to navel gazing at this point. God is not calling me to fret over my imperfections or sit around trying to purify myself by some kind of self-work where I go off on a mountain somewhere alone and try to git r' done. The call is to love. So I guess the call is to muddle through, experiment if you will, set out a plan of action and start working it. I know in the mean time, insight, clarity, healing, growth, knowledge will come.
But it can feel so threatening to set out on a mission without a staff or bag or bread or money, or two tunics (Luke 9). Isn't it funny that that is exactly what Jesus wants?
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Creativity and the Future of Education
Anyone concerned about creativity, children, education, or the future will benefit from investing 19 minutes into watching this video! Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity and the future of education.
You can also visit: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66 to view the video.
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