Julia Kim’s Inspiring Spiritual Message to meditate on the 1st Sat of January, 2024
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Julia Kim’s Inspiring Spiritual Message to meditate on the 1st Sat of January, 2024
The Chapel of the Blessed Mother of Naju 12, Najucheon 2-gil, Naju City, Jeonnam, 58258, South Korea
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You Can Practice the Five Spiritualities as long you are awake!
Thanksgiving in pain! Thanksgiving in joy!
Praise be to Jesus! Praise be to the Blessed Mother!
In the New Year, may you receive much more love from Jesus and the Blessed Mother! I've heard that there are as many as 12,420 different diseases affecting humans. And it’s utterly countless! Today I offered up my suffering in the complex pains for your sake. May you be healed of every disease.
Although we say repeatedly “Practice the Five Spiritualities,” many of us are still asking how to practice them. We can practice “the Five Spiritualities” in our daily lives. In a certain situation, if we only do something, it merely passes. But in the same situation, if you stay awake to arm yourselves with the Five Spiritualities and practice them, you can do it.
They are not practiced by thinking “I will practice the Five Spiritualities,” and meditating on them one by one, but practice them naturally in your daily life and activities. Although it may seem trivial, the Lord does not overlook anything at all even what is insignificant.
In 1984, Pope John Paul II came to Seoul’s Yeouido Plaza. The Naju Parish Church needed several buses to go there. From Gwangju archdiocese, dozens of buses fetched a number of people there. With people gathering from across the country, how many must have been present! The buses alone were countless!
An old lady weighing over 90kg from Geumcheon went there as well. She couldn’t walk normally. As she could only wobble, I assisted her so that she could walk faster. People around her said, “What a bother she is!” “Elders should just stay at home. Look how she goes around causing inconvenience to people here!” They hurt her with many nasty words and comments. So, I shared with her good words so that she could not hear them, and I carried her on my back.
At the time, I weighed 53 kg, with a 23-inch waist. While carrying her on my back, oh my, how far the way was to reach the place designated for those from Naju! It was a difficult route even to walk alone.
It was not easy for me to carry the lady that far, who weighed over 90 kg, on my back. So, I asked some brothers around for a little help. But while they were hearing my asking in their way, they just turned their back and went instantly.
So I said, “Oh, Jesus, I’ll do it.” I did “Amen” for this job! I regarded that it was not the old lady that I carried on my back anymore, instead, it was Jesus carrying the Cross for the salvation of mankind.
I put her down at our designated area. When she was aware of me just getting up, she shouted, “Julia! Julia!” As she had no one else to help her, she got too nervous to bear. So when she wanted a sip of water, she called me, “Julia! Julia!” She kept calling me, “Julia! Julia!” repeatedly. Whenever I tried standing up, she called me, “Julia! Julia!”, because she felt insecure. I answered her, “Yes, ma’am! Don’t worry. I’ll be always by your side.” So, I was only taking care of her continuously.
On that day, a miracle of the sun occurred around noon. Those who were there among you witnessed it, right? Yes, the miracle of the sun occurred around noon that day! I couldn’t see it. But I wasn’t feeling sorry or disappointed at all.
Dear all, let us not be disappointed and sad over whatever we do, but we should offer up everything graciously. I couldn’t see the miracle but I practiced “Semchigo as if I saw it,” and continued taking care of her. With the intention for the conversion of sinners and for the spiritual and physical good health of the Pope, the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, and for the glory and adoration to Jesus, I just offered everything as a sacrifice and penance. Doing everything in Semchigo, I was so happy.
When the old lady was sitting still, she looked at me carefully, and exclaimed, “Wow! You are such a slender, young lady, as if a breeze could blow you away. How on earth could you carry me, a super heavy one?” I answered, “No, I am not a young lady. I have 4 children.” She replied, “Oh my! How come! How can you be!” I told her a bit about how I came back to life.
Then she said, “No wonder!” Now that the schedule was all finished, I carried her on my back to return to the bus. The way was not empty because at that time was it a million people? There were an enormous number of people, and they were not in order. Do you all know? (Yes!) I elbowed my way through the crowd. Those who were there, indeed know it was even hard to pass by alone, right? (Yes!)
When I tried to carry her on my back, a young man volunteered to help me, “Oh, that must be hard! Now let me try to carry her on my back.” And I replied, “Yes, thank you.” The young man carried the old woman on his back. But he just put her down carelessly after taking a few steps. “Oh no! I can’t do it anymore. You look so weak, but actually, you’re so strong.” He said he hurt his back in his attempt. The other people turned away and left indifferently, but he must have felt sorry for me and tried helping me. But it ended up hurting him in the back while he was trying to carry her.
It happened because I had asked some young men for help. “Oh, I’m sorry. It’s my fault.” And then I understood that Jesus was asking me to carry her, and I responded with Amen and carried her on my back again joyfully. I don’t mean to boast at all. I could do it because I did it happily while doing my best. If I had thought, “Oh, how can I carry such a big person?”, I couldn’t have carried her. How could a slim lady of 53kg carry a person of over 90kg? Everyone was surprised. It’s God’s love. We shouldn’t think with our human reasoning. So, we should say, “I can do it!”
I have lived my life thinking that nothing is impossible, but now I see that many things are impossible. No matter how many times I repeated the same words trying hard to lead people to Heaven, there are individuals who turn away, and there’s nothing I can do about them.
I assisted her to the end of our arrival. A few days later, I encountered her at my parish on Sunday. She recognized me and said, “Oh, young mother, my son is so grateful to you and he would like to offer you a sack of rice as a gift. Where do you live? Let me know where your house is.” She repeated, “Thank you, thank you very much.”
“Please return your gratitude to the Lord only. As a messenger of Jesus, I was used as His instrument for a little while and merely worked. So please give thanks to God.” And she insisted, “Of course, I thank God. But you carried me, a heavy one on your back.”
“If you give me rice as a gift, or even something small, I won’t even talk to you. Okay, my dear Ma’am? Instead of giving me rice, please share more of your love with your family, especially with your daughter-in-law,” I replied. “Oh, I will,” and she said, “Thinking about you, such a good person, I’ll share more Divine love I’ve failed with my daughter-in-law.”
Likewise, we have to entrust everything to the Lord like a child. You can do it if you entrust it to Him. Do not estimate negatively even 0.1%, “Can I do that? Oh~ Should I try this?” But just say, “I can do it!”
However, as I am talking now, something comes to mind. I don’t think she was an old lady from Geumcheon. It’s because… After the Declaration of Gwangju Archdiocese on Naju was issued, and Fr. Hong-cheol Song was assigned to our parish and prevented me, I couldn’t go to Church. But before that, I still would go to Church. I also went to Geumcheon Secondary Station.
But meanwhile, I never saw her again. I’m never curious about results or anything. But I have never met her again. It couldn’t happen that I was never able to see her again, right? But I never did ever since. See that I often told you that Our Lord tests us, rebukes us, and does many other things for our sake, right? As you know, Jesus has tested me in so many ways.
When I was slender like that, I traveled to Southeast Asia and attended the unveiling ceremony of the statue of St. Andrew Taegon Kim, where food was served. Normally, I don’t eat much due to being busy serving others. Despite having made a lot of money, I rarely ate. However, on that day, it would be a loss if you didn’t partake in what’s offered.
Whether you eat a lot or a little, the price is the same. So, I ate to my heart’s content there. Oh, I was gaining 1kg per day. Gaining 1kg each day felt so good, as I hadn’t realized how good it was to be slim at that time. Each day, I exclaimed, “Wow! I gained another 1kg today!” Then the next day, I’d eat to my heart’s content again, and when I weighed myself again, I had gained another 1kg, so I’d think, “Wow! I gained another 1kg today!” But when I came home and didn’t eat, the weight quickly went down again.
So, we don’t know when we will encounter Jesus and the Blessed Mother. We enjoy Heaven only when we do things with a joyful heart. The earlier topic… Despite the small sacrifice of carrying the old lady on my back, I practiced Semchigo as if making the journey effortlessly. One could practice just Semchigo, but all the Five Spiritualities could be applied at the same time.
I carried her around by Turning it into prayers. With every footstep forward, I prayed, “Jesus! How hard it was for You to carry the Cross for the salvation of us, mankind!”
He fell down but while getting up, He fell down and then fell again. Even though He fell down that many times, He rose up again. However, when the Roman soldiers instructed Simon to carry the Cross for Jesus, it was not out of their consideration toward Jesus. They wanted Jesus to suffer more, but they were afraid He might pass away in the process, so they had Simon carry the Cross.
As for Simon, on his way to his hometown, he was forced to carry the Cross. At first, he didn’t want to do it. But, while Simon was carrying Jesus’ Cross, he felt Jesus’ love. So, even for those who didn’t come here willingly, but rather involuntarily, if you bring them and they receive grace, you are accumulating merit.
In the past, a couple worked hard volunteering for the pilgrimage bus of Daegu City. The couple made a phone call to a lady every day to invite her to Naju. Finally, she came here and shared her testimony; At that time, cell phones were rare. Even though the lady would avoid the volunteers who tried inviting her, the couple continued to visit her wherever she went, saying to her, “Let’s go to Naju.” Finally, she felt annoyed and said “Okay, I will go there on that day, so, stop calling me.”
But on the very day of the pilgrimage, she didn’t answer their phone. She thought, “Well, the Blessed Mother is the same, both here and there,” and just ran away to Daegu Holy Mother’s Shrine. But the couple volunteers came to find her, even there. That’s how she came to Naju reluctantly by their guidance.
Even though she did the retreats in many different places, she had not received graces. But, here, for the first time, she burst into tears while crying out in repentance, saying, “My fault! My fault! It’s all my grievous fault!” She cried a lot, received graces, and was healed of her disease.
She said in her testimony, “The couple fervently longed to take me to Naju in spite of my persistent refusal. I came here reluctantly and thought the Blessed Mother would deny Her grace to those who came unwillingly to Naju, but She poured it out abundantly.”
So, she said that she would now, even if forcibly, bring people here. Because she received grace, she gathered people from here and there, so that they could also receive graces. So she invited them to come to Naju, allowing them to receive grace as well. That is a merit.
While working on it one by one, you can practice the Five Spiritualities. Not with just one Spirituality. While letting Our Lady of Naju known, turn them into prayers. When you experience hearing negative words from the opponents, say “Oh, it’s my fault,” and respond Amen! You can practice them all.
Before, when I was just sitting in church, the parish Sister said, “If you come to Church for physical healing, do not come here. The Church is not a place for healing illnesses.” However, that’s never true. Whatever the reason may beㅡwhether you have come to seek healing or you came here doubtingㅡit’s the Lord’s calling. Likewise, you are now sitting here by the calling of the Lord.
You are the ones who responded Amen to the call of the Lord. You’re the ones chosen as good grains. So, as the called children, called-transcendent ones, we have to start anew, harboring the love of Jesus. Even if you haven’t been able to do so up to now, you should offer up everything graciously and make a new start now.
I often said to you, “With just one Spirituality, Semchigo, you can go to Heaven.” You can certainly go to Heaven with just Semchigo.
Let me share with you the life story of a 7 to 8-year-old, a very little “Girl(*Julia)” who lived practicing Semchigo. May I? (Yes!) The little “Girl” was born into a very wealthy family. Her father was a scholar of Classical Chinese and a school vice-principal. But, because of the Korean War, her tremendously happy life turned into misery.
Then she lost her family, money, and everything. She was left alone with her mother, and she was placed under her maternal family. There, she began to work when she was six years old. When she turned seven, she began washing dishes.
In that house, her uncle had five children, along with his wife. When the “Girl” turned 7 years old, she started cooking for the entire family.
Today, cooking rice is not a big deal. You know what it used to be back then? The little “Girl” had to grind barley. The size of the millstone for grinding barley was about this big. She, the little one, had to lift herself up on top to grind barley. If it is less grounded, it makes the boiled rice less soft. The little “Girl” never complained about the hard work and just accomplished it to the end by practicing Semchigo.
And then she washed it all and scooped it out with a gourd bowl, then poured in water again to gather up the residues with her hands. Then she filtered out the little stones with a strainer. These days, people find even cooking rice in an electric rice cooker to be bothersome. We really have to reflect on ourselves. We are really happy people. Do you know how comfortable the time we live in now?
The way of life was quite different between my generation and the one-year new generation. The transition from one generation to another passed so quickly back then.
Then, when cooking the rice, it wasn’t just one process. The barley has to be boiled first after making a wood fire. When the barley boils, then you put a little rice in the middle of the pot. Next will be making the fire again. When the boiling rice overflows, adults can easily put one foot on the countertop. But, for a 7-year-old “Girl,” she had to climb up around the big pot to thoroughly clean up the overflowed liquid. She lifted the lid of the big pot to gather the well-done rice into the middle to make it simmer under a low fire. Then she scooped it and served the whole family.
While the little “Girl” was washing the dishes after their meal, her uncle’s wife opened the door and said, “Hong-seon! Hong-seon!” “Yes?” “You have to clean the bowls thoroughly even the outside bottom.” “Noted.” “I can see whether you wipe even the bottom or not!” I really believed she could watch whatever I did. So, I would thoroughly clean even the outside bottom of the bowls, even when there was no stain.
And in the shed, there were rice, glutinous rice, barley, rye, flour, mung beans, and red beans in many jars. When she was wiping out all the jars, it was so much work for a little “Girl” that sometimes it made her feel like just doing a rough wipe. Do you know why she cleaned it all? It wasn’t because of other’s eyes. It was because she thought that if she skipped cleaning a certain jar, it could become disappointed. So she cleaned it all. If she noticed that a jar or part of a jar had not been wiped, she would say, “I’m sorry, I’ll wipe you now.” That was the cleaning of jars.
During those times, people knitted bags by twisting straws into ropes. She had to do it also. That little “Girl” raised horses. Her second eldest uncle was a horse dealer. Until the day she built her house and moved out, she alone cut the fodder and fed the horses until 3rd grade in elementary school. When she was in 4th grade, she moved into a house that she built. Until then, she took care of the baby, and washed the feces diapers, without even once previewing or reviewing for school. She kept working like that. However, she had never once said to her mother, “Mother, I’m having a hard time like this.” She always thought of it as her responsibility.
There were cousins, one of them was 3 years older than me, and another one was the same age as me. We all worked together. When twisting the straw into ropes together, they did a little. The floor beneath their little completed ropes was visible. My hands were fast and could hardly be seen while continuously crafting and throwing each bundle of ropes. I had to do it for their portions as well. If not, they would beat me.
They didn’t cut the fodder; I cut it all by myself. So, my uncle bought a foal and I fed it. Then he sold it when it grew up. When the price of the foal was cheap, he bought two foals. Then the “Girl” had to cut the fodders double. But she had never grumbled, “Oh, it’s too hard.” Never! I don’t mean to boast about myself at all. I’m sharing this with you because the Lord said to me, “Make your life known to others.”
People often find their minds distracted even with trivial tasks, questioning, “It’s my loss if I do more work.” How can we accumulate merit by thinking in that self-centered way? If we don’t think in a human way but instead, clearly realize the simple truth that even light feathers accumulated together in large numbers can sink a boat, we will go to Heaven.
The “Girl” did all that hard work while practicing Semchigo. Even when she made a fire, as it was painstaking work, she sometimes got stained black. Dear ones! Just doing this work must be hard for adults, right? It’s difficult even for adults. But, it wasn’t the only work she did.
There was a reception room in my second eldest uncle’s house for male guests. So, the house had two toilets. In the past, it was uncommon for houses to have two toilets. Our dear elderly ones know it, right? (Yes). Uncles and many male guests gathered in the room and drank alcohol. Then I had to wait on them even for their alcohol. The worst thing among all of my duties was…
The reception room had a toilet attached to it. Nevertheless, they put a big jar beside the wooden floor of the (traditional Korean) veranda and urinated into it. While I was feeding foals, they didn’t care about my presence at all.
What was the hardest for me was that they never emptied the jar that they urinated into for one month. (To use it as fertilizer in the field.) How smelly it was! When their urine streams were forceful, pee drops scattered and splashed “To to to to to,” reaching all over, including the wooden floor. I had to clean everything up.
But I had never been annoyed thinking, “Right. This is what I’m supposed to do.” People usually cover their noses like this when avoiding smelling bad odors. However, even without covering their noses, you can easily avoid smelling the odor. (Holding breath) Try to hold your breath. You can work without breathing. Doing this isn’t the only way to cover your nose. Holding your breath, you can do it with Semchigo as if you were wiping away clean water.
As they drank a lot and urinated out, it really smelled awful. I cleaned it by holding my breath. In those days, there were no rubber gloves or anything. I cleaned it with my bare hands, practicing Semchigo as if it were plain water.
And, in those days, there was no good toilet paper like we have these days. They, therefore, wiped themselves with whatever they found available, even using straw, and discarded it anywhere. Then the “Girl” had to clean it up, but she considered it all as her duty.
So, my hands were always cracked and bleeding. When my mother returned from her peddling work, I would hide my hands behind my back. Until she passed away, I never revealed to her, “I’ve had such a hard time.” While graciously offering up everything in this manner, Semchigo was the only thing I knew how to do. As I was doing everything with practicing Semchigo, I didn’t feel the work hard. This is the life that the Lord prepared for me.
Dear all, in every aspect of your life, please don’t dwell on thoughts like, “Why was my life like that? Why didn’t the Lord grant me graces?” Someone is continuously grumbling to God, saying, “I went all in, giving everything, but why aren’t You doing the same for me? Just take my life instead.” God didn’t bring us into this world just to take our lives. It isn’t right, is it? (No.) So, no matter what our life is like, we have to offer it up beautifully.
I still had few friends after I got married. Since I was young, starting from elementary school, I haven’t made many friends. It was because even at that age, the little ones were already backbiting. I also didn't have much time to spend with friends because I had to work.
I disliked speaking ill of others, so I did the same in the middle school. So dear all, even if someone is jealous of you, and so framed you, you have to offer it up thinking, “Oh, God loves me so much that He is trying to cut off this kind of human love!” If we keep thinking, “Why did this occur to me? Why, why?” we can never grow up spiritually.
Even the student I had taught diligently eventually succumbed to the words of other friends who framed me. So, I stopped making any more friends. One day, one of my classmates said, “Hong-seon, Hong-seon, I’m sorry to you.” “Why?” I asked and she replied, “I thought you were such a bad person because others were criticizing and blaming you. But, as I’ve been observing you, I now believe you are not a bad person.” She said that she had followed me to observe. Then, she added, “You are genuinely nice. Let’s become close friends.”
I always walked, solely focusing on the ground and the sky. So, in the past, some people said I was arrogant.
In the past, by observing just once something, I could already pick up the skill. So, when I was in middle school, I made all my school uniforms. I bought a khaki-colored military uniform, dyed it black, and made pants out of it. After setting the folded line of the pants, I put it between the warm floor and my mattress. Then, when I woke up, I found a perfect line on them.
No one else wore that kind of outfit, so people thought I came from a tremendously rich family. I made two collars and washed them every day. Other students’ collars were wrinkled. Here is how I made mine free of wrinkles. I grated the potatoes and extracted starch from them. I starched the collars and attached them to a smooth jar, and by the time I returned from school, they didn’t require ironing.
What a comfortable time it is now, being able to use high-quality electric irons! But in those days, I rarely even cooked rice at my house, so I seldom had a fire. When the brazier was ready, ironing became possible back then. So, the teachers also thought that I was in a very rich family.
Since I dislike people gossiping, I avoided talking with others and simply looked down while walking. So, one day a teacher asked me, “Why are you not even greeting me?” “Oh, my apologies. I didn’t see you.” So, when my teacher visited my home, he finally realized that I lived alone most of the time.
I’ve been using waste articles so much for a very long time, utilizing items that couldn’t be used anymore. Therefore, I didn’t throw away anything at all. When I raised my children, I collected leftover fabrics, which would otherwise be discarded from a tailor shop or dressmaking shop, and crafted clothes for my children. On one occasion, I made a coat lengthy up to here with leftover fabric with fur for my child. Someone asked, “Oh! Where did you buy this kind of clothes?”
One of my brothers-in-law returned from the Vietnam War at that time. Even though the war wasn’t anything special, I replied as a joke, “My brother-in-law bought it returning from the Vietnam War.” The person exclaimed, “No wonder the coat looks nice!” She said “No wonder.” People liked anything from foreign countries.
Despite living in poverty, I didn’t show it. Even if you showed signs of poverty, would anyone give you anything? So, there’s no need for us to display poverty.
I tried to save Julio’s face and reputation saying, “Oh, my husband would buy beef for me.” I didn’t think I was good at lying but looking back, I realize I told many lies. However, it was not for my sake, but for the sake of my mother-in-law and my husband. I told a lot of lies like that. So, I bought 200 Won worth of pork and cooked only for my husband for a few days, but I didn’t eat it at all. As I practiced Semchigo as if I had eaten, I always felt full and rich.
I seldom met people outside. One day, as Julio was the chief of the office, the employees’ wives suggested we have a gathering. When I went there, wow… It was truly an entertaining event for them! Do you know why? They were enjoying themselves by speaking ill of their mothers-in-law and husbands!
I just remained silent there. Then they asked, “Why do you stay quiet? Don’t you have anything to say about them?” “No, I don’t. We live happily,” I replied. Then they asked me to sing. Well, then I had to sing for them, so I did. They said, “Oh my, it could have been a big problem if we hadn’t asked you to sing!” So after that, I paid a fine of 2,000 Won for missing every meeting and never joined there again. Even though I had to pay the fine, I couldn’t bear to hear their gossip that hurt my ears. But the same goes for within the Catholic community.
Any one of you here, we should reflect on whether we’ve ever spoken ill of others, and if so, we must refrain from doing so. Some people share private matters with others, claiming it’s confidential, and many times, the things said are not true. We really need to be mindful of this. When you talk about something that’s not truthful about people, the listener can develop a biased idea about that person. We should be really careful about this. We should not commit sins with our tongue, which is less than 3 inches long.
Our Lord and Blessed Mother, Who have appeared in Naju, have called us specially. If we claim that we know Them, shouldn’t we stay awake and pray? Many people are committing tremendous sins with their mouths! The majority of sins that lead us to hell are sins of obscenity and verbal judgment of others. Through these two things, people are heading to hell the most.
In the past, a priest I knew talked about this. The mother of the priest inspired four of her sons to become priests and her daughter to become a nun. She dedicated herself to such a devout life. However, her grandson had a dream revealing that despite her diligent life on earth, she had to spend over a hundred years in purgatory. His father, too, worked so hard in the church, deeply committed to his faith. However, he found his father also in purgatory, not just anywhere, but at the end of purgatory. Where is the end of purgatory? It’s not at the 14th step; instead, he was wandering around at the 1st step, at the bottom part.
I have mentioned this before, right? One hour in purgatory can feel as if it were a year on earth, or it can feel like a long time has passed, such as 10 years. This means it’s so agonizing like that in the flaming fire.
The Third Order of Franciscans, the Parish Devotional Group which was the Sacred Heart Group, and the Legion of Mary where I had joined... The members of these groups not only dedicated themselves to the work of the Lord and the Blessed Mother, but also they engaged in numerous sins (such as judging, criticizing, and gossiping) through their mouths. I quit all these groups.
When I informed the priests and nuns about my decision to leave these organizations, they said, "Oh, I see. Sister Julia’s duties involve not only this matter but also those related to Our Lady of Naju, so focus diligently on Her work.” That’s how I ended up leaving those organizations.
Please, let’s refrain from speaking unnecessary words, at least among ourselves! Understood? If we go around talking unnecessary things here and there, we can unjustly turn someone, who is not a thief, into a thief, or into a sinner due to prejudice. Then, that becomes purgatory and hell.
Naju is proclaiming that we should arm ourselves with the Five Spiritualities and practice them. However, even the close ones sometimes don’t forgive or reconcile with one another but harbor hatred and distrust with each other. In this way, how can Our Lord come to us and dwell within us? What do you think? Can He dwell within us? (No!) No, right? (No!) Surely no, right? (No!)
Even if we’ve done wrong so far, let’s start anew again from today, the First Saturday. So, even if you have done wrong but start anew from now on, the Lord will be very pleased.
Now bring all those whom we have not forgiven, and come before the Cross of Jesus to make up with them today. Those whom you hate and can’t forgive, even though they are enemy-like, you should love and forgive them. So, under any circumstance, we should be able to be grateful. But we are still lacking in giving thanks.
If we feel, “Oh, Jesus has loved me so much like this!” we can offer up everything graciously. If not, it is because you don’t feel His love. We all must FEEL IT. Let us all feel the love of the Lord and the Blessed Mother.
To save Their children of this world, even today, Jesus is sweating Blood, and the Blessed Mother is shedding Tears of Blood. They are shedding Blood even now for our sake. Jesus and the Blessed Mother are reenacting it even now without end, which originally occurred 2,000 years ago.
So, let us all start anew today. No matter what troubles we are in, let us offer it up graciously. Under a certain incident, if we think we are sad, it is definitely a very sad situation to be in! But under the same incident, if we think we are happy despite the pain, we can be so happy! On the other hand, if you think it is painful, the pain will affect you badly.
Let us offer up all these things graciously, thinking, “Oh, Our Lord has called me with His love like this and must have disciplined me through this suffering. He allowed this pain to lead me to Heaven.”
Whatever happens, and even if we suffer from things beyond our imagination in human thinking, if we accept them as love from Our Lord and practice the Five Spiritualities, we can enjoy eternal happiness in Heaven on the last day. There, we will find no hunger, no thirst, no pain, no sorrow, no agony, but only the fullness of happiness, joy, love, and peace. Let us all enjoy the eternal bliss together in Heaven.
Even if you have done so much wrong so far leading you to hell, if you make a new start now and rush to the Lord, He will bless you all infinitely. He will wash and wipe away your soul and body, break through what has been clogged in you, and resurrect you newly. Even though the Lord and Blessed Mother are invisible, we have to believe that They are always by our side. So, thanksgiving in pain! Thanksgiving in joy!
The other day, when I was in so much pain, I said (to my caregiver Sister), “I don’t know how much longer I will live. So I hope you learn this from me while I am still alive.” I prepared for my impending death. Because the pain is so severe, it feels like I might pass away soon. While continuously receiving the sacrament of the sick from Fr. Su and preparing for the end in this manner, you can guess how I prayed.
“Jesus, should I prepare myself for death, or should I strive harder to live and do what I have to do? Although I have a lot of work to do, I entrust it to Your will, Lord. Please take care of it.” Then He said, “Strive harder and live more. Live and nurture many souls.”
As I lost so much fresh blood three days ago, I was taken to the emergency room at Gwangju Christian Hospital. The paramedics from 911 had said, “Shall we take you to the nearest local hospital?” I replied I had to go to that hospital. And I showed him the blood that I bled. He was startled, saying, “Oh, no! How come you haven’t gone to the hospital yet, despite this serious bleeding of fresh blood?”
When we arrived at the hospital, the doctor also said, “It’s too serious to be treated here. Go to a university hospital.” But I didn’t go there. It was at 3 a.m. on the 31st that I bled.
Can you see that my belly is still swollen even now? It looked as if bursting out at 12:45 a.m. So, I prayed not only for the pilgrims attending today but also for people in the hospitals, and for the people who love Our Lady of Naju, to heal all their diseases that we cannot even be aware of. Thank you.
At 3 a.m. on Dec 28, 2018, while Julia was offering up her extreme pains in reparation for the sins of obscenity committed by others during the season of Christmas, that flows through the year-end and New Year, fresh blood came pouring out from her.
At 12:45 a.m. on the 1st Sat, Jan 5, 2018, while Julia was offering up extreme pains in reparation for the sins of obscenity and abortions, her abdomen became extremely swollen that it expanded even to her side.
Let us meditate on the Messages of Love from Jesus and the Blessed Mother.
This is the Message of Love from Jesus on January 1, 2007. Let us regard it as a Message given to us today.
“My extremely beloved children!
If you make efforts to walk the way of perfection and saintly virtues by turning everything in your lives into a prayer at every moment as I taught through My little soul chosen by Me, I will work within you together with My Mother even if you are unworthy and imperfect and let you enjoy eternal happiness in the next world. Make a new start now.” Amen!
This is the Message of Love from the Blessed Mother on January 6, 1996.
“My beloved children! Realize that the Love of My Son Jesus and Me, your Heavenly Mother, is penetrating your souls, hearts, and beings and rely (on Us) completely with faith and trust. Even if darkness worsens and sins spread everywhere, My burning Immaculate Heart will radiate light more brightly and you will be saved through graces and earn Heaven, if you practice My Messages of Love.” Amen!
I hope that the Messages of Love from Jesus and the Blessed Mother will be fully realized to all of you as they are. Place your hands on your chest with your eyes closed. Reflecting well on who you couldn’t accept, whose words bothered you, who you couldn't forgive, and who caused you to be hurt, bring them all here with you, even those who seem like enemies.
Jesus Who loves even the most wicked sinners, how much more He would love us who follow the Lord and the Blessed Mother. Saying, “Come, all My children of the world! Also today, I’m pouring out My Blood for you, to share My love with you,” Jesus is shedding Blood for us even today. The Precious Blood of Jesus that He shed today will be within us through Holy Communion during the Mass.
Many times, we are not fully aware of our sins. Now, let us strip away clearly all our bad habits and everything disguised as good today. There are many things among what we thought were good that were not actually good. Things that were disguised as good, and everything we joined forces with the devil, let’s break them all today, tear apart those coverings, and now be born anew.
The new year has begun. Today is the first Saturday of the new year. Jesus, please come personally to these children who have responded Amen to Your call and the Blessed Mother, as well as to the children who desire to come but cannot. Please grant equal blessings to all of them, without exception of a single soul.
People often commit numerous sins with their tongues, which are less than 3 inches long. Now, may our tongues not commit sins, but rather, may our mouths become holy, praising You, O Lord.
Jesus, the time is near, therefore, we need more laborers. There is much to be done, but we lack the necessary laborers. To bring salvation to the whole world, please work the miracles of love through us, as Your instruments, unworthy as we are. May the Lord be honored, the Blessed Mother be comforted, and may our gratitude never dry up.
Lord, we seek healing for all the wounds we have received since our inception in our mother’s womb. Please also remove those wounds that we earnestly desire to put far away from our memories.
♬ Mama’s spiritual song
What a love that I sought for in suspense!
This weak sinner whom the Blessed Mother called
She set me free from all of my sad stories
When I was wandering in pain,
She became my true Mother
Holy Spirit! Perform an operation on my soul and body
Holy Spirit! Heal my countless wounds.
All those painful wounds in the past,
Now I want them to be healed.
Holy Spirit! Heal my soul and body
And lead me to the Five Spiritualities.
When I was in pain in the midst of conflict and agony,
The love of Mother who came to embrace my soul
All my past pains have gone completely
Now I’m reborn with the Love of the Blessed Mother
Blessed Mother, with Your most sublime Love,
Blessed Mother, with Your most sublime and purest Love,
the pain of this sick soul
guide me to the virtue of perfection.
Blessed Mother! Let me practice the Five Spiritualities,
so that I may live in Heaven. Amen~! Amen!