26 July 2021

By Father Tomislav Vlašić

 

Dearest Brothers and Sisters; I am very happy to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of my priesthood in this time of the intermediate presence of Jesus, which we are experiencing in a very special way here. I believe that all of you, who are present, can feel it; therefore it is right to share and talk about everything together.

Many may wonder what it means to experience the presence of the Lord in these times. We find the answer in the Bible:  by standing before the living Lord and let oneself be involved in His life to become living people. This is the central point of our reflection, which leads us to the depth of the mystery, to our past, to our future and to our today. We can experience this very well in the readings of the Feast of the Saints Joachim and Anne, which enlighten the past[1]; the Gospel enlightens the eternal present[2]; the psalms enlighten all of God’s fulfilling promises[3]; all that is born from God and wants to stay with God and live for God is reborn. Jesus’ intermediate presence has been announced as a preparation, as a prelude to the last stage of history: His glorious manifestation, when all the children of God will shine like Him, be transformed and introduced into the new creation. Thus, I will say it again, taking part in the presence of Jesus Christ means standing before the living God so that He may transform us into living people.

Understand this historical moment for the Earth, which is taking place for all the children of God and all those who want to be children of God. At the first coming of Jesus Christ, the Apostles were led to experience the Risen Christ and the resurrected life within them. The Holy Spirit descended upon them, made the resurrected life begin and announced the glorious future of the children of God.

The point I have focused on is this: “But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.”[4] This is our current situation, but these words also show us that some have eyes to see but do not see because their inner eyes are not open, but the eyes of those who understand are open. Therefore, this reading sends us to our inner sanctuary, the spirit of each of us, who has opened up to the Risen Christ, the Victor, and to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to perceive the presence of the Risen Christ. Just as Risen Jesus Christ visited His faithful brothers and sisters as the Shepherd, when the evangelisation of the Universe began, He began to visit the brothers and sisters of the Middle Universe. Now, with the power of the Resurrection, He has entered the Low Universe, especially the Earth, to make the Laws of God alive and working in each one of us so that we may experience the resurrection.

I know what you have gone through in the past weeks. In these times, we have announced that the past has passed and we have to let it go, that the future is the newness to which we have to open up under the guidance of the Lord present among us. I have experienced that my whole past was enlightened, not because it was perfect but because the Lord vivifies everything, even our unconscious. My unconscious is linked to the moment of my conception because I am open and believe that God the Father has entrusted me to the Son; the Son has guaranteed the Father that He will save me; the Holy Spirit has confirmed it, and then the Son has entrusted me to the Mother, the Co-Redemptrix, Queen and Spouse of the Holy Spirit to place me into Her Heart. I believe and I participate in this; thus, life receives its full meaning and all that belongs to the past looks different. Looking at the past, we only see the presence of God, and I can say that my life is a miracle of God. By myself, I could not have been conceived, nor generated. In the whole path of my life, I see the loving hand of God who guided me and patiently showed me the way that has finally led me to this moment.

At the same time, I am present before the Lord so that I can perceive Him; thus, He opens up the future, since He promised to fulfil what He announced, as God cannot tell lies. If I adhere to it, it will be realised, even if all of Hell opposes it.

I believe that this is the truth each one of you is living and sharing; this is the truth that must become more and more luminous and bring the past back to life. Jesus says: “Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”

In this Church of the whole Universe, everything has been resurrected. When Jesus went down to Hell to free the prisoners and the righteous, He took them with Him. He is now collecting everything from the Earth and the Universe; He carries out His plan in a definitive way, and He does it also in each one of us as we let the presence of the Lord enlighten us. He enlightens our past in us and in many righteous people, who have been hindered and confused by the lies and the falsehood of this world; now they are awakening.

The action of Christ in the Holy Spirit goes beyond all limits of human logic, human systems and human power. He hurls everything away, just as He heaved that big stone before His grave, and at the same time, He opens the path. In this sense, our lives also awaken Heaven. Why? Because the souls there are waiting for the new creation to come; they are joyful because some sprouts have appeared on Earth, and people have begun their path and are committed to be in communion with the Church of the whole Universe. Thus, the whole Universe is in motion, making Paradise and Purgatory rejoice, making the Heart of the Lord and the Heavenly Mother rejoice; this is the Liturgy of Heaven.

The central point is the impulse to be with the Risen Christ and to feel His presence, not like a vision but like a reality. How do we know that it is reality? Because it changes and transforms us, and we notice, from day to day, that we are happier and we have no difficulty in understanding, in forgiving and in sharing joyful events that come down from Heaven. Everything changes in our life, and that is reality. Thus, we can have an impact on the Earth. The Lord announces that He will touch the whole Earth with the coming events because He wants to draw all His children to Himself. He will help the last ones, who wish to return to the Father. This is the priestly joy of all the people. This is a prophetic joy because the light, that is, the enlightening Face of Christ, goes through us; God reigns through us.

As I said, it is not about our physical eyes that do not see; I am talking about an internal process. Unfortunately, the world does not want to understand and even Christians do not understand. I will tell you a story about some ducklings. I watched this episode recently as I was reflecting on what I am telling you now: the duck parents prepared the nest in a hole ten meters up the tree. The nest was protected from danger, but there ares always dangers around. Snakes were climbing up the tree, following their instinct. Then the ducklings hatched, and one egg was swallowed by a snake. Of course, the snake also had to survive, and so it was fed for a week. A few days after the ducklings had hatched, the mother did not return to the nest. She remained in the water, swimming and waiting, as it was time for the ducklings to jump down ten meters into the water. The first duckling, strong and brave, looked out of the hole, jumped and immediately started to swim in the water. Then, the others also jumped, but the last one was scared and undecided; in the end, it also jumped and joined the mother. How is it possible that animals understand everything in a few days? A young reindeer, for example, begins to walk a thousand km with the herd already two or three days after its birth. Is it truly possible that we have turned all knowledge into theories, neglecting the Holy Spirit? We are created in the image of God and are called to govern all creatures together with Christ so that the whole Universe may live in harmony with the Laws of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, the animals are ahead of us.

How can we perceive the presence of Jesus Christ? Jesus said that He would be present in spirit, invisible to those who refused Him and visible to those who welcomed Him[5], yet not in a superficial way. Jesus’ words we have heard these days in the Gospel of Matthew are alive in me.[6] John and Jacob’s mother wanted her sons to obtain the ministry, to be seated next to Jesus in the Kingdom of God, one to His left and one to His right. Jesus answered: “You do not know what you are asking.”

How many such prayers are said, in which people are not aware of what they are asking. Then Jesus’ asked them: “Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” And they said, “We are able,” and Jesus answered, “All of you will have to drink my cup. Those who want to drink from the living water will have to drink the cup”. Yet, participating in the Eucharist is not like a night of partying; it means drinking Christ’s Blood and eating His Life to have His Life. If we participate like this, with deep faith, united through baptism, which means drinking the cup, facing all the stages of our life with Christ, even the hard ones, even death, then we participate in the victory of the Risen Christ.

Then, you know what Jesus finally said: “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”[7]

Look it is simple but profound: how much conflict is there within us because we want this or that; because we want to be like others or even better and richer. All this expresses the dynamics of the spirit of evil. However, the Father created you with His thought; that thought of the Father will be fulfilled in each one of you, and in that thought you will find your fullness; from that thought the risen life in you can spill over to others.

You know that the mother’s wish offended the Apostles because they were equal to those two; thus Jesus said: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave.”[8] All social problems, all inner conflicts and those between people, in marriages, in religious communities and in the Church will disappear if we immerse ourselves in Him.

Through this special presence of the Lord, His word is revived in us, and He communicates the meaning of the Scriptures to us, as He communicated it to the two disciples of Emmaus[9] and to all Apostles; the Holy Spirit communicates it to us and awakens the faculties of our soul: memory, intellect and will. Our soul, our body and our spirit feel it, and so we change.

There is one fundamental point: when we stand before the living God, we must approach Him with the awareness that He is not what we think He is, as we are limited and bad. Yet, God is perfect Goodness towards us; He is just, generous and kind; He acts in every moment according to our growth, and He brings everything to completion.

We are entering the last stage of the history of humanity. We are told that we are approaching the peak of humanity’s progress: the turning point. We are approaching His promises. Our honesty and righteousness before the living God urge us to recognise that He is good to us; He has always been good. If sometimes we felt hurt, the wound showed us that we did not see His Goodness. When we were hurt, His Goodness was shining but we did not see it. Today, if we immerse ourselves in His Face as it is, with the intermediate presence of Christ among humanity, His Face will shine more and more to those who wish to see Him as He is; that will bring about our transformation. Those who reject Him will be set aside according to their choice, or rather, they will move away and close their eyes so as not to see Him.

At this time when I celebrate a priestly passage, I want the whole people of God to experience a personal change; thus, all discussions will end and fragmented and partial knowledge will disappear. Each one of us is precious to God and He wants us to be according to His thought. He enlightens us and gives us a conscience and a righteous mind. This will make all false prophets, mystics and psychics disappear because everything will be shaped according to the One Who Is. If we begin to listen inwardly to this truth, standing before Christ, our inner world will change; our past will shine and that of all the righteous, the innocent and the suffering. In people’s hearts and in all souls who want the Salvation of the true God, joy will burst and rise to Heaven, and thus the Liturgy of the whole Universe will be celebrated. I invite you to have this attitude, otherwise, it may soon be too late. Now, time will pass very quickly.

I bless you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

[1] 1st  Reading Sirach 44, 1.10-15

[2] See Mt 13,16-17

[3] See Psalm 131(132)

[4] See Mt 13,16

[5] See Message of Jesus of 5 January 2021, “In My Name You Will Win”, published on our website, https://towardsthenewcreation.com/

[6] 25 July, Feast of Saint Jacob; Mt 20,20-28

[7] See Mt 20,23

[8] See Mt 20,25,28

[9] See Luke 24,13-35