Church of Jesus Christ of the Universe

 by Mauro

(translated audio)

15.6.2024

Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time – Year II

1 Kings 19: 19-21; Psalm 15; Mt 5: 33-37

During the past week, this past week, we have heard about Elijah and followed what he experienced^[1]. If we look closely, the whole of Elijah’s story is very similar to so many cycles that have taken place in the history of man. A history where it is always God who seeks man, who seeks to recover him from that no he said in the earthly paradise, from that fall he made. And in that recovery, God always uses some prophet. Finally God comes to the people of Israel, and even in the people of Israel there must always be some prophet. The story is always the same.

At one point, if we look now with Elijah, he was the only one left: everyone had chosen to worship Baal, to worship some other god. But what we see is that all the time God is trying to recover what He can. Elijah was one of the greatest prophets, he did miracles: he stopped the sun, we have heard during this week what he did with the prophets of Baal^[2]. Yesterday we heard that when he was in the cave and was looking for the Lord, there was an earthquake but he did not find the Lord in the earthquake, then there came the storm but the Lord was not in the storm. After the storm came the fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. Finally, God came in a soft, gentle whisper^[3]. Today he calls Elisha^[4] and then he is taken away in a chariot of fire^[5] and nobody knows anything more about Elijah. It is clear that Elijah was a faithful brother: he was taken to his planet, as was Moses. The Bible itself says that they were never found.

Even yesterday, when the Lord says to Elijah: «What are you doing here?», and tells him what to do: «Anoint this, anoint that»^[6], it is as if He let Elijah do all the noise, the mess he made, until finally God intervenes who is always acting from inside. If we move to our times, it is still the same action.

I think – I can say without being mistaken– that if we look at it in appearance, there is a loss of identity among Christians; there are many idols, as there were in the times of Elijah. They are all idols that arise from the fact that there is no focus – I am not talking about God as something “cumbersome” but I like the focus on eternal life, putting life at the centre with its essential, eternal aspects. That has been lost. Now what is important is today, what we must live today, what we will do today. But we will live eternally; it is not so much important what we do today. We must not structure our life to live well fifty years. We must try to live for eternity. This is missing. And by trying to live for eternity, we will also live well the fifty years. By not doing so, those fifty years will always be a pain, a toil, a trial.

Even today we believe this, we therefore have to say it as well, without shame: we know that those who are the prophets of this time are first and foremost the extraordinary instruments^[7] – the Central Nucleus, Angels and faithful brothers and sisters – but immediately afterwards, perhaps now as equals, in communion, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Universe, which must not be against anyone, must not impose itself, must continue to hope and be certain that God will recover everyone. So, do not judge if someone acts otherwise. God will use that too; this is what I also think.

To recover all He will use even those who seem absurd to us. But the point for us is: let our speaking be yes, yes, no, no; yes to God or no to God, never something in between. Let us truly recognise the time in which we live, the presence of Jesus Christ in His second coming, the whole action of the Trinity, the Church coming down from heaven; recognise that we are instruments. Elijah knew he was one. Elisha, in taking up a mantle, knew he was one. If we recognise that God – I do not know why, it is in His mind –by grace has called His Church, therefore each one of us, to be an instrument, each one of us must give a hundredfold, must make himself available. Not to do more, but to live fully. Not to work more than we are able to, not to toil more than what God asks of us: we must believe and allow ourselves to be transformed. Then we will become an instrument equal to Elijah and do not have to be ashamed, not because we will do what Elijah did, but because what we do in front of God is of equal value. Elijah had to do his part, we must do ours.

Do not forget that saints like him experienced discouragement: he wanted to die, he did not see any results, he did not want to eat anymore^[8] – a faithful brother with all that he did! We are all on that path. The important thing is to come, like St Paul, to say: «I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith»^[9]. This is the life we must live.

The graces are many, the times are extraordinary. I pray, I ask everyone to pray, because whoever feels that there is something, really feels the living presence of an energy, an entity – call it whatever you want –, that there is something that is greater than us that is worth knowing, worth spending our life for, so I am sure that everyone who sets out on that path today will sooner or later encounter Jesus Christ, even if they now call Him the way they want. Those who risk – in my opinion – nowadays are those who do not do anything, those who decide in favour of neither side; those who are content, who think that by doing a few rites they have done everything the needed to do; those who are baptised and go to church and think they did what was necessary.

We are in the time when God must act to transform everything, and He succeeds in transforming when one is on the way, even if he is looking for something else – now eastern religions are all the rage. Those of goodwill who truly seek God will be all recovered. I fear more for those who are sure that they are already saved because they are in the Catholic Church. I fear more for them, but God will be able to recover those too.

So, I entrust each one of us and this humanity to Mary Most Holy. I thank Her again – we are in the month of Her apparitions in Medjugorje – for the fact that She wanted for the last time, with God’s permission, to do everything to recover Her children, to prepare them for the times that are coming and that have already begun. I thank Her for those She managed to recover, for the patience She had, for the love She was able to give despite all the rejections She received, especially from the authority of the Catholic Church. May Her motherly blessing awaken those who are still of good will.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

^[1] See lectures of the 10th week, Year II: 1 Kings 17 – 19,21

^[2] See 1 Kings 18: 20-39

^[3] See 1 Kings 19: 9a-12

^[4] See 1 Kings 19: 19-21

^[5] See 2 Kings 2: 1-11

^[6] See 1 Kings 19: 13b-16

^[7] See column “The extraordinary instruments of God” on our website http://www.towardsthenewcreation.com

^[8] See 1 Kings 19: 4

^[9] See 2 Tim 4: 7