Third Day - Hear Him Say to You: "I thirst"

"In His agony, in His pain, in His loneliness He said very clearly, 'Why have You forsaken Me?' He was so terribly lonely and forsaken and suffering on the Cross. At this most difficult time He proclaimed: 'I thirst"  And the people thought He was thirst in an ordinary way and they gave Him vinegar straight away; but it was not that He thirsted for - it was for our love, our affection, that intimate attachment to Him, and that sharing of His passion. And it is strange that He used such a word. He used 'I thirst' instead of 'Give Me your love.' The thirst of Jesus on the Cross is not imagination. It was a word: 'I thirst.' Let us hear Him saying it to me and saying it to you. It is really a gift of God."

"If you listen with your heart, you will hear, you will understand.  Until you know deep inside that Jesus thirsts for you, you can't begin to know who He wants to be for you. Or who He wants you to be for Him."

"Follow His footsteps in search of souls. Carry Him and His light into the homes of the poor, especially to the souls and most in need.  Spread the charity of His Heart wherever you go and so satiate His thirst for souls."

Thought for the day:

"Just think! god is thirsting for you and me to come forward to satiate His thirst."

Ask for the grance to understand Jesus' cry of thirst.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, you allowed the thirsting love of Jesus on the Cross to become a living flame within you, and so became the light of His love to all.

Obtain from the Heart of Jesus (here make your request).

Teach me to allow Jesus to penetrate and possess my whole being so completely that my life, too, may radiate His light and love to others. Amen.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cause of Our Joy, pray for me.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, pray for me.