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One of my greatest encounters in the "Miracle of CommunionFire"

It was 2014 during a CommunionFire encounter with Jesus while having Communion with my wife Camille in our home. Dining with the Lord upon the bread He calls His flesh, therefore so do I, I saw Jesus in a n octagonal library room that for some reason made me think is this what the rooms in the Library of Congress look like? It was austere and made of 8 walls and a doorway, probably a study room for privacy from the public. Perhaps 10-12 feet high and at 10oclock from where I saw the Lord, the door was open inviting sunlight from another entry/exit door to the outdoors. The light cascaded down the steps probably because the sun was just where it needed to be.

As I took drink of the wine that had become His precious blood, again through the miracle He invites us all to participate in, I felt the fire of His passion transfusing into my bloodstream to quicken me to become the righteousness of God in Christ.  He had become sin for me that I might become a partaker of His divine nature. 

As I waited for a moment I saw coming from the staircase a scroll surfing on the rays of light from the sunbeam. As it entered the room above our heads it unfurled and out fell the person of a young woman. She stood next to her Son Jesus and Jesus introduced me to His Mother, the Holy Virgin Mary! 

About 5 Months later the same vision repeated itself as Camille and I share the Table of the Lord together.  It was early morning and this time from the scroll came Saint Peter, Saint Ephraim of Syria, Holy Mother Mary and Saint Joseph. As they stood with Jesus across from me, Mary spoke to me directly for the very first time. She looked at me and with a gentle smile in a soft and caring voice said, "Bob, be bold." That was it and I felt almost translated into a new dimension of faith. About 8 months later I began to go on an evening prayer walk to pray the Rosary. That was almost 3 years ago now on June 20th 2015 and I still take my evening prayer walks praying the Rosary every night. I have to say of a truth, I now know my Savior more personally and intimately because I have met His Mother who now has become my Mother in Christ and my Queen of heaven who is preparing the Bride for her Son. 

The Jesus Prayer & The Way of a Pilgrim

2/23/2016

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In the early years of my faith I had a divine appointment.

I was in Ocean City Maryland and 'by chance' took up a conversation with a young Benedictine Monk.. He was in plain clothes so there was no way of knowing he was a monk until further into our discussion. 

We talked about prayer. i spoke  about intercessory prayer and he spoke of contemplative prayer. 

The conversation lasted for two days. The Holy Spirit knit our hearts.

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He gave me three gifts when it came time for our final departure. He told me about The Jesus Prayer. He gave me a well worn copy of The Way of a Pilgrim and finally he gave me a handmade set of "Jesus Beads" that he had made. Later in life I would get a copy of the Philokalia. 

The Way of the Pilgrim (not related to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) is an Eastern catholic or Orthodox classic. It is about a man whose tragic life included the loss of his wife and children when his house caught fire and burned to the ground in the countryside of Russia. He wandered through the countryside praying the Jesus Prayer. .

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;The Jesus prayer is a prayer of every breath.. "Lord Jesus Christ Son of God" (on the inhale) and "Have Mercy on Me a Sinner"(on the exhale.). A simple prayer that upon repetition becomes part of breathing. It is not 'vain repetition' because there is nothing vain about crying out to God for mercy from His Son. 

The beads help with building the practice of the prayer until it becomes second nature.. 

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The Philokalia is another Orthodox classic that is a compendium of information,and  testimony about The Jesus Prayer.

I still pray the Jesus Prayer after learning about it 35 years ago from that dear young Benedictine Monk.

The Lord be praised that truth can ride the tumult of every storm and experience is the better teacher than the lips of people and books.

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