“The Power of God’s Presence”

Homily Healing Mass 9/7/24

There is something about the Presence of God that brings joy, warms and transforms our hearts, banishes darkness and demons, uproots lumps and mountains. “May God arise, and His enemies be scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.” (Ps.68: 1-3) He is the Lion of Judah, and we understand what happens when a Lion emerges from the cave.

Today, we learn how the Presence of God has come to dwell among us and how to cooperate in making His presence ever-present. We will learn the advantages of seeking God’s presence and pray that all that happens in His presence happen in this healing Mass.

a. Reason the Healing Mass on Immaculate Heart Day: The function of Mary is to make Jesus present in the universe, and this is the mission of the Immaculate Heart, and in a special way we ask for His presence in us, take Him home, and join force with Mary to make Him known and visible

The Birth of Jesus
…22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

Ambassadors of Christ: “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Cor.5:21-22



b. The enemy of the Immaculate Heart is the antichrist who wants to swallow Christ from being present in the world and through human accomplices, he attempts to remove Him everywhere

Rev. 12 (The Woman and the Dragon)

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment He was born. 5 She gave birth to a Son, a male child, Who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter

c. 3 Kinds of Presence of God: No one can remove Christ from anywhere, He can be there and choose not to manifest, we should seek His manifest presence

i. Omnipresent (Ps.139)

ii. Wherever 2 or 3 of you gather (Mat.18:20)

iii. Manifest presence (Shekhinah)

“Shekhinah: In classic Jewish thought, the shekhinah refers to a dwelling or settling in a special sense, a dwelling or settling of divine presence, to the effect that, while in proximity to the shekhinah, the connection to God is more readily perceivable…The concept of shekhinah is also associated with the concept of the Holy Spirit in Judaism (ruach ha-kodesh)

d. Advantage of manifest presence of the Lord Jesus Christ

“Jesus Ministers to a Great Crowd
…18They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed. 19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all. (Lk.6: 18-19.)

Light of the World

5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Jn.9:5






Through Mary to Jesus

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