The Pelianito Journal Blog

Psalm 13:6 I trust in your faithfulness. Grant my heart joy in your help, that I may sing of the LORD, “How good our God has been to me!”
“My beloved, what do these words tell you?”
Lord, my God, they tell me that no matter what happens, your unfailing love and the gift [...]

2 Maccabees 3: 12 (The High Priest) added that it was utterly unthinkable to defraud those who had placed their trust in the sanctity of the Place and in the sacred inviolability of a temple venerated all over the world.
“My child, what was once unthinkable is now commonplace. The temple of the Most [...]

Luke 17:2 It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
“My beloved, do you see how careful you must be around souls? They are delicate and fragile, easily bruised. [...]

During meditative prayer I felt the Lord place a bag of gold coins in my hand and ask me, “What are you going to do with it?” I answered, “Lord, by your grace help me to share my time, talent and treasure as you desire. Let me share in your generosity, never counting the [...]

A few months ago I had a dream about an abortionist. He seemed to be of Eastern descent. He was bragging that he was performing 50 abortions per day. I awoke with these words in my head: “Save this baby NOW!” I felt it referred to a specific child who was in danger of [...]

Nahum 2:11 Emptiness, desolation, waste; melting hearts and trembling knees, writhing in every frame, every face blanched!
“My child, the hour is near. Do not be afraid, but greet the hour as a woman giving birth who knows that a miraculous and joyful end awaits her after the pain is over. But such pain, [...]

2 Corinthians 2:10 Whomever you forgive anything, so do I.
“My child, take great care not to cling to past hurts or unforgiveness. Imitate my forgiveness with the words, ‘Father forgive them, they know not what they do.’ Your merciful Father will hear your prayer and answer it to the glory of all involved. [...]

Matthew 13:10-11 The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He said to them in reply, “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
“My child, do not be surprised when the world [...]

Luke 1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
“My child, there is much preparation to be done - the mending of families and [...]

Ephesians 4: 13 until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ.
“Child, do you see what I have been waiting for? What constitutes the coming of the kingdom? His it ever seemed more far [...]