“Prepare my Bride to receive the Glory of the Lord.”

                                                                  by:  Sr. Mary Grace of the Blessed Sacrament

These words were spoken to Intercessors of the Lamb Foundress, Mother Nadine Brown, while on retreat discerning the call out of the cloister of the “Contemplatives of the Good Shepherd” sisters in June 1975.  Thirty years later a thriving growing community of Hermits (Brothers and Sisters), Servants (Priests), and Companions (Laity), worldwide are fulfilling this call to become a Eucharistic people that experiences God’s glory with every Holy Communion and contemplative intercessory prayer wherein they receive and give others an abundance of God’s agape love.

The following quote from a contemplative mystical prayer experience of Mother Nadine, is an excerpt from the Holy Rule:

I saw the Bride of the Lamb as She existed on earth today.  It seemed that the entire world was in deep sadness and without hope, wounded and alone.  Jesus said, “This is my Bride; bone of My Bone, flesh of My Flesh.  This is My Body; this is My Blood.  They have all been invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb but they have no Wine.  Anoint My Body with the oil of gladness and the perfume of Love.  Prepare My Bride to receive the glory of the Lord.”  After that I saw Jesus Christ crucified, hanging on the cross with blood and water pouring out of His pierced Heart.  The blood and water formed seven different streams, each being poured into seven chalices on a huge altar depicting the seven Sacraments of the Church.  And then the words, “Do this in memory of Me that they may have Life and have It in abundance.”  It was during this retreat that I received a “call” from the Lord… to bring the spirituality of this charism to the Church at large so that His House might be a “house of prayer for all peoples.”

This spirituality is the Lamb, “Jesus” that all His people will hunger and thirst for the salvation of all souls, as He did upon Calvary.  This mystical union is more readily experienced when one’s heart is filled to overflowing with God’s unconditional love  through contemplative prayer. 

We are all called as the Lamb’s Bride-the Church, to be a Eucharistic people and to intercede for the graces that flow from the union of our hearts with the pierced Heart of Jesus, so that all souls will come to know and experience the compassionate merciful love of God.  He promises to be with us all until the end of time, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.   May each of you experience Jesus’ Calvary Eucharistic Love in your hearts today and always and pray unceasingly for the salvation of all souls.