Peace and Hope For You
Through His People God’s Spirit Speaks To You
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Introduction
If these words do no more than motivate a few individuals to devote a short period of each day to meditation or co-reflection, sitting quietly and listening for the voice of the Lord in their own hearts, it will have fulfilled a major purpose. For the question is not "Does God speak to us?" either in the past or in the present. We need only open our eyes and our ears. We need only withdraw a little from the clamour of living and listen to the heartbeat of nature itself pulsating majestically within the very core of our being.
"Of course, I am waiting to speak to you in every experience and every circumstance and every person. The problem is that you do not take time to listen,” says the Lord. If we will quiet ourselves long enough, we will realize that He is present deep within us. “My message is infinitely beyond anything you could possibly imagine. For I do not call you to be slaves but daughters, sons and heirs to my Kingdom. Yes, I invite every one of you to become an integral part of My Kingdom itself, co-existing and co-creating with Me across the full duration, the total Alpha and Omega which is Time, Light and Being itself. You have only to grow to the point of being able to enter this Kingdom (which I have already established in the depths of your innermost being) to assume your rightful place. The
The material in this book is the result of listening for the voice of God in our own hearts during a time of daily meditation together over a period of several years and writing down the thoughts that came to us. Some of these inspirations were received while we were gathered together with close friends in a small prayer meeting during the 1970 decade. Others were received during periods of prayer and meditation together as a couple or alone with the Lord.
No claim is made for any of them. The reader must make his or her own judgement. If in them we have heard His voice, we have tried to harden not our hearts.
These thoughts, or prophecies as some have come to call them, are offered for publication after much prayer and consultation, with the sincere desire to share with others the Good News, for they are indeed good news. Like the woman at the well, we rush boldly out to proclaim what we believe in our own hearts: "We have found the Lord. Come and see for yourselves!" The content of some of the messages is personal. Many of these are included because we see in them a universal application to the practical problems of everyday living in the 20th and 21st centuries in our troubled world. Those addressed to "The Community" refer to a weekly prayer meeting, named after the Holy Family. This gathering was composed of people who sincerely sought a deeper relationship with God through each other and the Charismatic experience which was sweeping through the Christian Church and the world at that time.
May the blessing of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit descend upon every reader of these words. May He touch you with his boundless love. May He give you the eyes to see and the ears to hear his Word which is spoken from all eternity.
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How “PEACE AND HOPE” came to be written:
When the Prayer Movement swept the land in the late Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies, it had a natural attraction for both Patrick and his wife. The gifts of the Spirit, (1 Corinthians 12, verses 1-12, The Jerusalem Bible), were accepted with grateful openness of heart. Daily prayer time together became intensely meaningful. As the Spirit''s gifts of Tongues, Interpretation and Prophecy evidenced, both at Prayer Meetings and at home, they were used. Connie felt the inspired words spoken by her husband, being of such beautiful nature, must be shared with others. Any piece of paper sufficed to hurriedly write upon as her husband spoke, and thus many, but not all of these words were preserved.
Shared first with another couple with whom they had become friends, they began to meet weekly to pray, read scripture, sing hymns and listen for the Lord''s word to them. Others joined in these beautiful experiences of fellowship in closeness with the Lord, and thus began Holy Family Prayer Community. This Community continued for approximately seven years before disbanding. The weight of family duties, health and exhaustion were overtaking the couple and others who shared in leadership.
Always throughout the years the thought of putting these inspirations into book form was with them, to share with the intention of inspiring, bringing comfort and strengthening the faith of others. It was as a burden which would not leave them. Much encouragement, but also some discouragement, was offered them. In their retirement years the work of fulfilling this task was begun. It proved to be challenging. When strength began to fail, it was from within the family that help came.
No claims are made for the contents of this book. If in it the reader finds a deepening experience of the depth of love of the Lord, his goodness and care, then praise and thanks be to God.
About the Author
Patrick B. Conlon was born of Canadian parents in
Patrick''s foster mother, along with his teachers, schooled him thoroughly in the tenets of the Roman Catholic faith, imbuing him with a deep love of prayer and a desire for knowledge of God, In his growing years, for want of reading material, the Family Bible became a satisfying source. Throughout his life Patrick was an avid reader of religious material. Christian authors of different denominations as well as non-Christian, were subjects of study. He remained an enthusiastically} involved, practicing Catholic throughout his life.
Patrick married his wife, Connie, and they raised their family of five children. This task, plus dealing with the challenges entailed, along with the difficulties and stresses of life, led them to seek strength and guidance from God in a deeper way, as their parents before them had.. A loving, merciful God never failed to provide.