Constant Remembrance of the Eternal Father

Divine Appeal Reflection - 250

Today, consider in Divine Appeal 250: "The hour is drawing near when My Eternal Father’s Justice will be inexorable with all those who live without remembering My Eternal Father."

To live in remembrance of the Eternal Father is to live intentionally in grace—this is no abstraction, but a concrete call to sanctify the present moment in whatever vocation we are called. Our Adorable Jesus reveals that the most perilous form of forgetfulness is not ignorance, but indifference: a life lived as though God is unnecessary. When a mother nurtures her children without interiorly uniting her sacrifices to the Father, or when a professional builds wealth while neglecting divine providence, or when a priest administers sacraments without interior reverence, there is a quiet but deadly drift from remembrance. The spiritual forgetfulness Christ warns of is woven into routine lives where God is displaced by productivity, comfort, or ego (cf. CCC 2097; Luke 12:20–21).

Forgetting the Father is an act of disintegration—it fragments our being. Intellect, will, and heart cease to function harmoniously when detached from the divine law that gives them order and end. The lawyer who upholds civil justice but neglects divine justice, the student who seeks knowledge yet mocks truth, the artist who celebrates beauty without glorifying the Creator—all live in fractured ways. The illusion of autonomy becomes subtle: it dresses itself in good works that are severed from their source, like branches cut off from the vine (cf. John 15:5). Time becomes secular, flattened into utility, rather than a space for grace. But when we remember the Father, time becomes sacramental, each moment rich with eternal consequence.

Remembrance of the Father is the first act of adoration—it is the soul’s ascent from self-enclosure to self-offering. It is to say: I do not exist for myself. It is the act of the saints, the logic of the martyrs, the hidden flame in every mother who offers her weariness to God, in every worker who labors with a sense of sacred duty. Our Adorable Jesus warns not as a distant Judge but as the pierced Bridegroom, whose love is being scorned. The justice that draws near is not cruelty—it is the final act of fidelity. The world, veiled in spiritual amnesia, must be shaken so it might remember. And remembrance is salvation, for to recall the Father is to return home (cf. Luke 15:17–20; CCC 1439).

May we not be among those whom justice finds asleep. Let us ask: Do I remember the Father when I make decisions? In my career, my relationships, my leisure? Let every vocation be transfigured by this remembrance: let the scientist research as a hymn to divine wisdom, let the builder construct as a steward of God’s order, let the mother nurture as a co-creator of eternal souls, let the priest consecrate not only the Host but all of humanity to the Father. To live in remembrance is to live in constant relationship—silent prayer in action, offering in toil, presence in sorrow. It is to place God at the center of every choice, allowing Him to illuminate even the mundane. Our Adorable Jesus speaks not only to the Church but through it—to artists, builders, parents, and teachers alike. This is a universal call to sanctity, issued before the veil is torn and divine justice reveals who truly loved.

Prayer:

Our Adorable Jesus, draw our souls into constant remembrance of the Eternal Father. Teach us to live each moment as a sacred offering of love and obedience. Preserve us from the blindness of self-will, and awaken the world to Your divine appeal. May we never live without You. Amen.

Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist, intercede for us.