This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. Psalm 118:24. Chapter 19. Your Royal Heritage.
Your Highness, whether you are a homemaker or representing your client before the courts or packing groceries or designing a bridge or studying or sweeping the streets or taking care of the elderly or gardening or fishing or walking the beat or healing the sick or putting out forest fires, you are a member of the Royal family in the Kingdom of God. Look at how many of God's children came from situations of everyday life.
Abraham was a merchant.
No matter what their vocation, profession, occupation, or trade, when these men and women walked on this earth, in all things they served their heavenly Father.
They were first and foremost, persons of goodwill. They saw what they saw and acknowledged God as the Cause. They gave Him thanks and praise for His bountiful gifts. They prayed and petitioned Him when they needed His help. They talked with Him. They were open to a loving faithful relationship with Him. God knew they loved Him. They knew God loved them. Each knew the Other. Each had trust and confidence in the Other. Each knew he/she could depend on the Other. Every day They walked together, hand in hand. They served their heavenly Father faithfully in all things.
These persons had loving personal relationships with God hour by hour, as they carried out their daily duties and saw to their creature needs. Because of this heart to heart relationship, God was with His Children as they carried out His will. And so, great events in His Kingdom unfolded, and thousands and thousands of men and women now stand before His throne because of them. (1)
Regardless of what our personal situation is, regardless of what our personal circumstances are, like the millions who have gone before us and the millions who will come after us, this great gift of life is to know, love, serve, thank, praise and walk with our King hour by hour, day by day.
How do we begin our reign as Monarch in the Kingdom of God? Where our heavenly Father is concerned, we must have a child-like relationship with Him, like our King shows us.
It is not your biological age that counts. You may be 72 years old (physically speaking) but only three months old where your spiritual growth is concerned. Begin where you are at, while you still have the gift of life to do so. After all, "It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer." (2)
19.2 Who are you and where are you?
Your Royal Castle is the Body of Christ. Because of your baptism, you already live there, it is simply a matter of learning more about your Home, knowing your way around the "House" and living in your Royal surroundings.
[Acknowledge and use everything you have as coming from your heavenly Father. As His Child, use everything He has put at your disposal, Prince or Princess that you are. Receive everyone and everything as a sacred trust from the Lord your God.]
Your Royal Physician is our dear Lord Himself. Go to Him, let Him receive you in His arms, be healed and reborn, receive new life and be exhilarated anew through His sacrament of reconciliation. (3)
Your Royal robes are the garments of salvation. Integrity is your cloak. (4) Learn how to wear them with majestic dignity as befits a person of your stature.
Your heavenly Father is head of the entire Kingdom of God and of all the realms therein. The Royal realm He has entrusted to your stewardship extends as far as your sphere of influence can be felt.
Your Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, is your Royal Tutor. Learn from Her. Learn from your brothers and sisters who already know Her and were taught by Her. I have tried to show you how to do this. Many others much closer to you can and will help. Do not forget the saints, brothers and sisters who have written to share with you, as one day you will want to share with others.
Your lifelong Royal Companion and Counselor in your realm, is the Lord Holy Spirit, He will teach you everything you must know and more. Ask Him.
Members of your Royal family include the angels and saints. Learn about them, imitate them, consult them, live with them, thank them and thank God for them.
Your Royal Food is the Body and Blood of God's Son. One of your Royal functions is to dine with your King at His Royal banquet table each day.
Your Crown and your Jewels are the treasures you received at your baptism and your confirmation. (5) Let their Light and Beauty fill your heart.
Your Royal treasury is Christ's Church. (6) It has everything you need. Visit it often, receive the treasures there that belong to you, all at your disposal to help you reign in your realm.
Your Royal sword is your will. Use it all day, every day. Through prayer and fasting keep it razor sharp.
Your Royal genealogy and history are in the Bible. Study it and learn about who you are and where you come from. There, meet your biological and spiritual parents, great grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins who have gone before you and learn from them. Most of them have accomplished great things. This is a heritage you can be very proud of.
The Royal statutes by which you will govern your realm are spelled out in the gospels. Study them, love them and apply them. It is inconceivable to imagine that one can reign as Prince or Princess in the Kingdom of God, without the Bible in his or her heart. Nourishing one's heart and soul with God's loving words is indispensable if we are to dwell in the house of the Lord. All that man's creation can give is heartbreak, pain, suffering and death. God's creation gives love... love... love.
"Your love is better than life itself, my lips will recite your praise; all my life I will bless you, in your name lift up my hands; my soul will feast more richly, on my lips a song of joy and, in my mouth, praise." (7)
Your Royal Consort is your spouse, that loving encouraging Heart your heavenly Father has placed next to you. Let your heart be filled with awe and wonder, as God's companionship and embracing love come to you through this person.
Your enemy is Satan, the Father of all Lies. (8) Do not under any circumstance, allow any member of his Kingdom into your realm. Do not allow any lie, any thought, any person or any thing that challenges God's right to reign as God, God's right to speak as God, God's right to command as God and God's right to love as God to enter your realm. Such persons have been exiled from the Kingdom of God. (9)
19.3 Comportment.
Living in this royal household requires that one have an appropriate comportment; one must behave accordingly.
The short answer to the question on behavior in God's Castle (Body of Christ) is, be humble. Surely it is far easier for the creature to stand before his Creator, with a humble heart. Surely it is far more difficult for the creature to stand before his Creator with a heart full of vainglory.
The long answer is, humility sets the stage for all the other dispositions required. Jesus, our dear Lord, by His lifelong example, teaches us the importance and the need for humility. No one can live in the Body of Christ who does not share in our King's humility, before God and man.
A humble person is in focus, has a right intention, never tries to deceive or use God or others. A humble person receives the sacraments to receive God's gifts, knowing their significance, and is ready to do what God asks.
A humble heart keeps one's faith pure, since humility is how best we can see reality. Our dear Lord gives a humble heart the capacity to see, to know and to believe in Him, the Truth. Pride sees only illusions.
The humble heart remains hopeful on the Creator's mercy, while the proud heart has a false sense of security and independence. The humble heart is constantly reaching out for Christ's salvific hand.
The humble heart is docile to God's will. The humble heart has a simple, pure obedience that flows from the love of a Child to his or her Father. The humble heart is happy and delighted to embrace God's bounteous will as his or her standard of life.
Sanctifying grace can only be given to a heart that is humble enough to receive it. A humble heart is disposed to remove all obstacles to its reception.
A humble heart embraces participation in worship and ritual. A humble heart recognizes the need for religious reverence, recognizing God as God. The humble heart is disposed to glorify God in all things.
A humble heart is disposed to fulfill sacramental obligations. The humble heart says, "Thank you" in words and in deeds. We can easily identify the humble heart by its transparency. The humble heart is always in a spirit of sacramental encounter with Christ. The humble heart is a peaceful heart.
Receive your heavenly Father's royal blessings, His garments, His jewels and treasures, with a humble and grateful heart, like your spiritual Queen and Mother, Mary.
19.4 Prayer.
Of all your Royal blessings, there are none greater than to be with your heavenly King in a loving, prayerful embrace. Prayer is laying your head on your dear Lord's breast and resting with Him after a tiring day as His Monarch in His Kingdom. Prayer is sharing your day with Him, in spirit and in truth, telling Him what happened, thanking him for His guidance. Prayer is being with your King, in quiet, in Peace, in security. Prayer is listening and learning from Him, for as the days unfold, more and more will be entrusted to you for His Father's glory. Prayer is a time to be taught, to be fed and to be nourished. Write down everything you learn. Prayer is praying the psalms as you seek to touch God's Heart with every loving sentence. Prayer is giving glory and thanksgiving to God your Father in all things, in health and in sickness, in riches and in poverty, in life and in death, for all these belong to Him. (10)
It is fitting that one lays their hands in reverence over their heart while they pray, since it is the home of our dear Lord, where the Word is- where the kingdom of God is, within you. (11)
19.5 Where do we pray?
Our dear Lord tells us, " . . . when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you." (12) This private room is in our innermost being, deep within our heart where Jesus the Word, lives, " . . . the Word is very near to you, it is in your mouth and in your Heart for your observance." (13) Shutting the door means leaving all noise of the world outside and being alone with your heavenly Father without anyone or anything to disturb you.
One of your most pleasurable functions as Priest, Prophet and King in Christ Jesus, is to pray for others. In your heart, ask your heavenly Father to receive your prayers (in Christ) on their behalf and name them. Ask Him to receive your prayers from their hearts and their mouths. In your own heart assemble them there with you. If you are praying the rosary, in your heart present those you are praying for to your dearest Mother Mary, one family or one person at a time. (14)
19.6 Where is your Father?
Where will you find your heavenly Father? In Jesus' Name, within you. " . . . the Word is very near to you, it is in your mouth and in your Heart for your observance" (15) and "To have seen me is to have seen the Father." (16)
19.7 Make yourself comfortable.
I remember reading a book on prayer that quoted St. Theresa. She said that when we pray we should be comfortable. We should assume such posture and position as will help us to be as close to our dear Lord as possible, a sort of "spiritual cuddling up."
She also said the most important part of prayer (of any relationship) is to be present to the Other. Take the time you need to be present to your Lord, to your Father, to the Holy Spirit or to your Mother Mary. You may be distracted later, but it is important that you begin present to each other. Praying (like speaking) is empty and void unless we are present to the Other.
One must take the time needed to simply stop and be conscious of what is going to happen. Like Moses, like Mary, like Jesus, we are coming into God's presence in a very personal and intimate way . . . the creature before the Creator. One should take at least 15 minutes to awaken our consciousness to what we are about to do. Am I truly present to God in Spirit and in Truth? (17) Concerns about not having time are feeble arguments in front of our eternal God . . . He who can call you home this night or allow you to live until you are 120 years of age. Time belongs to God- not to us.
Before coming into the presence of the Holy Trinity and our Mother Mary through prayer, one should be as presentable as possible, body and soul, as much as circumstances allow.
We recall that we are here because of Jesus (see 11.5), that we are present to the Father because of the Son, and to both because of the Holy Spirit. (18) Am I listening to what the Holy Spirit has to share with me? To what the Holy Spirit invites me to do, to say? Am I conscious of the fact that I am but dust and this incredible moment is happening because of Christ? (See 14.4.) Am I consciously quiet and listening . . . attentive to what the Holy Spirit, Love divine- has to say to me? Am I disposed to giving the Holy Trinity all the time they want to love me and teach me on this blessed occasion?
If we are praying the Liturgy of the Hours, we should be conscious of the prayer of each psalm. Is this psalm a prayer to the Father with, in and through Christ? Is this psalm a prayer of love and praise to Christ from the Holy Spirit? Is this psalm a prayer for me . . . a message God is giving to me? If so am I listening with all my heart? Am I before the Father as His child in Christ Jesus? Am I present to Jesus as a subject is with his King, as the creature is before his Creator? As a friend is with a Friend? Am I in union with Jesus? With His intentions? Do I realize that prayer is my window to see eternity?
19.8 A time to ask questions.
Prayer is a time to ask questions. We can ask questions to our dear Lord, our heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit or our mother Mary, or any of the saints in the Kingdom of God, for they all live there, in Christ Jesus the Word, in your heart. " . . .through Him all things came to be." (19)
Ask your question like a child would ask someone he or she has complete confidence in. Those who are close to God want to ask questions. They need to ask questions. Who could be with the Creator of everything that is and not ask questions? Jesus wants us to ask questions. You cannot carry out your ministry without asking questions.
Our father Abraham really showed us how far you can go in asking God questions when he interceded for the people of Sodom. Any other person would have considered him a very annoying individual. (20)
Look at all the questions Moses asked when he was called to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. (21) And again when he asks Yahweh what His name was. (22) And again when he asks God, "What if they will not believe me or listen to my words?" (23) And again when Moses says, "But my Lord, never in my life have I been a man of eloquence, either before or since you have spoken to your servant. I am a slow speaker and not able to speak well." (24)
When our dear mother Mary was a young lady, she was visited by the angel of the annunciation and was told, "Listen! You are to conceive and bear a son and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the house of Jacob forever and his reign will have no end."
"Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I am a virgin?'" (25) She needed more information before giving her decision. Once the angel told her how this event would happen, she responded, "I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me." (26)
Then there was our brother Paul's wonderful question, "Who are you, Lord?" (27)
The Bible is full of events where persons asked questions to God, especially to Jesus (God with us). Jesus expects his children to talk with Him intelligently. That means asking questions. There is no doubt about it. Ask. There is no greater thrill for a person (especially for our dear Lord) than to answer questions when asked in spirit and in truth by you, a Monarch in His Kingdom. The apostles questioned Him constantly. Do the same, don't be shy. One of the most consoling messages of our dear Lord is, "Ask, and you shall receive." (John 16:24) It's that simple.
19.9 How your questions are answered.
Having a question to ask is like being in a dark room, the darkness symbolizing lack of knowledge on the subject. Receiving the answer is like having the light switch turned on.
What happens when you turn on the light in a dark room? In an instant everything is there for you to see. In the twinkling of an eye, very object in the room is suddenly visible to you. Nevertheless, it would take a long time for you to describe the room and its contents to another.
In prayer, in an instant you see the complete answer to your question. You see the answer and you know the answer, both at the same time. That is why, in prayer, one should take the time needed to savor the response heaven has chosen to give. After all, God Himself is teaching you. Take the time you need to understand it and to appreciate it. Be sure to embrace it fully into your own particular lifestyle. This may take weeks or months or years. Indeed, you will treasure each heavenly sharing like letters from home. Like your Mother Mary, you will lovingly keep them in your heart. (28) Many of the questions you may want to ask- others have already asked. The replies are there for you, in print, waiting to be shared with you.
19.10 Ask your Mother Mary.
Do you want to "increase in wisdom, stature and in favor with God and men" (29) like Jesus did? Ask your loving mother Mary Queen of the universe, (30) anything you want to know that will help you to be the pride and joy of your heavenly Father in Christ Jesus. You will enjoy being with Her, your Highness, for your mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, is a member of the heavenly court. She is there to counsel and guide you. Our dearest Mother Mary is, in Jesus, in your heart, waiting for you to ask.
19.11 Time for your Father to love you.
Your Highness, in prayer there are also times when there are no special gifts, when your heavenly Father just wants to be with you, alone, quietly, to be together, to have you next to Him.
19.12 Spirit's call to prayer is a Love call.
There are times when our dear Lord will, (like a Lover who cannot stand to be away from his beloved), invite you for an intimate spiritual embrace, or a prayer of thanksgiving, or of praise, or benediction, or joy. This can happen any time of the day, anywhere. When this does happen, act and do not delay. Stop and spend some time with Him. If you cannot stop (because circumstances do not allow you to do so), share a loving word with Him until you can spend more time together. That inner Voice you hear is God reminding you, calling you, asking you, longing for you to be with Him, and is a sure sign of the presence of the Spirit within you. Our brother Paul tells us, "Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The Spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the Spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, 'Abba, Father!'" (31)
Conversely, if you cannot remember when you last received this invitation, re-examine your relationship with your dear Lord, for you must be suffering a great deal. Ask Him to bring your heart next to His.
We are God's children. It is normal to be in a prayerful spirit, praying by what we do or what we say wherever we may be. The "System" has gone through a great deal of effort to make this as difficult as possible. Many are living their entire lives as slaves, building pyramids for the pharaohs of our time who worship the golden calf. In whatever way you know, call out, cry out, scream out to your King and ask to be restored to your throne in your realm for God's greater glory in Jesus' name. Keep your faith in Him.
19.13 Prayer time is learning time.
You will also learn at what point in prayer the Lord Holy Spirit wants to share His loving counsels with you. In my case, most of the time it is at the very beginning of my prayers. Once I realize that I am in God’s Presence, I listen and look very attentively at what is being shown or said to me. I try to be sure I understand. I ask questions. I stop and make notes and then continue in prayer, leaving the revelations aside for the time being. Be sure to receive these blessings with gratitude, for if you do, our dear Lord tells us, " . . . everyone who has, will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away." (32)
19.14 Prayer, our King's gift giving time.
Our heavenly King, loving Heart that He is, never meets us without giving us a surprise gift. He strengthens our insight, wisdom, discernment, knowledge, audacity, courage, fortitude, confidence, vision, security and peace. He always has a little something extra to give us before we resume our duties, helping Him to restore creation for His Father's greater glory. Blessed be His Name.
19.15 How long will it take before I can pray?
How long will it take you to know the Lord your God? How long will it take you to love our dear Lord? How long will it take you to learn how to scream for help? That's how long it will take you to learn how to pray. This loving exchange (Thank God!) will go on forever. To begin the process, I have bad news and good news.
The bad news is that our soul can only be united to God in prayer to the extent it is pure and free from all things that are not from God. (33) Once I saw my soul as an "old paint can." It had layer upon layer upon layer of hard, dried-up paint on it (attachments, values, priorities and the many things I loved and held dearly that are not of God). If my soul was going to return to its natural state (pure and free from things that are not from God), all the "layers of hard dried up paint" would have to be scrapped away first. That hurts and it takes time. That's the bad news.
The good news is, the moment you begin you are on the way into your dear Lord's loving arms. Every step along the way is a liberating one, freeing you more and more from things that are poison to your spiritual system. Every step along the way raises your head higher and higher. Every step along the way is a process where, in growing jubilation, you will meet the real you, that person that God made in His own image. Every step along the way you will be washed, fed, clothed, exercised, trained and given the armor that is yours as a child of the Kingdom of God. (34)
Slowly but very surely, your life will be transformed from that of a slave to the so-called necessities of this world, to ministering and serving your Lord and King with the heavenly host, now and forever and ever and ever. The first step in this transformation is to be of goodwill and to have a pure intention, as you resurrect from the darkness to life in the Light of Truth. It will take time for your spiritual eyes to come into focus.
Ask your parish priest or another qualified person for spiritual direction. If this is impossible, as a temporary measure, write to me and we will begin together until the Lord puts someone closer to home on your path.
Read the gospels and the writings in the New Testament. They are addressed to you personally. Read the lives of the saints. They have gone through the very same adventure you are going to begin. Learn from them.
Meet with or form mini-communities in your parish. Bring persons together who want to know more about the Kingdom of God and how to reign in their realms. Share with one another. Teach each other. Invite speakers, teachers, and other persons who can help. In prayerful union with Mother Mary, with our dear Lord present, instructed by the gospels, with each person witnessing from his or her own experiences and trials, there is no reason why such encounter groups cannot be a direct line between heaven and each of you.
Receive every loving event in your day, from a glass of water to your comfortable pillow at night, with a sigh and a prayer of thanksgiving to your heavenly Father. As the days unfold, look and see, listen and hear, ask, knock, seek and discern the emerging events. Your creation will turn to dust while His creation will unfold before you. (35)
19.16 How often should we pray?
This is like asking, "How often should we breathe?" The answer of course is "always" otherwise, you will die. I repeat, prayer is the spiritual oxygen our soul needs to stay alive, to grow and to blossom. Not to pray is to have one's soul slowly asphyxiate and die. As your soul gets sicker and sicker, its host body responds accordingly.
How would you feel, if every day, at every meal, week-in and week-out, all you ate was ice-cream, candies, fudge, potato chips, chocolate bars, colas, licorice and so on? Ice cream for breakfast, chocolate bars for lunch, chips and colas for supper, day in and day out. It would not be long before you would get very sick, indeed sick enough to die. This kind of food simply does not meet or satisfy your nutritional needs. This is exactly what happens when we try to find our happiness by feeding our heart the material things of this world. This "junk food" does not meet or satisfy our spiritual needs. It would not take long before our soul would become very ill, followed by physical sickness.
As you are liberated from the slavery of serving the golden image, (36) more of your time will be given to loving, praising and glorifying God. Your day will soon be filled with blessings and praise to your Father, who sees to all of your needs.
19.17 Mother Mary.
You will then look for and find your spiritual Mother Mary. Ask your loving mother, Queen of the universe, (37) anything you want to know. She will help you be the pride and joy of your heavenly Father in Christ Jesus. You will enjoy life with Her.
Like a babe learning to talk, your first words will be your own expressions of desire to be taken into Her arms. Slowly, you will discover this Treasure Heaven has made to guide you to your King's throne. By Her example and Her maternal counsels, she will teach you, your spouse and your children what to do, to dwell in the House of the Lord.
19.18 The Rosary.
Your Highness, you know how enjoyable it is to look through a family photo album. And so it is when praying the Rosary. As you cuddle-up to your heavenly Mother, as you meditate on each mystery, as She tells you about your heavenly Family, as each Hail Mary whispers a new "I love you Mother" you will learn more and more what it is like to be the Son or Daughter of this Queen of Heaven and Earth. Even if there are times when you are not able to complete a chaplet, no matter. What counts is being together, Mother and Child, intimately, intensely, peacefully. Keep your heart close to Hers, always.
The Mystical City of God, a book by Blessed Mary of Agreda, vividly describes the real-life events of each mystery. This book is indispensable in knowing about your dearest Mother Mary. Use all your faculties (memory, imagination, knowledge etc.) to reflect on the mysteries. She will share her life and her counsels with you. As She relives each of these mysteries of Her life with you, I recommend that you draw or paint the scenes you see. This will help you to remember and meditate- almost as if you were there. (Papal Teachings Our Lady.)
As Her growing presence warms your heart more and more, the egotistical ice will slowly melt; it will drop one Hail Mary at a time until it becomes a streamlet, then a stream, then a river of love that will carry you into Her loving arms.
19.19 The Psalms.
The Psalms is a book in the Old Testament, " . . . in which God inspired the feeling that His children ought to have toward Him and the words they ought to use when speaking to Him. They were recited by Jesus himself, by the Virgin Mary, the apostles and the early martyrs. The Christian Church has adopted them unchanged for Her official prayer. Unchanged: the cries of praise, entreaty and thanksgiving, wrung from the psalmists by events of their own times and by their personal experiences, have a personal note, expressing as they do the attitude that every man should have toward God." (38)
As your union with your heavenly Father becomes increasingly intimate, He will reveal Himself to you more and more. As this relationship grows, praying the psalms will indeed be a very enriching experience. Through the Psalms you will take your rightful place as a member of the family of God. The Psalms are worthy exchanges between us and God, the creature and the Creator. There are psalms for every occasion. They must be a part of your spiritual repertoire.
19.20 The Liturgy of the Hours. (39)
The Liturgy of the Hours, or Divine Office is the official prayer book of the Roman Catholic Church. Its recital is obligatory on the part of all its clergy and religious. The laity are invited to pray the Liturgy of the Hours and to unite their hearts and voices with their brothers and sisters who are members of the clergy and religious orders. The Liturgy of the Hours contains hymns, psalms, readings, intercessions and prayers for all the liturgical seasons of the Church year. Those who can pray the Liturgy of the Hours faithfully will enrich their spiritual lives immensely.
19.21 Community prayer.
In community prayer, we pray together as we help each other cross this earthly desert. It is much better to travel through this hostile environment with brothers and sisters who can help one another than to risk it alone. As in all long and dangerous crossings, the less you take with you the better. God will not abandon you. He will see to your needs.
19.22 "Spontaneous" prayer.
I often get very caught up in my work. To be sure that I do not forget what my life is all about and why I am here, I have my computer remind me every hour to stop and to praise God. This I do by turning my eyes from my work and saying in my heart, "Father, blessed be Thy holy Name, for Thou hast crowned the splendor of your creation with the beauty of our dearest Mother Mary."
This prayer was chosen because our dearest Mother Mary asked that we give thanks to God often, for all He has done for Her, our Mother. I invite you to take it, and praise God for bringing dearest Mother Mary into our lives.
From time to time, I meet persons who have told me they simply do not know how to pray. Then yell, I tell them, cry out and scream for His attention, He will come to you and see what the problem is. "Yahweh, my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me." (40)
19.23 The bottom-line.
There are many blessings to being a Monarch in the Kingdom of God, but there is none greater than to be united with your Royal Family, in loving praise and benediction to God, "To the One who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honour, glory and power, for ever and ever." (41)
As you grow as God's Child, you will soon be saying, "prayer is everything and everything is prayer." Amen.
1 Jude 1: 14-15.
You are a Princess in your Father's Kingdom.
You are a Prince in your
Father's Kingdom.
Footnotes.