‘Where Is Jesus?’
Guilty As Charged!
It was a story a bishop told.
As a friend of Blessed Teresa, the famous friend of the poor once slipped the bishop a piece of paper as they were traveling together.
Written on it were these words: “Where is Jesus?”
It was a time, the bishop stated, when Mother Teresa was experiencing what all the great Saints experience: that mystery known as the “dark night of the soul.”
For the Saint of Calcutta, the Saint of the Poor, the Saint of Lepers was confronted with the stark reality of life.
A life devoid of God’s Love.
Devoid of God’s Mercy.
This void was something the great Saint saw time and again in the faces of the poor, the destitute, the sick, the dying.
It brought on, for Mother Teresa, a crisis of faith.
We know many people are already familiar with this story, or similar parts of it.
But it shows us, as believers, where we again are failing in our worship of Christ.
Why?
Because as believers we have a harder task than those who do not believe.
Those who see the sick, suffering and dying and equate it to a God who does not exist, or, if He does, does not care.
We, as lovers of the Lord Jesus Christ, know better.
But what are we doing about it?
It is obvious that most of us will never be a Mother Teresa.
We will not make the accomplishments for Christ that she was able to.
We can, however, ensure we fight in a different way.
Therefore, this article is not for the squeamish.
It is not for the “wimps” of the Church.
It is not for approval by the hierarchy.
It is for the heart and soul of every believer who, like Mother Teresa did, is crying out in their own hearts and souls: “WHERE IS JESUS?!”
Almost 2,000 years ago, our God was put on trial.
The charges were trumped up against Him.
There was those who even dared to bear false witness against Him.
Those who washed their hands of His Blood.
Those who cried out for His Blood.
And those who denied Him and fled from His Cross.
Where Jesus was in that moment of time is evident from the historical accounts in the Gospel.
He was on the Cross.
Suffering.
Suffering for mankind and atoning for its sins.
His Mother was there.
His beloved disciple as well.
The Face of Jesus could be seen in sorrow and pain.
In Blood and agony.
In death.
The story about Mother Teresa ended on the note that she learned to see the Face of Christ in everyone: whether poor, dying, sick, or even in her enemies.
We know as believers we, too, should see the Face of Jesus in this way.
The path is well marked out for us by the Saints.
But the Saints, including Mother Teresa and John Paul II, come from a different time.
They come from an era in which the Face of Jesus was deeply hidden, obscured from mankind and distorted in the face of war.
In the face of the Holocaust.
It is best to explain it the way St. Louis de Montfort explains the Rosary.
The leaves of a rose represent the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.
The thorns the Sorrowful.
And the bloom the Glorious!
The bud, St. Louis wrote, is the Nativity of Christ.
And the full blossom of the rose the Glorious Crown of Christ the King!
In the 20th Century when Mother Teresa, St. Faustina, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and John Paul II flourished, the Thorn of the Rosary pricked deeply into the face of mankind. For mankind was guilty. Guilty of sin against its Creator; guilty of ignoring the pleas of our Mother at Fatima.
In the trial of Jesus, our Lord was innocent of all charges against Him.
He was executed under false pretenses.
Now, 2,000 years later, we, as believers, must take a different approach with our God.
One that many do not have the audacity or capacity for.
As His creation, however, we have the right to do so. We have failed to invoke our rights before our King.
We must no longer be intimidated and exercise our God-given right.
For it is a right that is, as we have spoke of before, His Will.
When it is of God’s Will — and this is obviously so — we can not be wrong in our prayers that seek the fulfillment of this Omnipotent Creator.
And so we dare to have the audacity to put Jesus on trial again.
Only this time, it is not on trumped up charges.
In this inquisition, we ask our God, “Are You not our King?”
Do You enjoy the suffering of Your creation?
Are there enough souls in hell yet?
Are there not enough people suffering on this planet?
Has abortion not yet reached its limit for You?
Are You satisfied as the God of the Universe with the way Your Mother is treated by Your creation?
Are You pleased with the use of Your Holy Name?
Is it satisfactory for You as the High Priest the direction in which Your Church is going?
Do we have enough Saints in the Church as examples for the rest of us yet?
How long will You take before You accomplish Your prophetic Word?
Have You completed Your plan of Redemption?
Is Your Father pleased with Your Kingdom on Earth?
Are You, as the Lord and Savior of mankind, the only One who can answer these questions?
We ask them not to be irreverent with You, our Lord and God, but to ask You, what will it take for You to change that which is obviously displeasing, not only to You, but to Your Father, Your Mother, and those who believe in You?
As Mother Teresa did, we ask You Lord, “Where is Jesus?”
Where is Jesus our King?
Where, as St. Peter warned us to beware of those who do not believe, is the Promise of Your Coming?
When we lived and breathed the aerospace industry, there was a philosophy impressed upon the workers who made things happen, as opposed to the executives who sat back and reaped the benefits.
The philosophy was known as “RAA”: responsibility, accountability and authority.
In other words, there were no excuses for a project not to be successful unless one was not taking responsibility, accountability and authority for their actions.
It was, of course, a bunch of masonic nonsense for no executive allowed true RAA to take place, lest it be discovered that they were not really needed!
The opposite with our Lord, however, is true.
It is imperative that He take responsibility, accountability and authority for His Kingdom on Earth — not from His heavenly Throne as He has done since He ascended with power, majesty and might.
But for Him to be enthroned here on Earth, in Jerusalem — as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer; for only Jesus has this right, capability, knowledge and Wisdom to Reign over all the nations with a rod of iron. For He is truly needed!
We, as His creation though, are not seeking it; not demanding it.
In reality, we are not putting Him on the hook for it.
As believers, we should answer the same questions: “Who is our King?” Do we enjoy the suffering of His creation? Are there enough souls in hell yet? Are there not enough people suffering on this planet? Has abortion not yet reached its limit for us? Are we satisfied with the way the God of the Universe’s Mother is treated by His creation? Are we pleased with the use of His Holy Name? Are we satisfied as member of His Church the direction in which it is going? Do we have enough Saints in the Church as examples for the rest of us yet? Have we asked Him to shorten how long it will take before He accomplishes His prophetic Word? Do we want Him to complete His plan of Redemption? Are we pleased for the Eternal Father’s sake with His Son’s Kingdom on Earth or should we just continue to mouth the words to the Lord’s Prayer with a big fat yawn in the middle (or maybe dancing and singing)?
In the first trial of Christ, he was NOT guilty as charged.
For He was innocent of the charges of blasphemy and spoke righteously when He stated He was our King.
In the trial of billions of souls of believers over the course of time, we are guilty as charged: the charge being answered in the question, “Are we satisfied with the status quo?”
We have been complacent and satisfied with the status quo.
We do not seek to see the true Face of the Kingly Christ on His Throne; but, instead, we continue to seek it in the weak, the sick, the dying, the sinner.
When will we seek the end of the Rosary thorns so eloquently spoken of by St. Louis?
To seek its end, we charge Jesus with not being here.
With not Reigning as our King on Earth.
We charge Him with enough suffering.
We charge Him with enough abortions.
We charge Him with enough mistreatment of His Mother’s Holy Name.
Of His Father’s Holy Name.
Of His own Holy Name.
We charge Him with enough souls in hell.
We charge Him with enough Saints in the Church.
We charge Him with the future direction of His Church.
We charge Him with accomplishing His prophetic Word.
We charge Him with completing His plan of Redemption.
And, most importantly, we charge Him with ensuring His Father’s pleasure when gazing upon His Kingdom on Earth!
And we charge You, our Lord Jesus, with taking this responsibility, accountability and authority — not tomorrow or sometime in the future, but today!
For You, our dear God whom we love so much, are guilty as charged!
For You can do NOTHING but answer “Yes” to the question, “Are You not our King?”
And as such, in the darkness of the thorns of the Rosary, as we await the blossoming of the flower into the Glory of Your earthly Crown, we cry out with Mother Teresa in the darkness of the world’s soul:
Where is Jesus?
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for the canonization of another human being, but to request and implore the return of our King?!
