Daily Positive Thread for Good Friday

gloriajean — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:14:04 GMT

Neglecting our talents and abilities will soon make them disappear.
Lord, help me to put to good use the gifts with which You have blessed me.

S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y

"Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes
refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the
destroying storms pass by." ~Psalm 57:1

M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y

"My soul is restless until it finds its rest in Thee." A river flows
on, until it loses itself in the sea. Our spirits long for rest in the
Spirit of God. We can yearn to realize a peace, a rest, a satisfaction that
we
have never found in the world or its pursuits. Some of us are not
conscious of our need, and can shut the doors of our spirits against the
Spirit of
God. That makes it difficult for us to find true peace.

P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y

I pray that I may feel the divine unrest. I pray that my soul may find
its rest in God.

Hello my friends! Today was a very beautiful day out - my husband was busy
in the yard and did complete the strawberry bed - three layers right by our
patio. All he needs to get now is ground for it and buy the strawberries.
Then we went to our Holy Thursday Mass - it was very nicely done, and very
meaningful with Adoration afterwards. Other than that it was an ordinary
day for me - got things done in the house, made a list and was able to cross
everything off except one thing and that I need help with when he can. A
big blessing was when he told me tonight that he loves me now even more than
he did when we got married - how our love grows. Thanks be to God!

Loving Provider,
you gather me in this upper room with your son,
to be fed by your love.
At that supper, Jesus told us to "love one another"
and I know that is the heart of his gift,
his sacrifice for me.
I ask that I might find the source of my own heart,
the meaning for my own life,
in that Eucharist.
Guide me to the fullness of your love and life.

With permission from: Creighton U Online Ministries

JELLY BEAN PRAYER
Author Unknown

Have you heard the story of the jelly beans?

The black ones are a symbol of our sinful heart, cold and hard not a
good start.

The red ones would be, the blood shed for you and me.

The white ones would mean washed white as snow, by the blood of Jesus
do you know?

The green ones mean growth for our clean heart, so we can tell others
of Jesus, now that's a good start.

The yellow ones would mean streets of gold, like the ones in Heaven,
as in the book of Revelation are told.

The purple ones are to mean like the robe He wore, when our sins on
the cross He bore.

So the next time you see a bag of jelly beans, you will know what the
colors mean.

- Another Version -

* RED * is for the blood He gave.
* GREEN * is for the grass He made.
* YELLOW * is for the sun so bright.
* ORANGE * is for the edge of night.
* BLACK * is for the sins we made.
* WHITE * is for the grace He gave.
* PURPLE * is for His hour of sorrow.
* PINK * is for our new tomorrow.

A bag full of jelly beans colorful and sweet,
Is a prayer,
is a promise,
is a very special treat.

-- Authors Unknown

Homily of the Day

April 5, 2012

Wash my feet too, Master
by Food For Thought

Why does the Church, for today’s celebration, choose to focus on
Jesus’ washing his apostle’s feet rather than on the institution of
the Holy Eucharist?

“He loved his own in the world and loved them to the end…He rose from
supper… took off his outer garment… took a towel and tied it around
his waist, poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’
feet.” So that, indeed, he might show how much he loves them. For he
already knew how, later in the evening, he would be betrayed, denied
and abandoned by them. Looking back, they would be overwhelmed by the
horror of what they had done. They would understand the forgiving
compassion of their Master’s love.

Jesus knelt to wash his disciples’ feet. Washing the feet was, in
Jewish society, a task for slaves. Abasing himself before them, Jesus
meant to introduce something new into their lives. It meant giving
themselves in services as slaves to one another. “I have given you an
example to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should do
also.”

If we wish to share in the Eucharist in which the loving Lord, the
Sacrificial Lamb is present, we must give ourselves in love,
sacrificially to one another. The Eucharistic Sacrifice relates us in
love to the Lord as it relates us to our brothers and sisters.

May the love of Jesus for his followers, for us, expressed through the
Eucharist fill us with a deep desire to give ourselves in service to
one another. Jesus came for us all, sinners, the sick, the poor, to
wash our feet. Could we do the same in likeness to our Master?

May your Holy Week be blessed in every way and bring you closer to God. God
bless you.

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