Hello my friends! Today was a very peaceful day, TV wasn't on at all, beautiful Mass this morning, our new priest, Father David, is sure full of energy and so in love with God it shows! He'll be a good pastor! He and Fr. Jerry are friends and in a couple weeks they will take a cruise together to the Mexican Rivera. Visited a bit with him last night after our appreciation dinner. He seems so happy - makes the Mass come alive, his homilies are great!! Father Mark was special too, they are both very different. I'm fighting a bladder infection again, could be from the hot tub. Hope I can still use the hot tub again. Getting antibiotics in the morning if I can get in. My holistic medicine ran out.
When you wonder what you should do, ask yourself what the Lord would do
and you can't go wrong. Lord, make me more like You every day.
S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate
your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he
makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the
righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what
reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you
greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others?
Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect." ~Matthew
5:43-48
M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y
I can practice love, because lack of love will block the way. I can try to
see good in all people, those I like and those who fret me and go against
the grain. They are all children of God. I can try to give love;
otherwise, how can I dwell in God's spirit from which nothing unloving can
come? I can try to get along with all people, because the more love I give
away, the more I will have.
P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y
I pray that I may do all I can to love others, in spite of their many
faults. I pray that as I love, so will I be loved.
God Works Through People
They tell the story about an elderly lady who was upset because she had lost
her sense of the presence of God. She told this problem to her lady friend
who was visiting one day.
The visitor advised, "Pray to God, Brigid. Ask him to touch you, and he will
put his hand on you."
Old Brigid began to pray right then and there when suddenly she felt a hand
on her shoulder. She cried out in joy, "he has touched me. " Then she added,
"But, do you know, it felt just like your hand."
Her friend said, "sure and it was my hand. What did you think God would do?
Did you think he'd stick a long arm out of heaven to touch you? He just took
the hand which was nearest and he used that."
SLOW ME DOWN, LORD
Slow me down, Lord.
Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Give me, amidst the confusion of my day,
the calmness of everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of my nerves with the soothing music
of the singing streams that live in my memory.
Help me know the magical restoring power of sleep.
Teach me the art of taking minute vacations of slowing down,
to look at a flower,
to chat with an old friend or make a new one,
to pat a stray dog,
to watch a spider build a web,
to smile at a child, or to read from a good book.
Remind me each day that the race is not always to the swift,
that there is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let me look upward at the towering oak and know that it
grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Amen.
I Meet God
I meet God in the morning
And go with him through the day,
Then in the stillness of the night
Before sleep comes I pray
That God will just take over
All the problems I couldn't solve
And in the peacefulness of sleep
My cares will all dissolve,
So when I open up my eyes
To greet another day
I'll find myself renewed in strength
And there'll open up a way
To meet what seemed impossible
For me to do alone
And once again I'll be assured
I am never on my own.
January 31
I am your Strength and Shield. I plan out each day and have it ready for you, long before you arise from bed. I also provide the strength you need each step of the way. Instead of assessing your energy level and wondering about what’s on the road ahead, concentrate on staying in touch with Me. My Power flows freely into you through our open communication. Refuse to waste energy worrying, and you will have strength to spare.
Whenever you start to feel afraid, remember that I am your Shield. But unlike inanimate armor, I am always alert and active. My Presence watches over you continually, protecting you from both known and unknown dangers. Entrust yourself to My watchcare, which is the best security system available. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
—Psalm 28:7
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
—Matthew 6:34
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
—Psalm 56:3–4
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
—Genesis 28:15
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