Sacred Heart of Jesus today I wish to live in You, in Your grace, in which
I desire of all costs to preserve. Keep me from sin and strengthen my will
by helping me to keep watch over my senses, my imagination, and my heart.
Help me to correct my faults which are the source of sin. I beg you to do this,
O Jesus, through Mary, Your Immaculate Mother.
LET HIM IN
The path that I took was so steep and so bent,
I fell many times,
But I refused to repent.
I dropped to the depths,
But I clawed my way up,
It doesn’t matter --- its always been rough.
One day I was about to fall to my death,
I didn’t care if it was my last breath.
I looked down below:
There was a great pit.
I watched for a moment,
And a great fire was lit.
The souls of lost sinners all withered and scarred,
Their screams of sheer torment I could hear from afar.
Then I stumbled a bit,
I thought I’d slip down,
When a voice said to me “Get back on firm ground!”
I fell to my knees and how I did pray!
Christ took my hand and saved me that day!
I look back on that time, so let me review;
All the people I’ve hurt,
Could we start anew??
I’ve had lots of problems and my prayer list is long,
But God always listens because He knows I’ve been wrong.
I pray that the ink on this pad would truly inspire,
And if words of our Lord is your one desire,
Then knock on the door and the gate will swing wide.
You’ll find peace and salvation on the other side.
But let us not tarry, before it’s too late!
Christ is the answer --- He always will wait!
But if your name is called and you haven’t believed,
And you don’t kneel before Jesus,
You won’t be received!
So let Christ in your heart and receive His reward,
Step into heaven and hold hands with the Lord.
Quotes of Mother Teresa
"When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the check post whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books."
"God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things."
"Each time people come into contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must radiate God's love."
"Love begins at home. Everything depends on how we love each other."
"If God chose me, He chose you. If He loves me, He loves you. If He trusts me, He trusts you. Never use ugly words for each other. Don't try to see what is bad. Find out what is nice in each other."
"Looking at the terrible suffering & fruit of war [the] same thing, I was thinking, can happen through uncharitable words & actions. We do not destroy buildings but we destroy the very heart of love, peace and unity."
"Have that deep respect for each other...what you have I do not have, [what] I can do, you cannot do, but together we do something beautiful for God."
"Please listen to the will of God. God has created us to be loved by His love, and not to be destroyed by our hatred."
"Let love and peace triumph and let your names be remembered for the good you have done, the joy you have spread and the love you have shared."
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other."
"The people re asking for spiritual help, for consolation, they are so afraid, discouraged, in despair, so many commit suicide. That's why we must concentrate on being God's love, God's presence not by words, but by service, concrete love, listening."
"Hope is the great gift from God. Hope is the sign of life."
"If you pray more you will pray better."
"We need to pray to be able to be so one with Christ, one with God that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ."
"You must learn to pray - maybe not big prayers but talk from the heart to God, open your heart to God."
"You are the co-workers of Christ Himself and He wants you to be so totally His wherever you are, whatever work you are doing, there to be that sunshine of God's love.
"Be very careful not to allow partialities to spoil the beautiful work of love God has entrusted to us - giving in to likes and dislikes, treating differently people of different caste or creed. This could easily happen if we do not pray."
"There are only two ways: either we love and love in action is service - or we put hatred into action and destroy."
An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's
job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.
The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Let me have
your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the
forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day."
Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the
manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not
exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day."
Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers'
market and sees a stand selling 25-lb crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it
to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100%
profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that
night with several bags of groceries for his family.
During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is
getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. Early in the second
week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells
the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.
At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him
with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at
the community college so she can keep books for him.
By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed
people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.
Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife
supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds
of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed a million dollars.
Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he
picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in
order to send the final documents electronically.
When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the
insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you
would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!"
" Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would still be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making
$5.15 an hour."
Jesus Calling
Pour all of your energy into trusting Me. It is through trust that you stay connected to Me, aware of My Presence. Every step on your life-journey can be a step of faith. Baby steps of trust are simple for you; you can take them with almost unconscious ease. Giant steps are another matter altogether: leaping across chasms in semidarkness, scaling cliffs of uncertainty, trudging through the valley of the shadow of death. These feats require sheer concentration, as well as utter commitment to Me.
Each of My children is a unique blend of temperament, giftedness, and life experiences. Something that is a baby step for you may be a giant step for another person, and vice versa. Only I know the difficulty or ease of each segment of your journey. Beware of trying to impress others by acting as if your giant steps are only baby ones. Do not judge others who hesitate, in trembling fear, before an act that would be easy for you. If each of My children would seek to please Me above all else, fear of others’ judgments would vanish, as would attempts to impress others. Focus your attention on the path just ahead of you and on the One who never leaves your side.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. —Psalm 23:4
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” —Matthew 7:1–2
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. —Proverbs 29:25
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