Hello my friends! I just want to let you know that Saturday's thread will come out early and I'll title it Daily Positive Thread for the weekend. We leave tomorrow afternoon and all according to Lori's eye doctor where she gets her lasik surgery we'll get home either Sunday night or Monday. Sunday will be the birthday party for my sisters - two of them, I'll be bringing the cake - also bringing the Ground Turkey Vegetable soup I just made, among other things, Deil says she's bringing her home made apple kuchen, and German Potato Salad (it's a hot one). We're staying at Ethel's. She's making Ham and beans. Sister LaDonna is coming too, she got a ride - Praise God! She's bringing some buns. Lori is cooking, too, tomorrow night we're going to have her clam chowder along with other sea food. We are going to my sister, Deil's, tomorrow night, staying there overnight and bringing her to Ethel's. It's a round about way, but she needs to be there and we don't expect her to drive there at 91. So we'll take her home either Sunday night or Monday. Oh - the dogs are coming along too. Ethel doesn't care - she has a nice fenced in back yard anyway. She's living in her son, David's house, who died a few years ago of lung cancer, and he had a big dog. It was his wish that she moved there. Please would you say a prayer that Lori's surgery will be a success and no complications whatsoever? Thank you!
Not one day passes without receiving wonderful blessings from our loving
and generous God. Lord, may I forget the irritations that distract me from
Your happiness.
Scripture for the day:
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near."
~Isaiah 55:6
Meditation for the day:
God finds, amid the crowd, a few people who follow, just to be near God,
just to dwell in God's presence. A longing in the eternal heart may be
satisfied by these few people. I can let God know that I seek not just to
dwell in God's presence, to be near God, not so much for teaching or a
message, as just for God. It can be that the longing of the human heart to
be loved for itself is something caught from the great divine heart.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may have a listening ear, so that God may speak to me. I pray
that I may have a waiting heart, so that God may come to me.
Prayer to Defeat the Work of Satan
O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit,
and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the Power of
your greatest enemy - the evil spirits.
Cast them into the deepest recesses of h ell and chain them there forever!
Take possession of your Kingdom which You have created and which is
rightfully yours.
Heavenly Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You with every beat of my heart
and with every breath I take. Amen
Imprimatur, March 1973, ÝRichard H. Ackerman, Bishop of Covington
Spread the Peace
Peace is accepting the differences of others.
Peace is understanding another's sorrow.
Peace is sharing in another's trials.
Peace is lending a hand to a stranger
in need without being asked.
Peace is pressing forward with a
hopeful heart in times of difficulty.
Spread the peace
around the world!
Your Work Today
Is anyone happier because you passed this way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that is slipping fast,
That you helped a single person of the many that you passed ?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said?
Does the man whose hopes were fading, now in courage look ahead?
Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God will say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today.
Author Unknown
Lent is a time to reflect upon our lives; to see what in our lives may prove
to be obstacles to our salvation, and learn how to overcome them; and to do
penance for the times when we transgress the Commandments of God. It is
also a time of great hope; for it is when we are truly sorry for our sins,
and wish sincerely to make amends for them, and avoid them in the future,
that we begin to understand the depths of God's Mercy
Lord, God,
Trinity of Love,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
I praise You,
I worship You,
I adore You,
I love You.
Father, Creator,
I thank You for the gift of life.
May I do Your will this day.
Jesus, Son, Savior,
by Your death on the Cross,
You showed me the Father's love.
May I be willing to die to myself
in order to live for You.
May I share Your "Good News" this day
with all those around me.
May Your love be reflected
in every kind word, thought, and deed.
And if I fail, be there to raise me up.
Spirit, Sanctifier,
shower Your life
upon all the peoples of the world.
Grant us the gifts of peace and love.
Amen.
(by Father Paul M. Keeling, CRSP)
The Interview with God
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled. “My time is eternity.”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
“What surprises you most about humankind?”
God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future."
"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”
“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
All they can do is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.”
“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.”
“To learn that two people can look at the same thing
and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another,
but they must also forgive themselves.”
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.
"Is there anything else you would like your children to know?"
God smiled and said,
“Just know that I am here... always.”
-author unknown
- - -
Dear Lord,
Help me to be a true disciple
who follows Your way and Your teachings.
It's so easy to be tempted and led astray.
Through the love and strength of your Holy Spirit,
may I stay on the path that leads to Your Heavenly Kingdom.
Amen
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