Hello my friends!!! On this day 41 years ago I gave birth to our first born, Darla! She came right on the due date! What a blessing it was - she made us a family! We had to wait almost nine years for her to come!!! We already had adoption papers in, but never had to complete it. Lori came 18 months later and those two have always been best friends as well as sisters. Today's blessings also was and still is a beautiful day today, and I picked more raspberries and beans. Not many, but still got some. I've been texting my daughters, one in Texas and Lori in New Orleans having fun with friends. Here while there, she sees a friend of hers walking on the sidewalk there, and right away they spend the day together, and she gave Lori and her friends tickets to see Justin Timberlake's concert tonight where they are right now. I never heard of him, so I looked him up! Her friend she saw there she met in Massage School so that's a long time ago! She lives in California. Praying for you all for all your needs - and Juanita's co-worker, Wanda, too for healing.
No great or good work is ever accomplished without patient preparation.
Lord, when my work is not going as I planned, remind me to be grateful
that I am being trained for greater achievement.
Scripture for the day:
"He has told you, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to
act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with your God." ~Micah 6:8
Meditation for the day:
"Walk humbly with your God." Walking with God means practicing the presence
of God in our daily affairs. It means asking God for the strength to face
each new day. It means turning to God often during the day in prayer for
ourselves and for other people. It means thanking God at night for the
blessings we have received during the day. Nothing can seriously upset us
if we are "walking with God." We can believe that God is beside us in
spirit, to help us and to guide us on our way.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may try to walk humbly with God. I pray that I may turn to
God often, as to a close friend.
Power of the Holy Name of Jesus
The name of Jesus is the shortest, the easiest, and the most powerful of
prayers. Everyone can say it, even in the midst of daily work. Our Lord
Himself has solemnly promised that whatever we ask the Father in His Name we
shall receive (provided, of course, that it be for His Glory and the good of
our soul).
Each time we pronounce the holy Name of Jesus with reverence and love, and
with proper intention, we give great glory to God and obtain for ourselves
priceless graces.
Each time we say Jesus, we may, in desire:
Make an act of perfect love, offering to God all the infinite love of His
Divine Son as if it were our own.
Offer the Passion and Death of Our Lord to the Eternal Father for His
greater glory and our own intentions.
Offer to God all the infinite merits and perfections of Jesus.
Offer all the Holy Masses said each day throughout the world, for the glory
of God and the good of our own and others' souls.
Each time we say Jesus, we increase in our souls the virtues of faith, hope
and charity. Our faith becomes more lively, our confidence in God greater,
and our love more intense.
The Holy Name of Jesus saves us from innumerable evils and dangers, helps us
to overcome temptations, and delivers us from the power of the devil, who is
constantly seeking to do us harm.
The Holy Name of Jesus fills our souls with peace and joy, and gives us
strength to bear our trials and sufferings with patience and resignation.
Each time we say Jesus, we can gain a partial indulgence which we may apply
to the souls in purgatory, thus relieving and liberating many of them from
their awful pains, and gaining for ourselves friends who will pray for us
with incredible fervor.
We ought, therefore, to try to acquire the habit of saying Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, very often every day, with fervent love and devotion - when dressing,
when working - no matter what we are doing, in moments of sadness and in
moments of joy, at home, in company, on the street, when walking, riding or
waiting. We can say it countless times every day, and thus gain untold
graces and blessings for ourselves and for the whole world. Nothing is
easier, if only we do it with all our heart.
INVOCATION
O admirable Name of Jesus! Name most holy! to men most amiable! Name above
every name. No other name is given under heaven in which we can be saved.
Jesus, honey in our mouth, melody to our ears, sweet jubilee to our hearts!
O Jesus! You are our life, You are our salvation, You are our glory, to You
be praise forever and ever. Amen
Imprimatur +Carolus Hubertus LeBlond
Episcopus Sancti Josephi
Infant of Prague Press
WORRY.
Is there a magic cut-off period when
offspring become accountable for their own
actions? Is there a wonderful moment when
parents can become detached spectators in
the lives of their children and shrug, 'It's
their life,' and feel nothing?
When I was in my twenties , I stood in a hospital
corridor waiting for doctors to put a few
stitches in my daughter's head. I asked, 'When do
you stop worrying?' The nurse said,
'When they get out of the accident stage.' My
Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.
When I was in my thirties , I sat on a little
chair in a classroom and heard how one of my
children talked incessantly, disrupted the class,
and was headed for a career making
license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher
said, 'Don't worry, they all go through
this stage and then you can sit back, relax and
enjoy them.' My dad just smiled
faintly and said nothing.
When I was in my forties , I spent a lifetime
waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come
home, the front door to open.. A friend said,
'They're trying to find themselves. Don't worry,
in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be
adults.' My dad just smiled faintly
and said nothing.
By the time I was 50 , I was sick & tired of being
vulnerable. I was still worrying over my
children, but there was a new wrinkle. There
was nothing I could do about it. My
Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing. I
continued to anguish over their failures, be
tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in
their disappointments.
My friends said that when my kids got married I
could stop worrying and lead my own
life.. I wanted to believe that, but I was
haunted by my dad's warm smile and his
occasional, 'You look pale. Are you all right?
call me the minute you get home . Are
you depressed about something?'
Can it be that parents are sentenced to a
lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another
handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of
human frailties and the fears of the
unknown? Is concern a curse or is it a virtue
that elevates us to the highest form of life?
One of my children became quite irritable
recently, saying to me, 'Where were you? I've been
calling for 3 days, and no one answered I was worried.'
I smiled a warm smile.
The torch has been passed.
PASS IT ON TO WONDERFUL PARENTS
(And also to your children. That's the fun part)
DEVELOP THE RIGHT (SELF) ATTITUDE
Here are 10 suggestions to help you develop and maintain a healthy
self-image. Read them slowly. Meditate on them regularly.
1. Hate your sin, but never hate yourself.
2. Be quick to repent.
3. When God gives you light, walk in it.
4. Stop saying negative things about yourself. God loves you and it's wrong
to hate what He loves. He has great plans for you, so you're in conflict
with Him when you speak negatively concerning your future.
5. Never be afraid to admit that you've made a mistake and don't always
assume that when things go wrong, it must be 'my fault'.
6. Don't meditate excessively on what you've done, right or wrong; both of
these activities keep your mind on you! Center your thoughts on Christ.
7. Take good care of yourself physically. Make the best of what God gave you
to work with, but don't be obsessed with your appearance.
8. Never stop learning but don't allow your education to become a point of
pride. God doesn't use you because of what's in your head: He uses you
because of what's in your heart.
9. Realize that your talents are a gift, not something you have manufactured
yourself; never look down on people who can't do what you do.
10. Don't despise your weaknesses they keep you dependent on God.
-- Author Unknown
Plant Some Eternal Seeds Today
INFLUENCE OF SMALL THINGS-
Drop a pebble in the water, just a splash and it is gone,
But there's half a hundred ripples, circling on and on and on -
Spreading, spreading, from the center, flowing on out to the sea;
And there's no way of telling, where the end is going to be.
But the little waves are flowing, and the ripples circling yet,
All the ripples flowing, flowing to a mighty wave have grown;
And you've disturbed a mighty river, just by dropping in a stone.
Drop a word, unkind or careless, in a minute it is gone,
But there's half a hundred ripples circling on, and on, and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spreading, from the center as they go,
And there's no way to stop them, once you've started them to flow.
Drop a word, unkind and careless, in a minute you forgot,
But the little waves are flowing, and the ripples flowing yet.
And perhaps in some sad heart, a mighty wave of tears you've stirred,
And disturbed a life that's happy, when you've dropped an unkind word.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness, just a flash and it is gone,
But there's half a hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave,
Until you wouldn't believe the volume of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness, in a minute you forget, but the
gladness still is swelling, and the joy is circling yet.
And you've rolled a wave of comfort, whose sweet music can be heard,
Over the miles and miles of water, just by dropping one kind word.
(James A. Foley)
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