Hello my friends! Wonderful day! Great Mass! Wonderful Homily! It was nice enough this morning to have our coffee in the patio - what a treat!!! Still a bit chilly out yet, it's really a cold spring! We had our friends, Ann and Ray over for supper tonight, the chicken in the crock pot turned out good, haven't done this in a long time so was hoping it would be seasoned enough. So we had chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, home canned pickles and pickled beets and dessert was our sliced apples that were frozen, and heated up with cinnamon on it. Wine with our meal, and water for those who didn't drink, like Ray. After visiting alot, we played a game of Farkel - it was a great evening to be with our best friends!
Be a little kinder and gentler today, for this will show your real strength.
Lord, may I become more patient and have the courage to live my life
according to the example You set forth.
Scripture for the day:
"I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and
calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the
ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles."
~2 Corinthians 12:10-11
Meditation for the day:
We can make a stand for God. Believers in God are considered by some as
peculiar people. We can even be willing to be deemed a fool for the sake of
our faith. We can be ready to stand aside and let the fashions and customs
of the world go by, when God's purposes are thereby forwarded. We can be
known by the marks that distinguish a believer in God. These are honesty,
purity, unselfishness, love, gratitude and humility.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may be ready to profess my belief in God before others.
I pray that I may not be turned aside by the skepticism and cynicism of
unbelievers.
Here's some food for thought:
PAINLESS SURGERY
By Sally I. Kennedy
Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day,
and I, too, am working." John 5:17
Growing up in a large city, I learned to have many fears. I guess they
stayed with me, buried underneath the twists and turns that life takes
when you’re growing up. So they never really went anywhere, and would
surface from time to time in different ways.
Recently a situation came up that would normally cause me to become
frightened, even panic. Yet I felt calm and peaceful. In fact, I
didn’t even realize I hadn’t been scared, until later.
Somewhere along the line, the Lord did surgery, and took out the
unwanted, unnecessary fear. Painless surgery; I wasn’t aware of when
it took place.
God is so good to us! He is always at work, helping us and changing us
to grow us into His image and likeness. Sometimes we know it, and
other times not.
I’m thankful for Holy Spirit who helps us do what we cannot on our
own, through Jesus’ name.
That is good news.
“Self Worth”.
Do not undermine your worth
By comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different
That each of us is special.
Do not set your goals
By what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Do not take for granted
The things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life.
For without them, life is meaningless.
Do not let your life slip through your fingers
By living in the past nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time,
You live all the days of your life.
Do not give up
When you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over
Until the moment you stop trying.
It is a fragile thread
That binds us to each other.
Do not be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances
That we learn to be brave.
Do not shut love out of your life
By saying it is impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love;
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly.
In addition,
The best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Do not dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope,
To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Do not run through life
So fast that you forget not only where you have been
But also where you are going.
Life is not a race but a journey
To be savored each step of the way.
Smile.... and let the sun shine through. For there's someone, somewhere,
watching over you.
Wagging Tongues
A certain priest lay dying from a broken heart. Wagging tongues had ruined
his life and work. A person, who had been one of the principal offenders,
came to ask his forgiveness. "Father," she said, "I am sorry for my sins of
slander against you. Is there anything I can do restore your good name?"
The dying priest pulled out a pillow from under his feeble head and handed
it to her, saying: "Go up into the church tower, cut open this pillow case
and empty out all the feathers that are inside."
The lady did as she was told. A strong wind blew the feathers in every
direction. Then she returned tot he priest. "Now," he said to her, "go out
and gather up all those feathers and put them back into the pillow case."
"But that's impossible," objected the lady. "The wind has blown them across
the whole town."
"That is just how impossible it is for you to get back my good name for me,"
said the priest.
The Spaniards say: "Whoever gossips to you, will gossip of you."
Italians say: "The tongue has no bones, but it can break your back."
The Chinese say: "God gave a man two ears and only one mouth.
Why don't we listen twice as much as we talk?"
Ten commandments for stress reduction
I. Thou shalt not be perfect, or even try to be.
II. Thou shalt not try to be all things to all people.
III. Thou shalt sometimes leave things undone.
IV. Thou shalt not spread thyself too thin.
V. Thou shalt learn to say "no".
VI. Thou shalt schedule time for thyself and for thy support network.
VII. Thou shalt switch thyself off, and do nothing regularly.
VIII. Thou shalt not even feel guilty for doing nothing, or saying no.
IX. Thou shalt be boring, untidy, inelegant, and unattractive at
times.
X. Especially, thou shalt not be thine own worst enemy. But, be thine
own best friend.
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