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[gloriajean]

Never let the abundance of gifts from God cause you to forget the Giver.

Lord, may I start and end each day with a thank you to You for all of my

blessings including those which I take for granted.

Scripture of the day

"Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love."

~Psalm 109:26

Meditation for the day:

I can depend on God to supply me with all the power I need to face any

situation, provided that I will sincerely believe in that power and honestly

ask for it, at the same time making all my life conform to what I believe

God wants me to be. I can come to God as a business manager would come to

the owner of the business, knowing that to lay the matter before God means

immediate cooperation, providing the matter has merit.

Prayer for the day

I pray that I may believe that God is ready and willing to supply me with

all that I need. I pray that I may ask only for faith and strength to meet

any situation.

Hello my friends! Beautiful Sunday today - Beautiful Mass - and wonderful class tonight on Consoling the Heart of Jesus - good watching the video and enjoyed our group discussion. It was a quiet day - we rested and I read my lesson for tonight. I mentioned about the Diologue of the Our Father at our discussion and none have heard of that one - so I got their emails and sent it to them. I'll send it here too - it's been years since I put it here. Praying for you all - thanks for your prayers for us.

Dialogue of the Our Father:

Our Father who art in heaven.

Yes.

Did I hear a voice?

You did.

As soon as I begin to pray somebody interrupts me, I’ll start again. Our Father who art in heaven.

Yes.

You’ve interrupted me again.

But you called me. You said ‘Our Father who art in heaven’ So here I am.

Oh my God!

You sound surprised.

I didn’t expect you would answer.

But when you pray to me don’t you expect me to listen?

Yes, but I don’t expect you to talk to me.

Now that I am talking to you what did you want to say?

I wanted to say the prayer that your Son Jesus taught us to say.

Good. Lets start it say that prayer.

Our Father…

What a lovely way to begin praying. I am indeed your Father. Fathers like to be close to their children but sometimes you pray to me as if I am not interested, or you pray to me just in case all those things you heard about me really are true, in case you really will have to meet me when you die. Can you start believing today that I really am your Father, and that I really do love and care about you?

Yes Father, I believe that you love and care about us.

Jesus called me Abba. Do you know what Abba meant in Jesus’ language at that time?

I’ve head that it means ‘Daddy’

Yes, I wish you would look on me as your Daddy.

Yes I know you are a Daddy to all of us.

I’m glad you said ‘us’ because I am the Father of everyone.

That’s why Jesus said to call you ‘Our Father’.

That’s it.

Our Father who art in heaven

Hallowed by thy name.

What does hallowed mean?

You don’t know what you say when you’re praying! ‘Hallowed be thy name’ means may God’s name be held holy, may God’s name be respected.

Thank you for the respect for my name. What a pity that people abuse the name of my son Jesus Christ so much. That hurts, after all he did for humanity.

I am sorry Father, Hallowed be thy name, and hallowed be the name of Jesus.

Thy kingdom come.

When you pray that my kingdom may come, what are you praying for?

I’m not exactly sure how to describe it but what I want to say is that I wish the world were a better place.

Indeed. When people love others and forgive, and allow me into their lives, then my kingdom will come.

We badly need your kingdom to come Father. Look at the trouble in the North of Ireland. Look at all the disagreements between people down here in the south too, with nearly one murder every day now.

Yes, my kingdom has partly come, but has not fully come. The Celtic Tiger is not the answer to all problems, only the coming of the kingdom of God. What will bring about my kingdom?

When your will is done on earth as it is in heaven.

Precisely. What is my will?

It would be easier if you told me. It makes me angry when someone is killed tragically or dies painfully and people talk about the will of God.

It makes me angry too. It is not my will that people suffer like this. Why do people talk about me as if I’m a monster? I do not will bad things for you. I will only the best for you. I am your Father and I want only the best for you.

What do we mean then when we pray that your will be done on earth as it is in heaven?

Really it is the same as the previous prayer ‘Thy kingdom come.’ Once again it is praying for love and forgiveness to take over on earth. How much longer must I wait before my will be done in Ireland north and south?

Why isn’t your kingdom coming and your will being done in Ireland?

Because people are only partly obeying my will. People are stubborn and have not converted their minds to my way of thinking. You must bend your mind, convert your mind to my way of thinking, convert your mind to my will. Only then will everyone have peace, happiness and contentment.

How do we bend our minds to your will and convert our minds to your way of thinking?

Convert your mind to my way of thinking by learning more about how I think. I do not think as man thinks. Where do you learn about my way of thinking?

In the Bible, in the Scripture readings we hear at Mass, in preaching, in the teaching of the Church.

Yes, allow my word which you hear in all of these different ways to become part of you so that you will think like me, and not think as the world thinks. Then my will will be done in your life and my kingdom will come in your life. If you do not know the Bible you do not know what my will is, and then my kingdom will not come.

Yes, Father. I will make an effort to get to know your will for us which is revealed to us in the Bible.

Give us this day our daily bread

Judging by the look of you, you seem to get enough bread every day.

Now Father, we are praying as Jesus told us to.

Yes. You are praying that you will have enough to eat and enough of everything else, a roof over your head.

If it means a roof over our head, we certainly need to pray for our daily bread when we consider all the people in our world who live in poverty, and many homeless. Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Yes I certainly want to forgive you your trespasses and sins. The false prophets and prophetesses of these times have forgotten that I am a God of forgiveness. If they read the Bible they would see.

I was interested that you said ‘as you forgive those who trespass against you.’ Have you forgiven so-and-so?

I was afraid you’d bring her up. I am still hoping that she will emigrate to the North Pole.

What’s the point in saying the prayer if you don’t mean it?

Sometimes, Father, I think ‘as we forgive those who trespass against us’ is the most difficult part of the prayer.

Perhaps your problem is that you are waiting for a feeling that you have forgiven. Instead of waiting for a feeling, make a decision to forgive. Forgiveness is a decision. Decide today to forgive her.

(Look at watch) This prayer is going on for longer than I expected.

Yes, usually you don’t pray for long enough.

Okay, Father, I will decide to day to forgive her.

Good.

And lead us not into temptation.

Its funny asking me not to lead you into temptation. When did you ever need me or anyone else to take you by the hand and lead you into temptation? If you take extra drinks, you bring the temptation on yourself.

Stop Father, that’s enough.

Pray to avoid the temptations you can avoid, and to resist the temptations you cannot avoid. When the temptation comes to you, the important thing is what you do with the temptation, how you react.

Yes, Father.

Deliver us from evil.

Yes, there is a lot of evil around. But entrust your life to me and no matter what happens that is against my will, you need not worry. Sometimes you can do a lot yourself to prevent evil having its way. All you need for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. When you look for justice for yourself and others, you are delivering the world from evil yourself.

We’ve had quite a chat today.

We certainly had. Let’s finish together.

(Both together) Amen.

Blessings

God bless those I love

(say the name(s) of those you love)

And all the people in the world

The sick, the poor, the needy,

The hungry, the homeless,

The lost and the lonely

Show them Your presence, oh Lord

Let them know You love them

Help us to love You, to respect You

To honor You and to obey You

All the days of our lives

We ask You this through Jesus Christ,

Our Lord, Amen

I like this one:

---The Secret of Sanctity and Happiness---

I am going to reveal to you the secret of sanctity and happiness. Every day for five minutes, control your imagination and close your eyes to the things of sense and your ears to all noises of the world, in order to enter into yourself. Then, in the sanctity of your baptized soul (which is the temple of the Holy Spirit) speak to that Divine Spirit, saying to Him:

Oh, Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul...

I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me

strengthen me, console me. Tell me what

I should do...give me Your orders. I

Promise to submit myself to all that You

desire of me and to accept all that You

permit to happen to me. Let me only

know Your will.

If you do this, your life will flow along happily, serenely and full of consolation, even in the midst of trials. Grace will be proportioned to the trial, giving you the strength to carry it and you will arrive at the gate of Paradise, laden with merit. This submission to the Holy Spirit is the secret of sanctity. - Cardinal Mercier

The Gift

Many of us say we would die for our children

We claim we would face torture to protect our children

But would we?

Could we?

Could we do for our children, what JESUS did for HIS?

For us?

Would you have the courage to choose the nails?

Would you have the strength to die on the cross

so your children might live?

These are easy words to say

Easy claims to make,

but if you had to do it, could you?

Could you be mocked and crucified to save your children's souls?

JESUS did

JESUS did not just say the words, but HE died for us

JESUS did not just make the claims, but HE was crucified for us

So, that we would be forgiven

So, that we might know eternal life

JESUS did not just say the words

JESUS sacrificied HIMSELF for HIS children

For you and for me

Would you have the courage?

Do you have the strength to do for your children

what JESUS did for HIS?

Could you give your children such a gift?

Thank God, JESUS had the courage and the love

to choose the nails

Thank God, JESUS had the strength to die on the cross

Thank God for the gift of HIS son, Jesus Christ

by LJ Rogers

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 2:21-24

Mother Teresa Said...

Trust in the good God who loves us, who cares for us, who sees all, knows all, can do all things for my good and the good of souls. One thing Jesus asks of me: that I lean upon Him; that in Him alone I put complete trust; that I surrender myself to Him unreservedly. Love Jesus with a big heart.

Serve Jesus with joy and gladness of spirit, casting aside and forgetting all that troubles and worries you.