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[gloriajean]

Actions have consequences. Lord, may my actions not create difficulties,
but rather bring peace and joy to my life.

Scripture for the day:
"Now when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on
from there to teach and proclaim his message in their cities."
~Matthew 11:1

Meditation for the day:
God's eternal quest can be the tracking down of souls. We can join God in
this quest. Through briars, through waste places, through glades, up
mountain heights, down into valleys, God can lead us. With God's leadership
can go our helping hand. We can help God seek lost sheep. We can bring the
good news into places where it has not been known before. We may not know
which soul we will help, but we can leave all results to God. We can just go
with God in God's eternal quest for souls.

Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may follow God in God's eternal quest for souls. I pray that
I may offer God my helping hand.

Greetings to you all! Hope you had a good day today! It was another special one for us – having Fr. Jerry over for supper and visit. And Sammy got groomed this morning, but seems his butt bothers him, hope he'll be fine tomorrow. He scoots, and he moves quick to a different place like nothing feels right for him - poor doggie. Lori had excess cucumbers so gave us some and with ours I got a nice cucumber salad made for our supper - steak, corn on cob, cucumbers, and we served some of that kritswurst Linus and his brothers made yesterday. Fr. Jerry never heard of it, and he loved it so I sent some home with him. We were able to eat out in the porch - it wasn't too hot. Our whole visit was out there!!! What a blessing!

Homily of the Day
August 5, 2011
Be Grateful for Life´s Miracles
by Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.
Dt 4:32-40 / Mt 16:24-28
The Israelites, whom Moses was called to lead, were notorious complainers. Nothing was ever right; nothing was ever enough. So in today’s reading from Deuteronomy, we find Moses trying yet again to help his people see and acknowledge exactly how privileged they were and how cherished by God. Given their history, one can only wonder how many of them really got the message and took it to heart.
But before we settle into feelings of condescending self-satisfaction, we may want to remember that this reading is assigned to be read today because we need to hear it too. Our lives are nothing less than a succession of real miracles, but the miracles happen so regularly and usually come in such tiny pieces and, in many cases, were in place before we got here, that we hardly notice. Whether we look at the complexity of our own bodies and the intricacies of our minds or cast our gaze outward at distant planets, we should, if we’re paying attention, be stunned into silent thankfulness and awe of the One who made it all.
That wouldn’t be a bad way to spend today: silent thankfulness and awe!

Giving Self

A very conscientious Christian lady looked back on her girlhood in a big city. She was from a well-to-do family and as she put it, "The poor were our pets." On Sunday it was the favorite charity of these superior Christians to make the rounds of the cells at the police station.
The men in particular did this. They visited the weekend drunks, lectured them, forced them to take the pledge, and then bailed them out of jail so they would be back to work on Monday.
These do-gooders were smugly respectable, very visibly in a different moral category from those to whom they gave...
They had one fault: they never gave themselves. When we stoop and give from on high, even out of the sense of Christian duty, but we never give ourselves, our giving is incomplete. No gift is complete unless we ourselves are in it.
Mother Teresa Said...
The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. That is the fullness of our heart expressing itself in many different ways.

I KNOW

Author Unknown
August 5, 2011
I know He is the beginning, so why do I worry about the end.
I know He is the creator, so why do I wonder who will destroy.
I know He has forgiven me, so why can't I forgive myself.
I know He is a healer, so why do I speak of sickness.
I know He can do all things, so why do I say I can't.
I know He will protect me, so why do I fear.
I know He will supply all my needs, so why can't I wait.
I know He is my strength and my salvation, so why do I feel weak.
I know that everything and everyone has a season, so why when
someone's
season is over do I weep instead of rejoice.
I know He is the right way, so why do I go the wrong way.
I know He is the light, so why do I choose to walk in darkness.
I know that whatever I ask of GOD, GOD will give me, so why am I
scared to ask.
I know tomorrow is not promised, so why do I put off for tomorrow
what I can do today.
I know that the truth shall make me free, so why do I continue to
lie.
I know He gives us revelation knowledge and understanding, so why do
I lean on my own understanding.
I know I should live in the spirit as well as walk in the spirit, so
why do I choose to live in the spirit but walk in the flesh.
I know that when praises go up blessings come down, so why do I
refuse to praise Him.
I know I am saved, so why do I refuse the word He has given me.
I know He has a plan for me, so why am I rushing it because I am
eager to do His will, when it is His time not my time.

Morning Prayer:

Dear Sweet Jesus,
Walk with me today and grant that I may hear your footsteps and gladly follow where they lead.
Talk with me today and grant that I may hear your tender voice and quicken to its counsel.
Stay with me today and grant that I may feel your gentle presence in all I do, say and think.
Be my strength when I weaken, my courage when I fear.
Help me to know that it is your hand holding mine through all the hours of this day...
Amen.

Good night everyone - Sweet Dreams to you all and may your weekend be great - with many blessings!! God bless you!