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[gloriajean]

Greetings my friends! Here’s hoping you all are having a wonderful peaceful and positive day! Today’s blessings – well – Lori said she’s in love and he too – and that he is the first one who ever said he loved her. She is so happy! When my kids are happy, so am I. On his way back to Texas he is texting her and calling at bus ports. This is fast – they only met about a month ago. I’ve been praying for her to meet a good Catholic man, that would go to Mass with her, and he is and he’s talking about going to Mass with her when he gets back. I marvel at how God is answering my prayer! Thank you, Jesus!! Bless their relationship! Getting ready now for my bible study.

Praying for you all!! Thanks for your prayers for us.

If you look for the light side in all things, you will keep yourself alive and healthy.

Lord, may I be able to see the good in my experiences, even in my most challenging

moments.

S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y

"We are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who
have faith and so are saved." ~Hebrews 10:39

M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y

There are two things that are most helpful if we are going to change our way
of life. One is faith, the confidence in things unseen, the fundamental
goodness and purpose in the universe. The other is obedience: that is,
living according to our faith, living each day as we believe that God wants
us to live, with gratitude, humility, honesty, purity, unselfishness and
love. Faith and obedience, these two, will give us all the strength we need
to overcome sin and temptation and to live a new and more abundant life.

P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y

I pray that I may have the kind of faith that helps me be obedient. I pray
that I may live a more abundant life as a result of these things.

"Who is Walking in Our Steps?"

My three year-old was on my heels no matter where I went. Whenever I
stopped to do something and turned back around, I would trip over him.

I patiently suggested fun activities to keep him occupied. But he simply
smiled an innocent smile and said, "Oh that's all right, Mommy. I'd
rather be in here with you." Then he continued to bounce happily along behind me.

After stepping on his toes for the fifth time, I began to lose
patience. When I asked him why he was acting this way, he looked up at me with sweet green eyes and said:

"Well Mommy, my teacher told me to walk in Jesus' footsteps! I can't
see Him, so I'm walking in yours!"

Monday of Holy Week

"Then she dried his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the ointment's fragrance." (John 12:3)

We usually take great pains to prepare for big occasions. The greater the occasion, the more personal preparation time we need. Brides take all day to prepare for their weddings; a teenager spends the afternoon dressing for the prom; the coroner spends a day dressing and perfuming a body for viewing. During Holy Week, we watch Jesus face the greatest events in His ministry--His Passion, death, and resurrection. In our gospel today, Jesus allows Mary to begin His preparation. The costly perfume she uses to anoint Jesus symbolizes her love and the love of His friends who will stay with Jesus through the tumultuous week ahead. For Judas, who has no love or intention to stay with Jesus, the perfume becomes a sign of conflict.

As this Holy Week begins, who will we be? Will we be Mary, who has a passionate love for Jesus and respects His mysterious personality? Can we, like Mary, take the expensive perfume of our lives and lay it at the feet of Jesus? Can we choose to love Jesus with all of our being (using even our very hair to dry His feet)? This is the love Jesus will display to us through this week!

Or will we be Judas? Will we be concerned about all the exterior things? Will we worry about how our money is used and what others will say? Will we avoid the journeys through suffering and death, eventually living more in the dark than in the day?

Renew this day your passionate love for the Lord. Choose to stay with the Lord and with yourself through the sufferings of the week.

Holy Week in The Home

The week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday is the holiest of the year. This is the week we focus on the surpassing love of Jesus for us as He proves it by giving up His life for us. All the love of God is poured out on us during this week. We need to pause from our hustle and bustle of ceaseless activity to reflect on that wonderful love and receive it powerfully into our hearts. We need to let the precious Blood of Jesus wash us in the bath of purification and renewal so that we can be filled with the new life of Jesus Christ. So that the love of Jesus can just fill our being and bring us joy and peace. Father and heads of households, somehow you must bring that love of God home to your family or household. Help those in your household to be aware and appreciative of the love that Jesus has for them this Holy Week. Besides the beautiful liturgies in Church during Holy Week, bring the spirit of this Holy Week into your home to build on and Expand what you experienced in Church. Perhaps you could read and talk about part of the account of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus at the end of one of the Gospels. Or maybe you can find some other better way to celebrate Holy Week in your home.

Father Alvin J. Quade

March 30

I am taking care of you. Trust Me at all times. Trust Me in all circumstances. Trust Me with all your heart. When you are weary and everything seems to be going wrong, you can still utter these four words: “I trust You, Jesus.” By doing so, you release matters into My control, and you fall back into the security of My everlasting arms.

Before you arise from your bed in the morning, I have already arranged the events of your day. Every day provides many opportunities for you to learn My ways and grow closer to Me. Signs of My Presence brighten even the dullest day when you have eyes that really see. Search for Me as for hidden treasure. I will be found by you.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
—Proverbs 3:5

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, “Destroy him!”
—Deuteronomy 33:27

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
—Jeremiah 29:13–14 From Jesus Calling

Mother Teresa Said...

Our yes to God is without any reservations.

We are at Jesus’ disposal.
If He wants you to be sick in bed,
if He wants you to proclaim His word in the street,
that’s all right, everything is all right.

[lovestopaint]

Wonderful news, Gloria I'm so happy for Lori and I know you are happy too. I will keep them in my prayers. I'm feeling a little better today, still a bit congested. Blessings to all. Harlene(lovestopaint)

[Bobbi sue]

Lovestopaint, thank you so much for the lovely card. I was hoping you would send me a picture of Jesus and sure enough you did. Isn't God wonderful? Thanks again. It is beautiful.

Gloria, many blessings on Lori and her new love. I hope they will be very happy with a relationship built on God.

Thanks again Lovestopaint....

[Puzzle Piece]

Hello to All!

Such good news Gloria. Wishing both your daughter and her young man many good things. The prayers you prayed along with so many others have been answered! Please keep us informed about the goings on.

Blessed is this nation and all her people for being held so near and dear to the creator.

[gloriajean]

Thank you all for your good wishes for Lori and Jeremy's happiness. He is now in Texas and getting things ready for his move back with his truck. Praying for all your intentions!

[happy2write4u]

Simply beautiful. Best wishes for Lori and Jeremy. And much love to you dear, dear gloriajean.