Hello my friends! Thanks for your posts on the last thread, I know you'll understand that I won't have time now to answer each one of you, but thanks so much for your prayers for Lori's surgery, and your friendship! My prayers for you all continue daily!
If you'd like, just keep posting on this thread all weekend - when I get back I'll start the new thread - and I will enjoy reading your posts here!!
Now I have to pack, and leave very shortly! God bless you all!!
There is always a reason why people act as they do. Lord, help me to be
more patient and understanding.
Scripture for the day:
"Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and
gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God." ~1 Peter 1:21
Meditation for the day:
I can rely on God. I can trust God to the limit. I can depend on God's
power in all human relationships. I can wait and trust and hope, until God
shows me the way. I can wait for guidance in each important decision. I
can meet the test of waiting until a thing seems right before I do it. Every
work for God can meet this test of time. The guidance will come, if I wait
for it.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may meet the test of waiting for God's guidance. I pray that
I will not go off on my own.
Words of Mother Teresa:
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Do not be afraid of loving to the point of sacrifice, until it hurts. Jesus'
love for us led him to his death.
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God pays attention to our love.
Not one of us is indispensable. God has the means to do all things and to do
away with the work of the most capable human being.
We can work until we drop. We can work excessively. If what we do is not
connected to love, however, our work is useless in God's eyes.
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All sicknesses have cures. The only one that cannot be cured is the sickness
of feeling unloved.
I invite all those who appreciate our work to look around them and be
willing to love those who have no love and to offer them their services.
Are we not, by definition, messengers of love?
Love is the product of every season.
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We have been created to love and be loved.
A young man was dying, but for three or four days fought to prolong his
life. The Sister there asked him, "Why do you continue this fight?"
"I cannot die without asking forgiveness from my father," he answered.
When his father arrived, the youth embraced him and asked forgiveness.
Two hours later, the young man passed away peacefully.
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What we say does nor matter, only what God says to souls through us.
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Good works are links that form a chain of love.
More of Mother Teresa:
Am I convinced of Christ’s love for me and mine for Him?
This conviction is like sunlight which makes the sap of life rise
and the buds of sanctity bloom. This conviction is the rock on which
sanctity is built.
What must we do to get this conviction?
We must know Jesus, love Jesus, serve Jesus.
I must not attempt to control God’s actions;
I must not count the stages in the journey He would have me make.
I ask Him to make a saint of me, yet I must leave to Him the choice
of that saintliness itself and still more the choice of the means which lead
to it.
Thank You Lord
by Elsie Natalie Brady
I cannot thank you Lord enough
For all you've given me,
For food and shelter, and for love
Of friends and family.
In time of sorrow you stood by
And held my trembling hand,
You wiped the tear drops from my eyes
And helped me to understand.
Although I cannot ever know
What the future has in store,
Your love will always see me through,
'Til we meet on Paradise shore.
Daily Acceptance Prayer
Author Unknown
Accept yourself completely.
Accept your strengths and your weaknesses,
Your gifts and shortcomings,
Your good points and your faults.
Accept yourself completely as a human being.
Accept that you are here to learn and grow,
And accept that you are learning and growing.
Accept the personality you've developed, and
Accept your power to heal and change.
Accept yourself without condition or reservation.
Accept that the core of your being is goodness
and that your essence is love, and
Accept that you sometimes forget that.
Accept yourself completely, and in this acceptance
find an ever-deepening inner strength.
From this place of strength, accept your life fully and open yourself to the
lessons it offers you today.
Accept that within your mind are both fear and love,
and accept your power to choose which you will experience as real.
Recognize that your experiences are only the results of your own choices.
Accept the times that you choose fear
as part of your learning and healing process, and
Accept that you have the potential and power
in any moment to choose love instead.
Accept mistakes as a part of growth,
so you are always willing to forgive yourself and
give yourself another chance.
Accept that your life is the expression of your thought, and commit yourself
to aligning your thoughts more and more each day with the thought of Love.
Accept that you are an expression of this Love. Love's hands and voice and
heart on earth.
Accept your own life as a blessing and a gift.
Your heart is open to receive, and you should be deeply grateful.
May you always share the gifts that you receive
fully, freely, and with joy.
The Lord keeps a clean house
I heard someone knocking at my heart´s door,
and I looked to see that it was Jesus the Lord.
I knew right away that I couldn´t let him in,
because my heart was too dirty from the stains of sin.
Jealousy and strife hung on the walls
Lying and cheating litered the halls
Envy and lust hung on the shelf
Along with alcohol and drugs that I had put there myself.
Hatred and malice was scattered all around.
Murder and robbery could even be found.
Fornication and adultery were plentiful too.
Jesus kept knocking, but what could I do?
I said, "Lord, it´s too dirty for you to come in.
Wait another day, and come back again.
Let me clean it up the best that I can,
so that when you return, I´ll be a better man".
But the Lord said, "Child, you listen to me.
There´s no possible way you can get it clean.
You´ve tried and you´ve tried, but it still looks the same.
But I´ll clean it for you by the power of my name.
It´s something that you just cannot do alone.
But I´ll wash it with my blood, because it is my home.
So open the door and let me come in.
I´ll clean up those dirty stains of sin".
I opened the door and he was faithful and true.
He cleaned it right up, now everything´s new.
Now when my heart gets dirty, it doesn´t stay for long.
Because Jesus, my Lord, keeps a very clean home.
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The Cross - by Clarita Calasanz
It is now the Lenten Season and we have stations of the cross and other
devout practices which reminds us of the Passion and Death of Our Lord. This
is the story of our salvation and the ongoing love story that God has with
all of us. He loved us with an infinite love in spite of who we are and
never mind how cold and indifferent we have been towards Him, or how far we
have strayed away from Him. He continues to love us anyway.
Lent reminds us of the crosses that each of us has to bear, sickness, broken
relationships, financial problems, loss of loved ones, etc. We are naturally
afraid of that and it's so much better not to think about it. But we are
told to Embrace the Cross and it will be much easier to carry.
The following story is probably fiction but it drives home the point. A
certain nobleman has decided on finding the Garden of Eden or the Land of
perpetual youth. He was told he had to carry a wooden cross in order to find
what he was looking for and he agreed. He thought what a small price it was
if he could realize his dream. The cross was given to him and he started on
his way. The cross was heavy, so he decided to carry it on his shoulder.
After a while, it became intolerable, so he decided to just drag the cross
after him as he walked. That worked for a while, but it eventually became
unbearable also. At his wits end he decided to lift the cross with his two
arms and to hold it close to his body. He was embracing the cross and he
discovered it was becoming lighter as he went on his way and he finally
reached his destination without any problem.
I have been afraid of the Cross, but I also love the song, "Be not afraid, I
go before you always, Come, follow Me". It is one of my favorite songs. It
is a very encouraging thought during Lent. Instead of being afraid of the
Cross let us Embrace it and rely on what Jesus promised: "I will be with
you", and we will be surprised to find how truly easy it is.
Meditations by Padre Pio
If you suffer with resignation in doing His will, you do not offend Him but
love Him. And your heart will find great comfort in remembering that in your
hour of pain Jesus Himself suffers in you and for you. He did not abandon
you when you fled from Him; why should He abandon you now that you are
proving your love for Him by the martyrdom of your soul? (GF, 174).
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