Jesus Christ walks even through our locked doors…
to bring us Peace.
He throws open wide the windows…
and our hearts are enlarged with the Gift of the Holy Spirit…
Making us all brothers and sisters in Christ.
May the Holy Spirit pierce our hearts and may His love pour forth…
And may this Love become a wellspring for others.
Happy Pentecost to all…Come, Holy Spirit, Come and enkindle a fire in the hearts of the faithful!
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Why wait until tomorrow…
to live the rising in the dying?
And how can we live the rising in the dying of (you fill in the blank: chronic illness, terminal illness, failed marriage, financial ruin, addictions, depression, the toxic stuff of life)?
By offering praise and thanksgiving…
IN THE MIDST.
For we exist to be the praise of His glory…
and we live the rising in the dying with a heart-knowing of the Resurrection.
Why wait until tomorrow…
to live the rising in the dying?
“We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. ” Rom 6:4-5
Doing good…doing fine…
oops it’s whack-a-mole time.
Illness, relationships, the stuff of life…
We all live our own particular strife.
Doing good…doing fine…
oops, it’s whack-a-mole time.
The mallet comes, we fall to the ground…
but by His strength we soon abound.
Doing good…doing fine…
oops it’s whack- a- mole time.
We can choose to focus on the whacking of the mole…
Or the grace of purification that makes us whole.
Doing good…doing fine…
oops it’s whack-a-mole time.
When “splat with stuff” offer a sacrifice of praise…
a grateful heart that fills the day.
Doing good…doing fine…
Is it whack-a-mole time?
No, doing good…doing fine…
it’s Resurrection time.
(Dedicated to all who struggle with chronic illness)
“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. ” 1 Thes 5:18
Why dumpster dive in the past…
when you can wade in the streams of living water today?
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Why slow down the journey with suitcases of unnecessary…
when the Master has offered to carry your bags?
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Today, the present, the now… is the gift to live.
Enjoy the now of the day and relish the treasures within.
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“To hear ourselves talk about God, we might think that God is some kind of satellite navigational aid on life’s dashboard.
We think that if we listen hard enough we will hear the divine signals coming through keep right, take the next exit, take a left in half a mile. But it isn’t so easy!
We have to make every choice ourselves, but not alone.
The wisdom we have is not in some add-on gadget, but within us.
God’s guidance is not a GPS-device, but perhaps a compass.
God never promised an easy ride, with all decisions made for us by some divine website in the sky.
But God promises to travel with us, every mile of the way, helping us pay attention to the terrain, to notice the signs – to read the compass. ” Margaret Siff
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O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!
Happy Divine Mercy Sunday : )
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The current of life draws one to the threshold of death…
and there the razor of His mercy cuts into the core of who we are…
and then even deeper…
shaving away the bulk of the camel that seeks to pass through the eye of the needle.
Blessed the soul that steps from the threshold into the bowels of death in this life…
for one must die with Christ in order to be risen with Him.
“Give thanks to the Lord, for his is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” Let those who fear the Lord say, “His mercy endures forever.” Ps 118:1-2
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“And He departed from our sight….
that we might return to our heart…
and there find Him.
For He departed, and behold, He is here. St. Augustine
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If I were to cling to you Jesus…holding on to you as if you were slipping away.
How then could your arms reach down to embrace me in the all that I am …and in the all that I am called to be?
Why cling to You who never leaves me?
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord. “Rom 8:38-39
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“Yesterday I was crucified with Christ; today I am glorified with Him. Yesterday I died with Him; today I am alive with Him. Yesterday I was put in the tomb with Him; today I am raised up with Him.” St. Gregory the Great
Happy Easter. May the Joy and Peace of His Resurrection fill your hearts and those of all you love and carry with you. May everything that has breath give praise, From the Heart of J
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