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Prayer is the raising of the mind to God.
We must always remember this.
The actual words matter less.
Blessed John XXIII
From "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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I am reading a book called, "Lourdes, Font of Faith, Hope and Charity' by Elizabeth Ficocelli. It is so good. I really love it. I hope in time to be able to interview Elizabeth about her book but for the moment I am just enjoying it. It has a lot of things about Saint Bernadette and Lourdes that I have never read before. Here is something that really grabbed me today. Maybe because its where I need to be.
Six years after Bernadette had seen the apparition of the Blessed Mother - a beautiful statue was to be placed in the grotto. Bernadette was not allowed to go to the shrine. This is what she shared with her cousin. "I'm as happy to stay in bed as I would be to go to the grotto. I would like to go . . . . God does not want me to. His will be done . . . . Don't feel sorry for me; when we do what God wants, no one should feel sorry."
I really, really like that quote. I wish I was like that. I spend all sorts of time feeling sorry for myself. I also spend all sorts of time explaining to God how I think things should be done. I'm sort of starting to lose my grip on this.. but I've miles to go yet.
Yesterday I interviewed Father George Montague about his new book,  Holy Spirit Make your Home in Me Was a good interview. I asked Father different questions on how we can make Pentecost more powerful in our lives.. how we can open ourselves more fully to the Holy Spirit. Father George had warm and uplifting answers.I don't quite have the new mixer and condenser under my control yet.. but getting there.
Here's a link to the mp3 if you want to listen. The length is 27:30. Faith, Hope and Action - an Interview with Fr. George Montague Right click on link to save.
Blessings of Peace,
Sister Patricia
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And of course - don't forget my book... which is
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FOREWORD (Part Four)
By Jerry Usher
For most of us, finding the time to pray well can be a challenge in today"s world. But that just gives us more opportunities to be creative and, if necessary, to make the appropriate changes in our lives that will afford us adequate time to spend in the Lord"s presence. Nothing could be more necessary. Nothing could be more rewarding.
As your heart is moved by the stories of the power of prayer compiled in this book by Sr. Patricia, make a new resolution today that you are going to make your whole life a prayer, and that you will devote at least a small amount of time each day to conversing with God. He"s waiting to hear from you. And he"s waiting to pour out His blessings in return.
From the Foreword for "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
Jerry Usher is the Creator and radio host of Catholic Answers Live, www.catholic.com, and
co-author of Called by Name: The Inspiring Stories of 12 Men Who Became
Catholic Priests
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Blessings of Peace,
Sister Patricia and all the Sisters
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The Work of Your Fingers
God's creative love surrounds us. We behold its beauty and bounty. We touch its solidity and softness. We smell its fragrance and freshness. We savor its taste and sweetness.
His creative love is dynamic and operative within us energizing us and enabling us to function. His creative love is ongoing, healing us and keeping us healthy. One caution sign we all need to observe. We can easily take love for granted. We have to keep ourselves aware of his enduring and faithful love.
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It’s about your house; It’s about your husband; It’s about your family
We women can get pretty worked up about housework, can’t we?
I am always surprised to find that it’s an emotional topic for women. But I shouldn’t be. We have all kinds of emotional baggage wrapped up in this one. Some of the people I’ve heard from over the past few days tell me that they were raised in cold, controlling, immaculate homes and so avoiding housework now is a way of rebelling against a lack of love. Others struggle with what I like to call “feminist residue.” They were raised in a generation of women that believed housework was “beneath them” and there were “more important things” for women to do. So now, even as they intend to embrace at-home motherhood, they still bristle at the idea of anyone expecting them to clean. Others are depressed or living in dysfunctional, neglected marriages and for them, a chaotic living space is an outward expression of an unhappy interior life.
But for a lot of people, it’s nothing so complicated as that. A lot of us simply lack motivation and discipline or our lives are filled with too much distraction. I think a big part of the reason that Elizabeth Foss’s post on housekeeping struck a chord is because it challenged us to look at our priorities. We do not like to be challenged.
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Acts 8: 26-40
Ps 65(66): 8-9. 16-17. 20
Jn 6: 44-51
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Apr 10 Thu: Easter Weekday
From today's readings:
“Do you understand what you are reading?... Blessed be God who refused me not my prayer or His kindness!... I am the living Bread that came down from Heaven; whoever eats this Bread will live forever; and the Bread that I will give is My Flesh for the life of the world!”
Christ’s Flesh for the Life of the World
The Lord’s Bread of Life Discourse in John 6 has a formidably steep progression of divine Eucharistic teaching. Starting with just the crowd’s renewed physical appetite, Jesus adeptly leads them to ponder how to start working for the Food that remains unto life eternal. When the crowd first reminisces about the magnificent miracle of manna in the desert, Jesus suggests that He is leading up to something even greater than that, even linking belief in Him with eternal life, and resurrection on the last day.
But the crowd, which had initially been eagerly devouring all His words, suddenly started to choke on them, and have trouble stomaching how such a full meal deal could be cooked up by just Jesus. And so they began gnawing and grumbling at His words. But rather than apologetically deboning His earlier servings, Jesus actually piles on an even meatier helping, favorably contrasting His “Bread of Life” recipe with the manna of old which, however miraculous and nutritive, nonetheless simply couldn’t starve off death. In contrast, Jesus is prepared to fill the plate with so much more, saying “I AM the living Bread that came down from Heaven; whoever eats this Bread will live forever; and the Bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world!”
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