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July 28,
2008
Wind Beneath My Wings
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Thoughts from Sister Patricia
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Quote for the Day:
When we are before the Blessed Sacrament,
let us open our heart; our good God will open his.
We shall go to him;
he will come to us…
It will be like a breath from one to the other.
St. John Vianney
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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The new card site is up. Sort of. Which means it has spots that needs fixin and cards that need to be added and links that were working but aren't today...but I didn't spend any of my Sunday on it.... Monday is soon enough - but if you want to give it a try. . .
New Card Site
Soon, when things are all clicking and tracking like they should - I will have it under the domain name of Franciscancards.com - but for now.. its at holyecards.com. So for a while we have the old and the new.
Today (Sunday) has been nice.... took a nice long nap... went to see my mom with my brother John which was fun. John bought us ice cream sandwiches and we sat outside in the little park which overlooks the highway and watched the cars go by and ate them. John said we each had to eat two ... because the package had six and they would melt if we didn't. That seemed like a very reasonable excuse to me for eating two.. mom didn't complain either.... my mom is getting very thin so we are trying to fatten her up.... I'm fatting up quite nicely too which isn't such a blessing.. but life goes on. ... John drove me back to the monastery and then worked for an hour or so trying to get the pond pump to work better.. made some progress..... John went home.. we had evening prayer outside.... came in and watched a movie.....then I went and sat on the porch swing for an hour and did absolutely nothing but watch the evening slip into night. Nice day.
Sister Patricia and all the Sisters
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God is Wonderful!
Josie Zuniga
Miami, Florida
I desperately wanted a baby but it just didn't seem as if I were going to be blessed with a child. Imagine the joy I felt when, after many miscarriages and seeing several doctors, including a specialist, I was pregnant again and this time the baby was thriving inside of me.
Not far into the pregnancy the doctors gave me some upsetting news. They said they believed the baby would be born with severe medical problems because ultrasounds and other tests showed that the baby's stomach was much smaller than his brain. There is only a one-in-a-million chance that a baby will be born with this problem, and when it does happen, the baby usually either dies at birth or has mental problems if it survives.
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From the book 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
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Psalm 51:12-13
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your holy spirit take not from me.
The psalmist did not understand clearly the "holy spirit" for whom he prayed. Jesus revealed the Holy Spirit as the sanctifying, purifying Spirit who would continue his redemptive work in us. We, too, pray: Come, Holy Spirit.
Long ago the Father promised us his purifying Spirit: "I will put my Spirit within you and make you live by my statues, careful to observe my decrees." (Ez 36:27)
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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On a personal note…
Abou Ben Adam
There is a famous poem about a man by the name of Abou Ben Adam. One night, Abou Ben Adam was lying on his bed. He couldn’t sleep because he was so full of peace and happiness. Well, I think that puts him in a lovely minority. How wonderful to be so full of peace and happiness that it is impossible to sleep!
Abou Ben Adam was then surprised by a visitor. The visitor was an angel. The angel carried a book and was writing a list of names. Abou Ben Adam was curious. He asked the angel what he was doing. The angel replied that he was writing a list of the names of the people who loved God. “Is my name there?”, Abou Ben Adam asked. “No”, replied the angel.
Abou Ben Adam was disappointed. “Well,” he said, “just write my name down as someone who loves other people.” The angel agreed to do this, and then disappeared.
Some nights later, Abou Ben Adam was again lying in bed when the angel reappeared in the room. The angel was again carrying the book in which he had written all the names of the people who loved God. The angel came across to Abou Ben Adam. He opened the book at the page in which Abou Ben Adam had asked it to be recorded that he loved his fellow human beings. There, on the page was Abou Ben Adam’s name. Because of his love for other people, the name of Abou Ben Adam shone more brightly than all the other names. His name was the brightest in the list of those who love God.
I love the poem about Abou Ben Adam. First of all, I think it must be an incredible gift of God to be so full of peace and happiness that it is difficult to sleep. In the poem it says that Abou Ben Adam is suffering from “a surfeit of peace”. In fact he’s almost ready to burst with it! I’d love to be in the same situation and I’m sure that everyone would want the same.
The other thing I love about the story of Abou Ben Adam is that he was trying so hard to love his neighbour that he didn’t realise how much he was also loving God.
I think that Abou Ben Adam was not a Christian. The writer of the poem was a Christian. I think that what the writer was also saying was that just because someone doesn’t know Jesus, it doesn’t mean that they don’t love God. The writer was saying that if we concentrate on caring for the people around us, we will automatically be showing God how much we love him. He was saying that everybody of every religion and even those of no religion at all, can know God.
If Abou Ben Adam had a “surfeit of peace” because he’d been trying so hard to be kind to others, we will find exactly the same results in our own lives. It is only through selfishness, greed, laziness, jealousy, envy and so on that we will never find the peace we all need so much. We find peace through practising kindness, generosity, compassion, love, understanding and tenderness.
Lord, help me today to be like Abou Ben Adam. Let me give myself so completely to others that, in finding them, I’m really finding you. Fill my heart with your peace and your happiness. Amen
God bless,
Sr Janet
PS If you would like to read the poem of Abou Ben Adam, go to my newly-launched website at http://pauseandpray.com.
You’ll find the poem at http://pauseandpray.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi ew&id=93"
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The site is not yet finished, but I’m heading off on retreat in a few minutes time, so any more changes will have to wait. Please pray for me as I will pray for you.
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Jer 13:1-11
Deuteronomy 32:18-19, 20, 21
Mt 13:31-35
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Jul 28 MON
From today's readings:
"Wicked people who refuse to obey My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts.... you have forgotten God who gave you birth!... All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables."
Heavenly Thoughts
Many of the Lord's parables offer analogies to help us understand the Kingdom of Heaven. The tendency is to limit our notion of Heaven, considering it strictly as God's dwelling and the place of eternal reward for saintly people after death. Heaven is certainly all that ... and more! For some of the parables seem to be intended specifically to help us expand our understanding of God's Kingdom.
Some translators, instead of "kingdom" prefer the word "reign," which seems less territorial based, and thus more focused on the dynamic extent of God's active and providential rule. Nonetheless, both nuances are included in the perfection of Heaven! Likewise, sometimes the context portrays the Kingdom of Heaven as a future, eschatological reality, whereas other times, the immediate and present dimension of God's Kingdom is stressed - but again, both the present and future aspects of Heaven need to be acknowledged.
When Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed and yeast, He wanted His listeners to understand the inherent potential and transforming power of God's reign. Like so many of the Lord's parables, these similes cannot be reduced to any one trite explanation, for they are intended to offer food for thought now and until the end of time.
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