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Kateri Tekawitha
Gah-deh-lee Deh-gah-quee-tah
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Lord God,
you called the virgin,
blessed Kateri Tekakwitha,
to shine among
the Indian people
as an example of
innocence of life.
Through her intercession,
may all people
of every tribe,
tongue, and nation,
having been gathered
into your Church,
proclaim your greatness
in one song of praise.
We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Kateri Tekawitha
Gah-deh-lee Deh-gah-quee-tah
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Day 4: Your People will be My People
When Kateri arrived in the Christian village - she was immediately welcomed.
She was in a new family - a family that shared her same desires and interests
in serving God. It was not to be an easy life - because christians are never
without their share of crosses and trials - but it was a life where she could
worship freely and even be commended for it! What a difference that made in
the lightness of her heart.
Prayer
Blessed Kateri,
you made the decision
to move from one village
to another in order to strengthen
your desire to serve God.
Help us to follow through with decisions
we too need to make in our lives
to serve God. Give us the courage
to act boldly - the strength to do it,
and the persistence to follow through
each and every day.
Amen.
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Quote for the Day:
Learn to love the Creator in his creation,
the Worker in his work.
Don?t be so fascinated by things created
that you forget the One who created them all.
St. Augustine
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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This week we are being gifted with some Franciscan teachings by Fr. John Vaughn, OFM. We have an hour session in the morning and one in the afternoon. The talks are wonderful - simple and open to discussions that sometimes lead us off into other realms of discovery about the Franciscan life that are not on the agenda but I think just as important and valuable.
For instance this morning we started talking about the early ministers of the order and the direction the Spirit led and they led the Franciscan movement into new areas... and ended up talking a bit about Pope Benedict and his love for the Franciscan Saints. I didn't know that. I had forgotten that he wrote his Masters thesis on Saint Bonaventure... so perhaps its more accurate to say I forgot - but anyway that was kind of a neat thing... and after that we got into talking about Saint Dominic and how the two saints who lived in the same time - blessed the church in different ways.
I wanted to know how come St. Francis became more popular than St. Dominic (other than to Dominicans of course) and we tossed around different theories and one that Father John offered that made sense.. is that one was Italian (Francis) and one was Spanish (Dominic) and the two cultures presented their saints in different ways. Neither was always accurate - not in a deceiving sort of way... but just how the different cultures promoted their popular figures. Which I thought was a very interesting concept.
After that we progressed for a bit on how surprised we will probably be in heaven to find out who REALLY were the great saints in God's eyes..... not that those we know and love won't be great.. but I am sure some hidden saints.... ones we never heard of .... will be greatly honored for their heroic deeds and lives that never made the popular roll call of those we know today.
Surprises, surprises. I am sure Heaven will be full of them!
Tomorrow I go with my mom to her first doctor visit after her hospital stay. How time passes! She has almost beeen a week in the nursing home. Just amazing - that which I thought would have been a most unbearable thing to experience for my mom (and myself)... a broken leg, wheelchair and nursing home .... has turned out to be quite manageable. Thank you again and again for all your prayers. They are surely working!
I wanted to thank each one of you who wrote - but sadly - I just do not have the time to do that. Every day piles up with new things to do and my plans to answer each one... I don't think is going to happen. But God bless you and Thank You so much! You are wonderful and your prayers are so appreciated.
Blessings of Peace and Joy!
Sister Patricia
Sr Patricia
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