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You don't need to use many or high-sounding words. Just repeat often, "Lord, show me your mercy as you know best." Or, "God, come to my assistance."
St. Macarius of Alexandria
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I am going through some rather interesting experiences right now by sharing my dreams with my Spiritual Director. Amazing. When you pay attention to your dreams - its kind of like having a private window into your soul. Sometimes when you share with another person about yourself.. that is one thing...you are speaking about where you think you are coming from .. and how you think you are interpreting things.. but when you share a dream its quite different. Because the dreams reveal things that we don't often see so clearly ourselves.. and if you share your dreams sometimes others help to interpret them in ways you don't see yourself. Of course not everyone can interpret your dream correctly.. but getting different insights on what the dream "might" be saying - is at least a step in a direction you might not other wise consider.
This is the third dream I have been working on. It's rather fun. Not only that I've been sharing my dreams and my directors insights with the other sisters! We are having great fun going over my soul. Anyway since we are such a close community I'm sure they see more "into" me than I do.. so they might as well let get some benefit from my hopeful growth.
I remember reading a long time ago about some native peoples who belonged to a very peace filled tribe (I think in Africa) anyway dreams were a big part of their life. And if someone had a dream in which they were angry with another member they were taught to go and talk it over with that person. Interesting huh? Dream therapy now - seems to point more in the direction of everything coming from one's own self - in that even if you dream of other people they are often other aspects of yourself.
Though I think sometimes there are different kinds of dreams.. like prophetic dreams...or dreams that warn you about things with other people - for instance I dreamed of my Dad going into dementia I think before I could actually recognize it's reality right before me. And I remember my mom told me that she saw me "entering the monastery" months before I actually made the decision to do so. Which I thought was rather amazing because my mother is not Catholic.. though I think she is in, in heart and soul!
Well, this is another long one... so better quit. I heard from the printer today that the "Free" Publicity books will be going out tomorrow. So if you wondered why you haven't received it yet.. its because its still in process. Life always takes so much longer than we think it should! (I think we have reached our quota though of giving away the free books.. still have a few to process in though so if there are any left below the 1000 limit.. will let you know).
Blessings of Peace and All Good, Sister Patricia and all the Sisters
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Tom's Promise
Marilyn L. Larson
Fresno, California
My story is about my son, Tom, for whom I had been praying for years. Tom had always been a wonderful, happy child, but when he was nine years old my husband and I made the decision to end our marriage. The divorce affected him deeply. It was a difficult divorce--a divorce that resulted in deep wounds and hurts for Tom. He continued to be outgoing and popular in school, but it was obvious that he was also holding inside a lot of hurt.
Alcohol became his friend, his support. He started in high school and got his first arrest for drunken driving as a teenager. He continued drinking and getting into more and more trouble. During the next ten years he was ordered to go to rehabilitation three times, including a session in a state boot camp. After that he was picked up three more times as an adult for driving under the influence. Once he took that first drink, he told me, he was just unable to stop until he passed out. Finally he was sent to the federal penitentiary in the state where he was living.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/monasticmoments/archives/140376.asp
From the book 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
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Rejoice in Me
by Msgr. David E. Rosage
Humble of Heart
Psalm 116:6-7
The Lord keeps the little ones;
I was brough low, and he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your tranquility,
for the Lord has been good to you.
"Little ones" in Scripture does not refer to physical age but rather to those who are meek and humble of heart, those who are receptive to the influence of God's grace.
When we recognize that of ourselves we can do nothing and acknowledge that the Lord has been good to us, then we are on the way to salvation. Jesus assures us that the lowly will enter heaven: "I assure you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of God." (Mt 18:3)
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A Smile from Home - Danielle Bean
Today's Thought
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Oh, the pressure
Gabby: I just want my birthday cake to have a princess on it. Wearing a crown. And a sparkly dress. And then I want there to be a sunshine wearing sunglasses with a big smile. And of course lots of flowers with grass. And maybe some butterflies. And lots of fives, of course, because I am turning five. And don’t just write “Happy Birthday” on it, either. You should write “Happy Birthday to Gabby. Gabby is turning five. We love you, Gabby.” And don’t forget about the fives. Because I am turning five and it’s going to be my magic birthday.
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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Wednesday
2 Tm 1: 1-3. 6-12
Ps 122(123): 1b-2ab. 2cdef
Mk 12: 18-27
Daily Readings
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Jun 4 Wed: Ordinary Weekday
From today's readings:
“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.... To You, O Lord, I lift up my eyes.... Are you not misled because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?”
Spirit of power and love and self-control
For the rest of this week, the first reading will be from Paul’s second letter to Timothy. Since this is the first opportunity we’ve had in a awhile for the lectionary to dwell on a shorter book of the Bible, I want to remind you of the advantage of reading the whole letter through, and then re-reading it as the lectionary goes through the chapters.
The opening is particularly warm, as Paul addresses himself to his “dear child” Timothy, urging him to “stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands” (a reference to Timothy’s ordination by Paul). This gift is no “spirit of cowardice, but rather of power and love and self-control,” all three of which are essential in living out Timothy’s vocation.
But, as the eternal antidote against pride, Paul reminds Timothy that God “saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works, but according to His own design.” As Christians, we must never tire of meditating on this insight: God calls us to Himself in holiness on His own initiative, not because it’s something we’ve earned or merited! That does not deny that actions are meritorious insofar as they are faithful responses to God’s call, but any and all merit comes after God’s gratuitous grace, and so the personal merit can never “earn”
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