Quote for the Day: As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot spiritually be kept alive without prayer. Saint Augustine
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
Just to let everyone know... the presale page is now set up to take online orders. Aunties Bookstore was not set up to give a sliding discount for how may books you order through their online system. Can do it just fine by phone though! Anyway if you want to order books online.... I am now working with St. Francis Bookstore Online. They have been carrying my books from day one, are Franciscan (that always gets extra points) so this is a good fit. Order Books Online
As you can tell - tiny bit by tiny bit I am trying to master this video stuff. Today's lesson I actually managed to delete something! This is very important. Because lots of things in life need to be deleted. The video is very short (thanks to my deletion technique!). It shows Shelley somewhat following directions. What I deleted with great glee was the part where she was not quite getting it. So as a result you have a very short video in which it looks like our dog is really getting it. And she is... just not all the time, consistently ... yet.
It occurred to me the Sacrament of Confession kind of works like that. A little deletion here, a little bit there. and Viola! We don't look so bad!
Here is Shelley... only 42 seconds but enough to give a glimpse of her.
Blessings of Peace and All Good, Sister Patricia
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It Was All Right
Kathryn Rohr
Hays, Kansas
From the moment our little daughter, Karen Sue, came into the world, she lived in a world of pain. We did not know what was wrong. The assumption was that perhaps she had a congenital heart defect. This was in the early 1950s when they did not have the medical tests and equipment to diagnose such things. All I knew was that things were not right with my tiny little daughter. She cried and cried and nothing that I or anyone else could do seemed to help. Night after night and day after day I would hold her, rock her, and try to soothe away her pain.
During the eight months of her time with us there were only a few days during which she seemed to be without extreme suffering. There were few golden moments of experiencing joy any delight in her small life and a handful of precious memories of her three-year-old brother playing with her and bits of laughter and giggles.
Let your work be seen by your servants
and your glory by their children.
We often hear the adage "seeing is believing." Thomas earned that unenviable reputation for himself by refusing to believe in the resurrection unless he could see and touch Jesus. Fortunately he saw and believed.
Each day we discover the Lord's work and his glory surrounding us in his ongoing, creative work. His providing, sustaining, energizing love envelops us daily. Some reflection on his work and glory will lead us into praising and blessing him.
Jesus is our beacon along the road of life. "I am the light of the world. No follower of mine shall ever walk in darkness; no, he shall possess the light of life." (Jn 8:12)
Joy in Eating!
Healthy Eating from Barbara George
Elder Care Diet Tips
Your resource for hints on nutrition and health;
a place to learn and a place to share!
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Joy from Home
A Smile from Home - Danielle Bean
Today's Thought
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My mother
She makes me wear hats.
Joy from Rome
Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
Pause for Prayer
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On a personal note…
Joy from Church
Spiritual Blessings from Father Rory Pitstick
A Virtual Retreat
Reflections following the Daily Liturgical cycle
From today's readings:
“I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God.... the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.... Jesus raised His eyes to Heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come. Give glory to Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify You, just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that Your Son may give eternal life to all You gave Him.’ ”
The Lord’s Prayer
As the conclusion to the Last Supper, Jesus turned to God the Father in intimate communion and fervent intercessory prayer for His disciples of that time and of all ages. While the “Our Father” is the “Lord’s Prayer” because He taught it to us, the “Priestly Prayer” of Christ in Chapter 17 of John is the “Lord’s Prayer” because He Himself spoke those words of supplication and intercession as the compendium of His entire saving mission at that pivotal moment at the end of the Last Supper and right before the suffering of His Passion.
The prayer has three main parts. First, Jesus prays for Himself (vv. 1-5), for the glorious fulfillment of God’s plan of salvation about to be completed through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Then, Jesus prays for His Apostles (vv. 6-19) with ecstatic confidence in the unity He enjoys with the Father and extends to His disciples, concluding with verse 19, the distinctively priestly summary of His life: “And I consecrate Myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth!”
Finally, Jesus prays also for the whole Church, for Christian unity among all those who will come to belief through the apostolic foundation. In other words, Jesus was praying for you and for me and for all believers of all times! Just as His prayer embraces us, we embrace the Lord’s prayer and raise our voices and shape our wills in union with His....
