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Saint Matthias
Saint Matthias, Apostle, was a constant attendant on our Lord, from the time of his baptism by St. John, to his ascension. As he could bear witness to the Resurrection of Jesus, he was chosen as a twelfth apostle to replace Judas. He is remembered for his urgings of the necessity of the mortification of the flesh with regard to all its sensual and irregular desires, an important lesson he had learned from Christ. Some of his relics are shown in the abatical church of Triers, and in that of St. Mary Major in Rome.

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Quote for the Day:
This is our Lord?s will,... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
For if we do not trust as much as we pray,
we fail in full worship to our Lord in our prayer;
and also we hinder and hurt ourselves.
The reason is that we do not know truly
that our Lord is the ground from which
our prayer springeth;
nor do we know that it is given us
by his grace and his love.
If we knew this,
it would make us trust to have
of our Lord?s gifts all that we desire.
For I am sure that no man asketh
mercy and grace with sincerity,
without mercy and grace being given to him first.

Julian of Norwich

Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"

Day by day.... that's the thing....no matter what you are doing... aiming for, striving.. it's all got to be done day by day. And there's no magical formula. This morning it was confession time. I had some stuff I wasn't too happy to discuss... which I am sorry to say happens even to nuns in monasteries. Very sad but very true. AND you also might find comfort or not.. to know that even after 26 years of going to confession on a regular basis... I still find it difficult at times. Not the actual process.. just the admitting part. Like oh.. well.. you know.. we did it again.Yep, and the biggest thing I pray for in making a good confession is that I will actually say what needs to be said. Confess what needs to be confessed.

I can relate with anyone who has difficult with confession.. because sometimes... I do too! So life goes on.... the one thing I am very glad of .. is that in the monastery its like.... when confession is scheduled.... you go.... because if you don't.... you feel like the rest of the nuns are thinking, "Well, what's up with her?" And of course you are so humble you don't want them to know... that there is something up... so you just bite the bullet and get it over with. Makes it so much more simpler than having to wrestle with the decision of "Should I go or shouldn't I?" Really, sometimes its a very good thing to have things like this built into your routine.

Tomorrow I have to get up very early to take Sr. Colleen to the airport as she is going to a Poor Clare Federation meeting. Somewhere in Pennsylvannia. We have to leave at 4:30. Which means I suppose.. I will have to get up at 4:00.. which means I suppose I should look around now for something like toothpicks to hold my eyelids open. I could try driving with my eyelids close.. but Sr. Colleen gets so overly upset if we don't stay on our side of the road.. so guess I better find something to help. I could even try going to bed like now.. instead of later... but that seems a bit radical.

Blessings of Peace and All Good,
Sister Patricia and all the Sisters

Sr Patricia

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