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October 1,
2008
Father and Son
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God’s Calling Plan
Judi A. Eichhorn
Columbus, Ohio
My daughter was upset because her husband, Mike, is deployed in Iraq
and they rarely got to speak to each other. When they did, the connection
was very bad. So, one day when I was on my way to morning Mass at
St. Patrick's, I told my daughter not to worry because I was sending my
guardian angel to whisper in Mike's ear to call her, and I was going to
pray for the phone connection to be good.
When I got out of Mass, I checked my voice-mail and there was my
daughter's happy voice saying, "Mom, he called! We talked and I told
him you sent your guardian angel over to Iraq to whisper in his ear to
call me."
Well, Mike couldn't believe it, so I continued doing it. Each time after
I prayed, I would call my daughter and tell her I sent my angel to Iraq,
and sure enough Mike would call and the connection would be good.
We were so excited that I started telling everyone about it and my whole
family got involved.
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From the book 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
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Psalm 119:113-114
I hate men of divided heart,
but I love your law.
You are my refuge and my shield;
in your word I hope.
Jesus' word is trustworthy. His word outlines a way of life that will guarantee our eternal salvation. We will love his law when we discover that Jesus loves us so much that he wants us with him, and his law is the pathway leading us into that perfect union.
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Listen to his promise: "I solemnly assure you, the man who hears my word, and has faith in him who sent me possesses eternal life. (Jn 5:24)
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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On a personal note…
God’s work habits
Why is it that some people’s work is never convenient to others? There are some battles that are never won even though they must be fought, mountains of work to one person that might seem like molehills to another. The tasks that might appear insurmountable to one, might, to someone else, be something that could be left until the tomorrow that never comes….and so the pile of ironing grows until the point when it becomes a late night necessity if there is to be something to wear the following day…
There is, of course, the saying, ‘Make hay while the sun shines’ and ‘Never put off until tomorrow that which could be done today’. It is easier said than done! The theory is much simpler than the practice… There is always a good excuse that can be found to delay the dreadful moment of tackling an unpleasant job.
Yet think, for a moment, of the chiselling away that God does in my life. He does not always mould me into the person he wants me to be at a time that is convenient to my own schedule. He works according to his own unique timetable, which seems interminable on some occasions and then rather too rapid at others. The trouble is that he is dealing with eternity, which is rather different from our concepts, which are limited to time.
And so, God will work steadily and unendingly until I have become exactly who he knew me to be from all eternity. He does not sleep, even if I need to do so!
God bless,
Sr. Janet
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Ps 87(88): 10bc-11.
12-13. 14-15
Lk 9: 57-62
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Oct 1 Wed: Thérèse of Lisieux, v, r, dr M
From today's readings:
“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood Him and remained unscathed?... Let my prayer come before You, Lord.... No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Got God Figured Out?
In the central chapters of the Book of Job, the protagonist’s friends confront him with various philosophical and theological attempts to explain and understand his suffering, but Job is always able to point out inconsistencies and insufficiencies in the suggested explanations.
In his reflections, Job maintains the central insight that God is simply infinitely greater than we are - we really cannot ever pretend to have Him figured out, or even imagine that we can sufficiently take into account all the aspects of the messy and complicated elements even of our own lives. At the end of the book, Job gets a not-so-subtle reminder from God about his own insight!
Someone once suggested that the Book of Job (and even the entire Old Testament) can be summarized as God teaching and repeatedly reminding His people that “I’m God - you’re not! Get over it!” While that’s not the whole story, of course, the insight does sum up one of the most crucial lessons in the Bible. St. Thérèse of Lisieux and other faithful followers of Christ learned well the lessons of humility in order to paradoxically live out God’s great plan in their lives. For us, then, it’s just a matter of letting God be God in our lives, which is only possible when we have the humility to realize, in every way, that no one of us is God!
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Let this be thy whole endeavour, this thy prayer, this thy
desire,--that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with
entire simplicity follow Jesus only.
