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October 2,
2008
Father and Son
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Thoughts from Sister Patricia
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Quote for the Day:
If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual,
take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be
bothered with him - leave him at the throne.
Charles (Chuck) Swindoll
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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Today is the beautiful feast of the guardian angels. Unfortunately I don't have my angel cards back up on the site.. next project! At any rate be sure to give special thanks for your Guardian Angel today - in heaven we will probably be very surprised to know just how much our lives were aided by them!
The workshop went very well. At least we had a lot of fun and everyone seemed to have learned something. So what more can you ask?
My friend Barb I guess, is politely trying to tell me that I don't keep my monitor as clean as it should be. So.... she sent me this link to a free monitor cleaner. I don't know that it is really effective though. If you ask me it seemed to do a worse job than before. But maybe I'm not really objective. At least it didn't hurt anything, other than to make me laugh and that's a good thing.
http://www.actrix.co.nz/special/cyberclean.html
Blessings of Peace And All Good,
Sister Patricia and all the Sisters
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God’s Calling PlanA Special Sign
Marion M. Klokow
Helenville, Wisconsin
In January of 1995, one of my three sons, Don, age twenty-seven,
was killed in a snowmobile accident. Compounding this tragedy was the
fact that he had not always gone to Mass on Sundays.
I was just devastated and could not think of anything else, even long
after the funeral. I had a thirty-six-inch statue of Our Lady of Fatima,
and I talked and cried to Mary every day.
In April of that year, I wrote a note to Mary, asking: "You remember
when Jesus was preaching in the temple, and you thought he was lost?
You searched until you found him, and you were so upset. So you should
know how upset I am. I just have to know that my son is going to be with
Jesus some day."
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From the book 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
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Refuge rom All Eternity
Psalm 90:1-2
O Lord, you have been our refuge
through all generations.
Before the mountains were begotten
and the earth and the world were brought forth,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
The eternity of God is graphically described by the psalmist as predating the creation of the earth and being before the mountains were begotten, not to mention his existing throughout all generations.
This reflection gives credibility to God's stability and fidelity and engenders great hope and confidence in us. His love for us is infinite and immutable. What further reassurance do we need?
St. Peter gives us some fatherly advice: "Grow rather in grace, and in the knowldege of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and to the day of eternity!" (2 Pt 3:18)
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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On a personal note…
Tragedy in the mail
Statue of Our lady, shattered by the mobMonstrance desecrated by the mob‘Dear All,
Urgent Prayer needed now. Holy Cross Convent Thane Gate Burnt. Riots in progress. Please send 2 as many prayer warriors.
From,
Benny’
That was all it said. I do not know the writer of the e-mail, nor from what part of India he was writing. I can only imagine the fear in which that brief message was written and that is what makes it so frightening.
I have never been to India, but I have known many Indians and am privileged to count some of the people of that vast Continent amongst my dearest friends.
Several days ago, visiting England on other business, I met an Indian journalist, who spoke passionately about the country she had left only days previously. She was articulate, very well-informed and eager to speak. There was a marked urgency about her words that matched the many equally urgent e-mails I have received during the past couple of weeks from the Jesuits of the Indian programme of Vatican Radio. Theirs is an attempt to get the horror of all that is currently happening in their homeland out to the rest of the world.
Thank God, most of us will never know what it is like to look from the window of one’s home to see a riot in full swing, with a great possibility of serious injury and even death. Places where there has been no history of conflict between Hindu and Christian are suddenly torn apart. Terrible stories are emerging by the hour, and yet they do not reach the rest of the world where politics and the economic crisis are the lead headlines.
Let us pray, pray, pray for the people of India at this time. May there be healing and understanding. May God bless a Continent known for the depth of its spirituality and religious faith.
Prince of Peace, bring peace to your little ones, regardless of their faith.
God bless,
Sr Janet
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Jb 19: 21-27
Ps 26(27): 7-8a.
8b-9abc. 13-14
Mt 18: 1-5. 10
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Oct 2 Thu: The Guardian Angels M
From today's readings:
“But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives.... I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.... See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in Heaven always look upon the face of My heavenly Father.”
Job’s prophecy
As mentioned before, the book of Job must be read in its entirety to understand and contextualize all its parts. Tuesday’s first reading was from chapter Three, which begins after the arrival of his three friends with Job’s lament about his life, but today’s reading is from chapter Nineteen! The readings for yesterday were from chapter Nine of Job, so it’s obvious that many chapters of the book have been skipped.
Basically in those chapters, Job’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. Today’s reading is part of Job’s reply to his friend Bildad’s second attempt to make sense of Job’s suffering.
This is one of the most crucial passages in the book, but unfortunately, translators and scholars are quite divided on how to render and make sense of it. Many, but not all, of the Church Fathers believed that Job’s words anticipate the clear Christian teaching of the resurrection of the body. Thus St. Jerome, whose feast was celebrated yesterday, wrote, “Job here prophesies the resurrection of the body in such a way that no one has written on this subject in so clear and certain a manner.” For this reason, this text is often used for funerals, even though some modern translations obscure the notion of resurrection.
In any event, the words ring with the unquenchable hope of vindication, so Job’s faith was the foundation for one of the most succinct Christian creeds: I know that my Redeemer lives!
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