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August 29,
2008
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Thoughts from Sister Patricia
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Quote for the Day:
By reading the Scriptures I am so renewed that all nature
seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a
pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world
is charged with the glory of God, and I feel fire and music under
my feet.
Thomas Merton
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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Went to see my mom this afternoon. She is doing better and her black eye looks better as well. She seems to be having more energy. I asked her caregiver who was helping her if she was taking off her brace much because it was laying on the side of the little table as I came in. She said, "Oh my yes, she's getting so fast she can have it off in a couple of seconds!"
I said, "Well, I expect that keeps you all busy."
She laughed, and said this morning she was going down the hallway with her brace trailing behind her wheelchair as she rolled along. One of the other patients yelled out and said, "Hey, she lost her leg!"
I think it was probably a pretty funny site.. because it is a full brace.. so it does look like a leg. And with her nice big black eye.. she might look a bit like someone to leave alone!
Blessings of Peace and All Good,
Sister Patricia
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Three Thirty Three
Roberta H. Para Sefchick
Prompton, Pennsylvania
When I was a little child, my dear mom would often talk to us about
how good God was. She would emphasize how great His love for us
in that He died upon the cross to save us. I remember many times my
mother explaining that Jesus was thirty-three years old when he died. She
would tell us that when we died, no matter how old we were at the time,
or what condition we were in, when we entered heaven, we would be at
Jesus' perfect age. This made a deep impression on me and I started the
habit of always saying, "Thank you, Lord," whenever I saw the number
thirty-three in honor of Jesus' great sacrifice.
My oldest son is a police officer, as is his wife, and they live quite a
distance away from us in the state of Virginia. I pray for them and for all
police officers every day. One night something happened. I had gone to
bed as normal and was sleeping peacefully when I heard my son, who
was well over a hundred miles away, urgently calling out to me, "Mom!
Mom!"
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Healing Love
Psalm 107:20 & 22
He sent forth his word to heal them
and to snatch them from destruction.
Let them make thank offerings
and declare his works with shouts of joy.
The Father states so unequivocally: "I, the Lord, am your healer" (Ex 15:26). Jesus began and continued his public ministry by healing all who came to him in faith. He wanted to be known as a healer. He healed not so much to display his divine power but to prove his tremendous compassion. The glory of Jesus today is to continue his healing mission among us. He asks only our faith.
When Jesus was asked if he could cure a possessed boy, he replied: "Everything is possible to a man who trusts." (Mk 9:23)
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A Smile from Home - Danielle Bean
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Speaking of Sarah
Have you been following watching the news and following the discussions of John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin on blogs and in the news? Me too!
Come on over to Faith & Family Live! and tell me what you think.
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
Pause for Prayer
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On a personal note…
Anger into peace
Pietro and Pica BernadoneIn some ways, Assisi has changed very little from the days of Francis. Walk up from the station, through the fields and, for a moment, forget the large churches built to celebrate the lives of its great saints, Francis and Clare. Listen to the birds. See the nodding grasses and the brilliant colours of the wild flowers under the deep blue, cloudless sky of Umbria. This was the very path that ‘The Little Poor Man of Assisi’ strode towards the city of his birth. These dark green pines and the grey-green olive groves probably knew him. Perhaps as a child, he played hide-and-seek with his friends. These cobbled roads of Assisi, the ancient walls and the towering height of the Rocca Maggiore were his. He helped to repair the walls of the castle, preparing for battle, preparing to protect the people of Assisi.
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1 Cor 2: 1-5
Ps 118(119): 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102
Lk 4: 16-30.
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From today's readings:
“For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.... Lord, I love Your commands.... Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Wisdom of Men
The pursuit of wisdom is one of the greatest goals of human existence. But before we commit ourselves to this quest of a lifetime, you and I do well to distinguish which of the three types of wisdom we are chasing after.
First, there is what can be called “worldly wisdom,” and by that I mean whatever the popular prevailing opinions prescribe as rules for living the secular ideal of “the good life.” So money, power, sex, fame, and personal fulfillment are considered the crucial elements of life, and worldly wisdom offers counsel in attaining these. Obviously, “wisdom” in this sense is used satirically in Christian writings, since it’s easy enough to see the inanity of worldly wisdom when comparing it with the sanity of Godly wisdom. But sadly, many miss the satire because they’ve dedicated themselves very seriously and zealously to the pursuit of such worldly wisdom.
There is another type of human wisdom, however, which even in Christian parlance is recognized as true wisdom - the insights offered by human philosophers and poets which are the best fruits of reason, but still fall short of the sublimity of divine wisdom. To pursue such wisdom is a noble way to spend one’s life. This is the type of wisdom Paul writes about in this part of the first letter to the Corinthians: he’s not satirizing it as the worthless “worldly wisdom” (which he does dismiss elsewhere), but he still is maintaining that God offers us even more than the best of human wisdom.
God, in His infinite goodness, has revealed to us His plan of salvation, His will, and His essence. This is the mystery and power of God - divine wisdom, and before it, even the most exquisite wisdom of men fades into insignificance. There is no greater way to spend one’s days than in embracing this wisdom, and living our lives according to the light of its Truth.
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