Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Monday & Reflecting on Palm Sunday
I read this beautiful reflection on Palm Sunday written by saint Catherine of Siena, one of my many favorite Saints and I will share this:
GRACES OF PALM SUNDAY
"I Caterina, a useless servant, am in agony with desire as I search the depths of my soul; I grieve and weep when I see and really understand our foolish apathy, our failure to give our love to God after He has given us such great graces with so much love. So, dearest brothers; don't be thankless and unappreciative, because this could easily dry up the fountain of piety within us. Oh heedless indifferent people! Rouse yourselves from this evil sleep! Let's go out to receive our King, who comes to us humble and meek. Oh let us who are proud behold the Master of humility coming to us seated on an ass! For our Savior has told us that one of His reasons for coming on that beast was to show us what our humanity had become by sin, and show us how we should treat this ass, our humanity. Really there is no difference between us and that good-for-nothing beast! Because of sin, our reason has become an animal! Oh ancient Truth, YOU have taught us how we should treat this beast! I want you...to get on top of this ass; master yourselves; be humble and meek. And on what feet shall we get up there, SWEETEST LOVE? On hatred of apathy and love of virtue.
But let's do this...the channel is open and flowing; so since we need to provision the ship of our soul, let's proceed to provision it there, at that sweetest of channels, THE HEART AND SOUL AND BODY OF JESUS CHRIST! We will find that this channel flows with so great a love that we will easily be able to fill our souls. So I say to you: don't be slow to put your eye to this OPEN WINDOW. For I assure you that supreme GOODNESS has prepared the times and the ways for us to do great deeds for him. This is why I told you to be eager to increase your holy desire, and not to be satisfied with little things, be HE wants great things!"
And what is a "great" thing for me to accomplish is different from what a "great" thing is for someone else....so let us give ALL GLORY, PRAISE, HONOR, and every molecule of our being to JESUS CHRIST OUR KING!
GRACES OF PALM SUNDAY
"I Caterina, a useless servant, am in agony with desire as I search the depths of my soul; I grieve and weep when I see and really understand our foolish apathy, our failure to give our love to God after He has given us such great graces with so much love. So, dearest brothers; don't be thankless and unappreciative, because this could easily dry up the fountain of piety within us. Oh heedless indifferent people! Rouse yourselves from this evil sleep! Let's go out to receive our King, who comes to us humble and meek. Oh let us who are proud behold the Master of humility coming to us seated on an ass! For our Savior has told us that one of His reasons for coming on that beast was to show us what our humanity had become by sin, and show us how we should treat this ass, our humanity. Really there is no difference between us and that good-for-nothing beast! Because of sin, our reason has become an animal! Oh ancient Truth, YOU have taught us how we should treat this beast! I want you...to get on top of this ass; master yourselves; be humble and meek. And on what feet shall we get up there, SWEETEST LOVE? On hatred of apathy and love of virtue.
But let's do this...the channel is open and flowing; so since we need to provision the ship of our soul, let's proceed to provision it there, at that sweetest of channels, THE HEART AND SOUL AND BODY OF JESUS CHRIST! We will find that this channel flows with so great a love that we will easily be able to fill our souls. So I say to you: don't be slow to put your eye to this OPEN WINDOW. For I assure you that supreme GOODNESS has prepared the times and the ways for us to do great deeds for him. This is why I told you to be eager to increase your holy desire, and not to be satisfied with little things, be HE wants great things!"
And what is a "great" thing for me to accomplish is different from what a "great" thing is for someone else....so let us give ALL GLORY, PRAISE, HONOR, and every molecule of our being to JESUS CHRIST OUR KING!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Prayer, Fasting and Mercy
Lent has been going on for weeks now....I read something very inspiring this morning written by my Baptismal Saint, Saint Peter Chrysologus. Here it is:
"There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they give life to each other."
"There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they give life to each other."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A Moment of Joy
On Saturday, January 22, 2011 I held my grand nephew Trace close to me for a very long time....a profound sense of JOY, LOVE, and PEACE overwhelmed me and I have arrived at a "Moment of Joy" regarding Sarah. Thank you Trace.
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