Preaching is important in sharing the Truth!

The truth is that these calves were taken off their mother cows yesterday, and they are calling loudly for them to come so they can nurse some of their wonderful milk!  It is very loud out there and this will continue for about a week.  They might have had a few more weeks with their mothers if we had gotten some rain these last couple months and the grass had grown, but the pastures are brown and the creeks are drying up, so Pat says the cows decrease the energy they need by about half now that they aren't producing milk for their calves.  The cows are as upset about it as the calves at this point, but it does seem that they settle down and get busy eating grass and soon forget about their calf, and they are already pregnant with the one that will be born this winter.  This is how they pay for themselves on the farm, and you cannot allow your own feelings to enter in.  After all they are not human and are animals put in our care to feed the world! 

Pat says that this is the best looking bunch he has weaned ever, and he is very excited about that! 
There was much I wanted to share about this morning - it is now nearing 5p and I was swept away by the huge job of canning 80+ quarts of tomato soup!  I am sure that there will be a sigh of relief to get the shortened version...  I loved the Gospel today - Jesus started with healing Simon's Mother-in-law and then he goes outside and heals people left and right!  Of course when he tries to leave they want to keep him there, but he tells them that he needs to help other places too.  We must share the work He does in our lives - the Truth we have found through his many blessings and graces.  We can't just keep him to ourselves!   I am criticized by some for writing in here so long and so hard - daily or twice a day... yet I feel that here I can preach the Truth I have found.  Sometimes it seems that I use those in my family to share their stories, but they are part of me and through them I am learning and growing in Jesus, and His Bride, The Church!  I am not out on the street corner preaching, but I am without hesitation and openly sharing the Truth!  "Preaching is truly necessary, for without it the glory of heaven would never be realized...For this reason St Paul said:  'For you were once darkness, and now you are the light in the Lord' (Eph 5:8); in fact, in former times deprived of the light while preaching diffuses , people lived in the darkness of ignorance... people have received by preaching the light which illuminates them.  To illuminate the world is then the duty or preachers."  Blessed Humbert of Romans (1277)

We filled this large container up twice - 80+ quarts!  Very tired, yet such a good feeling of accomplishment!
Jesus, we have heard it said that we need to show our faith by example and that we should evangelize and only when necessary use words!  Yet, there is so much falsehood that is shared and believed that we need to also speak the Truth without hesitation or fear!  May we never tire of sharing loudly your Truth and all the healings we have received at your hand.  We long to share all your miracles constantly with anyone who will listen to us - we see and praise you for the miracles of John and Patrick with each new day we are given and watch them stride into their lives - They have your fingerprint/hand upon them and they are born anew!  How we long to have the Truth be known and the LIGHT to fill this world and keep away the darkness of sin and death.  Jesus, we trust in YOU, and praise you.  Amen and Hallelujah! 

Bless-bless, Barb
Who says men don't work in the kitchen?  At one point it was me with my two men, while Ruth rested with little Rose. 
"I trust in the mercy of God for ever."  Psalm 52
"we have heard of your faith in Jesus Christ and that love that you have for all the Holy ones because of the hope reserved for you in heaven.  Of this you have already heard through the word of truth, the Gospel, that has come to you.  Just as in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing also among you, from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of Truth..."  Colossians 1- the first reading from mass today and read throughout the world! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCfyZHSQbE&list=TLm6T598Xa5aU  Francesca Battistelli  Beautiful Beautiful