I shared this picture taken Sunday morning in Church clothes after sharing 8a mass together - minus Ruth and Luke...There were those that commented on how glowing Ruth is, and I love all the peaceful faces and touches of the other kids as they gather around Ruth and new Luke! One of Paul's friends wrote this - I'd call this pic "Extremely blessed!" Pondering that as I crawled from my warm bed this morning I recall that we ran into a good friend/Eucharistic minister leaving the hospital just as we were arriving. He commented that he had just taken Eucharist to Ruth and how little Luke certainly was a beautiful boy with lots of dark hair. I love to think that it is Christ that is glowing through and in Ruth and Simon and Paul - the 3 that have just received Christ in his Body and Blood! I truly do believe that our families reflect HIS LIGHT, and the glow in Ruth and the "blessed" appearance of their growing family is due to our receiving HIM each week and our accepting his invitation to the Great Dinner of Heaven and Earth with great JOY and excitement - knowing that He will come and dwell within us and give us a small slice of Heaven here on earth - The Kingdom of Heaven here on earth!
I just had a wonderful time over with Ruth and her 3 youngest - we shared the special occasion of Luke's first bath at home!
Luke loved the warm water on his head and hair, and little Rose sure was interested as she stood on a chair to watch. It reminded me of baptizing little Patrick in NICU just a little over a year ago! This verse from the first reading in Romans this morning - Roman 12... "Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold onto what is good; love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in HOPE, endure in affliction, persevere in Prayer." The final verse covered the journey called Patrick born dead and brought back to LIFE! It is great fun to read the verses ahead of it because they are great too! One of the powerful ways that Jesus and His Bride, The Church, helps us persevere in affliction is to invite us daily/weekly to the Great Dinner/Eucharist! We are invited to come and "taste" the great dinner and be fed with the finest Food of Heaven and Earth!
David and Ruth getting Luke lotioned and dressed by the wings of the Cross!
Jesus, there is so much filling our world with LIGHT this day! Although the skies are dark and snow is on the way... we are basking in your Sonlight all around us and within us as we are fed by LIFE/LOVE/LIGHT at your table. We look around at the great banquet and see all those Angels worshiping YOU, the Saints made more perfectly in your image of LIGHT, and all those of us that recognize your Truth in The Church and her gift to us of your Banquet of LIFE! The LIGHT is great and radiant and a sight of great Beauty and those that See YOU in us say that we are radiant and glowing! May we reveal all that is Truth - Christ to the world around us and may LIGHT overtake the lies of darkness and sin and death. We long to love and serve YOU in all that we do this day within our domestic Church/family. Jesus, may we embrace our Most Cherished Cross and find LIFE - Jesus, we trust in YOU. Amen and Hallelujah
Bless-bless, Barbara Luke
"Through a virgin, you have brought forth a new birth in our world; through your miracles, a new power; through your suffering , a new patience; through your resurrection, a new hope, and in your ascension, new majesty." Psalm prayer from Lauds yesterday!
Danielle Rose singing See you in the Eucharist - a song about how we are united with our loved ones that are far away - like a little sister in France. Explaining that when we are all at the Great Dinner - we are united there with all the Angels, Saints, and those that are partaking no matter where they are in the world. I always think of my Hallel at mass and know that we are united there!
A Mother's Song - The Crucifixion - Danielle Rose writes all her music in front of Jesus in the monstrance in Adoration!
"Love has made you a Christian
and you are a Christian for LOVE.
Nothing else made you a Christian
and you were made a Christian for no other reason...
Love is our becoming eternal LIFE.
One act of LOVE is one immediate resurrection...
You win love by desiring it, asking for it,
receiving it, and passing it on.
We don't learn LOVE, we get to know it little by little
as we get to know Christ.
Faith in Christ makes us capable of LOVE;
the life of Christ reveals to us what LOVE is;
the LIFE of Christ shows us how to desire LOVE and how to receive LOVE.
The Spirit of Christ makes us alive with LOVE,
active with LOVE,
fruitful with LOVE.
Everything can be of service to LOVE
but without it everything is barren -
first and foremost ourselves."
Servant of God Madeleine Delbrel (1964)
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