
Much about Prayer in the readings today, and it is constant for me with every breath that I take and every beat of my heart! This from Blessed Teresa today is a great reminder of how prayer works for changing our worlds of sin and darkness - The result is prayer changing us so that we can die to self and give without counting the cost as the hands and feet of Christ!
"The ceilings are done for another 20 years!" Ruth yesterday. She is now onto the wall paint, and the cupboards are going in today in the kitchen! "Things are really coming along fast all of a sudden."
The Gospel brings these wonderful words to LIFE in my heart this day - Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and the one who knocks the doors will be opened. Matthew 7
In the light of Blessed Teresa it seems that we are called to ask to become less so that Christ/The Holy Spirit may live and dwell in us and then we can return the mercy we have been shown to those in our domestic Church/family.
Sharing mass at the school with Simon's class today - we were reminded at the beginning of mass that we are celebrating the sacrifice of Christ for us and pray in turn that we can sacrifice our selfish sinfulness in order to follow after Christ carrying/dragging our most Cherished Cross.
Simon's petition for the leaders of our country. Lord, we place our country and leader in your hands and ask for the culture of death to depart and be replace by the culture of LIFE/LIGHT/LOVE!
I am so grateful to Our Lady's gift of her rosary given to St Dominic as this is much of the source of my daily prayer! I find Peace flooding me from the first "Hail Mary" and "Our Father." I lift up each of my children and their growing circle of family and others needing prayers on each decade. I am up to 10 decades with all the additional prayers needed with life. The rosary gives me Real prayer and the repetition allows me to be in a constant state of prayer - Pray without ceasing!
I now have a grandson that is upstairs at HRS - 5th grade. This was a huge step for my oldest, Ruth, and youngest, John. It is a right of passage from young to older. It is such a gift to now have 3 grandchildren in the Catholic School... "With 3 in school now I have many masses to go to, and that is a good thing." Ruth this morning.
Luke loves his mommy, and sharing mass together is a special time for Luke to see his siblings in his future school.
The inclination to pray is something as natural as our heart. Christ tells us to be true to our inborn need to depend: "Ask, seek, knock. You will find." Our inborn need is so true...
Touching up the new paint over the cupboards going in today!
Such wonderful prayer times are Adoration, and I was blessed with 2 times at the foot of Jesus on Tuesday due to many trips to town that day. So wonderful after probably a couple months away. There were some new members of the family with births, engagements and announcements of new ones in the womb in our families! I practically squealed with glee when I placed a new member in the monstrance with Jesus for the first time! The Best! So powerful, real and authentic to hold all of our huge families up to the LIGHT/LOVE/LIFE/Jesus! Thank you, Lord for your undying Mercy, and LOVE! I have seen results from the prayers over the years... He loves us so much!
Here is a sneak peek of Ruth's cupboards going in today and her wall color. Lots of changes coming quickly these days!
Jesus, we long to be yours and we know that you are there always with your nailscarred hands reaching out to us. You are in control and we give our entire selves to you, O Lord. May we pray without ceasing and may our prayer rise from our heartfelt desire to be with you always and forever. May we die to self so that you may live, breath, pray and work through us. Jesus, we trust in you. Amen
A well loved Catholic School - now our 4th generation now walking these halls and climbing the stairs to growing in the LIGHT of Christ and his Bride, The Church!

My friend, Scott Hahn, a huge convert to The Church gives us so much to hold onto!
From Maria's blog today - love you and miss you!
Joe took this one...
Danielle Rose - Give and Take
Chris Tomlin - Good good Father


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