"He will keep you firm to the end",... Jesus will not abandon his Bride, The Church!

Hallel aglow during her marriage to Jesus/final vows!  Her cross she has worn since postulancy is gone and soon she will wear her Lamb over her heart!  "I promise unto death" vow of faithfulness for the rest of her life to Jesus and her Community of the Lamb!

Now with the Lamb around her neck and in her heart and her lamp lit awaiting the arrival of the Bridegroom!!!

I am being the dutiful on call farm wife today... just back from following my husband with the pickup and a rack while he pulled the rake 10 miles, than creep feed for the calves in a pasture nearbye, then check on the heifer pasture, than drive him to check some hay, get the key for the tractor at the farm and make some quick lunch, and then back to the baler... a chunk out of my time and time for my thoughts to take form on what I wanted to address today... the crisis in my beloved Church!

All my children together in France sharing in their sister's joy... Hallel means giving God all the praise as in Hallelujah!  

There is an Hallel Psalm in mass today and in a way it gives me courage and hope and tells me that we can rise above the "ugly elephant" which is in the room as Father spoke of this last Sunday in mass. 

Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
R. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.

Psalm 145

Yes, from St Peter, the rock upon which the Church was built we have struggled forward down the narrow path!  Jesus will never abandon his Church just as he gave us freedom through the Cross!  The Church is here alive and well for our generation... I see that Truth lived out in my own Domestic Church/family!

Are you concerned or fed up about scandals in the Church? Remember that even among the Apostles was the traitor Judas. You wouldn't leave Jesus because of Judas, would you? So keep the faith and don't leave Jesus's Church because of the actions of those who do not keep the Church's teachings. Remember for every Judas, there are 11 good Apostles.

  

This speaks volumes for me!  I love, LOVE, love The Church and hence the sinful evil of some makes me so sad and sick about the way it reflects upon this glorious Bride of Christ, but there is nothing that can make me leave her and cast her aside!  The Church fills each one of my days to overflowing with graces and blessings so that I may carry/drag my most Cherished Cross and follow Jesus to heaven forever! 

 The deep LOVE and JOY of this young woman, who answered "yes" to His Call to her heart and soul... how can I ever say that Jesus is not alive in The Church?  Yes, I can admit to some bad apples but I know that the ship will stay afloat and Christ loves His Bride, The Church!   It is filled with human beings that give in to sin and death, which is our human condition, but the majority of us are longing to put sin and death behind us and to embrace LIFE/LOVE/LIGHT/the Cross and to strive to be the Saints that we are called to be!

Newly weds John and Bobbi in the Green Cathedral for Vespers... They love Jesus and His Bride, The Church!

I must get my sheets on the line in this sun and wind today... I long to capture all that is in my heart for my beloved Church.  I have quickly passed by all the ugliness and do even want to know about it in any detail.  I just hold tight to The Word each day and today all 3 readings encouraged me immensely!

Our last special meal with Hallel was filled with leisurely conversation and good food... then

Dishes complete with making fun and sharing brotherly-sisterly back and forth like at home years before!

The First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians today seems to be his encouraging words to us in The Church today!

"to the Church of God that is in Corinth, (and throughout the entire world),
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I give thanks to my God always on your account
for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
that in him you were enriched in every way,
with all discourse and all knowledge,
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful,
and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."

I Corinthians 1

Such a promise to us and we can depend on Jesus through the constant intercession of his mother, Mary, to keep us firm in our Faith and Trust of The Church to be there/helping us every step of the way!

We are told in the Gospel to "Stay awake!

For you do not know on which day your Lord will come."  Yes!  We are not condoning the evil we are rather not abandoning the ship in the storm!  Jesus, we trust in you.  Jesus, we love you and your Bride, the Church.  Bless-bless, Barb

"For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.

We have all the amazing Saints to help us at this time, and they love Jesus and his Church along with us!

Danielle Rose - The Saint that is just me