My brother sent this to us so that we could see dad's memorial.
My granddaughter, Rose Again, had fake plans to go there this summer, but the Lord had different plans for me. I am, however, leaving my dad for the first time in almost 4 months. I am leaving in the morning with my farmer to go to KC and see our nun!
The wonderful Cross family that put so much into Mom's sendoff last weekend are now cooling their toes in the Big Lake! So great!!!
Literally cooling their toes - brother, Dan and grandchildren! So wonderful and happy for them to be having wonderful family time! Yes, dad we are filled with gratitude for your years in Manistique and sharing that time with us by inviting us to come and enjoy the vacation home on Lake Michigan!
We have orders to bring along my 3 laying hens to Hallel and The Community of the Lamb tomorrow. Feed and straw bales and jars of our canning and meat... we love to include our nun daughter and her family of the Lamb in our canning and meat! We feed 7 families and to know that our nun, who has lived in Europe for many of her 11 years with them, can have our food and enjoy the love that we put into it... it is such a gift to this old mother! I am even pondering making them food when I am there... BBQ and cabbage ramen salad comes to mind.
"...But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
Matthew 13:23
Jesus, we are yours and long to love and serve you without counting the cost. May the Word/you Jesus dwell in us and bring us to die to self as the grain of wheat, so that we may bear much fruit as you dwell and work in us. Jesus, we trust in you. Amen and Hallelujah
The grotto of Our Lady in Manistique is a place of pilgrimage for our family!
St. Sharbel Makhluf suffered a stroke while celebrating mass, just after praying these words. It is said he chose to celebrate mass at noon so he could spend his morning getting ready and his afternoon in Praise and Thanksgiving. St. Sharbel, pray for us!
"Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man.
God alone can fill it infinitely." - St. Thomas Aquinas
In 1875 Fr Sharbel was granted permission to live as a hermit nearby his monastery at St. Peter and Paul hermitage. His 23 years of solitary life were lived in a spirit of total abandonment to God.
Sharbel's companions in the hermitage were the Sons of God, as encountered in the Scriptures and in the Eucharist, and the Blessed Mother. The Eucharist became the center of his life. He consumed the Bread of his Life and was consumed by it.
Though this hermit did not have a place in the world, the world had a great place in his heart. Through prayer and penance he offered himself as a sacrifice so that the world would return to God. It is in this light that one sees the importance of the following Eucharistic prayer in his life:
Though this hermit did not have a place in the world, the world had a great place in his heart. Through prayer and penance he offered himself as a sacrifice so that the world would return to God. It is in this light that one sees the importance of the following Eucharistic prayer in his life:
"Father of Truth, behold Your Son a sacrifice pleasing to You, accept this offering of Him who died for me..." On December 16, 1898 while reciting the "Father of Truth" prayer at the Holy Liturgy Sharbel suffered a stroke. He died on Christmas Eve at the age of 70. Through faith this hermit received the Word of God and through love he continued the Ministry of Incarnation.
St Sharbel Makhluf
Lebanon ~ 1828-1898
Priest and Hermit
Perfume of Lebanon
Incorrupt
Feast Day - July 24
Danielle Rose - Do small things with great love
Nothing compares to you
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