Love to see Pat's dimple, which he was mortified by as a young boy when they were pointed out to others by loving older women - like his aunts. Those dimples were passed on to a daughter and her daughter... a legacy of cuteness!
I was intrigued to see that I am wearing the same as last year... I love the blue as it reminds me of the Community of the Lamb - Hallel's habit which is "the color of the sky and the shape of the Cross." Hallel is always with us in prayer and support of the Spiritual nature, and how we depend upon that in our domestic Church/family!
Family Soul Story - Choose Life!: Our marriage stories - "The world needs LIGHTS!"
Grandpa can't stop talking about how much Joy loves to "walk"/run after the pigs after supper. "She sure loves to run after those pigs!"
Yes! Today if the Gospel of Jesus walking to the boat on the water! Matthew 14 is quite the amazing Gospel today. It feels special to me as it was the day 43 years ago that we received the Sacrament of Matrimony and ever since Hallel vowed to her spouse, Jesus, "I promise unto death." 3 years ago in her final vows - I know that this might as well have been our vow and is our vow! Only death will separate us from each other.
...When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Peter said to him in reply,
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
He said, “Come.”
Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.
But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened;
and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him,
and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Peter said to him in reply,
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
He said, “Come.”
Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.
But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened;
and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him,
and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14
I know that I too get scared and lose faith, but he does always reach out and save me.
A year ago... so grateful that we are back at mass with no masks and no distancing. Lord, how we ask that we can come together as Church once again!
Nap snuggle time on grandma's bed.
"Grandma come and take a picture" - they know me too well.
Yes, Lord!
Dad loved his retirement/vacation home built on Lake Michigan, and I miss it sorely. It made me smile to find this in morning prayer this morning. Those memories are deep in my heart, and my love for the Big Lake is now shared by many of my grandchildren, who grew up going there each summer.
Bishop Fulton Sheen's words of wisdom and Truth today on our 43rd anniversary - certainly full of many trials, disappointments, sorrows, and pains... all of which we shared and brought us to Jesus through Mary!
Pope Benedict XVI today was super wonderful too! Changed by our encounter with Jesus in Word, Body and Blood! As in the Gospel today all those that touched the tassel/hem of his garment were healed - touching his Body in The Eucharist is healing to us!
LOVE Brother Victor, dad's man, with his bird's eye view of Monastic LIFE!
A safe haven in the storms of life!
When they brought Jesus into their boat the winds died down!
After they got into the boat, the wind died down.
Those who were in the boat did him homage, saying,
“Truly, you are the Son of God.”
After making the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret.
When the men of that place recognized him,
they sent word to all the surrounding country.
People brought to him all those who were sick
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak,
and as many as touched it were healed. Matthew 14
Also prayers each day for those babies in danger of abortion and the end of taking innocent human life. How did abortion ever get to be law and accepted? I will never understand!
3years ago in France - aglow with our own "transfiguration" after meeting God face to face in The Eucharist and Adoration in Saint Pierre, France for Hallel's final vows! "I promise unto death."
John's wedding - only missing Hallel 3 years ago in June.
A wonderful selfie of Nancy with her 4 taken 7 years ago. She will welcome a new daughter - #6 child at Christmas. She has now added 3 in heaven including a 5 month stillbirth, Maximilian. There is her dimple and also Bernadette has one on each side - so special!
Jesus, we trust in you. May we take that step of faith sharing without fear all that we have received from you in our lives! My cup overflows! Bless-bless, Barbara
And many more mountaintop moments - thank you, Lord!
Saint Lydia Purpuraria
1st Century
Feast Day: August 3
Patronage: dyers
St. Lydia was Saint Paul's first known convert and the seller of purple cloth, as mentioned in the New Testament:
On the Sabbath, we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there. One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home," and she prevailed on us.
-Acts 16:13-15
I read this to Pat as we traveled to a town 15 minutes away for a part. "I have never heard about St Lydia before." As a Protestant and daily reader of the mass readings - she is a familiar important humble woman of the New Testament.
We shared morning prayer, and Pat prayed beautifully for our marriage to be blessed with love and good health and many more years together. Our chapel on wheels is a very holy and sacred place where we can share our love and our prayers for Faith/Family/Farm!
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence
is in Him. He will be like a tree plated by the water that sends out
its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit. - Jeremiah 17:7
"Keep struggling, so that the
Holy Sacrifice of the Altar really becomes
the center and the root
of your interior life, and so your
whole day will turn into an act of worship -
an extension of the Mass you have attended
and a preparation for the next.
This will then overflow in aspirations,
visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and
the offering up of your
professional work and your family life."
St Josemaria Escriva
Holy Sacrifice of the Altar really becomes
the center and the root
of your interior life, and so your
whole day will turn into an act of worship -
an extension of the Mass you have attended
and a preparation for the next.
This will then overflow in aspirations,
visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and
the offering up of your
professional work and your family life."
St Josemaria Escriva
Danielle Rose - If I touch him - the woman who touched his garment and was healed!
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