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Family Soul Story - Choose Life!: The story of little Lamb - grandson Patrick
Today mom is speaking words to me that are making me smile with delight! She wrote on the top of her daily meditations by Pope Benedict XVI... that today he stepped down in 2013 and became our "Holy Grandfather!"
His words today are also very powerful and convicting on how we need to see Jesus in others and die to self so that we can engage in sharing one with the other - not divisions!
He took him off by himself away from the crowd.
He put his finger into the man’s ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)
And immediately the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.
He ordered them not to tell anyone.
But the more he ordered them not to,
the more they proclaimed it.
They were exceedingly astonished and they said,
“He has done all things well.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Mark 7
In a week we will be on the road to visit our Community of the Lamb in Kansas City for a parent weekend! We will be allowed to stay with them! So excited!!!
Last year on this feast I was with Nancy and family.
They spent days in Lourdes in 2018 as they wanted their Bernadette to have a deep and amazing experience there along with Nancy, Bill, and Augustine!
Never enough of this filling up of The Church! Our Love grows more and more with each new LIFE!
Me at 2 and will become the oldest of 11, marry a farmer, and have 12 children - 5 here and 7 in heaven. Thanks to my parents I was brought into The Catholic Church 50 years ago... all 13 of us! Each day since has been a total gift! Have you ever wondered why you are looking at the world through your eyes alone? This is my world and I am so grateful - even the hard times - the Cross becomes the Tree of LIFE indeed! Bless-bless, Barbara and the 46 - 33 here and 13 in heaven
"For those who believe in God,
Tauren WellsSalve Regina - the same one Hallel sings each night before bed! LOVE!
He put his finger into the man’s ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)
And immediately the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.
He ordered them not to tell anyone.
But the more he ordered them not to,
the more they proclaimed it.
They were exceedingly astonished and they said,
“He has done all things well.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Mark 7
I must stop sharing for today - cookies for the retreat and prayer with 7 Sisters in front of the tabernacle are on the agenda still. Jesus, we trust in you. Amen and Hallelujah
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Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes*
February 11
30th World Day of the Sick
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, France
“All the shrines of Mary,
scattered throughout the world,
have become above all
centers of devotion to the Eucharist,
as if the Mother of Jesus had appeared,
here or there,
in order to lead the faithful to the
adoration and love of her blessed Son.”
Pope St John XXIII
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*Lourdes, France, has become a place
of pilgrimage and healing,
but even more of faith.
It is a continuation of Jesus’ healing miracles.
Many who visit Lourdes return home with renewed
faith and a readiness to more generously serve God.
There still may be people who doubt the apparitions of Lourdes.
Perhaps the best that can be said are the words
that introduce the film, Song of Bernadette:
"For those who believe in God,
no explanation is necessary.
For those who do not believe,
no explanation is possible."
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Message of Pope Francis to the world:
Tauren WellsSalve Regina - the same one Hallel sings each night before bed! LOVE!
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