My sister Mary, who died at age 28 in 1986. Her birthday is on St Patrick's day. She would have been 66 yesterday. She is eternally young and very much on my heart.
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Today the 23rd Psalm is the Psalm from mass, and it is such a beautiful reminder or how we are loved and cared for my our loving and forgiving Good Shepherd. The words that jumped out to me this day of special family time in Kansas - You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side. Psalm 23
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side. Psalm 23
My cup overflows, O Lord! I am yours and I long to die to self so that I may serve without counting the cost. Jesus, we trust in you. Bless-bless, Barbara and the 33 plus many little sisters and little brothers.
Therese 10 years ago at age 6 in the Little Sister habit that her mom sewed for her along with one of her favorite dolly, Anna. Opa made her cross and rosary. Her younger sister, Evangeline now loves to wear it, too!
"Since Christ Himself said in reference to the bread:
"This is My Body," who will dare remain hesitant?
And since with equal clarity He asserted:
"This is My Blood," who will dare entertain any doubt
and say that this is not His Blood?" - St Cyril of Jerusalem
"Do not, then, regard the Eucharistic
elements as ordinary bread and wine:
they are in fact that Body and Blood of the Lord,
as He Himself has declared.
Whatever your senses may tell you,
be strong in faith.
You have been taught and you are firmly convinced
that what looks and tastes like bread and wine is not
bread and wine but the Body and Blood of Christ.
You know also how David referred to this long ago,
when he sang: Bread gives strength to man's heart
and makes his face shine with the oil of gladness.
Strengthen your heart, then, by receiving
this bread as spiritual bread, and bring joy
to the face of your soul. May purity of conscience
remove the veil from the face of your soul so that by contemplating the glory of the Lord, as in a mirror,
you may transformed from glory to glory
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
An except from
The Bread of Heaven and the Cup of Salvation,
St Cyril of Jerusalem, Early Church Father
St Cyril of Jerusalem
313-386
313-386
Bishop of Jerusalem
Scripture scholar, Catechist par excellence
Doctor of the Church, Early Church Father
Doctor of the Church, Early Church Father
Feast Day - March 18
St Cyril admonished catechumens
surrounded by heresy:
"Make your fold with the sheep;
flee from the wolves:
depart not from the Church."
St Cyril of Jerusalem, pray for us!
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Novena to St Joseph - Day #9
Tomorrow is the Feast!
Pray - Fast - Give
Danielle Rose
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