60°F SSW@3mph SR0610(0510) SS2002(1902)
Morning Offering given
Village peaceful, nice cooling breeze
Birthday greetings to Donna C.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal‘s left represents a commitment to marriage, family, and love of God. Beloved God, move me to embrace the way you select for me to serve you.
Meditations for Each Day, pg. 330, The Sacrament of Baptism
We are drawn towards Heaven by a golden chain of grace. The most precious links in this chain of benefits are the Sacrament, which Jesus Christ instituted as sensible and efficacious signs of divine grace. At birth we are tainted by original sin and therefore deprived of supernatural grace, the Sacrament of baptism purifies and regenerates us through this sacrament. It allows us to become the adopted sons of God and heirs to the kingdom of Heaven. When we are still children, we come to the use of reason and begin to experience our first temptations to evil. If left to our frail human nature we are powerless to resist but we are now fortified by another sacrament called Confirmation which makes us soldiers of Christ and provides us with spiritual weapons to combat the enemies of our soul. Unfortunately, we continue to fall into sin from time to time, but the Sacrament of Penance is there to save us from ruin. Moreover, Christ has given us the Blessed Eucharist to keep us close to Him and to prevent us from falling more seriously. Ask yourself, “Am I utilizing the sacraments God has given me?”
Scripture Reading for Day 18 of Never Alone
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows* in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.p
John 15:1-2 * “I am the true vine,* and my Father is the vine grower.a 2 He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes* so that it bears more fruit.
Off for another early day. Hopefully it will end early as well.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 