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Morning Offering given
Jesus take me as I am
Summon out what I should be
Set your seal upon my heart
Holy Spirit dwell in me
47th Anniversary greeting to Phil & Irene B
Remembering VNorman O who passed this day 2021, may he rest in peace.
St. Emmerammus show us that if we are to be missionaries for Jesus, we must be ready to pay a price. Lord, when following You leads me to a place where I am in danger, please encourage and protect me
Meditation for Each Day, pg. 379, Depending Always on Jesus
Virtue is difficult, and life holds more trials than consolations. Sometimes we feel discouraged because virtue seems impossible and we fall so often in spite of our best resolutions, or because our cross seems too heavy and we feel that we are overburdened. Jesus is where we find comfort in our sufferings and strength in our weakness. Mt. 11:28
Divine Intimacy, pg. 928, #310 Blessed are They that Mourn
Grant, O Lord, that I may shed only such tears as are pleasing to You and that will help me to grow in Your love.
Mt. 5:5 “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted” corresponds to the gift of knowledge. Blessed are they who, thoroughly enlightened by the Holy Spirit as to the nothingness of creatures, weep for the time they have spent seeking them, and mourn over the energy and affection they have wasted on the vanities of the world.
Fall has begun… the time where we gather up the fruits of our labor and store them away for the season of Winter. Taking note of what we have to keep us fed during the soon to come fallow time in our lives. It is the time where we see we may run short but have confidence of God providing us a way thru the fallow season. Perhaps by contemplating what we have planted in the Spring and nurtured during the growing time of Summer. We are all farmers in our spiritual lives. We all have to ready the ground of our hearts and minds, plant what is good for our growth in the Lord, tend it by weeding out the invasive thoughts and tendencies that grow if we fail to tend our hearts and minds during the Summer of our life. Shortly, we will begin the harvest keeping all that is good, throwing out all that is spoiled/rotten. Looking for any bruised or soon to go bad fruits, tending them before they turn during the winter which follows. This is the season in our lives that will help us rest in the Winter, so we have time to plan a new Spring.
Know you are prayed for.
