The man has begun the long awaited project.  I’m loving the looks of it.  More when it’s finished.

Change in design. 

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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

Village quiet

Coffee good

The house is silent, all still sleep. Was hard to get moving this morning when I woke. The weekend had been so full of weddings and work. Looking forward to the normal Monday events.

Happy Birthday RY

In the Catholic tradition, we ask St Joachima (founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity), St. Ephrem (ordained deacon but refused ordination to priesthood, teacher, defender of the faith, prolific writer, refuted heresies of his day often through lyrics of hymns he had written), St William of York disputed election as archbishop of York and mysterious death, and St Getulius (Roman Army Officer who resigned when he became a Christian) to pray for us.

On this day in history…
1692… First Salem witch hanging
1752… Benjamin Franklin flew his Kite during a thunderstorm
1775… John Adams proposes a Continental Army
1864… Confederates score victory at the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads
1881… Tolstoy disguises himself as a peasant and leaves on a pilgrimage
1935… AA was founded
1940… Norway surrendered to Germany, Italy declared war on France & Great Britain
2002… Doughnut truck thief arrested
2007… Last episode of The Sopranos airs

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Eventually, our shabby garden look will be completed.  The house is old and we want the garden/yard to look like it has been there the entire time. That is not the case. We started this project in the spring of 2011.

In the works

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Morning Offering given https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-morning-offering-with-fr-k-113897890/

Village peaceful

Coffee good

The house is quiet, the dog is waiting for the boy

Yesterday we honored the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The roses in my yard were stunning. The Sacred Heart of Jesus in the background gives food for thought.

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Morning Offering given

Village wet

Coffee good

House quiet

Today… E & K wed and B & E wed. This prayer is for the mothers of the Bride.

God in Heaven,
I am so filled with different emotions as I see my daughter
down the aisle today to become a wife to this man.
My little girl is no longer that little girl and
I am having a hard time accepting it all.
Lord you are everything to me.
You love me and you have always known what is best for me.
Because of that, I know your care will be sufficient
as she leaves home and becomes a helpmeet
to this man you led to her.
But I am struggling.
When I gave birth to her,
you gave me a new life to take care of.
From your loving hands into mine,
you said to me that this child is yours
to raise and to look after.
I have tried to do that all these years.
I know she is not leaving my world
and I will see her again.
But to this day,
I was the one she would cry on
when her heart seemingly was broken.
I was the one
she shared her special dreams and
desires with as she grew.
Now those days will be fewer
as she has someone else to pour out her heart to.
Please help me and assure me everything will be ok.
Help me to make you even more important and
to fill this void with your special care.

Know that you are prayed for

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Morning Offering given

IN the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified,
I arise.
May He bless, govern, and preserve me,
and bring me to ever-lasting life.
FREE my mind O Lord,
from all distracting thoughts, and enable me
to pray with attention and devotion,
so that I may deserve to be heard by Thee.
I offer Thee my prayers
in union with that divine intention with which
Thou didst Thyself offer praises to God,
whilst Thou wast on earth.

Village peaceful

Coffee good

In the Catholic Tradition today we pray for the Sacred Heart of Jesus

I adore Thee, I love Thee, I praise Thee, I cry to Thee for mercy, I return Thee thanks, I invoke Thee and confide myself entirely to Thee, O most holy and adorable Heart of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who for the salvation of us all didst submit Thyself to the rigors of Divine Justice, and didst voluntarily accept a birth accompanied with poverty, sorrow and contempt, a life of labor and contradictions, but of kindness for all, and a death full of opprobrium, confusion and sorrow, and who, in fine, for the love of those who wish to be saved through Thy divine charity, dost remain in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar to the end of time. Accomplish, O most adorable Heart, Thy wishes in my poor and miserable heart, which I dedicate and consecrate to Thee forever. Grant that it may live in the sentiments of love and gratitude which it owes Thee, that it may at all times breathe only Thy honor and glory, in order that it may expire in the waters of perfect contrition. Amen.

12 promises of the Sacred Heart Jesus gave to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690).

1. “I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.”
2. “I will establish peace in their homes.”
3. “I will comfort them in their afflictions.”
4. “I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.”
5. “I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings.”
6. “Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.”
7. “Tepid souls shall grow fervent.”
8. “Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.”
9. “I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.”
10. “I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.”
11. “Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.”
12. “I promise thee in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; my divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”

Friday’s Rosary Mysteries are the Sorrowful https://www.usccb.org/prayers/scriptural-rosary-sorrowful-mysteries

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Morning Offering given

Father,
I offer you the prayers, works, joys, and
sufferings of this day,
in union with the offering that Jesus made
and continues to make in the Holy Mass. 
I offer them with all who are alive in you,
whether they are living or dead.
May I draw strength from those
who have already proved their faith
and become
the instrument of giving strength
to those who have not.

Village peaceful

Coffee good… I am blest to be married to a man who believes in the biblical word “Hebrews“

In the Catholic Tradition… Thursday is dedicated to the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Eucharist.
https://v-catholic.com/prayers/thursday-devotion-every-thursday-is-dedicated-to-the-most-blessed-sacrament/#:~:text=My%20LORD%20Jesus%20Christ%2C%20Who%20because%20of%20Your,that%20You%20are%20present%20here%20on%20the%20altar.
One might consider a novena. https://www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-for-adoration-of-the-eucharist
Thursday’s Rosary is the Luminous… https://youtu.be/ENYUu64ex-E?si=JUu3lv4D1SpxS6dF

The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, where the voice of God declared him as his beloved Son (Matthew 3:16-17)
The Wedding at Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle of turning water into wine
(John 2:1-11)
The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God, where Jesus preached the good news and called people to repentance (Mark 1:14-15)
The Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor, where he revealed his glory to Peter, James, and John (Matthew 17:1-8)
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, where Jesus gave his body and blood as the new covenant (Luke 22:19-20)

Hanging porch plants on the stoop to catch a good dose of rainwater when it comes.

***I’m looking for a day bed something in wicker should anyone have something lying around.

Know you are prayed for.