Month: January 2019

Lord, your world looks so peaceful, soft and beautiful when blanketed with snow, help us all stop and breath in that peacefulness and beauty. Keep everyone safe and warm today and let them enjoy the giggles and squeals of little ones as they experience your blanket of snow.

Today I bring you another sister, Jeanine. Oh Lord, the family you have blessed us with! So large and so diverse! I thank you for this rare gift!

Father, you know well what Jeanine needs. Please accept these prayers for those needs, hear and answer her prayers.

Please bless Jeanine and give success to the work of her hands. Allow her days to be filled with joy and love. Bless her children and grandchildren, let your angels watch over and keep them.

Please accept these prayers also for the reposed soul of Mike, eternal rest grant unto him. And for all of Jeanine’s past ancestors and future generations.

Mary, Mother of God, our Queen and Mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask that He grant them. I offer my Rosary this morning especially for Jeanine and her intentions. Mary, you know best what she needs – please intercede for those needs.

Please watch over all who will be traveling – allow safe journeys and successful ventures.

Ignite our souls with the grace of faith and inflame our hearts with your Love!

Saint Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for all who will die today, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

Jesus, you must increase and I must decrease.

Thank you Father for always being here for me especially through the presence of your Son, Jesus. I believe Jesus that you are here, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity! And where you are, also is the Father and the Holy Spirit! Oh how you have blessed me!

Please hear my prayers this morning. I pray for all those who are sick and suffering, especially Donna and Kayla. Give them strength, comfort and courage to unite their sufferings with Christ’s.

I pray for their medical teams to make a proper diagnosis and path of treatment. Bless their hands so that they are hands of healing.

I pray for their caregivers, parents and children, give them the patience and strength needed to be the necessary support.

I pray for families, especially those who are divided – bring us back together for we know, the family is one of the main defenses against the enemy.

I pray for all those I work with and for, help us all be courageous enough to admit when we make a mistake.

For my family, bless us all and let your light shine on us – even if it highlights something we don’t want to see. Allow us to feel your loving presence.

Mary, Mother of God, our beloved mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask Him to answer them if it be the Father’s will.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, One God forever and ever, amen.

Father, I come to you today trying to leave the frustrations of every day work life behind knowing that those frustrations should not be strong enough to get me down when I truly put my hope and trust in you. All these bumps and bruises will pass while you will remain and stay the loving Father walking with me.

This day I pray especially for Harold, my son in law. Thank you for the gift of his life and for adding him to our family tree. What a blessing he is to my daughter and grandchildren!

Help Harold continue to be a faithful child of yours. Help him continue to lead his family to your loving arms so they learn to trust and believe you are always there for them – through everything!

Bless and keep Harold and Rebecca, let their marriage and family continue to be a strong bulwark against the enemy. Bless their babies, Colette, Izzy, and Felix, let them be lights that shine for others.

Bless their faithfulness in good times, bad times, sad times, happy times, and trying times. Give them added grace to remain faithful.

I pray for Boots, may he rest in your peaceful arms. I pray for Norma, may she have joy and peace in her life. And I offer prayers for all of Harold’s ancestors and all future generations, please let your light shine on them.

Mary, Mother of God, our Queen and Mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask that He grant them. I offer my Rosary this morning especially for Harold and his intentions. Mary, you know best what he needs – please intercede for those needs.

Please watch over all who will be traveling – allow safe journeys and successful ventures.

Ignite our souls with the grace of faith and inflame our hearts with your Love!

Saint Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for all who will die today, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

I heard this yesterday from Saint Stephen of Hungary and wanted to share it:

My beloved son, delight of my heart, hope of your posterity, I pray, I command, that at every time and in everything, strengthened by your devotion to me, you may show favor not only to relations and kin, or to the most eminent, be they leaders or rich men or neighbors or fellow-countrymen, but also to foreigners and to all who come to you. By fulfilling your duty in this way you will reach the highest state of happiness. Be merciful to all who are suffering violence, keeping always in your heart the example of the Lord who said, “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” Be patient with everyone, not only with the powerful, but also with the weak. Finally be strong lest prosperity lift you up to much or adversity cast you down. Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that ;you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death. All these virtues I have noted above make up the royal crown, and without them no one is fit to rule here on earth or attain to the heavenly kingdom. – from Saint Stephen’s advice to his son

Oh God, I come before you again thrashed by the waves of life. Thank you for your Gospel reading this morning and for the words of Saint Augustine – “He came treading the waves; and so, he puts all the swelling tumults of life under his feet. Christians — why be afraid?” Help me to always remember you got this and to trust in you.

This morning I bring you another little sister, Stephanie. Oh what a treasure you have there! Thank you for the beautiful person you have made her and the beautiful family you have given her.

Bless Stephanie and George, keep their marriage and family strong so they can continue to be examples for others. Walk with them so they can weather the storms of life and place their trust in you.

Thank you for giving them the gift of being grandparents, there is no higher honor or crowning achievement than this!

Bless and keep their children, grandchild, and all future and past ancestors in your light. Please hear and answer the prayers they offer you.

Mary, Mother of God, our Queen and Mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask that He grant them. I offer my Rosary this morning especially for Stephanie and her intentions. Mary, you know best what she needs – please intercede for those needs.

Please watch over all who will be traveling – allow safe journeys and successful ventures.

Ignite our souls with the grace of faith and inflame our hearts with your Love!

Saint Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for all who will die today, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

Good morning Father, so many times you have an amusing way of answering prayers – like you did this morning. Thank you for the clarity.

Today I bring you my husband, Skip. Please accept this hour of prayer and all the bumps and bruises of today along with all the smiles and joys as an offering for his intentions.

Please lead Skip to the particular ministry where You want him to be and where You know the gifts you have given him will be the most beneficial for your people, for your kingdom. You have gifted him with so many to share!

I pray for Skip’s parents, Mike and Paul, and for all of his ancestors, and ask those who can, to pray with me and offer these prayers back for Skip.

Lord, Skip and I come from such different paths and sometimes that causes friction and tension, help us both recognize that and be patient with one another, much like you have been patient with us.

Help me to love Skip more. Help me to always see him as one of your magnificent creations, and to recognize you in him.

Please bless him this day. Bless all those he loves, especially those grandbabies. Help him lead them to you and let them know how much you love them.

Allow Skip to feel the presence of your love today, and every day, send his angel to watch over him.

Mary, Mother of God, our Queen and Mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask that He grant them. I offer my Rosary this morning especially for Skip and his intentions. Mary, you know best what he needs – please intercede for those needs.

Please watch over all who will be traveling – allow safe journeys and successful ventures.

Ignite our souls with the grace of faith and inflame our hearts with your Love!

Saint Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for all who will die today, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

I love starting my week and my Monday here with you! The only light shining is on you and the only sounds are the silence sounds that we can’t hear because of our noisy world!

Why you have blessed me so that you wait here for me to come spend time and talk with you! Please, help me never take you for granted!

Today is when I begin to bring my family to you by name and today let’s talk about my little sister, Ellen. What a joyful example you have in her! Even when life tried to beat her down, she has always found something to smile about – and that is infectious to others!

Thank you for the example of her and Tim’s marriage and family and their faithfulness to your Church. Lead them and guide them and let your Holy Spirit work in their lives.

Bless all of their children, grandchildren, past and future ancestors. Please accept this hour in prayer especially for all of them in whatever their need may be. I know you, Father, are not constrained by time and with you, by you, all things are possible!

Watch over Ellen & Tim and their family. Let them feel your loving presence in their life.

Mary, Mother of God, our Queen and Mother, please take these prayers to your Son and ask that He grant them. I offer my Rosary this morning especially for Ellen and her intentions. Mary, you know what she needs – please intercede for those needs.

Please watch over all who will be traveling – allow safe journeys and successful ventures.

Ignite our souls with the grace of faith and inflame our hearts with your Love!

Saint Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for all who will die today, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

This morning I heard a homily about the Christmas season being a time to use your imagination. To imagine what it was like in the stable. What the animals were doing, the shepherds, kings, etc. And it was like Christmas was the only time we could meditate on and imagine these scenes!

Just think if he had taken the opportunity to promote praying the rosary and meditating on the mysteries of Christ’s life daily! Twice a week you would be in that stable at Christmastime!

Just think if he would have talked about Mary holding all these things in her heart and if we ask her to show us her picture book of her Son’s life, she will. Oh imagine the insight Mary can give us that can only come from a Mother!

Oh how sad it is when you can tell a minister of God is not in love with Mary the Mother of God! Oh how sad that they cannot lead others to her who in turn leads you to the Heart of Jesus. Oh how sad when they meet Jesus in the afterlife and He asks if they know His mother. Who is more important to a son than his mother?

So this morning and every morning I will pray that the priests of His Church fall in love with His Mother and bring others to her.

Pray the Rosary – it will change your life!

Father, please open my ears, my mind and my heart this morning to hear what you have to say to me, my mind to understand and my heart to hold it dear

Thank you for the journey you have brought Diane on and bless and hear her prayers, especially today on the second anniversary of her confirmation as a Catholic.

As the 3 kings worshipped and adored and acknowledged as King of all, the Baby Jesus, let us worship, adore and acknowledge Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

Please hear the prayers of all who stop to visit you today. Bless them and keep your loving arms around them. Help them share You with others.

Mary, thank you for your fiat. Please pray for all of us.

All of this I ask you through our Lord Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Interesting that this is the end of my meditation today….
Resolution: I will work to improve my charity with the members of my family today, loving them as Christ does.

Father, allow our bishops, who are all gathered together now, to see the Face of Jesus in the Eucharist they celebrate. Ignite them with a flame of faith and set them on fire with zeal to proclaim your Holy Name to everyone! Make them shepherds that their flock want to follow, and shepherds who will lead the flock entrusted to them, to you, no matter the cost!

Mary, Queen of priests, pray for them.

Saint John Neuman, pray for them.

Saint Ambrose, pray for them.

Saint Augustine, pray for them.

Amen.