Thank you for being here waiting for me. I need to be here, in front of you, just spending time with you.
These last few days have proven to me where I need to be for my prayer life to be productive and prosperous! With you, Jesus!
Today’s Gospel reading reminds me that only saints get into Heaven, please lead me and guide me on a path of holiness. I know that won’t make me popular on this side of eternity, but this life is but a wink!
What is the value of Christian holiness in the world? One early Christian apologist put it in these terms:
To sum up all in one word –– what the soul is in the body, that are Christians in the world. The flesh hates the soul, and wars against it, though itself suffering no injury because it is prevented from enjoying pleasures; the world also hates the Christians, though in nowise injured, because they abjure pleasures. The soul loves the flesh that hates it, and [loves also] the members; Christians likewise love those that hate them” (From the Letter to Diognetus).
So to be a true Christian, the world will hate me. Sounds pleasant. Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.
Father, I ask you to watch over Diane on her trek to be with her Mom. Let Saint Raphael travel with her and offer her protection.
Grant Donna comfort and peace. Give her children strength, comfort and patience, let them know love is what binds them.
Grant comfort to all who are sick and to their caregivers. May they all see the value of their lives.
Mary, Queen of Heaven and earth, pray for us!
Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us!
Saint Joseph, patron saint of so many, and an ordinary man who showed us how to live an extraordinary life by saying yes to God, pray for us!
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you, save souls!
Just a Fat Sassy Grandma 