November 2010
55 posts
growth.
i was doing the dishes today.. and i thought about my dad’s tomatoes. they’re planted in our front yard.. right near the walkway to enter the house. i was kinda laughing because the leaves and branches are kinda overgrown.. but aside from that.. i realized how BEAUTIFUL that this land we live on cultivates LIFE. and then i thought about how Zacchaeus in today’s gospel climbed up a sweet sycamore tree just to catch a glimpse of Jesus. trees… plants are beautiful =) … i thought about the fig tree parable (luke 13:1-9). i attended a household led by pat and crystal.. and we did lectio divina on that parable. i thought about how one of my favorite songs is “in your heart”.. talks about blooming ahahaha.
it’s hard to explain. but i think i’m finally seeing how God’s been working on me. He’s pruning me, and sometimes it’s a painful or frustrating process. but i’m starting to see the beauty of it all.
Father in heaven, God of power and Lord of mercy from whose fullness we have received, direct our steps in our everyday efforts.
May the changing moods of the human heart and the limits which our failings impose on hope never blind us to you, source of every good.
Faith gives us the promise of peace and makes known the demands of love. Remove the selfishness that blurs the vision of faith.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.- Opening prayer for Mass | Oct 31, 2010
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. - Psalm 119:105
yo, Jesus, thank You for loving me.
“Lord, come and stay with me. Fill my home with your presence and fill my heart with your praise. Help me to show kindness and mercy to all, even to those who cause me harm.”
—via dailyscipture.net | oct 31 2010
October 2010
34 posts
last shall be first, first shall be last.
sweet meditation. readings are so on point lately =)
“Lord Jesus, help me to always trust in your saving grace, especially when I am tempted and put to the test. Help me to be faithful to you and give me the courage and strength to resist temptation, especially the temptation to compromise or to be indifferent to your word.”
via http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/oct27.htm
on replay: “saving grace” - planetshakers.
“…life is a whole lot deeper than perhaps the title or your status or who you know or who you hang around with or where you live…
… the thing about the Gospel is that there’s good news for everyone.” —joel houston via http://vimeo.com/12413658
… the thing about the Gospel is that there’s good news for everyone.” —joel houston via http://vimeo.com/12413658
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Israel Houghton
…stand firm in the Lord, beloved.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!
Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.
Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about such things.
Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
st. paul // philippians 4:1,4-9
“Love, tenderness, and compassion are real justice. Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love.”
—mama t. // mother teresa
“Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?”
—St. Gerard Majella (via thecatholicgirl)
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contemplation.
“Being still, resting in God’s presence, and letting God work through my mind and heart.”
Silence. Listen. Dwell. Abide.
… remain with Me, stay with Me.
here I am, Lord.
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”
—Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (via yourgracelikethemorning)
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“Jesus, thank you for loving us.”
—Haitian patients after the quake (in the beginning of this year). This is worship. via underthesun.
at odds.
they want you to work to survive and be successful.
you want to work to make a difference in the world.
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dear friend, would you not help me see what i cannot?
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dear Lord, please help me not to judge - only seek to understand.
“Behold Him, consider Him, contemplate Him and desire to imitate Him.”
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St. Clare of Assisi
i am reminded of why i’m here and Who i’m living for.
“The Eucharist is “the perfection of the spiritual life”.”
—St. Thomas Aquinas
