Reminder for Catholics afraid of receiving Holy Communion. B easy with urself...by all means pay attention to the practices in hygiene that r being implemented by sacristans an priests saying ur Masses .Dont hesitate to speak to them with ideas on how to improve the safety practices. Try another Catholic church if urs does not have a gd prodical. Listen deeply to wat will work for u...b gentle with urself an others an if u cannot go to church watch Mass on Tv or the web an ask Jesus to give u Holy Communion Supernaturally...He is not limited in time an space as we r. As u begin to venture out start with daily Mass during the week with only a few people attending. Wear ur mask...have sanitizer...wear gloves if u want...sit where u can feel safe an dont b afraid to move if others do not respect distancing ...an if anyone is not wearing a mask remind them the requirements, mayb give them an extra mask u have an even remind others who arent covering their mouth an nose that covering both is the proper way to wear a mask. It may take a few visits til u warm up to this new experience again. B patient with urself.
Do remember...the mask is not Wat is protecting u although we wisely use them...God is protecting u...an This Bread is not ordinary bread...It is JESUS!😉...wen u r ready...get on the Communion line...use sanitizer...stay 6 ft from next person ...keep ur mask on...receive in the hand....step aside...lift ur mask a tiny bit with 1 hand an put Jesus in ur mouth with the other an then pull mask down again.
There is a designated hour for all of us to go to God..do not be afraid!!! Live this moment...this day...with God we can do all things!
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Cargivers an grief
Those of us who are primary caregivers of our parents (an other family members) will experience their loss most differently than everyone else around us. In one respect we saw the little deaths everyday as they aged that many did not know about. But those who take care of their parents from a Love only Christ can give, will grieve differently. To those who love much, give up their life and sacrifice for their parents will grieve much as well. Grief is hard and it takes a tremendous amount of patiences, self care, love, healthy boundaries, an of course prayer to get through. Grief groups do not accept people until at least three months after the death of the loved one because only at 3 months does one actually realize what's going on. 6 months was hard for me... it was at 8 months that things started to shift. Little by little each day improves....tears come from a memory ..a laugh ...as you go through things ..papers.. relive some of the moments with pictures ...it can be difficult. I was true to my grief. I told everyone close to me I needed a year to start... this year I would allow myself to walk through grief. Not to deny or make believe it wasn't there or just focus on the Joys of Heaven, which are real, but to walk through grief well. An after the first yr i would decide how i needed to grieve after that. People often try to force us to walk their way or rush us out of grief or tell us how to grieve... but grief is personal and there was something to the old funerals, especially in Italy where my family comes from, where people would wail at the funeral.. they would allow themselves to have their grief. There's much to learn from the old timers....
Wen i lost Dad 6 yrs before Mom i had no time to really grieve because i had to kick in to help Mom stay strong an continue to care for my disabled son. Wen Mom passed i realized i was grieving both parents since i kind of missed the first...so b aware of this if u have lost both parents.
U will start to unwind like a rung wet towel unwinding. Takes time to actually get used to not being always "on"...u will hurt where u never hurt before physically...an the emotional an mind need alot of self care an rest. After the funeral..u will grieve....wen we love that much...the grief will come. Courage...
Courage !!!
As foreign as it is, enjoy the relief from all the duties an responsibilities u carried. Breath! Rest! An no one can console u or understand except another caregiver whose heart is just like urs😄 Dont expect ur kind of understanding an compassion from one who is not made up like u.
God bless all those who take care of their own with The Luv that trickles from Heaven. We never give up on the weak ones!..The Most Extraordinary Ministry is caring for one soul at a time .
May God b praised thru our Luv an hands an service!
Wen Scriptures talk about the type of fasting God wants, here is the reply....take special notice of the last line! God bless! Til next time...angie
Is 58:7
Wen i lost Dad 6 yrs before Mom i had no time to really grieve because i had to kick in to help Mom stay strong an continue to care for my disabled son. Wen Mom passed i realized i was grieving both parents since i kind of missed the first...so b aware of this if u have lost both parents.
U will start to unwind like a rung wet towel unwinding. Takes time to actually get used to not being always "on"...u will hurt where u never hurt before physically...an the emotional an mind need alot of self care an rest. After the funeral..u will grieve....wen we love that much...the grief will come. Courage...
Courage !!!
As foreign as it is, enjoy the relief from all the duties an responsibilities u carried. Breath! Rest! An no one can console u or understand except another caregiver whose heart is just like urs😄 Dont expect ur kind of understanding an compassion from one who is not made up like u.
God bless all those who take care of their own with The Luv that trickles from Heaven. We never give up on the weak ones!..The Most Extraordinary Ministry is caring for one soul at a time .
May God b praised thru our Luv an hands an service!
Wen Scriptures talk about the type of fasting God wants, here is the reply....take special notice of the last line! God bless! Til next time...angie
Is 58:7
Is it not sharing your bread with the hungry,
bringing the afflicted and the homeless into your house;
Clothing the naked when you see them,
and not turning your back on your own flesh?
Friday, July 17, 2020
Compassion, detachment, an acceptance
Let us meditate on acceptance an appropriate detachment from people, things, an life's situations. There is a balance ... Between separating...an loving...between caring so much it hurts us an we take much more than we should. Accepting wat is...detaching from wat is not our responsibility while loving deeply.
The sad thing is that our families of origin did not teach us to Love Like Jesus Loved.. like Jesus Loves.. like Jesus wants us to Love ...and so life is a journey to learn what it is to really Love someone ..and that entails growing patience, self-control, kindness, gentleness , the ability to listen, the ability to offer time....all The Gifts of The Holy Spirit...an from These come The Fruits of The Holy Spirit. Sometimes we take on too many people to help and can't really be a help to any of them. Sometimes it's better to take one person and really be able to invest peacefully.. totally.. a time and dedication to them... one soul ,one person at a time while still not being more invested than they r . That's what I learned through caring for my parents and my son.. it's not the hundreds that I have given retreats for... the thousands I've sung before worshipping God ... it's one-on-one.. one soul.. one person at a time. The way God Looks on us...Cares an Loves us is The Way we aspire to do for others...balancing compassion, detachment an acceptance.
" No greater love has any man than to lay his life down for a friend!" Let us learn more about THE Gifts of The Holy Spirit we should pray for...an The Fruits of The Holy Spirit we will receive thru These Gifts!
https://thecatholicspirit.com/faith/the-lesson-plan/gifts-and-fruits-of-the-holy-spirit/
God bless u! 😉🙏💒
The sad thing is that our families of origin did not teach us to Love Like Jesus Loved.. like Jesus Loves.. like Jesus wants us to Love ...and so life is a journey to learn what it is to really Love someone ..and that entails growing patience, self-control, kindness, gentleness , the ability to listen, the ability to offer time....all The Gifts of The Holy Spirit...an from These come The Fruits of The Holy Spirit. Sometimes we take on too many people to help and can't really be a help to any of them. Sometimes it's better to take one person and really be able to invest peacefully.. totally.. a time and dedication to them... one soul ,one person at a time while still not being more invested than they r . That's what I learned through caring for my parents and my son.. it's not the hundreds that I have given retreats for... the thousands I've sung before worshipping God ... it's one-on-one.. one soul.. one person at a time. The way God Looks on us...Cares an Loves us is The Way we aspire to do for others...balancing compassion, detachment an acceptance.
" No greater love has any man than to lay his life down for a friend!" Let us learn more about THE Gifts of The Holy Spirit we should pray for...an The Fruits of The Holy Spirit we will receive thru These Gifts!
https://thecatholicspirit.com/faith/the-lesson-plan/gifts-and-fruits-of-the-holy-spirit/
God bless u! 😉🙏💒
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Lectio Divina
A mystical approach to The Word:
"In Western Christianity Lectio Divina is a Traditional Monastic Practice of Scriptural Reading, Meditation and Prayer intended to promote Communion with God and to increase the Knowledge of God's Word. In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the Living Word"
"In Western Christianity Lectio Divina is a Traditional Monastic Practice of Scriptural Reading, Meditation and Prayer intended to promote Communion with God and to increase the Knowledge of God's Word. In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the Living Word"
Learn something new every day!
My mother, who lived to 95, had a favorite saying," That's why the old lady never wanted to die, she learned something new everyday."And then she would say to me, "Angie, did you learn something new today?" Wen we try to learn something new daily in our walk with God a (an other topics) we are by all means helping ourselves... an wen we share it we also help others ( an ourselves) to grow into the "best version of ourselves" an to maintain good memory and avoid dementia and Alzheimer's....so learn...listen...grow.. it is gd medicine. May God give back in overabundance all u an i give to others!! May we always remain teachable...an learn new things every day! Praised b Jesus Christ! Rest in peace Mom...i am still listening to ur wisdom! Thnx!
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Lesson on how to teach an share an serve
Many beautiful things can b shared spiritually in person or by video. Remember too much information in one shot can overwhelm some. Sometimes breaking a large content into three different videos or 3 visits makes it easier for some to follow. Certain people may feel overwhelmed and walk away. It takes yrs to grow ourselves an cooperate with Grace...an even then we still r ill equiped to tell others to love wen we ourselves have not mastered it yet. Our conversion..
growth...evolving takes discipline...deep commitment...an sitting at The Feet of Our Master. We must not b too zealous to tell everyone else wat they need to do on an intellectual level wen we ourselves don't really know God fully or have any real deep relationship with Him yet. That may b us an those we r commissioning. We need to make sure we call them to the first step....that is the order...an to remember our audience may b highly intelligent or very simple...balancing the 2. ..some info for the mind an other with lots of heart...so no one feels lost. This allows both groups to learn things in their particular areas of weakness...
We must remember the only thing is the fact that it is impossible to love unless we spend time with the Lover...God! We cannot learn to be love in this world to others unless we spend time in prayer on our knees and in the silence of our inner chamber One on one with God. I think we are so quick to push people out to love and to reach out ,when in fact we need to experience the love of God ourselves first and that only comes through One-on-one time with HIM alone. Sometimes less is more and it is quality over quantity. Many have thought my life a failure because I did not become famous and pursue what the world would esteem ...a Hollywood career . As I have walked with God I have learned many many things . Success is not limited to the numbers and doing grandiose things. It also is one on one ...one soul at a time... one human being at a time . Never compromise the great things in God's plan for the little things that the world says are more important . Who knows, we mite just miss the most important lessons an training if we minimize the 'smaller' things an 'smaller' people. We can talk slowly an not b afraid of pauses...it allows people of different abilities time to absorb an to try to better understand...it also allows The Holy Spirit to have His Way with those listening..to b Part of the Teaching rather than only b The Topic. His Power Alone is wat will make our teachings a success or not! An we must always insure we have a tribe to pray fast an give alms for us an our mission to stay God's Course...not our own. We pick a day...an have this inner circle of deeply holy people join together weekly on our behalf...
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL UR HEART AN LEAN NOT ON UR OWN UNDERSTANDING....
Stay the course! Praised b Jesus Christ both now an forever!!
growth...evolving takes discipline...deep commitment...an sitting at The Feet of Our Master. We must not b too zealous to tell everyone else wat they need to do on an intellectual level wen we ourselves don't really know God fully or have any real deep relationship with Him yet. That may b us an those we r commissioning. We need to make sure we call them to the first step....that is the order...an to remember our audience may b highly intelligent or very simple...balancing the 2. ..some info for the mind an other with lots of heart...so no one feels lost. This allows both groups to learn things in their particular areas of weakness...
We must remember the only thing is the fact that it is impossible to love unless we spend time with the Lover...God! We cannot learn to be love in this world to others unless we spend time in prayer on our knees and in the silence of our inner chamber One on one with God. I think we are so quick to push people out to love and to reach out ,when in fact we need to experience the love of God ourselves first and that only comes through One-on-one time with HIM alone. Sometimes less is more and it is quality over quantity. Many have thought my life a failure because I did not become famous and pursue what the world would esteem ...a Hollywood career . As I have walked with God I have learned many many things . Success is not limited to the numbers and doing grandiose things. It also is one on one ...one soul at a time... one human being at a time . Never compromise the great things in God's plan for the little things that the world says are more important . Who knows, we mite just miss the most important lessons an training if we minimize the 'smaller' things an 'smaller' people. We can talk slowly an not b afraid of pauses...it allows people of different abilities time to absorb an to try to better understand...it also allows The Holy Spirit to have His Way with those listening..to b Part of the Teaching rather than only b The Topic. His Power Alone is wat will make our teachings a success or not! An we must always insure we have a tribe to pray fast an give alms for us an our mission to stay God's Course...not our own. We pick a day...an have this inner circle of deeply holy people join together weekly on our behalf...
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL UR HEART AN LEAN NOT ON UR OWN UNDERSTANDING....
Stay the course! Praised b Jesus Christ both now an forever!!
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Note to a doctor during covid...everyone follow prodical
God's continued blessings on u an all who work in hospitals an care for the sick. May u have mercy on... the arrogant an ignorant an weak in society who continue to disrespect all of u an the price u pay daily... by not being wise an follow a prodical that might well help lower or even irraticate this virus. Not fair...surely not fair nor necessary...we didnt no early on but we no more now an yet still some disregard. Ty for never giving up on us😢 i hope an pray u r well an safe...an ur family an friends also. ..plz dont let this pandemic ever change who u r...b gentle an patient an kind to urself.
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