Friday 34th week of Ordinary Time

 Clouds Dn. 7:2-14

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,

From up and down and still somehow,

It’s clouds illusions that I recall,

I really don’t know clouds at all. 

Clouds are like life,

They come in all shapes and sizes   

They portent sunshine and blue sky or storms. 

But one Day, Christ will come on them. 

riding the wind

His clothing will be snow bright bright 

And His hair white as wool;

With flames of fire 

And thousands upon thousands of angels will accompany Him 

And He will bring Salvation for His people,

And Judgment for all the others. 

Next time you look at a cloud therefore;

Take a closer look. 

Thanksgiving Day

At every Thanksgiving we stop and give Thanks for all our blessings. 

At every Mass we give Thanks “Always and Everywhere.”

Stop and think about that for a minute. 

Do we give Thanks Always and Everywhere 

Or only when when things are going right. 

And when the sun is shining in our life. 

But when things are going horribly wrong 

And the storm clouds of life are rolling in,

We dont’. 

On the night Jesus was betrayed. 

On the night before He was scourged;

Crowned with thorns and crucified, 

What did Jesus do?

He gave Thanks. 

Jesus gave Thanks to His Father Always and Everywhere.  

So at grace before Meals give thanks to God always and everywhere;

For the good times and the bad;

Whether home with family

Or away. 

For if Jesus can, we can too with His grace. 

Wednesday 34th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Hated by all Lk. 21:12-19

Who doesn’t want to be liked?

At school, at work, on the street,

Everyone likes to be liked. 

But at what cost?

What are we willing to give up so that others like us?

Jesus tells us that if we follow Him, we will be hated. 

Because He does not follow the world and what it likes. 

We will either be loved by Jesus and hated by the world,

Or rejected by Jesus and loved by the world. 

The choice is ours. 

Tuesday 34th Week of Ordinary Time

 No Stones left. Lk. 21:5-11

The world learned nothing from the Tower of Babel. 

It just keeps building bigger and better buildings, stadiums 

High rises and homes. 

And Jesus tells us that the day will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone. 

It will all come falling down. 

So what are we building in our lives?

Build a spiritual house not made of stones,

But made of Faith, Hope and Love. 

For these are the things that will endure,

And the greatest of them is Love!

Monday 34th Week of Ordinary Time

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:

“All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.”

Deliver Them From Purgatory

My Jesus,
by the sorrows Thou didst suffer in Thine agony in the Garden,
in Thy scourging and crowning with thorns,
on the way to Calvary,
in Thy crucifixion and death,
have mercy on the souls in purgatory,
and especially on those that are most forsaken;
do Thou deliver them and purify them;
call them and admit them to Thy most sweet embrace in paradise.

The Feast of Christ the King

 

Remember me! Lk. 23:42

Everything God created was good. And then God placed all of creation in humanity’s hands. And that is when everything fell apart. 

Adam and Eve sinned against God

Brother killed brother, in the story of Cain and Abel And pride and greed; Lust and envy; War and division; Flooded the earth. And God had one of two choices; Wipe everything out and start all over again; Or restore it; Because God so loved the world’ He chose to restore it; By sending His only Son;The Resoration therefore begins with Christ. 

Everything was created through Him in the Beginning And everything will be restored through Him in the End. Christ offers us a New Creation; A Kingdom where there will be no more death or mourning; Suffering or pain; Division or war. 

Where every tear will be wiped away. 

But how does one enter this Kindgom that Jesus offers?

Does it require endless prayers and penance;

Does one have to be a saint?

None of this is necessary. 

All one has to do to enter the Kindgom of Heaven. 

Is say to Jesus;

Remember me!

The Presentation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

As a child, Joachim and Ann took Mary to the Temple 

where they presented her and consecrated her to the Lord. 

In the Presentation, Mary placed herself in God’s hands

and God did great things in her;

She became the Mother Of God. 

Because Mary presented herself in the Temple, 

She was able to later present Jesus in the Temple. 

It all begins with the gift of oneself to God. 

We may give money or other sacrifices to the Lord,

But what the Lord really desires is ourself!

The Gift Of Self is the greatest gift we can give to God. 

For when we give ourselves to God,

God can do great things in us. 

On this feast of the Presentation Of the Blessed Virgin,

Let us place ourselves in her hands,

So that through her Intercession and example,

God may do great things in us!