An instrument of Peace...

Lord, please make me an instrument of Your Peace...always.

How is it than one day, I can be so bothered and the next filled with His Peace?
I'm sure it must be in my own flaws of personality and not totally following His Will that I find myself outside of His Peace instead of in it. Or it may be I am not fully aware of His presence even in my unsettling ways.

Lord, I ask that you help me with these imperfections in my life, that I may always be a comfortable safe-haven for You to rest Your weary head for all the sacrileges that You are offended by on a daily basis.

Make me a Sacred Tabernacle for Your Holy Spirit to rest in, not for my own desires but to give You rest in an ungrateful world. Thank you Jesus, for all you give and all that You take away, for I know that everything You do is only in our best interest! Jesus, Mary, I love you save souls!

The Right Words

Lord, give me the right words to say,
To broken hearts that come my way
To those that have been hurt before
That I not hurt them anymore

To those whose hearts have hardened up
To those who won't hold out their cup
That Lord, You long to overflow
With Love and Mercy
Lord let me know

That I might have the words to say
That I might plant a seed today
That glory would be given to You
In all I say and all I do

Lord, give me the right words to say
More hearts are breaking everyday
They're out there crying in the night
I long to help them see the light

But, fragile are those souls and weak
So this is why Your words I seek
And pray Thee give me words to say
That I, not one soul turn away.

Author Unknown

Perseverence in Prayer...

Perseverence in Prayer is most important in the Spiritual Life!

Even if our spiritual life becomes dry, it is even more important to pray during this time even if the only words we can utter are: Come Holy Spirit, or Jesus, I love you help me to love you more!

Usually if our Spiritual lives have become dry it is because we have not asked the Holy Spirit for guidance or we are not persevering in prayer.

We need to strengthen our spiritual muscles just as we need to get daily exercise.

If we don't strengthen ourselves spiritually......How can we expect ourselves to carry the crosses when they fall? Because they do fall, they always do!

In this way, we will be able to carry our crosses and carry them well, without complaint or looking like we're carrying a cross, always in sweet joy for our Lord!

If lifting our tiny crosses compared to His, can ease His pain a little what should we care? Afterall, we deserve the pain for all of our sins.....what did Jesus deserve except our perpetual love?
When the crosses fall remember Christ crucified and remain Silent!~St.Elizabeth Seton

"If you pray well, you will live well;if you live well,you will die well;and if you die well, all will be well!"-St. Augustine

Happy Birthday Mary!

Happy Birthday Dear Mother Mary!

Today our Kindergarten class all brought at least one flower from home for the Virgin Mary's Birthday! It was very sweet and you could see the smile on the Virgin's face as the children brought her flowers! We collected two vases and one small vase worth of flowers. We also made her a paper crown with flowers on it for her birthday and the kids sang Happy Birthday to her. We all celebrated at snack time with a cookie!

It's in these small things that I know Mary and Jesus truly adore about us, especially the children. Their love is so pure and full of hope! I'm sure this is what God must have been thinking about when He created Mary as the New Eve.
Who else could have carried Him? Surely not someone who would or could be defiled in any way! She had to be the most pure of lillies and as I heard last night, someone who could love Him back as He loves us.

Their mother-son relationship was a mystery in itself. Look at the Mysteries of the Rosary, Mary was invlolved in quite a few of them and if not I'm sure Stood by the cross. Think of those words "Stood by the Cross!" Would any of us have the strength to stand under the cross of our son? Mary Magdelane was weeping under the cross but Mary, The mother of our Lord, was standing! Can you imagine the unbearable sorrow she must have felt and had the strength to stand?! If this is not proof enough that She is a pure vessel, I don't know what would convince anyone! Her Fiat or Yes changed the world! So Mary, Here's my small pitiful Thank you to you, for being who you are and standing for us, and your son at the foot of His cross and ours!

I love you Mary! Help us to love Jesus More! Bring us closer to your Son under watchful eye, as only a Mother can have.
I give you my everything to present to your Son,Jesus!
Ask Him to make us as holy as He intended and to have perpetual Mercy on us!
Continue to pray for us Mary, our world is in need of your graces!
Please give us the graces we don't know to ask for and tell Jesus we adore and love Him!

Your loving daughter in Christ,
Erin

An Early Advent...

I'm not sure but almost every year around this time, I start anticipating the Christmas Season. Maybe it's the extreme heat this time of year in Southern California or maybe it's just my love of this season when it seems to be heaven on earth! But as I was sitting in Mass this morning, I realized it's much more than that, it's also my love for the Christ Child.

I admire so much that our wonderful Lord chose to come as a little child, the most humble way a God could come to His people! But still in His smallness He glowed with wisdom and love for His Mother and His Children! Yes even as a babe, He had Children, all of us! The mystery of Christmas has always attracted me, I love the beauty of the season. I just wish everyone would focus on Christ and not so much on the secular part of the season. Evne the trees die to themselves in the winter so that may be made new again during the Easter season.
Coincidence? I think not! Nothing in this world is a coincidence! Just remember that!
I love you sweet Jesus, in the infinite smallness and greatness of the Eucharist, Your Precious Blood, Your Sacred Heart, Your Birth, Your Death, Your Ressurection,Your Mercy, and Your Will.
Thank you for coming into my heart and dwelling there as a safe tabernacle. Never let me offend You and Never let me lose You!

Help us to love You more!
Christ the Eucharist, have mercy on us.
Christ the Precious Blood, have mercy on us.
Christ the Child, hear us , Christ graciously hear us!
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.
St. Francis, pray for us.
St. Jerome, pray for us.
St. Augustine, pray for us.
St. Rita, pray for us.
St. Therese, pray for us.
St. Teresa, pray for us.
St. Pio, pray for us.
St. Jude, pray for us.
St. Michael, pray for us.
St. Mary Magdelane, pray for us.
St. Maria Goretti, pray for us.
St. John Bosco, pray for us.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us.