Adoration - Day 2

A couple more Biblical reasons to visit Jesus...the one who loves us.

     1.     The specific way that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to spend one quiet hour with Him in         the Blessed Sacrament.

“Where your treasure is, there is your heart.” “Could you not watch one hour with Me?” (Mt6:21, 26:40)

      2.     When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of God.

“Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life.  Him I will raise up on the last day.”  (Jn 6:40)

Eucharistic Adoration

For the past 7 years, since our current Priest was assigned to our parish we have had Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  When I signed up for this I had no idea how close I would be to Jesus. Turns out some of my most profound times of feeling Jesus love and knowing that what I am hearing in my heart and mind are coming directly from the Holy Spirit; these times have been during Adoration.  This quiet time that I chose right in the middle of the week is something I wouldn’t miss for anything. I found a very interesting article which listed “Twelve Biblical Reasons For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament”…..I will list a couple each day. If you haven’t spent an hour in Adoration….I hope you can and will give it some thought…..if you love Jesus… this is a perfect way to be with Him who loves you.

1.        He is really there!

“I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven.” (Jn 6:35)

2.         Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of his infinite love for you!

“Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world,” because “I have loved you with and everlasting love, and constant is My affection for you.” (Mt 28:20, Jer 31:3)

Mark you spot

Book markers from AllToolsPrayerful
I have just completed these six book-markers which feature Our Blessed Mother with "Virgin of Carmel" and "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" . One the back of Virgin of Carmel, is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and on the back of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, it says (I am sure) Pray for us....it is in a different language. The Crucifix on the end of the bookmark is very tiny. I tried to keep the end that would be inside the book very small so that any book this would be used in would not be damaged. THE MAUVE COLOR BOOKMARK ( 2ND FROM LEFT) IS NOT AVAILABLE. CAN BE RECREATED AT REQUEST.
These Book-markers average 7 inches to 8 1/2 inches.
When ordering specify with a number from left to right or specify a color. Also, if there is a specific Saint charm you would like to have a book-marker made from convo. me with that request.....I love special orders.

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New Venus

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Trinidad California by Sharon Elliott

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MT 13:54-58

Today's Gospel reading, for me, was another verification that Jesus did not have actual siblings; he was the only child in the Holy Family. Today's readings name some of his disciples as brothers. These disciples were not in his physical family, which verifies for me that whenever Jesus speaks of his brothers or sisters, He is speaking of all of humanity. There is another scripture where Jesus asks....."Who are my brothers, who is my mother?".....It is us.

Gift of Understanding

Today on Pinterest I saw the familiar pin “Catholics DO NOT worship Mary”….and I chuckled.  This topic comes up so often.  This lead my mind to wander to my feelings on how much openness we all need to have regarding the MYSTERIES of the church, and how we need to be open to deeper meaning of the readings and teaching given to us by the inspired writers of the Bible…..then that lead me to think about today’s readings (Thurs. July 23. 2015)  that I heard in morning mass, especially the gospel reading (MT 10:13-17), in which the disciples asked Jesus “Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?” Jesus pretty much explains that He does this because some will listen more deeply and will have more understanding and some won’t.  It is all gift…..however, how much effort do we put into learning and understanding these mysteries? How much do we ‘take it to the core or your being’….as Mother Theresa said many times.

I was asked recently, “Why is Eucharist so important to Catholics?”  For myself, and MANY Catholics…it is because we have taken the meaning of the readings from the Gospels to the core of our being. Jesus explains that “This is my Body, this is my Blood.  You cannot have life without it. These are hard readings to wrap ourselves around, perhaps, and many left Jesus after He said this…and many still do. We need to pray for those who struggle with faith or don’t have faith…..but we also need to pray for our own understanding and enthusiasm for understanding.  There is always going to be a learning curve. Praise God for the Gifts. 

Mount Carmel Feast Day

 Five scapulars with "Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, feast day July 16th. This is the feast of the Carmelites. The Order of Carmelites takes its name from Mount Carmel, which was the first place dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and where a capel was erected in her honor before her Assumption into heaven. July 16 is also the feast of the "Scapular or Mount Carmel". On that day in 1251, pious traditions says, the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock, General of the Carmelites and Cambridge, England, showed him the scapular and promised supernatural favors and her special protection to his Order and to all persons who would wear her scapular.

Prayer of the Scapular - Lord, let the motherly prayer of the glorious Virgin Mary come to our help. Through her support help us to reach the true mount which is Christ. Amen

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the patronal feast of the Carmelites. The Order of Carmelites takes its name from Mount Carmel, which was the first place dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and where a chapel was erected in her honor before her Assumption into heaven.

July 16 is also the feast of the Scapular of Mount Carmen. On that day in 1251, pious tradition says, the Blessed Virgin appeared to St Simon Stock, General of the Carmelites at Cambridge, England, showed him the scapular and promised supernatural favors and her special protection to his Order and to all persons who would wear her scapular.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chaplet by AllToolsPrayerful on Etsy

All That We Love Deeply

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All That We Love by Sharon Elliott

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Travel Enticements

Kootenai Lake near Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort

Beautiful British Columbia by Sharon Elliott

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A new creation on AllToolsPrayerful

I was busy this past weekend

Blue Leaf Necklace and Bracelet by AllToolsPrayerful on Etsy

Lot's Wife question

I was sitting in Mass a few days ago and listening, as I do, something struck me.  I don't know why I wonder this......but I do.
Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of Salt when she looked back at Sodom burning.....I know why she was turned in to a pillar of salt.....I just wonder what the significance of Salt is.....or even if there is a significance.
I read one idea from somewhere on-line that the Hebrew word for Salt is, Melach or Malach which means to disappear.......HHHHMMMM
Anyone have any thoughts on this?????

Jacob's or Job's Tears - Which is it?

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Love this land we live in

Happy 4th of July

Patriot Bear by Sharon Elliott

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Psalm 150:6

Something I was playing with last night.  

Psalm 150 by Sharon Elliott

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Light, Strength, Peace, Love

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Light Strength Peace Love by Sharon Elliott

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New Products from AllToolsPrayerful

Blue One Decade Rosary with Antique Cross and by AllToolsPrayerful

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The 7 "I AM" Statements of Jesus

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The Seven by Sharon Elliott

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St Emily de Vialar - Patron Saint of Single Women

I love this quote from St. Emily de Vialar
The others are good food for thought also.....but the first is my favorite. 

"The Lord causes to burn within me that same fire which He enkindled long ago, and I rejoice in this grace, for if God did not breathe into me the spirit of zeal, my heart would cease to be quickened and then I would not be able to do anything. May He, in His goodness, grant that as long as I live this divine fire may not be extinguished."

“Love of God is service to the poor.”

“Let us have no other wish than to work for God’s glory.”

"Since God does so much for me, what could I not do for him?"

-- St. Emily de Vialar

Triple Prayer of Confidence

I am often given parts for Rosaries by my fellow parishioners and one time I was given some books written and published back at about Vatican II time. The following is a Triple Prayer, of trust and confidence in Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, as well as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  I love these older prayers that I think have disappeared.

My Triple Prayer

Eternal Father for the love of the Eternal Son, and for the love of the Eternal Holy Ghost, grant my request.

Eternal Son for the love of the Eternal Father, and for the love of the Eternal Holy Ghost, grant my request.

Eternal Holy Ghost for the love of the Eternal Father and for the love of the Eternal Son, grant my request.

O my Crucified Jesus, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Mary Joseph, grant my request.

O Mary, my Mother, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Jesus and Joseph, obtain my request.

O Holy St. Joseph, for the love of the ever adorable Trinity, and for the love of Jesus and Mary, obtain my request.

ACT OF CONFIDENCE
Heart of Jesus, I adore Thee,

Heart of Mary, I implore thee,

Heart of Joseph, meek and just,

In these three Hearts I place my trust.

Most extraordinary graces have been received through the use of this prayer, which in one cry of confidence, directly and immediately calls upon Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and Jesus Mary, Joseph