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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Happy All Souls and All Saints Days

We pray in Thanksgiving for all those we have been blessed with knowing and have gone before us. May the Gates of Heaven be open to the Souls waiting for entrance through these Heavenly Gates.  As we enter into the days of preperation for the Holidays take time to stop and thank the Lord for all our blessings in the past year.  Each of us has so much to be thankful for.
If today we were able to eat, If today we have a shirt on our back and If today we know where we will lay our head for shelter then we have much to be THANKFUL for.  Let us not forget those who do not share in these basic comforts. 
Could we leave our homes and live like Francis did?  Could we beg for our food?
Could we dance in the woods and praise God for the Sun and the birds?  We pray that we will grow in our prayer life, in our love, in our spirit of giving and caring and in gratitude for all that the Lord has blessed us with. May we spread the Spirit of St. Francis through living the Gospel messages by our actions and using words if need be.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Interesting facts:

Did you know: Padre Pio was a Capuchin Franciscan, his Baptism name was Francesco, he was in the military service, he had the stigmata, he suffered many illnesses in his life, he offered his first Mass at the parish church of Our Lady of the Angels and  restoration work on this chapel was later undertaken by the Padre Pio Foundation of America. In one of Padre Pio's letters, he states that he remained patient in the midst of his trials because of his firm belief that Jesus, Mary, his Guardian Angel, St. Joseph and St. Francis were always with him and helped him always.
Some have stated that he was the second St. Francis.  In reading about St. Francis and Padre Pio's lives there are many similarties.

We love you Lord, we thank you for our many blessings.  May we too follow your Gospels as did St. Francis and Padre Pio in they're lives on this earth.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

We can not let this day pass without saying Happy Feast Day.  We can not let this day pass without praising Our Lord and thanking him for letting us be introduced to a man who lived his life dedicated to the Gospels.
A saint who lived his life by his actions.  He took to heart the words our Lord left for us.  Let us put into practice in our daily lives that which the Lord guided us to do in the Gospels.  Who did you meet today that needs your prayers, that needs a friendly smile, who needs to feel loved?  Take time to pray, to love, to show mercy, to show kindness.  "Love one another as I have loved you.  Care for each other as I have cared for you."  As Simon helped to carry the cross of Jesus, let us help to carry one another's crosses.

Join us in prayer as we pray for all those in the most need of our prayers.

May the Lord bless you, may he guide you and may we all open our hearts as St. Francis did to use us to do his will upon this earth. 

Friday, September 24, 2010

Come and join us in person or in spirit and prayer

This week we moved from summer to fall.  Weather was a bit cooler.  We welcome the change in the seasons as we welcome the changes in our lives.  As our daily lives continue to change with new challenges, joys and opportunities we must also adapt to these  changes.  How do we adapt to these unknown changes that come without us being able to prepare?  By renewing daily our faith, reading daily the Gospels' and with daily prayer and reflection we keep our souls fed.  Without this nourishment for our souls we become lost, overwhelmed and tempted.  Though each season only comes for a while in each year, seasons of our lives can last for a day, a month, a year or a life time.
One season of our life we must embrace for a lifetime.  The season of growing in our commitment to follow our Lord, Jesus Christ in our thoughts, in our prayers, in our daily actions and words.  The example of the life of St. Francis can reach each of us.  Whether the Lord has blessed you with the talent of a person who speaks with wisdom, a person who speaks by example, a person who speaks by actions each of these are the expressions of how St. Francis lived his life.  Please join us in proclaiming the Gospel in the talent the Lord blessed you with.