Gary david Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 23 hours ago, BarbaraTherese said: I just stopped by to wish you a blessed day Barbara.
Guest Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Gary david said: I just stopped by to wish you a blessed day Barbara. Thank you, Gary. And a blessed day to you also.
Guest Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 "INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE" by St Francis de Sales https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Devout-Life-Francis-Sales/dp/0375725628 (also available on Kindle) Free Online: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/desales/devout_life also Free Online: "Treatise on The Love of God" by St Francis de Sales: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/desales/love.html
Guest Posted June 14, 2019 Posted June 14, 2019 Man (and woman, of course) still retains within himself the need to love a perfect object that will never disappoint him and to be himself loved totally and unconditionally. These needs can be met only in a relationship with God Himself. Otherwise, we go on demanding unattainable absolutes from human beings. - Tom Marshall
Guest Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Carmelite, Doctor of the Church The Interior Castle, The Third Dwelling Places, Chapter 1 Detachment and Perseverance "We seem to think that everything is done when we willingly take and wear the religious habit and abandon all worldly things and possessions for Him – even though these possessions may amount to no more than the nets St. Peter possessed, for he who gives what he has thinks he gives enough. This renunciation is a good enough preparation if one perseveres in it and doesn’t turn back …There is no doubt that if a person perseveres in this nakedness and detachment from all worldly things he will reach his goal. But this perseverance includes the condition – and note that I am advising you of this – that you consider yourselves useless servants, as St. Paul, or Christ, says; and believe that you have not put our Lord under any obligation to grant you these kinds of favors. Rather, as one who has received more, you are more indebted."
Guest Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 St Vincent de Paul Society Quote of the Day – June 14 https://famvin.org/reflections/quote-of-the-day-june-14-2/ "Remember that patience is as necessary to bear with ourselves as charity is to bear with the neighbor. May God be pleased to give us both (VII:291)."
Guest Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” (Luke Chapter 17)
Gary david Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 May the Lord's peace find you and be with you. God bless you Barbara...Gary
Guest Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Gary david said: May the Lord's peace find you and be with you. God bless you Barbara...Gary And also with you, Gary -His Blessings on your journey. The picture you posted looks just like my little Buddie.
Guest Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 "Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.” St John of the Cross
Guest Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 TRINITY SUNDAY Glory be to The Father and to The Son and to The Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever will be. Amen
Guest Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Carmelite, Doctor of the Church Relations, 33 “Three persons, eternal in glory, one God, infinite in majesty” Quote God gave me to see clearly the truth of the most Holy Trinity. It is just as learned theologians told me, but I did not understand it as I do now... What I have seen is this: three distinct Persons, each one visible and who speaks and to whom we can speak. Afterwards I thought how the Son alone took human flesh, which shows clearly that the three Persons are distinct. The Persons love each other, communicate and know each other. But, if each one is distinct, how can we say that the three are one essence? For this is what we believe. This is deepest truth, and I would die for it a thousand times. In these three Persons there is but one will and one power and one might; neither can one be without the others. There is one sole Creator of all created things. Could the Son create an ant without the Father? No, because their power is one. The same is to be said of the Holy Spirit. Thus, there is one God Almighty, and the three Persons are one majesty. Is it possible to love the Father without loving the Son and the Holy Spirit? No, for those who please one of the three Persons please all three Persons, and those who offend one offend all. Can the Father exist without the Son and without the Holy Spirit? No, for they are one in being, and where one is, there are the three; they cannot be divided. How is it, then, that we see that the three Persons are distinct? And how is it that the Son, not the Father, nor the Holy Spirit, took human flesh? This is what I have never understood; theologians know it. What I know is that the three were there when that marvellous work was done. I do not busy myself with much thinking about this; all my thinking comes down to this: God is almighty, that he has done what he would do, and can do what he wills. The less I understand it, the more I believe it, and the greater the devotion it excites in me. May he be blessed for ever! Amen.
Gary david Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, BarbaraTherese said: That was fun to watch Barbara. Life doesent get more innocent and cuter than this does it? Nice choice Barbara. I also have this but it is not cute like yours, not compared to monkeys and coccanuts haahaa but does contain a life's lesson for us all. God bless Barbara... Edited June 16, 2019 by Gary david
Guest Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Hi Gary - The coconut and the monkey.........and letting go..........reminds me of what I posted a couple of days ago from St John of The Cross with yours in the vernacular. Have a good day ........... God's Blessings on your journey
Guest Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, BarbaraTherese said: Hi Gary - The coconut and the monkey.........and letting go..........reminds me of what I posted a couple of days ago from St John of The Cross with yours in the vernacular. Have a good day ........... God's Blessings on your journey Hi again Gary - I think it very important that we can get The Gospel (which in essence the saints reflect) into the vernacular - into ordinary everyday speech that ordinary people can understand in their ordinary everyday lives - this is what Jesus did in His parables. To date, my experience is that our priests in the main can be quite good at doing this in homilies just as your video of the monkey and the coconut did in explaining detachment in terms easily understood. With many of our saints, the language they used would have been easily understood in their own environment and their times. Edited June 17, 2019 by BarbaraTherese
Guest Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 St Vincent de Paul Reflections Quote https://famvin.org/reflections/daily-reflection-june-16-4/ “The sufferings of Our Lord gave fecundity to His words, and your crosses will also give it to the holy seed you plant in hearts.” – St. Vincent de Paul. – Create in me, Lord, a compassionate heart, softened and not embittered by the sufferings of my life.
Guest Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Half the world is starving; the other half is on a diet. We are not privileged because we deserve to be. Privilege accepted should be responsibility accepted. - Madeleine L'Engle
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