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francesca_gen
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Thanks.
Bravery is not usually my strong suit, but I am giving it my best shot, and keeping up my own prayers even when I’m feeling a bit exausted/tired of everything. So far, so good…
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Bravery is not usually my strong suit, but I am giving it my best shot, and keeping up my own prayers even when I’m feeling a bit exausted/tired of everything. So far, so good…
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francesca_gen
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These verses were very appropriate! Thank you so much.
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francesca_gen
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Thank you! Y’all do good work.
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francesca_gen
Guest
Thank you for your prayers – I will pray for you as well! I know the spiritual rut well… for me it usually coincides with a depressive time coming on in general, but not always. Hang in there!
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francesca_gen
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I got to go to confession/adoration/Benediction/the chaplet of Divine Mercy last Friday afternoon, and it was wonderful. Unfortunately I can only make it there every other week and I’m not sure about other opportunities nearby, but I will definitely be going back on the 19th (the day before my bday!). Thank you for your prayers and the great suggestion.
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francesca_gen
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Thank you. It’s the perfect prayer for this situation, in some ways!
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francesca_gen
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Thank you. Your signature reminded me I should get out St. Therese’s autobiography and re-read it; I was about halfway on another read-through and she’s wonderful to read when you’re feeling down/hopeless/etc.
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aldebaron2
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Father, I ask You to bless francesca gen. Show her a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to her spirit at this very moment. Where there
is pain, give her Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed
confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill her needs.
Bless her homes, families, finances, her goings and her comings. In Jesus’
precious name. Amen.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to her spirit at this very moment. Where there
is pain, give her Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed
confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill her needs.
Bless her homes, families, finances, her goings and her comings. In Jesus’
precious name. Amen.
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Tarek_Chidiac
Guest
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
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George14
Guest
Francesca: I am moved by your plea, and immediately I knew the remedy: it is that given to us by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska - through whom Jesus gave us some very important information. JESUS WANTS SO BAD FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO HIM WITH SITUATIONS LIKE YOURS BECAUSE IN GIVING FROM HIS INFINITE STORE, IT HONORS HIS GOODNESS. What caused him (causes him, in the present tense) the most angst and pain is that people WILL NOT TRUST HIM ENOUGH, which isn’t just about his power, but his DESIRE TO MAKE US WHOLE.
There is no such thing as something that can change his mercy, his care for you, his desire to fix your dilemma.
If you simply “look him square in the eye” and tell him: JESUS, I TRUST YOU, and then let go completely of any kind of reservations of that trust, you’ll find that indeed HE DOES take care of it.
Reading Faustina’s diary, I found in it how MUCH Jesus is begging for people to TRUST him. To help with this I imagine my own situation with my children: what an insult to me it would be for them to mistake or fail to recognize my good intentions, my desire for their health and welfare, for providing for them, and hence for them to “wander” in stubborn disbelief that I was there for them. There is a big difference, of course, in this metaphor: I am not capable of, nor as loving or perfect, as Jesus is in his PERFECT power and infinite love, so my care for my kids is but a faint shadow of the INDISPUTABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE love Jesus has, and his power to fix, my problems. And what seems “impossible” to many of us very often in our lives is child’s play to God for whom, clearly, nothing is impossible. Meditating yesterday on the mystery of the miracle at Cana reminded me of what seemingly is an impossibility -getting wine for the feast. Big deal: just put a couple hundred gallons of water in those jugs. Got it handled! AND AS THE STORY IS GIVEN TO US, IT WASN’T JESUS’ IDEA: IT CAME FROM MARY, ASKING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE and not for a life threatening, or dire, or even “serious” situation at all: SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR THE HOST TO RUN OUT OF WINE.
I cannot say this strongly enough: JESUS IS ALL ABOUT “YES, TRUST ME, AND BE MADE WHOLE!” When you consider he CAN, and that he WANTS to, --it could be that you are in your situation in the divine scheme of things SIMPLY TO MAKE YOU COME TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT YOURSELF TO HIM at this time, so that you get the message, fall in love with him in a new way, and get “converted” about this whole issue. “There’s no one so fanatic as a reformed drunk!”
God bless, and you ARE in my own prayers, which is a way of saying, “you got it!”
There is no such thing as something that can change his mercy, his care for you, his desire to fix your dilemma.
If you simply “look him square in the eye” and tell him: JESUS, I TRUST YOU, and then let go completely of any kind of reservations of that trust, you’ll find that indeed HE DOES take care of it.
Reading Faustina’s diary, I found in it how MUCH Jesus is begging for people to TRUST him. To help with this I imagine my own situation with my children: what an insult to me it would be for them to mistake or fail to recognize my good intentions, my desire for their health and welfare, for providing for them, and hence for them to “wander” in stubborn disbelief that I was there for them. There is a big difference, of course, in this metaphor: I am not capable of, nor as loving or perfect, as Jesus is in his PERFECT power and infinite love, so my care for my kids is but a faint shadow of the INDISPUTABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE love Jesus has, and his power to fix, my problems. And what seems “impossible” to many of us very often in our lives is child’s play to God for whom, clearly, nothing is impossible. Meditating yesterday on the mystery of the miracle at Cana reminded me of what seemingly is an impossibility -getting wine for the feast. Big deal: just put a couple hundred gallons of water in those jugs. Got it handled! AND AS THE STORY IS GIVEN TO US, IT WASN’T JESUS’ IDEA: IT CAME FROM MARY, ASKING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE and not for a life threatening, or dire, or even “serious” situation at all: SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR THE HOST TO RUN OUT OF WINE.
I cannot say this strongly enough: JESUS IS ALL ABOUT “YES, TRUST ME, AND BE MADE WHOLE!” When you consider he CAN, and that he WANTS to, --it could be that you are in your situation in the divine scheme of things SIMPLY TO MAKE YOU COME TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT YOURSELF TO HIM at this time, so that you get the message, fall in love with him in a new way, and get “converted” about this whole issue. “There’s no one so fanatic as a reformed drunk!”
God bless, and you ARE in my own prayers, which is a way of saying, “you got it!”
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AlegreFe
Guest
Hello Francesca. I’m still praying for you. 
When I read mlz’s prayer about resting in the arms of Jesus it reminded me of a song a good friend of mine wrote called “God Only Knows.” Paul wrote, “within your wounds I’ll hide.” (We pray that in the Anima Christi prayer). I have made videos with Paul’s songs but not that one yet. So I will put the lyrics to that song here for you to read and to pray.
(c) 1/14/02 Paul Lisney
GOD ONLY KNOWS
I’d like to think that You and I will be as we are now
So close that none can come between our love
God only knows what will be
God only knows what will be
I hate to think, my Lord, that I could lose what we have now
Grant me the grace to never stray from Thee
God only knows where I’d be without His love
God only knows where I’d be
I have a dream, my Lord, that I will love You more than now
Show me the way to love and comfort Thee
Oh What would I do
Oh Without You
My soul would surely die
These tears would never dry
And the wound would never heal
This void could not be filled
And the emptiness would grow
And I don’t want to know where I’d be
Oh And what of You
When a soul is lost to You
The tears must fill Your eyes
For that spirit chose to die
And oh the thirst You feel
To forgive and heal
Lord, within Your wounds I’ll hide
And pray that by Your side is where I’ll be
I love that song. I cry whenever I hear it, and I say to Him, “I want to hide in your wounds Jesus!” Go to Him!
When I read mlz’s prayer about resting in the arms of Jesus it reminded me of a song a good friend of mine wrote called “God Only Knows.” Paul wrote, “within your wounds I’ll hide.” (We pray that in the Anima Christi prayer). I have made videos with Paul’s songs but not that one yet. So I will put the lyrics to that song here for you to read and to pray.
(c) 1/14/02 Paul Lisney
GOD ONLY KNOWS
I’d like to think that You and I will be as we are now
So close that none can come between our love
God only knows what will be
God only knows what will be
I hate to think, my Lord, that I could lose what we have now
Grant me the grace to never stray from Thee
God only knows where I’d be without His love
God only knows where I’d be
I have a dream, my Lord, that I will love You more than now
Show me the way to love and comfort Thee
Oh What would I do
Oh Without You
My soul would surely die
These tears would never dry
And the wound would never heal
This void could not be filled
And the emptiness would grow
And I don’t want to know where I’d be
Oh And what of You
When a soul is lost to You
The tears must fill Your eyes
For that spirit chose to die
And oh the thirst You feel
To forgive and heal
Lord, within Your wounds I’ll hide
And pray that by Your side is where I’ll be
I love that song. I cry whenever I hear it, and I say to Him, “I want to hide in your wounds Jesus!” Go to Him!
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St_Gabriel
Guest
Hail Mary,
full of Grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the Fruit Of Thy Womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
full of Grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the Fruit Of Thy Womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
T
Tarek_Chidiac
Guest
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
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