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In abundant thanksgiving for the blessings of God for your job. Congratulations
 
All praise and glory to God in Heaven! The Lord is bringing a greater good from all of the evil that you have suffered. He has noted with pleasure, that you have stayed faithful and have relied on Him and your brothers and sisters in Christ throughout al of this. Amen! Alleluia!
 
Dear Diane,

I am so happy for you!!! Congratulations on your new job! I will continue to keep you and your family in my prayers. I know even starting one`s dream job can be stressful. You will continue to be in my prayers.

I am so happy for you, and am so proud of you! Your good news is a reminder to me that God always takes care of us.

Sincerely,

Maria1212
 
po18guy said:
All praise and glory to God in Heaven! The Lord is bringing a greater good from all of the evil that you have suffered. He has noted with pleasure, that you have stayed faithful and have relied on Him and your brothers and sisters in Christ throughout al of this. Amen! Alleluia!
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Loving God,

We thank you for your many blessings in our lives and today we thank you for the good news from our sister Diane regarding her employment and her continued work towards healing.

Lord, please continue to bless and heal our sister and her mother as they walk their journey of faith.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.

Amen.
 
onwillowbay said:
God Bless each of you. I shall keep you in my prayers and thank you for your kindness and compassion in praying for us. Please keep praying. I am so lost. Diane
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Diane:

I’m so glad things have improved since the post above. Congratulations on finding a job. Take these Scriptures to heart and remember them.
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
Your builders make haste;
your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
Lift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
As I live, declares the LORD,
you shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.”
Isaiah 49:14-18 ESV
This is how the Lord Engraved your Name (and mine) on the Palm of his hand. The “Engraver’s Instrument” was the Soldier’s hammer that pounded the nails into our Saviour’s hands:I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast;
My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.

For dogs encompass me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they have pierced my hands and feet—

I can count all my bones—they stare and gloat over me;
They divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.
Psalm 22:14-18 ESV
And, He willingly allowed this, because of His tremendous love for us from which we can never be separated…And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:28-39 NIV
Please keep these close to your heart. I’m glad you found a JOB, and that you’re talking with a priest and a counselor.

Not being isolated is vital, because we were never meant to do this alone.

Your Brother & Servant in Christ, Michael
 
Psalm 100 [99]

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the lands! * 2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the LORD is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; * we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! 5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations
 
onwillowbay said:
It has been a hectic nervewracking week. I am in a very bad state emotionally. Joe’s brother called me and told me to stay away from Joe’s funeral. He confirmed that I would be trashed. i was not mentioned at the mass or the obituary. His brother said he wishe he had talked to me years ago before I married Joe about what I was gertting into (meaning his kids). His son took everything out of the apartment. There is nothing to sell. His son said as executor he could do it but it was joint property he took. He also lied and told me he would pay the last months’ rent (which he didn’t) if I would agree to let him handle the funeral arrangements (so I did). His brother said Joe told the family at the hospital I was a parasite bleeding off him and took everything. He lied and told them he was even sleeping on the floor. None of this is true. Fr. Jim gave him last rites. I talked to Fr. Jim and told him what was happening and what had been said. Fr. Jim explained he is only an agent of God and God has the final say so. His brother that I thought liked me said he hadn’t talked to me and hangs up when I call (not true). Joe said he hung up on me too (also not true). The ex wife received everyone at the funeral. His brother wouldn’t take communion at the mass because he hadn’t been to confession and heknew the truth about how things were and he didn’t feel right about taking communion under the circumstances. I told Fr. I just couldn’t forgive Joe for all he said about me. I know I need to but I can’t. His brother even said the only reason he married me was because I was a paralegal and he though I was “wealthy” and my parents are wealthy (not true). Turns out that there were more than 1 affair that joe had while we were married. Joe never even once went to confession during the entire marriage. He only went to the community confesion. Right now I don’t even want his last name. Hate is a strong word but it is almost how I feel. . Some day maybe I can forgive him for the lies, deceit and money he emptied my mom of. His brother said I was not the first person this was done to and there were several other family members he borrowed money from and never paid them back. he has a secondary insurance bill due (overdue) that needs to get paid for the time in the hospital up until he died. If it isn’t paid…some medical bills may not get paid. What do I do. I pray and pray for answers yet they haven’t come…I’m stressed to the max and knowing this man used me and my family makes my anger so great. Perhaps it is a normal feeling. Counseling is helping…I don’t know how but I’ve got to find a way to get to PA to get his car from the body shop and sell it down here. I am asking God to helpme with this. To get out of the lease mess it will cost 1900 which we are trying to borrow from mom’s sister. His son cleaned out the bank account completely and the bank gave him the money on the spot.I did have the locks changed on the apt so no one could get it. When I get there I suspect it will be empty and I don’t know whether to file a police report or what. I love you all. Mentally, it is hard to post a lot right now but know you are all in my prayers.
I love you. Diane
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Diane:

Post what you can post. You have nothing to apologize for. You should be grieving for the death of your husband - instead you’re having to deal with this garbage. Shame on your husband on his family! Shame on them!

It’s more than OK to be angry, at him and at them. In fact, I’d say from what I’ve read, it’s downright HEALTHY to be angry at them. I’d be furious at them! In fact, I am furious at them, and I’m not the one they did this to!

Try writing a nasty letter to your husband and his good for nothing son - Say everything you feel, and PLEASE, HOLD NOTHING BACK! I’m serious, write exactly what they’ve done to you and how ANGRY you are about it. get it all out… If I’m right, this letter will take you a couple of hours an 4 or 5 pages. When you’re finished, SHRED THE LETTER! do NOT SEND IT or show it to ANYONE EXCEPT YOUR THERAPIST… Please, Please, for peace in your house and elsewhere, shred it as soon as your therapist has had a chance to see it or has said he or she doesn’t want to see it.

The purpose of this letter is to get your anger out on paper. It should work. A large part of why you’ve been so depressed is because you weren’t allowing yourself to properly express your legitimate anger at what these people were doing to you. Express it in that letter, but just don’t send it - Shred it instead.

Please, for your own spiritual health, spend as much time in front of our Lord as you can. He knows what you’re going through, and I’ve found that spending time praying and listening to him will help. I start to talk and then I fall asleep in front of Him - That’s how He gets me to listen.

See what kind of groups your parish has and get back to me. OK? We need to get you involved in something where others who can see you can support you support you emotionally and vice versa.

Your Brother & Servant in Christ, Michael
 
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.
 
IOPdevotee said:
Psalm 100 [99]

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the lands! * 2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the LORD is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; * we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! 5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations
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Loving God,

We thank you for your many blessings in our lives and today we thank you for the good news from our sister Diane regarding her employment and her continued work towards healing.

Lord, please continue to bless and heal our sister and her mother as they walk their journey of faith.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.

Amen.
 
Diane, I am praying that the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ is being restored to you. We have travelled, in a remote way, with you through this and hope and pray that we have been a form of God’s presence to you. Many of us would have broken with such a strain placed upon us. Your strength is a model for us all. May Christ’s peace be with you in increasing measure. Amen!
 
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.
 
po18guy said:
Diane, I am praying that the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ is being restored to you. We have travelled, in a remote way, with you through this and hope and pray that we have been a form of God’s presence to you. Many of us would have broken with such a strain placed upon us. Your strength is a model for us all. May Christ’s peace be with you in increasing measure. Amen!
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Loving God,

We thank you for your many blessings in our lives and today we thank you for the good news from our sister Diane regarding her employment and her continued work towards healing.

Lord, please continue to bless and heal our sister and her mother as they walk their journey of faith.

We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.

Amen.
 
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