God, love, peace, above all mercy....?

[BarbaraTherese]

I promise you all, that this is the absolute last thing I will say on the subject of mental illness, unless someone else raises the subject in this thread…if I want to say more I will initiate a new thread. Moderators can always take me to task/delete my posts, which is why I am copying this thread in case I have to start another thread on the subject. Something happened this morning here in Bethany which makes me very cross re The Church and sufferers of mental illness and their plight…and this IS the internet! Some of our priests, religious and heirarchy I hear do peruse these Catholic discussion sites now and then.

To raise laughter and also insight amongst sufferers of mental illness, I tell them that St. Paul said “we make up in our own bodies, what was lacking in the Sufferings of Christ” and since Jesus lacked the horrors of mental illness per se, we suffer mental illness gladly on His Behalf. Certainly on the cross, he experienced the total sense of abandonment of it all.

(Shakespeare: The good men do lives after them, the bad is oft interred with their bones, so let it be with Caesar…or v v - I most always get it wrong. Shakespeare did not have the Internet!..this gives me smile when I hear that quote - one can enshine for posterity what one likes! With God looking over your shoulder reading!!! )

 

[littleone]

Dear LittleOne…I ask your forgiveness for editing your quotes, or part of them, from my previous post. The computer kept telling me my wordcount was excessive. Apologies! ***Thank you however I have no offence in my heart only love for all of your love for Jesus in the “Trinity of Love”.

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Hi there again LittleOne…the last bit of the quote above was not in my Post*** “least is my being a littlone, no it is God’s design”…however…Whoever indeed I am, LittleOne, it is indeed God’s Design. Who I am, who we are, is a very interesting and really big question***. I think that you know me in some ways more than Imight, however the top part not in your quote was me in that I was named Wayne as i mentioned buy mum because it means “littleone” that is why I call it by “God’s design”.

Even my name is not really mine or ‘who I am’. My name “Barb or Barbara” is simply a tag or UserName my Mum and Dad gave to a little baby born to them 62 years ago…and the same applies for us all. We are all creatures and children of God…but if you really think about that statement it is overwhelmingly astounding and mysterious!!!
*** I think that you have writen one of these prophetic and profound points that only God understands in the full.***
Quote:
No there are no injuries in God’s eyes, He has allowed these things to happen so that His mercy His love His generosity can be manifest be known in this world.
I wrote this last point togive glory to God on High.
God bless my sister, God bless
littleone.

 

[BarbaraTherese]

LittleOne, have I got things wrong which is would not be the first time for sure. I see in your post that your mother called you “Wayne”…I have been thinking of you as female and my profound apologies if I am wrong. If you mentioned this in a previous post, I am going to need your forgiveness again.
The first time I saw your user name “LittleOne” it immediately reminded me of “Little Saint Therese” as we call her, who often referred to herself as a 'little soul" and of course followed her and now in our theology of spirituality the term “little way”…and because of St. Therese being female, I took it for granted - and this is never ever a good move, a good decision and choice(taking something for granted), that you were too the female of our species.
It can be hard to tell with names nowadays as here in Australia we have boys given what had been traditionally girl’s names and vice versa. It can also be hard to tell from a user name and even though one is reading their posts and threads. IN a few cases I have suddenly discovered that a CAF member I had thought male was not…and vice versa.

Please do forgive me if I have things wrong …I am no stranger to confusion either …whether male or female, you are a beautiful person with a beautiful soul of some note…

St Therese was indeed a little soul too…in a GIGANTIC way! She was in fact A GIANT OF A SOUL.

How beautiful to be given a name by one’s Mum meaning “littleone”…

Cacha on the rouds, LO…Blessings Peace Joy…Barb

 

[littleone]

I have looked for this on and off all day (Thank you St Anthony! ) I saw it a few days ago as a posters signature and it was St Padre Pio who said it. I was talking to Jesus as always and I asked Him why this stupid tiresome battle (sometimes I get weary) and as I went to my computer these words were on a post I was looking at!

’Jesus permits the spiritual combat as a purification, not as a punishment. The trial is not unto death but unto salvation.'

I hope these words give you great comfort.
**I have not looked at this thread and as I now read most of the threads tears come to my heart and eyes. I hve been through as all do the spiritual combat and it is now after years that I am now to a point able to smile through the burning off of the dross. And it is in joy that I write this. Thank kyou blessed star and thank you Barb of telling me to go back to this thread. What a lift from reading of a person I was.

Godbless
littleone**

Thank you Jesus, thank you St Padre Pio my spiritual father and thank you St Anthony who also waged a terrible battle against evil (he’s also pretty good at finding things which is no small matter for me as I would misplace my head if God hadn’t fixed it to my shoulders ).

In the Living Prayer of my life

 

[AveSantaMaria]

*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. *

Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse.

Your posts are so inspiring littleone! Thank you for all of your sharing. I thank God that he created you because you remind me that sometimes God does do good things.

Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse.

*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. *

 

[littleone]

*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. *

Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse.

Your posts are so inspiring littleone! Thank you for all of your sharing. I thank God that he created you because you remind me that sometimes God does do good things.

Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse. Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse.

*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. *

You don’t know how I love to see your own heart in writing I have read threads with your letters ( prayers) to God and wished to see your own heat felt writing, thank you for including them in my thread they give me much joy (to say the least)

Godbless
littleone

 

[littleone]

I have been praying for years for the gift I saw Therese use and that is the gift of being able to smile and carry on through heavy negative actions and words against her.
In a few seconds recently God has given me this gift thankfully , now there is a new way of looking at my work mate and step children with a smile and doing house work regardless of others. I guess this would be called maturing it by acting from the heart what has been given so freely.
I remember here that I am never alone that you are all in prayer for others and I am blessed in being one of those you pray for.
Thank you for your prayers for this for now another battle will rage from inside to dissuade me from enjoying this love of God.

Godbless
littleone

 

[littleone]

I promise you all, that this is the absolute last thing I will say on the subject of mental illness, unless someone else raises the subject in this thread…
When I had the accident meningitis opp I realised I had a very beautiful gift of being able to whistle with all and or any configuration of my fingers.The sound was very accute and thrilling to hear. As I became better ( in a human sence) I lost the gift and developed a gift of sketching and it developed into other gifts.

BUT …as a friend said and I agree the gift WAS NOT the ability to sketch carve wood etc but to continue on with the mistakes after mistakes I made until I arrived into a place where I knew I havr come to a high level of carving.

**So I NEVER see any person as being not able, unable or mentally handicapped. **
But I ask the Lord and I listen yes I listen deeply for that most holy loving gentle point Jesus is teaching me through them. Even if a person may seem to have some human inability God can use them AND He can use animals to teach direct me and so discernment teaches me, for I want only for God to have full ability through any person the same way he taught the prophet ( man of God) ??? to know that an angel was in front on him.

Godbless
littleone

 

[BarbaraTherese]

quote=BarbaraTherese;2866057]I promise you all, that this is the absolute last thing I will say on the subject of mental illness, unless someone else raises the subject in this thread…
When I had the accident meningitis opp I realised I had a very beautiful gift of being able to whistle with all and or any configuration of my fingers.The sound was very accute and thrilling to hear. As I became better ( in a human sence) I lost the gift and developed a gift of sketching and it developed into other gifts.

BUT …as a friend said and I agree the gift WAS NOT the ability to sketch carve wood etc but to continue on with the mistakes after mistakes I made until I arrived into a place where I knew I havr come to a high level of carving.

**So I NEVER see any person as being not able, unable or mentally handicapped. **
But I ask the Lord and I listen yes I listen deeply for that most holy loving gentle point Jesus is teaching me through them. Even if a person may seem to have some human inability God can use them AND He can use animals to teach direct me and so discernment teaches me, for I want only for God to have full ability through any person the same way he taught the prophet ( man of God) ??? to know that an angel was in front on him.

Godbless
littleone

Hi Wayne…The first paragraph above (blue font) only is a quote from a post I submitted to this thread back in October 07. I thought I would point this out so as not to confuse others that the entire post above was mine.

Blessings and regards…Barb

 

[littleone]

Hi Wayne…The first paragraph above (blue font) only is a quote from a post I submitted to this thread back in October 07. I thought I would point this out so as not to confuse others that the entire post above was mine.

Blessings and regards…Barb

Sorry I should have noted that , my mistake.
I haven’t thought of how old this is, I have had a few tears over this in a good way though but it really struck me when you wrote me about this thread, was that in 07 as well? if so then I am way out of date.

But Godbless

 

[littleone]

After about almost 2 years and much prayer and challenges I have come out of a place where my thought patterns have changed even though I still get challenged at times to go back but they are not strong. I used to have such bad thoughts about my workmate and at times my step children for how they lived. I would pray and pray. I thought a lot about the happening St Therese the little flower had where she forced herself to work with the nun no person would work with.

I was in that situation and I asked Jesus to allow me to be there so He could be blessed and I never thought of how hard it would be.
However I told myself that if St Therese could do it then I could and I would ask Jesus to give me the strength that i knew I never had.
After a long time and much prayer Jesus allowed me to have the grace and blessing and He took from me the inability to keep my mouth shut, smile, be joyful with these people and above all be thankful that Jesus chose me to be in this situation for His glory.

I know **God **did this, though it has taken a long time, I feel His Love, I now have the peace I wish for,and Mercy…I’m not too sure how this fits in here but I guess it does somehow??
Anyway!
Praise and glory
blessing and honor
to our Loving Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen Amen Amen
Godbless

 

[BarbaraTherese]

After about almost 2 years and much prayer and challenges I have come out of a place where my thought patterns have changed even though I still get challenged at times to go back but they are not strong. I used to have such bad thoughts about my workmate and at times my step children for how they lived. I would pray and pray. I thought a lot about the happening St Therese the little flower had where she forced herself to work with the nun no person would work with.

I was in that situation and I asked Jesus to allow me to be there so He could be blessed and I never thought of how hard it would be.
However I told myself that if St Therese could do it then I could and I would ask Jesus to give me the strength that i knew I never had.
After a long time and much prayer Jesus allowed me to have the grace and blessing and He took from me the inability to keep my mouth shut, smile, be joyful with these people and above all be thankful that Jesus chose me to be in this situation for His glory.

I know **God **did this, though it has taken a long time, I feel His Love, I now have the peace I wish for,and Mercy…I’m not too sure how this fits in here but I guess it does somehow??
Anyway!
Praise and glory
blessing and honor
to our Loving Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen Amen Amen
Godbless

Hi Wayne…I have just sighted your post and a bit late - but as I read I began to think “What a wonderful testimony to trust and patient gentle perseverance and the fruit it yields and the reward it grants” Thank you for sharing a very important witness indeed…an encouragement to me and all, I am sure, to trust with patient and gentle perseverence…Barb:thumbsup:

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[littleone]

Hi Wayne…I have just sighted your post and a bit late - but as I read I began to think “What a wonderful testimony to trust and patient gentle perseverance and the fruit it yields and the reward it grants” Thank you for sharing a very important witness indeed…an encouragement to me and all, I am sure, to trust with patient and gentle perseverence…Barb:thumbsup:

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I wonder Barb just how many people go through these situations without having someone to relate to or to feel they have a place to express them self without judgment.
It is maybe strange (I don’t know) but I have a friend who I worked with 10 years ago who is male and prefers male relationships, but he won’t let me go for someone to talk to. Another is getting back into the mainstream life after killing someone 20 years ago, A woman has spinabifia (can’t spell) masters in Psych and has been a good friend for years, a few dozen youth who keep in touch through bebo, tagged, or face book. The youth had no father so I helped with their up bringing. Two were over here yesterday. There seem to be many people who want to know God Love Peace and for people to express Mercy towards their good health and well being.

I hope all’s well with you Barb
Godbless and all the best blessings to you
Wayne

 

[Eucharisted]

If all I get from others is hate, put down, ignored, rejection, disallusionment then how am I to love for ever and have mercy get peace any one or all of these?
This world seems to be built on everything but God, life is so hard and so evil! so how am I to love Gods way?

Do what Jesus did: Pray, hope, and don’t worry. The more He suffered, the more He prayed; the worst that came upon Him, the more He hoped; and He never worried at all, only trusting in the Father as Man.

 

[littleone]

Do what Jesus did: Pray, hope, and don’t worry. The more He suffered, the more He prayed; the worst that came upon Him, the more He hoped; and He never worried at all, only trusting in the Father as Man.

Hi! I can agree in every sense, pray …yes, put my hope in Jesus…yes, being human and not worry , well at times it might be over powering.

**The more He suffered, the more He prayed; the worst that came upon Him, the more He hoped; I am no saint and would love to be able to live this way. But how or what kind of gift blessing, grace would I have to ask Jesus for to be able to do this ** I can only accept that I have not the power, the strength, to do this. Maybe I am not able to live in the environment I am and trust or have faith that gets me through each day without falling.
How to live??

Godbless