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“Make my heart your Cathederal make my soul Your Temple”

Is there a better prayer?

Please take a moment and watch this video. It’s a great prayer and will bring you joy 🙂

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How many times do we fear to say the name Jesus aloud among strangers? And yet, if we truly believe in Jesus, is that not strange?

We have allowed our country to become a place where we so fear to “offend”, that we don’t say Jesus’s name among those who are not close friends. And yet, Faith in Jesus is the only way to Heaven! Are we not helping to condemn all of those people to an eternity in Hell by not sharing Jesus with them?

And are we condemning ourselves by not loving these individuals who come into our lives enough to share Jesus with them?

While this may not be a popular thought, it is an important one. For us, who have been fortunate enough to know Jesus and accept Him as our Savior, we have a responsibility to share that Good News!

Don’t let peer pressure win!

Share Jesus with someone today!

“ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it” – John 17:16

“My heart belongs to a country and a King”. Too often these words make us think of our country on earth! But what we need to start focusing on is that we are Citizens of Heaven and Thanks to Jesus, Heaven is our Home. We are just travelers on this earth.

We are here on this earth, but not “of this earth”.

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“And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.” – Romans 8:28

Jesus said, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

It is so easy to Trust God when times are good, but what about when times are really bad? Perhaps our country is at war, perhaps someone we love is really sick or even dying, perhaps we lost our job…

There really are so many bad and frightening times that we go through in this life, but Jesus said, in this life you will have troubles. And we certainly do!

But whatever troubles we have in this life, we can sure that God will use them well! Just as we can Trust that Jesus WILL overcome them and with His Help, we will too!

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There is no greater gift, nor sacrifice, than laying down one’s life for another. Our soldiers do it every day. We are all, each and everone, so very grateful for their courage and sacrifce, and praying not only for those who serve but, their families as well. Amen.

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Mary, Our Blessed Mother, Jesus’s Mother, helps to strengthen our Faith in Her Son – Jesus Christ. She helps to sustain our Faith in Her Son, even when times are difficult.

She brings our Prayers to her Son Jesus in a special way. And whether our Prayers are for ourselves, someone we love or a country we fear for or a country that is suffering, it does not matter. Mary loves us all and will help us 🙂 Especially when it comes to strengthening our Faith in Her Son – Jesus Christ 🙂

Mary, Our Blessed Mother, was declared the Patroness of America many years ago, in 1846. What is a patroness? Someone who especially guards us, and someone who especially helps us!

We need to remember that and Pray the Rosary.

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There are children, parents, and grandparents in Kyiv. There are newly married couples, couples who are engaged, and single people who help so many.

Can you imagine being a child of 6 and finding out that your parents can not always protect you. Or being a Mother and realizing you can’t keep your six year old child safe! Or being a grandparent who is caring for your young grandchildren because their parents are away fighting a war they do not support and realizing you can no longer keep your grandchildren safe!

This little girl was once happy and safe, but where is she now? Don’t make the mistake of thinking this can not happen here!

So many things are happening in Kyiv, Ukraine, but American news does not report many of them. Nor do we hear about the horrific suffering happening both in the cities and at the front.

Please Pray For All Of Them, Each And Everyone!

“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”-Galations 6:10

As Christians, we have to find a way to rise above country versus country or right versus left, and help all, and especially help those who are Christian. There are those who might take exception to the words “especially unto them who are of the household of faith”

But that is what the Bible says so that is what we need to do 🙂

Peace comes from Trusting God. Trusting that God loves us and will help us. That doesn’t mean that life will be perfectly easy. That is Heaven lol. It means God will never leave us! Jesus will walk with us, right next to us, as we walk through the hard times.

It means that any situation will resolve or help someone else. But if we Trust that God will not give us more than we can handle (with His help), we will not fear. If we Trust, really Trust, that our life on this earth ends in Heaven, we will never ever fear death. And since God is with us, we need not fear life either.

If we truely Trust God, we will have Peace, God’s Peace 🙂

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit:

O Holy Spirit, Beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strenthen and console me. Tell me what I ought to do and command me to do it. I promised to submit to everything You ask of me and to accept all that You allow to happen to me. Just show me what is Your will, O Holy Spirit.

“Accepting ALL that You allow to happen to me.” Sometimes things happen to us that we do not like. At all. But part of this prayer is that we accept ALL that the Holy Spirit allows to happen to us.

And there is a certain Peace in that acceptance, no matter what happens to us: we know that the Holy Spirit loves us. He is not going to allow anything to happen to us that is beyond us, with His help. And we will never go through anything that happens to us alone. Most of all, if we can “accept ALL that the” Holy “Spirit allows to happen to us”, we can be sure we will grow closer to God!

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