7 Quick Takes This Week::

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Spent a wonderful day with Father Samuel Leonard.  He came back to our parish for a visit.  Father Samuel now ministers in Santa Clara, California at Our Lady Queen of Peace Shrine.

His website is wonderful to visit.

Click

HERE

to go to Father's website. 

Listen to Father Samuel's homilies.  

AMAZING!

   So what did we do?

We visited several elderly parishioners that Father Samuel dearly loves

and

(insert smile here)

Hobby Lobby!

He's such an enabler!

It was a great day!

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Dear Lord, if I must carry a cross, let me carry this one!

This crucifix graced the home of a 97 year old woman who was moving into a nursing home the day, and almost the hour that Father Samuel and I were visiting her.  The crucifix was about 3.5 feet tall.  It's one of the most beautiful crosses that I have ever seen!  It was such a thrill to visit the home of this lovely lady who was making a change in her life.  She was leaving her home behind her and taking very few possessions with her.  Not only that, the love of God and the movement of the Spirit was in her home.  This visit reminded me that we need to pray for the elderly and the lonely.

Jesus, bless our elders.  Let their caretakers be kind and patient with them.  Let them be happy whether they are in their own homes or in nursing homes.  Let them live the remainder of their lives with with grace and dignity.  Jesus, help those who care for the elderly and the sick, realize that these human beings are sources of grace for those who are employed to care for them.  Thank you, Jesus!

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 Angels!  Angels! Everywhere!

I've been looking for props to use at my next show, a week from today.

I am so happy to report, that I found these angels at a thrift store in town!

I am so pleased, and the most expensive angel was 

$1!

These will be fun to use!

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A gray and gloomy day it was, until I stopped for lunch at Taco John's!

Lunch was free that day!

Their computer system crashed and there was no way to charge anyone,

so when I got to the front of the long line, 

lunch was free.

That was so nice of 

Taco Johns!

Thank you!

 

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I've had more fun making these buds and flowers this week.  

I'm wire wrapping them now, and I'm hanging them on ribbon.

They really look lovely.

I have more to go, and they will soon be necklaces and ornaments.

Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of creativity!

 

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 Turkeys are in season.  There were 7 turkeys outside.  One of the them was clearly a Tom.  He guided his family where he wanted them to be.  

They found food.

All were happy!

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I Am Changing!

"So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.  
 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,  because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4: 16-18 

 I Am Changing!

 

One day He asked me to open my heart to Him.

By His grace, I did.

Since then,

my life has not been the same.

He has taken me and changed me.

He has moved my heart so that I cannot be the same.

He has opened my eyes.

 I see the world as

I couldn't see before.

Colors and shapes,

perfect in nature.

Life flows into death

within the silence of the tomb,

raw and free.

The whisper of silent wings.

 floating over my garden

thunder in my ear. 

He has led me through the valley of death,

and brought me to His Heart.

He has held me strong in the palm of His Hand.

My name is carved there!

He sends His angels to guard me.

I am being restored.  

I am changing!

Nothing will ever be the same again.

I am changed!

 

 

  I am Changing!

October 2nd, The Feast of the Guardian Angels

Remember this prayer?

Angel of God, my Guardian Dear, 
to whom God's love, entrusts me here.   
Ever this day (night), be at my side, to light, to rule, to guide.  Amen.

Aren't we blessed?  Every person ever conceived has been assigned a guardian angel to watch over them, to protect them, and to strengthen them in temptation.  Defined as "beings of light," they are gifts of God to His children. 


The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us this about angels::

328:
The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls "angels" is a truth of faith. The witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition. 

The Catechism continues::

329-330::

St. Augustine says: "'Angel' is the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel': from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel.'"

With their whole beings the angels are servants and messengers of God. Because they "always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven" they are the "mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word".
 
 As purely spiritual creatures angels have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures, surpassing in perfection all visible creatures, as the splendor of their glory bears witness.

Isn't this amazing?  Each one of us has our very own, personal angel to take care of us!!!  I am in awe of this gift from God! 

And, yes, I'm sure my dear angel often looks like the picture.  Tell me about your angel!

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