“I have wandered onto the subject of silence. But this is not what I wanted to speak about, but rather about the soul's life with God and about its response to grace. When a soul has been cleansed, and the Lord is on intimate terms with it, it begins to apply all its inner force in striving after God. Yet the soul cannot do anything of itself. God alone arranges everything. The soul knows this and is mindful of it. It is still in exile and understands well that there may yet come cloudy and rainy days, but it must now look upon things differently from what it had up to now. It does not seek reassurance in a false peace, but makes ready for battle. It knows it comes from a warrior race. It is now much more aware of everything. It knows that it is of royal stock. It is concerned with all that is great and holy.”

-Sister Faustina

Congratulations to Al Green  because his song, "Let's stay together" was entered into the national library of Congress today.
That move was a win- win for all of us.

When I sing with you Al, you make me sound really good.

‎"Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you." (John 6:54)

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The interpretation of this scripture is to be taken literally and not as a figurative sort of idea or act . What Christ had said, is what Christ had meant and partaking of his flesh and blood isn't to be enjoyed as a symbolic representation of a once great man, nor as an act of celebration in remembrance for the nice work that he had accomplished on our behalf,  but as Christ - our God clearly pointed out - his flesh - his actual body was and is given up for you and I and we are expected to partake. This is the very same flesh which the foundation of our church and her beliefs rest upon and if you don't believe this then your not really Catholic.

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 After we come to understand the reality of Christ in the Eucharist, then the next questions we have to ask ourselves are, "Am I worthy to partake and if not, then how do I  make myself  fit to receive?"

 
The answer is confession and our eternal salvation depends upon it.

Our son still likes me... He's not a teenager yet.

The divine replicator.

I dreamt I was walking down a quiet paved road and there was a Catholic church on one side of the road and a large home on the other. I thought to myself, " I'd like to visit the church but first I'll go and view the home across the street."  I was told by someone in the dream that I was touring mother Cabrini's home for children and that this was where she had lived and cared for the children. (I don't know if there is such a place but I will google it after my post so that  I dont taint my poor memory.)  As I was being escorted through the old empty building we walked into each of the rooms and I was told a little bit about some of the children who had been under the watchful care of Mother Cabrini and her assistant care givers. Many of the children lived wonderful productive lives after they had left -  a living testament to Mother Cabrini and the spiritual direction and love she had provided for those children.

One little boy had loved bomber planes and carried a picture of a plane that he had treasured but for some reason it was left behind.  The sisters had encouraged the boy and this had effected his life in some sort of a dramatic way but I wasn't told how.

As I walked past Mothers room, I saw a Nun wearing a full habit whose back was turned to me and she was looking at a picture on the wall that read.... "I love my Nona." which made me smile because then I realized that Mother was Italian and that she took pride in being Italian.  In room after room where the children had stayed there had been stories of spiritual successes -you know moral people who went on to live exemplary christian lives after their stay. It felt as though it had been a happy place but has since fallen into deep disrepair and whether it's spiritual, simply physical or perhaps both, was not stated.

I was struck by the enormous love Mother Cabrini's had for the children. Her great love was uncontainable, it felt almost tangible and I was overwhelmed and inspired by it. I was told that it was Christ who gave Mother this great love and that it is Christ who replicates it  over and over again in his souls  and as it takes root it becomes unstoppable and it continues to replicate on and on forever.

Here's the house I  googled -Sacred Heart Orphan Asylum or the Sacred Heart Orphanage. I dreamt that there were serious issues with the floors and that the porch needs repair but there's also a door that doesn't lock properly and I dreamt that if that door's not fixed someone could get hurt and the door gave me anxiety. 

(Someone has been hurt and Mother is not happy with whats been going on over there.)

Death doesn't seem to stop some people and Mother Cabrini is on it.

*Disclaimer- This blog does not have church approval and neither do I. 

Dear God,

Thanks for the card it was so thoughtful of you. It's amazing to me that you sent it before you knew I would feel such despair and that it would arrive just in time - at my lowest point.  Next time would you consider sending the same card with instructions detailing thoroughly what you'd like for me to do with my life?  Love, Belinda

(When I die I would like to be buried with a view master view finder and the reel pack of Lake Louise Canada. It's my sincerest hope to be able to sit on Gods lap and ask him if he's made anything better than this. (Or tease him and ask him if this is the best he could do?") Apparently he's looking forward to it too, why else would he have sent me the card - which you can't buy just anywhere ;-) 

People  have corrected me in the past saying that heaven wont be like this and that my imagination is faulty. That may be true but I don't want to hear about it.

 I've been praying  to God 'til I'm blue in the face and now I'm beginning to feel discouraged.

I hate it when God blocks me or worse yet deletes me altogether.

I think he's been very busy with the rest of you bloggers.

 (If I was God I'd spend a lot of time with you too. Besides he doesn't have that many real friends ;)

As my dry spell continues  I had better make the best of it by guarding my thoughts, words and actions.

Dear Children,

Your still called to wash 'em anyway

and it doesn't count if you pay someone else to do it for you when you've been asked to do it yourselves.

I believe Christ included butts, and noses and anything else that needs to be wiped.

Do the things that Christ sets before you, and don't bother looking for loopholes because there aren't any.

*Disclaimer, I'm not suggesting that women should  become priests or to do the work of  priests. I'm saying there's enough work to go around for all of us and we may want to consider not "farming out" our duties and responsibilities anymore.

"Our daughter Elizabeth"

Elizabeth was interviewed by a Japanese televison show. She's the beautiful woman with the long red hair.

Supply side economics.

Otherwise known as the trickle down theory.
You ask, God supplies.

It's so cool when God answers a prayer way better than you could have imagined, way better than you could have hoped for and totally outta your league of expectations.

Just another reason why I'm Catholic.

Can you imagine ?

Carefully and lovingly creating little images of yourself and falling so deeply in love with your little project that you become part of the project? Can you imagine that one day part of that very same project has the nerve to turn it's back on you and to make war against you and against each other and after all that you had done for them?

All you ever did was fall in love with them and you ached for their love in return , but you would have never dreamt of forcing them to love you because that's not how real love works.

You waited and hoped for the day when they would return to you and to love you even if that love were only a fraction of the love that you have felt for them, but for many of your beloved creation they simply refused.

So you decide to send in your son, the only son that you have to try to talk some sense in to your creation, and to reconcile with them and redeem them but instead they decide to kill him and

even though you knew how this story would end

you still chose to do it anyway.......... because of your great love for your people,

yet more amazing still was that you chose to love the ones who would hate you and you

knew that they would hate you even before they knew it themselves.

Dear God , I'll be a friend with pleasure.

and because your listening to every single solitary thought and word that I'm saying or thinking I'm wondering if you could answer my really important prayers too. (I'm not trying to be a smart alec either.)
I think people lie when say that they don't believe in you. They're people who are mad at you about something and are pouting . How come people don't like you anyway? I think your very nice. (hahaha) Why don't you have more friends? I think your funny except for the times when you make me cry. I know I deserve it and I have probably made you cry many times but I can't stand to think about that because then I feel horrible.

* You've heard me humming this song a lot lately and I really like it even though I didn't know who sang it and what it was titled.. and since you've dropped it into my lap from YouTube you weren't expecting for me to sing it to you now were you? You'll have to get in line behind my music director. He's still waiting for me to sing this one.... and thanks for the pearls God their awesome not to mention the husband , children and the roof over my head.

* And I don't believe in coincidences.

Christ waits for you at Mass..... He's waiting... So what's keeping you?

Nothing else can fill the place within you that Christ created for himself.
Not people, things, money, or fame can replace that empty spot where Christ longs dwell.

Even in death our beloved Saints give testimony to the glory of God.

I loved this video because it makes me think about how cool God is, but I have seen this video several times, and I just don't understand science.

Christ is real , and he waits for you.

It's gonna happen, it's just a matter of time.

The Apocalypse Of Saint John
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The new Jerusalem described.

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now no more. 2 And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true.

1 "The first heaven and the first earth was gone"... being changed, not as to their substance, but in their qualities.

6 And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely. 7 He that shall overcome shall possess these things, and I will be his God; and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death