grace – Be Inspired!

Being bed ridden is no fun, especially when it also triggers my asthma – so sleep is healing.

My Spiritual Director was not kidding when she once told me that the sick don’t pray or read the Bible. Well, I can honestly say that I just slept and bemoaned feeling like crap. I do recall murmuring Our Father and The Hail Mary.

My capable 16 year old tested me for Covid – 19 – negative. Praise God for his hand in my healing the past few days.

Being sick as the Advent season starts has given me time to reflect on Christ the king in my heart. It has also given me time to reflect on my sins – the chaos I create – gossipy tongue, work related dramas, interpersonal relationships and the mores! I continuously fall short. I am thankful for God’s Divine Mercy. His blood and water to cleanse the stains upon my soul.

https://archive.org/details/St.FaustinaKowalskaDiary

I hope to be back on my feet and the first thing I will do is go to morning mass and make a good confession as I head into the Advent Season focused on only Jesus.

This morning I gathered my family and lit the first Advent Candle with this prayer:

Blessing wreath prayer written by the USCCB.

“Lord our God,
we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ:
He is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples,
He is the wisdom that teaches and guides us,
He is the Savior of every nation.
Lord God,
let your blessing come upon us
as we light the candles of this wreath.
May the wreath and its light
be a sign of Christ’s promise to bring us salvation.
May He come quickly and not delay.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.”

I pray for a blessed Advent for each of you and your families 💕🙏 and may the light within us shine out into the world💕🙏

For more information on creating your own unique family Advent:

https://hallow.com/blog/advent-candles-and-advent-wreaths/

https://hallow.com/advent/

Craft Ideas: https://www.blog.elizabethcraftdesigns.com/2022/11/24/advent-calendar/

https://www.elizabethclareblog.com/tag/advent/

God Bless 🙏💕

The graces from God comes in little doses of spiritual nourishment – I can’t even find a word or image to describe it – probably too tired since returning back to work.

My work schedule has changed many times and I have had to adjust my time with God accordingly. Yup, real life is hectic!

This morning I woke up to this little quote from St. Paul of the Cross. These little words bespeaks a depth that resonates with God’s love and beauty. :

“Let all creation help you to praise God. Give yourself the rest you need. When you are walking alone, listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, the sun and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to proclaim the greatness of the one who has given them being.”
–St. Paul of the Cross

Little doses of God’s graces reminds us that he is always present and walking with us in our daily lives.

Let us get the rest we need so we can appreciate the beauty of God within and without.

God Bless and have a great weekend 💕🙏

St Paul of the cross:

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-paul-of-the-cross