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OK...OK

Tonight I was asked to share my healing experience at one of the healing, holy hour nights.  

Okay, here it is. 

I would like to share with you the healing that happened in my

heart here at one of these holy hour nights.

I was carrying a lot of sorrow and grief and knew I needed

prayer.

I prayed with one of the prayer teams and I presented my

broken heart in front of the blessed Sacrament.

“It’s going to be ok.”

Those were the words that brought healing to my heart.

I couldn’t stop smiling!

Those words not only came from someone who knew grief but

who also knew the goodness of God.

Those words were an answer to my prayers.

They were a reminder to trust in a God who wants to heal the

brokenhearted.

It’s ok to give our hearts to Jesus.

He wants to hold our hearts in his hands.

If we are willing to give him the "OK."  

The healthy do not need a doctor but the sick do.

I invite you to bring your heart before our Eucharistic Lord.

He is a good doctor.

Who wants to heal.

If we give Him the OK.

This was not easy to do. After I spoke I felt sick to my stomach. 

I knew it was anxiety. 

I knew I would second guess myself... 

And I knew I needed prayer.

And thanks be to God, my stomach stopped hurting instantly after asking for prayer. 

I needed to give Jesus the "OK."   

I said goodbye to Facebook. So, hopefully people will still read my blogs. 

I may try and find a different blog website that emails blogs. 

The Last Supper

Just a few weekends ago in Indianapolis, 50,000 Catholics from all over the nation gathered together to celebrate what or rather Who we believe in.

We believe in the Eucharist. 

We believe the Eucharist truly is the body and blood of Jesus Christ. 

Why?

Because Jesus literally, not symbolically, gave us his body and blood at the Last Supper.

The Institution of the Lord’s Supper

When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!”

Luke 22:14-22

It is with deep sorrow that our Lord Jesus Christ was mocked at the 2024 Summer Olympics. 

The Last Supper is the Institution of the Eucharist. 

The Last Supper is the most precious gift Jesus gave us to remember Him by.  

When something brings glory to God, like the Eucharistic Congress, the enemy doesn't like it.  

You see, Satan knows Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist.

Yet, Satan wants to convince us that the Last Supper was just a silly symbol.  

Lucifer, wants to attack Christ's body, the Church. 

The enemy wants to laugh at us and push us further away from our Eucharistic Lord.

However, we must not be discouraged by the evil one's sacrilegious jokes and gimmicks.

Yes, Christianity and Catholicism will suffer persecution.

We are fighting a spiritual battle. 

But there is a war to be won.

I see Jesus writing a line in the sand. 

The line in the sand represents good versus evil. 

Good will win in the end. 

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 

1Corinthians 11:26 

Let us praise and glorify our Eucharistic Lord! 

Blessed be God.

Blessed be his holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

Blessed be the name of Jesus.

Blessed be his most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be his most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altar.

Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.

Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.

Blessed be her glorious Assumption.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.

Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

Amen.

More and More Everyday

On July 11th, 1964, my grandparents professed their wedding vows in holy matrimony.

They professed from that day forward to love each other more and more everyday. 

Yesterday we celebrated 60 years of that love with the family they built together. 

My eyes filled with tears as we all watched these two dance to their first dance song on their wedding day.

They are a beautiful example of what love should be. 

Choosing to love someone more and more everyday.

Grandma and Grandpa live these lyrics in their marriage. 

They said our love was just emotion

That time would slowly fade away

But time's just deepened my devotion

I love you more and more every day

The day you made those tender vows beside me

My joy was more than words could ever say

And darling still it grows and grows inside me

I love you more and more every day

The day you made those tender vows beside me

My joy was more than words could ever say

And darling still it grows and grows inside me

I love you more and more every day

I love you more and more every day

The goodness of Jesus

 When you pray before the Eucharist, allow your desire for the things of God to intensify; allow your heart and soul to expand. Pray, "Lord, make me ready to receive the gifts you want to give," or even,  "Lord Jesus, surprise me."
Bishop Barron - Bridging the Great Divide 

The melancholic in me often forgets to look for the good in life.

The melancholic in me also doesn't like surprises.

I read that prayer during Adoration and asked to see the good. 

I asked Jesus to surprise me. 

And He did surprise me.

I saw with my eyes and my heart, the Good. 

The goodness of Jesus. 

"The tabernacle is the guarantee that Jesus has set his tent among us. Every moment of prayer, especially before our Lord in the tabernacle, is a sure, positive gain. The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day." Mother Teresa 

 

Broken Glass

I keep thinking of the image I saw a couple years ago.

The image was a glass wall between me and a crucifix in a church.  

I remember thinking if I open the door to the glass wall it would break. 

I didn’t know what that exactly meant. 

What would happen if I opened the door and the glass broke? 

 I meditated with this last night while trying to fall asleep. 

I visualized the same crucifix but this time the wall of glass is all shattered on the floor. 

Broken pieces of glass everywhere.

Again, what does this mean? 

Let me "break" it down...

The broken glass symbolizes our broken and suffering world. 

I’m now seeing that I can’t fix all the broken pieces of glass. 

I have to give this brokenness to Jesus on the cross. 

Only Jesus can restore what is broken.  

I listened to this song for the first time today and it fits this blog well. 

A Story of Hope

Servant of God, Chiara Corbello Petrillo, is one of my favorite saints in the making! 

Birth into Heaven 

"The picture of Chiara smiling with a patch on her eye is extraordinary if you consider that it was taken in April of 2012, which was a little more than ten days after she discovered to be a terminal patient. In the weeks that followed, she prepared for her encounter with Christ alongside her husband in a house far from the city and close to the sea. They received the Sacraments daily by Fr. Vito, who accompanied them through this intense time. Chiara and Enrico were strengthened more than ever by the faithfulness of God and a deep joy."

"Chiara died at noon on June 13, 2012 after she said her goodbyes to her family and friends, one by one. She told everyone I love you."

https://www.chiaracorbellapetrillo.org/en/the-story-of-chiara/

Consecration Prayer to Mary

O Virgin Mary,

you are my Mother, 

who on behalf of God love me so much. 

Accept today my desire to consecrate myself to you. 

I give you my whole self

and my very life,

I give you my body,

my thoughts and feelings,

my deepest capacity

to love and to know the truth.

Everything that I have is yours

and so belongs to you. 

I give it to you

so that I might totally 

belong to Christ,

the life of my life.

With trust and love, I repeat to you>

Morning Star 

who leads me to Jesus.

Totus Tuus.