"When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for." ~ Mark 11:2 4
Jim Johnson was sent to save a failing hotel. The situation was so bad that Jim decided upon desperate measures. Each night he drove to a hil l overlooking the hotel. He parked, sat in the car, and prayed for twenty minutes. He prayed for the hotel guests, behind the lighted windows. He p rayed for the employees and their families. He prayed for himself.
G radually, changes started to take place in the hotel. A new spirit radiate d from its employees. Hew warmth greeted each new guest. Hope permeated the operation. Within a year, the hotel was back on its feet.
N orman Vincent Peale, who tells the story, ends with this thought: If the prayer of one person could revitalize a hotel, think what the prayer of an entire nation could do for the world. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
When was t he last time our Council gathered for a prayer vigil or...
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"The LORD gives strength to his people." ~ Psalm 2 9:11 NIV
The Polish bishop and martyr, St. Stanislaus, spent seven years studying canon law and theology. He earned a doctorate, but he refu sed it out of humility. When his parents died, Stanislaus gave away his in heritance, and was ordained a priest.
Stanislaus' great eloquence a nd piety generated a spirit of renewal and conversion in the local communit y. When he became bishop in 1072, Stanislaus soon found himself embroiled in political affairs. He was outspoken in his attacks upon political and so cial injustices of the immoral King Boleslaus II, who warred with his neig hbors and oppressed the peasantry. In 1079, the bishop excommunicated Bole slaus. The enraged king ordered his soldiers to murder Stanislaus; when th ey refused, he killed the bishop with his own hands while Mass was being c elebrated. Because of Stanislaus' popularity, King Boleslaus was forced to flee to Hungary, where he's said to have spent the ...
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"... In your relations with one another, clothe yourselves with humility, because God is stern with the arrogant, but to the humble he shows kindness... Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." ~ 1 Peter 5:5-7
Years ago, Don Shula, legendary coach of the M iami Dolphins, was vacationing in a small town in Maine. One rainy afterno on, Shula, his wife, and five children went to the town's only theater. When they walked in, only six other people were there. To a person, howev er, they stood up and applauded the Shula family.
As the Shu las sat down, a man came running up and shook the famous coach's hand. "Ho w did you recognize me?" Shula asked him. "Mister, I don't know who you ar e," he replied. "All I know is that the manager announced before you came in with your family that unless five more people showed up, there wouldn't be a movie today." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
Humility creates in us a capa city for the closest possible intimacy with God. How do y...
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"I am writing to you, little children, because your sins h ave been forgiven you for His name's sake." ~ 1 John 2:12
A prie st is walking down the street one day when he notices a small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. The doorbell is just outsid e the reach of the young man. After watching the boy's efforts, the priest steps smartly across the street. He walks up behind the little fellow and , placing his hand kindly on the child's shoulder, leans over and gives th e doorbell a solid ring.
Crouching down to the child's level , the priest smiles benevolently and asks, "And now what, my little man?" To which the boy replies, "Now we run!" ~ Unknown author
Recall a favorite boyhood memory. Were you mischievous? Today, are you more likely to err on the side of doing what you shouldn't or not doing what you should ?
"The wildest colts make the best horses." ~ Plutarch
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"... The greatest among you should be like the youngest, an d the one who rules like the one who serves." ~ Luke 22:26 Exalt Christ. Use a sharp knife with thyself. Say little, serve all, pass on. This is true greatness, to serve unnoticed and work unseen.Oh, the joy of having nothing and being nothing, seeing nothing but a Living Christ in Glory, and being careful for nothing but His interes ts down here. ~ J. N. Darby
Service is one of the hallmarks of knigh thood and the greatest is he who serves others (Matthew 23:11). How generou sly do you serve others?
"Service is the stairway by which we mou nt to the throne of God." ~ Author unknown
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO 80138, USA
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Our Lady of the Visitation, 34201 Co Rd 33, Kiowa, CO 80117, U SA
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St. Joseph's Assembly #2618 Monthly Meeting
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"When you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you." ~ Matthew 6:6
Rabbi David Wolpe auth ored the book, Teaching Your Child About God. He tells a story abou t a boy who began wandering into the nearby woods. This concerned the child 's father, so one day he said, "I have noticed that each afternoon you wa nder off into the woods. What do you do in such a dangerous place?"
The child said, "I go there to find God."
"That is a good th ing; I'm glad that you are searching for God," said the father. "But, my child, don't you know that God is the same everywhere?" "Yes," the boy a nswered, "but I'm not." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
What is the point of Rab bi Wolpe's story? Is there a place where you readily find God?
"O h, help me, LORD, to take the time to set all else aside. That in the se cret place of prayer I may with Thee abide." ~ Author u...