Our Lady's July 25, 2011 message given to Marija
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Message, 25. July 2011
“Dear children! May this time be for you a time of prayer and silence. Rest your body and spirit, may they be in God’s love. Permit me, little children, to lead you, open your hearts to the Holy Spirit so that all the good that is in you may blossom and bear fruit one hundred fold. Begin and end the day with prayer with the heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
In My Dark Hours
I have heard of "dark hours" or dark days for some Christians.
I found a poem that gives some-what of a meaning to what I am talking about.
In these troubled times, many of us seek for hope, truth, light, guidance and understanding. Then we come to the realization that the only hope, truth, light, guidance and understanding is through Christ Jesus.
Many of us know people that are struggling, hurting, feeling abandoned and hopeless. These feelings can be found in so many ways. In health issues, in job loss, in fear, in despair.
I have been numb for many months now. I have had feelings of indiffence, not knowing what I am feeling exaclty. I have been trying to keep my relationship with God open and close, but I can feel a distance lately. I think that is what a dark hour is for me.
We have been through some trials and I thought that we took them well. We stayed positive and moved forward, but what we don't understand it that our mind tries to shield us from the pain. Our positive attitude was a cover for underlying hurts that need to be dealt with.
I noticed right away as these events started to unfold that I had a hard time praying. I felt lost in prayer.
I am taking a Bible study course with a group and it is helping me to force myself to reconcile my feelings. I am organizing our parishes Vacation Bible School on the Rosary, that forces me to look at the life and suffering of our Lord and His Mother also. It is good for me to see the suffering that Jesus and Mary went through for our salvation with no complaint.
Sometimes I feel like my mind, heart, soul and body are being drained. Then I think about how drained Jesus was on that last day of His humanity. He was verbally and physically abused to the point of death and His body was drained of Its life forces - but yet He rose again.
I will rise again, in my own way, and things will be as normal as they can be again. But for now, I will continue to keep searching for that light that takes away the darkness.
Serenity Prayerby Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
God give us grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the thingswhich should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seekto be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
I found a poem that gives some-what of a meaning to what I am talking about.
In these troubled times, many of us seek for hope, truth, light, guidance and understanding. Then we come to the realization that the only hope, truth, light, guidance and understanding is through Christ Jesus.
Many of us know people that are struggling, hurting, feeling abandoned and hopeless. These feelings can be found in so many ways. In health issues, in job loss, in fear, in despair.
I have been numb for many months now. I have had feelings of indiffence, not knowing what I am feeling exaclty. I have been trying to keep my relationship with God open and close, but I can feel a distance lately. I think that is what a dark hour is for me.
We have been through some trials and I thought that we took them well. We stayed positive and moved forward, but what we don't understand it that our mind tries to shield us from the pain. Our positive attitude was a cover for underlying hurts that need to be dealt with.
I noticed right away as these events started to unfold that I had a hard time praying. I felt lost in prayer.
I am taking a Bible study course with a group and it is helping me to force myself to reconcile my feelings. I am organizing our parishes Vacation Bible School on the Rosary, that forces me to look at the life and suffering of our Lord and His Mother also. It is good for me to see the suffering that Jesus and Mary went through for our salvation with no complaint.
Sometimes I feel like my mind, heart, soul and body are being drained. Then I think about how drained Jesus was on that last day of His humanity. He was verbally and physically abused to the point of death and His body was drained of Its life forces - but yet He rose again.
I will rise again, in my own way, and things will be as normal as they can be again. But for now, I will continue to keep searching for that light that takes away the darkness.
Serenity Prayerby Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
God give us grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the thingswhich should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seekto be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
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