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Dear Andrea, we are your brothers and sisters, Maria, Sally, Ivan, I, and many more people, love you and care you. We are all the Body of Christ, if one member is hurting, we all suffer. Their beautiful and wise reply’s to your despair, are a testimony of their love for you, follow it!. GOD is using us to get to you, because HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO SAVES US ALL. You are in our prayers.May God bless you and give you peace.
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Peter R.
posted in Personal Reflections
on September 24th, 2025 at 3:29
They went from village to village
The mission that we have is still the same. It will not change until the day that our Lord will return to us. ‘The kingdom of God is at hand;…
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on September 24th, 2025 at 0:21
I don't think it would be a bother to your priests to talk to them, It's during these times of feeling downcast that we should draw closer to the Lord and seek help. I encourage you to talk to a Father and ask for help, many times they will have advice on how to cope based on their experience and offer a different point of view. Don't lose hope and reach out. Romans 8:37-39<strong>37 </strong>No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. <strong>38 </strong>For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, <strong>39 </strong>nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on September 23rd, 2025 at 18:14
Stay with me Lord. You know how easily it is that I abandon You!
That all bodily mortifications and other exercises are useless, but as they serve to arrive at the union with GOD by love; that he had well considered this and found…
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on September 23rd, 2025 at 16:56
—Many of us have experienced despair. God became like us through Jesus, Who Himself tasted of despair as He prayed in the Garden for His Father, if it be His holy will, to spare Him the agony of the crucifixion before Him. Then with great courage His soul lay bare with absolute Faith, never doubting the love of Our Father. It is our task to turn our despair over to Christ, at the foot of His Cross, and trust that there is no horror beyond His ability to deal with as He will. When we become overwhelmed by the injustice we see in this world, it is then we become putty in the hands of the devil rather than clay in the hands of our Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot afford to risk doubting the power of Christ for shackles of silver, the madness of this earthly world without succumbing to self reliance instead of surrendering our spirit into His hands. Peter wept bitterly when he denied the sovereign holiness of Jesus, Who knows the human heart. It was with humility Peter realized God’s merciful saving grace. That is what Christ broke through time to teach us, to become broken bread and poured out wine, and with that realization comes the unfathomable Joy of finding Jesus. No matter the trial, underneath are His everlasting arms and His everlasting love.—The missionary Elisabeth Elliot defines suffering as either having what we do not want, or not having what we do want. We often wrestle with aspects of ourselves that God wants to bring to our awareness as He calls us to surrender to His Will — Thy Will be done. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. The devil flourishes when he tricks us into doubting God. The Bible provides a map to navigate the rugged valley.<em>Take Joy!</em><em>I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.…</em><em>—Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see. And to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look! …</em><em>—Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering, that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country home.</em>—Fra Giovanni Giocondo
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on September 23rd, 2025 at 15:24
Andrea...God tells us what to do when the devil throws his fiery darts and puts thoughts of despair, discouragement and all the negative things he can into our minds and imagination. All those thoughts may not be your own! So God tells us how to fight that. He says we must renew our minds. He even tells us how to do that! He says to think on things that are good, noble and pure. Things that are beautiful and righteous! We need an attitude adjustment! The Word says we do not lose heart because our inner being is being renewed each day! That leads us back to the above about renewing our minds! If the devil is especially trying you say a simple renouncing prayer! In the name of Jesus and by his life, death and resurrection and by his precious blood I renounce and reject a spirit of despair..then one by one renounce and reject any others such as suicide, death, unforgivness, betrayal, abandonment, self hate etc. Read your bible and pray. God sees you. He sees you struggle. He loves you and is always with you! Don't put down your cross!
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Andrea R.
posted in Personal Reflections
on September 23rd, 2025 at 14:16
In the hour of my distress, I do not feel His presence or hear His voice
The sin of despair has me in an absolute chokehold. I cannot recall a time in my life where I felt such hopelessness, despair, and anger in this world. The…
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edenj
posted in Personal Reflections
on September 23rd, 2025 at 12:01
St. Therese of Lisieux’s Prayer for Priests
O Jesus, eternal Priest,keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,where none may touch them.Keep unstained their anointed hands,which daily touch Your Sacred Body.Keep unsullied their lips,daily purpled…
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rudolfo t.
replied to Padre Pio
on September 23rd, 2025 at 11:37
No one who enters into this life is free from any suffering. Even Jesus, Mary and all the saints had to endure. Jesus for our sake, and Mary because of her closeness to his Son. Are we any better then? Pray for strength, for courage , for perseverance, pray for mercy and forgiveness! Our sufferings shall end at the foot of the cross!
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Vincent A.
posted in Personal Reflections
on September 23rd, 2025 at 10:56
In prayer, we find God.
“In books we seek God, in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God’s heart”. The words of St. Padre Pio challenge a world often blind to…
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on September 23rd, 2025 at 10:11
Padre Pio
“You complain because the same trials are constantly returning. But look here, what have you to fear? Are you afraid of the divine craftsman who wants to perfect His masterpiece…
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on September 23rd, 2025 at 9:07
Today is the feast day of Saint <strong>Pio</strong> of Pietrelcina, popularly known as "Padre Pio", not Pius
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