If you haven't already please watch the first video and then the second. All I can say is WOW to the first video. Really? To the second Video...Thanks for the beautiful words.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Power of Prayer
Have you ever wondered how much prayer can help? I have decided that I would like to start praying a novena for something that I need guidance for. I started looking up stories that people have of an impact on this prayer and how powerful it can be. Have you ever prayed the novena? Do you have recommendations on a certain novena I should pray? Any ideas would be helpful.
When I pray my novena I will not blog about it durning the process. I will blog about my experience after my prayer has been completed and let you know how I felt as I prayed it. I want to be completely focussed on my prayer.
Please keep me in your prayers as I will continue to keep you in mine! God Bless and Happy Friday!!
When I pray my novena I will not blog about it durning the process. I will blog about my experience after my prayer has been completed and let you know how I felt as I prayed it. I want to be completely focussed on my prayer.
Please keep me in your prayers as I will continue to keep you in mine! God Bless and Happy Friday!!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Blessed Mother
Have you ever wondered how much you love your mother? I don't know what I would do without my mom. She is my heart and knows every single time I hurt without me even saying anything. I guess it's a gift that a mother has. So if I love my mother more than words, I wonder how much Jesus loves His mother? I mean I am talking about a Man that loves more than anyone in the world could ever love. Wow! Just thinking about the idea of how much He loves her makes me love His mother.
The Virgin Mary, pregnant with the Son of God at 14. I hold this women with the up most right respect. When I read the Bible I tear up reading the scriptures about His Mother.
40And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:40-45
I love this scripture because it helps me understand that Mary is Blessed! That she is the "Mother of my Lord" What more do you need there? That "All generations shall call her Blessed"
This is one of my favorite verses: John 2:2–5
2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4Jesus saith unto her, a Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
This was one of Jesus' first miracles. He turned water into wine. Who was the person that ask Him of this? Yep that's right! His mother, which brings me to this commandment: Honor your Mother and Father. He honored His mother. Even though it was not his hour he still did as He was asked by His mother. Number 1 reason why I also pray to the Blessed Mother Mary! (Please don't get pray and worshiped confused) I know that I can go directly to God but it doesn't hurt to have more prayer, so I pray to Mary and ask her to pray for me because, of course, He will honor His mother. Correct?
What about this verse: John 19:25–27
25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his amother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the adisciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy amother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
This was not John's mother, so why did Jesus say "Behold thy mother!"? Was it maybe because she is our mother, our Blessed Mother! ;)
I get the question all the time "Why do you pray for or to the dead" Did God promise us Eternal Life? Those people in Heaven are not dead. They are more a live than we ever could be here on Earth. They are holier than anyone on Earth could ever be because they are with our Lord. So My Blessed Mother is holy. She was the first one ever to receive God and she NEVER left His side.
O Jesus, Divine Master, I thank and bless Your most merciful Heart for having given us Mary most holy as your Mother, Teacher and Queen. From the cross You placed us all in her hands. You gave her a great heart, much wisdom and immense power. May all mankind know her, pray for her! May all permit themselves to be led by her to You, the Savior of mankind. I placed myself in her hands, as You placed Yourself. With this Mother I want to live now, in the hours of my death, and for all eternity.
Amen
http://www.marypages.com/PrayerstoMary.htm
The Virgin Mary, pregnant with the Son of God at 14. I hold this women with the up most right respect. When I read the Bible I tear up reading the scriptures about His Mother.
40And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:40-45
I love this scripture because it helps me understand that Mary is Blessed! That she is the "Mother of my Lord" What more do you need there? That "All generations shall call her Blessed"
This is one of my favorite verses: John 2:2–5
2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4Jesus saith unto her, a Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
This was one of Jesus' first miracles. He turned water into wine. Who was the person that ask Him of this? Yep that's right! His mother, which brings me to this commandment: Honor your Mother and Father. He honored His mother. Even though it was not his hour he still did as He was asked by His mother. Number 1 reason why I also pray to the Blessed Mother Mary! (Please don't get pray and worshiped confused) I know that I can go directly to God but it doesn't hurt to have more prayer, so I pray to Mary and ask her to pray for me because, of course, He will honor His mother. Correct?
What about this verse: John 19:25–27
25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his amother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the adisciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy amother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
This was not John's mother, so why did Jesus say "Behold thy mother!"? Was it maybe because she is our mother, our Blessed Mother! ;)
I get the question all the time "Why do you pray for or to the dead" Did God promise us Eternal Life? Those people in Heaven are not dead. They are more a live than we ever could be here on Earth. They are holier than anyone on Earth could ever be because they are with our Lord. So My Blessed Mother is holy. She was the first one ever to receive God and she NEVER left His side.
O Jesus, Divine Master, I thank and bless Your most merciful Heart for having given us Mary most holy as your Mother, Teacher and Queen. From the cross You placed us all in her hands. You gave her a great heart, much wisdom and immense power. May all mankind know her, pray for her! May all permit themselves to be led by her to You, the Savior of mankind. I placed myself in her hands, as You placed Yourself. With this Mother I want to live now, in the hours of my death, and for all eternity.
Amen
http://www.marypages.com/PrayerstoMary.htm
Saturday, July 2, 2011
My Faith
Someone asked me today why I write and speak so much about my Catholic faith. They asked why I don't just talk about God. I sat there for a moment and one mistake that I did was walk away from the conversation when I should have let that person know why exactly I speak about my Catholic Faith. This person said to me (not in exact words) "When you get to the gates of Heaven God is going to ask you why you spoke so much about religion (the Catholic faith) and not just about him." My heart started to hurt after I heard that sentence. Heres why:
First I don't believe my God would ask me that question, but if he did this would be my answer. "My God I am in awe of who You are and I am in awe of what You are about. When I would read about You and Your journey in Your book I can't stop thinking about all the beautiful lessons you wanted to teach Your people and all the beautiful gifts that were given through You. My Catholic faith taught me to loves those people that You held close and to love the gifts that you gave. Lord, I can't tell you how amazing it is to receive you every Sunday with the Holy Eucharist. I can't tell you how much I love the gift of confession I can't tell you how much I love Adoration. I can't tell you how much I love each and every Sacrament that You gave us. You see and feel my heart. You see how much of this amazing Faith has brought me sooooo much closer to You. I wanted others to feel that. I never pressured anyone to come directly to the Catholic Church. They have to feel it inside their hearts and that's what I feel. I cry because of how beautiful the faith is and how much I love the faith because of how it brought me closer to You. My heart is for You. My love is for You. I am Your Hands, Your Ears, Your Eyes and Your Feet. I work for You. I give because You want me to give. I love because You want me to show Your love. I cry because You want me to Shed my tears. But Lord, I love the Catholic Church because I see You. I feel You. I cry for You. I am touched By You, and I can't keep something so beautiful away from people. If I kept it away my heart would hurt."
I think He would be happy with my answer :)
Have you ever wondered what your answer would be?
First I don't believe my God would ask me that question, but if he did this would be my answer. "My God I am in awe of who You are and I am in awe of what You are about. When I would read about You and Your journey in Your book I can't stop thinking about all the beautiful lessons you wanted to teach Your people and all the beautiful gifts that were given through You. My Catholic faith taught me to loves those people that You held close and to love the gifts that you gave. Lord, I can't tell you how amazing it is to receive you every Sunday with the Holy Eucharist. I can't tell you how much I love the gift of confession I can't tell you how much I love Adoration. I can't tell you how much I love each and every Sacrament that You gave us. You see and feel my heart. You see how much of this amazing Faith has brought me sooooo much closer to You. I wanted others to feel that. I never pressured anyone to come directly to the Catholic Church. They have to feel it inside their hearts and that's what I feel. I cry because of how beautiful the faith is and how much I love the faith because of how it brought me closer to You. My heart is for You. My love is for You. I am Your Hands, Your Ears, Your Eyes and Your Feet. I work for You. I give because You want me to give. I love because You want me to show Your love. I cry because You want me to Shed my tears. But Lord, I love the Catholic Church because I see You. I feel You. I cry for You. I am touched By You, and I can't keep something so beautiful away from people. If I kept it away my heart would hurt."
I think He would be happy with my answer :)
Have you ever wondered what your answer would be?
Friday, July 1, 2011
In need of prayer
I decided to start my blog of a little different today. If you haven't noticed I always start my blog off with "Have you ever wondered...." but today I need prayer. It's nothing serious, but feel a little down and thought that maybe if I wrote a blog about it I could feel God speaking to me. Lets see if it works.
Have you ever wondered if the power of prayer really works? I know my last post I spoke about forgiveness and not let the devil win, yet somehow today I feel as though I need prayer to help make me stronger. I feel disrespected by a couple of people. I know I shouldn't let them get to me but when it's someone that you care about it's hard not to. I know in the past when I had people praying over me I felt so lifted. Have you ever felt that way? When someone laid their hands on you and prayed for you did you feel amazing afterwards? What about if someone prayed for you but they were not there laying their hands on you, they just did in in private? Did you still feel that power? Hmmm I am curious as to what you have to say.
As I think back, I know that Jesus was disrespected TONS of times yet kept so strong. He is still disrespected and loves every person that disrespected Him. He loves them no less but more every day. How does He do that? I pray that God can mold me into a person that Loves like Him.
I'll end with a song! I love this song! Strong Enough-Matthew West
Have you ever wondered if the power of prayer really works? I know my last post I spoke about forgiveness and not let the devil win, yet somehow today I feel as though I need prayer to help make me stronger. I feel disrespected by a couple of people. I know I shouldn't let them get to me but when it's someone that you care about it's hard not to. I know in the past when I had people praying over me I felt so lifted. Have you ever felt that way? When someone laid their hands on you and prayed for you did you feel amazing afterwards? What about if someone prayed for you but they were not there laying their hands on you, they just did in in private? Did you still feel that power? Hmmm I am curious as to what you have to say.
As I think back, I know that Jesus was disrespected TONS of times yet kept so strong. He is still disrespected and loves every person that disrespected Him. He loves them no less but more every day. How does He do that? I pray that God can mold me into a person that Loves like Him.
I'll end with a song! I love this song! Strong Enough-Matthew West
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Don't let Satan Win!
Have you ever wonder if you are really forgiven? It took me a while to understand weather or not I felt like God really forgave me for my sins. I then realized i really wasn't wondering if God forgave me, it was more if I forgave myself or the person that I may have harmed forgave me. I kept wondering why I didn't allow myself to forgive myself or maybe even wondered why the person that I harmed couldn't forgive me. God had forgiven me already, but I still felt awful. That was Satan. It was Satan that kept making me feel that way. It was Satan that made me feel like I wasn't forgiven. It was Satan that was hovering over the person I harmed and making that person not able to forgive me. But I was truly, honestly deep down inside sorry for my sin. We have to understand that Satan is real and he tries everything for you or I to feel awful, because if we were happy we would be praising God. Satan doesn't want our Father to win. I am sure he is clinching his teeth as I type this blog. He's mad because I am spreading his secrets. Well Satan, you loose and my God wins.
One of the greatest things that I love about the Catholic Faith is confession. You laugh? It's so true! I love confession. I am so thankful that we have it. People who are not Catholic always ask me why I feel the need to confess to a Priest when I can go straight to God. I tell them that I do go straight to God and when I go to confession and Hear that I am resolved of my sins makes me feel deep down inside that I am acutely forgiven and it's coming straight from God. To hear those words are truly amazing. YOU. ARE. RESOLVED. OF. YOUR. SINS. It's then that God works through the Priest, hears your cry, hears your sorriness, sees you pain and forgives you. There were times that I would ask God to forgive me while not going to confession, and I felt different from when I was in confession. Something seemed to have been missing. It was this:
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
So don't let Satan win! Learn to forgive, and be forgiven.
Hey! Do me a favor and spread this blog around! I need followers! :) Thanks in advance, E
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Do you pray wrong?
Have you ever wondered why your prayers may not be answered? I had to realize sometime unanswered prayers are a blessing. The last couple of weeks I have sat down and thought about my life. I was thanking God for the answered and not answered prayers. I have to say that I have been so blessed. I had a running list of things I asked God for and didn't receive. I now thank him for those unanswered prayers. I may have been young, stubborn, or maybe selfish at the time but I can honestly say that I am so happy that He gave me the gift of something else. I used to pray to ask God for things that I wanted. One day I went to confession and explained to the priest that I was really frustrated and felt like God wasn't listening to me. I told him that my prayers were not being answered for certain things like a great job that I interviewed for or the perfect house that I wanted. He told me that I was praying wrong. I never believed that someone could ever pray wrong until he told me this: (PAY ATTENTION TO MY NEXT SENTENCE) Stop praying for what you want for yourself and start praying for what God wants for you. Is this how you pray? Try it. You will be amazed. I tried it and I can't tell you how amazing it feels to receive a blessing that I know God wanted me to have. I leave you with this, one of my favorite verses: Jeremiah 33:3New International Version (NIV) |
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