It's good to get away for the weekend, but it's also good to be home again. We went to the lake where there was no computer access - can you imagine that? A whole four days without being able to log onto the web! We caught a couple of nice sized rainbow trouts; one was almost ten pounds and the other was about three.
The trip home took longer than expected - we decided to take the scenic route and went over the Galena Bay ferry where we had to wait three hours for our turn to board. I walked down to the lake, and counted our vehicle as number 100 in the line up, so I knew I had plenty of time to sit on the rocks, watching the waves lap in, and pray the Rosary. It is such a beautiful place to meditate on the mysteries of God.
I read meditations from Saint Alphonsus' book, Attaining Salvation; a book I highly recommend to all Catholics. Saint Alphonsus has been called the "Doctor of Prayer," and I can't think of a more suitable title to describe this great saint and writer. If only I could attain such a perfect love of God as Saint Alphonsus implores us to strive for! The book is full of provocative Scripture quotes that give one pause to think - just consider this one from the book of James: For what is your life? It is a vapor, which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. James 4:15
I know now that our lives are a pathway to God, that our souls were created to love God, and they long to be united with Him, whether we realize it or not. It seems so simple now. But I remember when I was a teenager, I used to wonder what the meaning of life was. I thought there must be some grand reason we were all put here on earth, and I wasted many years trying to find that elusive happiness that was always out of my reach. If I had only known then that my soul was crying for God! How patient He is to wait for us while we keep running away from Him, amassing sin upon sin.
Someone once told me that learning to be Catholic is like learning a whole new language. I haven't finished learning it yet.
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Prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas for thanksgiving after Holy Communion
Workman's prayer to St. Joseph
Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance for the expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my inclinations; to work with gratitude and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop, by means of labor, the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, without ever recoiling before weariness or difficulties; to work, above all, with purity of intention, and with detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account which I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all for Mary, all after your example, O Patriarch Joseph. Such shall be my watchword in life and in death. Amen.
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O gentlest Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in Purgatory, have mercy on the soul of your departed servant Joe. Be not severe in your judgement, but let some drops of Your Precious Blood fall upon him, and send, O merciful Savior, Your angels to conduct him to a place of refreshment, light and peace. Amen.
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Consecrated Hands
"Because out of reverence towards this sacrament, nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this sacrament." - ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, Summa Theologica
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i myself enjoy meditating on God in quiet uninterrupted moments. its quite peaceful.
I love that book too,and I thank you again for the copy you sent me. It is a grace to be able to recognise the yearning of our souls and to be able to throw off the snares of the world so that we may live simply for God. It's a work in progress for me. I only wish that I had begun my journey much earlier in life.
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