See the Lilies of the Field

Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess, Thou hast given me: I surrender it all to Thee to be disposed of according to Thy will. Give me only Thy love and Thy grace; with these I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more. Amen. I am so excited! I have begun my consecration to the Lord through Mary! The consecration is a wonderful practice, by St. Louis de Monfort and it's all about surrendering your all to Jesus, and doing so through His Mother.  It is especially wonderful because of this fact. St. Louis said, "True Devotion to Mary is nothing more than the perfect and certain and shortest way to live our baptismal vows."   St. Louis de Montfort tells us that "those who desire to take up this special devotion should spend at least 12 days in emptying themselves of the spirit of the world, which is opposed to the spirit of Jesus. They should spend 3 weeks imbuing

Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a steadfast Spirit within me. Amen. First off, I want to apologize for not posting anything for a while, life has kept me quite busy. Today, I wanted to talk about Lent.  I love Lent. I feel as if I can brush aside everything I've done in the past and start over. I can begin again. Does anyone else feel that way?   For me, the transition from winter to spring symbolizes moving from old to new, sinner to saint. Lent is a time of penance and forgiveness. A time for saying, I'm sorry. A time for saying, what can I do to make things right?  Lent is a time to do whatever needs to be done to grow closer to Him. Plus, you have a legitimate excuse! Are you giving up some bad friendships?  If they ask you about it just say its a Lenten thing.  Lent is so magnificent because it offers us a second chance! Jesus is reaching out saying, "Here I am, come back to Me!"  The fasting, prayer, alms-giving, sacrifice, is all n

Eternal, Holy God, I come to you burdened with worries, fears, doubts, and troubles. Calm and quiet me with peace of mind. Empty me of the anxiety that disturbs me, of the concerns that weary my spirit, and weigh heavy on my heart. Loosen my grip on the disappointments and grievances I hold on to so tightly. Release me from the pain of past hurts, of present anger and tension, of future fears. Sometimes it's too much for me Lord, too many demands and problems, too much sadness, suffering, and stress. Renew me spiritually and emotionally. Give me new strength, hope, and confidence. Prepare me to meet the constant struggles of daily life with a deeper faith and trust in You. Let your love set me free, for peace, for joy, for grace, for life, for others, forever. Amen   This weekend I went on a retreat. It was an amazing, awe-inspiring experience.  I loved every second of it. When I come back from retreats, yeah I have that retreat high. The "Jesus High". But it also

Speak,  Lord Jesus ; I will listen. You do not come to my soul without speaking to me in some way. Please make your presence known in the heart and mind of faith.  I will be quiet, and let my desires and worries rest, in order to hear you. In silence, I will learn to know your  intimate will  in my regard. Amen.    God speaks to us. He whispers to us, talks to us, yells at us.                                                                Most times, to get humans to listen, He has to take out His Divine 2x4 and hit us over the head. The Lord will talk to us everyday at every moment if we let Him.  He will never stop trying to have a conversation with us.  He wants to tell us things, He wants us to know Him. But we are a blind and deaf people.  We sit for five minutes asking God to talk to us and when we don't hear anything right away, we stop listening.  We think that He doesn't care, or we haven't got an answer. There are only a few people in the Bible that I can th

Heavenly Father, I ask you to help me persevere in faith throughout the dark times in life and throughout the times when I feel alone. Please give me the strength and courage to go on.  Holy Mary, Mother of Confidence pray for me. Saint Joan of Ark pray for me. Amen. Lately, I've been struggling with something.  A choice I have made.  I've decided that I would not curse, or get into crude conversation topics at school. I've decided to be respectful towards others. And sometimes it seems as if I am the only one in the entire school who has made that decision.  What I see every day, seven and a half hours per day is just the opposite of what I've promised to do.  People call people after animals or the sons of animals. Students have no respect for the teachers, they have no respect for one another. Some don't have much of a sense of integrity. I could go on and on.  No one said this road would be the easy one. In fact its the hardest. It would be so easy to go alo

  Lord, help me to hold my tongue. Let it not become sharp and poisonous. Keep it from lashing out. I think without saying things and it becomes my weakness. God, today before I say a word let me think of You and Your Son. Let me also look to Mary, who uttered nothing but sweet and gentle words, as a guide. God let my tongue be curbed and let the Spirit fill me with words of love and goodness. Amen.  Good afternoon! Today the thought occurred to me in school, as I was pondering my priest's homily from Sunday, that I need to act with more kindness towards others. And this means among others things, curbing my tongue and my personal opinion.  I've realized, that if I let myself, I can get pretty vicious in my thoughts and words about others.  The people I might be talking about may not be the nicest people, or the easiest to get along with, but that doesn't mean I have the right to do that to them. I remember hearing once that the fifth commandment does not just apply to

Holy Mary, full of the presence of God during your life you accepted with great humility the Holy Will of the Father and the legacy of your Son Our Lord Jesus Christ. Evil never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then you have interceded for all of our difficulties. With all simplicity and patience you have given us example on how to untangle the knots in our complicated lives. By being our Mother forever, you arrange and make clear the path that unites us to Our Lord. Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive in your hands our intentions and deliver us from the chains and confusions that have us restrained. Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession and by your example, deliver us from evil and untie the knots that keep us from uniting with God, so that once free of every confusion and error, we may find Him in all things, have Him in our hearts and serve him always in our broth