NOVENA OF TRUST - Day Nineteen
"That You are with me in my suffering. Jesus, I trust in You." Yesterday on the news they were showing the results of a poll done around people's stress levels heading into Election Day. It showed that 61% of millennials (those born between 1981-1994/96) said they were stressed, compared to only 32% of baby boomers (those born between 1946-1964). It left me wondering, is the stress level of the millennials a result of the fact that 4 in 10 will say that they are "religiously unaffiliated"? - Pew Research Center / 2019 No God, No Peace Know God, Know Peace I can say that my heart is heavy today - we are a nation suffering. As always, the Lord sends along Scripture that helps calm the storm and renew the peace. Here is the Prophet Isaiah from today's Morning Prayer - Prayer of the Day: "Open up the gates to let in a nation that is just, one that keeps faith. A nation of firm purpose you keep in peace; in peace, for its trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal Rock." We are a country suffering, on many levels. May we pray today to be peace in our little part of the country and may that peace spread to all corners! Lord, for the United States of America, we pray! Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. Jesus, I trust in You. Photo by NASA on Unsplash
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NOVENA OF TRUST - Days Seventeen and Eighteen
I apologize to all who have been praying with us! It seems the Novena of Trust did not post correctly yesterday, for some strange reason. Let us double up and get back on track... Day Seventeen: "That Your loves goes deeper than my sins and failings, and transforms me. Jesus, I trust in you." Day Eighteen: "That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You. Jesus, I trust in you." As we celebrate in the Church the Feast of All Saints (yesterday) and the Feast of All Souls (today), we can turn to the Saints for the "proof positive" that total trust in God is possible and is rewarded. The Saints were not perfect people, they were people with faults and failings. People who struggled to understand what God wanted of them and, people who struggled to let God in. They are our models and examples because they struggled, because they persevered. When we persevere, when we allow God in, His work is beautiful and transformative. How appropriate is Day Eighteen! Today might find us on edge about Election Day tomorrow, the rise in case numbers of the COVID Virus, and simply the state of the world around us. A friend of mine used to use this saying: No God, No peace Know God, Know peace There is no better day to tap into the beauty of this Novena and pray with all our hearts, "...not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You. Jesus, I trust in you." Holy Saints of God, pray for us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. NOVENA OF TRUST - Day Seventeen
"That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings, and transforms me. Jesus, I trust in you." Today in the Church we celebrate the Feast of All Saints - a perfect day to pray this offering! If we want true examples of how God forgives our sins and failings, putting them behind Him, and how deeply He can transform us, we only need to look to the Saints. Pick a Saint today, read about their life and allow their example to strength you. Holy Saints of God, pray for us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. Jesus, I trust in you. |
Director -Deacon Dennis Moore
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