Wishing you a blessed feast day of St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)
From her "business card," one of her favorite prayers:
"Mary, Mother of Jesus, be mother to me now"
And one of my favorite Mother Teresa quotes, which I have turned into a prayer, "I will accept whatever He gives me, I will surrender whatever He takes away." (something like that).
Prayed as a breathing prayer, it goes like this:
Breathe in and pray: I accept whatever you give me
Breathe out and pray: I surrender whatever you take away
Mother Teresa did everything that she did for Jesus. This sounds easier than it is, because "everything" included not only caring for the sick, but touching the sick, cleaning up the puke of the sick, cleaning the toilets of the sick - you get the idea. Of course, there are many people (mostly nurses) who do this sort of thing every day. If you know anyone like that, pray for them today, and ask St. Mother Teresa to pray for them, too. If you don't know anyone like that, at least thank God that those people are out there doing what they do.
Blessings to you on this, the first official day of the fall semester!
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
I hope to have another installment of THE JOURNEY up this Saturday - here's the text for the rest of the chapter - I didn't bother with the colored text since this is all from the Gospel of John.
