71°F WSW@5mph SR0635(0535) SS1924(1824)

Morning Offering given
_{Oh, My Jesus, teach me to trust in you so that when the unexpected storms of life come, I will expect peace in the midst of those storms, knowing that you are near, you hear my cries, and you are with me. Lord, bring peace and calm to the storms I am facing or may face in the future. Amen.}

Village quiet

Coffee… pod

Today is
•the anniversary of the man’s baptism in 1951
•Lester & Elmina’s wedding

Below wedding pie.

From the Margins
A wise silence is preferable to uncharitable truth…_{St. Francis de Sales}

St. Peter Claver
teaches us to reveal Christ by materially aiding all who are enslaved.

Meditations for Each Day, pg. 360, The Two Standards
St Ignatius i his Spiritual Exercises on the two standards remains applicable to our times. We need only glance at the world to see that it contains two different kinds of people- the good and the bad, the enemies of Christ and His faithful followers. But there is also a third group, those who are indifferent and apathetic, those who think of their own comfort and convenience and nothing else. – their numbers seem to grow every year – belong to the rearguard of those who fight beneath the banner of Satan. That man is an enemy of Christ who has no generosity, no spirit of sacrifice, no desire to combat the evil which threatens to submerge the world. (Mt 12:30, ” He who is not with me is against me”) He who thinks only of his own convenience and remains indifferent to the spread of evil is not worthy of Jesus. One cannot be indifferent when faced with the alternative between good and evil, because indifference is tantamount to a betrayal. Tertullian said, “The Christian is another Christ.”

Scripture Reading for Day 9 of Fruits of the Spirit
Psalm 30:5 Sing praise to the LORD, you faithful; give thanks to his holy memory.
Psalm 127:1 Unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build. Unless the LORD guard the city, in vain does the guard keep watch.
*NOTE: Psalm 127 is where God establishes families. The prosperity of human groups is not the work of humans but the gift of God. _{NAB footnotes}

Divine Intimacy (Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year) By Fr. Gabriel (1893-1953) of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. pg. 1043, Twenty-Second week after Pentecost. 346 The Way of Union
Presence of God – Lord, give me light and strength to root out of my heart all that hinders me from being united to you.
_{I’m going to begin reading this book today. Hopefully I will remember to share it with you. It can be found online if you are interested. I found it as a downloadable PDF some time back.}

Good Morning!
Finally, I have reached a point where I can move slowly through this day. I have only a few set things that I need to accomplish at a few set times.
If you actually do read this blog, I’m sure you are wondering what in the world is going on with me. I’ve (as you can tell) had several things happen of late that have (so to speak) unhinged me a bit. This realization has me scrambling for my center. Which in turn became a light bulb moment that said my faith has become a surface thing or perhaps better described as maintaining. I don’t want to maintain; I want to grow. So, bear with me as I work my way thru this tangled mess.

Know you are prayed for.

75⁰F. S@4mph SR0633(0533) SS1926(1826)

Off on Baby run 0138 home at 0300

Normal Tuesday with baby pick up at 0730 Kristina, 8# 10 oz 21.5 inches mom and baby doing well

Now sitting at Amtrak for 1920 pick up of 5 for tomorrow’s wedding.

Know you are prayed for.

59⁰F ESE@3mph SR0632(0532) SS1928(1828)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Produce Auction @0700 fresh donuts

Good time at the Kircher ‘s yesterday

Know you are prayed for.

62⁰F. ENE@2mph fog

0500 Adoration

0800 Mass

0930 Breakfast@ Bobby Johns

1500 Rosary @ Kircher ‘s

Know your are prayed for

71°F NE@2mph SR0630(0530) SS1931(1831)

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful and silent

Coffee… pod

Today we remember Karen Ficke Cook (1948-2022), David Cummings (2021) and Cora Jones (1994) May they rest in peace.

Meditations for Each Day, pg. 354, I Am Not Able
When things threaten to overcome us the devil uses the tactics of:
I am not able
I cannot go any further
Why are you not helping me
Why have you abandoned me
the devil is trying to trick us into giving up the fight, to make us believe that God has deserted us, that we must inevitably give in to temptation
Don’t crumble, keep the faith, don’t give up!

Scripture Readings for Day 5 of Fruit of the Spirit
Matthew 6:26-27 Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?^o 27 Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?^*
John 15:12-13 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.ⁱ 13 ^* No one has greater love than this,^j to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Hoping to get a few things done today before my energy dwindles.

Know you are prayed for,

74°F NNW@2mph SR0629(0529) SS1933(1833)

Morning Offering given

Village damp from rain fall, peaceful

No coffee, will later

Last evening I found out one of my father’s brothers passed away last July. While looking for his online obit I found another brother (2021), a sister (2017) and 3 sisters-in-law (2015, 2023, 2025) of his had passed as well. I knew when my father passed in 2009 that the connections to his family would also be gone. I just didn’t realize how fully the connection would be severed. May Ronnie, Norman, Shirley, Gail, Pat, and Cindy rest in peace. May their children find solace.

Meditations for Each Day, pg. 353. Holy Indifference
the apathy and negligence which distracts us from striving to reach our final end by advancing in sanctity.

Scripture Reading for Day 3 Fruits of the Spirit
John 15:9-10 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.^f 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.^g
Psalm 128:1-2 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, and who walk in his ways.^a 2What your hands provide you will enjoy; you will be blessed and prosper:^b

Psssst
I’m home today
All day
Not leaving for anything
I have soooo much stuff to get done
I’m home tomorrow too
Please do not rat me out

Know you are prayed for.

71⁰F. ESE@3mph SR0628(0528).  SS1935(1835)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Off shopping with Alma today Elmina’s wedding is the 9th.

New tires tomorrow

Bought a steam juicer.

Know you are prayed for

67°F SE22mph Raining SR0627(0527) SS1937(1837)

Morning Offering given

Jesus take me as I am
Summons out what I should be
Set your seal upon my heart
Holy Spirit live in me

Village damp from rain

Coffee… pod

Birthday greetings to Edna M

St Solomon Le Clerq shows us that sainthood does not require exceptional piety, just deep devotion to God, and prayer.

From the Margins
Jesus,
help me to see the storms in my life as opportunities to draw closer to you.
I put my trust in you.
I give my life to you
As you multiplied the disciples loaves for the crowd,
multipjy my abilities to teach my children about you,
so that they might choose to live for you.
Enable me to give my children something to eat
the word of life.

Meditations for Each Day, pg. 350, Intimacy with Jesus
Jesus asks each of us not only to love Him but to remain intimately united with Him in love.
This intimacy between us should be first of all in the mind.Our love must not be abstract or partial but must be all-absorbing.
We must love God above all thing and more than ourselves and we must love our neighbor as we love ourself.

Scripture Reading Day 2 of Fruits of the Spirit
Genesis 50:20 Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve this present end, the survival of many people.^c
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior, Who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, Who will sing joyfully because of you,ⁱ

Nice rain after midnight, once again we can use it.
Today is the day I pray for the Cmom online community.
1st Wednesday Devotion
Picked up a steam juicer yesterday. Was worth it but oh my it was filthy. I can’t rate the seller because of that. Did manage to find the owners manuel online and printed it off.

Know you are prayed for

70°F WSW@2mph SR0626(0526) SS1939(1839)

Morning Offering given

Jesus let me live for you
Jesus let me die for you
Jesus I am thine in life & in death

Village foggy and silent

Coffee… pod

New Month… Flower- Aster, wisdom, faith, trust & enduring affection. Sapphire is the birthstone. Check out the Breastplate of Aaron in Exodus 28. Sapphire is said to be one of the 12 stones in it.

A new month means a new start. Make this the month you begin your journey to an intimate relationship with Christ. Cull out all those things you do to keep yourself busy and replace them with prayer, scripture reading, etc. Relationships don’t just happen, they are cultivated. If you don’t cultivate them, they grow weeds and are soon overgrown with them and eventually overrun by them. Marriage is like that. If you don’t make a concerted effort they are lost into the background.

From the Margins:

Does your vision of the river trickle like a small stream or is it rushing forth fresh and teaming with life?
Remaining in God’s presence allows his river to erode our old ways of thinking and living.
It will allow him to point out areas where we are not choosing him and help us to make changes.

St. Giles patron of the crippled reveals that the wholeness of our bodies is not as important as the strength of our souls. Lord, help me to remember that even when my body lets me down, I can work to keep my soul from letting You and me down.

September Scripture Readings will be Fruits of the Spirit. Commit 10 mins of each day to read the verses, think about them and reflect on what it means to you.
Day 1
Galatians 5:22-23 In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,^q 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.^r
Nehemiah 1:11 ^f LORD, may your ears be attentive to the prayer of your servant and that of all your servants who willingly revere your name. Grant success to your servant this day, and let him find favor with this man”—for I was cupbearer to the king.^*

Meditations for Each Day, by Antonio Cardinal Bacci (originally published in 1959), page 349, The Problem of Evil.
In his second letter to the Thessalonians (2 Thess 2:3-7), the Apostle Paul speaks of the Anti-Christ, “the man of sin… the son of perdition, who opposes and is exalted above all that is called God…”Already,” he says, “the mystery of iniquity is at work.” From the beginning of the Church’s history until the present time, it has always been the same. there always have been and always will be men who do evil not from human weakness, but from motives of malice so diabolical as to present something of a mystery to us. these can be called Anti-Christ because they seem to be incarnations of the devil, the spirit of iniquity. They delight in spreading error, in corrupting minds, and in persecuting the Church. they are steeped in all kinds of baseness and nothing please them better than to succeed in inducing the young and the innocent to follow them in their sinful ways. For this purpose, they employ all the advantages which modern technical progress has to offer – the press, the cinema, the radio, and television. In short, they use God’s gifts in their commercialization of sin in order to draw souls away for Him. (Amazingly accurate in today’s world)

Good morning!
Once again, we have a new month. May this be the month that brings you closer to Christ.
… question, when you tell someone that you will pray for them do you? If not make this the month you begin to pray.

Know you are prayed for

74⁰F S@8mph. SR0625(0525). SS1940(1840)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Anni #52 today, time flies

Early run

Late run

Regular Monday in between

Know you are prayed for.