Spirit of Peace and Love

My husband, whom I refer to as "Him" in this blog, is going to have surgery on Monday. Him has Parkinsons disease but is having surgery on his neck vertebrae (cervical spine) because of some degenerated discs, etc.

It has been such a tough and difficult year for me in so many areas - runs the whole gamut.. financial difficulties, uncertainy, rejection, misunderstanding, friends and loved ones with major physical and emotional issues, etc.etc, etc.

This morning in a group Rosary prayer...I broke down... and blubbered, bawled, cried and sobbed as I was leading the third Joyful Mystery (The laying of the baby Jesus in a Manger – fruit of the mystery “poverty”).

Once the flow of tears overcame me, most of me wanted to run out of the room and not let anyone see me, but I was so lifted up by the Blessed Mother, I kept on praying out loud, I kept on going.

Then after the rosary, people came up and hugged me…Some were crying with me. I have never been hugged by people of different nationalties in one setting. This (Catholic/Christian) church is culturally diverse to say the least, many speak only broken english or none. A very petite Vietnamese lady hugged me first - I am a big robust lug of a person but I was kneeling and my head burried itself perfectly in her shoulder, me sobbing as she caressed my head. Then, an elderly lady from Nigeria, a Fillipino lady, an Hispanic lady, an African American lady (not sure where from), An Italian lady (I think) A polish lady doesn’t speak English but we have a relationship, and a couple englsh speaking mutts like me (I am mostly-Irish-descent/American) ...of particular note... a proper gentleman - probably of Scot-descent/American - whom I love and respect and I know in my heart "loves" me) took my hand in his and squeezed it.

The intention for the decade I led was that our Lord Jesus Christ, lay his healing spirit of Faith, Love and Hope into people's spaces of disease, illness, decay, fear and grief. Im wording it better here, but it was my tears that carried the intention!

I have never felt the power of Love holding me through prayers going through other people like I did this morning, and that was before they started hugging me.

I wish you Peace and Love and all the Tears that come with it!
Keren