Just some more thoughts on loving church

I can relate to Love in the way God revealed Himself to the world through Jesus. The misunderstandings, the ultimate rejection, as well as His teachings of loving eachother and forgiveness, the hope of second chances, over and over again...resurrection.

I can relate because I have problems and issues across the board, and it sometimes seems no one understands me, I dont fit in anywhere, I've been rejected, black-balled, ignored....when all I really want to do is good things, and be Love.

To me, Church (in my case Roman Catholic) is a rock...a constant in a constantly changing world. Church helps me find center and return to center over and over again - as needed.

In Mass, the focus is God, anything else is distraction. Married and single people, rich and poor, happy and sad, nice and nasty, losers and winners ... we are there in one place together to take in the life force of our God who is Love - the body and blood of Love; and through the Word, be reminded of Love's ways for us to have and to hold and to share out in the "real" world...for better or worse, in good times and in bad.

If we were perfect we would not need to be there. If we were perfect on our own we would not need other people, nor would we need Love/God/Jesus.

I am grateful for my imperfection and for that of others.

Peace and Love
Keren

About Love's Truth

I listened to Your heart this morning, what you spill out in Words. Love is never completely without pain for ordinary humans, unless you are somebody who has never completely loved.

Peace
Keren

cc w/gratitude fr rminijsa

A Prayer of Cardinal Newman

Lord Jesus,
teach me to be sweet and gentle in all the events of life;
in disappointments,
in the thoughtlessness of others,
in the insincerity of those I trusted,
in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied.

Let me put myself aside
to think of the unhappiness of others,
to hide my little pains and heartaches,
so that I may be the only one to suffer from them.

Teach me to profit by the suffering that comes across my path.
Let me so use it that it may mellow me,
not harden nor embitter me,
that it may make me patient, not irritable,
that it may make me broad in my forgiveness, not haughty and overbearing.

May no one be less good for having come within my influence;
no one less pure, less true, less kind, less noble
for having been a fellow traveler in our journey toward Eternal Life.

As I go about my rounds from one distraction to another,
let me whisper from time to time, a word of love to Thee.
May my life be lived in the supernatural, full of power for good,
and strong in its purpose of sanctity.

Lord Jesus, Friend and Brother, may I know you more clearly,
love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly day by day.
Amen.

Im going to add..
Please forgive me for being an over-reacting overly dramatic, pompous jerk to people I care about, like I was yesterday with Myhim.

Peace
Happy week
Keren

Spirit of Truth and Love

The truth is simply “not a lie” The truth is anything that is not deceit. Love is not necessarily an emotion or a feeling; Love is any truth that is borne from the heart.

God might say something like...

"Please don’t block my Spirit of Love just because you don’t understand me. Please don’t keep my Spirit at a distance because you know that I do understand you. I love you with so much compassion and mercy that I will always understand you...and,..I know your conscience, why wouldn’t I ? I created it; it is borne from my heart."

Morning musings.

I have a whole day to myself . MyHim is working overtime today. It is SOOOO NICE to have a day to myself. He took my car, and I can’t drive his, so I am on foot or stuck at home, unless I want to ask someone to drive me somewhere.

Stuck at home is good though, because I have tons of projects that need to be completed or moved forward and it is wonderful to have some uninterrupted time to do that.

Peace and Love
Happy Weekend
Keren

Meditation on Emmaus

I held you in mmy heart in meditation last night. We were walking, we had walked for some time together. I saw you start to walk away, and I asked you to please stay with me and hold my hand. You said you would not let me get lost.
I believe you.

Happy Day
Peace
Keren

Love is the Greatest Healer to be Found

What kind of transformation are you looking for? A fearful heart with a protective shell can be transformed two ways....into tenderness (compassion) or into stone (apathy).

Crack open the shell..,let some light in...free the prisoners and the slaves inside of you, then go free the rest of the world. The Spirit is easy and Its burden is light.

Peace and Love
Keren

NEW!!! Labor Day revelations

Happy is good! Spread the Spirit of Love. Help eachother along the way. What ever you do for the poor, the lonely, the outsider, the little ones in life... you do for Love. Feed your sheep, dont deprive them of food and drink. They wont be transformed by your neglect, but they will be transformed by your LOVE.


Peace and LOve
Keren