Author: Jesus - My Great Master
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist 21st Sept ’13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRitk_uQg1Q – Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace: one Body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to...
The Old Fisherman
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. “Why, he’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old,” I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body. But the appalling thing was his face – lopsided from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good evening. I’ve come to...
Today, we pray for those who are suicidal
Lord Jesus, on this day we bring to You our brothers and sisters who are being rammed by the cruellest attack against their souls – a tendency to end their lives. We pray that Your heavenly and earthly angels will support them when they are at their lowest. May they always find a friendly hand to hold, pray and bring them back. Break the strongholds of the evil of suicide. Deliver all those who are suicidal right now – once and forever – by the mighty power of Your Precious Blood, O Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
