BROKEN THINGS: The Bluebirds

Bluebirds

Translucent !

A sun catcher in the window...

A lovely sight to see... 

Singing as they face each other,

he and she...

So compatible...sharing a perch!

One day it fell to the floor!

It`s okay...there is a crack ...

yet they're cheerful and singing !

In our own brokenness

we too, are so Loved by God!

Mary brought tears...
and the broken Alabaster urn
 to the feet of Jesus...

A broken life was saved!

"May the contrite soul, the humbled spirit be acceptable to you, Lord."

                                                                                              Daniel 3; 40

                                       

 Happiness

So beautiful....
with arms outstretched in welcome...

a figure full of joy,  expressed!

Bluebirds,... 
perched
 one on each arm !

Somehow, she  toppled ...
now has only one hand...

yet keeping the same stance!

The question was asked,
"Will you keep her?"
"She is broken...  I know...
 yet...
I love her Joyous Stance!"

YES! There actually is a Saint Carona !

Saint Carona

"Yes! There is actually a St. Carona !

And her remains are in Northern Italy very near where the Caronavirus pandemic is in the 

city of Anzu, Italy.

Carona was only 16, when she gave her life to comfort a fellow Christian.

The word Carona is Latin for Crown....and she is one of the patron saint of pandemics !

What a surprise! 

A friend always commented on how "God always shows up at the right time !"

The word Carona is Latin for the word "CROWN".

GOD IS ALL IN ALL...Fr.Thomas Keating

God Is All In All

                                Contemplative Outreach

I do not know how it works,
but when a group of like-minded people
committed to the trans formative process are together,
the force of the energy is certainly up a number of decibels higher.
You do not have anything to do but sit still,
and let your mind be quiet.
Know that God's word is spoken fully only in silence.
Be still, and you will know, not by the knowledge
of the mind, but by the knowledge of the heart,
who God is and who you are.

Thomas Keating,  "God is All in All"

MY SACO RIVER STORY

THE RIVER OF LIFE 

Nature speaks to me ...God's creation speaks to me of  an eternally loving God, Who never stops creating ; He is not a static entity!

There is a process of God's Creation...unending... not only a cycle of life,

but an everlasting supply of life flowing into an Eternity of being..

and we are all in  this flow of creation moving forward endlessly...

My Saco River Story

Don, my husband, grew up being a Boy Scout for most of his childhood
and became a Boy Scout Leader, bringing our sons along the same route.
As a family, most of our early vacations were turned toward camping
and travelling  the states.
On one of our excursion's,coming back home through the mountains from Northern Maine,
I happened upon something very interesting !
From the upper side of a mountain and peeking out of the ledge stone
 was a small length of a water pipe.
Next to the water pipe was a sign,
"the beginning of the Saco River!"
The amount of water flowing from that small water pipe was that of an ordinary home faucet !
A small beginning for the Saco River we knew very well !
The River that flowed into the Ocean,
The River that gave us fish,
The River we camped along and swam and took our canoe trips,
The River that took our boat into the deep, seemingly unending Ocean!

WE ARE..."THE RIVER OF LIFE ! "

THE RIVER OF LIFE

We are a River of Life!

Water is an essential element in our lives.

Each one of us carries within our body 90% of water content.

That is a lot of water!

In our mothers womb, we were floating in water for nine months before our birth.

At our Baptism,Grace,in the symbolic form of water, was poured out upon us as we 

received the Holy Spirit into our souls to cleanse away the Original Sin
of disobedience from our ancestors.

We are a River of Life! We have that Life of Grace within us...
You have that Grace within you!  Christ lives within you...He lives and moves
and has His Being within you.

Jesus ,the Christ, entered into the Jordan River to cleanse away all the sins of mankind,
not just symbolically. He  entered and took upon Himself, a willingness to suffer for
each one of  God's children, you and me!

We are a River of Life!  Filled with Grace!

Christ saved us, that we may allow  those Graces to flow in and through us, the Church!

The Church is a Living stream of Grace...ebbing and flowing...a living
 Stream of Grace from it's Presence  of Jesus and the Holy Spirit within !


Flow River Flow!
Flow over  me..
O' Living Water, poured out for me ..
O' Living Water flow over me.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

AKITA 1973;  AMSTERDAM 1945-1956;  FATIMA 1917

What do these places have in common?

These countries are places where the Mother of God ,the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared,

giving special messages to those seers to whom she appeared. Through the many years and many apparitions and messages of our Blessed Mother there has been a theme message repeated...Pray...Pray...Pray...and a special request given for each generation. 

At the Cross, Jesus had given His mother to John and to each one of us, when He said,

"this is your Mother ...and Mother, this is your son."

Jesus would like to allow us to hear  and be guided by His blessed Mother's Voice in these current times!

In 1973 Sister Agnes in Akita, Japan, was enveloped in a"brilliant light" during her adoration time and the statue of Our Lady of All Nations came to life in front of her saying, 

"Jesus is truly alive in the Eucharist!"

Our Lady then asked to be known as "Co-Redemptrix,  Mediatrix and Advocate".