powerlessness

A proud and self-reliant man rightly fears to undertake anything, but a humble man becomes all the braver as he realizes his own powerlessness; all the bolder as he sees his own weakness; for all his confidence is in God, who delights to reveal His almighty power in our infirmity and His mercy in our misery.

St. Francis de Sales

Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, even though You are all powerful, You embraced our human powerlessness throughout Your life on earth, and You embrace it still in the Eucharist. You did nothing of Your own will but only of the will of Your Father. Help us, who are intrinsically powerless, to abandon our illusions of control and self-sufficiency, and give us the humility to relinquish our own wills and plans, so that like You, Jesus, we will do nothing on our own but will do only the Father’s will, and may we find true freedom and perfect power by always asking Your help. Amen.

By the Franciscan TOR Sisters

forever mine…

If you see a married couple still in love through the years, you may think how lucky they are. But in marital relations, there’s no such thing as luck.

They made many compromises, they overlooked each others’ faults. They forgave many mistakes & endured many problems. They spent years learning to understand one another.

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blessing the darkness

Some people might say that we find God only when we need Him. Simple words, but true. It’s like looking for the light switch in a dark room. No one goes searching for it until the sunlight has gone. Similarly, darkness can impel our search for God.

I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night – but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.

Psalm 139:11-12

Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor pulled from the wreckage after the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. Genelle tells the story about flirting with faith but choosing to live without it. Then, on September 11, her world fell apart and she found herself in complete darkness, buried alive under a mountain of rubble.

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