power of prayer

Today is my 20th wedding anniversary and so far I slept in later than my scheduled gym class... I dropped of my teenagers and friends from London at Disneyland and now I am attempting to get ready for a short work day. My morning was completely out of routine and left me a bit flighty however in the midst of traffic, I reached for my rosary and said the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows! Wow that is an amazing meditation on the suffering and the ultimate surrender of the Son of God. Usually that prayer makes me cry my eye balls out, however today I remained focused on the eulogy I heard yesterday. Yesterday was the feast of St. Peter the apostle and our Priest reminded us all that very often we profess and proclaim our faith prior to actually living it fully and that is ok, in fact that is perfect. We must first open our minds to the possibility and thus proclaim it and then our body and soul follows. For example, St. Peter proclaimed... when Christ asked him "who am I" Peter replied "you are Jesus Christ the Son of our living God"...and then further in scripture we read how Peter denied Jesus three times.... however towards the end of his life Peter evolved into union with his proclamation that Jesus was Christ...Son of God. So for all of us... let us proclaim our faith, pray, confess our sins and know that we too will evolve into union with God our Father.... AMEN to that!!!

malachi 3:3

I have to post this amazing story that I just received from my sister Barbara... Enjoy:

Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'

This verse puzzled some women in a bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God ..

One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: ' He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.'She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, 'How do you know when the silver is fully refined?'He smiled at her and answered, ' Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it.'

If today you are feeling the heat of the fire , rememberthat God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you. Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know that God is watching over them.

And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in the end.' Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.'

Thank you God, for teaching me to laugh again......but please Lord, don't ever let me forget that I cried.

the rosary

Well we are in the first week of our 54 day novena...and I must say that Thursday was great, we started here in the office with Christine, Antonija in our prayer room. WOW very powerful! Then came Friday...it happened to be the first Friday of the month and a friend has started a rosary gal gathering every first friday of the month so that one was amazing as well. In fact the prayer space there was so strong... we could feel the presence of the HOLY SPIRIT in full grace!!! My friends started this group just the three of them when they were new moms and now it is about 30 gals and growing... the Angels in Heaven are hearing them and applauding their devotion to this beautiful practice! Then came Saturday.. I have to be honest... I did a decade in the car, a decade while exercising and a decade somewhere else and finished it up while watching my son play basketball..not so reverent... I just did it to do it. YIKES that is hard to admit! Then came Sunday... and it was Super Bowl Sunday... we were running around all day and so once again I got it done however not so reverent. Today was better! I drove myself to church, sat quiet in a pew and reverently said my rosary prayers. AHHHH finally my heart settled and grace was felt! Loving the process. PS I heard some unknown bright ball of light came down from the sky to Temple Mount in Jerusalem... God really wants our attention...are we listening???

Miracles of the Rosary

I challange you to join us a 54 day Rosary Novena starting Thursday February 3, 2011... a Novena is a Rosary said everyday for 54 days... the first 27 days of the Rosary is prayed with a specific Intention or Prayer request and the second 27 days is prayed in Thanksgiving for hearing your prayer. For example I would start my first day of my 54 day Rosary with "Heavenly Father and Blessed Mother, I honor you both with this prayer today and ask for your divine guidance as we launch our company My Saint My Hero as a globally recognized, Nationally known and regionally loved venue to open the hearts of the one to the urgent call of Our Blessed Mother. Guide us, protect us and use us as your insturments of peace. In Christ Jesus I pray... Amen" Then I will begin my Rosary. If you need help saying the rosary please visit our website www.mysaintmyhero.com or simply google "how to say the rosary". The Rosary is a Catholic tradition for ALL religions... TRUST AND BE INSPIRED... experiment with Faith and Love and let us know how it goes! Let's join together... see you thursday in prayer. - share any miracles along the way...