Thirsty Thursday: M is for …

Mary’s Miraculous Mysteries

We Catholics💒 honor the 💐Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of ☝🏽️GOD, always 
and her Assumption into Heaven👼🏼 is

• meditated in the fourth Glorious Mystery🙏🏽 of the Most Holy😇 Rosary🌹 &
• celebrated on August 15th.

Thirsty Thursday: R is for …

Rosary * Relationship with GOD

My Shrine: Our Lady of Guadalupe with Rosaries * Santo Niño

ACTS–C	✌Joyous✌ Mysteries (Monday & Saturday)	†Sorrowful† Mysteries (Tuesday & Friday)	♫Glorious♪ Mysteries (Wednesday & Sunday)	☼Luminous☼ Mysteries (Thursday)
1.       ♥Adoration♥	Annunciation	Agony in the Garden	Resurrection	Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan
2.       Contrition	Visitation	Scourging at the Pillar	Ascension	Wedding of Cana
3.       Thanksgiving	Birth of Jesus	Crown of Thorns	Descending of the Holy Spirit	Proclamation of the Kingdom
4.       Supplication	Presentation of Child Jesus at the Temple	Jesus Takes the †Cross†	Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven	Transfiguration
5.       Communion	Finding of Child Jesus at the Temple	†Crucifixion† of Christ Jesus	Coronation of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven	Institution of the Eucharist

Throwback Thursday: Bishops Mike (Diocese of San Angelo) & Daniel (Diocese of Brownsville)

Recent article on Meditation by Bishop Daniel from Valley ☼Morning☼ *Star*: http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_d820fb5a-21d0-11e5-a5ec-db681fc0b908.html

Happy Two-Year Anniversary this week to Evie from her St. Benedict Novena for healing!

Thirsty Thursday: Holy Family & Holy Trinity

As a Catholic, I celebrate the 👪Holy Family:

• His Earthly father, St. Joseph the Worker and
• His Blessed Mother Mary
• Christ JESUS

 
My fellow faithful and I also believe in the 🙏🏽Holy Trinity:

• GOD the Father
• His son, Christ the King
• The Holy Spirit

 

With these higher☝🏽️ powers, I for one have my source of motivation. Therefore, I never waiver my

• Hope 👊🏽
• Faith ✌🏽️
• Love 💝

Thirsty Thursday: May = Month of Mary

Happy Belated 🎂Birthday🍰, Bishop Mike! 

While everyone all over the 🌍world🌏associates May with 💐Mother’s Day, this whole month is devoted to our Blessed Mother, Mary.

Artwork by my Blessed Angel: Faithful Felicity

As my Church💒 celebrated the Coronation👑 of our Queen Mother (the fifth Glorious Mystery 🙏 of the 🌹Rosary) at our recent Corpus Christi🌴 Procession👣 (in which my bestie, 🎈Birthday🎁 Girl Evie crowned her last year), we remember her as the faithful woman with the Immaculate 💝Heart.

Mary of Galilee is the epitome of Pro-LIFE. Despite being unwed to Joseph at the time of the Immaculate Conception, she still followed GOD’s will upon the Annunciation👼 (the first Joyful Mystery🙏 of the 🌹Rosary) and gave birth to the LORD JESUS👶 (the third Joyful Mystery).

Holy Mary, like parents who experience the tremendous ♥heartache of outliving their children, encountered not just burying her child, but also the anguish of witnessing her own flesh and blood being condemned to death (the Sorrowful Mysteries🙏 of the 🌹Rosary).

The Mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful * Luminous * Sorrowful * Glorious

Not only is the Virgin Mary the prime example of motherhood, she also exemplifies selfless service to GOD☝️ as the chosen one to be the mother of CHRIST. She is known by many names, including from her apparitions:

👑Queen of Mercy 

👑Queen of Peace ✌️

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Manaoag

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

 

👼 Hail Mary full of Grace! ☝️

Thirsty Thursday: Love GOD = Love People

♥Love♥ †GOD†, ♥Love♥ People.

This is the magnet that ☼Sunshine☼’s rear bumper used to sport when I first bought her. It also reminds me of John 4:16b, in which I’d sing with my children’s Church choir:

♫ †GOD† is ♥Love♥ ♪

Acts of love come from kindness, mercy and patience.

Compassion = with Passion

We can extend our love to others, who are in need. For instance, my Church’s visiting priest encouraged my Congregation to contribute to the Maryknoll cause, one of which my mother is a patron, and also of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, which is Bishop Mike’s religious order. Another way is to pour our hearts out to those who we meet, like I did on Monday…

On my way to work this morning, I found a woman down on the side of the road w/her dog. I pulled over to help her w/my First Aid kit. She told me several cars passed by before I stopped my truck, & a man also parked his to lift her up. This lady is lucky to have her loyal black lab who never left her side on her leash. Morals of the story: * if you see someone in need, render aid b/c it’s the humane thing to do for GOD’s people * keep a First Aid kit in handy * caring companions are always around @ the right time #GoodSamaritan #BePrepared #MansBestFriend #DontLeaveAFallenSoldierBehind

GOD lives through our fellow man, so we’re here on Earth to treat others as we would JESUS CHRIST, because we could be looking at His face in everyday encounters, and we, in turn, live in His image.

I’ve noticed this more and more lately in the positive people with whom I’ve surrounded myself: as my fellow lay minister, Evie, calls us

spiritual warriors

My Church buddy, Joe, also told me this:

If GOD wants it, it’ll happen.

We’re following His plan for the Catholic school, if it is in His will.

†GOD† Bless & Keep Y’all!!! 4:44 ~ live on a †prayer† ✌Peace✌!