Today’s Blessing Prayer: Monday blessings and greetings to all. I hope your Monday is starting well. It is to be a beautiful day here in Southern California. I hope the same is true by you. I hope your weekend was a fruitful one and that you had some time to enjoy life. I pray that this new work week will be one gifted with many blessings.
This morning I will be moving from my time in Huntington Beach to the foot hills of San Gabriel Mountains. I am headed to the city of Sierra Madre and the Passionist Retreat Center there where I will be involved in meetings for the next four days. I hate to leave the beach but Sierra Madre is a beautiful place and I am looking forward to my time with my brother Passionists from the Western Province.! May all of you be blessed with God’s peace and as Jesus tells us in the Gospel today it is a peace that we must look for at times in the midst of struggle. May you be blessed with God’s energizing grace so that you can find the gift of God’s peace and joy in your life today wherever you go, in whomever you meet and especially within yourself. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer: Compassionate God; bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, exploitation of people and the earth, so that we may strive for justice, equality and peace. Bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer, so that we will reach out our hands to comfort them and to change their pain into joy. Bless us with a foolishness to think that we can make a difference in the world, so that we will begin to do the things that others say cannot be done. Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday greetings and blessings to all. I hope your Sunday has gotten off to a good start. It looks to be another beautiful day here in Southern California. I hope it is the same by you!
I was able to be part of the St. Vincent DePaul faith community here in Huntington Beach, for mass last evening. It is a very beautiful church and the celebration of the Eucharist was just what I needed to end my Saturday and begin my Sunday! My prayer of blessing today is that you will be blessed with the spirit of faith to help you on this journey of life. May you be blessed with the spirit of hope to get you through the rough times. May you be blessed with the spirit of love to remind you in whose image and likeness you are created in, how special you are and that you are never alone. As you journey through this Sunday may you know that God is with you always and will never leave you to face your struggles alone! Happy Sunday everyone and remember to give God a little time today! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Christ has no body but ours, no hands, no feet on earth but ours, ours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world, ours are the feet with which he walks to do good, ours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Ours are the hands, ours are the feet, ours are the eyes, we are his body. Christ has no body now but ours, no hands, no feet on earth but ours, ours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world. Christ has no body now on earth but ours. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Teresa of Avila) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Saturday blessings to everyone! I hope your day has started off well. It is the beginning of another beautiful day here in Southern California. I am truly enjoying my morning runs along the beach. The runs are still tough but all I have to do is look over and see the Pacific and the struggle becomes a little easier. I hope your Saturday will be a blessed one too!
My prayer of blessing for all of you today is that your day will be blessed with the joy and peace of a summer’s day. That today will find you rich in family, friends and the joy that they can bring. That you will be graced with rest, relaxation, fun, laughter and peace. That you will notice God’s loving presence all around you and find hope and joy within that presence. Have a great day everyone and don’t forget to give God a little time this weekend! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O God, here I am, your child, at your disposal. Use me to continue your loving presence in the world, by giving Jesus to me and through me, to each person I meet and to the world. Let us pray for each other that we allow Jesus to love in us and through us with the love with which his Father loves us. Bless us with the Spirit’s grace in us and through us so that we may be your loving presence in the world today! Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessings to everyone! I hope and pray everyone’s Friday is starting off well. It looks to be a beautiful day here in Huntington Beach. I hope the weather is treating you in a kindly way!
If you are traveling today, please travel safe. If you are working I hope it is a light and easy day for you. If you are at home, I hope you are enjoying a little peace and quiet or the gift of family. If you are on vacation I hope it is a lazy day full of joy, fun and relaxation. If you are worried may those worries be held in God’s compassionate hands. If you are struggling with life may you find the strength to keep going. If you are finding faith difficult may you know that God always loves, you. In other words, I hope everyone is having a day richly blessed by God! May God bless the gift that you are today wherever you share your gift; with whomever you share your gift. May you be blessed with faith, hope, joy and love throughout this day and always! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Gracious and holy God, give us wisdom to perceive you, intelligence to understand you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart to meditate on you, and a life to proclaim you, through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen! (St. Benedict)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Thursday greetings and blessings to all from the West Coast! It was a long journey yesterday, but I made it and am now settling in my new time zone. I hope your day has started well and that your week is going well, if not as always please know of my prayers for each for you. Hopefully they will be of a little help to whatever life is throwing at you these days. Remember if people, or a place or an experience gives you trouble just shake their dust from your feet and God will take care of the rest.
It looks to be a beautiful day here in Huntington Beach though I have not ventured out as of yet. I am looking forward to a run or walk on the beach sometime today! My prayer of blessing for all of you is that you are looking forward to you day with energy, enthusiasm and hopefulness! May God bless all that you do, everyone you meet, and every place you go. May God bless you with the wisdom and grace to see the gift that you are! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O God, thank you for your unconditional, your unrelenting love. Thank you for the people in our life. Thank you for those who care about us. Thank you for those we love. Thank you for the angels that touch our lives and help us to realize just how special life is. Thank you for the friends who make life so interesting. Thank you for the many extraordinary, wonderful, awesome and marvelous people, places and experiences that you have given us. Help us never to forget them and always to remember how gifted our life is because of your love for us! Amen!
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