Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday greetings and blessings to all! I hope you are continuing to navigate through these August days with faith and a hopefulness for the future.
Once again, I offer you Pope Francis’ Prayer… O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, and the Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of All People, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. (Prayer Composed by Pope Francis) Today is the thirty-ninth anniversary of my religious profession of vows with the Passionists. Thirty-nine years ago, along with six other men, I made my first vows as a Passionist. It was a very hot humid day, but a wonderful day in my life. Thirty-nine years later there are three of us left as vowed Passionists and I have no regrets being one of them. Four men from that day ended up taking different paths in life eventually, but I would like to think they are still Passionist in their own way. Three of us, Melvin, Chris and myself continue our journey as Passionists. I ask God’s blessing on all who took vows August 22, 1982, wherever we are in life at this moment! A special shout out to Melvin and Chris – blessings to you both and I hope you will take a moment to celebrate at least a little today! Waiting for the arrival of Hurricane Henri, I have three masses today and a baptism, not sure what the day will bring. Storm to arrive sometime this morning. Right now at 5:30 am all quiet outside. My blessing prayer today is that our Sunday will be blessed with beautiful weather. That our Sunday will be rich in rest, good encounters with people, smiles, laughter, and love. That our Sunday will be graced with God’s presence through nature, people and quite moment of solitude. That our Sunday will find us giving God at least a few moments of our time and that our Sunday will prepare us to embrace the journey of life that is ahead of us with purpose, meaning, joy, hope and love! Have a great Sunday everyone and Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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