Great News for Everyone
Volume XXVI, Number 11
July 7, 2022
I'm "running out of day" today and I'm going on a long trip, so the good news is that everyone will be able read all of today's message because it's so brief!
Timely AdviceWhen you fall, get up. Do whatever you have to do. Make an Act of Contrition. Go to Confession. Apologize. Make amends. Pray. Help someone else. Start over.
I bet you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Ask for help!
Look toward the greatest good you can imagine (because the greatest goods are always Godly) and then, begin moving towards it—no matter how small the step, and even if the only "movement" you can muster is the movement of your heart or your will.
Do good things badly, but do them. Go. Rise. Never, ever, ever give up.
I'm with you, along with a gazillion angels and saints in heaven, and many, many people you don't even know who are praying for you.
I know there are readers who needed to hear that. It is what the 4th Sorrowful Mystery, the Carrying of the Cross, is all about...
...because the first Glorious Mystery, the Resurrection, is coming. "The world will rejoice and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy." (John 16:20)
Quotation
"If angels could be jealous of men, they could be so for only one reason: Holy Communion."
- Saint Maximilian Koble
Let's pray, tens of thousands of us together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...
Everlasting and Almighty Father,
we thank you for our lives,
we thank you for our crosses,
we thank you for our country,
we thank you for the Consecration of Russia
to Immaculate Mary.
We thank you for the sublime gift of faith,
we thank you for those who love us,
we thank you for those we love,
we thank you for our Baptisms,
we thank you for our Confessions,
we thank you for the Eucharist,
we thank you for Confirmations.
We thank you for the priests,
we thank you for the nuns,
we thank you for the brothers,
we thank you for the missionaries.
We thank you for Jesus,
we thank you for the Holy Spirit,
we thank you for Our Lady,
we thank you for Saint Joseph,
we thank you for our patron saints,
we thank you for our loved ones,
we thank you for every meal, every bed,
and every night with a roof over our heads.
We thank you in advance for all the
graces, blessings, miracles, prayers answered,
and especially for the conversions
You have prepared for our futures.
We thank you for the smallest things,
for the largest things,
and the beautiful things,
especially the faces of those we love.
We thank you for LIFE!
Amen.
And, amen. Thanks for being a part of it all. I promise to get back to everyone who has replied to me. I've been swamped!
If you wanted a longer message, here's a classic from 2014, featuring an amazing true story about Saint Maximilian Kolbe very few Catholics have ever heard:
I'll be back soon to tell you about a great man Our Lady has brought into my life. His name is Keith Nester, and you can Pray the Rosary with him every day at 5:00 pm Central on Youtube.
You guys are the best!
With Mary,
Bud Macfarlane
Founder
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