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    March 25

    Sincere desire

    "God can reject everything in a creature conceived in sin and of which it bears the indelible impression inherited from Adam. But He can absolutely not reject the sincere desire to love Him."
     
    Padre Pio
     
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    March 24

    Words by Padre Pio

    Image Hosted by ImageShack.usThe field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. This is where it takes place every moment of our lives. The soul must give free access to our Lord and be completely fortified by Him with every kind of weapon. His light must illuminate it to fight the darkness of error. He must put on Jesus Christ, His truth and justice, the shield of faith, the word of God to overcome such powerful enemies. To put on Jesus Christ we must die to ourselves.

    Let us humble ourselves and confess that if God were not our armor and shield, we would be pierced by all kinds of sins. That is why we must live in God by persevering in our practices, and learn to serve Him at our own expense

    Our body is like a donkey that we must take a stick to, so as to subdue it, but not so much that it throws us to the ground and refuses to carry us

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    by Padre Pio

    March 21

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    He loves you more than anyone else.
    March 18

    miserable souls

    Those souls who throw themselves into whirlpool of wordly preoccupations are poor and unfortunate. The more they love the world, the more their passions multiply; the more their desires are lit, the more they find themselves incapable of carrying out their projects, and thus uneasy, impatient, affected by that shock that breaks their hearts- those hearts that do not beat with charity and holy love. Let us pray for these unfortunate and miserable soul, that Jesus may forgive them and draw them to himself in his infinite mercy.
     
    saint Padre Pio
     
     
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    March 16

    Ten New Commandments

     

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    TO: EVERYONE

    FROM: GOD

    Effective immediately, please be aware that there are changes you need to make in your life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill my promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. I know, I already gave you the 10 Commandments. Keep them. But follow these modern TEN COMMANDMENTS, also.

    1.) QUIT WORRYING
    Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way? Get over it.

    2.) PUT IT ON THE LIST
    Something needs to be done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on M Y to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to me. And although my to-do-list is long, I am after all, God. I can take care of anything you put into my hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.

    3.) TRUST ME
    Once you've given your burdens to me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials? Problems with the kids? Put them on my list. Problem with finances? Put it on my list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For my sake, put it on my list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.

    4.) LEAVE IT ALONE
    Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with me and forget about them. Just let me do my job.

    5.) TALK TO ME
    I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please don't forget to talk to me - OFTEN! I love you. I want to hear your voice. I want you to include me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with me. I want to be your dearest friend.

    6.) HAVE FAITH
    I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in me that I know what I'm doing. Trust me, you wouldn't want the view from my eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust me.
    Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?

    7.) SHARE
    You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none.

    8.) BE PATIENT
    I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes me a little longer than you expect to handle something on my to-do-list? Things occur on MY timetable, not yours. Trust in my timing, for my timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.

    9.) BE KIND
    Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for my sake. I created each of you different in some way.
    It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please know I love each of your differences.

    10.) LOVE YOURSELF
    As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes my heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don't ever forget that!
    With all my heart I love you, GOD

    Oh, don't forget to TALK to me.

    P.S. I LOVE YOU ALL !!!!!!!

    taken from: http://www.christianlifestories.com/stories/s-z/tencommandments. 

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    March 13

    Orphan kids

    I work in a school as a teacher of English. In my school we have some kids from the nearby orphanage. My heart often breaks to see how much these children suffer and how much disfunctional in most cases they are. They are often hyperactive, disobedient troublemakers who find it hard to socialise. These kids usually have their parents who, because of their strong alcoholism, have got more or less limited parential rights. These young people used to be beaten, humilated, abused and most often knew real poverty. Orphanage is slightly better for them as they have safe shelter, enough food etc but still it is no real home for them. It is one big place , where a group of equally disfunctional children is kept together and where they often learn new disfunctions from one another.
     
    Ever since one orphan six-year-old girl from a class I teach in jumped on the table and streched her arms towards me shouting: "Mummy, mummy' and repeated that a few more times I started to think hard about it. I would wake up at night and imagine my own kids abandoned and miserable like this little girl. I had more and more sleepless nights and I knew I had to do something. God was calling me to act. I was trying to fight with this thought as I have four kids of my own and it all seemed pretty crazy. But then I realized that when I die one day and look back on my life I will regret not having taken any action. Well, I could of course accumulate more money and goods or spend the money God is blessing me with by sharing it with one or two more kids regulary.
     
    So having talked to my husband we agreed to invite some kids at weekends to our place regulary. When I went to the orphanange to talk about it with one of the therapists there and to find out about the procedure she said that for some time she had been looking for some 'friend family' for two kids, all in vain. And now when she almost lost hope there I was asking for kids. She called me an angel sent by God. (lol)It was just a few days before Christmas. We got two kids ,a brother (7) and a sister (10), the boy being one of the worst troublemakers in the whole orphanange. They have come to my place many times now. They have slept overnight several nights and now come here regulary every Friday to stay for the weekend. Although my hands are really full of work I am so happy to know these kids feel so good  here and look forward to their next time in our home. The boy has not become an angel yet (just joking) but I can see an enormous change in him. I will tell you more about it all soon.
     
    Please pray for us.
     
     
     
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    March 05

    I ASKED FOR STRENGTH

    I asked for Strength...
    And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

    I asked for Wisdom...
    And God gave me Problems to solve.
    I asked for Prosperity...
    And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

    I asked for Courage...
    And God gave me Danger to overcome.

    I asked for Love...
    And God gave me troubled people to help.

    I asked for Favors...
    and God gave me Opportunities.

    I got nothing I wanted...
    But I received everything I needed.
     

     A prayer by an American Confederate soldier seriously disabled in the Civil War:

     

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    Irish Blessing

    May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, 

    May the sun shine warm on your face, the rain fall softly on your fields; 

    And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand

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