tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60281422571174076812024-02-21T04:51:00.887-05:00Galactic Catholic UniverseGalactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-50326278654654959422020-10-13T20:16:00.001-04:002020-10-13T20:16:41.069-04:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoG4_nXLzLCfynkqZo9Q_FlE8UO_VUIcMGYLDnBqZRABXj_6fKI-vTngcSnHDljR-Zyf1N1JT_J7p05i3IlThzJusvio5AV5KCHXYVBjomfyYbUTd-8vPPvoi1u1qZS072miDzv3KikU2Z/s640/B184DE6E-1D1B-4FAF-8DA5-8155E6AA5B74.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoG4_nXLzLCfynkqZo9Q_FlE8UO_VUIcMGYLDnBqZRABXj_6fKI-vTngcSnHDljR-Zyf1N1JT_J7p05i3IlThzJusvio5AV5KCHXYVBjomfyYbUTd-8vPPvoi1u1qZS072miDzv3KikU2Z/w391-h260/B184DE6E-1D1B-4FAF-8DA5-8155E6AA5B74.jpeg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check in to all of my readers! Where Y’at?!!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span>I have moved to a nice little garden home with flowers. God is very good. I was quite stressed out about things that I had no control over but I needed to trust in God’s Providence. I am still working, always working on it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span> </span> Somebody I know recently talked to me about the ‘believe God will give you things and he will’ deal. Here’s the low down y’all. That is fake. It’s another twist in the twists and tangles of the devil’s web. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> God is all powerful and good, but you also have to put forth effort. To go with that, my favorite thing to pray for is the will of God. You can’t go wrong doing the will of God because you can save souls in God’s masterpiece of a plan for you!</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span> Pray for me because part of my plan for getting a house again was to foster or adopt teenagers who need love too! I don’t know that I would be any good at it, but I would love them. I intend to put the work in for it and wait and see what God wants. Because those are the doors that I want opened in order to serve him. Booyah! Amen!</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-21483214224380672382020-07-16T01:31:00.000-04:002020-07-16T01:31:21.405-04:00Prayer for 2020Seven months late is okay right??? In January, I was still living in 2019. Then all kinds of hell broke loose and here we are. Here is my sincere prayer for 2020:<div><br /></div><div>Glory to God.</div><div>When life goes in a different direction than you expect, Glory to God.</div><div>When fear has no hold on you in its twisted perversity, Glory to God.</div><div>As minds and eyes open to the precious humanity of each living soul, Glory to God.</div><div>When Christ molds your vocal prayer to silence, Glory to God.</div><div>When in silence, God's mystical tri-person loves you more, and loves you more, Glory to God.</div><div>Lastly as our God bestoys such great joys in His will, Glory to Father God.</div><div>Amen</div>Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-39705874629796438452019-05-07T21:37:00.000-04:002019-05-07T21:48:11.194-04:00Mysteries of the Rosary: Hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the beginning of Lent 2019 I had hoped to write on my blog as much as I could. My main computer promptly died and I had no access to a keyboard at home. Good intentions count for Lent right? I am now typing on a loner iPad because God is good.<br />
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My reflections on this set of mysteries are a culmination of thoughts through prayer. If you read these, may they bring you much fruit through prayer.<br />
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<b>First Mystery: The Road to Emmaus</b><br />
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“That very same day, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side: but something prevented them from recognizing him.” LK 24: 13-16<br />
“Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing: then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he had vanished from their sight.” LK 24:30-31<br />
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<b>Second Mystery: Appearance to the Disciples and Thomas</b><br />
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“In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side.” JN 20:19-20<br />
“The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ “ JN 20: 26-28<br />
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<b>Third Mystery: Jesus Appears to Mary his Mother</b><br />
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We can most assuredly assume that Jesus Risen appeared to his mother. As one conceived without sin in order to be the Theotokos, we can only imagine the embrace of love she felt at seeing him in her knowledge of great hope as well as the feeling of home within his arms.<br />
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<b>Fourth Mystery: Appearance on the Shore</b><br />
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“It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realize it was Jesus.” JN 21:4<br />
“As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast’. JN 21:9-12<br />
“After the meal Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know I love you’. Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs’. A second time he said to him , ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you’. Jesus said to him, ‘Look after my sheep’. Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ And said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you’. Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’ JN 21: 15-17<br />
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<b>Fifth Mystery: Appearance to Saul and his Conversion</b><br />
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“Suddenly, while he was traveling to Damascus and just before he reached the city, there came a light from heaven all round him. He fell to the ground, and then he heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’<br />
‘Who are you, Lord?’ He asked, and the voice answered, ‘I am Jesus, and you are persecuting me. Get up now and go into the city, and you will be told what you have to do.” ACTS 9:3-6<br />
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All quotes from the New Jerusalem Bible 1966 Doubleday & Company: New York<br />
<br />Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-78855900024888898382019-03-10T22:35:00.001-04:002019-03-10T22:35:21.731-04:00The Great Small Acts of KindnessMy neighbor cut the grass in my yard while I was at work Friday. I think he has one of those large mowers that do it really fast. It would have been super great if he hadn't have scalped to the ground the mums and Mexican heather I had planted near my porch. <br />
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The first thing I thought was a little anger and how it is exactly the thing my father has done to my mother's plants for 40 odd years. It made me sad but I thought about it and writing my neighbor a note to thank him and ask that I cut my own yard next time. I hope it didn't come across as rude. Honestly, I probably need the help as it's just me for all the work at my house.<br />
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My neighbor's act was a kindness and the scalping I needed to forgive. This was such a good opportunity for me to live what the message was on Thursday I think... Luke 9:24 'Take up your cross and follow me." Maybe not exactly what Jesus meant, but the idea was to find love in my heart over the anger and sadness I felt about such a trivial thing.<br />
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I am working on it! In the mean time, I have been adding fertilizer to my little plants each day. It will take some time, like all things worth it, but they may grow again.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-225092040717345252019-03-06T20:37:00.000-05:002019-03-06T20:37:59.459-05:00Ash Wednesday 2019The priest at noon mass today was the vibrant Irish type. "I like the splatter method, and you can do what you will with that!" He started to sing the the remembrance of ashes as he passed them out. It helped the participants who did not regularly come to mass be at ease for sure.<br />
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I usually miss Ash Wednesday mass because I am always working, but this year I was able to attend. As I mentioned, I am going to give it a go for lent 2019.<br />
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I started my Ash Wednesday with the rosary. One of my favorite things to do is to offer my rosary for a Roman Catholic priest's renewal of love for the mercy of the Sacred Heart of Christ in the Eucharist.<br />
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Can you imagine the amazing things the Holy Spirit can do through a fervent Catholic priest? I am lucky enough to have seen this often having grown up in a state like Louisiana where Catholicism is common. Fervent priests do not raise themselves, they raise the whole community.<br />
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A website that is dedicated to prayer for priests is here: <a href="https://www.foundationforpriests.org/">https://www.foundationforpriests.org/</a>Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-187153321804804162019-03-04T15:40:00.000-05:002019-03-04T15:51:58.802-05:00Lent 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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As I prepare for Lent 2019, I am in a new city. <br />
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Biloxi, MS labels itself as the first city to have official Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi">Biloxi</a> was once a part of the original land claimed by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle for the French monarchy of Louis XIV and Anna, naming all the land drained by the Mississippi River, La Louisiane. The French Catholic tradition of one last party before a season of sacrifice was continued by new residents. Historically, Mardi Gras celebrations were carried out by local groups of revelers who carried flambeaus through the streets and paraded as masked miscreants. This tradition grew to include balls and floats as societies established themselves as official Mardi Gras associations.</div>
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Once the party is done, today recognized in New Orleans when the police horsemen ride down Bourbon Street, revelers turn in their boas and cocktails and head to church. Having grown up so close to New Orleans I can not count how many times I've been to Bourbon Street. The sense of revelry never seems to end there. This type of atmosphere brings a seriousness to the sacrifice that Lent leads to. Preparing for the Triduum of Easter is acknowledging that a divine man sacrificed for all eternity for the sake of men's souls. The same souls that seek solace in overdoing it each year.</div>
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I don't understand the love of Jesus sacrificing on the cross very much but, this year my prayers will be in gratitude. My act will be to try to write about God's grace every day on this space.</div>
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Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-29984935836039992222018-04-03T22:29:00.001-04:002018-04-03T22:29:21.290-04:00Prayer for 2018I wrote a prayer for 2018. I want to post it here for my own sake, so I can look back at the great grace Jesus allows me to experience at times. This one is not grand, but quite simple. I long for healing and am so grateful for Christ's consolation in my hard times.<br />
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Lord, from You comes all consolation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, from You comes all joy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, allow me to receive this consolation you <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have set aside for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Allow me to receive the joy you have created for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Guide me as I wait.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grant me the grace I need to do Your will.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Father God, Holy Spirit, Sacred Heart of Jesus,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hear my prayer. Amen.<o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment--><br />Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-57796970950334008392018-03-30T22:23:00.002-04:002018-03-30T22:23:55.760-04:00Consolation of Jesus I have wanted to write about the consolation of Jesus for months now. This draft has been sitting in my saved box for a while. I don't think it can be described in one small reflection. I can say that I cannot write well about it, because I have not sought healing for long enough in my prayers. <br />
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If I could describe the consolation of Christ, I might describe it as the relationship of Christ married to the Body of the Church. In both His divinity and humanity He has united himself to our failure and success in love and selflessness. Jesus is master of both as he honors this great marriage and never forsakes it. Therefore, as a believer, how do I go about the great task of consoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus when He consoles my own?<br />
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It's so laughable, impossible even to think of doing any good that would impact the gracious, merciful heart of such a God. That is the flaw in my thinking though, because every act or movement toward love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is just the act He longs for.<br />
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Consider a God that unlike all before, acts in total disregard for His pride and admiration. In fact, with every act of Jesus, he gives some warning of the lack of faith that man will have in his divinity. Christ leaves very few men and even fewer lowly women as His believers. He then leaves not on a fiery chariot, but on a cross of utter devastation for those who had a smidgeon of belief.<br />
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In failure, we rise if we are ready. One of my favorite meditations is on the road to Emmaus. the disciples downtrodden and moving away from what lay behind. Christ always walks among us. He guides and leads and teaches in this small way of walking with those disciples on that road. <br />
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After such trial and horror of the crucifixion, horror because a great, joyful hope of a long awaited savior has been seemingly crushed, here on a dirt road Jesus gently coaxes faith, hope and love into the hearts of men.<br />
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So what can I do to join in His sacrifice to bring more love into this great cacophony that is the world? I think I can continue to look on my deeds and words for what I am bringing to the table. I would ask myself these questions: Is what I am doing fulfilling the vocation God wants for me? Are the words I speak purposeful and loving and/or kind? Am I contemplating the consolation that Christ offers and accepting that forgiveness as well?<br />
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As in the marriage of Christ to the Church, this Christian vow we take as we honor His sacrifice each Easter holiday, is a great call to glorify Christ and console His heart in our very act of loving others.<br />
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<br />Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-73293745753457337272017-11-13T20:49:00.003-05:002017-11-13T20:49:50.827-05:00The Great Implosion of a Dream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer my dream of becoming a chemical engineer died. My dream of becoming any kind of engineer died. Though I prayed for supernatural understanding, which I believed I received, I still couldn't think quick enough to pass the 50 minute tests that were given. <br />
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It seemed like a real crap shoot and honestly I'm still upset about it. It's something I really cared about but it wasn't meant to be. I gained math and chemistry credits which I am pleased with, but I wish I could have gone farther. Most of the kids in college either do exceptional or take classes over and over. I didn't think that was a wise thing to do at my age and with my temperament.<br />
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I happened upon a fantastic job opportunity teaching math to elementary students. I loved teaching math to 5th and 6th grade before. Even though I did not intend to go back into teaching, the school is a diamond in the rough. My greatest worry is that the children won't like me. I had been teaching the rough sort of students for a long while. I don't think people like me generally because they like to tell me often what I do wrong. Even though I know I talk too much, or am overly friendly, at least I love people.<br />
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So I had been feeling like an idiot for a long, long time because I couldn't seem to be successful even when I quit my job and spent all night studying. Now I get to feel like an idiot and a failure for not being fast thinking enough to pass technical classes. It's okay I guess. I am hoping I am able to teach the children the critical thinking skills they need to be whatever they want when they grow up, whether they like me or not.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-10675107331215462332017-09-16T23:18:00.001-04:002017-09-16T23:18:08.573-04:00Our Lady of Sorrows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Lady of Sorrows references the sufferings of Mary the Mother of Jesus. The sorrows are 1. The prophecy of Simeon 2. The Flight into Egypt 3. The Loss of Jesus in the Temple 4. The Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way to the Cross 5. The Crucifixion 6. The Taking Down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross 7. The Burial of Jesus<br />
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If you ever feel empty either from despair or doubt, pray the <a href="http://www.themostholyrosary.com/appendix1.htm">seven sorrows rosary</a> and contemplate each of the mysteries. Even though emptiness is difficult burden, Our Lady felt the sorrows greater than we can know. Knowing her son was God, she wept and travelled both sorrowfully and with understanding that humanity needed a Savior Jesus Christ.<br />
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At the conclusion of each sorrow I pray that a fire of love would burn a space for more of Jesus in your heart and soul. Consideration of Jesus Christ must be always first in your mind. Christ can fill the empty parts of your soul, which in turn makes room for all those that He loves and desires you to love as well. With love, will come healing.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-90750046504869264482017-08-03T00:45:00.001-04:002017-08-03T00:45:17.084-04:00A Sense of FailureThe times that I experience or think about my failures are always preempted by a lack of prayer. I am the first to admit this because thankfully through prayer it has been revealed to me. But I am human, therefore the wages of sin rear their ugly heads in the form of doubt, fear and sadness. <br />
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Some of my failures are very real, but maybe not as mountainous as they seem. Most times a fear of an assumed failure is only a subversion from God's divine plan. I was trying to describe the building up of prayer in one of my earlier posts, but I don't think I was able to express it.<br />
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Here is another go...When the fear or doubt weighs upon your mind and soul and sometimes the body as well, a buildup and continuous dose of prayer is the preparation and the remedy. Think on the way the human cell thrives. In a healthy body the cell will be able to combat and consume unhealthy cells. This regeneration comes from the wellness of the original cell. The same cell that has benefitted from the carrots and proteins and free radical consuming goodies you have eaten. <br />
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Think on prayer in the same way. It cannot be denied that memorized prayer, meditative prayer or a random discussion with God in all its forms, is a benefit to the body, mind , and soul. Much less a greater love engendered by such a consideration of one who loves.<br />
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When the steady sense of failure or the actual failure occurs, there are two options. One is to dwell in fear and struggle to move forward. The second is to bound with leaps as in a race from a leopard toward prayer. The stores of prayer can then rush from the sylo as grains collected together to overcome all doubt and fear. Imagine all of your small prayers as grains of rice or seed. So small, yet so powerful all together. Imagine then, that in that moment of realization, you pour more rice upon what has already been stored to overtake completely the doubt.<br />
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Prayer does change you. Because your interactions with what and who are around you start to be centered on the good of God's plan. These days there are still times, almost daily, when I feel unwanted, not smart enough, not friendly enough or whatever. I just go to prayer. These ill thoughts are sometimes because I haven't considered God's love yet today because of tiredness or forgetfulness. But my stores of grace lead me to pray and hope past the failures both big and small.<br />
<br />Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-4270210894698430412017-07-30T23:52:00.000-04:002017-07-30T23:55:05.397-04:00The Great SilenceRobert Cardinal Sarah's book The Power of Silence is like stepping back in time and rereading the profound encyclicals of Pope Saint John Paul II. Words describing the essence of silence include adverbial suffixes like imperceptibly and noiselessly. He says "Silence is not an absence." Thought 12<br />
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Turning common place ideas on their head is the work of Jesus Christ. It is so simple a concept when we are in fact surrounded by grand mechanisms and machines of God the Creator that miraculously coexist to create in minutia in silence. What a clanging chorus of grace!<br />
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With only the above quote, I have already noted the abundant grace of Hope that may come from those words. The formation of answered prayers underlies silence. When we see a week or a years time as too long to wait for an answer from a God who formed the oceans over millions of years, silence is not absence.<br />
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We often say God is within us as we are made in His image. Our building blocks chemically change ingredients of life through mitochondrial machines weaving new DNA and cells. Silence still is not and absence.<br />
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How glorious that our God moves in a way counter to humanity's noisy intentions. Where there is silence, there is the ever constant glory of God.<br />
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Read The Power of Silence if you think you are ready. It will be a great blessing to you.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-90265424512862595532017-07-25T00:31:00.001-04:002017-07-25T00:31:05.001-04:00Comfort in the Rosary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Growing up, we had a small clock on the living room fireplace that had to be wound by hand on a regular basis. I liked watching my dad wind it. I liked the sound so much so that when I couldn't sleep, I would go to that room and the ticking would help me sleep on the couch nearby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to have a ticking clock that I can listen to, to this day. It is a symbol of time passing but also gives me a sense of comfort.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I often find the same comfort in the rosary. When I was younger we were not actively going to church, but the rosary was discussed in my household. Both of my grandmother's prayed the rosary. One was Roman Catholic and the other High Episcopalian. I have often spoken here of how my mother encouraged me to ask 'Sweet Mary' for help with bad dreams and worries. I know the rosary comforted both of my grandmother's as they approached the end of their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rosary is very much like a ticking clock in the steady pace and regularity of the prayer itself. For a prayer so simple, there is so much gained on the meditation of the mysteries of the rosary. Insight given is truly a work of the Holy Ghost who allows as much grace as we need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I pray the rosary with intent for others, intent for myself or for the needs of souls. Mostly I find myself praying in reparation and thanksgiving these days. Even when all else fails, there is the rosary. I think of the great saints who were quarantined off from others and how they had the rosary to pray. I think of Pope Saint John Paul II who gave us the Luminous Mysteries and his encouragement to pray the mystery of all scripture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rosary is a small act that engenders so much grace to understand the will of God in our lives. When in doubt, pray the rosary. When in fear, pray the rosary. When in sorrow, pray the rosary. When in need, pray the rosary. I could go on as it has so many applications. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pray the rosary. You don't have to be perfect at it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/rosaries/how-to-pray-the-rosary.cfm</span>Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-77138874251515337462017-07-23T22:50:00.002-04:002017-07-23T23:03:27.829-04:00Goalie for the Save, or Forming Your Conscience for the Goal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">One of the most important things in life is to form the
conscience. Building your conscience is like building a Great Wall against the
turning tides and emotions of both your own humanity and the attacks of the
devil. The nitty gritty is in the preparation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Action can exist in words as an adjective or as a verb to describe what is
happening. It's what we cannot see in the immediate action that requires a
readiness of heart. Take the examples from scripture: "He wept."
"She desperately moved close to Him to touch His robe." Why did
he weep? What had come before to lead him to weep? What made her think that
touching His robe would help her? How had she survived so long with the ailment
that caused her to seek Him out?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What is really cool, is that God knows your heart and desires above anything
and anyone else. When you seek to form your conscience, you most
certainly will not have instant clarity. The intentions and desires of
humankind are a great mystery to even those that are nearest to each other.
But those who know, understand that in time the fog will lift.
Usually, it lifts at just the right time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">So, what
can make one man take one action and another in similar circumstances do a
totally different thing? Today's scripture is Matthew 13:24-43 '</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">When
the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. ' This
exemplifies that all manner of things can happen that are not your fault.
But notice the action of the farmer versus the servants. The farmer
chooses to act using his prior knowledge and forethought about the good crop.
The servants are ready to pull it up and throw it away. Jesus goes
on to describe that the farmer understands the detriment of pulling up the
weeds too early.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It's kind of like soccer. Each man on the field has a specific part to
play. They are all on the same field of play. The goalie prepares
his heart and mind to defend the goal. The midfielder prepares his heart
and mind to run, a lot. Very much, a lot of running. This of course is
the simplified explanation because if you know nothing about soccer, then you
should know that the goalie is the only person allowed to catch the ball with
his hands. If the ball even grazes the hands of the midfielder then there
is a penalty. The midfielder must prepare to problem solve around moving
the ball without his hands. Each prepares their movements to coincide
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">What is our position in the game of life? We must be
prepared to spring forward and sometimes fall backward. Both are a
necessity because they will happen eventually. If we can acknowledge the
vast spiritual realm that plays a large part in our lives, then we can see the
importance of preparing the conscience for good and bad circumstances.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">One example is the practice of praying the rosary.
For one thing, just to memorize a prayer is a start. But also to
know the very act of remembering to speak the prayer you know when a trial
comes upon you, is to speak to the heart of Christ who knows all of your needs.
You could even think of each Hail Mary prayed as a brick you have laid
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt;">We all need this preparation. From the nearest to
the Word of God to the most desperate. God is always calling us to be
better so we can fulfill His will to help others be better. Form your
conscience the best you can and when in doubt ask a priest to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-75827733856532007262017-07-14T01:02:00.000-04:002017-07-14T01:02:00.745-04:00Call to ArmsWill there be a call to arms for the spiritual heart of man in the same way there has been a call to reduce climate change or a rising up against social and racial inequality? Truth at its heart is what carries a man to his greatest humanity. Man can only be bolstered by virtue which counteracts sin.<br />
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I think society is afraid of sin. Not what sin is or what it does but what it reveals about the person inside. This is part of what we call dying to self.<br />
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Recognition of inner flaws repeated on a daily basis even as one strives for success, is still recognition and desire to be greater than one self. The true test is how to overcome self in order to rise by becoming less in the eyes of the world but magnificent in the eyes of the Spirit.<br />
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Which of you can say you have given up anything most desired because once a failure always a failure? Is that true or does the human person choose to make it true?<br />
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Dying to self, to let go of material, prideful & avaricious measures of oneself in the world, is what the call to a revolution of spirit is all about.<br />
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Do not let dark thoughts take over a life made for God. What fear can be had when truth is so empowering? What sin can God not forgive when He has created man himself? Love is greater than sin. Love is greater than pride.<br />
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The weapon that overpowers our selfishness is prayer. For, who is it really that we fight against? It's not really family, it's not neighbor. It is the deep within ourselves and the dark forces around us that we fight against. Therefore cover yourself in prayer. Command the Holy Spirit upon you. Pray for the mantle of Our Lady to safeguard you.<br />
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God loves.<br />
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<br />Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-72150663755066213432017-07-06T18:42:00.000-04:002017-07-06T18:42:06.366-04:00Long WalksA priest friend recently tackled the El Camino. I love his reflections from the walk. As it should, it makes me think of my own long stride toward God's will.<br />
This year I will turn another year older and it is particularly on my mind. My spiritual walk to this point has been greatly blessed even as I seem not to conquer the same old sins. Jesus has been right there with me. Sometimes too, we tend to judge ourselves but what others have achieved, especially if it reflects our inmost desire. God's grace is super amazing as he tends his sheep in the most loving way toward a greater desired path.<br />
I would never have thought I would be studying engineering at this time in my life. I am not surprised by my amazement in learning new things beyond me. God the Father has allowed me supernatural grace of understanding in what I am studying.<br />
I have chosen in the last week or so of a compressed summer course, to just go with it. I won't give up even when the going gets tough. Well, at least until our Lord tells me otherwise. This slow journey will hopefully lead me to fulfill my own desires in life with persistent prayer and humble faith.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-18823357146512763152017-06-04T23:17:00.000-04:002017-06-04T23:19:10.129-04:00The Teapot calling the Kettle BlackIt has taken me all day to realize my own pridefulness in a seemingly simple situation. I was so upset, I didn't really hear anything said to me for an hour while I tried not to cry. I wasn't successful, but at least I didn't cry in front of the judgy people.<br />
Which brings me to my point, people are always looking to judge. The people who go around saying everyone should be nice are the most judgmental. It's really kind of sad.<br />
Here's what I did: I prayed that God would smite them.<br />
Just kidding!! But smite is a good word. The first thing I did was attend Sunday mass on this wonderful Pentacost feast. I tried to listen to what the priest was saying. Then I prayed for my enemies known and unknown that they might know the mercy and love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.<br />
Even then, in my prideful anger I still could not surrender to the trust and love of Jesus. But after some time, it finally came to me that I am the cause of my own demise.<br />
I guess the people who are so judgmental will always be that way. I don't know if I believe people can change, but I do believe the Holy Ghost can move hearts in the right direction. I am glad I was able to get somewhere with that lesson today. I may learn more tomorrow, for the Spirit is an abundant teacher.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-73630167203302520622017-05-23T23:42:00.001-04:002017-05-23T23:42:19.009-04:00AnsweringGod rises in my soul each day in my first waking thoughts. Sometimes it's because I love Him and most times it's because I am asking for His divine mercy because of my faults. Either way, I walk a road near to Him because He had called me to it. <br />
I guess technically I graduated from a Catholic university, but not many people at my university knew what being Catholic truly meant. Still I merged as a practicing Catholic ready to heal the world.<br />
I found instead that Christ would wound my heart in various ways with each cut healing over making the organ seal upon itself growing outward.<br />
I am glad not to many read my thoughts here because I tell the whole truth about my love for Jesus and the way in which He calls me. I find it doesn't hurt as much when people judge or hate me. I am more ready to pray for those souls most in need of prayer. Those souls that lash out at their fellow sinners, are longing to be loved, are longing to not be pushed away, are longing to be alone no more.<br />
Let the Creator rise, rise, rise in your being. Let Him enter in the darkness. Let His radiance illuminate the shadowed places of your heart. For Christ has won.<br />
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Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-19008837002873280962017-04-23T22:32:00.001-04:002017-04-23T22:32:21.034-04:00Death by Sunday Brioche or Love beyond the FoodLent has come to an end this year again with the celebration of Easter. I love Easter but I always seem to be terrible at practicing Lenten observances. In order to counter act the bad practices I have and give glory to God, I am going to try to upgrade my Catholicism to fasting from meat on all Fridays. If I can remember what day it is, I hope to repent for all the other times I have forgotten about abstaining on Fridays during Lent.<br />
The thing that is really cool though is that Christ loves me even though I forget. It's really not about the meat so much as the grace He wants to pour out on those that seek to follow his will. Abstaining and offering a small sacrifice conjoined with the cross is an act of our free will to love Him in return.<br />
Our Lord has poured upon me so many graces. May I not forget or abuse them in anyway. Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-18184070273294755382016-12-08T21:32:00.001-05:002016-12-08T21:32:30.738-05:00Tomorrow everything is differentWhen Jesus came to prepare the hearts of men he was patient and kind. He was completing a Herculean task, a Savior's task.<br />
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Can you imagine Him sitting next to you and saying to you, "What if tomorrow, everything is different?"<br />
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What 'different' are you talking about? Think about the thing you most desire. The the thing you have desired for as long as you could remember. Think about what that thing means to you. What does it mean for the people around you?<br />
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What does your heart say it is?<br />
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And now, ask the question in a whisper that speaks volumes so loud it can crush mountains. What if tomorrow, everything is different?<br />
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That is what Christ does. He makes it different. That desire for the something more is always laced with the truth of love that He has brought into reality on this Earth. Within our lifetimes, the Christ has made whole what was lost in denial. Whoever denies love cannot experience the truth. Our being here, existing within the creation that is ongoing in the hand of the Father, is part of the different.<br />
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Because behind every good desire is the will of God the Father. <br />
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What does your heart say?<br />
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What if tomorrow everything is different?Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-84900225098083870342016-11-24T21:07:00.003-05:002016-11-24T21:07:40.707-05:00Annihilation Method for BeginnersThis semester I am taking differential equations. While failing miserably, (there is a slight chance I may pass) I am always seeing the Glory of God in the little things.<br />
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The idea of 'zero' has been swirling around in my head for weeks. There are zeros, and then there are things that equate to zero. My thoughts on the subject continuously bring me to the fact that if there is zero, then there is also a value yet to be found.<br />
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When I align myself with the nothing that we think of as zero compared to our neighbor that we live along side of, or work under the same roof with, then some saints say that is the path to holiness.<br />
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In application, rather than a formulation, I am met with both the good and the bad within the human heart. For example, a coworker who is generally rude to me on a regular basis, has no reason other than I suspect insecurity.<br />
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I have met other people like this before and I tend to ignore them. Yesterday, she was overtly rude to me after having asked for something that I didn't have. Like I said, she is always like this toward me and I have mentioned it, but people at work tend to chalk it up to 'that's how she is.' <br />
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Here's the cool connection though, if I were to equate myself as zero before her, wouldn't that be a step toward holiness? The <a href="https://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/humility.htm">Litany of Humility</a> has that one line that always gets me: 'From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me Jesus."<br />
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This is what I mean. First, Jesus Christ came to save, but to do that He had to change perception of what it was to be just and what it was to truly love thy neighbor. How must I approach someone who holds on to anger?<br />
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Well first I will look to the saints such as Saint Theresa of Calcutta, Saint Lazarus, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Forgive and love.<br />
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There lies the value found within the expression of man equaling zero before others. In solving math, we must first find the zero sum before we can find the particular value. How amusing is it that in mathematics, the Glory of God can be found in something that is nothing first? To me, it's wonderfully delightful. Ad Glorium DeiGalactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-30880911074219939632016-10-22T23:45:00.002-04:002016-10-22T23:45:29.620-04:00Magnitude of FaithWhat is the magnitude of faith?<br />
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Is magnitude a capacity of reach or an extent of which it reaches? How many factors are included? Can be included? If magnitude was measure of faith, which factors and cofactors might we include?<br />
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Magnitude is as the racing of a child's mind desiring to know. Magnitude could be the subjective worth of a dollar bill not to the poor in America, but to the poor in Bangladesh. Or think of magnitude as the molecular benefit of water to both living and nonliving things on Earth.<br />
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Their are so many components to understand what this adjective may be in regards to faith. I was only just thinking of it while doing math homework. A.G.D.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-40197412966854157992016-10-01T22:15:00.002-04:002016-10-01T22:15:57.640-04:00St ThereseThank you St Therese for your sanctity. https://youtu.be/4CNGTddq9pYGalactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-40762529556080875242016-09-20T23:11:00.002-04:002016-09-20T23:11:25.493-04:00Blueberry Pancakes on a StickTo God be all glory.<br />
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I found myself completing a crossword puzzle yesterday. It was something new to me because I've never had the patience to sit and think about the clues. But I have found myself changing into what I need to be at this time. God is calling me to be a puzzle solver.<br />
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I am moving at a snails pace toward an engineering degree. All the science is really cool. But I find myself still, totally enamored of God's love. Jesus doesn't just call good people. He calls everybody. All the time He is calling.<br />
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He is calling hearts. He is calling minds. He is calling for self control and physical sacrifice as well. What a great and Gloriuos God who created mitochondria to calculus. He is the greater, higher thinker.<br />
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At some point, a person was inspired to make a sausage stick covered in blueberry pancake batter. How awesome is that??!<br />
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It seems trivial, but Jesus calls the hearts and minds of all types to be great.Galactic Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272509722458912774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028142257117407681.post-86186158990010188632016-08-22T00:46:00.000-04:002016-08-22T00:47:23.368-04:00Poem for a Louisiana floodCast away my fear, cast away my doubt.<br />
Draw me to your shores of everlasting love.<br />
Water rises at my foundation even as I think it's strong.<br />
Carry me through the waters.<br />
Hold me high above the flood.<br />
Though my actions bring me below,<br />
let faith lift me even though.<br />
You are the first and the last<br />
The hope and the rainbow of the world.<br />
Father your promise gives me courage.<br />
Jesus, your love keeps me whole.<br />
Raise me from my worry and sin,<br />
Spirit cover me as morning dew,<br />
A bud yearning to soar.<br />
Cast away my fear, cast away my doubt.<br />
And when the new day dawns,<br />
Find me here below, coming toward you evermore<br />
As though I'd never been without.<br />
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