Mary, Our Mother

Mary, Our Mother! She hears the cries of our hearts! She cares about all that we care about. Just ask her to pray for you and your intentions, and she will take your prayers to her Son.

Happy Mother's Day!

This is the statue that will soon be in our chapel!

Happy Mother's Day to all physical and spiritual mothers out there!

(hopefully soon we'll post more beautiful pictures of Mary, crowned for May!)

"Everything Comes From Love"

Some of us were at the Catherine of Siena Parish in the Dallas area. This statue of her is outside. The message is the crux of our lives:

"Everything comes from love.

All is ordained for the salvation of man.

God does nothing without this good in mind."

If you read the lives of the saints, this is the common thread that you find in all of their lives -- Total Trust in God, no matter how bad it looks, no matter how it looks like the opposite of good. Total Trust in God, that nothing happens to us that does not first go through God's Hands, because He will use everything for a better good (if we let Him).

Jesus, I Trust in You!

Right now we have many petitions to pray for -- loved ones with diseases, the swine flu, the political happenings in the world, war, etc. People are hurting in one way or another all around us. This is nothing new, actually. And it is nothing new that GOD is in CONTROL!

Jesus, I Trust in You!

The Human Experience

Check out this website and Trailer!

http://www.grassrootsfilms.com/thehumanexperience/

Wow.

We saw a prescreening last night. It is powerful. Life is funny. It's so mysterious. We take it for granted so many times.

This film is about some men who traveled to see and experience with people -- the homeless, the leper colony, the children's home for disabled children in Peru, some people in Africa dying of AIDS. The faith that they found among these people is astounding. We left there with a strange feeling of peace, remembering HOW MUCH God loves us! HOW MUCH God is in control of our lives -- how He's always trying to lead us closer to Himself, always trying to show us how much He loves us! There's really no words for the truth behind all this!

God bless you!

Divine Mercy Sunday!!!

Today was an AWESOME day! I hope all of you celebrated the Divine Mercy today. There are so many graces to be gained this day! God bless you all!

Here is a link explaining the Divine Mercy Celebration. Google it to find out more!

Holy Week, The Holy Triduum, and the Easter Season!

Dear Friends,

(the picture on the last post was from a retreat that we helped with recently - forgot to post that)

This has been a GREAT week! There is nothing like Holy Week and Easter. Time to reflect, clean, cook, reflect again... It blows a person's mind to think of how God can love us so much. The only way to fathom it is to think about a parent and a child. We love our children so much, but God loves us a million (infinitely really) times more!

Receive His Love. Bask in His Love. Receive the Power of the Resurrection in your life! Live this reality that you are a part of the Body of Christ, part of the Risen Lord! We must strive to live this. Even when we suffer, there is still a joy that comes from Christ!

God bless you all!

High School Retreat -- Getting Ready for Holy Week

God is head over heals in love with you! Receive His Love!

Holy Week is such a special week. May we enter into this week, asking God to united us to His suffering, death, and resurrection!