4-30-15
Rainbow Bridge
There is bridge connecting heaven and earth
It is called Rainbow Bridge because of its many colors
Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge there is a land of meadows,
hills, valleys with lush green grass
When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this special place
There is always food and water and warm spring weather
The old and frail are young again
Those who are maimed are made whole again
They play all day with each other
There is only one thing MISSING
THEY ARE NOT WITH THEIR SPECIAL PERSON WHO LOVED THEM ON EARTH
So each day they run and play until the day comes
when one suddenly stops playing and looks up !!
The nose twitches !!
The ears are up !!
The eyes are staring !!
And this one suddenly runs from the group !!
You have been seen, and when you and your special friend meet,
you take him or her into your arms and embrace
YOUR FACE IS KISSED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
and you look once more into the eyes of your trusting pet
THEN YOU CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE TOGETHER, NEVER AGAIN TO BE SEPARATED !
Author Unknown
www.petloss.co.uk
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What a beautiful piece. I'm a 72 year old man that never heard or seen this before this week.
Two or three of you sent this to me ---- THANK YOU very much!
My 11 1/2 year old, mostly Black ,with Tan legs, German Shepard died Monday Morning at 1:18 A.M. Today I woke up at exactly 1:18 and couldn't get back to sleep---- so it's been a long day.
It's included many thoughts that she was still with us------pain, but yet also wonderful thoughts of THE THINGS WE DID TOGETHER.
My land phone, cell phone, texts, e-mails, Facebook, and private messenger have been receiving messages since word got out about Noon on Monday. Thank you. It doesn't make the news but it shows what a special place we live in ----- with people helping people.
Peace,
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Daily Miracles
4-28-15
Daily Miracles
By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful to our eyes. Psalm 118:23
From Living Faith by Steve Givens
There have been times in my life when I have been left speechless by the wonder of what I saw before me, such as the first glimpse of the Grand Canyon, my wife walking down the aisle at our wedding and the birth of our two children. I had no words. What I saw before me was so awe-inspiring that I knew the hand of God had to be at work.
Einstein said, 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." We can see each sunrise, each newborn child, each encounter with beauty and chalk them up to chance, or we can stand back in wonder at these daily miracles and yawn; the second is a gasp. You choose.
Lord, fill my life with wonder and a sense of you.
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Notes: As I mentioned yesterday we suddenly lost our almost 12 year old German Shepherd early yesterday morning. Everything I see and do around the house and the yard reminds me of Enga.
She is being cremated and we will scatter some ashes around the yard and on all the trails we used around here.
In the meantime this is the time of the year that Miracles are happening big time each and every day--- with all the flowers in bloom, buds and flowers on the shrubs and trees, plus the Bird migration is in full swing. Stop, Look and Listen to all that God's Creation has to over us, you will soon realize that
we are blessed with a sense of awe and wonder no matter where we live.
I'm going out for a short hike.
Peace,
grandpazach@yahoo.com
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Daily Miracles
By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful to our eyes. Psalm 118:23
From Living Faith by Steve Givens
There have been times in my life when I have been left speechless by the wonder of what I saw before me, such as the first glimpse of the Grand Canyon, my wife walking down the aisle at our wedding and the birth of our two children. I had no words. What I saw before me was so awe-inspiring that I knew the hand of God had to be at work.
Einstein said, 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." We can see each sunrise, each newborn child, each encounter with beauty and chalk them up to chance, or we can stand back in wonder at these daily miracles and yawn; the second is a gasp. You choose.
Lord, fill my life with wonder and a sense of you.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Notes: As I mentioned yesterday we suddenly lost our almost 12 year old German Shepherd early yesterday morning. Everything I see and do around the house and the yard reminds me of Enga.
She is being cremated and we will scatter some ashes around the yard and on all the trails we used around here.
In the meantime this is the time of the year that Miracles are happening big time each and every day--- with all the flowers in bloom, buds and flowers on the shrubs and trees, plus the Bird migration is in full swing. Stop, Look and Listen to all that God's Creation has to over us, you will soon realize that
we are blessed with a sense of awe and wonder no matter where we live.
I'm going out for a short hike.
Peace,
grandpazach@yahoo.com
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Monday, April 27, 2015
My twelve year old dog --Enga--- went to dog heaven at 1:00 A.M. Today 4-27-15
4-27-15
Enga died at 1:00 A.M. this morning.
will write about on future blogs----- but just wanted to get this out.
very sad----- hurts a lot------ 12 year old black German Shepherd----- meant the world to me.
Peace,
Grandpazach
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Monday, November 25, 2013
November----- All Saints
Just for Today #431 November--- All Saints
11-25-13
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
#962---- "We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints always (attentive) to our prayers.
From My Life with the Saints----- by James Martin, SJ
"My first year as Jesuit novice was one of exhilarating new experiences: discovering prayer and Christian spirituality; working with the poor and living in a religious community; encountering the joys of the liturgical year; and, not incidentally, learning about the saints.
It seemed that each novice entered the novitiate with a favorite saint or holy person. For the most part, it was easy to tell who the favorite saint was. Occasionally you were told outright. But usually the means of discovery was subtler: sometimes you could tell by the way a particular saint kept popping up in conversation, or by the way a person seemed almost imperceptibly happier on his saint's feast day, or by spying a holy card falling silently from his Bible as he turned a page while in chapel.
That's what this book is: a personal introduction to some of my favorite saints, holy persons, and companions. (Technically, a "saint" is someone who has been canonized, or officially recognized by the church as a person who has lived a holy life, enjoys life in heaven with God, and is worthy of public veneration by the faithful.) Over the past few years, whenever I've felt particularly close to a saint, I've spent some time writing down what drew me to him or her. Some of these essays reflect a devotion based on the public actions and well-known writings of a saint; others are rooted in a more personal response to a hidden part of a saint's life---- a small, almost unnoticed, piece of his or her story that has affected me in a deep way.
One day at Mass in the Novitiate chapel, I heard---- as if for the first time--- a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the saints: "You renew the Church in every age by raising up men and women outstanding in holiness, living witnesses of your unchanging love. They inspire us by their heroic lives, and help us by their constant prayers to be the living sign of your saving power."----- And I thought, YES!
Father Martin's list of Saints and Holy People was as follows:
Joan of Arc
Therese of Lisieux
Thomas Merton
Ignatius of Loyola
Pedro Arrupe
Bernadette Soubirous
Mother Teresa
Pope John XXIII
Dorothy Day
Peter
Thomas Aquinas
Francis of Assisi
Joseph
The Ugandan Martyrs
Aloysius Gonzaga
Mary
As for myself, I have prayed to been and close "Friends" with a number of Saints and Holy People:
St Benedict
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Anthony of Padua
Thomas Merton
St. Francis de Sales
St. Basil the Great
St. Aelred of Rievaulx
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Paul
St. Peter
St. Andrew
St. Scholastica
St. Isidore the Farmer
St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist de la Salle
St. Bruno
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Mother Teresa
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
Leah Kunz
Susan Zachman
Anna Freund
Amen
Year of Faith Plus 1
Peace
grandpazach@yahoo.com
11-25-13
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
#962---- "We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints always (attentive) to our prayers.
From My Life with the Saints----- by James Martin, SJ
"My first year as Jesuit novice was one of exhilarating new experiences: discovering prayer and Christian spirituality; working with the poor and living in a religious community; encountering the joys of the liturgical year; and, not incidentally, learning about the saints.
It seemed that each novice entered the novitiate with a favorite saint or holy person. For the most part, it was easy to tell who the favorite saint was. Occasionally you were told outright. But usually the means of discovery was subtler: sometimes you could tell by the way a particular saint kept popping up in conversation, or by the way a person seemed almost imperceptibly happier on his saint's feast day, or by spying a holy card falling silently from his Bible as he turned a page while in chapel.
That's what this book is: a personal introduction to some of my favorite saints, holy persons, and companions. (Technically, a "saint" is someone who has been canonized, or officially recognized by the church as a person who has lived a holy life, enjoys life in heaven with God, and is worthy of public veneration by the faithful.) Over the past few years, whenever I've felt particularly close to a saint, I've spent some time writing down what drew me to him or her. Some of these essays reflect a devotion based on the public actions and well-known writings of a saint; others are rooted in a more personal response to a hidden part of a saint's life---- a small, almost unnoticed, piece of his or her story that has affected me in a deep way.
One day at Mass in the Novitiate chapel, I heard---- as if for the first time--- a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the saints: "You renew the Church in every age by raising up men and women outstanding in holiness, living witnesses of your unchanging love. They inspire us by their heroic lives, and help us by their constant prayers to be the living sign of your saving power."----- And I thought, YES!
Father Martin's list of Saints and Holy People was as follows:
Joan of Arc
Therese of Lisieux
Thomas Merton
Ignatius of Loyola
Pedro Arrupe
Bernadette Soubirous
Mother Teresa
Pope John XXIII
Dorothy Day
Peter
Thomas Aquinas
Francis of Assisi
Joseph
The Ugandan Martyrs
Aloysius Gonzaga
Mary
As for myself, I have prayed to been and close "Friends" with a number of Saints and Holy People:
St Benedict
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Anthony of Padua
Thomas Merton
St. Francis de Sales
St. Basil the Great
St. Aelred of Rievaulx
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Paul
St. Peter
St. Andrew
St. Scholastica
St. Isidore the Farmer
St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist de la Salle
St. Bruno
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Mother Teresa
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
Leah Kunz
Susan Zachman
Anna Freund
Amen
Year of Faith Plus 1
Peace
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Let's Follow in HIS Footsteps
Walk the Path that Jesus Walked!
Part of Reflection by Catherine de Hueck Doherty (1896-1985)
As we approach the call to EVANGELIZE and spread the GOOD NEWS we need to be extremely flexible in what we do and be attentive to NEW OPPORTUNITIES, OPENINGS, POSSIBILITIES, that cut across our preconceived notions and beckon into ways and situations that we have barely assessed or perhaps never thought of. Be prepared for constant changes. We cannot be rigid in any way or undesirous of change. We seek a deeper impenetration or presentation of the Good News. It is important for us to use all modern means of communication and technology to put across the message of Christ.
Flexibility needs to be prepared for by OBSERVING, THINKING, RESEARCHING, AND PRAYER. But it is important that we do all these together, as united community. WE NEED TO BEG THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. If we look for the PATHS that God is already laying out for us, a new awareness, a new vitality, and new sense of challenge and adventure will come into our hearts. WE DID TO BE READY TO FOLLOW CHRIST WHEREVER HE GOES, for Christ has a way of going into unexpected places. He often directs us toward an end that we don't yet perceive but is just around the corner.
Amen.
Peace
Year of Faith
"Let's Follow in His Footsteps"
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Part of Reflection by Catherine de Hueck Doherty (1896-1985)
As we approach the call to EVANGELIZE and spread the GOOD NEWS we need to be extremely flexible in what we do and be attentive to NEW OPPORTUNITIES, OPENINGS, POSSIBILITIES, that cut across our preconceived notions and beckon into ways and situations that we have barely assessed or perhaps never thought of. Be prepared for constant changes. We cannot be rigid in any way or undesirous of change. We seek a deeper impenetration or presentation of the Good News. It is important for us to use all modern means of communication and technology to put across the message of Christ.
Flexibility needs to be prepared for by OBSERVING, THINKING, RESEARCHING, AND PRAYER. But it is important that we do all these together, as united community. WE NEED TO BEG THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. If we look for the PATHS that God is already laying out for us, a new awareness, a new vitality, and new sense of challenge and adventure will come into our hearts. WE DID TO BE READY TO FOLLOW CHRIST WHEREVER HE GOES, for Christ has a way of going into unexpected places. He often directs us toward an end that we don't yet perceive but is just around the corner.
Amen.
Peace
Year of Faith
"Let's Follow in His Footsteps"
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Is God Communicating with YOU?
Book about God Coincidences
1. From This Day:
Within the Word
The Spirit in the Christian Life
Every other year, the Saturday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time (last Saturday) through Thursday of the thirtieth week (this Week), the daily Lectionary reads through the whole of Romans 8, and with good reason. It is in this chapter more than any other that Paul develops his THEOLOGY OF THE SPIRIT.
Those who live according to the Spirit, then, view reality from God's point of view. While they live in the world and in the body, they live by the power of God's Spirit, which enables them to do what they could not do when they were in the old Adam. The power of God's own Spirit empowers them to fulfill God's law as God intended. Thus the Spirit is the power and source of their moral life.
2. Romans 8: 26-28 (tomorrow's Mass) :
Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of our WEAKNESS; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the holy ones according to god's will.
3. "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love."
4. Notes:
In those special little moments when everything just seems to fall into place---- what do you think it is that just happened? Was it Fate? Serendipity? Providence? Chance? Happenstance? Destiny?
Last week I received a small book, as a gift, by Squire Rushnell, titled, "When God Winks at you---- how God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence."
From the back cover:
Those Extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason, a coincidence--- sometimes a silly little thing--- CHANGES the course of your day.... or even your life. Is it chance, is it luck, or is GOD COMMUNICATIONG WITH YOU?
xxxxxxx
This week I'm working on a paper about the Holy Spirit in my life and I seem to flooded with these "God Winks and God Incidents+ --- this mornings reflections about today's Gospel are prime examples.
Amen.
Peace
Year of Faith
grandpazach@yahoo.com
1. From This Day:
Within the Word
The Spirit in the Christian Life
Every other year, the Saturday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time (last Saturday) through Thursday of the thirtieth week (this Week), the daily Lectionary reads through the whole of Romans 8, and with good reason. It is in this chapter more than any other that Paul develops his THEOLOGY OF THE SPIRIT.
Those who live according to the Spirit, then, view reality from God's point of view. While they live in the world and in the body, they live by the power of God's Spirit, which enables them to do what they could not do when they were in the old Adam. The power of God's own Spirit empowers them to fulfill God's law as God intended. Thus the Spirit is the power and source of their moral life.
2. Romans 8: 26-28 (tomorrow's Mass) :
Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of our WEAKNESS; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the holy ones according to god's will.
3. "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love."
4. Notes:
In those special little moments when everything just seems to fall into place---- what do you think it is that just happened? Was it Fate? Serendipity? Providence? Chance? Happenstance? Destiny?
Last week I received a small book, as a gift, by Squire Rushnell, titled, "When God Winks at you---- how God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence."
From the back cover:
Those Extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason, a coincidence--- sometimes a silly little thing--- CHANGES the course of your day.... or even your life. Is it chance, is it luck, or is GOD COMMUNICATIONG WITH YOU?
xxxxxxx
This week I'm working on a paper about the Holy Spirit in my life and I seem to flooded with these "God Winks and God Incidents+ --- this mornings reflections about today's Gospel are prime examples.
Amen.
Peace
Year of Faith
grandpazach@yahoo.com
Monday, October 28, 2013
We are all Apostles!
We are all Apostles!
1. Feast: St. Simon and St. Jude Apostles (First Century)
Of all the original twelve apostles, St. Jude is perhaps the most commonly invoked in prayer. He enjoys widespread popularity as the "patron of hopeless cases."
Both of these saints have long been celebrated together---- possibly owing to the legend that they were martyred in Persia on the same day.
2. From the Magnificat---- a reading they used for morning Prayers--- one of my favorites.
James 1: 22-25
BE DOERS OF THE WORD, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a DOER, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror. He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like. But the one who peers into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a DOER WHO ACTS, SUCH A ONE SHALL BE BLESSED FOR WHAT HE DOES.
3. From "Saint of the Day"
"As in the case of all the apostles except Peter, James and John, we are faced with men who are really unknown, and we are struck by the fact that their holiness is simply taken to be a GIFT FROM CHRIST. He chose some unlikely people; a former Zealot, a former (crooked) tax collector, an impetuous fisherman, two "sons of thunder" and a man named Judas Iscariot.
It is a reminder that we cannot receive too often. Holiness does not depend on human merit, culture, personality, effort or achievement. It is entirely God's creation and gift. God needs no zealots to bring about the kingdom by force. Jude, like all the saints, is the saint of the impossible; Only God can create his divine life in human beings. And God wills to do so, for all of us.
"Just as Christ was sent by the Father, so also he sent the apostles, FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT."
4.From Father Burke Masters
"The Apostles were regular men like me and you. The Lord DID NOT CALL THE EQUIPPED, BUT HE EQUIPS THE CALLED. Jesus turned these twelve ordinary men into a group of super-evangelists with the help of His grace. The Holy Spirit descended upon these men on that first Pentecost and the world would never be the same .
The Lord also calls me and you, despite our weakness and sinfulness . The Lord's call is not just for the apostles, but it is for every single one of us. He sets high ideals for all of us. He calls us to be holy as our heavenly Father is holy. He calls us to be merciful as the Lord is merciful to us. He loves us more than we can possibly imagine. And He gives us the grace to live out this life of discipleship.
How are you responding to God's call in your life?"
Let's All be Apostles!
Grandpazach
1. Feast: St. Simon and St. Jude Apostles (First Century)
Of all the original twelve apostles, St. Jude is perhaps the most commonly invoked in prayer. He enjoys widespread popularity as the "patron of hopeless cases."
Both of these saints have long been celebrated together---- possibly owing to the legend that they were martyred in Persia on the same day.
2. From the Magnificat---- a reading they used for morning Prayers--- one of my favorites.
James 1: 22-25
BE DOERS OF THE WORD, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a DOER, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror. He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like. But the one who peers into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a DOER WHO ACTS, SUCH A ONE SHALL BE BLESSED FOR WHAT HE DOES.
3. From "Saint of the Day"
"As in the case of all the apostles except Peter, James and John, we are faced with men who are really unknown, and we are struck by the fact that their holiness is simply taken to be a GIFT FROM CHRIST. He chose some unlikely people; a former Zealot, a former (crooked) tax collector, an impetuous fisherman, two "sons of thunder" and a man named Judas Iscariot.
It is a reminder that we cannot receive too often. Holiness does not depend on human merit, culture, personality, effort or achievement. It is entirely God's creation and gift. God needs no zealots to bring about the kingdom by force. Jude, like all the saints, is the saint of the impossible; Only God can create his divine life in human beings. And God wills to do so, for all of us.
"Just as Christ was sent by the Father, so also he sent the apostles, FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT."
4.From Father Burke Masters
"The Apostles were regular men like me and you. The Lord DID NOT CALL THE EQUIPPED, BUT HE EQUIPS THE CALLED. Jesus turned these twelve ordinary men into a group of super-evangelists with the help of His grace. The Holy Spirit descended upon these men on that first Pentecost and the world would never be the same .
The Lord also calls me and you, despite our weakness and sinfulness . The Lord's call is not just for the apostles, but it is for every single one of us. He sets high ideals for all of us. He calls us to be holy as our heavenly Father is holy. He calls us to be merciful as the Lord is merciful to us. He loves us more than we can possibly imagine. And He gives us the grace to live out this life of discipleship.
How are you responding to God's call in your life?"
Let's All be Apostles!
Grandpazach
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