Make one today!
the Little Sisters of the Poor all over the world are making holy hours by request of Mother General for this intention. join them or do your own. the home in Philadelphia has a holy hour from 4:30-5:30 pm and will continue up to and including January 20. The holy hour is silent except for evening prayer at 5pm.
Click here to find a home near you!
or look up a church near you that has Adoration: Click here for Masstimes.org (search for Adoration using the right-most column)
some of the main effects of FOCA:
1) All hospitals, including Catholic hospitals will be
required to perform abortions upon request. If this happens Bishops
vow to close down all Catholic hospitals, more then 30% of all
hospitals in the United States.
2) Partial birth abortions would be legal and have no limitations.
3) All U.S. tax payers would be funding abortions.
4) Parental notification will no longer be required.
5) The number of abortions will increase by a minimum of
100,000 annually.
Thank you for your prayers!
January 12, 2009
January 11, 2009
The Body of Christ
My dear friends I must share with you a revelation which was made so very profoundly real to me recently...
2-FOLD!
The Body of Christ present in the people of the Church.
Yes, it sounds quite simple in our theology and one of the main pillars of being Catholic and yet the Lord has been so very good to open my eyes to His Body here recently as I went on a retreat with other young adults as well as at Catholic Underground.
How to explain.... well let us just say that the whole Body of the Church, when present, can make one feel so very welcomed. A part of the group! A member of the Body! Yes, The Lord is so profoundly present in His Holy Body the Eucharist and has been so good to me in making this truth a very real and profound part of my life. One I could not live without! And yet to feel that I belong amidst the people... well here I have struggled in the past and I am sure i will continue to struggle, but the Lord is taking the scales from my eyes and showing me Himself in other places! Isn't He great?!!! We are happy with one thing, but He wants us to see it all! Surrounding me with not only the physically present Body, but also the celestial Body which is also so profoundly present for every prayer, always there adoring Him! And so I share in words that may not make sense, in a story which seems to have no plot or point, but for those of you who need to hear this and see Him in the Body of the Church, just trust, turn to Him in the Eucharist, and beg Him to show Himself... and He will! OH HE WILL!!!
PRAISE GOD!!!!
January 08, 2009
Step One: Find a Job
I have been in Philadelphia for 5 weeks now (well really just 4 since I was home for a week at Christmas). I am settled in and live with 4 other wonderful women. The community has been a blessing but my favorite part of my new home remains that there is Perpetual Adoration within walking distance!! YAY!
So, the first order of business for most people when moving to a new place is to find a job. Well, I guess for some that is actually an order of business even prior to moving! I searched in my field, having graduated with highest honors and two degrees (Environmental Science and Chemistry). It seemed that all the jobs I qualified for were connected to masters programs or in an area which did not interest me (since my real love is ecological research).
As I had mentioned previously I began volunteering for the Little Sisters of the Poor quite soon after I arrived and found peace in the ability to go there and be with the sisters and residents. I continued to search for a job and found a bagel shop which agreed to hire me. Seemed like a nice place and the Lord was quite gracious in allowing the owner to agree that I be able to go to Mass before coming to work thereby not scheduling me before 7:30am.
After calling a few times and not getting through, this bagel employment seemed to have been a figment of my imagination! As I have been "hired" now for about 3 weeks and have yet to work a single day! I continued to put out resumes and make contacts in hopes of finding a good job in my field.
Well, the Lord is good! Yes! Before Christmas, Mother Veronica asked me if I would like to work in the home! How amazing! So, I am now filling out the paperwork and going through the legal stuff to work for the Little Sisters! How amazing that a little under a year ago I was starting at the Little Sisters in Palatine! I left them assuming I would never see the LSPs again, and here I am working in another home. I guess that look Mother Maureen gave me when I left that seemed to say, "you'll be back" was right! :)
God be Praised!
So, the first order of business for most people when moving to a new place is to find a job. Well, I guess for some that is actually an order of business even prior to moving! I searched in my field, having graduated with highest honors and two degrees (Environmental Science and Chemistry). It seemed that all the jobs I qualified for were connected to masters programs or in an area which did not interest me (since my real love is ecological research).
As I had mentioned previously I began volunteering for the Little Sisters of the Poor quite soon after I arrived and found peace in the ability to go there and be with the sisters and residents. I continued to search for a job and found a bagel shop which agreed to hire me. Seemed like a nice place and the Lord was quite gracious in allowing the owner to agree that I be able to go to Mass before coming to work thereby not scheduling me before 7:30am.
After calling a few times and not getting through, this bagel employment seemed to have been a figment of my imagination! As I have been "hired" now for about 3 weeks and have yet to work a single day! I continued to put out resumes and make contacts in hopes of finding a good job in my field.
Well, the Lord is good! Yes! Before Christmas, Mother Veronica asked me if I would like to work in the home! How amazing! So, I am now filling out the paperwork and going through the legal stuff to work for the Little Sisters! How amazing that a little under a year ago I was starting at the Little Sisters in Palatine! I left them assuming I would never see the LSPs again, and here I am working in another home. I guess that look Mother Maureen gave me when I left that seemed to say, "you'll be back" was right! :)
God be Praised!
January 07, 2009
A Short List
My beloved friends,
it has been quite a while and there is much to catch you up on...
a short list:
-I moved to Philadelphia
-I have been volunteering with the Little Sisters of the Poor
-I will soon be working for the Little Sisters of the Poor
-I just went on retreat and the Lord is GOOD!!!
Ok... well that is the short list.
In the following days, I hope to expound upon the list and let you see a bit of what the Lord has begun in me!
Praise the Lord for He is good...
it has been quite a while and there is much to catch you up on...
a short list:
-I moved to Philadelphia
-I have been volunteering with the Little Sisters of the Poor
-I will soon be working for the Little Sisters of the Poor
-I just went on retreat and the Lord is GOOD!!!
Ok... well that is the short list.
In the following days, I hope to expound upon the list and let you see a bit of what the Lord has begun in me!
Praise the Lord for He is good...
December 09, 2008
Feeling at home
After almost a year of hopping from convent to convent and retreat to retreat, my home had very truly become the Church. If I was sleeping the same building as Our Lord in His Holy Presence, then i was at home. Moving to Philadelphia, I am no longer at "home" for I live in a house with 4 other women and the Tabernacle is not here... Although I am quite blessed to have Him within walking distance of my new place.
What I do want to share is a feeling of home... The Little Sisters of the Poor always help me to feel at home and so, finding out that they are in the area, I eagerly went for Mass last week. The good Lord had it in His Divine plan that the sister I spoke with, Sr. Veronica, is both vocation and volunteer coordinator. Allowing my mouth to freely speak, I do not even know what I shared or what I asked for past the initial, "Excise me sister, can you direct me to mother?" But at the end of it all, I was signing up as a volunteer and ready to return the following day.
The next day, we celebrated a funeral Mass for Sr. Adeline, lsp. It was so beautiful to be there with all the sisters and to have sisters from the other homes down visiting for the day. I even was able to speak with Mother Provincial, whom I had met while at the Palatine home! Oh how grateful I was to have a friendly face who recognized me and could, just through a simple smile, open up my heart to be vulnerable. As I exchanged just a few words, and began to cry, mother comforted me and encouraged me.
I return again today for another day of volunteering, wishing I could go there more, but knowing that I must also look for a job. Thank you Little Sisters for allowing me to feel at home, to have some sense of belonging in this strange, new place.
What I do want to share is a feeling of home... The Little Sisters of the Poor always help me to feel at home and so, finding out that they are in the area, I eagerly went for Mass last week. The good Lord had it in His Divine plan that the sister I spoke with, Sr. Veronica, is both vocation and volunteer coordinator. Allowing my mouth to freely speak, I do not even know what I shared or what I asked for past the initial, "Excise me sister, can you direct me to mother?" But at the end of it all, I was signing up as a volunteer and ready to return the following day.
The next day, we celebrated a funeral Mass for Sr. Adeline, lsp. It was so beautiful to be there with all the sisters and to have sisters from the other homes down visiting for the day. I even was able to speak with Mother Provincial, whom I had met while at the Palatine home! Oh how grateful I was to have a friendly face who recognized me and could, just through a simple smile, open up my heart to be vulnerable. As I exchanged just a few words, and began to cry, mother comforted me and encouraged me.
I return again today for another day of volunteering, wishing I could go there more, but knowing that I must also look for a job. Thank you Little Sisters for allowing me to feel at home, to have some sense of belonging in this strange, new place.
December 06, 2008
Long-Awaited update
My dear friends! what do I say? It has been a long time since i have updated my blog and mainly due to my lack of knowledge at how to share with you what has happened in the past 2 months!
As you know, I went on a silent retreat for a month directed by my long-time spiritual director. This month began with a decision that I was called to either the Visitation Monastery in MA or the Carmelites in WI... and ended with a very different next step.
Through the month, the Lord revealed a few area of my life and the way I perceive myself, the world, people, bugs... that I need to re-adjust and figure out. So, in order to do this, I have moved to Philadelphia and am now looking for a job in the science world! I hope to get back on track and have updates more frequently of my adventures in the big city! :) Thank you all for your prayers!
As you know, I went on a silent retreat for a month directed by my long-time spiritual director. This month began with a decision that I was called to either the Visitation Monastery in MA or the Carmelites in WI... and ended with a very different next step.
Through the month, the Lord revealed a few area of my life and the way I perceive myself, the world, people, bugs... that I need to re-adjust and figure out. So, in order to do this, I have moved to Philadelphia and am now looking for a job in the science world! I hope to get back on track and have updates more frequently of my adventures in the big city! :) Thank you all for your prayers!
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