Posted on 12/12/2003 7:02:06 AM PST by Salvation
There are no words to express how much I love Our Lady and how much she continues to do for me even though I don't deserve it.
"Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else you need?"-Our Lady to St. Juan Diego
Thank you Jesus, for giving us your Mother to be our Mother.
Thank you Dearest Mother, my Queen, for all that you have done and continue to do for me, as sinful as I am, I love you!
Through the Year with Bishop Fulton Sheen
Inspirational Selections for Each Day of the Year
December 12 - "Gifts can be transient things. That's why St. Paul says of several of them, 'They will pass.' See how Saul lost his gift, or Samson. Samson had the charism of strength. And Samson one day said, 'I will go out and do as I've done before,' and scripture says that' he knew not that the Lord had left him.' He no longer had the charism.
So the particular gifts can be lost. We therefore have to keep a due balance in the Church, and not be overemphatic about certain gifts, not forming elites, not allowing anyone to say, 'We have a monopoly on the Spirit. You join our group. I am of Paul; I am of Cephas; I am of Apollos.' The test is always: does it build up the Church? If it does not build up the Church, then it is not properly used." - Bishop Sheen
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