No time for God

"It is inconsistent not to have time for God
and to wish to spend eternity with Him."

(Source unknown)

A Beautiful miracle Through The Blessed Hands of Pope Benedict XVI

 A Beautiful MIRACLE Through The Blessed Hands of Pope Benedict XVI, know the story:

Peter Srsich, met Pope Benedict XVI in May 2012, along with his parents Tom and Laura, and his brother Johnny. Everyone was in St. Peter's Square at the Pope's hearing.

They came from Colorado, Peter was 19 and had arrived in front of the Pontifice, thanks to a trip organized by the Make A Wish International Foundation, which makes it a reality for sick kids to meet the Pope.

Peter was so excited he wasn't expecting a one-on-one meeting. He thought he would have a few moments to tell him about him, when he realized that all those who, like him, were trained, carried gifts with them, but he, on the other hand, had nothing to offer.

Then Peter's father, Tom, proposed to give him the green bracelet he was wearing, with the words "Pray for Peter" and the passage Romans 8:28: "... And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose. ", that Peter loved so much.

That was just one of 1,200 bracelets his classmate had made to create a chain of prayer for his health.

Peter had lung cancer, an advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma that was pressing on his heart. It was so big they couldn't anesthesia him, because there was a risk he wouldn't wake up again, so they couldn't even extract for a biopsy.

Multiple chemotherapy had led him to depression, from which he only recovered when he received the Eucharist. Peter battled that disease and was convinced he could be cured if he would simply go to the Vatican.

So the child stood before the Pope, explaining everything in a few words and asking for a blessing. Pope Benedict XVI blessed him, placing his right hand on his chest, where the tumor was, without Peter telling him where it was.

From that moment, the child never stopped improving, until he was completely healed.

He attended the University and is now a Priest as of May 15, 2021.

GOD BE THE GLORY!

Long Live the Church 

Long Live Pope Benedict 

Long Live Fr Peter

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JK Rowling

 "At age 17, she was rejected from college.

At age 25, her mother died from the disease.

At age 26, she moved to Portugal to teach English.

At age 27, she got married.

Her husband abused her. Her daughter was born.

At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression.

At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare.

At age 30, she didn't want to be on this earth.

But, she directed all her passion into doing the one thing she could do better than anyone else.

And that was writing.

At age 31, she finally published her first book.

At age 35, she released 4 books and was named Author of the Year.

At age 42, she sold 11 million copies of her new book, on the first day of release.

This woman is J.K. Rowling. Remember how she considered suicide at age 30?

Today, Harry Potter is a global brand worth more than 15 billion dollars.

Never give up. Believe in yourself. Be passionate. Work hard. It’s never too late.

She is J.K. Rowling."

Imtiaz Mahmod

LeBron James

 LeBron James with no father, no college education, no training, and very few role models except his single mother Gloria, they handed this young, dirt poor black kid $420,000 per week, at the age of 18 to play basketball  and become the face of the $75 billion NBA!

He married his high school sweetheart Savannah, was never arrested, never used drugs, and never humiliated his wife publicly with side chick stories. No outside babies. Never divorced..

Never in the news with so much as a parking ticket. Excellent father. Heavily involved with his 3 kid's activities. Greatest player of all time!

20 years later. Same dude. Same maturity. Same chick. Same family. Reputation intact. A billionaire earning over $2 million per week. He has sent 2300+ at risk kids from his hometown to college fully paid for.

#inspiring #lesson #worldchampion #Amazing #lebronjames #KingJames #legend

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Confession to the priest in the Old Testament

 " 5 When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed, 6 and he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin."

-Leviticus 5:5-6 (cf John Bergsma, Jesus and the Old Testament Roots of the Priesthood, p 57

Our sins, God's mercy and glory

 "I personally hold that there are saints in heaven who would not be in heaven if they had not sinned mortally. Sin is sometimes a necessary purification for our pride." (p 163)

As long as there is a hint of self-satisfaction in us, we will not be able to feel the full impact of grace (that flows from divine mercy). Jesus came to call sinners, not the good guys. We can tell him, 'I'm that sort of guy that you've became man to save. The sort of man you're looking for.' ... I am an obvious case for the Lord. The tougher the case I am, the more interest he has in the job. The more difficult it is to make me a saint, the more glory he gets from the power of his grace.

"God planned this world to be glorified by his mercy and grace. His grace is almost synonymous with His mercy. Merit and justice belong to the next life. This life is a time for mercy. I would go as far as to say, and I would not like to be quoted theologically on this because it needs proper expression, that God never punishes individuals in this life. Rather, he only corrects them. He will come down on you like a ton of bricks sometimes, but it is not just to take it out on you. It is to correct you and to give you a chance for making up for what you lost.

"His punishments in this life, if we can call them that, are always corrective and medicinal. They are planned to repair what you have lost by your infidelity or your sins. He never judges us in this life; he saves us. Our whole union with God in this life is based on the fact that we are sinners and he is saving us from our sins. I dare to say that your sins are the most effective means you have of affecting divine union. They draw down the mercy of God.

"Our Lord insisted that he came to look for sinners, not for saints (Mk 2:17). For lost sheep (Lk 15:3-7). For prodigal sons (Lk 15:11-32). I think you can find some of these headings in which you could put yourself."

-Eugene Boylan, Partnership with Christ, p xx

Mental prayer like a holocaust

 "There is one thing you cannot do. You cannot kneel before the Lord and not catch our Lord's eye." (p 155)

"The fact that you consecrate 30 minutes for doing nothing else except kneeling there is an act of divine worship." (p 158)

"Think of mental prayer as a holocaust to God. You get nothing in return. But without that holocaust, we will never be able to hear the word of God at any other time of the day." (p 161)

-Eugene Boylan, Partnership with Christ, p 155, 158, 161