Hewooo! Geuss wat day it is today. . . . . MONDAY! and dat meens Maggie Monday! yay! i wuv maggie monday. cause i is Maggie!
So, a foo days ago, master took me "rollor steaking". I haves no idea wai dey it called "roller steaks", cause i hasn't seen any steak come out or anything lik dat, but anyway, master puts on dees weerd shoos called roller steaks, and dey makes her go faster! so den i get to run, and go faster! I WUV GOING FASTER! I is really fast you no. I is probably almost as fast as a cheetah. but you no, cheetah sounds lik cheeter, so maybe dey cheet to go dat faster, witch wood meen dat i is reely da faster one.
I reely can't figur out wai day is called rollor steaks. I wish dat dey would maybe have steaks dat come out of dem when you get hom. You no, lik the rollor steaks coold say wen you get hom, "Wow Maggie, you is really fast. You must have used a millon coweries, so you needs some more. Heer, have a steak!" and den a big steak coold come out! DAT WOOD BE AUSSOM!
but, going faster is ok to. I really lik to go faster.
So, me and master has been going rollor steaking instead on walking for a foo days. We just went for a walk today, cause it was reely cold outside, and master had to go someweer. and i had to stay hom :0(
also, I wood lik to say, dat i think i has foond da cure for "insnomnia". Tuck in your nose wen you go to sleep! I almost always tuck in my nose wen i is sleeping. somtimes i tuck in in with my tail, and sometime i put it under my foot. Or somtimes i put it in a little courner of my bead, or under a blanket, or under master's arm. And i doesn't have any truble sleeping! so maybe next time you cant sleep, try tucking in your nose!
Well, maybe i will say somthing else next week.
-Maggie :0)
Monday, February 24, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
With freedom comes responsibility
We are free. Not only do we live in a free country, but we also have free will, and we have been freed from sin. We may fall into the Captivity of sin again and again (and more than likely we will at some point) but when we come to God, He sets us free again!
Unlike some other religions, when you think about it, we don't really have *that* many "physical restrictions" for instance, dont have to worry about making sure our meat isn't mixed with dairy products.
Yes, we have to fast sometimes. We have to give up meat on certain days. We have to go to Mass every Sunday and on Holy Days of Obligation. (there are certain restrictions that keep us from sin like not using contraceptives, not gong to fortune tellers or getting all "new age"y common sense stuff like that)
But being a Catholic doesn't really put many restrictions on our everyday life.
However, we have a great responsibility. We need to pick up our cross and follow The Lord. We need to share the Good news of the Gospel, we need to help build each other up, instead of tearing each other down like the world tells us to. We need to think less of ourselves, and more of others. We need to be caring and kind, and help each other up when we fall.
We are free, but true freedom isn't doing whatever you want, anytime you want to. True freedom does come with responsibilities! True freedom is freedom of the soul. Freedom from sin. It's kinda like a joy that spreads out to others. True freedom makes us want others to have this freedom, and makes us help them to attain it. True freedom is Love.
Do these responsibilities make this freedom not worth the trouble? By no means. It makes it all the more worth it. The more we Love, the more free we become. The more we Love God, and through Loving Him, love and care for others, the more free we become. We still have that responsibility, but these responsibilities are not restrictions and regulations. They are gifts from God to help us not fall into captivity again, and to help others get out of it.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Divine Mercy
Well, I was cleaning my room today when I decided to move a book from my dresser/shelf to another shelf closer to my bed, for easier access. And like pretty much every time I decide to put a book away, I opened it to a random page and was absorbed for about. . . I have no idea how long, but it was probably between 20 and 45 minutes. Yeah.
The book is "Diary: Divine Mercy in my Soul" and it the Diary of St. M Faustina Kowalska.
My Grandma had the book, and gave it to me after I asked her where I might be able to find a copy. (Thanks, Grandma!)
The book is HUGE. Probably 3 inches thick! But it is filled with such inspiration and wonder. I haven't read much of it, but every time I pick it up I get totally lost in it, and cry (or almost cry) every time.
Jesus revealed himself to St. Faustina so many times, and spoke directly to her often. OK, I don't really pay much attention to the dates. However, Jesus' words (speaking to St. Faustina) are on almost every single page that I've read, so I'd say He spoke with her pretty often. It's amazing.
She has many trials and sufferings. She also has an incredible love for Jesus.
Jesus makes His great Mercy known to her. Jesus' mercy is so vast, so great, that no soul could ever comprehend it. And It hurts Him so much when people don't or won't come to Him and accept His mercy. He is ready to let flow the never ending fount of mercy within Him, if we are only willing to receive it.
Jesus wants her to spread devotion to His Mercy every where, and wants her to work toward getting a feast of His Mercy. “This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of my tender mercies. Every soul believing and trusting in My mercy will obtain it.”
He said. And also
"The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.”
He also wants a particular image (which He shows her in a vision) to be blessed and venerated on this feast.
“I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.” He said.
She worked toward these thing despite her difficulties, which were many. Now we have the Feast of Divine Mercy on the first Sunday after Easter. We now have the Image of Divine mercy too. Jesus also revealed to her other things that He wanted to be spread, Such as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, The Hour of Great Mercy (3 o'clock) and the novena of Chaplets before Divine Mercy Sunday (starting on Good Friday)
And Jesus tells her that it is the most sinful people, who are most in need of His Mercy, who are, so to speak, first in line, to His Mercy. He wants them to come to Him, no matter what they've done, and He wants to freely give them abundant mercy, and forgive them.
Isn't that one of the most loving, touching, hope-inspiring things you've ever heard??
Jesus is Love and Mercy. His love and mercy are more than overflowing, they NEVER end. It really doesn't. In fact, Jesus said to her "My Daughter, do you think you have written enough about My mercy? What you have Written is but a drop compared to the ocean. I am Love and Mercy itself. There is no misery that could be a match for My mercy, neither will misery exhaust it, because as it is being granted - it increases. The soul that trusts in My mercy is most fortunate, because I myself take care of it." 1273
Jesus Loves us all so much. I think Every one needs to at least read a little bit of this book, and get a little taste of His mercy and love. As Jesus said in the quote above, Everything that she wrote is a drop in the Ocean of His Mercy.
The book is "Diary: Divine Mercy in my Soul" and it the Diary of St. M Faustina Kowalska.
My Grandma had the book, and gave it to me after I asked her where I might be able to find a copy. (Thanks, Grandma!)
The book is HUGE. Probably 3 inches thick! But it is filled with such inspiration and wonder. I haven't read much of it, but every time I pick it up I get totally lost in it, and cry (or almost cry) every time.
Jesus revealed himself to St. Faustina so many times, and spoke directly to her often. OK, I don't really pay much attention to the dates. However, Jesus' words (speaking to St. Faustina) are on almost every single page that I've read, so I'd say He spoke with her pretty often. It's amazing.
She has many trials and sufferings. She also has an incredible love for Jesus.
Jesus makes His great Mercy known to her. Jesus' mercy is so vast, so great, that no soul could ever comprehend it. And It hurts Him so much when people don't or won't come to Him and accept His mercy. He is ready to let flow the never ending fount of mercy within Him, if we are only willing to receive it.
Jesus wants her to spread devotion to His Mercy every where, and wants her to work toward getting a feast of His Mercy. “This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of my tender mercies. Every soul believing and trusting in My mercy will obtain it.”
He said. And also
"The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.”
He also wants a particular image (which He shows her in a vision) to be blessed and venerated on this feast.
“I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.” He said.
She worked toward these thing despite her difficulties, which were many. Now we have the Feast of Divine Mercy on the first Sunday after Easter. We now have the Image of Divine mercy too. Jesus also revealed to her other things that He wanted to be spread, Such as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, The Hour of Great Mercy (3 o'clock) and the novena of Chaplets before Divine Mercy Sunday (starting on Good Friday)
And Jesus tells her that it is the most sinful people, who are most in need of His Mercy, who are, so to speak, first in line, to His Mercy. He wants them to come to Him, no matter what they've done, and He wants to freely give them abundant mercy, and forgive them.
Isn't that one of the most loving, touching, hope-inspiring things you've ever heard??
Jesus is Love and Mercy. His love and mercy are more than overflowing, they NEVER end. It really doesn't. In fact, Jesus said to her "My Daughter, do you think you have written enough about My mercy? What you have Written is but a drop compared to the ocean. I am Love and Mercy itself. There is no misery that could be a match for My mercy, neither will misery exhaust it, because as it is being granted - it increases. The soul that trusts in My mercy is most fortunate, because I myself take care of it." 1273
Jesus Loves us all so much. I think Every one needs to at least read a little bit of this book, and get a little taste of His mercy and love. As Jesus said in the quote above, Everything that she wrote is a drop in the Ocean of His Mercy.
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