"...Do not waste time..."
“Dear children! With motherly love I implore you to give me your hands, permit me to lead you. I, as a mother, desire to save you from restlessness, despair and eternal exile. My Son, by His death on the Cross, showed how much He loves you; He sacrificed Himself for your sake and the sake of your sins. Do not keep rejecting His sacrifice and do not keep renewing His sufferings with your sins. Do not keep shutting the doors of Heaven to yourselves. My children, do not waste time. Nothing is more important than unity in my Son. I will help you because the Heavenly Father is sending me so that, together, we can show the way of grace and salvation to all those who do not know Him. Do not be hard hearted. Have confidence in me and adore my Son. My children, you can not be without the shepherds. May they be in your prayers every day. Thank you.”
Who am I to talk about motherhood. As St. Teresa of Avila talks about a grace that flows like waterfall, I want to believe that I was experiencing such grace during mass earlier today. It was in phase: feeling sorry then deeply sorrowful for my delayed or lost motherhood (possibly due to my own fear of failure as a mother; thus indefinitely procrastinating motherhood; meanwhile, my own biological clock fast approaching impending menopause...); then feeling a deep sorrow and repentance for whatever irresponsible behaviors that further added to my husband's fear for my capacity for motherhood...
"He's no fool who gives what he cannot keep; and who keeps what he cannot lose."
-Father Michael Wagner during his 8 am homily on Mother's Day, 2012
After my friend Elizabeth from Prayer for Healing team told me how awesome the Healing retreat was yesterday, I decided that I should really take care of myself before I go out and help those who are to visit Holyrood cemetery on Mother's Day today.
Happy Mother's Day to my mothers: Mrs. Rosemary Frisinger and Mrs. Monica Chang. I love you and thank you for your wonderful example of what it means to be a mother. And thanks to all of my spiritual mothers, i.e. my own aunts and those around me who generously loved me. :) May God bless you abundantly.
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Ghost and raises man to Heaven. - St. Ephrem +++Oremus. May we stay on course, through daily self-denial, taking up our ✝️, to follow Him - to know, love and serve God - with the guidance of the Declaration of Truth, by Cardinal Burke & other leaders, 31 May'19... May the Holy Spirit help us to understand and guide us. Amen.
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