Joshua Fought the Battle

good and evil ::

" I think evil is always small, and that good is infinite. Evil closes itself to God and thus becomes even smaller; Good opens itself to God and thus becomes infinite. Evil cannot become so large as to fill even the universe. God became so small that He could fill Hell and then burst it asunder because it could not contain Him. Every good deed will have eternal remembrance, but even the largest deeds of the evil will be forgotten."

                                                                              Father Stephen

Love=

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
(1 Cor. 13:7)

TEST bY Mevakesh Lev

I know some people who are poor and can't pay the bills. I know others who have lots of money but are consumed by financial concerns.

I know some people who are having trouble conceiving. I know others who have children but they are a source anguish either because they are ill, off the derech or otherwise difficult.

I know some people who are single and are dying to get married. I know others who are married but are having trouble maintaining a loving relationship with their spouse.

I know some people who are ill. I know others who are healthy but are physically and emotionally overwhelmed by life's responsibilities.

I know women whose husbands died. I know others whose husbands annoy them to death.

I know children who are orphans. I know others who have parents but can't stand them.

I know some people who are unemployed. I know others who are employed but hate their jobs.

I know a lot of people who are dead. I know others who suffer so much from life that sometimes they wish they were dead.

Lesson: Life is a TEST. To pass the test means to maintain one's faith and joy in the face of all troubles.

The secret - never stop counting your blessings.

GOD alone

 is enough  

Let nothing

trouble you.

Let nothing

frighten you.

Whoever has God 

lacks nothing.

God

alone

is

 enough.

Saint Teresa of Avila

THE GUILT WILL_SURFACE

 
                                                    No creature is concealed   from Him            but

everything is naked

 and exposed
 to the eyes of Him

                                             to whom we_must

               render an account.

[ Hebrews-4:13]

  

                                                                                                                                                            
              Then  I

declared my sin to you;                 my guilt

                                                       I did not hide.
          I said,
                                                                           "I confess my faults to the Lord,"

            and you                   took_away         the guilt                              of my sin

Thus should all your faithful pray in times
                                                                                of distress

                                        manyare the sorrows of the wicked  but 

                                                        my love 
                                                                                                                surrounds_those
                                                                                                             who trust in the Lord

  [Psalm32:5,6,10]



For Catharine _ a place of Beauty

      

  The Prayerof St.Francis

Lord, make me an instrument

of your peace,

Where there is hatred,

 let me sow love;

Where there is injury,

 pardon;

Where there is doubt,

 faith;

Where there is despair,

hope;

Where there is darkness,

 light;

Where there is sadness,

 joy;

O Divine Master,

 grant that I

may not so much seek to be consoled

 as to console;

to be understood

as to understand;

to be loved

as to love.

For it is in giving

that we receive;

it is in pardoning

that we are pardoned

And it is in dying

 that we are born

 to eternal life.

St. Francis was born at Assisi in 1182. After a care free youth, he turned his back on inherited wealth and committed himself to God. Like many early saints, he lived a very simple life of poverty, and in so doing, gained a reputation of being the friend of animals. He established the rule of St Francis, which exists today as the Order of St. Francis, or the Franciscans. He died in 1226, aged 44. My beautiful Catharine was born on his feast day.

      "Produce_beautiful

                                                           things,

                                   but_above

  all  make

                                            your                                       lives

                                          places   

                                                             of  beauty."

                                                                                                                                    [Pope BenedictXVI]



Paul Henry Whittlesey O'Neill 1994

FOR PAUL_beloved by mOmmy:



Passion of Mercy,

lead me on


through shadows crossing,
valley low


beyond the pale
of

winter's snow


'til from the soles of hallowed_feet,

I rise
triumphant-
vessel meek


to you-

Eternal_Light_Divine;


Beautific vision

mine to own

amen