Musings from one of the women: Happy Thanksgiving

Gifts of the Spirit

There are different gifts but the same Spirit; there are different ministries but the same Lord; there are different works but the same God who accomplishes all of them in everyone. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one the Spirit gives wisdom in discourse, to another the power to express knowledge. Through the Spirit one receives faith; by the same Spirit another is given the gift of healing, and still another miraculous powers. Prophecy is given to one; to another power to distinguish one spirit from another. One receives the gift of tongues, another that of interpreting the tongues. But it is one and the same Spirit
who produces all these gifts distributing them to each as he wills.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
May we all live the gifts that we have been given in humble service to God and others.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Not because of the food, which is always awesome, plentiful and made with love. Not because of parades & football & classic movies that keep me entertained all day. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because the sole purpose of the day is to take some time, gather with those near and dear to me and thank God for all of the blessings that He has bestowed up me the past year. Some of them wonderful, and some not so wonderful, and all of them blessings just the same.

I have so much to be thanful for- a wonderful husband, a loving family, an awesome spiritual director, a wonderful cicle of friends, old & new, who support, encouage and love me enough to point out my shortcomings when needed, two jobs that I love and let me use the gifts given to me by God to serve His people and, most importantly, for the Grace that God has bestowed on me this past year.

It's about the "simple things"...

Happy Thanksgiving!
Please remember to keep all those who go without today, all who are alone, all those who are working to protect us and take care of our loved ones while their families gather without them, and for all those who are far from home in your prayers today.

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Victor S E MoubarakNovember 24, 2011 at 5:48 AM
Happy Thanksgiving

God bless.
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Her Name

There is a lot I don’t know
about courage.
I think I would have been
hiding with the rest,
Or alone, crying.

She was crying too,
just three days after he died,
as she came to the tomb
to tend to the only needs of his
there were left to tend to.
And when she found him gone
it was too much,
And all she wanted to do
was to find him,
And cling to what was left of her life.

She must have heard him
say it so many times,
and maybe it always made
her think of the first time
He had spoken her name
and driven out the demons,
when he had saved her
and changed everything.

So maybe the others could hide,
but she had to be near him,
she had to care for him
even if it was too late.

And then she heard, “Mary, “
her name, in His voice,
and it was unmistakable,
and it wasn’t too late:
His voice could still calm storms
and shatter hearts of stone
and cast out every demon
of fear and loneliness from her heart.

She heard him say her name that day
and she had the courage to
let him change her life again.

Thomas Flowers, SJ
Walking Humbly: Scripture Meditations in Verse

Musings from one of the women

Gifts of the Spirit

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

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