Thank you Padraig, I truly believe the devil is at work ,I am now once again at rock bottom with depression, my family is my life and I am at a loss at the level of dislike they have for me I have been praying to the Holy Spirt to strengthen and guide me God Bless Mary
Well, I am just determined to pray with you \Mary. To walk with you in this. Big hugs St Michael and Padre Pio
Mary prayers going up to our most loving and merciful God our Father for you and your family's spiritual physical and emotional healing and strength. Most definitely anyone with Christian faith is being targeted and attacked by the evil one. As Padraig mentioned, St. Michael and st. Padre Pio are great intersessors and protectors, I also call on or mother Mary in times of distress and spiritual attacks. May God grant you a reprieve and the special Grace's needed to overcome.
Mary, I will keep you and your family in my prayers and also dedicate my fast for your request. Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
Thank you all so much for your prayers and well wishes I am overwhelmed and so thankful to you all God Bless you all and thank God (and Padraig)for this group
Don't lose heart, Mary, and remember that no matter how bad things appear to be Jesus is holding you in the palm of His hand. I called into the Carmelite church today and arranged for a Mass to be offered for you and your family. The Mass will be said within the next ten days.
St. Bernadette looked at her life in simple thanksgiving for everything. Her testament is an exceptional statement of gratitude. In her words: For the poverty in which my mother and father lived, for the failure of the mill, all the hard times, for the awful sheep, for constant tiredness, thank you, my God! For lips, which I was feeding too much, for the dirty noses of the children, for the guarded sheep, I thank you! Thank you, my God, for the prosecutor and the police commissioner, for the policemen, and for the harsh words of Father Peyramale! For the days in which you came, Mary, for the ones in which you did not come, I will never be able to thank you…only in Paradise. For the slap in the face, for the ridicule, the insults, and for those who suspected me for wanting to gain something from it, thank you, my Lady. For my spelling, which I never learned, for the memory that I never had, for my ignorance and for my stupidity, thank you. For the fact that my mother died so far away, for the pain I felt when my father instead of hugging his little Bernadette called me, “Sister Marie-Bernard”, I thank you, Jesus. I thank you for the heart you gave me, so delicate and sensitive, which you filled with bitterness. For the fact that Mother Josephine proclaimed that I was good for nothing, thank you. For the sarcasm of the Mother Superior: her harsh voice, her injustices, her irony and for the bread of humiliation, thank you. Thank you that I was the privileged one when it came to be reprimanded, so that my sisters said, “How lucky it is not to be Bernadette.” Thank you for the fact that it is me, who was the Bernadette threatened with imprisonment because she had seen you, Holy Virgin; regarded by people as a rare animal; that Bernadette so wretched, that upon seeing her, it was said, “Is that it?” For this miserable body which you gave me, for this burning and suffocating illness, for my decaying tissues, for my de-calcified bones, for my sweats, for my fever, for my dullness and for my acute pains, thank you, my God. And for this soul which you have given me, for the desert of inner dryness, for your night and the lightening, for your silences and your thunders, for everything. For you-when you were present and when you were not—thank you, Jesus. (Saint Bernadette, Saint Bernadette Soubirous, Abbe Francois Trochu) No matter how wonderful or difficult your present situation may be it will pass as all things do. In all circumstances you owe God a debt of gratitude for He is always faithful to complete the good work begun in you (Phil. 1:6).
Still needing prayers, at times feel like I'm sinking as I can't believe that my beautiful beloved children are still not speaking to me. Can't understand as all I've ever shown them is love their dad was very abusive to me,and still is at times,I have taken the full force of his anger so my children would not have to bear it.The sun shines out of him ,and I cannot understand the level of anger etc they have shown to me. My other children reassure me I was and am a good mother,I have questioned myself over and over what have I done or said to them, made me feel like I am a bad mother.But throughout the years I have suffered depression and have often thought of suicide. ...but my precious children kept me going ... I am sorry to regale you all again but I need to offload ... God Bless Mary
I will keep your intentions in my prayers, Mary. I am hoping to attend a healing Mass on Thursday and I will definitely remember you in the intentions for the Mass. The heart of a Mother is often pierced with sorrow and may our Sorrowful Mother send heavenly consolations and blessings to you. One of my children has realized that an effective way to wound me is to give me the silent treatment (he's 15 years old and is trying to figure out a lot of things right now). Despite my hurt, I try to show him a loving response and offer these sorrows to Our Lord. I try to stay in a good frame in other ways...prayer, walks with our dog, enjoying nature, reading Scripture, adoration and genealogy research. I ask a different Saint each day to intercede in prayer for all my intentions and the intentions of you all on the forum. Today is Saint Faustina, and Saint Francis of Assisi, may they pray for us. May God bless you.
Yes, healing Masses have many graces. Please don’t give up. Pray the rosary every day. There are 15 promises that are attached to the rosary for those who recite it. I can’t post the link from this phone. Will pray tonight. Look up the 15 promises.
Maryrose, may the grace of God be with you. Remember he carries your cross with you. May the mantle of our mother bring you comfort, you are in my prayers.
As difficult as the road may seem, we must take up our cross and always follow Christ. Easier said than done isn't it? Lighten your load and let Jesus take over..let him lead you through this difficult time. I use to find myself during times of trouble always trying to fix my families problems or looking for the solution to end someone's misery. Step back and let Christ lead you. He will show you the way if you allow him. When I became overwhelmed with very difficult circumstances, I would always say, "Lord I know not where you are going with this, but your will be done...show me the way.." Try it , it does work. You may not always get the answer you think is right. This is where your faith comes in and you cannot doubt. God does have a plan, and things do happen for a reason. Trust in the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
Thank you all so much for your kind words and reassurance..especially for your prayers ... God Bless you all
