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From Arden Robinson: |
St Teresa of Avilla is one of my
favorite saints. I think I love her so
much because I struggle with patience
and as she did also, but managed to
overcome it so well with God's grace,
she is quite a role model for me. Two of
my favorite prayers are ones she wrote.
(the first one I put together from words
that she wrote in several places at
different times. and compiled it into a
personal prayer for myself):.
".....I believe, You Lord, never fail
those who trust in You alone, who depend
on You to meet all their needs. This
does not mean that I am excused from
seeking to help myself, only that in
trusting You I will be free from
anxiety........Heavenly Father, even as
I measure out my life to you a bit at a
time, I must be content to receive your
gifts drop by drop, until I have
surrendered my life wholly to you,
.....not just what is left over from my
daily needs. (Please give me the grace
to live in the truth that) Patience
gains all things".
The second prayer is a famous one by St
Teresa of Avilla given to each of the
RCIA team many years ago by Sr. Mary. I
keep mine framed on our dining room wall
going in to our kitchen where I see it
many times a day and I try to pray it at
least once a day. Thanks to a very good
friend who gave me the same prayer to
put on my frig I*m reminded even more
often. It goes like this:
"Christ has no body on earth but
yours....no hands on earth but your
hands...Yours are the eyes through which
He looks out with compassion upon the
world.....Yours the feet with which He
chooses to go about doing good....And we
are all one in Christ Jesus". |
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From Jack Robinson: |
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One of my favorite prayers is actually
the song “Amazing Grace” When you know
the history of the song it takes on so
much more meaning. The author of the
song. John Newton, at one time was a sea
captain involved in the slave trade for
many years during the 1700’s. At some
point he had a conversion experience. He
quit the slave trade, sold his ship and
became a minister in England. It reminds
us that God’s Grace is there for all of
us. It is not something we have to earn,
but is always there for us if we turn to
God and open ourselves to accept His
Grace.. |
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