Daniel Perez Jr

MEDITATION OF THE DAY

The Power of Faith

     We must , then, have faith and not be dispirited. We must not be stopped by any kind of human calculation. To overcome the obstacles we have to throw ourselves into the task so that the very effort we make will open up to new paths. Personal holiness, giving oneself to God, is the one cure which overcomes any dificulty.

     Being holy  means living exactly as our Father in Heaven wants us to live. You will say that it is difficult. It is.  The ideal is a very high one.  And yet it is also easy.  It is within our reach. When a person becomes ill there may be no appropiate medicine. But in supernatural affairs, it is not lke that. The medicine is always at hand.  It is Jesus Christ, present, in the Holy Eucharist, and he also gives us his grace in the other sacraments which he established.

     Let us say again, in word and in action:  "Lord, I trust in you; your ordinary providence, your help each day, is all I need." We do not have to ask God to perform great miracles. Rather, we have to beg him to increase our faith,  to enlighten our intellect, and strengthen our will. Jesus always stays by our side and is always himself.

Saint Josemaria Escriva

Sain Josemaria Escriva  (+1975)  was the founder of Opus Dei.

MEDITATION OF THE DAY

 

     Be courageous. Continually offer him your sufferings while asking him for the strength to bear them. Most of all, get used to convsering with him often, and try never to forget him. Adore him in your infirmities offer him your sufferings from time to time, even in the midst of your greatest pain.  Ask him humbly and lovingly, as a child does his kind father to be conformed to his holy will, and for the help of his grace.  I will help you with my poor, insignificant prayers.

     God has various ways to draw us to himself. He sometimes hides from us, but faith alone - never lacking when needed - must be our support and the foundation of our trust, which must be placed entirely in God.

     I do not know what God wants to do with me. I am always more content. Everyone is suffering, and I , who should do rigorous penances, experience such continual, profound joys that I have trouble keeping them under control.

     I would gladly ask God to share your sufferings, if I did not know the extent of my weakness, which is so great that if he left me alone for one moment I would be the most miserable of creatures. I don't know how he could leave me alone, since faith lets me touch him, and he never withdraws from us unless we first withdraw from him. Let us take care to remain near him. Be with him always. Let us live and die with him.

 

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

 

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (+ 1691) as a young man was a soldier in France who later became a French Carmelite friar.

Somehow I know that
There's a place up above
With no more hurt and struggling
Free of all atrocities and suffering
Because I feel the unconditional love
From one who cares enough for me
To erase all my burdens
And let me be free to

Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need you now Lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of you by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray you'll come and carry me home

Can we recover
Will the world ever be
A place of peace and harmony
With no war and with no brutality
If we loved each other
We would find victory
But in this harsh reality
Sometimes I'm so despondant
That I feel the need to
Fly like a bird
Take to the sky
I need You now Lord
Carry me high
Don't let the world break me tonight
I need the strength of You by my side
Sometimes this life can be so cold
I pray You'll come and carry me home

Keep your head to the sky
With your love I know we'll survive

Danny, please help us carry us higher.....

 

Danny

 

It's been 8 months today. I still fee numb, don't know the way, yet. I miss you so much. They say that as time goes on, the pain will be less. To give it time.  But I can't.  My heart still hurts the same, if not even more. I still don't feel like 8 months went by. I'm still in Oct.24th.  I still miss you, I'm still waiting for you to walk in and we sit and talk, laugh .... ay Danny.. I'm getting a little bit stronger. Trying to cope. Just one day at a time.

 

We got together this weekend. All of us were there. Your girls had fun. I enjoyed them so much. Abby stayed over. Alexa was so tired. We'll be seeing them today also. They want to go to the movies. Also making plans to take them SPI. in July like every summer. I'm trying my best to be with them. I need them. I see them and they are you. That's all I have left from you. You know how much I love them and how much I need to hear their voice everyday. They are the ones to make my day, and specially Alisa,Javi,Joel,Diego and Rene. I love them all!!

 

MEDITATION OF THE DAY

Celebrating the Birth of John the Baptist

    The Bible gives us no figure more isolated than John the Baptist, who does not quite fit neither the Old Testament or the New... One dare not forget that according to the infancy narrative the one who came after sanctified his precursor - that is, equipped him for his task - already in his mother's womb.  We glimpse here an event that applies throughout the entire Old Covenant. After all, according to Paul, we see Jesus accompanying his wandering people as a spiritual rock offering water in the desert (1 Cor 10:4), and according to the Letter to the Hebrews, Moses preferred the humiliation of Christ to the riches of Egypt (Heb 11:6). Yet the calling of John in his mother's womb takes place explicity at a specific event - when two women met - and was expressed in equally concrete terms: "You, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High and shall go before  the Lord to prepare his way" (Lk 1:76). Without question John was aware of his personal vocation as he grew up, and it is out of his awareness of having been called that he discovered his inelucable symbol - baptizing in the River Jordan...John releases his followers to follow  Jesus; he does not begrudge them their larger following (Jn 3: 26-27); indeed, he rejoices that his task declines while the Coming One's grows... The Baptist's  "joy which is now full" (Jn 3: 29) shows how much he belongs - precisely as the one who lets go - to the wedding festivities of the New Covenant.

Father Hans Us von Balthasar

Father vn Balthasar (+ 1988) was an eminent Swiss Catholic theologian who wrote prodigiously.

     

He Is Faithful


The Lord is faithful to you. He will not desert you.

 Yes, You are; You've always been there; You always will be. God, You're doing something here. And I know I'm not ready to see all of it right now, so help me walk in the healing that I have today.

So many things are overwhelming right now. Just remember to take one step at a time, one day at a time.

Join the psalmist David in this prayer to the Lord: "O Lord, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my Savior" (Psalm 38:21-22). Amen.

Danny, I'm keeping you & your family in my prayers.

 

 

 

Happy 4th of July

                       "He is faithfull"                

"O Lord, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my Savior" (Psalm 38:21-22). Amen.

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