Today is also the feast of Blessed Jeanne Jugan (1792-1879), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. I take this opportunity to thank her daughters for their faithful loving service of the elderly, especially of those without resources. The Little Sisters of the Poor are especially attentive to the needs of the aged parents of priests. Tomorrow, in fact, they will be welcoming the mother of a dear priest friend of mine. Un tres grand merci, mes chères petite soeurs!
Advice for Moments of Crisis
Go and find Him when your patience and strength give out and you feel alone and helpless. Jesus is waiting for you in the chapel. Say to Him, "Jesus, you know exactly what is going on. You are all I have, and you know all. Come to my help.' And then go, and don't worry about how you are going to manage. That you have told God about it is enough. He has a good memory.
His Excellency, the Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma has given
Father Mark a special mandate to live in adoration before the Most
Blessed Sacrament, in a spirit of thanksgiving and intercession, that he
might make reparation before the Eucharistic Face of Jesus for all his
brothers in Holy Orders. At the same time, he is available to the
priests and deacons of the Diocese for spiritual and sacramental
support in their pursuit of holiness.
Thank you! Blessed Jeanne's advice for a moment of crisis was just the word I needed to read and put into action this morning.
Your blog is an instrument often used by the Holy Spirit for my formation.
I am grateful for all you overcome in order to provide this service for us. It is a very worthy apostolate.
Father forgive me for using this way to contact you but I could not find anywhere on your site to send a direct e-mail. Could you also include the daily saints from the missal of 1962 for thoughts of us who follow this calendar. I enjoy your site very much and get a lot of spiritual food from your articles. It is the first site I check every day, but it would be to even better to follow your meditation that included our calendar.