tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post4643342237692991712..comments2024-02-09T02:48:13.776-06:00Comments on Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse: Luke 9:22-25 Choose Life, Choose DeathFr. Alfonsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02557206560119402976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-63372543966694086272013-02-14T20:16:18.858-06:002013-02-14T20:16:18.858-06:00Father Alfonse,
Did you find a copy of Ash Wednes...Father Alfonse,<br /><br />Did you find a copy of Ash Wednesday and have you read it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-11657983177746016042013-02-14T20:07:10.699-06:002013-02-14T20:07:10.699-06:00One experience that helped my brother immensely in...One experience that helped my brother immensely in his decision to enter the novitiate of the Jesuit order was when he wrote out his own eulogy. It took him months to complete; but when he finished he knew who he wanted to be and the road that would lead him to this destination. He challenged me to do the same. This exercise is daunting! How I fall so short of what I want to become! I will never reach it! But my faith is not in myself; only in my God. I am nothing, He is everything. This is my ONLY consolation. <br />Very Happy Valentine’s Day Father Alfonse. I don’t know if you realize how many hearts are moved by your meditations, words and experiences. It is by your life experiences that you challenge us to move closer to our Lord. He puts us in daily challenges that we almost don’t desire because they are so hard to overcome; but it is by these very challenges that He knows exactly what we need to overcome in order to become Him. It is a remarkable life we are living today!! I am so grateful that I am alive in this age. Thanks for being who you are.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-31793322644084097932013-02-14T14:13:12.794-06:002013-02-14T14:13:12.794-06:00Father Alfonse,
This is what I posted on my FB tod...Father Alfonse,<br />This is what I posted on my FB today. Thank you for the words of Resolution.<br />I must confess...today i was feeling bad because when i went to go visit my Mom I didn't have anything to give her for Valentine's Day. Those of you who really know me know that I am a last minute person, needless to say that last minute caught up to me. So I was feeling sad, imagining how all the other residents were going to have all kinds of decorations and shirts that said I Love You, etc. So I get to the nursing home and she is already in the dining room waiting to have breakfast. As I walk in I get several compliments about how nice I look so I start to feel even more guilty, thinking, awe my Mom doesn't have anything Valentiny (I know not a word) anyway we do our morning routine of feeding her breakfast. During our interaction she starts pointing at the things she wants, since she cant talk anymore. I start doing my little therapy with her and tell her to use her words...c a f e... so she repeats c a f e...I praise her show her how excited I am that she said a word. Then I said to her I Love You Mama...she just stared....Then i said now you tell me so I had her repeat <br />"I L o v e y o u m i j a." and she repeated " I L o v e y o u m i j a." That totally made my day! Then I read the daily meditation from our priest's blog and this is what was at the end of his meditation. <br />Resolution: I will make myself available to another, regardless of what my plans were today. My plan will be their plan; my life will be a part of their life; my heart and mind will be available to help lift up their heart and mind. Two hearts are better than one. Two heads together will solve the problem. By my words and my actions, I will make it clear to them that they are not alone. How powerful...if that is not God's Love being manifested to me then I don't know what is. I pray that God's love may be manifested to you on this Valentine's Day. ---Love MinervaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441707475233131862noreply@blogger.com