Monday, November 1, 2010

Who's the real senior here, anyway?

I'm not a "true" senior citizen yet, unless you count a 10% discount from Denny's and an AARP card as proof of "seniorship". But I still have my "senior moments". All week long, I have anticipated having a terrific entry to celebrate my brother Bob's 66th birthday today, November 1st.

However......it wasn't until I was watching the All Saint's Day Mass on EWTN that I was reminded today is his big day! I really won't be surprised if I forget my own birthday in 2 weeks!

I'm sorry, Bob! Better late than never, though! Happy Birthday! And may God continue to bless you.

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".