intimate

It hit me at Mass yesterday!  After I had received Communion I realised that at that moment He is is within me.  Inside me.  He wants to talk privately  to me and let me talk privately to Him!  Imagine!  How close He wants to be with each one of us.  He wants to be my intimate friend ...and yours!  And yet he's the Son of God, the Lord and Creator of Heaven and Earth.  How truly awed we should be each time we receive him. What an incredible, unimaginable blessing!

Finally Friday

I Love Fridays, firstly because the weekend is coming and partly it's a hangover from when I was teaching and Friday was definitely a Day of Bliss.  But now Friday is still among my absolutely favourite days because I go to Holy Hour and Mass. 1 1/2 hours with the Lord! What can be better???

We only see our LGs (Lovely Grandchildren) briefly on Fridays.  We take LG2 to modern dance and LG1  to swimming.  But it's  so special to give them a quick hug and say "See you on Monday.  Have a nice weekend!" And get a kiss in return (They often drop in with DD1 over the weekend anyway.)

And the weather has been beautiful.  Thank you Lord for a Fantastic Friday!

When I was a little girl I heard the story of Anna who never left the church but spent all her time praying for the salvation of Israel, and I thought "I would like to do that." Then I forgot about it.

Over 60 years later after much wandering - including several years as an atheist - I felt an urgent call to pray.  Not only to pray but to make it my vocation and to pray for the Catholic church and its priests. That's when I remembered Anna and how I had been attracted to her as a child.  So she became my patron.

I am not a good prayer - I suffer from frequent distractions and am easily tempted away from praying by a good book!  But I keep trying, not only to pray, but to not be disheartened by my many failings and weaknesses.