Monday 10 October 2016

My Soul is Thankful...

At our school retreat this fall, we were given right of the start time for silence with the Lord to assess our state. Venturing myself outside, I sat beneath one of Entheos' trees to reflect on the words spoken to us. When came the time to share, we were invited to answer this question:
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'How is your soul?'
The answer I shared with my peers then is so fitted for this day: 'My soul is tremendously thankful.' 
Oh my, my, my, YES! She is THANKFUL!!!
Yes, my soul is thankful, and so am I as well that our good Lord sustained me through it all. As said by St John Paul II in the Theology of the Body: 'The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine.'(Man & Woman He created Them, 121). And since it is so, my being as well is manifesting one day at a time this thanksgiving. 
Dear one, each season of life comes with its highs and lows. In the highs, it is easy to trust God, but it is in the moments of uncertainty that our call to testify gets real.
And so it's been. And yes, I am thankful for the doors the Lord has opened for His glory, for the good of His people, and for my good. And Yes, I am also thankful for the doors that have closed. 
Oh my, I am thankful for the gift of community. You see, we can say that we need not to go to mass to worship God, but when trials hit. It takes a community of prayer and love to lift you to God. And so, I am also thankful to the Lord during the season of healing, and recovery, I tasted what it means to be prayerfully love by the Holy Trinity. The phone calls that flooded our home just because the Holy Spirit moved many to pray for my health. Going to mass and participating in the prayers of the faithfully has a whole new meaning, because mass after mass over the past few months, I've shared the beauty of being lifted and lifting others to the Lord during the Eucharistic celebration of the mass. God is Faithful!
Today, I am thankful because I've been witnessing in deeper ways again the Healing power of our Lord in the Eucharist, and the nursing skills of our Blessed Mother through the Rosary. I knew that God loves me, but He's allowed me to experience His love in ways that now moves me to joyful tears.
So today, my soul has experienced and continues to give thanks to the Lord in so many ways, and for so much...  Regardless of your circumstances today, be thankful to the Lord for He is with you.
Yes today, my soul is so thankful that Psalm 107's words have unceasingly been on my lips. Permit me to share an exerpt with you.. 
                '1Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
                     His faithful love last forever...
                22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,
                     and recount with shouts of joy 
                             what he has done! -Ps 107

I wish you each a Blessed and Holy Thanksgiving! 
Prayerfully and turkeylly... 
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