Love Prevails!: My Love...

My people,

Good Morning! Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.- Philemon 1:3 The love of Mama Mary teach us ever to be humble.

To laugh is good and I’d like to start with a joke, hope it makes you laugh.

An atheist scientist came to God and said, “We’ve figured out how to make a man without you.” God said, “OK, let me see you do it.” So the atheist bent down to the ground and scooped up a handful. But God stopped him and said, “Oh, no you don’t. Get your own dirt!”

Begin everyday with love. Let love be every thought that you have and every thought you know. Let love govern your heart. Let Love, turn your world around.

When you love someone, you share your hopes for the future, dreams and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you want to share in your excitement with them. You hurt when they hurt and you are never afraid to stand by their side.

Never will you hurt on purpose and never will you let them down.

The littlest things such as a hand written note, a song, a few good words or a walk become invaluable treasures. These are things I cherish and will forever remain in my heart.

Love makes everything beautiful.

You don’t need a particular reason you can laugh all through the day. You are happy all the time.

At times you can say nothing at all and yet that could have been the most beautiful conversation. Everything is fascinating when you are in love. You think of this person all the time all through the day. When you feel the gentle wind across your face or walk in the rain, it makes you think of the one you love.

You open your heart knowing that it may be broken and in opening your heart, you begin to trust, you experience a love that is unbelievable, incredible and yet indescribable. You experience love in a whole new way of love.

Life seems completely worthwhile and your only hope is in knowing that they are a part of your life forever.

REMEMBER - You are loved for who you are.

If I have to say something about passion, simply put, the word passion is a deeper feeling of love in the deepest sense of the word. Love is an ever-burning fire. And if I have to make sense to you, this is how I will bring it forward to you. This is from Jennifer Rush’s song, Power of Love. It was the biggest - single even a decade before Celine Dion could come up with the song. Please, if you could, listen to understand and open your heart to feel and open the door to love.

We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn
Of the power of love
The sound of your heart beating
Made it clear
Suddenly the feeling that I can't go on
Is light years away

These are Fr. William’s words, the very fist words he spoke when he came to Mt. Carmel’s Church. They are his favourite and mine too. ‘Faith, Hope and Love’

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

Abba, Father, keep my Fr. William always healthy and strong.

The Bible study classes began somewhere in June of 2013. I had not attended the beginning two classes. I did not know, whether I would or should. It was only when Fr. William, made an announcement about the Bible study after his mass, did I realize that it was God guiding me.

The 26th of January, 2014, the Church was having their get together-the ladies seated outside were selling tickets. They asked me to buy and I remembered Fr. William saying that only the parish people were to attend. I told them that that I was from another parish and I reminded them of Fr. William's announcement. I was in obedience.

23rd of February, 2014, Fr. William gave his best homily ever. He spoke on love. One of the words he spoke was the word ‘permeate’ and that was exactly what I had felt and written prior to hearing the homily and I knew then and there, it was the ‘Holy Spirit’. It always is, there can be no other way.

Today the 24^th February, is a special day for me. The number 24 is my favourite number. It is the day I received my confirmation (Holy Spirit).
Thank you, Holy Spirit!

After my brother’s death, when I am in too much pain, God permits me to see him in my dreams. When I wake up after the dream I feel wonderful.

In one of my dreams, both me and my brother were on this island and we travelled to and from by bus. From where I was standing I could see the bus bringing tourists in. Months later, I saw a picture of this island on yahoo. This is Le Mont Saint Michel in France. The picture is just below. I don’t put this up for you to believe, I place this here because I do.

Years back, when speaking to my dad I told my dad of one of my dreams where I am trying to enter, our home in Mangalore, but unable to. And every time in my dreams it is the same thing. I cannot pass through that specific location. My dad then let me know that he had posted a gate at that entrance and had it locked.

I have been to places in my dream, only to come across them years later. I believe in everything that God leads me to.

When faced with temptations, I was told by Abba Father, to pray to St. Michael and that he would watch over me.

My grand-pa’s name, was Michael too.

1 Peter 5:8 notes “Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.” “The evil spirits who roam about the world seeking the ruin of souls” have surely been busy, but in asking for help we can fight back against them every day.

Prayer and the sacraments are an essential part of what St. Paul called the “armor of God” in his letter to the Ephesians. Ephesians 6:11 - states “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

Ephesians 6:16. state “besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.” Remember, God permits us to be tempted by the devil but gives us the grace to resist him through prayer in our daily lives.

As St. Paul put it, in Ephesians 6:12 “For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

20th February, 2014. I left from work and when in the bus, I was talking with two female colleagues, when suddenly one of them, yelled saying, how much are you grumbling? I was hurt. Not expecting such a reaction I simply said I was not grumbling and I thanked her. I fought back the tears, and once the bus stopped I did not wait, I just hurriedly walked off. I told myself that I would never speak with her again.

21st February, 2014. I stuck to what I thought. The other person, who was there in the same bus, came and asked me the next day, if I was angry with her. I was not angry with either of them and that is what I let her know. Yes, embarrassed with the behaviour.

22nd February, 2014. Another colleague, quiet aware of what had happened, the other day, got some eatable and then asked me to pass it on to her. Then he quickly recalled his statement and said let it be. I told him, give it to me, knowing fully well, that she would refuse to have it from my hand. But you see, I had to accept the opportunity that God placed before me. I offered it to her, and she refused. Then the second time, I offered it to her I told her it was not mine to give. I said sorry and told her it was the other persons, and she refused it again.

This guy was not finished, when off from work, he reopened the topic telling me that previously she never refused because what was offered was her favourite. Thus telling me that the only reason she refused was because of the previous day. I told him to refuse was the choice she made. Both of them, Christians, and as Christians we need to show the aching world what it means to love, not how to create a nuisance. Jesus, gave me a chance to change my mind of what I had thought, and I took it.

The moment I seized the chance, I felt all the sweetness, I felt the depths of love. I felt love permeate the air with the freshness of love and freshness of roses. For the first time I understood the meaning of the scent of the roses.

It means that our deeds should be such, that no matter how bitter the situation, love should wipe everything clear…When love spreads around it permeates the air with the scent of the rose.

I now understand Abba Father why You made me go months without being able to get the sensation of smell. LOVE…..roses.……Mama Mary.

How often, in life we miss out the obvious. Everyone wants to visit holy places. We want to be so close to where Jesus was born, grew up and then crucified. We want to be close.

How often we have failed to realize the importance of the Eucharist.

How often we have failed to realize that Jesus the Son of God, gives Himself to us most freely.

We must believe that Jesus chose to die for us, so that we may live in the Boldness knowing that we are loved by none other than a compassionate God, a God who loves us to death and beyond, a God who loves us passionately.

The other day on receiving the Eucharist, and I held the Eucharist- ‘The Body of Christ’ in my hand, I felt JESUS completely. The moment, I received Jesus in my heart, it was like no other moment, and nothing will ever give you that completeness. It’s an amazing moment-words they are never enough.

REMEMBER:

Honour, reverence and love to God begin from home. We must teach our children the love of God from the start and we will never go wrong. This is the foundation - It is like the wise man who built his house on the rock.
Marriage is a sacrament. It is a promise made before the Almighty God. To love and to be faithful till death do us apart. I believe in that. I believe in the sacredness of a promise.
Faithful means never looking at any other man or woman, with any kind of lustful eyes. When you desire, you sin.
Flirting is nothing but a desire and that is a sin, because there is a wicked thought in it.
Husbands and wives should love each other with all their hearts.
There must be a mutual understanding and support.
They must never bring each other down infront of others and their kids.
The kids must always be thought to respect their elders.

These are some of the odd behaviours – where we display no reverence to God and we could easily avoid in the Church.

The Cells need to be on a silent mode or switched off at all times in the Church. It is and will always be the House of God. Why do we never get this right?

One must not attend to their cell in the Church. If at all there is a call it needs to be taken outside the Church. Emphasis-on SILENT all the time.
For the Choir members – Everyone is a part of the celebration of the mass. That means everyone except the sick – must stand for listening to the Word of God (the Gospel).

The BIBLE – ‘The Word of God’ should never ever be compared to any other book in the world. There can never be any other to Gods word. PERIOD…

I watch people wanting and waiting to get each others approval. They go out of the way to win approval and do things they don’t like to, but will do anyway. People’s opinions don’t matter. Nobody is infallible.

We try to impress people in positions or people who can provide the monetary requirements to run an institution. Little do we trust in God.

We try so hard with people, we forget God.

We never try to work for His approval.

But you know what you are approved by Him. You always were.

You are approved by the great God Almighty, the great I AM.

God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There’s no distinction. All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus. Through his faithfulness, God displayed Jesus as the place of sacrifice where mercy is found by means of his blood. Romans 3:22-25

My dear, sweet person, do you still not know how much Gods heart aches for you? You are Pre-approved by God Almighty, by the only most powerful force in the universe, there is no other.

With all my Love,

For Love Prevails!
AnitA.