“Hope springs eternal” goes the phrase, even in the saddest of situations, and surely none can be sadder than the case of young Andrea Alvarez.
October 19, 2020
Lord, just as a flower can radiate its precious beauty,
and cast its fragrance everywhere, so I ask You
to cast the sweet fragrance of Your presence over me.
Surround me with Your love,
fill me with Your healing balm,
enfold me with Your peace,
comfort me with Your presence.
October 18, 2020
Good Saint Luke, we are told that before you met
our dear Lord and became a follower of His
and a writer of His Gospel, you were a doctor.
We beg you this day to bless and help and protect our doctors.
Obtain for them the graces they most need
to work well and serve God generously.
Help them to be strong and gentle,
prudent and charitable,
October 17, 2020
Lord you are kind and merciful.
You lift me up when I am falling.
I deeply appreciate your promise
to be with me in times of distress and sorrow.
Your word gives me hope and courage.
Help me to hear your healing words,
“Come to me all you who are weary
and find life burdensome and I will refresh you.”
October 16, 2020
May the offerings of Your people be accepted by You, O Lord:
and grant that we may be inflamed by that Divine fire
which coming from the Heart of Your Son,
burnt vehemently within blessed Margaret Mary.
Through the same Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
world without end.
Amen.
October 15, 2020
There are many days when I am at home in the tribal villages in Sindh, Pakistan. Although, it might have been upsetting for someone to find out that majority of the children in the villages are working in the fields plus the heart-rending problem of poverty that affects poor people’s mortality but if one sees this with compassion, it is totally different.
October 15, 2020
Let nothing disturb you,
Nothing frighten you.
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patient endurance attains all things.
Whoever possesses God lacks nothing,
God alone is sufficient.
October 14, 2020
O Heart of Love, I hope all from Your infinite Goodness.
Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist You.
Imprint Your pure love so deeply in my heart
that I may never forget You or be separated from You.
I ask You, through Your infinite Goodness,
grant that my name be engraved upon Your Heart,
for in this I place all my happiness
and all my glory,
October 13, 2020
Most merciful God,
We come to You in our weakness.
We come to You in our fear.
We come to You with trust.
For You alone are our hope.
We place before You the disease present in our world.
We turn to You in our time of need.
October 12, 2020
Our mission partners and benefactors are very essential in the day-to-day life of the missionaries. They play a significant role in helping the Society proclaim the good news to the marginalized and the poor in the form of prayer, financial support or words of encouragement.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.