Where we are gathered in Jesus, He is present!

Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20

Our faith is a relational faith. We are in a profound relationship with Jesus and with each other. We call this Church. Praying individually is important but praying as a community is important too.

The World has changed so much this year of 2020. Some of us, often because of health issues, cannot meet together physically, but we can meet virtually. Jesus is present even then! Let us grow our faith together.

September 5th is an important Solemnity for Our Lady of Mount Caritas. It is the Feast of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She still challenges us to be real as Disciples of Jesus. May we listen to her and be enlightened by her, to serve the Lord!

Pax.

All that matters is this moment – right here, right now. This is your journey – be kinder to yourself. One breath at a time.

Be kinder to yourself – one breath at a time

We have a choice to make. We can allow our circumstances determine how we live or we can choose to rise above our circumstances and accomplish as many goals as we can.

We live until we die and then we will live forever!

A tribute to Mr. Chadwick Bozeman!

Pax.

Take up your cross and follow Me!

Whoever wishes to come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross , and follow Me.
Matthew 16:24

It seems amazing that to follow Jesus, we must lose ourselves to find ourselves. We must deny who we think we are and in Jesus become the people that we were meant to be.

St. Peter’s error in words he made to Jesus helps us to understand a possible error that we can all easily make. Peter said:”God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to You.” (Matthew 16:22) Peter is not taking up his cross in life. Simply put, Peter’s cross is to follow Jesus to the Cross! This is not what the Peter of the World wanted. But without denying his Earthly self, his Earthliness, he would never experience the Divine Peace that can only be found in following the Lord. Without this surrender, Peter would lose Jesus and His Resurrection.

Thank God that Peter became his real self!

To find our real selves, we must look beyond the world and follow the Creator of the World. We do this by following Jesus!

Let us pray and help each other deny our false selves and be real in Jesus!

We are with you in the struggle and in prayer!

Pax.

Jesus, the Lord of the Storm!

Matthew 14: 22-33

Our Lord, after teaching and healing and feeding the multitude, needed to commune with the Father. He sent His Disciples ahead of Him to the other side by boat. The Disciples were in a storm at sea and Jesus walked on the sea to join them. This was extraordinary and Jesus’ Disciples were in fear. Jesus explained that it was He. Peter, one of the Disciples, call out to Him, and asked to join Him on the sea. And Peter lost faith and started to sink.

Peter is so human! He tries to be good but he fails. He is such a normal human being and gives us normal people a powerful example of what to do when life overwhelms us. Peter give us a small prayer with great power: Lord, save me! Peter was grasped by Jesus and brought to safety.

This time we are in, the Pandemic of 2020, can get overwhelming at times. We, like Peter, may start to sink, but we have a Savior that is mighty to save! Jesus walks above all the tempests in life and will lift us to safety! Our power is found in prayer: Lord, save me! And He will!

We, the Community of Our Lady of Mount Caritas, are with you in prayer!

Pax.

Kindness, compassion and love are very healing for your body. Not only does it make you feel better when you are kind, your kindness can make other …

Heal your body with kindness, compassion and love

Give the people some food yourselves!

Matthew 14:13-21

Jesus wants to feed all of us! In our Gospel reading we see Jesus feeding the 5,000. He is concerned if people go home, they would be too weak and may collapse during their journey from lack of nutrition. His love is practical and He expects those who are His disciples to be practical too.

In this scene we see that the Disciples were at a loss about feeding the multitude. They realized that their resources were insufficient for the task. They were depending on their own abilities and they knew they would fail. However, Jesus asked them to give what they have and to trust in Him. We know the result of this trust.

We are Jesus’ disciples today! He asks us to give Him what we have and He will do the rest. Total Trust in Jesus.

Our Ministry at Our Lady of Mount Caritas is based on Total Trust in Jesus. We know that if it is His Holy Will, He will provide for our needs to do the Ministry of feeding the poor and praying for all of your intentions.

You are with us in prayer!

Pax.

To believe in the goodness of life, the beauty of love and the hope of a brighter tomorrow – those are beautiful traits of a beautiful soul.

Beautiful traits of a beautiful soul

The Pearl of Great Price

Jesus give us, through the literary form of the parable, a teaching that, if used, will transform our lives. One parable, that of the Pearl of Great Price, is a wonderful example of this teaching.

In the world we have many distractions that can take our focus away from that which truly matters. It can distract us from love. Especially in this extraordinary year of 2020, we may get caught up in things that can take us away from the Lord Jesus. In losing focus, we will lose the peace that the Lord has for us. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price reminds us to concentrate on The Lord Jesus and His Word and put His Word into practice in everything we do and everyone we deal with. In doing so, though life gets rough, with the Spirit of the Father and Jesus, we can handle all things. We may even prosper!

Jesus is the Pearl that, if we hold on to it, we will find and remain in peace, even though our world may be in chaos.

Hold on to Jesus!

We are with you in prayer!

Pax.