The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Jesus accepted our crosses and they were nailed with Him on His Cross! We still have to deal with our crosses in life, but if we surrender our wills. If we give them to Jesus! There is no cross that can destroy us! We will rise again! Alleluia!
We adore You O Christ and we praise you, because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the whole world!
Have a meaningful and awesome Solemnity of the Most Holy Cross!
Pax.
The Hermit of Peace.
Have a meaningful Day of Remembrance! May we all experience Divine Consolation! Peace and love.
Persistence In Prayer Matters!
Keep Praying!
We see in the Persistent Canaanite Woman the power of prayer at work! She becomes a role model for us. She went through a period of testing knowing that her only hope was Jesus! Without the intervention of the Lord, her child would not be healed.
This faithful Woman was not of the Israelite People, but she knew that her people’s gods could not help her and she would not let the Disciples of Jesus get rid of her. She loved her child and would not let anything get in her way! She knew with all of her heart, mind and soul, that the only answer to her situation was Jesus! She would not even allow Jesus to say no! The Canaanite Woman would humble herself and say;
“Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matthew 15:27
This is the power of humble prayer, we do not deserve Divine Intervention in our lives, but we beg for it anyway!
This is the sign of Total Trust in the Love of Jesus! His Love can change things! Jesus’ response to this humble and bold prayer is:
“O Woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.”
Matthew 15:28
And the result of the Canaanite Woman’s prayer echoes into our midst today:
And her daughter was healed instantly.
Matthew 15:28
May we be persistent and humble in our prayer. We do not know how God will answer us, so pray for what we need! Pray for our loved ones, pray for for our communities, pray for those who have hurt us too!
Pray, pray and pray!
1 Thessalonians 5:17
May we be Victorious in our prayer!
Pax.
The Hermit of Peace
Reach Out To Jesus!
The Storm Will Pass!
“Lord, save me!” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, O man of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14: 30-31
The storms we have to deal with, our difficult situations, may cause us to drown in our anxieties, but they need not, because we have Jesus! Reaching out and holding on to Jesus, will save us!
Peter, the Disciple of Jesus, had faith. He knew that he could walk on water if Jesus gave him this grace. That worked, walking on water, as long as he keeps his eyes on Jesus. However, he brought his eyes on to the waging sea, feeling on his own, he started to sink.
When we had that sinking feeling, call on Jesus!
Peter models for us our reality! There will be storms, difficult situations in our lives, Peter called on Jesus and He held Peter up! The storm is real, but so is Jesus, and His power to save!
Two things are essential in rising out of the storms in our lives, and Peter models both. Peter had a relationship with Jesus, he was a disciple, that is the first point! The second is, when Peter was in trouble, he called on the
Holy Name of Jesus and Jesus lifted him up! Jesus will do the same for us! Some of us already have a testimony how the storm that was meant to destroy us, brought us into closer union with Jesus!
Call on Jesus and be saved!
Have a blessed Sunday!
Pax.
Let us pray with him!
May St. Dominic intercede for us today and everyday!
Pax.
Today I would like to share with you a prayer that had kept me going when things seem impossible.
This prayer was made by Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). A person who has had a great impact on our world.
I share this prayer that it may help your journey in this life and bring you greater joy and peace.
Pax, The Hermit of Peace.
One person who is faithful can change the World!
The Prophet Elijah kept the faith in YHWH alive and risk his own life to do it. His actions brought God’s People back to YHWH.
Today we celebrate the Feast of Elijah the Prophet and may we realize that our faithfulness to the Divine One can and will change our world!
We read in in Second Kings: As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen os Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. 2 Kings 2:11-12
Have an awesome Feast Day!
Be Good Soul!
“As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who heard the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit , and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. “
Matthew 13:23
The use of parables by Jesus are so important, they speak to our hearts and we can hold on to them because we are challenged by them. What does our parable say about us today?
Are we Good Soil?
In the natural order, we have the ability to make soil good. We can keep it moist, we can fertilize it, we can hoe it, and we can remove the weeds. It is much the same in the spiritual order. We can remove the things in our lives in order that we can receive the Seed of God, that is, the Word of God, and allow it to bear abundant fruit in our lives, in our world!
What can we do now to be good soil?
Total surrender is key in making ourselves good receptors of the Word! In total surrender, we know that there is nothing we can do to undo the past. Also, we know that worrying about the future will not help! We know that the present moment is where we can receive and be changed by the Word of God! When we do this we can become wonderful receptors of the Divine Word, It can take root, and if we stay in the present moments, we can produce abundantly!
Please let go and know that God is in control!
Pax.
Today Our Lady of Mount Caritas and The Hermitage of Peace celebrate their Religious Founder!
May St. Benedict intercede for us all!
Pax.
We Are Loved!
“Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Matthew 10:31
Jesus reminds us of how much we are important to God. It is important that we are reminded of this often because that may not me the message we have to deal with in self talk, or in the relationships that we have with the people we encounter on the daily basis.
Jesus lived a life that tells us that we are valuable! Our value is not based on what we have done, or how much we have, but simply because we are!
Wow!
If we truly believed that we are valuable because we are, how would that change how we approach life? Perhaps we would take better care of ourselves. Maybe we would not have to self medicate ourselves with alcohol, or drugs, or anything else we use to make ourselves feel better about ourselves!
An ouch moment!
What if we read about Jesus’ messages as much as we follow our heroes in the world, would not our lives be changed!?
My friend, God joined us in Jesus Christ Our Lord to tell us of our true worth. May we not fear but trust and become the wonderful people we were created to be!
Pax.
Hermitage of Peace 