tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post403939516981684289..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: As Catholics, we are called upon to imitate Mary's "virginally integral" faith, hope and charityPaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-3628889969138149482012-06-21T00:28:20.662-07:002012-06-21T00:28:20.662-07:00IN T H E S I L E N C E
In the silence of my heart...IN T H E S I L E N C E<br /><br />In the silence of my heart<br />I come to love You<br />Oh My Lord<br />To praise and worship You<br />My Master and My Savior<br />No words are spoken between us<br />Only so soft a whisper<br />And in my soul<br />An outpouring of so much<br />Undeserved love and grace<br />For<br />How often do I desert You<br />Thinking You don't love me<br />Forgetting about You<br />Oh, how stupid and ungrateful<br />Then I am<br />For<br />Without You I'm nothing<br />But a trembling reed<br />A creature full of fear<br />But,<br />Your creature sure I am<br />For this immensely grateful<br />Oh You, fullness of my soul<br />Reason for my existence<br />Sole purpose of my life<br />Object of my deepest thoughts<br />My God and my Almighty<br />I will serve You and obey<br />Surrender to Your Will divine<br />Embrace me with Your burning warmth<br />Cradle me in Your Fatherly arms<br />Oh, my well-beloved<br />Let me borrow from Your Love<br />Let Your Mercy shine upon me,<br />Your poor and littlest child<br />So, that with Your Grace<br />I will proclaim<br />Your Greatness,<br />Your Goodness and<br />Your Name<br />Through my work and being !!<br /> <br />Rita Biesemans 7-27-1999<br /> <br />MARY, SWEETEST OF ALL MOTHERS<br /> <br />Oh Thou,<br />most beautiful a woman<br />most tender of all mothers<br />most brilliant STAR of DAVID<br />Masterpiece of God's creation<br />to the Holy Trinity<br />most precious Pearl<br />towards your Son the Golden Bridge<br />Golden Gate<br />to the Holy City<br />thru which our Savior<br />came and comes<br />Most sacred Vessel<br />ever<br />containing the most Holy<br />My soul,<br />is drowning<br />in the beauty of your eyes<br />in the sweetness of your smile<br />in the burning oven of your heart<br />in the greatness of your littleness<br />in the eloquence of your silence<br />in the mystery of your simplicity<br />Oh Thou,<br />safest of my earthly havens<br />dearest hiding-place of mine<br />truly my refuge<br />my sweetest, sweetest mother<br />keep me with your Son Divine<br />save me from the wordly evils<br />strengthen my so fragile faith<br />cover me <br />with your motherly mantle<br />Oh Mary, you most gentle<br />Your child I am FOREVER !!!<br /> <br />Rita Biesemans<br />August 10 1999 Feast of Saint LawrenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-89509427081522833082012-06-20T23:16:28.428-07:002012-06-20T23:16:28.428-07:00MARY, SWEETEST OF ALL MOTHERS
Oh Thou,
most beau...MARY, SWEETEST OF ALL MOTHERS<br /> <br />Oh Thou,<br />most beautiful a woman<br />most tender of all mothers<br />most brilliant STAR of DAVID<br />Masterpiece of God's creation<br />to the Holy Trinity<br />most precious Pearl<br />towards your Son the Golden Bridge<br />Golden Gate<br />to the Holy City<br />thru which our Savior<br />came and comes<br />Most sacred Vessel<br />ever<br />containing the most Holy<br />My soul,<br />is drowning<br />in the beauty of your eyes<br />in the sweetness of your smile<br />in the burning oven of your heart<br />in the greatness of your littleness<br />in the eloquence of your silence<br />in the mystery of your simplicity<br />Oh Thou,<br />safest of my earthly havens<br />dearest hiding-place of mine<br />truly my refuge<br />my sweetest, sweetest mother<br />keep me with your Son Divine<br />save me from the wordly evils<br />strengthen my so fragile faith<br />cover me <br />with your motherly mantle<br />Oh Mary, you most gentle<br />Your child I am FOREVER !!!<br /> <br />Rita Biesemans<br />August 10 1999 Feast of Saint LawrenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-25138991513657054312012-06-20T18:57:04.529-07:002012-06-20T18:57:04.529-07:00Excellent post and comments!Excellent post and comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-51472929523757942122012-06-20T10:42:55.101-07:002012-06-20T10:42:55.101-07:00I am constantly being told that I am "intoler...I am constantly being told that I am "intolerant" because I refuse to condone extramarital sex, contraception, abortion, homosexuality and a host of other sinful actions. But as Archbishop Fulton Sheen reminded us: "Christian love bears evil, but it does not tolerate it. It does penance for the sins of others, but it is not broadminded about sin. The cry for tolerance never induces it to quench i...ts hatred of the evil philosophies that have entered into contest with the Truth. <br /><br />It forgives the sinner, and it hates the sin; it is unmerciful to the error in his mind. The sinner it will always take back into the bosom of the Mystical Body; but his lie will never be taken into the treasury of His Wisdom. <br /><br />Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the buyers and sellers from the temples has also lost a living, fervent love of Truth. <br /><br />Charity, then, is not a mild philosophy of "live and let live"; it is not a species of sloppy sentiment. Charity is the infusion of the Spirit of God, which makes us love the beautiful and hate the morally ugly."<br /><br />I will continue to hold this Catholic truth and live and defend it until I am silenced in the name of "tolerance."<br /><br />I believe in love. And there is no authentic love without truth. Only a sad counterfeit.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-91383240412945063322012-06-20T10:18:38.396-07:002012-06-20T10:18:38.396-07:00Shall we give Jesus only partial obedience? If we...Shall we give Jesus only partial obedience? If we hold back our love, which is shown by our obedience (John 14: 15), can we honestly say that we really love Jesus?Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-67932771052458676152012-06-20T07:48:24.045-07:002012-06-20T07:48:24.045-07:00We're too proud today. We think we don't ...We're too proud today. We think we don't need God and can do everything ourselves. How has this attitude worked out for us? Today everything is in a shambles.<br /><br />We are too proud.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-19817102024850609182012-06-20T07:37:28.088-07:002012-06-20T07:37:28.088-07:00Paul, I know that because you preach this total fi...Paul, I know that because you preach this total fidelity to the Church's teaching you are (at least for now) ostracized by your local Church.<br /><br />But hang in there. You are a voice crying in the wilderness. And for that you are hated. But you are in excellent company.<br /><br />God bless you!Ellen Wironkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037753678014941848noreply@blogger.com