Our Franciscan fraternity, St. Francis of Assisi Fraternity in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://stfrancisofassisifraternity.blogspot.com/
has begun a Living Rosary to pray for intentions. We have chosen to pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. If you have any intentions you wish us to pray for, just go to the fraternity blog.
The LORD give you Peace!
Friday, September 28, 2007
The Baptism of Jesus
This is a copy of a painting I did based on the following quote from the Gospel of St. Mark 1:9-11"...In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as He was coming up out of the water, he saw the Heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on Him. And a Voice came from Heaven, "You are My Son, the Beloved; with You I Am well pleased."
The original painting is acrylic on canvas.
The LORD give you Peace.
Franciscan Prayer for Joy
LORD, our efforts to make ourselves happy have yielded much unhappiness.
Our anxiety about our tomorrows steals the pleasures from our todays, and our anger towards our neighbour strangles our hearts. Please, release us from our preoccupation with ourselves and all our troubles, and begin filling us with Your indescribable JOY. Thank You! Amen.
The LORD give you Peace.
Our anxiety about our tomorrows steals the pleasures from our todays, and our anger towards our neighbour strangles our hearts. Please, release us from our preoccupation with ourselves and all our troubles, and begin filling us with Your indescribable JOY. Thank You! Amen.
The LORD give you Peace.
Franciscan Prayer to Mary
My Queen, my Mother:
I give myself entirely to thee, and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day: my
eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am thine own, keep me and guard me as thy property and possession. Amen.
The LORD give you Peace.
I give myself entirely to thee, and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day: my
eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am thine own, keep me and guard me as thy property and possession. Amen.
The LORD give you Peace.
Franciscan Morning Prayer
Jesus, LORD, we offer You this new day because we believe in You, love You, hope all things in You, and thank You for Your Blessings (and Miracles). We are sorry for having offended You and forgive everyone who has offended us. LORD, look on us and leave in us peace and courage and Your Humble Wisdom, that we may serve others with joy and be pleasing to You all day. Amen.
The LORD give you Peace.
The LORD give you Peace.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Happy Tuesday, Everybody
Hee hee :)
What a beautiful day it's been! Sunshine, leaves changing colours, some peace and quiet, in between Stripe & Buttercup, (our dogs) coming to tell me there are squirrels outside!! I've just finished checking some e-mail correspondence, but it's just been a great day to sit quietly, do some crocheting, dream and pray.
When I was walking home from Mass this morning, I watched a squirrel. He picked up a maple leaf, turning it over and over in his paws (almost like tiny hands), then tried nibbling it. As I walked nearer, he took the leaf in his mouth, and bounded a little farther away; he sat down again, turning his leaf-treasure over and over. I said, "what have you got there?" upon which he put the leaf in his mouth and gracefully bounded away.
Before we moved to Renfrew, very rarely did I stop to watch God's creatures. I was always too busy, and really didn't know how one went about "watching nature." There was always traffic to be careful of, and a zillion things to think about.
St. Joseph, thank you for our new home :)
The LORD give you Peace.
What a beautiful day it's been! Sunshine, leaves changing colours, some peace and quiet, in between Stripe & Buttercup, (our dogs) coming to tell me there are squirrels outside!! I've just finished checking some e-mail correspondence, but it's just been a great day to sit quietly, do some crocheting, dream and pray.
When I was walking home from Mass this morning, I watched a squirrel. He picked up a maple leaf, turning it over and over in his paws (almost like tiny hands), then tried nibbling it. As I walked nearer, he took the leaf in his mouth, and bounded a little farther away; he sat down again, turning his leaf-treasure over and over. I said, "what have you got there?" upon which he put the leaf in his mouth and gracefully bounded away.
Before we moved to Renfrew, very rarely did I stop to watch God's creatures. I was always too busy, and really didn't know how one went about "watching nature." There was always traffic to be careful of, and a zillion things to think about.
St. Joseph, thank you for our new home :)
The LORD give you Peace.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Late night-long day
Happy Thursday, Everybody!
...I have just discovered if you go look at stuff, then come back to your post - poof and aargh! it's gone and you have to begin anew.
...Yup, definitely a long day today. It'll still be Thursday for another 17 minutes or so.
...Friday, September 21st is the Feast of St. Matthew, and Pembroke Diocese is going to be receiving a brand-new Bishop - Bishop Michael Mulhall. God Willing, we are going to St.Columbkille's Cathedral in Pembroke in the morning to watch his ordination and installation as our new Bishop. It will be the first time my husband and I will have seen this.
...My husband got up at his usual time this morning, about 4:20am. He usually makes a pot of coffee, then begins his day with prayer (& coffee). Today I actually got up around 5:10am, and joined him for prayer, after our usual hug &kiss & blessing with St.Joseph's Oil. This morning, we got to pray part of the Rosary together. Yay!
...After my husband left for his trek to the city (5:45am), I decided to start my work-day at home, too. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had at some unknown time worked on the PST which is due on the 23rd. So I worked on bookkeeping amidst breakfast which consisted of toasted, buttered home-made bread from yesterday, poached eggs and tea. Mmm, nutritious brekkie! [I know that you aren't supposed to work whilst eating, oops].
...As usual when I get busy, I lost track of time and looked up at the clock to see that it was 10:00am! Our shop opens at 10:30am. Now our shop, JMJ Gifts is in our home - which is a wonderful & fantastic dream-come-true for me.
...A very long time ago (well, actually only 6 1/2 years ago), when we went to PEI for our honeymoon, I had a wonderful vision of our own home, with a big sign hung over the fence "Rosaries and Handcrafts." We tried to do this in Pakenham, but of course, we didn't own our own home there, we only rented and it didn't work out. But one day in September 2005, when I walked down to the Mississippi River below the Five Arches bridge (Pakenham) to do some sketching, these words came to mind so I wrote them down: "Courage, My child - everything will be done for you by ME, your Loving Father." (I did the sketch in oil pastels and gave a copy to my husband Mike for our 5th anniversary). So we have waited and Our LORD has made it come to pass. Hurray for Our Loving Father!
...I have just discovered if you go look at stuff, then come back to your post - poof and aargh! it's gone and you have to begin anew.
...Yup, definitely a long day today. It'll still be Thursday for another 17 minutes or so.
...Friday, September 21st is the Feast of St. Matthew, and Pembroke Diocese is going to be receiving a brand-new Bishop - Bishop Michael Mulhall. God Willing, we are going to St.Columbkille's Cathedral in Pembroke in the morning to watch his ordination and installation as our new Bishop. It will be the first time my husband and I will have seen this.
...My husband got up at his usual time this morning, about 4:20am. He usually makes a pot of coffee, then begins his day with prayer (& coffee). Today I actually got up around 5:10am, and joined him for prayer, after our usual hug &kiss & blessing with St.Joseph's Oil. This morning, we got to pray part of the Rosary together. Yay!
...After my husband left for his trek to the city (5:45am), I decided to start my work-day at home, too. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had at some unknown time worked on the PST which is due on the 23rd. So I worked on bookkeeping amidst breakfast which consisted of toasted, buttered home-made bread from yesterday, poached eggs and tea. Mmm, nutritious brekkie! [I know that you aren't supposed to work whilst eating, oops].
...As usual when I get busy, I lost track of time and looked up at the clock to see that it was 10:00am! Our shop opens at 10:30am. Now our shop, JMJ Gifts is in our home - which is a wonderful & fantastic dream-come-true for me.
...A very long time ago (well, actually only 6 1/2 years ago), when we went to PEI for our honeymoon, I had a wonderful vision of our own home, with a big sign hung over the fence "Rosaries and Handcrafts." We tried to do this in Pakenham, but of course, we didn't own our own home there, we only rented and it didn't work out. But one day in September 2005, when I walked down to the Mississippi River below the Five Arches bridge (Pakenham) to do some sketching, these words came to mind so I wrote them down: "Courage, My child - everything will be done for you by ME, your Loving Father." (I did the sketch in oil pastels and gave a copy to my husband Mike for our 5th anniversary). So we have waited and Our LORD has made it come to pass. Hurray for Our Loving Father!
The LORD give you Peace!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Welcome to our blog!!!
Happy Feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino, Everybody!
Wow, this has been an experience...set up a blog, then try to get back to do some posts. It says you have to now sign in with a Google account? Great, we now have a Google account. Yay, we are back and can do some posts.
So, who are we? Well, "Franciscan-Knight-Rosary-making-retired- busy-self-employed -6 1/2 years married-Roman Catholic people" just about covers it. Sheesh, have I left anything out? We have 2 dogs and 3 doves and hope to give away 2 doves soon, as we have just moved into our first home.
We are professed members of St. Francis of Assisi Fraternity in Ottawa, Ontario, having made our profession on 14th June 2006 at St. Peter Celestine Parish in Pakenham, Ontario.
We began Our Lady of Peace Rosary Guild in order to make and send tons of Mission Rosaries to missionaries we serve in Africa, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, etc.
We prayed a Novena to Ste. Theresa of Lisieux to find out if we should marry one another, and she answered our Novena with roses in the colour(s) we asked for; so we married at St. Ignatius
Martyr Parish in Ottawa on June 9th, 2001.
Well, that's all for now, folks! I'm waiting for some dough to rise, so I can bake some "Heavenly Rolls" for our Rosary Guild meeting this coming Saturday.
The LORD give you peace!
Pax et Bonum
Two Secular Franciscans =)
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