God's on line Medical Centre ~ Treatment/consultation

The Poor Clare's have been sending us beautiful reflections lately. In the coming days we would like to share these inspiring emails with you.

I hope you find something that will bring you much hope as we have received from what comes from their prayerful hearts.

God bless you,

Hannah's Tears

Dear Little hearts..

Welcome to Gods on line medical centre, I would like first to show you our medical chest, and first aid kit... here it is!!!

In Gods word is every application, healing salve, medicine for anything that we can suffer or carry this side of the veil, our Gods wills, desires that we come to him for healing in all the circumstances and challenges of our lives.....and we in turn can recommend to others 'medicine that really works' ............ so often, we and others look for solutions to our pain, our fears, our heart aches elsewhere than where they can really be found... IN HIM.... we can suffer nothing that Christ has not already suffered and Redeemed....

Reading a few lines from the Word of God can bring such comfort to another, it is a witness of your own faith, and even if the person being ministered too does not share to the same extent your faith they will understand you are doing good to them.

Or when we ourselves are troubled and in pain , even to hold his word in our hands, or press it to our heart will bring solace... for God is present within the Word.

So you will soon get your daily on line medicine... his word... with much love and prayers for your physical and spiritual healing...

Lovingly,

A Poor Clare Colettine Nun

Wales/UK

Yahoo! News Story - Israeli Christians: Oil-streaked icon 'miracle' - Yahoo! News

Have you all read the article that came out about the miraculous icon?

Wow, this article was powerful...

As we celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi today, let us remember that God is with each one of us, each and everyday!!!

Miracles all around ready for God's hand to be upon you today. The road is hard, but the Lord is with you! In our darkest hour the Lord is found to be closest to us.

Please read this beautiful story of God's presense being shown today.

Israeli Christians: Oil-streaked icon 'miracle' - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_weeping_icon

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Trinity Sunday

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Glory be to the Father who, when I did not exist created me by His power in the likeness of His own image; and to the Son who when I was lost redemmed me by His precious blood; and to the Holy Spirit who by His grace and goodness justified me in baptism, and many times afterwards when I had fallen. For each and all these benefits be the glory as great as it was in the beginning, and still greater be now in the course of this present life, and ever shall be to the consumation of the world and world without end. Amen.

Please know that all of you are being lifted in our prayers as we go to Holy Mass and offer our prayers in the Chaplet of Hannah's Tears and various devotions that we each have as intercessors.

Peace and blessings for a glorious week!

Hannah's Tears

Fwd: Get the low-down on Wisconsin's Guadalupe Shrine this Sunday on EWTN

Learn all about the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin from its Executive Director, Sister Christa Marie, F.S.G.M. at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 7, on EWTN's "Sunday Night Live with Father Benedict Groschel."

 

Michelle Laque Johnson
Director of Communications
EWTN Global Catholic Network
5817 Old Leeds Road
Irondale, Alabama 35210
(205) 795-5769 (office)
(205) 441-6248 (cell)
(205) 271-2920 (fax)
mjohnson@ewtn.com (email)

 

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

This feast will be observed on Friday,  June 19, 2009.  You could pray this as a novena offering to Our Lord... ACT OF CONSECRATION  TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS   I give and consecrate myself to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him. I therefore take Thee, O Sacred Heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death.   Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God the Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in Thee, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.   Remove from me all that can displease Thee or resist Thy holy will; let Thy pure love imprint Thy image so deeply upon my heart, that I shall never be able to forget Thee or to be separated from Thee. May I obtain from all Thee loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Thy Heart, for in Thee I desire to place all my happiness and glory, living and dying in bondage to Thee. Amen. St. Mary Margaret Alacoque

Embracing the present moment...

Here's a beautiful post from Mark Mallett, I pray his words will lift you in these days of trial. Keep embracing the present moment, the Holy Spirit is with you today and always.

click here

Raise Your Sails

In our frustrations and discouragement we must be accepting of the present moment... God is with you...

"Do not be afraid, my dear brother! Do not be anxious, dear sister! The Will of God is blowing this very moment in your life and in the world, and it carries within it all that you need. His Holy Will is your sacred refuge." (Mark Mallett)

Informative answer on IVF...

I know that many of you will not need this information, but we wanted you to be aware that Fr. Pat McCloskey, O.F.M., has written a response to someone concerning I.V.F., that is very informative.

check out St. Anthony Messenger:

In Vitro Fertilization: Where Does the Catholic Church Stand?

Pentecost and the Visitation May 31, 2009

Have any of you reflected on yesterdays feast?  In the year 2009... this is something to truly ponder in meditation...What is God teaching us in this year that ends with the number 9? 

Is it perhaps the gift of life? 

I know many of you are suffering with the cross of infertility and the loss of a child, this is indeed a very heavy cross, no one can take this from you and no one can lighten the burden accept for the Holy Spirit.  I believe these times are exceptionally heavy because of the lack of respect for the gift of the unborn child.  Our country has lost its love for life.... but we who hope for life must turn to the gifts of the Holy Spirit.  May He breath into your soul right now and bring you the peace that you need in this present moment!  May he use the suffering that you are now enduring for His greater glory as He used St. John the Baptist may He enlighten you right now with the many gifts that you have.   

As a wonderful Dominican priest once told me, "Breath Jesus in and breath Jesus out", this is when we are lacking peace... stretch out your arms and let the Holy Spirit breath into you now.  Reflect on the scripture below and let Our Lord know just how much you love Him, most especially in these trying times.

Yes, it was the feast of Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, but it was also in memory of the feast of the Visitation....  Do you recall the scripture in the book of Luke?  Let us use this scripture as a time of reflection and let the Holy Spirit bring you rest....

Luke 1:39-55

During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,

where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord  should come to me?

For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.

Blessed are you who believed  that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

And Mary said:  "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;

my spirit rejoices in God my savior.

For he has looked upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.

The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.

He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.

He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.

The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.

He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy,

according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

Our Prayers are with you and we would love to hear from you,

Hannah's Tears

Saint Joan of Arc, patron for May 30

Prayer to St. Joan of Arc

For Faith

In the face of your enemies, in the face of harassment, ridicule, and doubt, you held firm in your faith. Even in your abandonment, alone and without friends, you held firm in your faith. Even as you faced your own mortality, you held firm in your faith. I pray that I may be as bold in my beliefs as you, St. Joan. I ask that you ride alongside me in my own battles. Help me be mindful that what is worthwhile can be won when I persist. Help me hold firm in my faith. Help me believe in my ability to act well and wisely. Amen.

Article from LifeSiteNews.com

As we follow God's will as faithful believers we are brought joys and sorrows, our hearts must always remember the words of Christ from the sermon on the mount - 

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." 

We must be courageous in our faith and keep looking to the Lord for His holy will.  

Please pray for this young mom as we remember each of you tonight in our prayers.

Hello,

Hannah's Tears (Hannahs.Tears@gmail.com) has recommended the following news to you from LifeSiteNews.com:

Baby Faith Dies at 93 Days – Doctors Had Pressured Mother to Abort Anencephalic Daughter

By Hilary White MONCTON, May 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com); Myah Walker has described the time from her daughters birth up until this past Saturday, May 23, as the; best 93 days of my life.   Faith Hope Walker, the baby about whom LifeSiteNews had previously reported, passed away peacefully this weekend in the arms of her mother, a 23 year-old student living in Moncton, New Brunswick...

The full text of the story is available at: 

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/may/09052705.html

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Fwd: Please try this little hearts

"I am God's pencil, a tiny bit of pencil with which He writes what he likes; He writes through us, and however imperfect we may be, He writes beautifully." -- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

Dearest Little hearts,

There is a need within each one of us to be creative, to share somehow in the work of God our Father and Creator....It is a path of conception, nurturing and ultimately giving birth.  We may like to express ourselves in words in prose , poetry, limericks or songs!!!  But there is always something of a thrill and satisfaction when we have finished the work, albeit touched with a sense maybe it could be better!!! there is wisdom in knowing when to stop or declare the work, finished!!

Yes, we can all be a pencil in Gods hand, but the pencil has another very valuable and creative use.... drawing!!! There grows a kind of intimacy between an artist and the pencil/pen, a familiarity, an enjoying being together!!! .......  Anyone who can hold a pen can draw, man drew thousands of years before he ever wrote a word....man is visual as well as conceptual...the problem is that we are influenced far too much by the opinions and expertise of others, we observe something we regard as a good painting and when we cannot measure up we think... no I cant do that ! No you cant but you can do something else....  Try and express yourself on a piece of paper, as Paul Klee said, take the line for a walk !!! just doodle over the paper and feel relaxed... like anything creative it improves with practise. Be humble in your choice of subject when trying to draw, if you have never seen a camel don't draw one! familiar objects.... or draw symbols that represent some Truth.... A Cross, a heart etc.  etc.

Don't be too critical of your efforts look at the paper through the eye of a child....

Even if you draw match stick men its  a beginning and even there you can express ideas, so much of our faith can come alive to us if we express it visually.... try and see what happens, be a pencil in Gods hand too...

The aim is not to be another Van Gogh, but to allow the child within to be, all children like to draw.....if you cannot draw something you can see try to express on paper that which is in your heart....

My favourite drawing medium is a plain lead pencil....experiment.... quite recently we were given a picture of Blessed Seelos which I have found fascinating,  it is such an endearing picture, so simple.... a child could have done it or someone with the heart of a child.

Bless you all and please try!!!! 

with love,

Your Poor Clare Colettine Sister

community@poorclarestmd.org 

 

Our Lords Ascension

"For My Flesh is meat indeed: and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth Me, the same also shall live by Me."  http://www.fisheaters.com/customseastertide6.html

Most of us have just celebrated Our Lord's Ascension yesterday.  Thursday which was the usual day of remembrance has now been changed to Sunday in many areas of the world.  Although the days change and things are moved about, Our Lord is never changing.  He will send the Paraclete , our comfortor, intercessor and teacher, He is the Holy Spirit.  We are not alone as He remains hidden with us, body, blood, soul and divinity in the Holy Eucharist, and He comes in the stillness of our hearts when we speak to Him with love. 

If you are feeling alone in your journey today, try visiting Our Lord, hidden in the tabernacle at you closest Catholic Church and sit with Him.  He is waiting for you!

Please let us hear from you if you need a prayer!!!

Novena to the Holy Spirit begins today...

Pentecost is on it's way, let's prepare our hearts for the coming of the Holy Spirit.  EWTN has a beautiful site for your consecration to the Holy Spirit and the novena, let's get our hearts ready!!!

Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

FW: NOVENA For Parents and Loved Ones

Dear  Apostolate of Hannah's Tears,

Remember your Parents and Loved Ones, Living and
Deceased with a gift of prayer

Simply click on the link to submit the names of your loved ones to be included in this special spiritual opportunity.

April 2009

Greetings in the peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In Sacred Scripture we read, "With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother. Remember that through your parents you were born; what can you give back to them that equals their gift to you?" (Sirach 7:27-28).

Though Mother's Day and Father's Day are not religious holidays, they remind us of the gift of life given to us through our parents by God the Father. Above all others, we as Catholics should honor our parents, because by their generosity in giving us life, God ultimately brought us to the font of Baptism, the Source of Eternal Life. The greatest way we can show gratitude for our parents is by praying for them through the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Father Edmund Sylvia, C.S.C. Chaplain of Living His Life Abundantly® International, Inc. and Women of Grace® and my co-host on EWTN and Women of Grace Live, will celebrate a Novena of Masses between Mother's Day and Father's Day for all parents. In the months of May and June, dedicated to Our Blessed Mother and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we pray you will join your prayers to ours as we place our parents in their Sacred Hearts.

I invite you to use the link below to send me the names of your parents, grandparents, godparents, or other loved ones who have nurtured you throughout your life so that we may offer this Novena of Masses for their spiritual or temporal needs. In this way, we can truly honor those who have gifted us with life whether biological or spiritual.

May this Novena of Masses yield abundant spiritual fruit for our loved ones. Please join us for this very special prayer opportunity to honor those who cooperated with God to give us life.

Simply click on the link to submit the names of your loved ones to be included in this special spiritual opportunity.

In His Service,

 
Johnnette S. Benkovic

Spiritual legacy of Archbishop Fulton Sheen -- Wednesday on "EWTN Live"

Fans of Archbishop Fulton Sheen won't want to miss Father Charles Connor at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday, March 20 on "EWTN Live" with Father Mitch Pacwa. Father Connor will discuss Archbishop Sheen's spiritual legacy, which also happens to be the subject of a series now in production at EWTN. This should be a lively discussion!

 

 

Michelle Laque Johnson
Director of Communications
EWTN Global Catholic Network
5817 Old Leeds Road
Irondale, Alabama 35210
(205) 795-5769 (office)
(205) 441-6248 (cell)
(205) 271-2920 (fax)
mjohnson@ewtn.com (email)

 

You are God's Treasure...

PRAYER

Father, help me to be able to comprehend the incredible value You place on my life. I receive the love gift of Your Son Jesus as the price You paid in order to purchase my redemption. I acknowledge that my worth does not come from what I do, but simply because of Whose I am. Because of Jesus, I am accepted as Your child and I  am Your most treasured possession. In the name of Your beloved Son Jesus I pray, AMEN.

*This is a beautiful prayer shared by the Poor Clare Colettine's (from the Father's Love)

God's beautiful plan...

You are a beautiful gift in God's eyes. We each have different crosses to carry and different gifts but we are all God's little flowers... 

Some of us are the little violets and some of us are the roses...  Our frustrations in this life are like the weeds that we need to pull up by the root in the garden we call our life...  Sometimes the pain that fills our life seems too heavy to bear, but when we turn to Our Lord on the cross and in Holy Eucharist, Jesus begins to reveal his beautiful plan.  Our life is like the field which the farmer must plow, in order to have a beautiful garden he must turn the soil and plant the seeds.   In our lives God must also till the garden of our hearts.  His plan may not be what we desired, but if we place our trust in Him and turn our life over to Him the beautiful plan will be revealed in His time.  Our trust must grow into that beautiful flower in time the cross that you bear will reveal the fruits that God has yet to show you.

Please know that you are loved today and that you are being lifted in our prayers.  God bless you and please let us know if  you have a prayer requests.

We love you,

Hannah's Tears Intercessors

Mary the Immaculate..

Are you someone who is struggling today because of the heavy burdens in your life?   If you are please read Patrick Madrid's article, "Mary Ark of the New Covenant" .  Patrick's article will give you the biblical insight to truly realize that Our Blessed Mother has been sent by God the Father to bring us aide and comfort.

Mary is the Immaculate Conception let us place our trust in her as we keep the faith and the truth in these trying times.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

Guest Post: Saints to Lean On

Post from a friend at Be Not Afraid:

Along with Hannah's Tears, I've been thinking about saints. You see, I've just begun reading Sister Janice McGrane's, "Saints to Lean On - Spiritual Companions for Illness and Disability". I think all of us reading here have been touched by some difficulty or even tragic circumstances. All of us, I'm willing to wager, have leaned on a favorite saint, or two, or three . . . and, I'm certain we each have a story to share about how the saints really did help us in our struggles with infertility, miscarriage, loss of infant, or any other pain associated with motherhood. Please feel welcome to share your own story in the comments - who knows, perhaps you will be featured in a blog post about heavenly intercession! For now, I want to share the story of two saints you really can lean on in times of trouble: St. Therese and St Gianna.

 

Do you know how difficult pregnancy can be for those who have lupus? I really didn't, until I read this account.  Our dynamic duo interceded to help a Colorado Springs mom who battled infertility and Lupus. Lisa Kottler's second baby was brought safely into the world by a series of miracles. It's true, not even the doctors can explain. For example, just when a premature birth seemed imminent, there was a sudden increase in amniotic fluid - just enough to keep the baby safe. Read this incredibly encouraging story here. 

 

How about the following scenario: The doctors note that the baby is not growing and they see clotting (therefore, blood loss), the placenta is deteriorating, and the amniotic sac has ruptured. Is there any hope for such a baby? The doctors say no, but with God, all things are possible. In retrospect, we can see in the case of Elisabete Comparini Arcolino - the mother who was visited with all these problems during pregnancy with her fourth child - that God was up to something special. It appears that He permitted a situation that seemed hopeless, knowing that he could count on his Elisabete to hold on and not abort as the doctors had advised. He also knew His faithful servants, her husband, their parish priest and even their bishop would support Elisabete in asking for the prayers of then Blessed Gianna Molla. Though several other problems (if you can imagine it!) manifested during the remainder of the pregnancy, eventually Elisabete gave birth to a full term baby who was determined to be healthy. This hopeless scenario was the second miracle contributing to the canonization of St. Gianna. And how about the first miracle that contributed to her cause? That too involved a mom suffering severe complications in pregnancy; she had lost her baby and it looked as though she too would die because of a very serious infection. At that time, someone asked for the intercession of St Gianna. To the utter amazement of everyone involved, the woman who was expected to die overnight when home the next day. 

 

There are so many stories like this - perhaps not officially recognized as "miracles", but we faithful know they are. I will be bringing you these stories from time to time to offer encouragement and so that together, we may strengthen our faith. If you have a story to share, please leave a comment and you may well be featured in our next post about our heavenly intercessors.

A Mothers' Day Prayer

Merciful Father,

 

Today we celebrate motherhood.  I thank you that my own mother gave me life.

 

O Lord of Life, my heart aches and my womb longs to carry a child.  You planted this desire in the heart of every woman, whether she knows it or not, whether she can bear children or not.  As I walk this journey of infertility, amid reminders of the life I don't have, I beg your loving care and grace. 

 

I especially ask for your grace on this Mothers' Day:

As I watch mothers celebrate with their families.

As I watch the bouquets disappear, knowing they are for a blessed mom. 

As I walk by the countless cards and treats made specially for mothers' day.

As I weep silently during the Blessing of Mothers at Sunday Mass. 

 

Although you have a plan for me, dear Lord, You also know my pain.  Please help me carry this pain until I too, have a chance to rejoice on Mothers' Day. 

Thank you for the spiritual motherhood You've given me; help me to see the many ways you call me to do this in my every day life.  May I keep my eyes, even when they're filled with tears, fixed on You, O Lord.

Amen.

patrons against sterility ~ infertility

• Agatha of Sicily
  
• Anne
• Anthony of Padua
• Casilda of Toledo
• Felicity of Rome
• Fiacre
• Francis of Paola
• Giles
• Henry II
• Margaret of Antioch
• Medard
• Philomena
• Rita of Cascia
• Theobald Roggeri

God loves you!

PRAYER

Father, Your love for me existed even before you formed me in my mother's womb. You knew me and set me apart for Your special purpose long before I was born. Help me to receive a deeper revelation of this truth, so that I might continue to walk out my destiny in the shadow of Your love. In the name of your beloved Son Jesus, I pray, AMEN.

Saint Joseph wise and loving...

Prayers to St. Joseph

On this feast of St. Joseph the Worker, I just wanted to inform our readers of a Catholic Dad's blog site.  Most of the blogging world seems to be filled with a network of women, but I'm here to share with you http://catholic-dads.blogspot.com/, I hope you will share this site with the men in your lives that need this type of support.  God bless the Catholic men out in the world that are keeping the faith alive!!! This site is to support Catholic husbands for prayer support and  friendship.  

Check it out!

Jason and Crystalina Evert To Guest on EWTN's "Life on the Rock" This Thursday!

The popular young couple, Jason and Crystalina Evert

 hosts of EWTN's series

"The Pure Life"

bring their enthusiasm and clear explanation of John Paul II's

"Theology of the Body" to EWTN's "Life on the Rock," 8 p.m. ET, Thursday, May 7.

Don't miss it!