Sunday, June 17, 2012

How to become a Saint. (Desire it!)

Lord, please, please, give me the desire to become a Saint.
Please let me want to desire to be a Saint.

Jesus, who commands me to be holy,
Set me apart for you.
Make me desire to give you all that I have
all that I am
all that I think
and feel
and love.

Be my only love, oh Sweet Jesus!

You, who are my merciful Saviour, it is You that I beg:
Allow me to dwell forever in Your Most Amiable Heart.
Keep me there, close to you, for all eternity.

Sanctify me; live in me so that I can live in You;
Wash me and fill me with your love.
Protect me from Your enemy and mine.

Jesus, hear my prayer! Listen to me, Lord!
Now, oh my Jesus, and forever, my Beloved.

You are my Beloved and I am yours:
be my vision, my stronghold, my strength, my physician.

I love you. Make me love you more.
I want to be a Saint: make me desire You more.
Lord I believe: help my unbelief.


And I pray the prayer of the Dying Thief.

Wish List

You know how some girls have a list of everything they'd like in their ideal husband?
Well, the guy Whom I want to have a spousal relationship with is perfect.

This is my list of things that I think would ideally express my relationship to Him, lived within a Community.


  • Habits
  • Adoration
  • All the Hours of the Church
  • Silence
  • Study
  • Daily Adoration
  • Daily Mass
  • Daily Rosary
  • Strict following of the Rule
  • Saints in that Order
  • Penance
  • Use of Latin
  • Some Active Apostolate

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Flags

I'm really not sure what I think about having the national flag in a Chapel / Church... particularly in the Sanctuary.
Like, to be honest, I'm not entirely comfortable with the Vatican Flag being in the Sanctuary.

Perhaps, as in maybe, have the Vatican flag at the back of the Church.
But your national flag? I really don't know.
It's a good reminder to pray for your country, I guess.

But, like, countries rise and fall.
Only the Body of Christ lives and reigns forever.
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat!

Then again, maybe it only grates against me because it's not something I often see in li'l Australia.
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