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A Prayer to My Lord

My Lord,

I offer you my thoughts:

to be fixed on you;

My words:

to have you for their theme;

My actions:

to reflect my love for you;

My sufferings:

to be endured for your greater glory.

I want to do what you ask of me:

In the way you ask,

For as long as you ask,

Because you ask it.

Lord, enlighten my understanding,

Strengthen my will,

Purify my heart,

and make me holy.

Help me to repent of my past sins

And to resist temptation in the future.

Help me to rise above my human weaknesses

And to grow stronger as a Christian.

Amen.

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal’s Monthly Newsletter

Volume 18 Issue 8 August 2013

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Are you Jesus? A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago.. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding... ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor. He was glad he did. The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and

helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He continued on

with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly." As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?" He stopped in mid-stride .... and he wondered. He gently went back and said, "No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is good, kind, caring, loving, and would never have bumped into your display in the first place. "The girl gently nodded: "I only asked because I prayed for Jesus to help me gather the apples. He sent you to help me, so you are like Him - only He knows who will do His will. Thank you for hearing His call, Mister." Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?" Do people mistake you for Jesus?

That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day . You are the apple of His eye even though you, too, have been

bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked up you and me on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit. Sometimes we just take things for granted, when we

really need to be sharing what we know....Thanks. "Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections." The nicest place to be is in someone's thoughts, the safest place to be is in someone's prayers, and the very best place to be is ........

in the hands of God

E-mail submitted

by Orv Potts

"One cannot love without suffering…Since love makes lovers one in likeness, if we love, we must model our life on His which was suffering." -St. Margaret Mary

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St. Edith Stein Feastday: August 9

Died: 1942

SSSaint Teresa Benedicta

of the Cross (Edith

Stein)Virgin and Martyr

Edith Stein, born in 1891

in Breslau, Poland, was

the youngest child of a

large Jewish family. She

was an outstanding

student and was well versed in philosophy

with a particular interest in

phenomenology. Eventually she became

interested in the Catholic Faith, and in

1922, she was baptized at the Cathedral

Church in Cologne, Germany. Eleven years

later Edith entered the Cologne Carmel.

Because of the ramifications of politics in

Germany, Edith, whose name in religion was

Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was sent to

the Carmel at Echt, Holland. When the Nazis

conquered Holland, Teresa was arrested,

and, with her sister Rose, was sent to the

concentration camp at Auschwitz. Teresa

died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in

1942 at the age of fifty-one. In 1987, she

was beatified in the Cologne cathedral by

Pope John Paul II. Out of the unspeakable

human suffering caused by the Nazis in

western Europe in the 1930's and 1940's,

there blossomed the beautiful life of

dedication, consecration, prayer, fasting,

and penance of Saint Teresa. Even though

her life was snuffed out by the satanic

evil of genocide, her memory stands as a

light undimmed in the midst of evil,

darkness, and suffering. She was canonized

on October 11, 1998.

www.catholic.org

Tues. Aug. 6, 2013

Holy Day of

Obligation

Thurs. Aug. 15, 2013

A PRAYER TO SAY BEFORE THE HOLY MASS

Lord Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table

in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner,

and dare not rely on my own worth, but only on your goodness and mercy.

I am defiled by many sins in body and soul, and by my unguarded thoughts and words.

Gracious God of majesty and awe, I seek your protection, I look for your healing.

Poor troubled sinner that I am, I appeal to you, the fountain of all mercy.

I cannot bear your judgment, but I trust in your salvation.

Lord, I show my wounds to you and uncover my shame before you.

I know my sins are many and great, and they fill me with fear, but I hope in your mercies,

for they cannot be numbered. Lord Jesus Christ, eternal king, God and man,

crucified for mankind, look upon me with mercy and hear my

prayer, for I trust in you. Have mercy on me,

full of sorrow and sin, for the depth of your compassion never ends.

Praise to you, saving sacrifice, offered on the wood of the cross for me and

for all mankind. Praise to the noble and precious blood, flowing from the wounds of

the my crucified Lord Jesus Christ and washing away the sins of the whole world. Remember, Lord your creature,

whom you have redeemed with your blood; I repent my sins, and I long to put right what I

have done. Merciful Father, take away all my offenses

and sins; purify me in body and soul, and make me worthy to taste the holy of

holies. May your body and blood, which I intend to receive, although I am

unworthy, be for me the remission of my sins, the washing away of my guilt, the end of my

evil thoughts, and the rebirth of my better instincts.

May it incite me to do the works pleasing to you and profitable to my health in body and

soul, and be a firm defense against the wiles of my enemies. Amen

(This is St. Ambrose's prayer before Mass.)

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The following is FICTION; but is our society headed in this

direction? Think about it!

January 22, 2023

Dear Mom,

Can you believe it is already the year 2023? I’m still writing ’22 on everything! It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in the first grade and celebrating the change to a new century.

I know we really haven’t chatted since Christmas, Mom, and I’m sorry. Anyway, I have some difficult news to share with you and, to be honest, I really didn’t want to call or talk about this face to face.

But before I get to that, let me report that Ted just got a big promotion; and I should be up for a hefty raise this year if I keep putting in all those crazy hours. You know how I work at it. (Yes, we’re still struggling to pay the bills.)

Little Timmy’s been okay at kindergarten, although he complains about going. But then, he wasn’t happy about the day-care center either. So what can we do?

He’s been a real problem, Mom. He’s a good kid, but quite honestly, he’s an unfair burden on us at this time in our lives. Ted and I have talked this through, and we have finally made a choice. Plenty of other families have made the same choice and are really better off today.

Our pastor is supportive of our choice. He pointed out that the family is a system, and the demands of one member shouldn’t be allowed to ruin the whole. The pastor told us to be prayerful and to consider all the factors as to what is right to make our family work. He says that even though he probably wouldn’t do it himself, the choice is really ours. He was kind enough to refer us to a children’s clinic near here, so at least that part is easy.

Don’t get me wrong, Mom. I’m not an uncaring mother. I do feel sorry for the little guy. I think he heard Ted and me talking about this the other night. I turned and saw him standing at the bottom of the stairs in his PJs with his little teddy bear that you gave him under his arm, and his eyes were sort of welled up

in tears.

Mom, the way he looked at me just about broke my heart, but I honestly believe this is better for Timmy, too. It’s just not fair to force him to live in a family that can’t give him the time and attention he deserves.

And please, Mom, don’t give me the kind of grief that grandma gave you over your abortions. It’s the same thing, you know. There’s really no difference.

We’ve told Timmy he’s just going for a “vaccination”. Anyway, they say the termination procedure is painless. I guess it’s just as well that you haven’t seen that much of Timmy lately.

Please give my love to dad.

Your daughter, Sharon.

Several weeks after the “vaccination” – oddly enough on what would have been Timmy’s seventh birthday – Sharon found the following letter on her pillow. It was handwritten in an elegant, beautiful script, in gold ink on paper with a pearl-like finish.

Dear Mom,

It’s me, Timmy. I’m in Heaven. It’s so beautiful and peaceful here that you couldn’t even imagine. One of the wonderful things about Heaven is that there is no time. With a few exceptions, we can not only see things that happened long ago but we can see things that haven’t happened yet – at least on Earth. I’ve met a lot of beautiful people since I got here, including my aunt and three uncles who were never born because grandma chose not to have them. And the angels, Mom, they are such a joy. I wish you could meet my guardian angel. He held my hand at the clinic so I wasn’t afraid.

What is really neat in Heaven is that we all see one another as we really are. We don’t see babies or old people or anyone in between. That’s because our bodies really aren’t us. We are all simply beautiful people who radiate infinite love, a love that is a reflection of God who is Love. And, when God raises our bodies at the end of time, our bodies will glow with such glory that you would not recognize us. It makes me sad that you and grandma may not be able to share in that.

All you have to do is to accept God’s mercy and forgiveness like so many others like you have. You can open yourself to His grace. That’s a choice you do have the right to make.

I’m looking forward to seeing Dad and his new wife, Angela, here in Heaven. After the two of you separated, he met her. She was working with an organization that believes life is a precious gift from God, and that it should never be seen as an inconvenience – or an unfair burden. She got him to rethink the choice you and he made, and he turned to God for forgiveness. In fact, Dad is going to become a United States senator and sponsor a lot of bills in Congress to prevent abortions and euthanasia. Their efforts to teach people to respect all life will one day extend around the world. It’s too bad that everyone can’t be as Christian as Dad and Angela will be.

It’s really a shame that a lot of folks will never see how wonderful their children are. I’ve met so many – millions – who were not allowed to be born, or who were terminated as I was. A lot of them would have been scientists who could have built colonies on other planets and done things to make Earth a better place to live. So many others would have discovered cures for a lot of the diseases that afflict people, a lot sooner than the discoveries will be made. One, a real character, would have been a comedian who made people laugh and feel good about themselves. She is a real treat to be around. There is so much talent here that was never allowed to blossom.

Well, Mom, I have to go now. A group of us – several thousand of us, in fact – are getting ready to stand before God’s throne and sing praise to Him. We do that a lot. It was, after all, His love that made us who we are. You see, we belong to God, not to one another. So we really don’t have the right to decide who lives and who doesn’t. It’s too bad that you never understood that.

I love you and continue to pray for you,

Your son, Timmy

Then, as tears filled Sharon’s eyes, the letter vanished.

Submitted by Dcn. Steve

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C lay Balls

A man was exploring caves by

the Seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.

Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that

person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE THING YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY FAMILY AND FRIENDS! LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND FRIENDSHIPS ARE FAR TOO FEW! Don't ask GOD to Guide your Footsteps if you're not willing to MOVE your Feet'

E-mail Submitted by

Orv Potts

You are Really God's Little Child

My poor child, how short this life on earth is! It is always an

unfinished symphony. Do you realize your home is

elsewhere? Why do you continue to cling to the things of

the earth? The other life is tomorrow. Are you not longing

to see Me? To know Me better? Ask Me for this desire. I

can give you everything you lack. You don't ask. Above all do

not be afraid of wearying Me or annoying Me. You are my

little child. Nothing that concerns you ever tires Me....Don't

be afraid then. Just ask. Yearn for Me and thank Love. Call

yourself: God's little child...it will give you a new feeling.

Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis from the classic "He and I"

Why We Must Think Daily on our Lord's Passion

Many of the Saints have indicated that a daily...yes daily...reading/meditation

on our dear Lord's Passion is a critical and necessary step to grow in holiness

and leads to a need to be at the Representation of His Passion and Death

each day (the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass). St. Hannibal di Francia

describes it as follows:

What kind of heart do we have if we are insensitive to all our Savior

suffered for us. One cause of this hardness of our hearts is our

unforgivable failure to meditate and contemplate daily what He did actually

suffer for our sins and our ongoing sinfulness. He was racked with suffering

The Divine Insight

Here is a great benefit to be gained from daily thinking about

the Passion and Death of our dear Savior. We will grow in

love and attachment to the Most Holy Sacrifice of the

Mass. From the feet of Jesus Crucified we proceed to the

foot of the Altar where we worship, love and ascend to the

most initiate union a soul could have with God through Most

Holy Communion. He or she who neglects to meditate on the

Passion of Christ...what He actually suffered for your

personal sins....will NEVER make an ardent Communion so

as to extract real benefits from it and give God the love we

should.

St. Hannibal di Francia

and pain for His entire life...willingly endured for our sake....and we tire

after just a few minutes thinking about it. Recommit to give God this tiny sip

of Love....every day. He thirsts for your love. Let us stop being so

ungrateful to Him.

St. Hannibal di Francia from the "Hours of the Passion"

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The Respect Life Committee would like to thank all of you for your participation in the 2013 Spiritual Adoption &/or Baby bottle Fundraiser. Many baby bottles were taken home, some have even been returned already. If you need another bottle, we have more. I f you missed out on spiritually

adopting a baby, it isn’t too late. God will pair you with the perfect child for you. Think of the joy you will feel in your heart in heaven, this other person comes to you and says, “I am ____. You named me____. I want to thank you so much, you are the reason that I lived, I was granted life due to your prayers for me and my mom.” Can you even imagine hearing this? We had 69 bottles taken home for the Fundraiser. Thanks and Praise to all of you.

We received 14 Spiritual Adoptions. If you did not leave a slip with the babies name on it, it isn’t too late to do so. Just fill out one of the adoption papers beneath the Virgin Mother on the West side of the Church. Fill in the info, leave the bottom and take the top home. And, of course, pray for your baby.

If you were unable to leave the slip with your baby’s name on it, you may still do so. We will have extra slips under the Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the west side of the Church. All you need to do is sign your name, the baby’s name on the slip and take the top part home with you and put the bottom part in the basket. Mother Mary will watch over the babies as we pray for them. The question has arisen “what do I do with the bottle when I am ready to bring it back?” You may give it to a Respect Life Committee member or place it in the purple box in the Sacristy, marked baby bottles. The bottles will be moved to a safe, secure, locked area as soon as possible after.

Molly Nester, Co-Director, Kinder Women's Care

Center shared the following with me via e-mail.

ON A NATIONAL LEVEL:

Women's Care Center is the largest pregnancy

resource center in America. With 22 locations in 7

states, women will make nearly 100,000 visits to our

centers in 2013, serving 350 a day.

STATS LOCALLY FOR WOMEN'S CARE

CENTER COLUMBUS OHIO 2012:

Women Served: 3401

Ultrasounds: 988

Parenting Class Attendees: 2339

Crib Club Shopping Visits: 833

Total Visits: 7539

The Vast Majority of women at risk for abortion who

receive counseling and ultrasound at the Women's

Care Center choose life for their babies :)

In just a little over 3 years of our existence in

Columbus, women have already made 23,010 visits

for counseling, ultrasound and education.

Erin Brown, Community Outreach Coordinator of PDHC

shared these statistics with me (All money raised toward

PDHC will go toward the new Facility in

Pickerington):

PDHC 2012

3,966: Total number client visits

1,916: Number of pregnancy tests

performed

48%: Percentage of clients who

came in for pregnancy test

998: Number of client’s abortion

minded

1248: Number of moms actually pregnant

642: Number of moms not sure if continuing the

pregnancy

51%: Percentage of moms unsure if continuing the

pregnancy

479: Number of ultrasounds of moms unsure if

continuing the pregnancy

75%: Percentage seen who were unsure if wanted to

continue the pregnancy

366: Number who decided to keep baby after the

ultrasound

76%: Percentage who came in unsure if wanted to

carry the baby

475: Number who were unsure but said yes after

their visit Yours in Christ,

Mary Bishel

Good example is the most efficacious apostolate. You must be as lighted lanterns and

shine like brilliant chandeliers among men. By your good example and your words,

animate others to know and love God. -- St. Mary Joseph Rossello

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Fr. Coleman's Calendar

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HERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR HARD WORKING KNIGHTS ON THE TRACTOR CUTTING THE FIELD AT THE REAR OF THE

CHURCH.IT TAKES HOURS TO GET THIS DONE,THANKS GEORGE

By Eddie Pop

I attended a Family reunion at Dawes Arboretum in

Licking County in June. I had been there before but had

never seen the Cypress Tree Swamp. I walked through it

with one of my nieces. The root system of Cypress the

tree is different from most trees. The roots shoot upward

from the water. This one root system kept catching my

eye. I was drawn

back to it a few

times. It reminded

me of the Holy

Family. Yes, I

mean Jesus, Mary

and Joseph. It

amazed me

enough to take a

picture of it. When

we downloaded

the picture it looked even more realistic. The face of

Joseph actually looked like it had been carved out of

porcelain. The blue skies reflecting in the water made it

look even more amazing. God made a beautiful day even

more special by the gift of this precious root system.

Mary Bishel

Congratulations to Sonny & Amanda

Shroyer on their wedding that was held

Wednesday, July 3, 2013.

The newly married couple would like to

send out extra special “Thank You’s” to

all that helped make their day special for

them…

Priest– Fr. Pat

Music at Ceremony- Lisa Gresko &

Susan Silva

Photographer– Robin Hecker & Marcia

Forrest

Food & Cake– Joanne Farrell

D.J.– Paul Mitchell & Jen

Hissrich