Welcome to www.TrueCatholicHearts.com (TrueCatholicHearts is not affiliated with CatholicHearts.com or any other dating kind of websites.) email: moonrose@catholic.org ....are you in need of a special prayer? email your request to me with "prayer request"in the subject line We can join in heart and prayer to help each other! Today on the Calendar of Saints . . . . . . Turn on the music here/Catholic radio (click here, then scroll to the bottom right on the page that opens) ARE YOU?: Working long hours? Searching for solutions? Have you checked and rechecked your priorities? (is God in the first place in your life?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How much would you be willing to rearrange your life to accommodate the divine plan? At this time in your life, what do you need in order to trust in God's plan for you? -NO GOD, NO PEACE- Some things you can start today to get back on track with the Lord Jesus: 1. Pray everyday! Pray in the morning. During the day. Every evening. At the very least, consider this. You are not only responsible for your children in the temporal, here and now sense. That is, health, financial, educational, etc. But, you will be responsible in the hereafter! Do you take the time to pray EVERYNIGHT with your children? (forget about the rest, till you get this one firm) Pray thanksgiving, praise, petition, love, and penance. If you have a hard time with some aspect of praying, try to pray about it. If at times you can only say, I can't. Try praying "I can't, help me!" 2. Return to the sacraments Go to confession. Be patient, but do so with a sense of urgency. If you have difficulty with a particular priest, spend time praying about it. Do not throw away yourself over any person. Try a different priest, but still pray for and about the one you have difficulty with. IF you have a difficulty with yourself, pray everyday for as long as it takes. Pray your penance, and go to mass still. Do not receive communion until you have been to confession, though. 3. Go to mass every Sunday, AND holy days! Go to daily mass as often as you can! 4. Pray the Rosary everyday! After the Mass it is the perfect method of prayer. email me at email: moonrose@catholic.org if you would like to be emailed where to find the meditations in the bible 5. Read the scriptures everyday. (The rosary is scriptural!) The New American Bible online. --and--Readings and Psalms for the Month 6. Sing! Though I hope no one else hears me, singing is my favorite form of prayer! Do you remember the old saying "He who sings, prays twice !" It is also very good for balancing your moods, and emotions! Can be very healing and uplifting! 7. Read/Learn the lives of the Saints 8. Hang a beautiful crucifix. As you accept the Lord Jesus as your personal savior, also, let Him in to your home and your life! Pray under your crucifix everyday! Adore Him, Praise Him, Ask Forgiveness from Him, Petition Him for your loved ones!! 9. Create prayer spaces in your home and your yard. We have an area in our main living area, where we join as a family to pray each day, and where I spend time after bedtime, alone with the Lord. Also, my son has a crucifix in his room, and pictures. He has what we call the prayer table. On this table, he keeps his religious articles that are special to him, and on the bottom, he has religious books. All toys, and other books are kept off of this "special space". It helps him to understand the sacredness of his faith, and serves as a reminder to keep it in his every day. As a general rule, we do not decorate with religious things, but we have spaces where these articles, pictures, and books are. Our spaces evolved out of our practice. However, creating spaces, can help evolve a more religous life. 10.Fasting! To learn more about fasting -please go to Medjugorje 11. Silence. There is a steady stream everyday, of: Music, TV, Computer, Phones, Talking, Planning, Doing...etc! Take the time each day for Silence and call it your "Holy Silence Time". Leave this time space for the Lord. Whether you feel something, or not, you can offer up this time to God. 12. Walk with Jesus. Think of Him and talk to him all through the day. How many steps does it take to walk to your office, the grocery store... How many extra prayers could fill those empty spaces. Praise & give thanks the Lord for the good you see all along these paths in life. Spark the Joy of life, and spread kindness around you. Decide for an honest life -- if more of us said no, gradually, the world could be reclaimed to Jesus. 13. Do not be afraid! Do not be afraid to step out of the flow of life around you. Faith is all about change. It is a stepping onto the road of a continuing life of Conversion. A change that leads you in a close relationship with Jesus, and your heavenly Father, with the Holy Spirit. It is an abandonment of your way, to the way the Lord has a desire for you. 14. First Friday and First Saturday Devotions -KNOW GOD, KNOW PEACE!- I do not know after all these years, where I learned this--but my favorite saying in life is this.... "The goal in life is to get to Heaven, and to take as many people with me as I can!" If you choose to, you can take a little step closer, and begin right now. Start with a little prayer, "Most Holy Spirit, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, make me thine instrument in spreading the reign of Jesus on Earth!" "May Jesus' peace and love be with you now and always!" "He who prays hard will be saved; he who prays little is in danger, And He who does not pray at all will be damned." Padre Pio Have you been to The Hunger Site? 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