Psalm 34:7
"For the angel of the LORD guards all who fear him, and he rescues them."
A Guardian Angel
Flew down from above,
To teach me a lesson
About the powers of love.
She whispers to me,
Takes a hold of my hand,
There are so many things
I wish you to understand.
About the powers of love,
And all it can do,
To someone who needs
To share it with you.
A pat on the back,
A kind smile on your face,
Can make someone's life,
A much brighter place.
It doesn't take much,
To show someone you care,
To give them the love,
God gave you to share.
So please keep in mind,
All the powers you possess,
To grace someone's life,
When they're in distress.
You've been put on this earth
To bestow the powers of love,
And with those final words,
She disappeared up above.
Prayer: Father, thank you for surrounding me with your angels. In the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!
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August 25th - Saint Joseph Calasanz, Confessor
(Also known as Calasanctius)
c.1556-1648
JOSEPH thrived on a dream. He worked and worked, until the dream became
reality. But with the fulfillment of the dream came disaster. At the
time
of Joseph's death, an evil enemy had destroyed his work.
Joseph Calasanz, was born in Aragon in 1556. Even when he was a boy he
was
very religious. For this trait his fellow students ridiculed him. Nor
were
his parents joyous when Joseph announced his desire to become a priest.
Joseph was ordained in 1583. Although he was happy working at reform and
administration in the Spanish Church, an inner voice kept calling him to
Rome. After nine years he went there, and for five years led a hidden
life
of prayer and of service in hospitals and prisons. When he saw how
ignorant
the children of the poor were, his true vocation in Rome became apparent
to
him.
In 1597 Joseph opened a free school. His project grew rapidly and before
long he had established many schools. In 1617 Joseph conferred the
religious habit of Clerics Regular of the Religious Schools (known as the
Piarists) upon his fourteen assistants. The next year it was made a
mendicant order.
Difficulties arose when a priest, Mario Sozzi, contrived to have Joseph
arrested and then made himself head of the order. The Piarists and their
schools were thrown into confusion. Finally an investigation by the pope
served to re-instate Joseph. His joy at this was short-lived; other
troublemakers arose, and the Piarists became simply a society of priests
without vows. Joseph, grief-stricken at seeing his work destroyed, died
shortly afterward, in 1648. He was 92 years old, and had suffered
innumerable outrages with Christ-like patience and humble obedience.
Immense crowds came to his funeral.
Joseph's dream became a reality after his death. In 1669 the foundation
was reconstituted as a religious order, and his ideal, the education of
children, is being carried out today by the Piarists.
Saint Quote:
Among the many means of performing our actions well, one is to do each of
them as if it were to be the last of our lives. At every action, then, say
to yourself: "If you knew that you were to die immediately after this
action, would you do it? and would you do it in this way?"
-St. Vincent de Paul
Bible Quote
10 When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the
afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness
shall be as the noonday. 11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually,
and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters
shall not fail. (Isaias 58:10-11)
Proverbs - Chapter 16
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth
the
spirits.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the
day of evil.
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though
hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men
depart from evil.
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