tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75166528496685744932024-09-01T18:49:30.282-07:00Daily Scripture Reflections by a Catholic MomI want to invite all Catholic and Christian moms out there to read and reflect with me on the daily scripture. Let's strengthen each other by coming together to discuss how we can live the word today in our lives as moms. What a force for Christ we will be, united in the daily word, to edify God's kingdom!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-29957208580947369362012-07-19T06:36:00.000-07:002012-07-19T06:36:45.183-07:00July 19, 2012Lord Jesus, I find myself overwhelmed by the needs of my small children, but I know that you have provided me with all that I need to take care of them. I know that you will give me rest when I most need it. Be my strength today, be my joy, because I can not do this on my own. Amen.
Reading 1 Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19
The way of the just is smooth;
the path of the just you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-25409647465603809212012-06-01T09:35:00.000-07:002012-06-01T09:35:14.664-07:00A Tree with No Fruit?Jesus, help me to be content with the work you have placed in my life to do. Guide my mind, my heart, and my feet because I can not seem to do it on my own. Help me to love more fully, help me to love despite my many faults, help others to see my faults not as a lack of love for you or an excuse to sin, but a testament to your Mercy and Your Love for me and for them. Help me to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-18854613960102196842012-05-08T08:18:00.000-07:002012-05-08T08:18:01.994-07:00MAY 8, 2012 HardshipsJesus, please help me when I shirk from serving you because I'm unwilling to bear the hardship I know it requires, I desire to be more like you, to be a real disciple, and yet I lack the courage within myself. I can do nothing worthy of your Kingdom without you, be my courage. Amen
Reading 1 Acts 14:19-28
In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium
arrived and won overUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-60320451736462877122012-05-07T08:04:00.001-07:002012-05-07T08:04:49.330-07:00Monday May 7, 2012Lord, open my heart to your word, help me to embody them in the activity of my day today. Amen
Reading 1 Acts 14:5-18
There was an attempt in Iconium
by both the Gentiles and the Jews,
together with their leaders,
to attack and stone Paul and Barnabas.
They realized it,
and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe
and to the surrounding countryside,
where they continued to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-73985721397366294032012-05-03T07:38:00.001-07:002012-05-03T07:38:43.616-07:00May 3, 2012 Thank YouJesus, I want to thank you for keeping me and my children safe, as you know, last night we had a close call in the car...On the way home from my parents house a desk fell out of a large truck in front of us...there were cars to the left of us and the right...I couldn't move out of the way...I was so scared and started to pray asking you to deliver us...and you did...Kate was in the front seat as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-33847011515781511962012-05-02T07:34:00.000-07:002012-05-02T07:34:38.004-07:00May 2, 2012 saving light vs. condemning darknessJesus, help me to live out an authentic spirituality, remind me that my love for you, my family, and my neighbors is more important than any one law or teaching of the church. I seek to follow your Way, fill me so that I may be a witness to your Love. Amen
Gospel Jn 12:44-50
Jesus cried out and said,
"Whoever believes in me believes not only in me
but also in the one who sent Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-49729990178671050062012-05-01T06:15:00.000-07:002012-05-01T06:15:46.045-07:00May 1, 2012Jesus, I am humbled by what you were able to do with me yesterday in my own small world. Thank you for the blessings you bestowed on me, though I did not deserve them. I say Yes to you again today. Amen
Gospel Jn 10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem.
It was winter.
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
So the Jews Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-5813261512290432372012-04-30T07:00:00.000-07:002012-04-30T07:00:02.280-07:00Monday April 30, 2012Jesus, you are my Shepard, lead me to green pastures, protect me, my children, and my husband from anything or anyone who would try to steal our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies for purposes different than your own. Amen
Gospel Jn 10:1-10
Jesus said:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate
but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
But Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-61082928677802854372012-04-27T05:00:00.000-07:002012-04-27T05:00:22.184-07:00April 27, 2012Jesus, help me to be like Ananias, let me always be open to loving whomever you ask of me to love and pray for. Help me to teach this to my children. Amen
Reading 1 Acts 9:1-20
Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest and asked him
for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that,
if he should find any men or women who belonged to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-48527568695894614722012-04-26T04:00:00.000-07:002012-04-26T04:00:00.399-07:00April 26, 2012 Bread of LifeJesus, I am so thankful for all that you have given me...I am thankful that I grew up with parents that love you with everything they have. I learned, through them, how you are truly present in the Eucharist. When I consume you I have the life and peace that nothing else can offer me. Lord help my life today bring more people to you. Amen
Gospel Jn 6:44-51
Jesus Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-74338720533559245772012-03-06T08:43:00.002-08:002012-03-06T08:43:40.281-08:00March 6, 2012Jesus, help me to love and serve others only for their sake and yours. Amen
Gospel Mt 23:1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,
"The scribes and the Pharisees
have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,
but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-82869977157675754612012-03-05T07:11:00.002-08:002012-03-05T07:11:52.505-08:00March 5, 2012Jesus, help me to live only in present, to see how you see, to forget faults of others and myself, so that I can serve you fully, without hesitation, today. Amen
Gospel Lk 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-76220860711250021532012-03-01T10:14:00.001-08:002012-03-01T16:02:37.477-08:00March 1, 2012 Just KnockJesus, thank you for all of the wonderful gifts you have given me. My heart is full, because I know that every good thing I have has been given to me by you. Sometimes I get lost in my own failures and and shortcomings, realizing what I can not achieve in this world by my own power. Help me to remember always to look to you, to be thankful, and to feel great joy because I know Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-48325224174098270402012-02-21T06:22:00.000-08:002012-02-21T06:22:39.665-08:00February 21, 2012 "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me;"Jesus, help me to understand what accepting children in your name really means, I desire nothing else than my children to grow to love and serve you. Help me when I begin to feel like my role is unimportant or not worthy of all the time and effort required. Please lift me up when I feel like I can not do it on my own, because I can not, I need you every step of the way. Amen
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-63029630095691754982012-02-20T09:39:00.000-08:002012-02-20T09:39:27.235-08:00February 20, 2012 Jesus, Help My Unbelief!Jesus, I thank you today for all of the learning experiences you have sent my way in the last few years, I needed them! Being a wife and mother has brought me closer to you in so many ways, and I cry when I think of the little girl I was in my understanding of your love before all of this. Thank you, and help me to never overestimate my knowledge or ability. Amen
Reading 1 JasUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-44730800279909646662012-02-19T06:22:00.001-08:002012-02-19T06:22:41.901-08:00February 19, 2012 Forget SinsLord, help me to grow in your love today as I read your word. Let the words give me the encouragement and direction I need to help bring my family closer to you. Amen
Book of Isaiah 43:18-19.21-22.24b-25.
Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not;
See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-6300080258976904402012-02-15T07:03:00.000-08:002012-02-15T07:03:37.812-08:00February 15, 2012 Hearing testJesus, Help me to live in your light, help me to see how I can more fully live your word today, and how I can teach my children and husband to do the same. Amen
Reading 1 Jas 1:19-27
Know this, my dear brothers and sisters:
everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
for anger does not accomplish
the righteousness of God.
Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-79811635875842062592012-01-23T08:04:00.001-08:002012-01-23T08:04:34.159-08:00January 23, 2012 A House DividedJesus, help me to remember today's scripture whenever I am tempted to grumble about my Husband or children. Amen
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 3:22-30.
The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons."
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-90321345904432971872012-01-17T08:31:00.001-08:002012-01-17T08:31:16.908-08:00January 17, 2012 sick babies and MassJanuary 17, 2012
Jesus, be with me today as I tend to my little family, thank you for giving me rest this weekend, so that I could return, joyfully, to my work refreshed and inspired. Amen
Then he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath." mt2:28
As anyone who reads this knows my husband and I are in charge of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-5102908450157365062011-12-11T21:24:00.001-08:002011-12-11T21:55:27.475-08:00December 11, 2011 Mom as an Active ContemplativeLord, I want to always have your name on my lips, have thoughts of you always on my mind, and have every act, a service of love and devotion for Your Glory! Amen
Reading 2 1 Thes 5:16-24
Brothers and sisters:
Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing.
In all circumstances give thanks,
for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise prophetic utterances.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-18110424380526087232011-12-07T07:51:00.001-08:002011-12-07T08:02:16.261-08:00December 7, 2011 Come to me all who labor and are burdenedJesus, thank you for all of the beautiful people in my life that continually point me in the direction of Your Way! I am humbled and amazed at the amount of energy, drive, persistence, and true enduring love and patience that people who love you have. Jesus, thank you for loving me, thank you for lifting me up, thank you for my weaknesses so that I may continually look to you for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-63443895092905583562011-11-07T08:38:00.000-08:002011-11-07T08:39:15.191-08:00November 7, 2011 Do not cause one of these little ones to sinJesus, Open my heart to your words this morning and give me the courage to follow you with my whole heart, soul, mind, and body. Thank you for giving me so many tools to serve you. Amen.
Reading 1 Wis 1:1-7
Love justice, you who judge the earth;
think of the Lord in goodness,
and seek him in integrity of heart;
Because he is found by those who test him not,
and he manifests Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-34492386053702751012011-10-24T06:56:00.000-07:002011-10-24T06:56:19.381-07:00October 24, 2011 You did not recieve a Spirit of Slavery but of Adoption!Father in Heaven, be my guide, help me to avoid leaning on my own understanding in my job as parent today, help my eyes, ears, mind, and heart be always lifted up to you in your infinite wisdom. Thank you for giving me an earthly Father who has taught me to seek your glory in everything I do. Thank you for giving me a husband that loves his children so much that when they read your word Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-90161723315792678292011-10-20T07:15:00.000-07:002011-10-20T07:15:27.311-07:00October 20, 2011
Jesus, Thank you for providing me with the food of your word to delight in. It brings me such Joy to read the Bible and come to know how much you Love me, my family, and every one of your people. I only wish that everyone felt as much Joy as I do. Help me, in any small way, to preach your Gospel in my every action. I want to a slave to you God and not to my human Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516652849668574493.post-49463281270013264582011-10-19T07:01:00.000-07:002011-10-19T07:01:33.994-07:00October 19, 2011Jesus, You have blessed me and my family in so many ways, you have given us so much, help me to give everything back to you, to edify your kingdom. Help me not get caught up in the worldly desires that often hold me captive, make me a slave of righteousness. Amen
Reading 1 Rom 6:12-18
Brothers and sisters:
Sin must not reign over your mortal bodies
so that you obey their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0