the house is silent... we've brought in the New Year and I'm catching up on my reading of the Magnificat for this evening. Fr. Cameron (OP, of course) has some great meditations in this issue.
But what really strikes me and mine tonight is the example of Simeon and Anna -- both of whom waited and prayed ... prayed and waited for God to answer their pleas. They never gave up ... just kept praying the same prayer and it was answered with the birth of Jesus in a Stable in Bethlehem!
We have waited since end-of-March-2008 for the sale of our home in Denver. We have prayed novenas to St. Joseph, beseeched the help of Mary and prayed directly to God ...
... but our house still remains un-sold.
But tonight (or rather, this morning), I find hope ... hope in trusting that God will answer this prayer in His time ... not in mine! As Fr. Cameron puts it:
What at first seems like refusal on the Lord's part is in fact an invitation to greater ardor. Jesus blesses us with the chance to show Him how much we rely on Him and how little we can depend on ourselves.In other words ... when we've done all we can ... all we have left is prayer and asking God to take over!
Please join us in praying for God's will to be done in the sale of our house in Denver!
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3 comments:
A beautiful way of looking at it - I will pray too! Happy New Year!
Thanks for the prayers ... that really means alot to me!
This is hard, Mary.
You have my prayers for the new year.
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