Agatina

Hi Agatina,
Thanks for your thoughts. My husband has some mild dementia too so I know what you must be going through. My patience gets tried by repeating things over and over. I have to go to doctor's appointments with him so first, he goest to the right place and second that the doctor is aware of all of his ailments.

I never thought I would have to do this for my husband, but for a parent. It's so sad because he was a very intelligent man. He still has the urge to do things, but unfortunately his concentration is so bad he can't follow through. It's heartbreaking sometimes. However, I will be praying for you too!

In Jesus and Mary,
Rose

Dear Agatina, I hope your trials are beginning to heal and resolve. May the Lord grant that.

Agatina it's good to have you as a friend, God bless

I'm so happy to see how Catholic Seniors is growing. Welcome to all who are new. My love & prayers go out to everyone. I've been off of C. Seniors because I've been having some trials. I'm ok. I thank you for your prayers.
Love in Christ Jesus,
Agatina

I finally read your message. I only read this wall once every seven weeks.

Dear Agatina thought I stop by and say hi. Godbless you.

YOU are Loved!

"Out of the Mouth of Children"

"The wisdom of God belongs to children, merest children, before it belongs to adults, wise in religion and the ways of society and culture. Jesus gives thanks that this is the way God is revealed in the world through Him, His own child. Revelation is not first to the learned and clever but to the ones who don't count, the ones ignored in the street, the ones who are only useful as menial servants and slaves, as property. Remember, the Aramaic word for child and slave/servant is the same."
Megan McKenna

How do I treat those who I don't think have the "qualifications" when they speak about their Father in heaven?

What if I had been in Eli's position, how would I have responded if Samuel had come to me and said he "heard a voice in the night"?

"What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever."
Mary Jo Putney

INSPIRATION:

"But (Jesus) said, 'Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such as these is the kingdom of heaven composed."
Matthew 19: 14
Amplified Bible

Just imagine being on a grassy hill and gazing into the beauty of God's creation. As you watch, a group of mother, one-by-one, come to Jesus and ask Him to place His hands on their little ones.

Thinking that crying babies and pushy moms would be an annoyance to Jesus, we find the Son of God, chiding His disciples for their careless treatment of the very children Jesus said "composed" His kingdom.

As noted in one of our quotes today by Megan McKenna in her fabulous book, Not Counting Women and Children, Neglected Stories from the Bible, in the Aramaic language, the word child meant no more than servant. And who in their right mind paid attention to what a lowly servant said.

Now, let's roll history backward. To a time when women and children really didn't count. They weren't counted when Israel was numbered. They didn't count when it came to property ownership. And in the end, unless you were the eldest son, you didn't really count when you grew up.

Yet, at this very time in history, the Creator of the universe, God Himself, came to Eli and said, "For those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed" (I Samuel 2: 30). Then God went on to say that His promises were not given unconditionally to those who willfully disobeyed like Eli's sons. God told Eli that He would raise up a faithful priest, even if that person was a young boy. A child, no less!

And so, in the middle of the night, God came to young Samuel and informed this servant child he was being called to be God's mouthpiece. Why? Samuel answered this question himself when he told his heavenly Father, "Your servant is listening." And to this statement I want to say, "Praise God a child was listening for the voice of His Father during a time when everybody else was doing their own thing."

I found the words of Gerard A. Pottebaum extremely illuminating when he observed that rather than telling children what they are to hear and as adults trying to draw conclusions for children, we too often ritualize God's presence instead of letting children's spiritual life be a "source of inspiration for adults, as it must have been for Jesus, since He used children as the standard for determining who would enter the kingdom of heaven." And then the author penned these profound words of advice: "What a shame to undermine children's natural sense of awe and capacity for the priesthood of people - for being at home with God in the sanctuary of human experience."

Alone at night, in the sanctuary of God on earth, the young child Samuel, whose life had been implanted by his mother with the seeds of heaven, recognized that his heavenly Father had kept His promise and honored His word to Samuel's mother, and when this child heard God's voice calling out to him, he was was listening and responded, for from his childhood he was raised to be a servant of the God of heaven and earth.

"For My Children"

"On this doorstep I stand year after year
and watch you leaving and think:
May you not skin your knees.
may you not catch your fingers in
car doors.
May your hearts not break.

May tide and weather
wait for your coming
and may you grow strong."


AFFIRMATION:

"Soar, Child, Soar"

"Soar, Child, soar.
Soar to the bosom of your Father
from the birthing of your mother.

Grasp, my little one,
the warm hands of Jesus
to love and guide you
day by day.

Feed, my darling,
on the milk of the Spirit.
God's word and Presence
in our world today.

Be held,
Be free,
Be warmed and fed.

God, Father, Son and Spirit
be to thee and me
our clothing, guide, sustainer
Triune lover since eternity."

My Dad was asked to give a 'grandfather's talk. You can see him in one of my profile pictures. He has 55 children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. There wasn't a dry eyes once he's finished his talk. He's such a sweet man, and such a wonderful patriarch to our family.

We have 7 grown children (between us). 14 grands. 3 great grands & one on the way to arrive in mid-Sept.
We are blessed & busy.
We are the only Catholics. Some are Christians.
Some would identify as Christians but are not walking the walk.