February 1st? Here I am Lord. What do you see, and how can I help thee?

Do you see Christ in me? Some do, some don't, ...so what. Let me tell you, that I have seen christ in you, in your eyes, your smile, in the way you love those around you. I see the way you hold your child. I see you your smile, and I feel your embrace. In the work that you do, for the whole human race. No wonder he hears you when you pray, is alert and attentive to your call. For you are his child, the Father of all, no one is worthless, each unique and called. He does not call the qualified, when he calls. He qualifies the called, to the do work that;s been given. When he asks if you will follow: say "Here I am Lord" ready and willing. I am here to listen, look into your dreams as crazy as they may be, or simple and humble and filled with good deeds. We cannot do great things, only little acts with great love. I am humbled by your mercy, I am the prodigal child. I came home with nothing, and you embraced me and reminded me that no matter what I had done. Prepared a great feast to welcome me home: and my tears fell from my eyes through the tracks on my face. Not tears of pain, but happy tears interlaced. The joy in my heart to know that at the end of my pain, when I finally let go of the chains and sins of the past. When finally I desired a place at your side, no matter how many crimes. You told me you loved me, and the sin of my soul died. Now I would die to my ego and selfish pride, I would die for your people: as you died for me. Father forgive me, I did not understand: that even in sin you saved this simple heart. Whenever you need me, I am ready to go: but I look upon this land and see there is much work to do. Do not ask for what he will do for you, rather ask how may I serve them, prepare for the best. Put food on the table, give them a safe place to rest. Pat them on the back, and give them a high five. Encourage them to try again, and prepare the way. Christ is alive. You see christ in me....well I see christ in you. It is the only reason I persist in the work that I do. To smile at the child that is still in you, and see that light in your eyes that inspires me to love all the beauty inside. No matter the troubles you seem to face, if your walking through fire or striding with grace. I have emerged from the fires of hell: to be molded and washed, prepared like silver in a cauldron of fire: Burned ever so slowly till the impurities melt away, and the refiner sees his image in my face. Now I am ready to do the same, sharing my story of redemption and mercy, and a peacefulness rising from pain.

He loves you.......

I know he does.....

mercy or justice for mark mcgwire: when liars like bonds and clemens are out there

Does the world need justice from mark mcgwire, the guys hating on him on tv for admitting and taking responsibility for steroids are evil. Seriously take the log out of your own eye, before criticizing the plank in your brother's eye.

At least mcgwire has the will to take the punishment good or bad for his actions. He took the fifth in congress, and never lied about his usage. Now years later he has admitted to his sins or mistakes with roids and baseball.

Idiots on tv want him condemned, instead of recognized as someone who took responsiblity. He tried to work with congress during those hearings and they told him they would not grant immunity for his story. So he plead the 5th to protect his family.

We forgive people and we hate people as humans.

When the prodigal son comes home are you the dad who welcomes his son or daughter home. Or are you the jerk who says go back where you came from and never come back.. That jerk is the evil one motivated by the devil, who never learned how to forgive people for sins and give them a second chance.

So when you condemn mcgwire, just understand that you are condemning yourself as well. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Seriously Bud selig, the owners, coaches, and players are all complicit, sitting high and mighty. Nobody from the last 20 years should be in the hall of fame, but they should be allowed to work in baseball and take care of their family and tell the story of how a whole era of baseball was tainted by steroids...and that the next generation of players learned from those mistakes and tried to do it better.

The nfl and olympians from this era were all dealing with the same thing. Just nobody cares to make a big deal of the nfl roids like shawn merriman, or marion jones, or ben johnson...or whatever and whoever else. For some reason baseball is painted as the only sport to suffer from roids and illegal enhancement. Seriously like 50% of men or more over 55 are probably on a performance enhancer called "viagra" so get off your high horse and let people admit their mistakes and move on with their life.

Roids or no roids: mcgwire will make an outstanding hitting coach and maybe a manager some day for baseball teams at any level. He has seen and done everything good and bad that can be done as a major league slugger.

St Damien please intercede for Mark Mcgwire, one of your spartans. Please help Daryl Henley of the LA Rams as well, and his mistakes with illegal drugs, since he was also a damien spartan.

Mcgwire is facing the lot of the lepers, please return him to a life with peace in his heart

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Some people say that the dreamer has to be bigger than the dream. Actually, it's the other way around. The dream makes the dreamer. So the bigger the dream,
the bigger the dreamer becomes. God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called.
So ponder it over, pray, listen to your heart and dream the most ridiculous dream in your heart, and you never know...You might be the only person on earth with that dream, he is knocking on your heart to keep the dream alive...Dont put it off cause it costs too much, dont have time, accept it and pray for god's help. You are only limited by what you can imagine. But remember man's thoughts are simple thoughts, and god thoughts are exponentially greater.

And then bust your tail, and work with the thought that it all depends on you: and pray and know that god will take care of everything else necessary to fulfill your dream and journey. And even if you fail you will have the experience and the satisfaction of doing your best towards your dream instead of always regretting why you never even attempted to get it done.

The first step towards a dream is the hardest part for the journey.

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if you cook ,

for me if I cook for someone, it would be nice if they did the dishes and cleaned up, and if they cooked then it would be nice and gentlemanly of me to do the dishes and clean up after the meal. I learned this watching my old unit head , doing dishes after parties and households. I admire and have learned this from him among other wonderful habits. I see cleaning the dishes, and the table, and putting away the sound equipment and chairs after clp as a way of saying thank you for all the work done in preparing the meals, and preparing the talks, music, food, and prayers for christian life programss at SFC and CFC.

I agree cooking is essential to marriage. Between 2 parents their must be enought money to buy groceries, and someone must be able to prepare enough food to feed and keep the couple and their kids alive and strong, so they can continue to serve the lord, without wondering if there is a place to sleep and food to eat for the rest of the day, week, or month.
I hate that feling of scrambling through desks and couches to see if I can round up enough coins to buy something off the dollar menu cause there are no groceries in the fridge. Have you ever had that feeling? Imagine doing that every day, that is when you decide if you are too proud to ask for help. And if help is offered to you are you willing to take it? Or do you say know I dont need help, or you wouldnt like me as a client, or stomp your feet, and cross your arms and say I dont want to change.

I have had assistance in getting to seattle and bethesday so I could participate in conference, and it changed my life both times. If I was too proud to admit it then I would never have heard those prayer sessions, or adoration, or the amazing talks and lessons, or built those friendships. The gifts I offer are prayer, fitness education, nutrition education, music: please ask if you need these or writing. But others have financial blessings and can sponsor people who need money and have a desire for service and god, but just dont have the funds to do it.

Pride will keep you at home, while your friends learn and experience a conference about hope in the lord in dallas, while you sit at home watching tv and doing the same old same old....

so if you want to feed yourself and your wife, and kids, then ask for recipes, learn them, and teach them to your wife and kids....and do the dishes with a full stomach and happy children with a smile on your face.

That is marriage , teamwork, putting food on the table , and preparing the table for the next meal....

courtship: gossip vs love, and what I have learned about courtship since December 2005..

Do you lift people up, or do you lean? Loose lips, sink ships. Gossip is time wasted, when you could be building up a friend instead of poisoning someone else against someone you have a grudge against. If you have a problem with someone go pull them aside and tell them to their face, and settle it like adults.
And when your trying to build up a business, you cant just wait for business to come to you, you have to go out and make it happen. If you are complacent your client will know, and find someone who is better qualified to take care of them. The same goes for men and women and their relationships, weddings, courtships and dating.

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courting translated to me by our leaders in the SFC East Chapter, and from the books I have read like "Boy meets Girl", "how to meet your one true love," and "If you really loved me.", and audio books and cds from catholic singles conferences, and the st joseph cds given to me by joe lao and giovanni perea, and Mr and Ms Randy and Kara Muyargas.

Let us begin with Matthew 6:33

when you want to get to know someone, meet them in a small group setting, obsere them among their friends, family, and when or if you have a chancs to work or serve together. Because then you will see their authentic personality. And if try to pull some crazy angelic stuff out, then their friends and family will call them out-- like since when did you do that for people?

then when your comfortable with each other and have talked you can invite them one on one. but it takes time so be patient. And my advise is dont really start courting someone until you are at least in college and have a strong sense of your self, your goals, dreams for the future, a strong prayer life, and direction. Because if the courting ends you still need to have a life. A relationship should strengthen both of you, not leave you weaker then when you started and met each other.

Men are called to initiate the relationship, and women will be the ones who have the role of accepting the invitation or not. If women want to initiate the relationship, it is ok with the modern age. But if you ask me, they are setting themselves up to be really hurt if they get rejected by the men.

Boys and Men are trained to get told no all the time. So it still hurts us, but that is way we are raised to be ready for. So we pray and discern and we choose one woman at a time to be someone we would want to be in a committed relationship with. Or at least that is how it is supposed to be. Some boys like to have multiple women, tell them they love all of them, and all they really want is intercourse from as many as possible. But that is not news to anybody: those are empty actions filled with a weak sense of self, and not valuing their own body as a gift to their future wife: which leads to adultery and impurity, and guilt and shame.

Men are taught to be pastors to their families, responsible for leading the prayer life, as well as providing shelter, food and as much as they can for the family. Cost of living is high enough these days, that often the extended family or the wife will need to help contribute and in many cases work to support the family.

Back to the topic: Women have a role to play in this as well. Since they have the power to accept or reject an invitation: then it is their decision to spend time with this man who is courting her. Or to gently let him know she does not feel that way about him. But honestly if you know this man to be a good person, and faithful to christ: but maybe he doesn't look like denzel washington then I would give the man 30-60 minutes of your time. Speak with him, and see if their is chemistry, can he make you laugh, cook good food, or just be someone you could be a good friend with. If you never give him a chance to know you, then you may have passed on the best husband that god could ever send to you because you judged him without ever allowing him to be in your midst and have a one on one conversation.

Again this would only be after you have seen him serve in the community, or go to mass regularly, or wherever you have spent time together with your friends and family. Do no judge a man solely on his body, just as you would not want a man who only judged you physically.

Women are lucky in that they may be courted by multiple men at the same time. Kinda like in sports when top recruits and academic honors students get offers from multiple universities. The schools offer different benefits: scholarships, better housing, better lifestyles, better facilities, professors, classrooms. Each man has different gifts and talents, prayers, time and treasure to offer a woman. And as women you get to choose and are allowed and really expected to do your research, pray about it, and dont be so quick to say yes to the first man who courts you....Take your time, enjoy being courted, but when one or multiple men propose to you, then pray about who you really want to spend your life with. Give every faithful man at least one hour to speak with you, and when you are ready then pray together and choose the best husband that god could ever provide for you. But if you are out there on the prowl asking boys out, some will say yes, some say no...but you will always know that you started this relationship, so if it goes bad how will you end it without really hurting this man? And are you really ready to take all that rejection. If you have every played baseball or softball then you will know that getting rejected is common: if you hit 3 out of 10 balls you are a superstar in baseball, and if you hit 1 out of ten balls out of the park as a home run then again that is a hall of fame player because in 500 at bats in a season that is 50 home runs: or greater than any home run hitter ever if you can do that your whole life. Or if your an actor if you book 1 out of every 10 auditions, then you probably dont even have to audition anymore, they just call and ask if you want the role. But most people dont understand how many rejections it takes to make a sale, hit a home run, score a knockout in boxing, hit a hole one on a golf course, get promoted to CEO, buy a house in a competitive market, get the only dress on sale on black friday at 5am in the morning, be voted president of a school or a country....or to become a husband or wife of a king or a queen that is faithful to the lord and will be your partner for life, and golden anniversaries, or through any financial, medical or spiritual distress. Finding that type of partner is worth more than anything to find a love that will sustain you and walk with you, and carry you when you are sick. Finding a woman or man who will love you as christ loves you is a gift from god. As the deer longs for running streams, so I long, so I long, so I long for you.

Me personally I like to know what is inside this woman, what gifts and talents does she possess. What is her prayer life these days, what will she teach my children if we get married. I like to see her eyes when I show up, when she sees me: does she light up, does she smile at me...Do I see a peacefulness in her when we are together, or a great joy that lights up the room because we are near each other....

And after that you need to know how you react with each other's close friends, and family....and if you feel comfortable then you can approach the woman's parents and ask for their blessing before you propose to serve, protect, love, sacrifice and give all of your life for your fiance...

Husbands are called to love their wife as jesus loved the church. And wives are called to accept their husband's leadership because if he has promised and delivered his love to you, then why would you question his motives or his intent to do everything he can to give you the best life possible.

Of course you can disagree, but disagree in a one on one setting. Dont embarass your husband or wife, by emasculating them in front of your families, friends, or even your children. That is humiliating and not a loving way to correct anyone.

Or if necessary then bring in a good counselor you both trust: maybe it is the grandparents, or a brother or sister, or a priest or doctor, a nun whatever it takes for the two of you to have a conversation. You should always pray when you have a disagreement, and then vent your frustrations between each other.

Work like everything depends on your effort, but trust that god will make all your dreams come true...and no matter what the lord will provide all that you ever need, but not always everything you desire. Many of us are guilty of having appetites that are eyes cling on to, but are more than our heart, mind, body, and spirit can handle.

And lastly Bo Sanchez taught me a great prayer: before he ever got married he promised himself and jesus to spend one date a week with his wife forever. And also to plan a date with each of his kids one day a week. God has blessed you with a family to pastor too. So the lord asks you for the sabbath on saturday evening to sunday evening to come join him for mass. And you as pastor to your family should provide at least one hour to each member of your clan each week, especially your wife. Don't give all your time to your kids and work and forget your wife or your husband: that leads to isolation, regrets, and sadly unfaithfulness.

Guard the heart of your partner, and their eyes and minds, and hands. By spending time with them regularly in person, and not just by email, webcam or phone. You should be able to give them a hug, a kiss, or just hold hands or embrace regularly...or somebody else will. Because if you chose a wonderful man or woman, and then you dont spend time with them, someone else will find this kayamanan (treasure) and take care of it while you are busy at work, or whatever your doing.

And let us end with Proverbs Ch31, and the whole entirety of Song of Songs...

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