"Beads of Joy" by RosaryManJim: He Who Believes In Me

BEADS OF JOY 04-28-18

“He Who Believes In Me”

My Friends,

Today’s Gospel: John 14:7-14 (Last Supper Discourse)
“If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him." Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.”

Reflection:
How is your private personal prayer life doing? We all have challenges, we all miss days or hours of prayer. Don’t be discouraged. I learned something a long time ago from Fr. Jeff Conway (1983). I asked him, “How can I, somehow, get more committed in my prayer life? I feel like such a failure when I get too busy or my time is too short.” He said to me and I’ll never forget this, “Jim, God knows how much you want to pray. He knows how much you love Him. Continue starting over and forging forward. It is better to begin again, then to end such a blessed desire to pray.” Those words stayed imbedded in my heart, all these years, to never be defeated by what distracts me.

The greatest thing in the entire world we can have, is a relationship with Jesus. We, through our faith, have a relationship with the living God. Isn’t that so exciting? God has revealed Himself to us, to love us, to comfort us, to save us. I can’t contain the joy inside of me, most of the time. I just don’t get it, why so many more people don’t understand my intense, overflowing joy that I share. But, I do know many of you do. This is the driving force inside me that wants to keep sharing Jesus, our Lady and the Rosary with everyone.

I am so glad that we have scripture to help us, to show us, to guide us, to encourage us. The Bible is truly my favorite book in the whole world, as many of you have told me, it is yours too. We have our Living God’s – Living Word to embrace each day. The butterflies race and flutter inside me for scripture, just as much as they do when I think of the Rosary. Keeping Jesus fully alive inside us is what gives us that amazing faith that helps others see our Joy.

Reading of John 14:7-14

Pondering these thoughts today: Today let’s have a fun challenge. Grab your Bible. Open it and pick 3 exciting verses that help spark excitement in your faith journey. To help you find them use this link: Bible Gateway

These are mine:

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” ~Romans 12:2

“We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” ~Romans 14:7-8

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” ~Matthew 22:36-40

LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!

Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

Today is Saturday: We pray the Joyful Mysteries:

The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation (Humility) – Luke 1:26-28
2. The Visitation (Love of Neighbor) – Luke 1:39-45
3. The Birth of Jesus (Poverty of Spirit) – Luke 2:1-20
4. The Presentation (Purity of Mind and Spirit) – Luke 2:22-38
5. Finding in The Temple (Obedience) –Luke 2:41-50

I simply love Saturday mornings, because Saturday like every other day of the week -begins with the Rosary.