Beads of Joy 06-14-10
The Joyful - Our Daily Walk
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Joyful Walk - 1/5
Hello Everyone,
Today I wish to begin a new journey with all of you. One that may ministry to you as well as it will minister to me. Each day this week I will reflect on each one of the Joyful Mysteries. Today we begin with The Annunciation. I want us to look at the day to day aspects of the mysteries, in other words how did they personally affect the people experiencing them? The Annunciation did indeed cause our Blessed Mother to be humble and she willfully accepted God's will, there is no doubt that that is true. But let's reflect on that fact that at Mary's time, this was bad news, for the times. Please understand that I know it was nothing but good news, but of cause we have the ability of having the whole picture put before us. We know the what, the why, the ending, we know all that. Mary didn't, her trust and humility before God was incredible. Her faith is not like our faith. She was rooted in the old testament but had no clue she'd be the reason for the new testament. For a woman of her time who was unmarried to be pregnant, that was a disgrace and she could have been stoned to death. So seriously for the "time" of the this mystery, this was indeed bad news. But regardless of the scary news, Mary forged forward.
How could Mary's example help us confront "bad news"? Can we just do God's will? Are you able to truly pick up your cross and carry it, PERIOD? I will tell you that now, I can share so much more about what we as a family are going through and how horrible bad news affects us. First of all think about it, how ever do you prepare for this? How do you have your heart and head in the right place as the news is put before you. Unlike many choices we have in our lives, with illnesses we have no control of them; and once they take up residence in our bodies, there's no escaping or denying them anymore. We are only left with embracing them and dealing with them. I will say the initial shock, the initial news of a spot found on Chrissy lung; I immediately dismissed any fears of it being serious. It's never "us", it's always someone else, someone we know, someone we know who knows someone; but it certainly not us. Well that confident denial was dissolved the day she began coughing up blood. I have to tell you, she called me over crying and I had no idea why. I came over to see why, and she said, "I'm coughing up blood." I confess now before you, my heart felt like it came out of my throat and my blood was drained. This was bad. I am not well versed with anything medical, but I know from TV shows and movies (not the best to rely on I know) and I had some general common sense growing up; that coughing up blood is a symptom of something far worse.
You know it seemed that people who cough up blood in movies and tv shows always were the people who inevitably died from some internal catastrophic problem. I admit I was immediately almost instantaneously scared for her, our kids, our family. Like Mary, this was to be and still is an unknown territory for us. A road we must travel, and trust in God. We must trust in His will for her life, our lives and all those around us. Tears are not going to go away throughout this, I am all teared up writing this. Tears are not a sign of weakness, or a sign of not trusting. Tears rather show a sign of love, concern, and they are an out right cleansing we so need as we struggle understanding what is happening. I want God to reconsider this: I beg before you Lord to put this pain and suffering on me, and take it away from Chrissy. I pray that I am the sacrifice You are seeking. Please Lord, take my life as a sacrifice in place of Chrissy's. Please allow her to enjoy our children, and all the joy they give us. And this beautiful world you have given us to dwell in, and the joys that are to come in the future: weddings, grand-kids, walks, fresh air. My God there are so many wonderful things we take for gratitude in this life. Please God, consider my offer. Take me instead, give me ALL of her suffering, all of her pain. I offer it all up praising You Lord.
So today I ask you, to do like Jesus would expect us to. Embrace that cross. I know there are going to be tears, I know this only too well now. I know you might not want it, or you might hope God would take it from you. But like Jesus who wanted His very own cross removed, He to accepted rather God's will than even His own. Be bold, take a step forward, rather than backwards. If God wants to give you a huge cross, one that is so heavy and so painful that it makes you cry; well then do it out of love for God and trust in Him and forge forward. I admit my weaknesses before you. This level of media on the world wide web allows me (and you) to not only shed our tears before the world, but also we shed our armor. I never claimed to be bulletproof. I never think of myself as holy. I never see anyone in me, more than the man God has made me to be. I am a wretched sinner, unworthy of anything special God wants to give me. And you say, "What is it then, that you see yourself as before God?" I say,"A child of God, who will love Him, serve Him and Honor Him all the days of my life". And Yes, I thank God for this cross He has given me. Do I fully understand it? NO. Do I see the silver lining and know what and where the joy is in this? NO. But I will say that I do trust Him, His plans, and His will, and they far exceed anything I can think about; and besides He knows what all of us need, better than we ever could know.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Building Strength Within
Beads of Joy 06-07-10
Building Strength Within©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Yes it's true I am back. Sometimes a house or a building needs to be teared down or destroyed in order for it return in a more useful form. I base today's blog on John 2:19 "Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." A rather powerful statement said by Jesus in His time. For no one knew He was talking about His physical body, not the Temple building. It was their lack of faith, wisdom and insight into the spirit and will of God; they did not see or understand what He was saying. It's pretty ironic and obvious that God has lead me to today's blog. For three days I have been silent; silent under the commitment and responsibility of being a Godly husband. The commitment made before God was "in sickness and in health" which came from what is called Responsive Vows. So tell me how many of you remember those vows? Here's a quick refresher, if indeed you used the Responsive Vows:
"I, (Your Name),
Take you, (Spouses Name),
To be my (wife/husband);
To have and to hold,
From this day forward,
For better, for worse,
For richer, for poorer,
In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish,
'Till death do us part."
Through these four weeks of my life, and our marriage, I have learned a lot of things. Are you curious what they are? Well here we go I'm going to share them even of you weren't curious. LOL. Well for starters I learned that unselfishness is thee single greatest treasure one can give to another. I learned that God was working His will in my life in preparation for these days, I never doubted His presence. Going back about ten months ago, I really got into the movie "Fireproof". And while watching the movie, it made me cry. Was it the emotion of the acting? The setting up of words that create emotion in a movie that create tears in the audience? Or was it Jesus working His way to my heart in preparation for where I needed to be for the times ahead? I think now looking back the answer is obvious. You see the way I kind do a review of events and words in my life. Well I always do that when I see and know that God's hand is in my life. It's a kind confirmation of the present and real chance for me to embrace current trails and hardships that test me.
Some marriages go through trials, challenges, opposition, and a battle of wills. I know some of y'all can relate to a few of those, and probably a lot more. God only knows His will, but with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can begin to see the framework of God's will in our own lives. All I can say is this, listen to what God's word says about the love you share. "and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:2. God united the two of you, in the covenant of marriage. He is the bond that has made you one. With that said, know that once joined with God, you have become inseparable. And if attempted to be separated, one or both of you will be broken. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:7-9.
Is your heart in it? Can you love your spouse the way God loves you? Even though from time to time we reject God, He still remains in love with us. God's unconditional love for us should help teach us to be like God in our relationship. Jesus can change your life, your views and your judgment that prevents you from being like Him. You need His forgiveness and His love so that you can love your spouse unconditionally. If you are in a marriage that leaves you feeling it's over, it's done, time to leave. All I can say is pray and wait on the Lord. As said in the movie Fireproof, "Man... God meant marriage to be for life, that's why you gotta keep your vows..." That's Michael talking to Caleb about the value and importance of the vows taken in marriage. Here's a thought: Let's say you are on a diet and the diet forbids pudding. And before you use to really like pudding, now you reject it and say, no more pudding for me. You made the choice, you cut off the desire and now you are ready to move on. Fine, so you think. Now while that is going on, another force comes in and says, "I will forever take pudding away from you." Now how do you react. One might think, Thank God. I found it's opposite. The minute something comes in and demands you to surrender that which you use to love, but now reject; stirs up something inside you, that refuses to surrender it. Are you following me? See, all my thoughts revolve around food, I have definitely got a screw loose. LOL
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Building Strength Within©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Yes it's true I am back. Sometimes a house or a building needs to be teared down or destroyed in order for it return in a more useful form. I base today's blog on John 2:19 "Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." A rather powerful statement said by Jesus in His time. For no one knew He was talking about His physical body, not the Temple building. It was their lack of faith, wisdom and insight into the spirit and will of God; they did not see or understand what He was saying. It's pretty ironic and obvious that God has lead me to today's blog. For three days I have been silent; silent under the commitment and responsibility of being a Godly husband. The commitment made before God was "in sickness and in health" which came from what is called Responsive Vows. So tell me how many of you remember those vows? Here's a quick refresher, if indeed you used the Responsive Vows:
"I, (Your Name),
Take you, (Spouses Name),
To be my (wife/husband);
To have and to hold,
From this day forward,
For better, for worse,
For richer, for poorer,
In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish,
'Till death do us part."
Through these four weeks of my life, and our marriage, I have learned a lot of things. Are you curious what they are? Well here we go I'm going to share them even of you weren't curious. LOL. Well for starters I learned that unselfishness is thee single greatest treasure one can give to another. I learned that God was working His will in my life in preparation for these days, I never doubted His presence. Going back about ten months ago, I really got into the movie "Fireproof". And while watching the movie, it made me cry. Was it the emotion of the acting? The setting up of words that create emotion in a movie that create tears in the audience? Or was it Jesus working His way to my heart in preparation for where I needed to be for the times ahead? I think now looking back the answer is obvious. You see the way I kind do a review of events and words in my life. Well I always do that when I see and know that God's hand is in my life. It's a kind confirmation of the present and real chance for me to embrace current trails and hardships that test me.
Some marriages go through trials, challenges, opposition, and a battle of wills. I know some of y'all can relate to a few of those, and probably a lot more. God only knows His will, but with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can begin to see the framework of God's will in our own lives. All I can say is this, listen to what God's word says about the love you share. "and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:2. God united the two of you, in the covenant of marriage. He is the bond that has made you one. With that said, know that once joined with God, you have become inseparable. And if attempted to be separated, one or both of you will be broken. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:7-9.
Is your heart in it? Can you love your spouse the way God loves you? Even though from time to time we reject God, He still remains in love with us. God's unconditional love for us should help teach us to be like God in our relationship. Jesus can change your life, your views and your judgment that prevents you from being like Him. You need His forgiveness and His love so that you can love your spouse unconditionally. If you are in a marriage that leaves you feeling it's over, it's done, time to leave. All I can say is pray and wait on the Lord. As said in the movie Fireproof, "Man... God meant marriage to be for life, that's why you gotta keep your vows..." That's Michael talking to Caleb about the value and importance of the vows taken in marriage. Here's a thought: Let's say you are on a diet and the diet forbids pudding. And before you use to really like pudding, now you reject it and say, no more pudding for me. You made the choice, you cut off the desire and now you are ready to move on. Fine, so you think. Now while that is going on, another force comes in and says, "I will forever take pudding away from you." Now how do you react. One might think, Thank God. I found it's opposite. The minute something comes in and demands you to surrender that which you use to love, but now reject; stirs up something inside you, that refuses to surrender it. Are you following me? See, all my thoughts revolve around food, I have definitely got a screw loose. LOL
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Most Holy Body & Blood
Beads of Joy 06-06-10
Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
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Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
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Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Dedication Days -
Beads of Joy 06-05-10
Dedication Days -
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Dedication Days
Hello Everyone,
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Today I salute you:
You are always in my heart and always in my prayers.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Dedication Days -
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Dedication Days
Hello Everyone,
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Today I salute you:
You are always in my heart and always in my prayers.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Friday, June 4, 2010
The Cross - Has Benefits
Beads of Joy 06-04-10
The Cross - Has Benefits
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 5/5
Hello Everyone,
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Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Cross - Has Benefits
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 5/5
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Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Cross - Holds Our Desires
Beads of Joy 06-03-10
The Cross - Holds Our Desires
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 4/5
Hello Everyone,
The strength that you use to gain control over your own pride and selfishness is beginning to show. Sometimes, when saying you desire of the Cross makes it sound like you have a death wish? When in fact you have a life wish. The Lord knows what we can handle. We should always desire the weight of our cross only to increase, not decrease. Yes I didn't confuse that, I said it just as I intended it. The greater our Cross, the greater our treasure in Heaven. This has been a very demanding week for so many of us taking on the crosses in our lives. I personally am exhausted, but I will not retreat, maybe I'll take a nap; but surrendering is not an option. So far we have embraced the Cross, died for the Cross and lived for the Cross. Today our desire for the Cross only deepens our spiritual walk. We must seek the supernatural strength to draw ever so much closer to Jesus; and distance ourselves ever so much further from the emptiness of this world.
The pleasures and treasures of this world that we think we may desire will only disappoint us. It is when we seriously desire the Cross that we will never be disappointed. The Cross is God's gift to us, for it was through the Cross that Jesus defeated our sins. And it was by the Cross that death no longer can stop us from being united with Him. Loving Jesus only increases our love for the Cross. Think about it, the more we love He who has died upon the Cross; the more we will love the Cross that set us free. The greatest treasures are in Heaven. There is nothing here on this earth but the people and souls and the relationships with those people that should matter to us. And that really matters to us because, we so desire to unite with them in Heaven. Nothing else at all can be treasure like that here, that will go to Heaven. We will leave everything and everyone, except when we united with Jesus, and all those who also loves Jesus. And it's all because of the Cross.
Place all your trust fully in Jesus. Have no fear or hesitation with the desiring of the Cross. Don't allow insults or mockery to ever make you flinch or stop adoring Jesus. Find strength in the Cross, find a renewing of your mind and spirit in your trusting in Jesus fully. Hold strong against the criticisms of the world; and in the end those evil doers if they have not yet repented, will have to answer to Almighty God in person, all by themselves. If they don't believe now, they will certainly believe then. That is why through our love of the Cross, we will love everyone, good and bad, and we will pray that they to get saved. Your desire of the Cross will open your heart to a more kinder loving self, that you to, maybe shocked. Allow Jesus to work through you and in you, to help you; and to guide you by the Spirit to embrace His Cross and Your Cross and draw others to Him by the Cross. LOL, Ok I hope everyone kept up with me, cause I may need that explained to me. LOL. Ok, are you beginning to see the true Joy that can be found in the Cross?
Come with me, into my world of Joy. I really want you to experience Joy the way I do. I mean this. Look at this world in such a way that you fully and complete understand it is only temporary. This time here on earth is like this: How many grains of sand are on the earth? Come on that's an easy one. There are countless bazillions upon bazillions of grains of sand on the earth. So many that there is no possible way to even count them. Well when it comes to eternity and what we are doing here on earth; our life here on earth is only one grain of sand, that's it. See how much Joy you have when you really begin to understand, that where we are going, and where we will stay, will be for all eternity. A time period that has no ending. That is so exciting, I guess eternity is something that really comes to life in my mind and heart. I really understand it, and I get all charged up thinking about it; all we have to do is one grain of sand, and when we are done we will receive, countless bazillions of them. Don't be afraid to desire the Cross, it only has Joy in it for us to embrace.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Cross - Holds Our Desires
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 4/5
Hello Everyone,
The strength that you use to gain control over your own pride and selfishness is beginning to show. Sometimes, when saying you desire of the Cross makes it sound like you have a death wish? When in fact you have a life wish. The Lord knows what we can handle. We should always desire the weight of our cross only to increase, not decrease. Yes I didn't confuse that, I said it just as I intended it. The greater our Cross, the greater our treasure in Heaven. This has been a very demanding week for so many of us taking on the crosses in our lives. I personally am exhausted, but I will not retreat, maybe I'll take a nap; but surrendering is not an option. So far we have embraced the Cross, died for the Cross and lived for the Cross. Today our desire for the Cross only deepens our spiritual walk. We must seek the supernatural strength to draw ever so much closer to Jesus; and distance ourselves ever so much further from the emptiness of this world.
The pleasures and treasures of this world that we think we may desire will only disappoint us. It is when we seriously desire the Cross that we will never be disappointed. The Cross is God's gift to us, for it was through the Cross that Jesus defeated our sins. And it was by the Cross that death no longer can stop us from being united with Him. Loving Jesus only increases our love for the Cross. Think about it, the more we love He who has died upon the Cross; the more we will love the Cross that set us free. The greatest treasures are in Heaven. There is nothing here on this earth but the people and souls and the relationships with those people that should matter to us. And that really matters to us because, we so desire to unite with them in Heaven. Nothing else at all can be treasure like that here, that will go to Heaven. We will leave everything and everyone, except when we united with Jesus, and all those who also loves Jesus. And it's all because of the Cross.
Place all your trust fully in Jesus. Have no fear or hesitation with the desiring of the Cross. Don't allow insults or mockery to ever make you flinch or stop adoring Jesus. Find strength in the Cross, find a renewing of your mind and spirit in your trusting in Jesus fully. Hold strong against the criticisms of the world; and in the end those evil doers if they have not yet repented, will have to answer to Almighty God in person, all by themselves. If they don't believe now, they will certainly believe then. That is why through our love of the Cross, we will love everyone, good and bad, and we will pray that they to get saved. Your desire of the Cross will open your heart to a more kinder loving self, that you to, maybe shocked. Allow Jesus to work through you and in you, to help you; and to guide you by the Spirit to embrace His Cross and Your Cross and draw others to Him by the Cross. LOL, Ok I hope everyone kept up with me, cause I may need that explained to me. LOL. Ok, are you beginning to see the true Joy that can be found in the Cross?
Come with me, into my world of Joy. I really want you to experience Joy the way I do. I mean this. Look at this world in such a way that you fully and complete understand it is only temporary. This time here on earth is like this: How many grains of sand are on the earth? Come on that's an easy one. There are countless bazillions upon bazillions of grains of sand on the earth. So many that there is no possible way to even count them. Well when it comes to eternity and what we are doing here on earth; our life here on earth is only one grain of sand, that's it. See how much Joy you have when you really begin to understand, that where we are going, and where we will stay, will be for all eternity. A time period that has no ending. That is so exciting, I guess eternity is something that really comes to life in my mind and heart. I really understand it, and I get all charged up thinking about it; all we have to do is one grain of sand, and when we are done we will receive, countless bazillions of them. Don't be afraid to desire the Cross, it only has Joy in it for us to embrace.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The Cross - We Live For It
Beads of Joy 06-02-10
The Cross - We Live For It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 3/5
Hello Everyone,
See yesterday we died for the cross, but today we will live for the cross. What a difference a day makes. LOL. It's truly a tough week for everybody, I just know we are all facing challenges and heartaches in some capacity in our lives. Every one of us must take up our own crosses and carry them throughout the days, weeks, months and years of our lives. Remember it was never said that following after Jesus was going to easy. But we were promised happiness and joy, and living for Him, for the Cross brings us much joy. "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." John 15:11. Oh how easily, truly anyone can have this happen to them, as it has happened to me. Once His Joy is complete in you, you are complete. Your life finds Joy in all things. Your life is no longer a life of merely existing and accomplishing only worldly things, but rather living for God. You will find that Joy is the foundation that helps you through, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." James 1:2-3.
Remember I keep saying how we must embrace the cross and die for the Cross and now live for the Cross; all in pursuit to follow Jesus. "Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." 1 John 2:6. Our life in Christ is found in the Cross. It is He who will help us carry our Cross, it is He who will give us the strength to make it work. As we embrace the Crosses in our lives, we prove to Him that we love Him and that we place Him first in our life. We can find an infinite amount of joy in the Cross, did you know that? There is so much joy in the Cross that in our entire lives we still won't be able to experience all that it holds, yet what little we do embrace will last an eternity. Jesus in His joy took on the Cross knowing well that it was through the Cross that He would save all of us. "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2.
So let us willingly carry our Cross each day. Embrace it with a little pep in our step. We are here for but a little while and where we are going we will be for all eternity. This time is the time to prepare for what wonderful gifts are to come, but we must first make it through this life. One of the most important aspects of our Christian walk can be summed up in this scripture, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Philippians 2:3. Do you realize that not a single hour will go by while you are here on earth that the Cross you bear will be lifted or taken from you. I know that statement there maybe full of pain and sorrow to suffer carrying a Cross or several Crosses; but you can see life and Joy in the Cross. Can you see it? Have you ever just sat or were you ever kneeling in front of the Cross? or held a large Cross in your arms and just looked upon it in silence thinking of what Jesus has done for you through that Cross? I have, there is an unbelievable calmness and peace that comes over you. And then in an instant, Joy fills your heart. I have this Cross that's about 18 inches with Jesus mounted on it, it use to hang on the wall, I made it my meditation Cross so I can hold it in silence. Very powerful.
When trials hit you square in the face and it almost puts you into a coma, it is right there at that moment that you must; Trust in Jesus to help you bear the weight of the Cross that is to come. And do it with a cheerful heart. I can speak from experience, not only now, but through the past twenty-four years. Dig in on a solid strong foundation in the Word and in your prayer life. Become unshakable, it can be done. Find the Joy, seek it out, embrace it, hold it, and never let it go. Me personally I find that Joy in my prayer life in the Rosary, and when I sit in silence looking up the Cross. Live for the Cross of Christ, make it your passion in this life. Jesus first always, immediately followed by others, all others; and then if there's time and there's no one else, then worry about yourself. In the entire process grab hold of that Joy and never let it go. Jesus will be so complete in you, that no illness, no sorrow, no pain will ever drag you down. Complete trust in Him, that's important. Live for the Cross of Christ.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Cross - We Live For It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 3/5
Hello Everyone,
See yesterday we died for the cross, but today we will live for the cross. What a difference a day makes. LOL. It's truly a tough week for everybody, I just know we are all facing challenges and heartaches in some capacity in our lives. Every one of us must take up our own crosses and carry them throughout the days, weeks, months and years of our lives. Remember it was never said that following after Jesus was going to easy. But we were promised happiness and joy, and living for Him, for the Cross brings us much joy. "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." John 15:11. Oh how easily, truly anyone can have this happen to them, as it has happened to me. Once His Joy is complete in you, you are complete. Your life finds Joy in all things. Your life is no longer a life of merely existing and accomplishing only worldly things, but rather living for God. You will find that Joy is the foundation that helps you through, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." James 1:2-3.
Remember I keep saying how we must embrace the cross and die for the Cross and now live for the Cross; all in pursuit to follow Jesus. "Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." 1 John 2:6. Our life in Christ is found in the Cross. It is He who will help us carry our Cross, it is He who will give us the strength to make it work. As we embrace the Crosses in our lives, we prove to Him that we love Him and that we place Him first in our life. We can find an infinite amount of joy in the Cross, did you know that? There is so much joy in the Cross that in our entire lives we still won't be able to experience all that it holds, yet what little we do embrace will last an eternity. Jesus in His joy took on the Cross knowing well that it was through the Cross that He would save all of us. "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2.
So let us willingly carry our Cross each day. Embrace it with a little pep in our step. We are here for but a little while and where we are going we will be for all eternity. This time is the time to prepare for what wonderful gifts are to come, but we must first make it through this life. One of the most important aspects of our Christian walk can be summed up in this scripture, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Philippians 2:3. Do you realize that not a single hour will go by while you are here on earth that the Cross you bear will be lifted or taken from you. I know that statement there maybe full of pain and sorrow to suffer carrying a Cross or several Crosses; but you can see life and Joy in the Cross. Can you see it? Have you ever just sat or were you ever kneeling in front of the Cross? or held a large Cross in your arms and just looked upon it in silence thinking of what Jesus has done for you through that Cross? I have, there is an unbelievable calmness and peace that comes over you. And then in an instant, Joy fills your heart. I have this Cross that's about 18 inches with Jesus mounted on it, it use to hang on the wall, I made it my meditation Cross so I can hold it in silence. Very powerful.
When trials hit you square in the face and it almost puts you into a coma, it is right there at that moment that you must; Trust in Jesus to help you bear the weight of the Cross that is to come. And do it with a cheerful heart. I can speak from experience, not only now, but through the past twenty-four years. Dig in on a solid strong foundation in the Word and in your prayer life. Become unshakable, it can be done. Find the Joy, seek it out, embrace it, hold it, and never let it go. Me personally I find that Joy in my prayer life in the Rosary, and when I sit in silence looking up the Cross. Live for the Cross of Christ, make it your passion in this life. Jesus first always, immediately followed by others, all others; and then if there's time and there's no one else, then worry about yourself. In the entire process grab hold of that Joy and never let it go. Jesus will be so complete in you, that no illness, no sorrow, no pain will ever drag you down. Complete trust in Him, that's important. Live for the Cross of Christ.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Cross - We Die For It
Beads of Joy 06-01-10
The Cross - We Die For It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 2/5
Hello Everyone,
Don't let the title scare you. When we die for the Cross of Christ, we die to self. We die to the selfish worldly things that keep us from God. It is those things that have nothing to do with God, or our eternity in Heaven or with Jesus that we need to let die in our lives. Let us not allow anything of no value, be the cause of us to die and receive nothing of value in return; by missing the chance to be in eternal Heaven with Jesus. The death I speak of today is the same peaceful death Jesus speaks of. "Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43. There He said it! Now that's what we are talking about. Jesus comforted this sinner on the very day that he would die. Just like that for us, Jesus comforts us, in preparation for our death. The love our Lord has for us is immeasurable, He loved us long before we ever loved Him. And He died for us long before we chose to die to ourselves for Him. So in this death for the cross that I speak of today, we are able to live a life that don't allow the distractions of this world keep us from Jesus.
We do not want to "gain" this world. What I mean by that is this; yes we want to be productive members in society, working and participating in helping others; raising a family, and have some pleasures of fellowship with people who believe and feel the same way about Jesus and our Blessed Mother as we do. We also want to pray for all those who despise and hate us, and may even want to destroy us. That's Ok, that so many don't understand, or they refuse to. You know that's why we are here, to do all we can to save their souls for Heaven. God is not like us, many people who have those they hate, or enemies as some label them, refuse to pray for them, and do not want them to be in Heaven for all eternity. I see it differently, we need to be stewards of the Cross, we need to share the joy we have in embracing the Cross and dying for the Cross. Will we capture every ones soul we talk to? Probably not, but maybe, just maybe, the next person will, and by what you said today, may grow tomorrow. Die for this Cross today, never allow the ways of this world to convince you otherwise. Jesus Christ died on that Cross, not so we can wear a pretty gold one around our neck, but rather so we to can join Him and be a loyal devout follower and do the same as He did.
He died to the ways of this world when He was crucified, to save you and me. We to must die to the ways of this world, and allow Him to use us to draw others to Him. This world is full of selfishness and pride, two of the most deceitful, misleading words that get entwined into so many things that destroy people. Look at the subtle world we live in, "I'm so proud of what I have done.", "This is me time, I'm doing this for me.", "I'm not waiting on that line, let's split this so it looks like we have two orders less than 20 items." Come one everybody, who are we fooling, we all do it, but we do it in such a subtle way that we accept it. We need to change how we live and be so much more like Jesus. Start letting people in front of you online, give that parking spot the other car that raced you to the front spot, offer to pay for something the person in line in front of you had to put back because they didn't have enough money. JUST DO IT, don't analysis it, don't write it down, don't even tell everyone, JUST DO IT. Not for your ego, but as a sacrifice offered up to Jesus. Random kindness is mind-boggling, the other persons reaction is awesome; they almost don't know how to react when someone is kind. The more of us that do that, the better world we will be living in.
Am I too bold to make such a suggestion? NO, at least I don't think so. We as Catholics know that many of us say, "What would Jesus do? WWJD" right. So let's take that to the next level and outside the box, and JUST DO IT. Jesus loves everybody, even bad people, even those hated by others; He didn't only love them when they got converted or repented, or saved. He loves them always. So must we !!! Let us seriously die to the Cross, the Cross that Jesus has died on for us. So today I ask you to take up the challenge that has developed in this blog. Kindness, it's not a word that only sounds good, it's an action that needs to be frequently done. Try one a day randomly. In whatever capacity that works for you. Let's say you can't get out, maybe a vehicle situation keeps you home, or your health. Then here's an idea. Send a kind letter to someone, or even easier, a kind word in an email, just bring JOY into someones life with Kindness in your words. Praise someone, maybe a neighbor who helped you in the yard, or on your porch. The list is endless, be creative. Make it your mission to do more each day if you can. That is you dying to yourself and putting others first always. Pray about it, if you aren't sure, but don't forget JUST DO IT.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Cross - We Die For It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 2/5
Hello Everyone,
Don't let the title scare you. When we die for the Cross of Christ, we die to self. We die to the selfish worldly things that keep us from God. It is those things that have nothing to do with God, or our eternity in Heaven or with Jesus that we need to let die in our lives. Let us not allow anything of no value, be the cause of us to die and receive nothing of value in return; by missing the chance to be in eternal Heaven with Jesus. The death I speak of today is the same peaceful death Jesus speaks of. "Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43. There He said it! Now that's what we are talking about. Jesus comforted this sinner on the very day that he would die. Just like that for us, Jesus comforts us, in preparation for our death. The love our Lord has for us is immeasurable, He loved us long before we ever loved Him. And He died for us long before we chose to die to ourselves for Him. So in this death for the cross that I speak of today, we are able to live a life that don't allow the distractions of this world keep us from Jesus.
We do not want to "gain" this world. What I mean by that is this; yes we want to be productive members in society, working and participating in helping others; raising a family, and have some pleasures of fellowship with people who believe and feel the same way about Jesus and our Blessed Mother as we do. We also want to pray for all those who despise and hate us, and may even want to destroy us. That's Ok, that so many don't understand, or they refuse to. You know that's why we are here, to do all we can to save their souls for Heaven. God is not like us, many people who have those they hate, or enemies as some label them, refuse to pray for them, and do not want them to be in Heaven for all eternity. I see it differently, we need to be stewards of the Cross, we need to share the joy we have in embracing the Cross and dying for the Cross. Will we capture every ones soul we talk to? Probably not, but maybe, just maybe, the next person will, and by what you said today, may grow tomorrow. Die for this Cross today, never allow the ways of this world to convince you otherwise. Jesus Christ died on that Cross, not so we can wear a pretty gold one around our neck, but rather so we to can join Him and be a loyal devout follower and do the same as He did.
He died to the ways of this world when He was crucified, to save you and me. We to must die to the ways of this world, and allow Him to use us to draw others to Him. This world is full of selfishness and pride, two of the most deceitful, misleading words that get entwined into so many things that destroy people. Look at the subtle world we live in, "I'm so proud of what I have done.", "This is me time, I'm doing this for me.", "I'm not waiting on that line, let's split this so it looks like we have two orders less than 20 items." Come one everybody, who are we fooling, we all do it, but we do it in such a subtle way that we accept it. We need to change how we live and be so much more like Jesus. Start letting people in front of you online, give that parking spot the other car that raced you to the front spot, offer to pay for something the person in line in front of you had to put back because they didn't have enough money. JUST DO IT, don't analysis it, don't write it down, don't even tell everyone, JUST DO IT. Not for your ego, but as a sacrifice offered up to Jesus. Random kindness is mind-boggling, the other persons reaction is awesome; they almost don't know how to react when someone is kind. The more of us that do that, the better world we will be living in.
Am I too bold to make such a suggestion? NO, at least I don't think so. We as Catholics know that many of us say, "What would Jesus do? WWJD" right. So let's take that to the next level and outside the box, and JUST DO IT. Jesus loves everybody, even bad people, even those hated by others; He didn't only love them when they got converted or repented, or saved. He loves them always. So must we !!! Let us seriously die to the Cross, the Cross that Jesus has died on for us. So today I ask you to take up the challenge that has developed in this blog. Kindness, it's not a word that only sounds good, it's an action that needs to be frequently done. Try one a day randomly. In whatever capacity that works for you. Let's say you can't get out, maybe a vehicle situation keeps you home, or your health. Then here's an idea. Send a kind letter to someone, or even easier, a kind word in an email, just bring JOY into someones life with Kindness in your words. Praise someone, maybe a neighbor who helped you in the yard, or on your porch. The list is endless, be creative. Make it your mission to do more each day if you can. That is you dying to yourself and putting others first always. Pray about it, if you aren't sure, but don't forget JUST DO IT.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Monday, May 31, 2010
The Cross - We Embrace It
Beads of Joy 05-31-10
The Cross - We Embrace It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 1/5
Hello Everyone,
Not many people would openly admit that they desire to embrace their cross. So with that said, I openly admit I desire to embrace the many crosses that have been given to me, and those I have chosen. The power that is in the cross goes far beyond anything this world can ever understand. Since this weeks entire focus is on the cross, I apologize in advance if I get repetitive in any way when talking about the cross. So many of these subtopics about the cross entwine with one another. The more time you spend before the cross, the more you will find your life will be fleeing from sin and the grip of satan. Satan fears the cross, we don't, so when he sees us embrace it, he sees in us his own life end; yet when we embrace it, we only see life and our new beginning start with Jesus. Jesus suffered horribly for us on that cross, yet He embraced it knowing that by His death, He has opened the doors to the eternal life for all of us; saving us from the grip of this world and its sin. We to can find the strength we seek by also embracing the cross. If we desire to be with Jesus, then we to must suffer with Him. Every opportunity we have to suffer in pursuit of His love, we must take on willingly.
Jesus never said this was going to be easy. Scripture clearly tell us, so there are no surprises when it comes to the suffering and the crosses we to must bear. "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Romans 8:16-18. So now you can plainly see how and why I am always so excited about doing God's will. I can't fully explain it all the time, but the very scripture that fills my heart with joy, I can share with you. Here's another exciting scripture. "Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God." 1 Peter 4:1-2. So let's cheerfully do what Jesus expects of us, "Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23. Wow, that was a lot of scripture to share. Are you starting to get excited about this cross you need to embrace?
I hope and pray that you said yes. Look at our dear sweet precious unselfish Blessed Mother. She is our example, she has gone ahead before us and took on a cross that would shame her, and that could possibly have her put to death. Yet she willingly said "yes" and did what God had requested of her. We need to be like that. No it's not meant to be easy, but then anything worth something has a price. Giving Jesus to the world cost Mary her earthly life. Saving us from death cost Jesus His earthly life. In order for us to be saved fully and completely with He who has died for us; we to must die to this earthly life. When we die from this earthly life it doesn't mean we have to leave it, on the contrary; we shed the chains that keep us attached to the death that is in it, and we embrace the cross that frees us. The fact of the matter is, if we wish to be in Heaven with Jesus, the only way is through Jesus; and through Him, we must accept the cross, and embrace it. Let us reflect on what Jesus has taught us, "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6.
I invite all of you to embrace the cross without fear. Be bold, never allow anything or anyone around you to draw you away from Him. Think of it this way in this little story: "One day you were at the park and over near the benches you see this huge man who looks powerful, almost intimidating. You say to yourself, "Self.. LOL, stay away from him, he is a big dude, he looks pleasant but his power and size are scary." All of a sudden two little kids go running to him into his arms. He lifts them both and hugs and cuddles them making them giggle. So you wonder to yourself, who is this man? Then all of sudden you hear the kids saying "daddy". And you almost cry to yourself understanding the whole image of what just happened before you." No fear is in those who wish to be embraced by their father. By embracing the cross, we embrace Jesus, and by embracing Jesus we embrace God, our Father who embraces us. I pray that this week brings you Joy, a Joy that enables you to cheerful embrace any and all crosses that come to you in your life.
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Cross - We Embrace It
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
The Cross 1/5
Hello Everyone,
Not many people would openly admit that they desire to embrace their cross. So with that said, I openly admit I desire to embrace the many crosses that have been given to me, and those I have chosen. The power that is in the cross goes far beyond anything this world can ever understand. Since this weeks entire focus is on the cross, I apologize in advance if I get repetitive in any way when talking about the cross. So many of these subtopics about the cross entwine with one another. The more time you spend before the cross, the more you will find your life will be fleeing from sin and the grip of satan. Satan fears the cross, we don't, so when he sees us embrace it, he sees in us his own life end; yet when we embrace it, we only see life and our new beginning start with Jesus. Jesus suffered horribly for us on that cross, yet He embraced it knowing that by His death, He has opened the doors to the eternal life for all of us; saving us from the grip of this world and its sin. We to can find the strength we seek by also embracing the cross. If we desire to be with Jesus, then we to must suffer with Him. Every opportunity we have to suffer in pursuit of His love, we must take on willingly.
Jesus never said this was going to be easy. Scripture clearly tell us, so there are no surprises when it comes to the suffering and the crosses we to must bear. "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Romans 8:16-18. So now you can plainly see how and why I am always so excited about doing God's will. I can't fully explain it all the time, but the very scripture that fills my heart with joy, I can share with you. Here's another exciting scripture. "Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God." 1 Peter 4:1-2. So let's cheerfully do what Jesus expects of us, "Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23. Wow, that was a lot of scripture to share. Are you starting to get excited about this cross you need to embrace?
I hope and pray that you said yes. Look at our dear sweet precious unselfish Blessed Mother. She is our example, she has gone ahead before us and took on a cross that would shame her, and that could possibly have her put to death. Yet she willingly said "yes" and did what God had requested of her. We need to be like that. No it's not meant to be easy, but then anything worth something has a price. Giving Jesus to the world cost Mary her earthly life. Saving us from death cost Jesus His earthly life. In order for us to be saved fully and completely with He who has died for us; we to must die to this earthly life. When we die from this earthly life it doesn't mean we have to leave it, on the contrary; we shed the chains that keep us attached to the death that is in it, and we embrace the cross that frees us. The fact of the matter is, if we wish to be in Heaven with Jesus, the only way is through Jesus; and through Him, we must accept the cross, and embrace it. Let us reflect on what Jesus has taught us, "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6.
I invite all of you to embrace the cross without fear. Be bold, never allow anything or anyone around you to draw you away from Him. Think of it this way in this little story: "One day you were at the park and over near the benches you see this huge man who looks powerful, almost intimidating. You say to yourself, "Self.. LOL, stay away from him, he is a big dude, he looks pleasant but his power and size are scary." All of a sudden two little kids go running to him into his arms. He lifts them both and hugs and cuddles them making them giggle. So you wonder to yourself, who is this man? Then all of sudden you hear the kids saying "daddy". And you almost cry to yourself understanding the whole image of what just happened before you." No fear is in those who wish to be embraced by their father. By embracing the cross, we embrace Jesus, and by embracing Jesus we embrace God, our Father who embraces us. I pray that this week brings you Joy, a Joy that enables you to cheerful embrace any and all crosses that come to you in your life.
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Sunday, May 30, 2010
The Spirit of Truth Comes
Beads of Joy 05-30-10
The Spirit of Truth Comes
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Clear a path ! Clear a Path ! Jesus is sending us the Spirit of Truth. Awesome day to celebrate. That statement, "Clear a path" I got that from the movie The Ten Commandments. Don't you worry, I won't get side tracked on this magnificent day to celebrate. Our hearts and minds will be enlightened by the wisdom of the Spirit of the Truth today; and all the days that are ahead for us to celebrate. Today we celebrate The Most Holy Trinity, our gospel reading can be found in John 16:12-15. The inseparable Triune God has been brought into our lives. We do not have to fully understand exactly what this mystery means. All we need to know is that all are equal and all give to one another unconditionally equally with no other intent other than to do for each other. It was best said by Fr. Mullally in last night's homily, "What is God? God is a total unity of three Persons, an eternal community of living love, of mutual self-giving. There is no holding back, there are no hidden agendas, there is no manipulation. The inner life of God is absolute, no-holds-barred generosity, eternal and unlimited self-giving. That is God: three perfect divine Persons who perfectly share the unique divine nature." Insight-fully magnificent Father, thank you. Father's homilies are always like this.
How can we personally know all three, yet all separate and distinctly separate, yet still one? Come on, that's a great question. But many may even answer it like I will. Each distinct person of the trinity play unique roles biblically and personally. I'm no scholar, just a bit addicted to my Lord, His Father and Mother and The Holy Spirit; so sometimes my insight can't be seen from the street, you need to come into yard, past the fence. Did that make sense? So come on over and check this out. God is the ultimate part of the trinity, he is thee creator, the God head. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Mark 13:32. See God the Father is in-charge. While the Son is our Savior, the sacrifice sent by God to save the world, ""For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17. And the Holy Spirit will be our helper, "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." John 14:26. There is obviously way more to that, but you get the gist, the separate yet distinct persons in the trinity.
So how do you refer to each of them when you are sharing or praying? Ah, another very interesting question. I don't know that I consciously think about them separately, now this is going to be really hard to explain. I see the Trinity as One, yet when I speak of Jesus he is my brother and Savior, then when I speak of the Holy Spirit I see Him as the teacher and guide who brings me back to the Son who brings us to the Father. Are you following me? They are One in so much as I entwine their names and roles so casually that I really don't think about it. God I always see and express as the creator and Father. Yet the word God, the three are. I just know I will be rereading this several times before publishing it. I hope all of that made sense. Sometimes when something isn't fully understood, it becomes more magnificent. Just think about this: If God were a bunch of step by step instructions to understand all there is to know about Him, why would He be God? Then He is no longer so powerful or mysterious. I believe the key part of our faith is "not knowing" all there is to know about God.
There are so many things in the world that we live in that have no answer, at least none that is so well defined that all questions end. Why does the earth provide life, and yet no other planet can or does. Oh sure we all may use all that scientific mumbo jumble, but in the end of all that, we say, "God keeps all things is the balance, we don't know why He chose the earth." without ever really answering the question, but rather trusting completely in Him, He who is God the creator. I mean really why is science so precise? The worldly people say, we randomly came about through evolution, and recently my secretary at work insist we came from aliens. PLEASE, give me a break, if you refuse to believe in God, that's your choice, but aliens? What were you thinking. To me if you believe we are from aliens then you have way more faith than I can ever have in anything. Then to you who believe that, Fred Flintstone and George Jetson must be our ancestors. The Trinity is a matter of faith and trust in a God who loves us with all His heart; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
The Spirit of Truth Comes
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Clear a path ! Clear a Path ! Jesus is sending us the Spirit of Truth. Awesome day to celebrate. That statement, "Clear a path" I got that from the movie The Ten Commandments. Don't you worry, I won't get side tracked on this magnificent day to celebrate. Our hearts and minds will be enlightened by the wisdom of the Spirit of the Truth today; and all the days that are ahead for us to celebrate. Today we celebrate The Most Holy Trinity, our gospel reading can be found in John 16:12-15. The inseparable Triune God has been brought into our lives. We do not have to fully understand exactly what this mystery means. All we need to know is that all are equal and all give to one another unconditionally equally with no other intent other than to do for each other. It was best said by Fr. Mullally in last night's homily, "What is God? God is a total unity of three Persons, an eternal community of living love, of mutual self-giving. There is no holding back, there are no hidden agendas, there is no manipulation. The inner life of God is absolute, no-holds-barred generosity, eternal and unlimited self-giving. That is God: three perfect divine Persons who perfectly share the unique divine nature." Insight-fully magnificent Father, thank you. Father's homilies are always like this.
How can we personally know all three, yet all separate and distinctly separate, yet still one? Come on, that's a great question. But many may even answer it like I will. Each distinct person of the trinity play unique roles biblically and personally. I'm no scholar, just a bit addicted to my Lord, His Father and Mother and The Holy Spirit; so sometimes my insight can't be seen from the street, you need to come into yard, past the fence. Did that make sense? So come on over and check this out. God is the ultimate part of the trinity, he is thee creator, the God head. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Mark 13:32. See God the Father is in-charge. While the Son is our Savior, the sacrifice sent by God to save the world, ""For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17. And the Holy Spirit will be our helper, "But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." John 14:26. There is obviously way more to that, but you get the gist, the separate yet distinct persons in the trinity.
So how do you refer to each of them when you are sharing or praying? Ah, another very interesting question. I don't know that I consciously think about them separately, now this is going to be really hard to explain. I see the Trinity as One, yet when I speak of Jesus he is my brother and Savior, then when I speak of the Holy Spirit I see Him as the teacher and guide who brings me back to the Son who brings us to the Father. Are you following me? They are One in so much as I entwine their names and roles so casually that I really don't think about it. God I always see and express as the creator and Father. Yet the word God, the three are. I just know I will be rereading this several times before publishing it. I hope all of that made sense. Sometimes when something isn't fully understood, it becomes more magnificent. Just think about this: If God were a bunch of step by step instructions to understand all there is to know about Him, why would He be God? Then He is no longer so powerful or mysterious. I believe the key part of our faith is "not knowing" all there is to know about God.
There are so many things in the world that we live in that have no answer, at least none that is so well defined that all questions end. Why does the earth provide life, and yet no other planet can or does. Oh sure we all may use all that scientific mumbo jumble, but in the end of all that, we say, "God keeps all things is the balance, we don't know why He chose the earth." without ever really answering the question, but rather trusting completely in Him, He who is God the creator. I mean really why is science so precise? The worldly people say, we randomly came about through evolution, and recently my secretary at work insist we came from aliens. PLEASE, give me a break, if you refuse to believe in God, that's your choice, but aliens? What were you thinking. To me if you believe we are from aliens then you have way more faith than I can ever have in anything. Then to you who believe that, Fred Flintstone and George Jetson must be our ancestors. The Trinity is a matter of faith and trust in a God who loves us with all His heart; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Chrissy Dacey (my wife)
Beads of Joy 05-29-10
Dedication Days - Christine Dacey (my wife)
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Dedication Days
Hello Everyone,
For starters I will let everyone know that I will be blunt and maybe way too honest; but with that said, know that this is indeed a real dedication to the woman I love. A very worthy one I must say. To start with I'd like to apologize for the dedications I have been reusing over and over, all these years, and never updating them like I should have.
So with that very blunt start, very sincerely truthful intro, let me first tell you how I first met Christine Lee Mersereau. Chrissy and I both worked at our local hardware store (Pergaments). She worked the return desk and I was a security guard (goofy hey). LOL. Anyhow, the minute I saw her for the very first time ever... (no lie), I saw her in them tight blue jeans on her little body, and I said to myself, "Jimmy, there's your wife, the future Mrs James Dacey Jr." Crazy I know, but it's so true. No it wasn't only her jeans, LOL !! Mind you I was engaged to someone else and I didn't even know her name or her relationship situation. But, I come to find out she was extremely independent and successful in her own right. I liked that strong nature I immediately sensed. So we had a couple of lunches together. Then one afternoon I took her to The Dove (local hot-spot diner). I drove my car doing probably about 80 mph down Richmond Avenue. I was crazy back then, she said, "I am never getting into a car with you again." We'll see about that. LOL.. yeah right...
Well after a couple of weeks of that, I was driving down a street, very local to my home (8 blocks to be exact), and I saw Chrissy's car in my long time friends (Robin) driveway. I thought to myself, this is super cool, I have an excuse to go say Hi to Robin, and I'll see Chrissy, they must be friends. I wanted her, guess that was obvious. So I made my way to the door, and there's Chrissy's car in the driveway (this is so cool). Well I come to find out my dear friend Robin, has a sister, well she has two, but her little sister is Chrissy. WOW. small world. Anyhow that opened an easy door to sit out on the porch and chat with her for hours, and then ask her out officially. And we did go out on our first date. And in three months, I got her pregnant and we eloped. WOW. But on a very sad note, we lost our very first child, due to a miscarriage. We were crushed, I mean completely crushed. Even though we didn't "plan" to have a baby, once we knew, we started planning our lives around that little child. That's why Chrissy and I many years back made that memorial I posted on Myspace and Facebook for "Cory" a name that can be used for boys and girls. The doctor said he didn't know the sex. I find that hard to believe, but that's what he said. So we chose a name that would work out fine either way. To this day I still think of that little baby. And all our kids know they have an older sibling in Heaven.
So you are all starting to get a peak into my crazy world of jeans, blonde's, kids and fast cars. LOL. What can you expect I was in business with my dad for almost twenty years, we owned a collision repair shop, so cars were our business. LOL. It was the only Auto Repair shop that I know of, that had Rosaries everywhere, and a Rosary production area in my office on the second floor, where I did a lot of the rosary making and packing and shipping from. It was Chrissy and my mom who introduced Rosary Making to me in 1989.
Chrissy and I were involved with every prayer group on Staten Island back then. I knew everybody. I was sharing the Rosary everywhere, but not like I do now, it was more primitive back then. Chrissy wanted to become a Roman Catholic. She was Episcopalian. She converted with the help of Mother Eugenia at the convent where we eventually had our wedding party and we renewed our vows in the convent chapel, the same day we got married. Throughout Chrissy's training Mother Eugenia told me and her that we had to live like brother and sister till we were married before our Lord. We did, but it sure wasn't easy seeing them jeans walk by. LOL, you can laugh.
We ended up having a really nice church wedding at Holy Child. Followed by a real country wedding banquet, no smoking, no alcohol and all the family and friends kids were welcome. Rather unique wouldn't you say, but we loved it and that's what we wanted. So then our lives continued we obviously did develop the reputation of being a baby factory. After a while no one was shocked to hear Chrissy was pregnant again. So here we are 24 years later, 5 kids later, countless good times and challenging times, our plate is still full, we have been through so much I can't believe it. But I guess now looking back I can see our Lord has His hand in our marriage the entire time. And now with our most current challenges, He had to help us make it through all those prior ones, so we'd have the strength to get through this most serious one. There is much wisdom in what has happened here. To this day when people ask how long have we been married, we still get an eyebrow raised when we say 24 years. Not to common in today's time. She is a good, wonderful, God fearing woman no doubt, putting up with me all these years. Her heart is in the right place all of the time. Yea at times she rolls her eyes at me, I admit it, I drive her crazy, but she always loves me. But I got to tell you she is just like her mom in many ways: Always giving, unselfish never ever selfish about anything, caring for everyone else and she always puts others before herself always. That's the "heart" in my sweetheart.
But she does deserve this dedication and more. She has done a phenomenal job raising our 5 kids. Yes I have been here, but honestly who really spends time pouring their hearts into their kids lives? Mommy !!! And our kids adore her like crazy with so much love. This whole situation with her health (cancer!!??), the commitment to getting her better, the love one is to invest in it; it's all brought to life when it's this real in your life and in your marriage. I hope all this dedication is making sense; I never wrote about someone so special like this before who was under going such a battle as I write about my Chrissy. I feel like I may have fumbled with my words, or my focus. Chrissy is my wife, my best friend, my lover for the past 24 years (eloped Oct 24, 1986). We have had some seriously hard times in the past. But now looking back and looking ahead; the road behind us was easy even when it was hard. The road ahead is going to be very very difficult. But with such wonderful friends and a merciful God carrying me, I can carry Christine through this horrible disease. With your help Lord..
Today I salute you: Chrissy Dacey
Right now I especially pray for your recovery.
You are always in my heart and always in my prayers. And I shall always remain by your side through all whatever is heading your way; you are not alone in this fight.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
PS.. If this relationship sounds like a fairy tale to you; well, maybe so from your perspective. But for us, it is as real as real can be. There is no yelling or screaming or judging or anger ever directed at each other from each other -never ever. We only love one another, in all circumstances. Even in the worst of times, we never point a finger and blame, instead we hug and work on a solution of love. Yea, it's pretty amazing.
Dedication Days - Christine Dacey (my wife)
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Dedication Days
Hello Everyone,
For starters I will let everyone know that I will be blunt and maybe way too honest; but with that said, know that this is indeed a real dedication to the woman I love. A very worthy one I must say. To start with I'd like to apologize for the dedications I have been reusing over and over, all these years, and never updating them like I should have.
So with that very blunt start, very sincerely truthful intro, let me first tell you how I first met Christine Lee Mersereau. Chrissy and I both worked at our local hardware store (Pergaments). She worked the return desk and I was a security guard (goofy hey). LOL. Anyhow, the minute I saw her for the very first time ever... (no lie), I saw her in them tight blue jeans on her little body, and I said to myself, "Jimmy, there's your wife, the future Mrs James Dacey Jr." Crazy I know, but it's so true. No it wasn't only her jeans, LOL !! Mind you I was engaged to someone else and I didn't even know her name or her relationship situation. But, I come to find out she was extremely independent and successful in her own right. I liked that strong nature I immediately sensed. So we had a couple of lunches together. Then one afternoon I took her to The Dove (local hot-spot diner). I drove my car doing probably about 80 mph down Richmond Avenue. I was crazy back then, she said, "I am never getting into a car with you again." We'll see about that. LOL.. yeah right...
Well after a couple of weeks of that, I was driving down a street, very local to my home (8 blocks to be exact), and I saw Chrissy's car in my long time friends (Robin) driveway. I thought to myself, this is super cool, I have an excuse to go say Hi to Robin, and I'll see Chrissy, they must be friends. I wanted her, guess that was obvious. So I made my way to the door, and there's Chrissy's car in the driveway (this is so cool). Well I come to find out my dear friend Robin, has a sister, well she has two, but her little sister is Chrissy. WOW. small world. Anyhow that opened an easy door to sit out on the porch and chat with her for hours, and then ask her out officially. And we did go out on our first date. And in three months, I got her pregnant and we eloped. WOW. But on a very sad note, we lost our very first child, due to a miscarriage. We were crushed, I mean completely crushed. Even though we didn't "plan" to have a baby, once we knew, we started planning our lives around that little child. That's why Chrissy and I many years back made that memorial I posted on Myspace and Facebook for "Cory" a name that can be used for boys and girls. The doctor said he didn't know the sex. I find that hard to believe, but that's what he said. So we chose a name that would work out fine either way. To this day I still think of that little baby. And all our kids know they have an older sibling in Heaven.
So you are all starting to get a peak into my crazy world of jeans, blonde's, kids and fast cars. LOL. What can you expect I was in business with my dad for almost twenty years, we owned a collision repair shop, so cars were our business. LOL. It was the only Auto Repair shop that I know of, that had Rosaries everywhere, and a Rosary production area in my office on the second floor, where I did a lot of the rosary making and packing and shipping from. It was Chrissy and my mom who introduced Rosary Making to me in 1989.
Chrissy and I were involved with every prayer group on Staten Island back then. I knew everybody. I was sharing the Rosary everywhere, but not like I do now, it was more primitive back then. Chrissy wanted to become a Roman Catholic. She was Episcopalian. She converted with the help of Mother Eugenia at the convent where we eventually had our wedding party and we renewed our vows in the convent chapel, the same day we got married. Throughout Chrissy's training Mother Eugenia told me and her that we had to live like brother and sister till we were married before our Lord. We did, but it sure wasn't easy seeing them jeans walk by. LOL, you can laugh.
We ended up having a really nice church wedding at Holy Child. Followed by a real country wedding banquet, no smoking, no alcohol and all the family and friends kids were welcome. Rather unique wouldn't you say, but we loved it and that's what we wanted. So then our lives continued we obviously did develop the reputation of being a baby factory. After a while no one was shocked to hear Chrissy was pregnant again. So here we are 24 years later, 5 kids later, countless good times and challenging times, our plate is still full, we have been through so much I can't believe it. But I guess now looking back I can see our Lord has His hand in our marriage the entire time. And now with our most current challenges, He had to help us make it through all those prior ones, so we'd have the strength to get through this most serious one. There is much wisdom in what has happened here. To this day when people ask how long have we been married, we still get an eyebrow raised when we say 24 years. Not to common in today's time. She is a good, wonderful, God fearing woman no doubt, putting up with me all these years. Her heart is in the right place all of the time. Yea at times she rolls her eyes at me, I admit it, I drive her crazy, but she always loves me. But I got to tell you she is just like her mom in many ways: Always giving, unselfish never ever selfish about anything, caring for everyone else and she always puts others before herself always. That's the "heart" in my sweetheart.
But she does deserve this dedication and more. She has done a phenomenal job raising our 5 kids. Yes I have been here, but honestly who really spends time pouring their hearts into their kids lives? Mommy !!! And our kids adore her like crazy with so much love. This whole situation with her health (cancer!!??), the commitment to getting her better, the love one is to invest in it; it's all brought to life when it's this real in your life and in your marriage. I hope all this dedication is making sense; I never wrote about someone so special like this before who was under going such a battle as I write about my Chrissy. I feel like I may have fumbled with my words, or my focus. Chrissy is my wife, my best friend, my lover for the past 24 years (eloped Oct 24, 1986). We have had some seriously hard times in the past. But now looking back and looking ahead; the road behind us was easy even when it was hard. The road ahead is going to be very very difficult. But with such wonderful friends and a merciful God carrying me, I can carry Christine through this horrible disease. With your help Lord..
Today I salute you: Chrissy Dacey
Right now I especially pray for your recovery.
You are always in my heart and always in my prayers. And I shall always remain by your side through all whatever is heading your way; you are not alone in this fight.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
PS.. If this relationship sounds like a fairy tale to you; well, maybe so from your perspective. But for us, it is as real as real can be. There is no yelling or screaming or judging or anger ever directed at each other from each other -never ever. We only love one another, in all circumstances. Even in the worst of times, we never point a finger and blame, instead we hug and work on a solution of love. Yea, it's pretty amazing.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Sleep: Essential Everyday
Beads of Joy 05-28-10
Sleep: Essential Everyday
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 5/5
Hello Everyone,
Sleep hmmm. Sometimes sleep just gets in the way of a busy me, trying to accomplish 40 hours of activity in a single day. You know as a kid I tried to break Geniuses World record for the most days without sleep. See I can make choices that make no sense to. LOL. Hey I was just a kid. I have no clue of remembrance as to what the record was. But I made it eight days without sleep. I do remember it was an exhausting eight days. And back when I wasn't yet saved when I did that, so my fanaticism was CB radios and basic computer language on my Radio Shack computer. Wow, am I that old? LOL. No way, at least I only remember cars, not horses. LOL. But I do remember black and white TV's and loud remote clickers, no VCR's, and absolutely no DVD's. I miss the olden days. LOL. I miss grandma's cooking, I miss an America that was patriotically passionate about America.
Now when it comes to sleep, I don't have to be the parent here, do I? LOL. We need our sleep, don't be like the foolish kid I was. There are no two ways about, our bodies need sleep them to repair and get rest. And did you know that sleep helps you lose weight. Yes I just said that, but I only noticed that when I slept 4 or 5 hours I didn't lose weight at all. But when I do slept 8-10-12 hours I have seen my weight drop two to four pounds or more, that's pretty amazing. Like I have said, I was for many years a fanatic about monitoring my health.
What should we be doing? Focus on our health and take a good look at all the benefits you gain from getting some good sleep. First off and obvious, it helps repair your body from its normal daily wear and tear. Your heart get rest, and that in turn makes it stronger. Your stress gets reduced from some great sleep. And your memory even gains some ground, and you are so much sharper when you get your sleep. Many will like this one, sleep improves your appearance because your face and your eyes look rested. The whites of your eyes do tell a story when you are run down and tired. Mine always give me away that I am tired or exhausted. And because your body is rested, you do feel more flexible. There are so many benefits to a good nights sleep. And did you know that the snooze button hurts a good nights sleep? Because you're body thinks its getting up, then it's not, then you are, then you're not. Better to sleep to the latest possible moment then wake up completely. In the end you will be much better rested. Don't cheat your last half hour of sleep.
I challenge you ! Yes you read it right. Before you take on the challenge, take the time to look over your current sleeping habits, then when you know your average night's sleep, add one to three hours more sleep to your rest. You will feel amazing I promise you that. The best way to make these changes in your sleeping habits that I have done, is one of two ways. Push your wake up time a half an hour later for a couple days then add another half an hour and so on. Or you can use the same method and go to bed a half an hour earlier and then another half a hour after a few days. You always need to keep one stable time and not changed it. Either your bedtime or your wake up time needs to be the anchor when you do this. What you are doing is changing old habits, and if you do it a little at a time, it is possible. This extra energy will help you better serve the Lord. You will have so much energy that your prayers will be filled with a renewed Joy and excitement, one that will have you singing. Oh wow, you'll be like me. LOL. Have fun, and get some sleep. LOL. zzzzzzz
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Sleep: Essential Everyday
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 5/5
Hello Everyone,
Sleep hmmm. Sometimes sleep just gets in the way of a busy me, trying to accomplish 40 hours of activity in a single day. You know as a kid I tried to break Geniuses World record for the most days without sleep. See I can make choices that make no sense to. LOL. Hey I was just a kid. I have no clue of remembrance as to what the record was. But I made it eight days without sleep. I do remember it was an exhausting eight days. And back when I wasn't yet saved when I did that, so my fanaticism was CB radios and basic computer language on my Radio Shack computer. Wow, am I that old? LOL. No way, at least I only remember cars, not horses. LOL. But I do remember black and white TV's and loud remote clickers, no VCR's, and absolutely no DVD's. I miss the olden days. LOL. I miss grandma's cooking, I miss an America that was patriotically passionate about America.
Now when it comes to sleep, I don't have to be the parent here, do I? LOL. We need our sleep, don't be like the foolish kid I was. There are no two ways about, our bodies need sleep them to repair and get rest. And did you know that sleep helps you lose weight. Yes I just said that, but I only noticed that when I slept 4 or 5 hours I didn't lose weight at all. But when I do slept 8-10-12 hours I have seen my weight drop two to four pounds or more, that's pretty amazing. Like I have said, I was for many years a fanatic about monitoring my health.
What should we be doing? Focus on our health and take a good look at all the benefits you gain from getting some good sleep. First off and obvious, it helps repair your body from its normal daily wear and tear. Your heart get rest, and that in turn makes it stronger. Your stress gets reduced from some great sleep. And your memory even gains some ground, and you are so much sharper when you get your sleep. Many will like this one, sleep improves your appearance because your face and your eyes look rested. The whites of your eyes do tell a story when you are run down and tired. Mine always give me away that I am tired or exhausted. And because your body is rested, you do feel more flexible. There are so many benefits to a good nights sleep. And did you know that the snooze button hurts a good nights sleep? Because you're body thinks its getting up, then it's not, then you are, then you're not. Better to sleep to the latest possible moment then wake up completely. In the end you will be much better rested. Don't cheat your last half hour of sleep.
I challenge you ! Yes you read it right. Before you take on the challenge, take the time to look over your current sleeping habits, then when you know your average night's sleep, add one to three hours more sleep to your rest. You will feel amazing I promise you that. The best way to make these changes in your sleeping habits that I have done, is one of two ways. Push your wake up time a half an hour later for a couple days then add another half an hour and so on. Or you can use the same method and go to bed a half an hour earlier and then another half a hour after a few days. You always need to keep one stable time and not changed it. Either your bedtime or your wake up time needs to be the anchor when you do this. What you are doing is changing old habits, and if you do it a little at a time, it is possible. This extra energy will help you better serve the Lord. You will have so much energy that your prayers will be filled with a renewed Joy and excitement, one that will have you singing. Oh wow, you'll be like me. LOL. Have fun, and get some sleep. LOL. zzzzzzz
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Water: The Drink of Choice
Beads of Joy 05-27-10
Water: The Drink of Choice
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 4/5
Hello Everyone,
Water, nice clean topic. LOL. It's really as simple as that. Water is the best thing for us. The more we drink the healthier it makes us, and the cleaner it keeps our digestive track. And if you combine "walking" my favorite exercise with it, you loose weight and feel very energetic. Like I have said on the last blog, it is recommended that we drink half our body weight in ounces of water everyday. So if you weight 140 pounds, you should drink 70 ounces of water everyday. See what happens is that all the water your body retains will leave, because now your body knows fresh water will always be replenished everyday. Yes you and the restrooms may become one for a while till you understand your bodies rhythm. In other words try to drink that amount at the same time or a portion at specific times. See then your body will literally be like clock work when you need a restroom. I use to drink 100 ounces every morning before work. I know that's crazy, but I went to work full and ready for the day. And I even drank more at work. I was 175lbs when I was doing that. My daily intake is always 100 ounces. By the way, add lemon into the water, it helps cleanse your intestines and helps reeve up your metabolism. I have spent years studying my own eating habits, and what I prefer to be eating, so I am not a nutritionist, but I play one on the Internet. LOL, sorry, that just slipped in there.
Now let's talk about the benefits, I will only be able to slightly touch on them, there are so many it will blow your mind. So let me run through as many as I mention for now: Healthy skin for starters - It helps to give your skin the moisture it needs to maintain elasticity and suppleness and to prevent dryness. Improve All Body Functions - Our body needs water to live, we function better when the body is fully hydrated. Weight Loss - Yes you read that right, see when the body works are peak condition, and your diet is high in water content, soup, veges, fruit; your body will feel full and be healthy in a good way. Shields you from many disease - Believe it or not, if you have a serious daily regimen of water intake, your body will constantly be eliminating toxins from within, keeping your vital organs more vibrant and clean. Helps your muscles and joints function better - Water is a lubricant the body needs to function properly, if you dehydrate, you are only asking for physical problems. Also helps prevent or alleviate headaches, aids to digestion, it also lessens the risk of kidney stones and water does fight off infections. A simple test to see if you are having enough water is take a look at your urine (sorry, this is the easiest way to tell). But the lighter and silvery it looks the healthier and more hydrated you are. If it's really dark, then you have these toxins in your kidney. I'm no doctor, just going by what I have leaned through the years.
We can see how our health needs water and why it really needs to be our main choice of drink. Now let us take a look at the bible reflections on water, the average translation finds over 600 reference scriptures in regard to the word water. In the biblical sense we can see how the woman at the well found out the true eternal importance God places on the water He gives us, it maybe out of context when it comes to the physical needs our bodies have for water, but it is powerful in its spiritual context. "Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." John 4:13-15. Water indeed saves lives, we need water to live, "They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out." Isaiah 48:21.
You can see why I place so much emphasis on drinking water everyday. Our bodies must remain hydrated at all times in order maintain a healthy lifestyle. I pray that his has been helpful. Try adding the lemon like I spoke of earlier, you will find (at least I found) when you do that you can easily drink very large quantities of water. I prefer my in an ice filled glass (I even freeze my cups in the freezer with the ice in the cups), and add some lemon, and I can literally go through 2-3 (20oz) glasses very quickly. Your thirst is so quenched, and your body feels so refreshed. I am only looking to help those interested in living healthy, productive, God filled lives. You will serve our Lord far better and more fervently if you are healthy and you have lots of energy. God Bless all of you.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Smile & Laugh Alot Everyday
Beads of Joy 05-26-10
Smile & Laugh Alot Everyday
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 3/5
Hello Everyone,
Yes you read it correctly. What fun is life if life ain't fun? Come on everybody! One thing I enjoy about life, is the laughter and joy we find in it. And I believe you don't have to go far to find that in our lives. Most of the time there is enough "material" in the news and in our day to day living to find something to laugh or smile about. So today I am going to everything I possibly can to help make you smile. No I am not making faces or flashing my belly. Oh my, that would be scary. LOL.. Hang on, get some tissues for when you laugh so much you may cry...
It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.
I think the sign should be a lot larger.
I would say facebook is little addictive.
Yuk.. Bring your own toilet paper.
Be extra careful who your friends are..
No comment, too funny... LOL
Smile & Laugh Alot Everyday
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 3/5
Hello Everyone,
Yes you read it correctly. What fun is life if life ain't fun? Come on everybody! One thing I enjoy about life, is the laughter and joy we find in it. And I believe you don't have to go far to find that in our lives. Most of the time there is enough "material" in the news and in our day to day living to find something to laugh or smile about. So today I am going to everything I possibly can to help make you smile. No I am not making faces or flashing my belly. Oh my, that would be scary. LOL.. Hang on, get some tissues for when you laugh so much you may cry...
I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.
I think the sign should be a lot larger.
I would say facebook is little addictive.
Yuk.. Bring your own toilet paper.
Be extra careful who your friends are..
No comment, too funny... LOL
Laughter is needed in our lives for good circulation, good health and just plain fun. We live so much more healthier when we are happy. And we probably need it even more when times are difficult. It's funny how this blog landed on a day where we'll find out some very serious news in regards to Chrissy's health. I did write it the day before, so I can better focus on the news that is to come in the morning. It's the Lord's doing, He knows today our hearts may suffer a hard hit. But we do trust in Him.
Now watch Jeff Dunham with Walter..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I226Sfgs0s&feature=related
Absolutely Hilarious (watch the lady with glasses)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anik_oao8Io&feature=related
I really hope you enjoyed today's blog. I think if the circumstance for us at home were different, then this blog might be more upbeat with some of my own material. But I think the video clips, which I think are hilarious along with those crazy pictures, will hopefully put a big smile on your face.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Meal Time: Be Reverent
Beads of Joy 05-25-10
Meal Time: Be Reverent
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 2/5
Hello Everyone,
Yes meal time should be reverent, not only to pray before we eat; but in a holy and smart way to eat what is good for us. I'm no Julia Child.. LOL, wow, that was a reach. Ok, I'm no Giada De Laurentiis, Ok, some of you don't know her, well she is my favorite TV cook, she's an Italian cutie pie. Ok, I think I am getting way off track here. There is heat in the kitchen for sure. All kidding aside we really need to start taking care of our bodies, after all, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Wait before I go any further, I just know many of you are thinking back about all I have said how much I love food, and that I can eat anyone under the table. Very very very true, I confess. But considering our recent challenges in our home, I have re-thunk (I just know that ain't a word. lol) it out and decided to go back to some of my old ways of eating, back when I walked 2-3 miles a day and drank 100+ ounces of water a day. That's like three years ago. You've heard of "Scared Straight", well this is, "Scared Weight". LOL. Stay with me now, we'll have even more fun ahead.
Now that we are thinking about eating in a little bit of a different way, let us consider these thoughts. Doesn't it make you feel like it's time to think about your eating habits? Well I have in the past been crazy making my eating habits work with my body, to show some sort of respect to it. I know this really might not make any sense to some. I'm not going to interrupt myself or start talking to myself again, at least I will try not to. LOL. But know that the way you treat yourself, the very place that the Holy Spirit dwells within you; to me, is a direct reflection as to how you are treating God's temple. If we abuse ourselves with drugs, or alcohol, or overeating; then I would say it's pretty obvious we must not care about ourselves. jesus also said, "This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:38-40
I am for the most part a 95% vegetarian. There are occasions that either for money or general ability that I can't keep the house overstocked with my vege supply of foods. Another thing I'd like to make clear before what I say gets misinterpreted, "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' " Matthew 15:11. So know that eating any particular way doesn't make clean or unclean, holy or unholy before God. Everyone has different preferences and different likes and dislikes. This is all about what I prefer and why. I really don't like eating meat. And it's not because to me it's just disgusting, it's because I can't see eating an animal, that's cruel. It hurts me to think all these animals are born to die so I can eat them. I just get turned off thinking about that. So I tend to eat lots of veges and fruit, and pasta, and peanuts. My habits may seem a little crazy, but in the whole it's all about me taking care of me, so I can better serve Him.
In time I will post my menu schedule that I have designed for my own personal pleasure. I kept menus for years in my journals. I really can't do it within a blog. I also highly recommend giving your body a flush, some call it a colon flush. But I see it this way. Two times or more a month I fast. It's not a "spiritual fast" though I do them also, instead this is a "health fast". Our bodies just sometimes need a rest, and in doing so, it actually extends our lives. A very profound statement I heard years ago, not sure if this is verbatim, but here's how it went. "The more you eat the shorter you live, the less you eat the longer you live." Our bodies organs need a rest period to repair, rejuvenate and have the chance to work more efficiently. Fasting does that for our digestive organs. When I fast I tend to drink a super high amount of water, to flush out my system, hence my body flush. How much water should we be drinking everyday you ask? One ounce for every 1/2 pound of what we weigh. I am two hundred pounds, so 100 ounces of water. I hope this has been helpful.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Meal Time: Be Reverent
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 2/5
Hello Everyone,
Yes meal time should be reverent, not only to pray before we eat; but in a holy and smart way to eat what is good for us. I'm no Julia Child.. LOL, wow, that was a reach. Ok, I'm no Giada De Laurentiis, Ok, some of you don't know her, well she is my favorite TV cook, she's an Italian cutie pie. Ok, I think I am getting way off track here. There is heat in the kitchen for sure. All kidding aside we really need to start taking care of our bodies, after all, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Wait before I go any further, I just know many of you are thinking back about all I have said how much I love food, and that I can eat anyone under the table. Very very very true, I confess. But considering our recent challenges in our home, I have re-thunk (I just know that ain't a word. lol) it out and decided to go back to some of my old ways of eating, back when I walked 2-3 miles a day and drank 100+ ounces of water a day. That's like three years ago. You've heard of "Scared Straight", well this is, "Scared Weight". LOL. Stay with me now, we'll have even more fun ahead.
Now that we are thinking about eating in a little bit of a different way, let us consider these thoughts. Doesn't it make you feel like it's time to think about your eating habits? Well I have in the past been crazy making my eating habits work with my body, to show some sort of respect to it. I know this really might not make any sense to some. I'm not going to interrupt myself or start talking to myself again, at least I will try not to. LOL. But know that the way you treat yourself, the very place that the Holy Spirit dwells within you; to me, is a direct reflection as to how you are treating God's temple. If we abuse ourselves with drugs, or alcohol, or overeating; then I would say it's pretty obvious we must not care about ourselves. jesus also said, "This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:38-40
I am for the most part a 95% vegetarian. There are occasions that either for money or general ability that I can't keep the house overstocked with my vege supply of foods. Another thing I'd like to make clear before what I say gets misinterpreted, "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' " Matthew 15:11. So know that eating any particular way doesn't make clean or unclean, holy or unholy before God. Everyone has different preferences and different likes and dislikes. This is all about what I prefer and why. I really don't like eating meat. And it's not because to me it's just disgusting, it's because I can't see eating an animal, that's cruel. It hurts me to think all these animals are born to die so I can eat them. I just get turned off thinking about that. So I tend to eat lots of veges and fruit, and pasta, and peanuts. My habits may seem a little crazy, but in the whole it's all about me taking care of me, so I can better serve Him.
In time I will post my menu schedule that I have designed for my own personal pleasure. I kept menus for years in my journals. I really can't do it within a blog. I also highly recommend giving your body a flush, some call it a colon flush. But I see it this way. Two times or more a month I fast. It's not a "spiritual fast" though I do them also, instead this is a "health fast". Our bodies just sometimes need a rest, and in doing so, it actually extends our lives. A very profound statement I heard years ago, not sure if this is verbatim, but here's how it went. "The more you eat the shorter you live, the less you eat the longer you live." Our bodies organs need a rest period to repair, rejuvenate and have the chance to work more efficiently. Fasting does that for our digestive organs. When I fast I tend to drink a super high amount of water, to flush out my system, hence my body flush. How much water should we be drinking everyday you ask? One ounce for every 1/2 pound of what we weigh. I am two hundred pounds, so 100 ounces of water. I hope this has been helpful.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Monday, May 24, 2010
Exercise: Mind, Body & Spirit
Beads of Joy 05-24-10
Exercise: Mind, Body & Spirit
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 1/5
Hello Everyone,
Thoughts and perspectives from a 45 year old man who loves and adores Jesus. I'm speaking about me, by the way, LOL. I believe a happy spiritual life has a foundation of living a healthy life that affects many areas of our lives. I'm not model, nor do I play one on TV, and I don't attempt to play any professional sport, nor do I have a cooking show (though I have my own recipes), and I can't swim a mile. So knowing all that, let's begin. LOL. Monday - Everything from exercise that affects every aspect of our mind, body and spirit. Tuesday - Eating right so we feel good and not worn out, our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Wednesday - Smiling and laughing as much as we possibly can. Thursday - Water, pure clean water needs to be our main drink of choice. Friday - Sleep, getting a good nights sleep can sometimes make or break you throughout the day. I hope and pray this will be a great week for everybody. Of cause y'all know my approach on anything I have to say is always centered in Jesus. So in some sneaky way this is inevitably all about Jesus. So today I'd like on some of the "exercises" I enjoy in my life, to keep my mind, body and spirit in shape.
We can take a look at the first one mentioned, "mind". Wow, yes mine is functioning, but did you know that a good way to keep your mind in shape and even avoid or delay many diseases is by exercising your mind. My 95 year old grandpa may have health issues, but he is still as sharp as a whip with his mind and memory and ability to really comprehend. His big thing use to be math for the grand kids and he also was a ham operator. No I didn't say a butcher, ham operators know Morse code. I think I may have taken after my grandfather in many ways. Math is my favorite subject. I have about 15-20 mathematical textbooks; that I bought at yard sales or library books sales, and I admit, though it sounds corny, strange, weird and well ok weird is a good word; I go through them every now and then and do the exercise pages to stay in practice. I have helped my kids on many occasions including my college son with his Calculus. Christopher was like, are you sure this is right. I told him you tell me after you hand it in. He said, the answers were all correct, I knew that. LOL
I also learned through all these years of growing old. No I did not just say that. LOL. Well Ok, older then a twenty year old, but way younger than a hundred year old. LOL, there you go, now that sounds better. Well anyhow, what I was trying to say was before I interrupted myself was, I learned that doing puzzles and word searches and crossword puzzles, help keep the mind in shape, it keeps it sharp. What I also find to be very helpful in keeping the mind active is, studying my bible. And getting "workbooks" that have to do with topical or book studies on the bible so that there is an interaction of study involved. For some time I use to create bible word games. Keep your mind busy, it will stay sharp when you really need it to be. Like I have said so many times, I love to multi-task. I keep several projects in motion at all times so that my mind don't get lazy. And I even layout other projects, so even when I am done, I'm not. Now when it comes to keeping the "body" in shape, I will admit I prefer one particular activity. Stop jumping ahead of me, and stop guessing what I was going to say. LOL. What I was going to say was "walking" is my favorite, mostly only preferred exercise. Do you have any idea, first of all how simple and easy this is. No equipment, no special gym, you could pretty much do this anywhere. And the benefits are incredible, check this out: prevents diabetes, strengthens the heart, good for the bones and circulation, reduces the risk of some cancers, lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety and depression and it even improves sleep. And this is just the tip of benefits you gain by having a committed walking regimen. I highly recommend walking 1-2 miles a day of you can, or at least 5 miles a week. Take an ipod with spiritual music or teachings on them, you'd be surprised how fast the whole experience is when you do that. I promise I will spend a couple days just talking about "walking". You believe you will be inspired to walk.
Time to now reflect on exercising the "Spirit". Some of you already know how, and then some are looking at this saying, "What? Do push-ups with my bible?" Nothing like that I promise. LOL. But as a metaphor maybe. The best way to keep your Spirit in shape is to keep the blood flowing. In other words: daily bible meditations, daily rosary, daily Mass if you can go. And believe me if you can go to Mass, I say, "GO !!!!" It's like having a gym in your home and you have all the time in the world to use it to stay healthy, and you never even go by that room unless it's that one particular day. I use to go to daily Mass, oh how I miss that, when I can return I will completely. Mass is such a precious gift from God to us. It is the only time in our worldly life that we are closest to Jesus. It's been said by St. Gertrude the Great, "For each Mass we hear with devotion, Our Lord sends a saint to comfort us at death." The Mass offers much comfort and I have found it to "set the stage" for the day. In other words to me, Jesus was first every morning when I use to go daily. In fact my habit involved having the Eucharist (Jesus) first everyday, period. Jesus first, I took that seriously with daily Mass. I enjoyed early morning daily Mass for a while, I so look forward to returning. If you can go, please go, enjoy Jesus faithfully first everyday. You will have a much richer, more fuller spiritual life, far beyond your wildest dreams.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Exercise: Mind, Body & Spirit
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Living A Healthy Life 1/5
Hello Everyone,
Thoughts and perspectives from a 45 year old man who loves and adores Jesus. I'm speaking about me, by the way, LOL. I believe a happy spiritual life has a foundation of living a healthy life that affects many areas of our lives. I'm not model, nor do I play one on TV, and I don't attempt to play any professional sport, nor do I have a cooking show (though I have my own recipes), and I can't swim a mile. So knowing all that, let's begin. LOL. Monday - Everything from exercise that affects every aspect of our mind, body and spirit. Tuesday - Eating right so we feel good and not worn out, our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Wednesday - Smiling and laughing as much as we possibly can. Thursday - Water, pure clean water needs to be our main drink of choice. Friday - Sleep, getting a good nights sleep can sometimes make or break you throughout the day. I hope and pray this will be a great week for everybody. Of cause y'all know my approach on anything I have to say is always centered in Jesus. So in some sneaky way this is inevitably all about Jesus. So today I'd like on some of the "exercises" I enjoy in my life, to keep my mind, body and spirit in shape.
We can take a look at the first one mentioned, "mind". Wow, yes mine is functioning, but did you know that a good way to keep your mind in shape and even avoid or delay many diseases is by exercising your mind. My 95 year old grandpa may have health issues, but he is still as sharp as a whip with his mind and memory and ability to really comprehend. His big thing use to be math for the grand kids and he also was a ham operator. No I didn't say a butcher, ham operators know Morse code. I think I may have taken after my grandfather in many ways. Math is my favorite subject. I have about 15-20 mathematical textbooks; that I bought at yard sales or library books sales, and I admit, though it sounds corny, strange, weird and well ok weird is a good word; I go through them every now and then and do the exercise pages to stay in practice. I have helped my kids on many occasions including my college son with his Calculus. Christopher was like, are you sure this is right. I told him you tell me after you hand it in. He said, the answers were all correct, I knew that. LOL
I also learned through all these years of growing old. No I did not just say that. LOL. Well Ok, older then a twenty year old, but way younger than a hundred year old. LOL, there you go, now that sounds better. Well anyhow, what I was trying to say was before I interrupted myself was, I learned that doing puzzles and word searches and crossword puzzles, help keep the mind in shape, it keeps it sharp. What I also find to be very helpful in keeping the mind active is, studying my bible. And getting "workbooks" that have to do with topical or book studies on the bible so that there is an interaction of study involved. For some time I use to create bible word games. Keep your mind busy, it will stay sharp when you really need it to be. Like I have said so many times, I love to multi-task. I keep several projects in motion at all times so that my mind don't get lazy. And I even layout other projects, so even when I am done, I'm not. Now when it comes to keeping the "body" in shape, I will admit I prefer one particular activity. Stop jumping ahead of me, and stop guessing what I was going to say. LOL. What I was going to say was "walking" is my favorite, mostly only preferred exercise. Do you have any idea, first of all how simple and easy this is. No equipment, no special gym, you could pretty much do this anywhere. And the benefits are incredible, check this out: prevents diabetes, strengthens the heart, good for the bones and circulation, reduces the risk of some cancers, lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety and depression and it even improves sleep. And this is just the tip of benefits you gain by having a committed walking regimen. I highly recommend walking 1-2 miles a day of you can, or at least 5 miles a week. Take an ipod with spiritual music or teachings on them, you'd be surprised how fast the whole experience is when you do that. I promise I will spend a couple days just talking about "walking". You believe you will be inspired to walk.
Time to now reflect on exercising the "Spirit". Some of you already know how, and then some are looking at this saying, "What? Do push-ups with my bible?" Nothing like that I promise. LOL. But as a metaphor maybe. The best way to keep your Spirit in shape is to keep the blood flowing. In other words: daily bible meditations, daily rosary, daily Mass if you can go. And believe me if you can go to Mass, I say, "GO !!!!" It's like having a gym in your home and you have all the time in the world to use it to stay healthy, and you never even go by that room unless it's that one particular day. I use to go to daily Mass, oh how I miss that, when I can return I will completely. Mass is such a precious gift from God to us. It is the only time in our worldly life that we are closest to Jesus. It's been said by St. Gertrude the Great, "For each Mass we hear with devotion, Our Lord sends a saint to comfort us at death." The Mass offers much comfort and I have found it to "set the stage" for the day. In other words to me, Jesus was first every morning when I use to go daily. In fact my habit involved having the Eucharist (Jesus) first everyday, period. Jesus first, I took that seriously with daily Mass. I enjoyed early morning daily Mass for a while, I so look forward to returning. If you can go, please go, enjoy Jesus faithfully first everyday. You will have a much richer, more fuller spiritual life, far beyond your wildest dreams.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Receive The Holy Spirit
Beads of Joy 05-23-10
Receive The Holy Spirit
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
PENTECOST SUNDAY: I have to do my best to return to be that blogger; you know, the bold, goofy at times, straight to the point, proud Roman Catholic I was before. Yes I am hurting inside, yes my heart is broken and softened these past few days. But know this, no other God shall be so vibrant and alive inside my heart as the one we all love and adore. Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Savior, my friend and my brother. He alone is ALL I need to be happy, to be content and to be secure when times get scary. I am strong, because He is rock solid strong inside me. I can carry Chrissy, because He carries me. Today's gospel is exciting, and it should make you bold in your faith; today we are reflecting on John 20:19-23 (Jesus' Appearance to the Disciples). Jesus promised the disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit, but it was contingent to His death, Resurrection and Ascension.
Do you know the incredible thing here is the exact parallel that God and Jesus have done to instill life. God breathe physical life into man, while Jesus breathe spiritual life into the disciples, and us. The faith-filled, life in the Spirit life has now been brought to the world. Do we pray to the Holy Spirit for strength, guidance, and wisdom? As I go through these challenge we are facing in our families life; I find that the Holy Spirit does all those things for me in my life and more. God's wisdom allowed the Holy Spirit to be so close to our heart beat; that the quiet voice of God can be heard. Our faith-filled life is such a blessing not only to us; but it is such a blessing to all those around us, who's hearts we can touch with that part of God we all have within us to share. This kind of a gift isn't one that should be embraced and put in a safe place and locked up. Rather it should given away over and over again. No matter how much we give away, we will always have more to give.
Come on everybody: Do we really hunger for the life in the Spirit inside of us? and do we really want the Spirit to come alive? The answer is obvious, Yes! The excitement, the joy, the overwhelming power inside me, is the Holy Spirit, it is partly the reason why I am so wound up all the time. The greatest reason why I love this so much, is that the Holy Spirit is self empowering. The Holy Spirit gives us everything we need to honor, worship and love God with all our hearts, without ever needing to seek anything else. This is what I say to you, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13. Scripture helps us understand the Holy Spirit of God even more.
It is the power, and the excitement, and the joy that is in the Holy Spirit, that is so alive inside me. No matter what we are going through, no matter how difficult it is. I allow the Holy Spirit to come alive inside me and explode with excitement. I love how exciting and how much I feel so willing and excited to share Jesus. I see how the Spirit is alive and how the Spirit seeks to draw others to Jesus. What I am trying to say here in today's blog is, "I'm back!" Everyone, Enjoy MASS today, spend some special time with Jesus.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Receive The Holy Spirit
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
PENTECOST SUNDAY: I have to do my best to return to be that blogger; you know, the bold, goofy at times, straight to the point, proud Roman Catholic I was before. Yes I am hurting inside, yes my heart is broken and softened these past few days. But know this, no other God shall be so vibrant and alive inside my heart as the one we all love and adore. Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Savior, my friend and my brother. He alone is ALL I need to be happy, to be content and to be secure when times get scary. I am strong, because He is rock solid strong inside me. I can carry Chrissy, because He carries me. Today's gospel is exciting, and it should make you bold in your faith; today we are reflecting on John 20:19-23 (Jesus' Appearance to the Disciples). Jesus promised the disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit, but it was contingent to His death, Resurrection and Ascension.
Do you know the incredible thing here is the exact parallel that God and Jesus have done to instill life. God breathe physical life into man, while Jesus breathe spiritual life into the disciples, and us. The faith-filled, life in the Spirit life has now been brought to the world. Do we pray to the Holy Spirit for strength, guidance, and wisdom? As I go through these challenge we are facing in our families life; I find that the Holy Spirit does all those things for me in my life and more. God's wisdom allowed the Holy Spirit to be so close to our heart beat; that the quiet voice of God can be heard. Our faith-filled life is such a blessing not only to us; but it is such a blessing to all those around us, who's hearts we can touch with that part of God we all have within us to share. This kind of a gift isn't one that should be embraced and put in a safe place and locked up. Rather it should given away over and over again. No matter how much we give away, we will always have more to give.
Come on everybody: Do we really hunger for the life in the Spirit inside of us? and do we really want the Spirit to come alive? The answer is obvious, Yes! The excitement, the joy, the overwhelming power inside me, is the Holy Spirit, it is partly the reason why I am so wound up all the time. The greatest reason why I love this so much, is that the Holy Spirit is self empowering. The Holy Spirit gives us everything we need to honor, worship and love God with all our hearts, without ever needing to seek anything else. This is what I say to you, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13. Scripture helps us understand the Holy Spirit of God even more.
It is the power, and the excitement, and the joy that is in the Holy Spirit, that is so alive inside me. No matter what we are going through, no matter how difficult it is. I allow the Holy Spirit to come alive inside me and explode with excitement. I love how exciting and how much I feel so willing and excited to share Jesus. I see how the Spirit is alive and how the Spirit seeks to draw others to Jesus. What I am trying to say here in today's blog is, "I'm back!" Everyone, Enjoy MASS today, spend some special time with Jesus.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Somber Reflection Today
Beads of Joy 05-22-10
Somber Reflection Today©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Today I changed my schedule, sorry. Dedication days will continue next Saturday. I am way too stressed out, and emotionally I am torn apart. As many of you know, my darling, precious wife Chrissy is currently experiencing some extremely challenging health issues in her (our) life. The "C" word has arrived, and as of this blog we are uncertain of the extent of her cancer. But this upcoming Wednesday, the absolute results are about to be revealed to us. And we have been very boldly told by the Pulmonary Specialist that this can and could go a whole bunch of ways, most of which don't end well. Now don't get me wrong he did give us some hope, but so much has to lined up, and so much can't be. But we do trust we will get through this. So many people have survived this and so many people have been healed by God's power and I absolutely believe that. We are praying for a miracle. God's will is all that matter's here; but honestly who knows the will of God? Right know even though we trust deeply in our Lord, we would be lying if we'd say there is no fear racing through our hearts and minds and causing an avalanche of tears now.
Let me tell ya, Chrissy and I shall overcome this, really, we shall. I strongly believe everything happens for a reason. God's plan is here somewhere, we just need to find it, we know we will see it soon. Trusting in Him is key right now. I think next weeks "Dedication Days" will fully be dedicated to my Christine. I know many of you have read the dedication I have written for her, posted on Facebook and on Myspace. Next Saturday is for her. I just need some time through these difficult days of tears to regain my composure to seriously write about someone y'all need to know.
I try to be a good husband, I know I fail horribly at times. I try to be a good dad, and I know I fail horribly at times there to. When something like this (Chrissy's serious condition), comes into a family; so much changes, so much of the gobble-goop needs to be ignored. It's time now for some serious living, seriously focusing on what matters. Do the frivolous things really matter anymore? No. Do we sit here and focus on what I want? Absolutely Not. Times like this make you look back and wonder and ponder about what can be changed. This waiting time is the worst thing to have to go through for Chrissy and for all of us, we don't want bad news, we just want news. What do we have to do now, how can we defeat this? We need to stand strong together as a family and emotionally support Chrissy and one another. We are so thankful for such a loving family and a network of friends that span across and around thee entire globe. We are grateful for all of you in our lives. You have no idea how much your prayers and comments of support really mean to us.
Today I Ask
Today I ask you Lord
And no it's not for me,
I beg you with all my heart
To set my Chrissy free.
She is suffering way too much
Throughout each and every day,
She needs a healing and it's you
That we ask and beg as we pray.
Is it in your will to help along
Can you make the suffering go stop,
She is so loyal to you she is your child
And it's only you she rates the top.
Her soul is precious, but I know you know
So today I ask again with tears,
Can You heal her Lord with all your love
And free her from all her fears.
Thank you Jesus.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Somber Reflection Today©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Hello Everyone,
Today I changed my schedule, sorry. Dedication days will continue next Saturday. I am way too stressed out, and emotionally I am torn apart. As many of you know, my darling, precious wife Chrissy is currently experiencing some extremely challenging health issues in her (our) life. The "C" word has arrived, and as of this blog we are uncertain of the extent of her cancer. But this upcoming Wednesday, the absolute results are about to be revealed to us. And we have been very boldly told by the Pulmonary Specialist that this can and could go a whole bunch of ways, most of which don't end well. Now don't get me wrong he did give us some hope, but so much has to lined up, and so much can't be. But we do trust we will get through this. So many people have survived this and so many people have been healed by God's power and I absolutely believe that. We are praying for a miracle. God's will is all that matter's here; but honestly who knows the will of God? Right know even though we trust deeply in our Lord, we would be lying if we'd say there is no fear racing through our hearts and minds and causing an avalanche of tears now.
Let me tell ya, Chrissy and I shall overcome this, really, we shall. I strongly believe everything happens for a reason. God's plan is here somewhere, we just need to find it, we know we will see it soon. Trusting in Him is key right now. I think next weeks "Dedication Days" will fully be dedicated to my Christine. I know many of you have read the dedication I have written for her, posted on Facebook and on Myspace. Next Saturday is for her. I just need some time through these difficult days of tears to regain my composure to seriously write about someone y'all need to know.
I try to be a good husband, I know I fail horribly at times. I try to be a good dad, and I know I fail horribly at times there to. When something like this (Chrissy's serious condition), comes into a family; so much changes, so much of the gobble-goop needs to be ignored. It's time now for some serious living, seriously focusing on what matters. Do the frivolous things really matter anymore? No. Do we sit here and focus on what I want? Absolutely Not. Times like this make you look back and wonder and ponder about what can be changed. This waiting time is the worst thing to have to go through for Chrissy and for all of us, we don't want bad news, we just want news. What do we have to do now, how can we defeat this? We need to stand strong together as a family and emotionally support Chrissy and one another. We are so thankful for such a loving family and a network of friends that span across and around thee entire globe. We are grateful for all of you in our lives. You have no idea how much your prayers and comments of support really mean to us.
Today I Ask
Today I ask you Lord
And no it's not for me,
I beg you with all my heart
To set my Chrissy free.
She is suffering way too much
Throughout each and every day,
She needs a healing and it's you
That we ask and beg as we pray.
Is it in your will to help along
Can you make the suffering go stop,
She is so loyal to you she is your child
And it's only you she rates the top.
Her soul is precious, but I know you know
So today I ask again with tears,
Can You heal her Lord with all your love
And free her from all her fears.
Thank you Jesus.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Friday, May 21, 2010
Jesus - Heart of Mercy
Beads of Joy 05-21-10
Jesus - Heart of Mercy
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 5/5
Hello Everyone,
Today I start with this thought, "Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life." Jude 1:21. The mercy of our Lord. hmm.. now we all know that the mercy given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ is far beyond anything anyone could ever imagine. His mercy?, scripture has taught us that whatever mankind does, or desires, has no effect on the mercy given to us by God. His love for us is beyond our understanding I believe. He loves us, not because we love Him, but because He is God, He is our creator; His love for us really has nothing to do with how we feel about Him. That is true love. And now today we reflect upon His mercy. How can someone (God) who is constantly offended, ignored and even mocked by a society, still have an unmeasurable everlasting mercy for us? I often ponder that very thought. I am so grateful in my heart that Jesus loves us so much that it doesn't matter what people say or do; He still remains deeply in love with us.
Let us learn from Jesus and His Father how "mercy" needs to be part of our lives. We really need to learn from them and to be more like them. Mercy like love needs to be unconditional. "They will know we are Christians by our love." That indeed says it all, but love is often linked to mercy and forgiveness. We are so unworthy to be loved so much, to be given such mercy for our wretched sinful souls. Just read these couple of verses found in Romans and you'll see where I get so much joy, "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:1-6.
So today we could reflect on some really special aspects of our faith. We are so blessed to be able to have such a loving, merciful God. Let's share Him with everyone we possible can. Sometimes we don't have to share scripture or be in church; sometimes we just need to be unconditionally loving towards one another. Actions and comments and concern, so speak louder than words. I believe once you have embraced Jesus into your life, and you have really (I mean REALLY) made Him thee absolutely center of your entire life and world. You will always find yourself being just like Him towards others. I found that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is a wonderful example we can learn much from. I just have to share it in full, so you can see the splendor in it like I do.
"On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself." "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." Luke 10:25-37. That is so powerful. I really pray that we find it in our hearts to be merciful like that also.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Jesus - Heart of Mercy
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 5/5
Hello Everyone,
Today I start with this thought, "Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life." Jude 1:21. The mercy of our Lord. hmm.. now we all know that the mercy given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ is far beyond anything anyone could ever imagine. His mercy?, scripture has taught us that whatever mankind does, or desires, has no effect on the mercy given to us by God. His love for us is beyond our understanding I believe. He loves us, not because we love Him, but because He is God, He is our creator; His love for us really has nothing to do with how we feel about Him. That is true love. And now today we reflect upon His mercy. How can someone (God) who is constantly offended, ignored and even mocked by a society, still have an unmeasurable everlasting mercy for us? I often ponder that very thought. I am so grateful in my heart that Jesus loves us so much that it doesn't matter what people say or do; He still remains deeply in love with us.
Let us learn from Jesus and His Father how "mercy" needs to be part of our lives. We really need to learn from them and to be more like them. Mercy like love needs to be unconditional. "They will know we are Christians by our love." That indeed says it all, but love is often linked to mercy and forgiveness. We are so unworthy to be loved so much, to be given such mercy for our wretched sinful souls. Just read these couple of verses found in Romans and you'll see where I get so much joy, "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:1-6.
So today we could reflect on some really special aspects of our faith. We are so blessed to be able to have such a loving, merciful God. Let's share Him with everyone we possible can. Sometimes we don't have to share scripture or be in church; sometimes we just need to be unconditionally loving towards one another. Actions and comments and concern, so speak louder than words. I believe once you have embraced Jesus into your life, and you have really (I mean REALLY) made Him thee absolutely center of your entire life and world. You will always find yourself being just like Him towards others. I found that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is a wonderful example we can learn much from. I just have to share it in full, so you can see the splendor in it like I do.
"On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself." "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." Luke 10:25-37. That is so powerful. I really pray that we find it in our hearts to be merciful like that also.
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Jesus - Heart of Love
Beads of Joy 05-20-10
Jesus - Heart of Love
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 4/5
Hello Everyone,
This makes a whole lot of sense, right, a heart of love. A heart that finds itself in love with Jesus, His Mother, and Almighty God; now that is indeed a heart of love. Can we have a heart like God and love like He does? "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16, that verse so many of us know, even those who don't know scripture have heard that verse. There is no doubt that our love must be sincere, meaningful and unconditional to God, to Jesus, to His Blessed Mother and to our neighbors. How is it that we can find that love inside ourselves and maintain that love? I believe the key to really loving (Godly love) someone is two-fold. We must first love ourselves enough to fully love our neighbors and then we must love God. "He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27.
Let's take a moment and reflect on our life and really see how much we do love God, His Son and Our Blessed Mother. What I am going to do is list a couple questions and thoughts here. Take the time to reflect upon your own personal self and how you might answer them. Some might have you wondering just how much you should really be thinking about God. One key thought to all is: Our lives must be built around Jesus and prayer time, not the other way around. He must be first in everything.
>Can you imagine your life without God and Jesus?
>Does your heart beat extra hard when you think about them?
>Would you risk your own pride to defend them?
>Are your thoughts always keeping you thinking about them?
>Does everything you do remind you of them in your life?
>When you go to Mass do you feel like Jesus is embracing you?
>At confession do you feel so good and happy that you cry?
Can we consider the possibility of changing what it is we do, that keeps us from staying focused on Jesus. There is nothing in this world that could possibly be more important than staying focused on God. For Jesus is the way, just look at scripture to better understand how important it is for us to stay focused on Jesus. "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. No one, that's right He said no one. It couldn't more clearer than that. So it is critical for us not to lose sight of what matters.
Our heart of love is what will open our mind and soul to love and embrace Jesus holding nothing back. He's not an historical figure we read about in the bible. The Holy Trinity is GOD, the three are one. Let us love as God has loved. Let us seriously consider what matters in this life. Do you realize how many times scripture speaks of love, depending upon your translation it could be almost 700 times. Check some of these verses out.
"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
Romans 5:5
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Jesus - Heart of Love
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 4/5
Hello Everyone,
This makes a whole lot of sense, right, a heart of love. A heart that finds itself in love with Jesus, His Mother, and Almighty God; now that is indeed a heart of love. Can we have a heart like God and love like He does? "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16, that verse so many of us know, even those who don't know scripture have heard that verse. There is no doubt that our love must be sincere, meaningful and unconditional to God, to Jesus, to His Blessed Mother and to our neighbors. How is it that we can find that love inside ourselves and maintain that love? I believe the key to really loving (Godly love) someone is two-fold. We must first love ourselves enough to fully love our neighbors and then we must love God. "He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27.
Let's take a moment and reflect on our life and really see how much we do love God, His Son and Our Blessed Mother. What I am going to do is list a couple questions and thoughts here. Take the time to reflect upon your own personal self and how you might answer them. Some might have you wondering just how much you should really be thinking about God. One key thought to all is: Our lives must be built around Jesus and prayer time, not the other way around. He must be first in everything.
>Can you imagine your life without God and Jesus?
>Does your heart beat extra hard when you think about them?
>Would you risk your own pride to defend them?
>Are your thoughts always keeping you thinking about them?
>Does everything you do remind you of them in your life?
>When you go to Mass do you feel like Jesus is embracing you?
>At confession do you feel so good and happy that you cry?
Can we consider the possibility of changing what it is we do, that keeps us from staying focused on Jesus. There is nothing in this world that could possibly be more important than staying focused on God. For Jesus is the way, just look at scripture to better understand how important it is for us to stay focused on Jesus. "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. No one, that's right He said no one. It couldn't more clearer than that. So it is critical for us not to lose sight of what matters.
Our heart of love is what will open our mind and soul to love and embrace Jesus holding nothing back. He's not an historical figure we read about in the bible. The Holy Trinity is GOD, the three are one. Let us love as God has loved. Let us seriously consider what matters in this life. Do you realize how many times scripture speaks of love, depending upon your translation it could be almost 700 times. Check some of these verses out.
"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
Romans 5:5
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Jesus - Heart of Charity
Beads of Joy 05-19-10
Jesus - Heart of Charity
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 3/5
Hello Everyone,
What is a heart of charity? It is a heart that is full of love for God. We must have a pure heart, one that is empty of all things and is only consumed by our love for God. Our hearts must be so on fire for God that satan dare not come close. Can we live that way? Can we at least try to live that way? I know many of us can live that way from time to time and on certain days, I have been there I fully understand. The challenge is to make it become who we are all the time. One thing is certain in loving God. "But the man who loves God is known by God." 1 Corinthians 8:3. God knows our heart, He knows our ulterior motives. He knows why we say and do the things we do. This is why our hearts must be pure in His love. Untainted by the world's desires and purpose. Our love for God goes hand and hand in our love for our neighbors. Scripture is our friend, and so we need to search the scriptures, love the scriptures and embrace the words God has spoken for us. "The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did" 1 John 2:4-6.
We are so fortunate to have the wisdom of the saints to reflect upon. God has given us people like us to turn to for wisdom that help us draw closer to Him. Check this out: "The soul that is united with God is feared by the devil as one who is where God Himself is." St John of the Cross. That is powerful and that is something we can keep in mind as we pray. Jesus Christ must be our first and foremost thought at all times. Our love for Him, must be sincere and our love for Him must be true. He comforts us, He loves us, He forgives us, He has died for us. No one in this world will ever love us like He does and has and continues to. "This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9. Jesus is the way for all of us for follow. 1 John is loaded with some very inspiring scripture. "Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." 1 John 4:11-16.
Scripture can be such a magnificent inspiration. Today let us focus on opening our lives and hearts fully to Jesus. Ask Him to be thee absolute center of your life. All things you do should revolve around Him. Build a wall, a wall that keeps the devil out. A wall that is built with your love for Jesus. Nothing can penetrate a wall like that. Stand strong in what you believe in, I always say that "political correctness" only weakens a country and it destroys our own love for God. If we indeed know and believe and love God who is real, don't allow anyone to take that away from you. I always speak about being bold in your faith. Well it's true we need to be. If you love somebody, do you not stand boldly and say, "I love so and so" or that you love your kids. The same way needs to be done with our faith. The only way I won't speak up about my faith is if I am dead and buried, and if that be the truth, I'd be even happier to be even closer to my Lord.
Embrace charity into your heart and share that love you have for God with everyone. Open those flood gates of joy and happiness that fills your heart with so much love that you can't contain it. "Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly." St. Ignatius Loyola, "Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor." St Aelred of Rievaulx. Just a couple more inspiring quotes. "The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God." St. Sebastian, I like that one. And then this is the last one, "No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world." St Ignatius of Antioch
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
Jesus - Heart of Charity
©2010 James Dacey, Jr. SFO
Heart of Jesus 3/5
Hello Everyone,
What is a heart of charity? It is a heart that is full of love for God. We must have a pure heart, one that is empty of all things and is only consumed by our love for God. Our hearts must be so on fire for God that satan dare not come close. Can we live that way? Can we at least try to live that way? I know many of us can live that way from time to time and on certain days, I have been there I fully understand. The challenge is to make it become who we are all the time. One thing is certain in loving God. "But the man who loves God is known by God." 1 Corinthians 8:3. God knows our heart, He knows our ulterior motives. He knows why we say and do the things we do. This is why our hearts must be pure in His love. Untainted by the world's desires and purpose. Our love for God goes hand and hand in our love for our neighbors. Scripture is our friend, and so we need to search the scriptures, love the scriptures and embrace the words God has spoken for us. "The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did" 1 John 2:4-6.
We are so fortunate to have the wisdom of the saints to reflect upon. God has given us people like us to turn to for wisdom that help us draw closer to Him. Check this out: "The soul that is united with God is feared by the devil as one who is where God Himself is." St John of the Cross. That is powerful and that is something we can keep in mind as we pray. Jesus Christ must be our first and foremost thought at all times. Our love for Him, must be sincere and our love for Him must be true. He comforts us, He loves us, He forgives us, He has died for us. No one in this world will ever love us like He does and has and continues to. "This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9. Jesus is the way for all of us for follow. 1 John is loaded with some very inspiring scripture. "Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." 1 John 4:11-16.
Scripture can be such a magnificent inspiration. Today let us focus on opening our lives and hearts fully to Jesus. Ask Him to be thee absolute center of your life. All things you do should revolve around Him. Build a wall, a wall that keeps the devil out. A wall that is built with your love for Jesus. Nothing can penetrate a wall like that. Stand strong in what you believe in, I always say that "political correctness" only weakens a country and it destroys our own love for God. If we indeed know and believe and love God who is real, don't allow anyone to take that away from you. I always speak about being bold in your faith. Well it's true we need to be. If you love somebody, do you not stand boldly and say, "I love so and so" or that you love your kids. The same way needs to be done with our faith. The only way I won't speak up about my faith is if I am dead and buried, and if that be the truth, I'd be even happier to be even closer to my Lord.
Embrace charity into your heart and share that love you have for God with everyone. Open those flood gates of joy and happiness that fills your heart with so much love that you can't contain it. "Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly." St. Ignatius Loyola, "Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor." St Aelred of Rievaulx. Just a couple more inspiring quotes. "The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God." St. Sebastian, I like that one. And then this is the last one, "No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world." St Ignatius of Antioch
Your brother in Christ Jesus & His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr SFO
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