The Family Life Office from Diocese of Charleston, S.C., has a beautiful site explaining Church teaching and many sites of support…these are also found this blog site.
http://www.sc-familylife.org/pages/family%20life/infertility.html
A MARRIAGE BLESSING PRAYER
We thank you, O God, for the Love You have implanted in our hearts. May it always inspire us to be kind in our words, considerate of feeling, and concerned for each other’s needs and wishes. Help us to be understanding and forgiving of human weaknesses and failings. Increase our faith and trust in You and may Your Prudence guide our life and love. Bless our Marriage O God, with Peace and Happiness, and make our love fruitful for Your glory
and our Joy both here and in eternity. Amen
Do you know that when Our Lady said yes, in response to the Angel Gabriel, asking her if she would be willing to bear the Christ Child. This is an example to US, to also respond with our YES to God the Father, no matter what HE is asking of you. Do you know that there are times He might tell us NO? This is a time we must trust in HIM, with our whole, body, mind and soul. True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, teaches us how to give all of ourselves to Jesus through Mary. This is a good little book to reflect on, it teaches you how to respond with your own Yes, to God the Father.
We are God’s children by right of baptism, we are also Mary’s children as Jesus gave his people to her as He hung on the cross. Do you not know how much HE LOVES YOU?
Our sufferings can be very heavy at times, most especially in our marriages when our fertility is the cross. I do not take this lightly… this is a great suffering for anyone to loose a child or to suffer infertility. This pain is real!!! However, in the simplicity of our hearts we must turn to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar (Holy Eucharist, where HE reigns, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity), and place our trust in HIM. This takes much perserverance and it may take you, days, months or even years to reach that place of PEACE, that you are seeking. This all comes about through how you and the Lord work together on this. You are so special to the Father, He will never push you to a place where you are not ready to go. So, this is why it may take a while to receive the peace that He has for you…but, I must tell you just like a child waiting for a gift at Christmas, your package is waiting for you!
There is NO magic cure or answer to when God will send us what we are asking for…Just maybe, He has a better plan, well of course He does because He is God. We may not look at what He gives us as the better part, but when we let go and stop looking back, we will find peace on our journey. It will not be easy…why? Because we are human, and we have what is called human weakness. We desire a quick and easy fix, most especially in these times that we live in, everything is quick and easy (they even make PB&J; sandwiches already prepackaged, now that is sad).
We must be still and patient as we wait upon the Lord.
I will tell you if you can try to place yourself in quiet, each and everyday for 30 minutes a day, as a Carmelite Priest once told me, you will find the healing in your body and soul, that you are seeking. Jesus is the Divine Physician – if He is the Healer, then why do we not go to Him first? Instead we seek consolation from everything and everyone else, Jesus our true friend, is sometimes the last one that we actually consider going to in time of need. I realize we pray, but do we actually listen to what He has to say to us?
Below is a method of prayer that the Carmelites and many monastic souls have used. I pray that this will be a step to your peace as you begin to heal through the sufferings endured and the cross you carry… for Jesus says in the Gospel according to Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Lecio Divina is the sure way it is the method of Teresian Prayer…
Lectio Divina Framework of Teresian Prayer
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – View as HTMLFramework of Teresian Prayer. by Fr. Sam Anthony Morello, Discalced Carmelite … simplicity and inner unity of monastic prayer. The Teresian spirit … www.elcarmelo.org/LectioDivinaMorello.pdf
Light your candle, sit in a comfortable place…make a cup of tea … sit with the Lord who is your very best friend and listen… Open your heart, open your hands, close your eyes, pray… “Come Holy Spirit, Come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse” ….and now listen…
Let this be your first yes, in response to God the Father… as He waits for you to rest in Him and His only Son Our Lord Jesus Christ…may the Holy Spirit come to bring you the peace you need today and always.
God Bless You!
I would like to share with you a letter we received from the Poor Clare’s yesterday, what a beautiful gift of support they are sharing in the spirit of Christ. God Bless You!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Little hearts,
There are times in life when suffering and struggles have no obvious solution, we cannot see our way forward, we have a great realization of our own inner poverty and helplessness……. this is a time to surrender to God and trust that whatever happens it will be somehow for the best….It is a time to surrender all things into Gods hands and into his Will, which is pure love.
We would like to recommend to you at such times along with your Office, praying with Mary… or even just on its own that you pray the Chaplet of Our Holy Mother St Colette. The Editor of the Boston Journal has made a really beautiful meditative recording of the Chaplet, it is a free gift of love and to be regarded as a mission.
If you would like a free CD of this recording, or a voice file for your friends, please write to the address below, either directly on the e-mail address or go to the site. It would make a perfect gift for someone in perplexity and trial or dealing with sickness.
Please as you pray your Office ask Mary to bless and make fruitful this iniative, thankyou Little hearts. You can get your beautiful CD at.
This image was obtained with permission We pray these articles will be a help to you where you are, if you are struggling with grief, We understand your pain. Learning to accept where we are in life is the first step to true peace in Christ.
May the fruits of faith in our lives build on all of our experiences….
http://www.catholic.org/video/?v=1015
Let your faith be that living thing that keeps you alive!!!!
I wanted to let you know that the posts are now being archived. Please check the right side of this blogger for other postings.
Please let me know how this blogger is working for you?
Many couples are struggling with their fertility these days, and it seems like infertility is on the rise, we want you to know that you are not alone in your struggle. There are many doctors out there in the world trying to help you in a positive and natural way. If you have not been told about Natural Family Planning, please check out the links that are listed on the right hand side of this blog or go to:
http://www.creightonmodel.com/
One More Soul
has a list of practioners throughout the country as well as NFP doctors please go to: http://www.omsoul.com/nfp-only.php
One More Soul in Canada ~ go to: http://canada.omsoul.com/
International Mission ~ http://www.nfpandmore.org/intermission.shtml
If you are located in Eastern Europe please check out this site. NFP is a beautiful way to help build a family with God’s love.
ASIA~ NFP ~ Article ~ http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art;=10035&size;=A
To you, O Blessed Joseph, we come in our trials, and having asked the help of your most holy spouse, we confidently ask your patronage also. Through that sacred bond of charity which united you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the fatherly love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you to look graciously upon the beloved inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by his blood, and to aid us in our necessities with your power and strength.
O most provident guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ. Most beloved father, dispel the evil of falsehood and sin. Our most mighty protector, graciously assist us from heaven in our struggle with the powers of darkness. And just as you once saved the Child Jesus from mortal danger, so now defend God’s Holy Church from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity. Shield each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your help, we may be able to live a virtuous life, to die a holy death, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We would like to thank the Tepeyac Family Center and all those faithful medical doctors like them. If you are seeking a quality health center for your needs here’s a place for those of you living in Virginia or the surrounding area, check out Tepeyac Family Center http://www.tepeyacfamilycenter.com/ . These are doctors that are committed to their faith in Christ and the quality of care that you receive.
Let’s support our faithful Catholic Doctors and keep them in prayer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
