Reflection – Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur

Give Us This Day – Reflection for Saturday, October 12th

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Leave Nothing Undone

Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.

[T]here is no neutrality in matters of morality. From that arises the obligation to make a sustained effort on a daily basis to work at interior perfection, because, whether we intend it or not, the effect we have on others will be the reflection and expression of what we are within. Let us create an interior treasure of noble thoughts, energy, and strong, intense affection, and then we maybe sure that sooner or later, perhaps without our being aware of it, the overflow will affect the hearts of others….

Therefore, every life is a serious matter and ought not to be led carelessly. Whether we consider it to be the prelude or a rough outline of the fuller, better life that we cannot enjoy here below, or whether we look at it as a fruit (a very bitter fruit sometimes) and not as a seed, nevertheless, we arrive at this conclusion that every life involves responsibility and we are accountable not only for the evil that we do, but also for the good that we do not do. We are convinced also that our smallest actions and our most unnoticed sacrifices have a lasting effect in time and space, and that we continue forever the good or evil that we have once begun.

As a result, nothing is indifferent in our moral life; the neglect of the smallest duty has consequences we never suspect. This is why we must live in such a way that no obligation, great or small, maybe left undone. That is why we must not lose sight of this desired goal in the clouds, but work in the present in order to attain it.

Elisabeth Leseur : Selected Writings

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Seeking God,in Mary’s company, praying the Rosary

Dear Little hearts,

Yes, sister, I’ve got all that but what about when God and I don’t seem to have anything to say each other and my heads empty and I really don’t want to pray the Rosary, and I feel like what’s the use?

Well my answer to that is precisely this, just make an act of faith and a great act of love, which is simply an act of the will and begin to pray the Rosary out aloud. This is when you can regard your praying the Rosary as a sacrifice, and offering sacrifices is of as much value as when you can pray straight from the heart and with ease !!….. maybe even more value because in this instance you are really dying to yourself and your natural inclination not to bother, choosing to pray, choosing to make an act of faith that God and Our Lady will use your prayer.

Precisely because it takes far more effort at such times as these, think for a moment what this looks like from Gods point of view. He sees in the inner motivation and the wanting of the good even when the feelings mitigate against it.

The great thing about this experience is that afterwards having accomplished what you set out to do you will know within yourself you did the right thing and it makes the times when it is much easier to pray far more precious.

So dear hearts just keep going the best as you can, God is not looking for success but rather that we try, that we show good will.

Keep in mind that all your even Christians throughout the world share the same struggles and when one link in the chain is weak another will have the grace to pray and intercede.

It is a joy to gather you all up in the prayer of the Rosary it unites at home and it unites over the oceans, God bless you all dear little Hearts.

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Seeking God in Mary’s Company praying the Rosary

Dear Little hearts,

The Rosary, Prayer, are living things and because of this the praying of the Rosary has like nature itself, its seasons and times. It knows a Spring, a Summer an Autumn and a Winter.

There are times when we experience inwardly a feeling, usually after a somewhat dormant period in our prayer journey, a new awakening to life, and we sense something starting to grow within us, this is SPRING, then at other times we know as it were a flowering of our prayer, we are full of inspirations and words, this is the SUMMER, and then can come a very fruitful time, this is an AUTUMN in prayer, and then this may be followed by a barren

Dark period when it takes a real act of the will to pray the Rosary, this is the WINTER of prayer. We should always remember at this point that winter will pass, and spring will come, where there is LIFE nothing is ever ever static beneath the surface is LIFE.

In time we will come to understand that it really doesn’t matter where we are in the seasons of prayer, each can have its struggles and its blessings, and we can find God in the awakening spring and also in the depths of winter. GOD is in the light (the pillar of fire) and HE is in the darkness (the pillar of cloud).

Prayer once uttered has its own life, the sound waves go out into infinity, into God, prayer although we may not see the results WE WANT but what GOD WILLS is always living and it is achieving something. And on a slightly different level regarding the Rosary itself, the Joyful Mysteries can easily be seen in the context of Spring, The Mysteries of Light as a time of light and summer, the Glorious Mysteries as Autumn, the fruitfulness of God and the intrinsic promise that autumn holds that of holding the seeds of future new life, and the Sorrowful Mysteries as a tome of dying, death and darkness. Whatever way one perceives it it is all spiritually and actually part of the Great Circle of Life. So have courage, simply pray from where you are now !!

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ROSARY