#721 Thursday, sept. 7/17, 3:35 pm, St. Theresa’s, before the Blessed Sacrament
O God, O Holy One, O Mighty One.
Come to us each day. Be with us in sickness and health.
Is it not funny that we ask God to be with us, yet I have told you that I am with you always.
Let us be free to ask that we have the Grace from Him to realize He is with us always.
Why do we feel we have lost Him or He doesn’t realize our struggle, or that He is indifferent and needs reminding.
Let us affirm that we BELIEVE He is with us always and thus this gives us the courage to face each day.
Let our prayer be “O God, O mighty One, O Holy One, THANK YOU for being here with Me this day.
Your very presence strengthens me and allows me to journey through this day knowing You are at my side, leading me forward in all circumstances.
You note, I never lead you backward.
There is no retreating when you let Me lead you.
It is impossible to retreat into the past and live there.
He calls us to BE with Him in this moment.
The past cannot be relived and fixed to make it look like it never happened.
It can be recalled and given to God to care for as He sees fit -- not according to our ideas or our presumptions.
Let us proclaim to our hearts and to the Lord that He is in charge of it ALL.
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