[Palladin]

Thank you both for your contributions to this thread. Catholics like you two, and Mother Angelica and her priests and nuns, in your steadfastness and reliance on Truth, are holding me together in these tumultuous times for the Church. Some days my faith is about as big as the proverbial mustard seed. Then I tune in to EWTN, watch and pray with Mother's priests at their Mass, and peace and quiet descend on my soul. Or I catch the recitation of the Rosary, or the Divine Mercy chaplet, and the raging storm ceases, my sould becomes anchored once again.

[father_elijah]

Your post is very kind, Palladin. We should pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy every time we feel that storm brewing. As hard as these times are for faithful Catholics, it is also still the Age of the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ. (EWTN is a wonderful antidote to the spiritual poisons that are about -- especially their broadcasts of Mass and the Chaplet and Rosary).

Jesus words to St. Faustina give us the best short prayer for this time: Jesus, I trust in you. Let us pray that very often during the day, together with the prayer Mother Teresa taught:
Jesus, alive in my heart, I love you.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Thanks Palladin, sincerely.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Some days my faith is about as big as the proverbial mustard seed

And too many days my faith is as wide as the Nile, but as shallow as an oil slick.

I too cling to the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and a constant prayer is "Jesus, have Mercy on us!"

Any time anyone comes into my thoughts, first I try to remember to pause and pray, "Lord have Mercy on this child of yours," for they may be in a moment of need or desperation, and they may have been called into our conscious thoughts by our guardian angels for just such a reason.

Lets all continue to pray for each other in this Catholic community developing here on FR.