FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ LIVING PRAYER ~ Happy New Year 2017 ~ 01 January 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

LIVING PRAYER

Brother Lawrence was a monk who lived almost 300 years ago and worked in the galley of his monastery. He wrote a book, The Practice of the Presence of God, which today is considered a classic in the area of Christian devotion. Brother Lawrence spent much of his time in the monastery scullery scrubbing pots and pans. He also had a collateral duty as the monastery cobbler. In these jobs, he said, he learned to glorify God in simple tasks and to pray with his hands. By bringing to each small job the best of his ability, he developed the practice of living prayer. Whether he was bustling around the galley, repairing shoes or kneeling in prayer, he learned to grow spiritually as well as mentally and to cultivate a never-ending, ever-deepening sense of God's presence.

Each day you do hundreds of small tasks. Perhaps you feel at times unrecognized or unnoticed, or that your job is insignificant in the great scope of things. The fact is it doesn't matter what you do or what position you hold. What really matters is the spirit in which you work, and how you approach your work. Brother Lawrence teaches us an important and very wise lesson: Even the simplest tasks, when done to the best of your ability, are important in God's eyes. Whenever you bring to any job the best of yourself, your fullest mind, an honest heart, and a striving for excellence, then your work, no matter what you do, becomes like a living prayer to God.

CAPT Jane F. Vieira, CHC, USN

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Here's to health and happiness!
A toast to the New Year!
Peace and joy to all of us!
Prosperity and cheer!
Years come and go, some bad, some good.
New years provide the space,
Each to fill with what one would,
Windows onto grace.
Years come and go, yet still we toast
Each one, for each one seems
As though it were a new-found coast,
Rich with hope and dreams.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight's Sunday Chapel thread.

[left that other site]

Happy New Year!

May 2017 Bring Health, Happiness, Peace, and Prosperity to All!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...are you ringing in the new year at home or out with friends?

A Blessed Lord’s Day to the MacNessa family.

[Fiddlstix]

Click The Pic For Auld Lang Syne

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML and Penny, and a Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.

Did Penny go out in the snow? Does she need doggies booties to keep her feet dry and warm?

Happy New Year - Click Here

[ConorMacNessa]

We're celebrating at home, Kathy, as is our custom. There's no way I will go out on the roads after about 4:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Mrs. MacNessa is watching the party on Fox News and I'm watching football. We had a nice dinner (scampi) and are sipping on champagne.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[left that other site]

The temps are low, but the ground is dry.

Penny will wear a coat, but booties are OUT OF THE QUESTION!

So far I have not had to shovel. May 2017 not bring any of that! :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ LIVING PRAYER ~
~ Happy New Year 2017 and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.




Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

[HiJinx]

Backatchya, MA! Hope your New Year is a good one.
Love to you and your Mom, too.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!

[ConorMacNessa]

"TAKE UP THY CROSS
AND FOLLOW ME"



"I Vow To Thee My Country"
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
(Click)

"I VOW TO THEE, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace."

[left that other site]

A Blessed New Year to you, ConorMacNessa!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I was trying to watch a couple college bowls but the split screen drove me insane....not worth watching for the headache it caused.

Staying in is a wise decision.

Happy New Year - Click Here

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Fiddlstix.....MAGA!!

Ben Garrison can really cut to the chase.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thank you very much, ML!

*HUGS*

A Blessed Lord's Day and New Year to you as well.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[ConorMacNessa]

I expected Alabama to win - I didn't expect it to be as one-sided as it was. I also didn't expect Ohio State to collapse the way they have up to this point. Not the best games of the season, for sure.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[Fiddlstix]

Ben Nails It! IF a picture is worth a thousand words then one of Ben Garrison's cartoons is worth ten thousand words.

Click The Pic

[ColdOne]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!