The children's rosary asked Jesus to give a gift to Our Blessed Mother on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. The gift was that a 1,000 families would begin family prayer for each petal that forms on each blossom of the Peace rose that we planted for His mother. Yesterday the children and I admired three buds just beginning to open. Today 5 were visible. The bud that I had suspected might open today still held tight together but a more interior one shown fully open. It was a wonderful example of how Our Lord surprises us with beauty where you aren't expecting it.
The Lord would bring together many pieces which only He could have done. Several weeks ago we had decided to offer one Mass a week for renewal of family prayer. When we called one of the only Masses that was available this week was the 8:00AM today. Last Wednesday a spontaneous call to the principal of the the St. Thomas elementary school would develop into the children's rosary giving the second grade class Bibles this very morning. In addition the principal of the school had also planned a May crowning of Mary this morning. At the end of Mass today a friend approached me. Her daugher had recently joined the childrens rosary and received a Bible on Divine Mercy Sunday. She said that as a result of the prayers of the children's rosary she had begun family prayer in her home. She is mother to five children. My heart smiled to see the work the Lord was doing. A small prayer by St.Teresa of Avila comes to mind:
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing dismay you.
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patience attains all that it strives for.
Who has God lacks nothing.
God alone suffices.
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