Do dogs go to Heaven?/ My Pledge/Looking at the Sunset

Now you might be wondering what this blog post is about. The title may sound odd or funny, but you might learn a lesson. For me, it is a lesson and it does count for school. No, I did not do research and yes, I am doing my homework. Mostly, I am praying about it now.

A friend asked me this question today, “Do dogs go to Heaven?” Now this friend was laughing when he said it and I know he was joking with me, but it helped me learn a lesson. It made me laugh a little, smile a lot, and will help me pray more often. 

What did I learn?

Although an adult asked this question, its probably asked more often by children, who can sometimes shock and amaze with their spiritual insights. I wonder how they do it? Maybe its because they have a special connection with God and the angels.  

Speaking of angels (though they are neither man nor woman, I refer to my Guardian Angel as a girl), I came home from church last Sunday night and found a piece of paper on my bedside table. Now just like the question, it made me laugh and smile a lot. This is what it said…

My Pledge: I promise to always tell you what you want to hear. To always, understand you. I am not here to be your conscience. I am here to be your special friend who you can tell your feelings. I will never yell. You can name me. I hope my smile will cheer you up when you are sad. I shall always be there no matter what.  ________________________________    

That night I was down but this cheered me up and I remembered I had a Guardian Angel who watches over me. I need to acknowledge her more often, to ask her for help. The next morning I investigated to find out who wrote this. It was my little sister Veronica; she is just a child and amazes me. I hear her at night saying the guardian angel prayer. Oh, how close she must be to that Guardian Angel of hers. My Guardian Angel deserves to be acknowledged. She sure has been keeping me in line the past few years. She has to!

 

Looking at the Sunset

The sunset is so beautiful to look at. I watched the sun go down this past Tuesday night and looked back to when I was little. I used to wonder if the angels spent all day painting the sunset for people like me to admire. 

That slip of paper means so much to me that I will frame it and hang it on my wall. First, I need to write my Guardian Angel’s name in the blank on the paper, which I will announce in a future blog post.

Tonight I will kneel down, pray to my Guardian Angel, and thank her for the good job she has done watching over me! In addition, I will ask my Guardian Angel that question, “Do dogs go to Heaven?” Who knows, she just might give me the answer!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be joyful and do not forget to pray!    

P.S. Thank You Professor Veronica for teaching me something. I bet you did not know you had a degree in teaching your big sister something useful! And thanks Fr. Richard for helping me connect the dots!

Time's a Ticking

Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday September 29th is the deadline for sending in your suggestions for future blog posts!

Until Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't Forget to Pray!



Future Blog Posts Suggestions

OK, after a Interesting weekend and acting like a SCARED and a little TRAUMATIZED on Monday.  The past three days have consisted of picking myself up and trying to not be Isolated so life should be more calm for who knows how long and if the only thing that has bothered me today is the pesky insect who felt he had to bug me all during adoration and getting bug juice on the page of my book.

hmm...

I wonder if the devil can pester you in the form of a knat?. 

!anyway! 

  I'm just fine so now what will I be doing next? Getting back into...

BLOGGING MODE!

That's right I already have 8 topics or blog posts lined up.

But I want to satisfy my Readers so give me your suggestions you can reach me at...

myleajanisteresa@gmail.com 

Let me know your suggestions the deadline is a week from today that way I can start planing and Writing for the new blog posts. 

One last thing one of my readers mentioned I should do a blog post with a list of Liberal and Non Liberal Catholic sites. That is in the works and will be posted in the future. 

Until Next Time this is Mylea Janis Teresa Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't forget to Pray! 

Divinity

Today my sisters, my Dad and I played a board game called Divinity it is a game for Children, but I consider it a family game because the Catechism is all through out it, which is a good thing.

The game has three different Levels of questions Easy, Moderate and Difficult. Most of us do Easy, but sometimes Daddy and I will do Moderate. I always landed on the ones about prayer and a few of us landed on the space about Moral Decision, I think Fr. Flynn's Homilies taught us something worth while for we all got the questions correct whenever we landed on that space. there was even a space to tell about a bible story, I did the battle of Jericho. Another was to sing a song we sing at church, Veronica led us in "Here I am Lord". A space to pray, Daddy did the 60 second prayer and another one which I forgot the purpose of the space.

We had lots of fun and did it together as a family,but most of all we learned a bunch of new things about our amazing Catholic faith and all of it came from the Catechism.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa 

Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!      

Pearls

A friend of mine gave this little card to me, which said something on it. I don't have any kind of pearl necklace or bracelet, but one day I might just get one, but for the mean time I can look at myself as a Pearl one very unique Pearl!

Pearls are

Classy and Elegant;

Individual and Unique, no one like the other;

Beautiful and Elegant;

Delicate in appearance, yet strong;

Mysterious and elusive - they must be found and discovered from

Inside an oyster;

Valuable;

Timeless.

As a woman, you too are classy and elegant, the "pearl of great price". God gave his only son on the cross for you. Your individuality is unique and irreplaceable from all other women; you have a mission in life all your own, fashioned by a loving God in a certain way for a specific purpose. You are elegant, with a loving heart that is imprinted with the love of God. You have a tender and delicate heart, but are strong to bear the burden and sufferings of others and give them strength. you deserve to be searched for and found by someone who is worthy of your dignity and ready to love you with an authentic love for which you are designed. You are valuable, for your own sake, not because of what you can do or what you look like, but because of who you are, You are valuable, designed for great things by a God who has a vision for your life already in mind waiting to be discovered. You were created for happiness in eternity. You are Beautiful.

Until Next Time This is Mylea Janis Teresa

Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't forget to Pray.

When Will I get My Drivers License?

Well to answer that question first I need to turn 16 then know how to drive which is something I have no knowledge of after I know that I need a learners permit and from there a drivers license but considering it costs $40 to get the kit to learn.Then there is insurance too $100 and much more but then no one asks me the question do I want to drive? No I don't want to, the truth is I'm afraid why? you ask well when I'm behind the wheel I have to be alert and have my eyes on the road foot on the gas pedal and seat belt on. I also have to worry that if I have passengers that I'm responsible for their life at that moment and what if I just get into a car wreck I just might have killed someone and how will I live with that for the rest of my life from there Insurance could go up and then my parents have to pay for the damages. but the only thing I would like is being able to go to daily mass when I want to. Just look for the post "I've got my Now" in the next year or so.

Until Next Time this Is Mylea Janis Teresa 

Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't forget to Pray!    

A Month from Today I will be Sixteen!

Yes it's true! I'm still trying to digest it.On the 15th of October I will be 16! Now this time last year I was hoping that age 15 would be a break through age for me I don't know if that is true but I look back at the previous year in my life and think that the first six month were dreadful the last five months have been rough as well but in somewhat of a way they have calmed down a teeny bit. I would have to say that my biggest milestone this year was being confirmed after five long years of waiting it happened and I'm glad it did, but as I look at the future I have that same question pop up again will age 16 be my break through age? I don't know but I will say this much I'm gonna try hard to make this my break through age all right with Teresa's intercession and help. Now many have asked me that big question so often when will I get my drivers licence? Gosh I hear this more than I think it has been as common as I and Me or Yes and No well the answer to that is to be in a future blog post so....

Until Next time This Is Mylea Janis Teresa

Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't Forget to Pray!

9/11, Gospel Reading for Today, Forgiveness, Mercy, Love

Today many of us are remembering ten years ago when the twin towers went down or more likely known as "9/11" on that day many innocent people had their lives taken from them

America is wounded 

We are a country who is still struggling with this crisis and how we need to Forgive the muslims, who did something that was wrong soon after many americans would treat other muslims badly and would pre-judge them because of what other muslims did now because we are wounded we blame other people we carry that baggage with us and we dwell upon it greatly till it disrupts our lives.When the twin towers came down at the time I was only 6 I didn't know what was happening and only remember that I was at school (private school at the time) when a teacher walked in and said that the twin towers were struck down by highjackers my teacher told the whole class to stop what they were doing and pray we did and that was all I remember.

Struck Down

I have struggled with other things that have wounded me. Back in the summer of 2008 I was at VBS at Saint Thomas we had a new pastor who was named Fr. Al he was quiet and unusal until during VBS he touched me in a way that was disurbing  I went to my first youth event which I was forced into going I hated it and there Fr. Al took it too the next level and did something that traumatized me even more (not sexual but pysical) I told my parents what happened they didn't mess with it until that weekend when my mother felt she needed to report it we met with the Bishop and my family decided that we were to leave St. Thomas so we went to ICC.

Wounded

 Since that has happened I have been scared of Men it is something I have to deal with it but at times I overreact because of Fr. Al I have Pre-Judged all men esspecialy priests I know I shouldn't pre-judge but it is so easy to do like americans who pre-judge the muslims like I pre-judge men. In Sirach 28:3-4 we read "Does a man harbor anger against another, and yet seek for healing from the Lord? Does he have no mercy toward a man like himself and yet pray for his own sins?" Meaning do I express my anger toward other people, seek for healing from the Lord yet ask for mercy for myself but not pray for Fr. Al and how he has sinned and harmed me? A year and a half  later we came back to St. Thomas to be confirmed I had to go to a youth event called Youth night, when I first walked  into that same room where Fr. Al touched me it hit me I hadn't been in that room since he touched me. I asked the Lord "please don't let it happen again please
I walked in and that night my first time I was scared totally and to defended myself I became angry at everyone because I didn't want to be harmed again. I think that might be the reason why no one talks to me even though I want them to. So now it has been a year since that first time I walked in and I'm even more scared partly because the room is full of men and the other half is because I fear going into the building where it happened.

Have I forgave him? 

Yesterday I went up to ICC and went to confession the priest Fr. Rich ,who heard my confession, we talked about what happened with Fr. Al he gave me a pennance which I will try to apply to my life he mentioned  4 different virtues I only remember 3 of them for some reason wisdom to understand, temprance to control my anger or not try to overreact I forgot the third one and the last Paitence in things like struggling with Algebra (Grr I hate it Paitence Mylea) or the paitence to heal from what happened. In the gospel today Peter asked Jesus saying " Lord how many times must I forgive my brother who has sinned against me as many as seven times? Jesus replied "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven". from what this means to me the question "have I forgave him? well Fr.Rich said I should pray about it and yes i don't know the answer yet but just maybe it means to me that I need to let go of my anger forgive him and go on. But what about when I freak out and remember about it well maybe I should whenever I remember it forgive him even more who knows maybe just Seventy Times Seven.

Forgivness, Mercy, Love

Later I heard Fr. Rich's homily at mass and loved how he said we must first forgive someone of their wrong doing ,which is hard indeed, then we shall ask for Mercy if we recieve that then we are able to recieve God's Love abundantly. I pray that america can forgive those who brang down the twin towers ask for mercy and know that God Loves them even in times of suffering and remembrance.

Fear of relapse

I fear that I might relapse and something will happen again by another priest or man and so I'm always walking in fear which I would like to overcome. You might not know but the teorists planned today on the ten year aniversary of 9/11 to attack the train system in Chicago luckly we found out and it won't happen.

Healing

To get what has happened to me and to try to heal I have seeked counseling and will start soon for America through prayer and support we can accept and heal from 9/11.

I ask you to pray for America and ask that we heal as a nation from 9/11 I will be praying myself and also please pray for me as I heal from what has happened.     
 

Until Next Time this is Mylea Janis Teresa

Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't Forget to Pray!

SAINTS SPEAK: St. Teresa of Avila (Holy Mary)

Since our Lady's Birthday was this past Thursday.
I thought I would post a video on St. Teresa of Avila talking about Mary.
Now I know that this isn't the Real Saint Teresa of Avila but I came across this video on a site on You tube.and thought that inspiring as words can be from the saints and a good one at that why not!


Until Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa
Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't forget to Pray!

Role Models of the Christian Lady

I came across this a month and a half ago found it beautiful

Role Models of the Christian Lady

Like Deborah, I wil serve the Lord in power and speak his word without fear.

Like Esther, I will intercede for God's people before the the throne

Like Abigail, I will humble myself to wash the feet of the servants of the Lord.                         Like Hannah, I will dedicate my children to the Lord.

Like Lydia, I will be a worshipper of God and open my home to his ministers.

Like Tabitha (Dorcas), I will always do good and help the poor.

Like Joanna, i will use my wealth to support the ministry of Jesus.

Like Mary, the sister of Martha, I will know the voice of Jesus and hear his words.

Like Mary, the mother of Mark, I will make my home a haven for the followers of Jesus

Like Mary, the Magdalene, I will keep at the feet of Jesus and love him unto death.

Like Saint Anne, I will serve god Joyfully in my home.

Like Saint Philomena, i will preserve the gift of purity at all costs.

Like Saint Monica, I will never cease preserving in intercessory prayer.

Like Saint Scholastica, I will trustingly and humbly make requests of God. 

Like Saint Clare of Assisi, I will deeply adore Jesus in the Eucharist  

Like Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,  I will share God's pprovidence with others.

Like Saint Catherine of Siena, I will be uunafraid to challenge unfaithfulness.

Like Saint Joan of Arc, I will trust that with God, the impossible is possible. 

Like Saint Teresa of Avila, I not let hardships stop me from doing God's work. 

Like Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, I will demand little for myself.

Like Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, I will bring my family to prayer. 

Like Saint Eilzabeth Ann Seton, I will seek and live for the Truth. 

Like Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, I will be willing to sacrifice my will for God's.

Like Saint Katharine Drexel, I will seek to help the most oppressed. 

Like Saint Therese the Little Flower, I will always keep the innocence of a child. 

Like Saint Gianna Molla, I will love all life, especially the most helpless. 

Like blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, I will do little things with great love. 

Like Mary mother of Jesus, I will hear the word of God to and will answer, 

"Fiat...BE IT DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD."     

Untill Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa

Saying God Bless Be Joyful and Don't Forget to pray.