Dedicating the Hour to the Lord

I value the saints greatly. Now it does show that I favor St.Teresa of Avila, we get along well. I look up to the other saints like St.John Vianny he had a practice, which I have adapted to my life. It is that of "Dedicating the Hour to the Lord" through the intercession of Mary. I try to do the same, I have gotten into the habit of looking at the clock at the strike of the hour, signaling me to drop everything and pray.

During those few seconds of silence I examine the past hour and ask myself how can I make the next even better. I do fall during the hour at times I pick myself up and know that I have a greater incentive to watch my actions,words and thoughts next time. I ask the Lord to move me by doing his will, then I ask for the strength to not sin and not fall into temptations. From there I pray for the intentions of the holy father and all the prayer intentions in my prayer box.

Why do I do it? because I yearn to have a deeper union with our Lord. I know how it feels to wake up and have so much to do. 24 hours is a long time and can be hard to wrap our minds around. A hour is a much smaller amount of time something I can bite into much better than 24. It humbles me, lets me know that every hour of every day should be centered around God, He's it after all. Even though it just takes a minute to do, He is worth it. To tell the truth I can't wait for the strike of every hour it is my moment to come closer to him.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

50th Blog Post!

I can't believe that this is my 50th blog post. It has come so quickly. I have poured my heart and thoughts into this blog telling of events and lessons I have learned.

I have even been able to educate people on St.Teresa of Avila. One of my readers mentioned to me she did not know much about St.Teresa until I told little bits here and there.

 I have recieved various comments both good and bad about certain blog posts and my writing. Those comments have taught me lessons and lifted my spirits, without getting a big head.

My Readers have doubled too I have gotten a few requests to follow just this past week. So with your paitence I will try to expand my ways of sending blog posts out to everyone.

Until next time this is Myea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

Toby Mac - Get Back Up

I found this song yesterday and I thought I would share it.
Who knows I might be able to relate to it, once upon a time!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

My Past, Satan's Future

It has been half a month since my birthday, which is full of great change. My prayer life has strengthened in many ways, but I know that with Joy comes even stronger temptations. I am happy to say that even though this week has caused great temptations, I am getting stronger daily. Tuesday had that of the worse temptations, since months ago. I saw those temptations were coming from Satan, wanting to have the best of me. He has learned that of my weak spots. That Tuesday night I didn't sleep well, such horrific temptations almost brought me to the breaking point. Ruthless thoughts, Bitter comments, and most of all my past. My first response prayer, then a quote I had found earlier that day...    

Satan, the epitome of sin itself, accuses you of unworthiness! When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future! -Saint Teresa of Avila

Also along with Prayer and St.Teresa I have been going through a series of meditations by the Church Fathers on Satan and his ways. I guess God gives you the strength to go through it all!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

"All Souls Day" / Remembering Grandma Pyle

Today is all souls day, I am thinking about how we practice praying for the Poor souls in purgatory.


Offer it Up!

It has became the norm in my house that when one of us is in some kind of pain we are told "Offer it Up." It  can get old to hear, but actually a habit to do. Who knows with all the suffering I have done I might have released a soul from purgatory.

Now even though yesterday was "All Saints Day" it is also was the 13 year anniversary of my father's mother's death

                                
Margery Anne Amerine Pyle June 18 19? - November 1 1998






Carrying along the Name

As you can see her name was Margery, my sister Margery was named after her. Daddy says she has some of her characteristics after her namesake.

My Earliest Memory

The earliest memory I have is that of My Grandmother's Funeral.

My Dad's Fondest Memory

I asked Daddy what is his Fondest memory with Grandma. He said it would have to be taking her to the  many Symphonies.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

All Saints Day

Today is "All Saints Day" 

I could tell you many things about the saints, but I won't considering that I am still learning about them myself.

First of all let me tell you a story

One day a priest asked a bunch of people a question

Who wants to go to Heaven?

almost all the hands in the room went up.

then he asked another question.

Who wants to be a saint?

most of the hands went down.

the priest replied "well then you all don't want to go to heaven" a bunch of puzzled faces looked at him he responded with "if you go to heaven then you are a Saint."
 
Our life long goal should be to go to heaven and be a saint. mine is.

One Long Litany of Saints

We went to mass today at "ICC" to fulfill our holy day of obligation. Fr.Richard started out his homily by jokingly saying he was going to list all the names of the saints, everyone laughed.

On the way home someone mentioned what if he really did that? He would be there forever. What if everyone left? Would he give out a prize if you sat through all the names of the saints? As we laughed at his little joke,  We started naming off all the names of the saints we could remember. It has been over two and a half hours and we are still naming them of. My mother mentioned that was one long "Litany of Saints."     

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saiyng God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

Reflecting On October

October has been some month indeed. it started out in a way rocky and came to the middle with a awesome birthday and has been ending in a good way.

It also came to be a month of great strides. One's that were good, conquering fears and just feeling plain me, something I can get used to. I am forming deeper relationships with people near and dear to me. Overcame some conflicts and changed my view of men for the better. I was actually caught laughing for no apparent reason. No wonder they call laughter a Joyful noise. Sometimes I just can't contain myself with such good things. 

 I wouldn't say that I am a new and resurrected Mylea but just maybe coming out of my tall lair and letting everyone know that I have a budding personality that was just tucked away for years. I think my parents might just fear me becoming a social butterfly. Just wait I 'm not done yet the best is yet to come!

Until Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!