In just six days, the USA will have a new Blessed; one of the few American-born Servants of God to reach this significant stage in the Canonization Process. The Blessed's name is Sr. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich... and our group celebrated her, venerated her, and reflected on the message of her life and writings: Holiness is possible for all!
Our group especially invokes the help of
Our Lady and Bl. Alexandrina of Balazar
during our prayer time. Last night, we
also invoked Sr. Miriam Demjanovich,
our host's home shrine.
For those not familiar with Sr. Miriam Teresa, she was a member of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth in New Jersey who died in 1927 at the tender age of 26-years-old. She was, apparently, a mystic-soul who suffered invisible stigmata, and her edifying and practical spiritual writings are compiled under the title of Greater Perfection. I encourage readers out there to get to know Sr. Miriam Teresa - click here to start learning more about her.
We also had the joy of hosting two young adults last night - brother and sister - who came with their parents who are regular participants of our monthly prayer. The siblings participated actively as one read the day's Scripture Passage (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10) and its accompanying reflection; the other read the September 25th Medjugorje Message. Coincidentally (or more like providentially), everything - Sr. Miriam Teresa, the Scripture Reading, and the Medjugorje Message - all came together harmoniously as a message aimed primarily at the youth... so it wasn't surprising that our Lord lead these two young people to our prayer meeting last night. Hopefully, they got His message.
Reaching out to our youth through Love,
Respect, Prayer, & Christian Fellowship.
Let us always remember to include the spiritual well-being of our young people in our prayers and devotions. The youth will one day be running the show so we really need godly ones.
The rest of the evening was topped off by a beautiful Rosary Prayer, meaningful petitions, and of course... an awesome potluck - thank you, Jesus!
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