The Murray Clan: April 2011

Happy Easter - Alleluia

He is Risen, Alleluia!
What a beautiful season of the year!! Now that Lent is behind us we can continue to work toward heaven with our new resolutions of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Our family was so very honored to be at the cathedral for the mass with Bishop Salvatore. Matthew served both the Easter Vigil as well as the 10:00 a.m. mass the next day. It is a very busy time for the Murray clan, the kids are on break from school. But, we have star testing, spring activities with boy scouts, kenpo and girls club. Not to mention the yard work, spring cleaning and Holy Week preparations. So, I am a couple days past Easter Sunday, but the Church celebrates Easter Sunday during the octave after Easter Sunday. This is awesome!! We will then celebrate for 7 weeks in this Easter season remembering Christ's passion, death and most importantly His resurrection. We have been saved. We enter into Divine Mercy Sunday when His love and mercy is with us in a most profound way!!
A very Blessed and Happy Easter week and Divine Mercy Sunday to all!! Blessed John Paul II, pray for us.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Joe celebrated his Birthday this week with family!! We were able to spend it with the whole Murray Clan! Matthew is home from break for Holy Week.
A Blessed and Holy Week and Easter to All!

Lifelong Love

I believe we need to strengthen marriages. This video does a beautiful job highlighting commitment and the courage to love... forever. I spoke to a young woman today who was planning her wedding in July. She is enjoying every minute of the wedding plans. She told me, " You only get to plan one?" "Well, hopefully!" I told her. Our culture continues to discourage the self denial and sanctity of marriage. While the Church continues to promote the beauty of self-giving love within the vocations of married, single, and religious life. Let us strive as members of the mystical body to enlighten and transform the culture especially with regards to the grace that the powerful sacrament of marriage has to transform the world.
What have you done for your marriage lately?

Our Lady of Lourdes

We are called to believe, above all, in the mystery of God's will for us and for our loved ones. Bernadette Soubirous responded in faith to God's will for her, even though her commitment brought with it much suffering. The story of Bernadette, and the Lesson of Lourdes is that we must always seek, and then accept, the will of God in our lives. Our greatest and most profound experience of the healing comes, not in the receiving the cure which we seek, but in submitting ourselves to the will of God - "Lord not my will, but thine be done." - Taken from the Florentine Patron Saints Collection

Prayer of the Order of Malta

Lord Jesus, Thou has seen fit to enlist me for Thy service among the Knights and Dames of St. John of Jerusalem. I humbly entreat Thee through the intercession of the Holy Virgin of Philermo, of St. John the Baptist and all the Saints to keep me faithful to the traditions of our Order. Be it mine to practice and defend the Catholic, the Apostolic, the Roman faith against the enemies of religion: be it mine to practice charity toward my neighbors, especially the poor and sick. Give me the strength I need to carry out this my resolve, forgetful of myself, learning ever from Thy Holy Gospel a spirit of deep and generous devotion, striving ever to promote God's glory, the world's peace and all that may benefit the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Amen

Psalm 116

How shall I make a return to the Lord
for all the good he has done for me?
The cup of salvation I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithfull ones.
O Lord I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your handmade;
you have loosed my bonds.
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving
and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
My vows to the Lord I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
In the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem

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Happy Easter - Alleluia

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