Daily Reflection with Fr. Tomas Del Valle-Reyes
Dear Friends: Praying is not easy. Our daily routine calls for our full attention. And the world around us puts little value on prayer; our lives are full of material things but at the same time are getting emptier in God’s value.
For this reason, I will post a daily reflection and as you visit this site may the Holy Spirit within you come to your aid and guide you gently to the God who loves you.
I tell you my friend, it’s like being dead.
It feels like being a ghost, that breaths and feels, or maybe I am dead alive?
The days float or go by unnoticed, the sun, I am cut off from its warmth, light and all feeling.
Sometimes I feel like I am in a coffin buried alive , I can hear myself screaming inside my head, but no one can hear me, nobody does.
Yeah, it was not really alarming at first, but then, I noticed that my surroundings took on a different tone at certain times: the shadows of nightfall seemed more somber, my mornings were like any other time of the day.
Time goes by, but I do not feel it, I am numb.
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Tomás Del Valle-Reyes
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Dear Father in Heaven, who is the God of all comfort, pour into my heart your peace and strength. The storms of life have over taken me.
I am beaten down and utterly discouraged.
My soul faints within me.
My sorrow is greater than I can bear.
I am too weak for the burden laid upon me.
I pray to you dear God, send me the comfort of your help.
Please dear God, bring peace to my soul.
Comfort me as whom a parent comforts, and hold me in your arms of mercy.
Thank you my Lord.
Amen.
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Tomás Del Valle-Reyes
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York, NY 10018
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244 4778
Almighty God, whose love has sent his son into the world to be our light of perfect love, please grant me the best of your gifts, the power to win love.
Fill my heart with love for others, that it may draw love unto itself.
Set me free from selfish cares, that I may have time and thoughts for them.
Bless me, that I receive love by the loving service that I give.
Grant to me a kindly disposition, and the graces of both mind and body, that win love.
Let me always remember that self-seeking drives love away, and keep me from jealousy that destroys it.
Hear my prayer, my Lord.
Amen.
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Tomás Del Valle-Reyes
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New
York, NY 10018
(212)
244 4778
One day a woman's husband died, and on that clear,
Cold morning, in the warmth of their bedroom,
The wife was struck with the pain of learning
That sometimes there isn't "anymore."
No more hugs,
No more special moments to celebrate together,
No more phone calls just to chat,
No more "just one minute."
Sometimes, what we care about the most
Gets all used up and goes away,
Never to return before we can say good-bye,
Say "I love you."
So while we have it,
it's best we love it,
Care for it,
Fix it when it's broken and
Heal it when it's sick.
This is true for marriage ...
And old cars,
And children with bad report cards,
And dogs with bad hips,
Family and aging parents and grandparents.
We keep them because they are worth it .....
Because we are worth it.
Some things we keep -- like a best friend who moved away or a sister-in-law after divorce.
There are just some things that make us happy,
No matter what.
Life is important.
We only have one.
We only have one mom, one dad,
One unique brother or sister or friend.
I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! Then I sent it to the people I think of in the same way.
Now it's your turn to send this to all those people who are "keepers" in your life, including the person who sent it,
If you feel that way.
Suppose one morning you never wake up.
Do all your friends know you love them?
I was thinking....I could die today, tomorrow or next week, and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that needed rekindling
Or three words needing to be said.
Let every one of your friends and family know you love them. Even if you think they don't love you back,
You would be amazed at what those three little words
And a smile can do.
And just in case GOD calls me home . . .
I LOVE YA !
:-)
Live today to the fullest
Because tomorrow is not promised.
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Fr
Tomás Del Valle-Reyes
P. O. BOX 1170
New
York, NY 10018
(212)
244 4778