Our Struggles and His Love

Discussing the Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross with a group yesterday.  I am a person who has never been in the habit of re-reading books.  Once is generally enough for me.  I can however read the writings of our great Carmelite saints again and again with delight.  How challenging they are and yet how consoling!  Always the challenge to trust more, to let go of our self-will, to let slip our tight control of our own lives, but always the accompanying reassurance that God loves us even as we struggle to let go in the face of our chronic fears!

Intercessions

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Sister Daranee Teapthong,

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (recovering from stroke)

Illness:  Hilary Solomon, Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.