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God's First Language

According to St John of the Cross, God's first language is silence. It is in silence that God speaks to us. According to Devin Schadt, author of Joseph's Way: The Call to Fatherly Greatness, to become like God we must know God; to know God we must communicate with Him; and to communicate with him we must speak His language- the language of silence. God gives us the opportunity to communicate with Him in silence with every breath we take. Through God's design, every breath we breathe in is an opportunity for silence. God designed us to speak as we breathe out, not in. He designed us to be silent as we breathe in, not out. Each and every breath we breathe in is an opportunity to listen to God in that moment of silence. It is through His divine genius that He allows us to be in communication with him in each and every moment. In Matt Redman's song, Your Grace Finds Me , one particular line stands out: " I'm breathing in Your grace and breathing out Your prais
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A Two- Fold Miracle from St Gerard

  The following events, as told by our friend Jeff, prove that miracles do happen and saints do intercede for us. Sometimes more than we could ever imagine. The First Miracle My wife was pregnant with our sixth child, and we went in for the first ultrasound.   After reviewing the results, the OBGYN told us that the baby had Cystic Hygroma (swelling behind the head and neck).  They told us we needed to go to another hospital with specialists that dealt with this type of pregnancy.   At the next hospital, we got some scary news.   The Cystic Hygroma was a signal for a chromosome problem.   Our baby had a 50-75% chance of having either down syndrome or turner syndrome (that only affects females).   If it turned out not to be one of these, it would be more severe. The baby would probably not live to his or her first birthday.   Needless to say, it was unnerving. We began to pray, and many families in our community began to pray for my wife and our baby.   One of our friends g
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Passing it on to Our Children

As fathers, how often do we strive to turn our own problems and situations over to God, but not be able to apply that same philosophy to our own children when they face similar situations? As Jeff points out, building our trust in God's Providence is a difficult journey, but each small step forward allows us to surrender just a little more while drawing us closer to Him. "After reading the Trustful Surrender book, I began trying to apply it in my life. The more I applied it, the more peace I received. I found it easier and easier to apply it to the big things in my life, but a little more difficult to remember to apply it to the smaller daily things that seem to pop up. I would usually react as I always have; without thinking. I also had a difficult time trying to apply it with my children. As a father, I have always been the type (like most men) that would try and fix everything. Solve the problem and move on. One day my oldest son came to me with a problem from s
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God Carries Out His Plan

As a hard- headed child of God, I quite often have the tendency to try to understand Him and His ways on my own. It is amazing how many times I try to reinvent the "Catholic Wheel". In the course of trying to wrap my mind around the true meaning of divine providence, I finally wised up and decided to consult an underutilized source from my bookshelf: The Catechism of the Catholic Church.  The following passages on divine providence are taken directly from the Catechism. There is no other source outside of Holy Scriptures that can explain it better. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE 302 Creation has its own goodness and proper perfection, but it did not spring forth complete from the hands of the Creator. the universe was created "in a state of journeying" (in statu viae) toward an ultimate perfection yet to be attained, to which God has destined it. We call "divine providence" the dispositions by which God guides his creation toward this
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A Path to Peace

Rick shares with us a story about how choosing to conform to God's Will, especially when we may not initially want to, really does lead to peace in our lives:     "After reading Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence , I knew intellectually that it was the truth. However, I didn't know how I could wish for God's will and not my own short sighted wishes. This story is about the first time I realized conforming my will to His can bring peace today.     My entire family including my parents, siblings, and all our kids (18 in all) had been planning a Mediterranean cruise for 3 years. We were going to Sicily to visit our ancestors homeland. The amount of work putting this together and excitement was tremendous. We were flying to Europe from all over the USA. My wife, 2 boys ( ages 14 and 17) arrived at our local airport and were told that our flight was cancelled. After 2 hours and trying many options including speaking with 3 supervisors, I realized we would lik
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