JACk of hearts

“The Eucharist should be the heart of every vocational journey: it is here that the love of God touches us in Christ’s sacrifice, the perfect expression of love, and it is here that we learn ever anew how to live according to the “high standard” of God’s love.”
— Pope Benedict XVI (2012 World Day of Vocations message, just released)

(via fathershane)

Hot Chick [script excerpt]

April: What is love? How do you know if you’re really in love

Jessica: I think its when you find that someone you can be yourself with. Tell them anything you know.

April: You mean like best friends?

Jessica: Yea…  Love is like when you can’t imagine your life without that special person, and words don’t come close to how it really feels.

April: And even though it doesn’t make sense to other people, you know your suppose to be with them.

Jessica: Yea …

April: And you spend all night thinking about them. And when you wake up you have never felt so rested.

Jessica: And you feel like you have to hold onto something because your whole body might just float away.

True Love …

It was approximately 8.30 a.m. on a busy morning when an elderly gentleman in his eighties arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9.00 a.m.

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat. I knew it would take more than an hour before someone would to able to attend to him. I saw him check his watch anxi…ously for the time and decided to evaluate his wound since I was not busy with another patient.

On examination, the wound was well healed. Hence, I talked to one of the doctors to get the supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

We began to engage in a conversation while I was taking care of his wound. I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment later as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no and said that he needed to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his wife.

I inquired about her health. He told me that she had been in the nursing home for a while as she was a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. I probed further and asked if she would be upset if he was slightly late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was and she had not been able to recognize him since five years ago.
I asked him in surprise, “And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.”

I had to hold back my tears as he left.
I had goose bumps on my arm, and I thought, “That is the kind of love I want in my life.”

True love is neither physical nor romantic. It is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be…

The Company is on my playlist, keeping me company 

THIS TIME WITH YOU

Music, Lyrics and Vocal Arrangement by Paulo K. Tirol

I take a breath and close my eyes,
And slow my world down for just a while,
And in the stillness, I feel You before me.
I let myself go, and open my heart to You

Pre-chorus:
In this special time.
With You, in this secret time.
With You, in this sacred time.
I can’t help but fall in love
In this time with You.

Refrain:
I love this time with You.
Only You,
Cause no one else could know me better,
No one else’s heart is closer,
No one’s whispers wake such wonder as Yours do.
And nothing else can make me stronger,
Nothing fills my heart with fire.
Nothing but our time together, me and You.
How I love this secret, sacred time with You.

Your arms so strong are my strength too.
Your tight embrace says “I’m with you.”
Your touch so gentle says through all that’s changing.
Through whens, wheres and whys,
The one thing that’s sure is You

(Pre-chorus and refrain)

Your heart to mine, we converse in the silence
Where so much is said wordlessly.
Lost in Your rapture, I gladly surrender,
Letting Your love move in me
With this time with You

(Refrain)

How I love this secret, sacred time
How I love this secret, sacred time
How I love this secret, sacred time with You.

What & If

“What” and “If” are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What if? What if? What if? I don’t know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love, then it’s never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn’t it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don’t know what a love like Juliet’s feels like - love to leave loved ones for, love to cross oceans for but I’d like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I will have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn’t, I hope one day that you will. All my love, Juliet.” 

This is how God loves His daughter

This is how God loves His daughter

(Source: highlightofmyday)

“Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.”
— Saint Anthony of Padua”

Its always been a mystery to me,
How two hearts can come together,
And love can last forever.
But now that I have found you I believe,
That a miracle has come when God sends the perfect one.
So gone are all my questions about why,
And i’ve never been so sure of anything in my life

Oh I wonder what God was thinking,when he created you.
I wonder if He knew everything I would need,
Because he made all my dreams come true.
When God made you, He must have been thinking about me.

Ooo ooo,I promise that wherever you may go, wherever life may lead you,
With all my heart I’ll be there too.
And from this moment on I want you to know,
I’ll let nothing come between us, and I will love the ones you love.
So gone are all my questions about why

Oh I wonder what God was thinking when he created you,
I wonder if He knew everythin I would need,
Because He made all my dreams come true.
When God made you He must’ve been thinking about me.

He made the sun He made the moon,
To harmonize a perfect tune,
One can’t do without the other they just have to be together.
And that is how I know it’s true,
Your for me and i’m for you and my world
Just can’t be right without you in my life

Oh I wonder what God was thinking,when he created you.
I wonder if He knew everything I would need,
Because he made all my dreams come true.
When God made you, He must have been thinking about me.

He must have heard every prayer I’ve been praying. He must’ve knew everything I would need

When God made you, He must’ve been thinking about me.