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Lindy Morelli in a forty-four year old blind woman from Pennsylvania. She lives as a Carmelite contemplative and is a Roman Catholic lay woman. Lindy is entirely dedicated to loving and to serving God by comforting those who feel lost, hopeless, lonely. We offer inspiration, strength, and encouragement. Read the rest of this entry »
Poor, unwanted, weary family
Traveling through the crowded street
Lonely shepherds, outcasts, seeking;
You, who understood.
Glory! Praise!
The skies exploding
With the angels song!
Mary,
Simple handmaid chosen,
Walking, through the span of time;
Bringing hope to mortal creatures;
Thinking, waiting, trust.
Jesus, helpless child, forgotten,
Weak, passed over,
Yet, our God.
Come to free us from disaster;
Gentle loving One.
On this feast day of Saint Therese, we remember that she suffered excruciating pain, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Suffering pain from tuberculosis, suffering rejection and misunderstanding continually from others, feeling profoundly her own weakness, and feeling cut off from God…all these made up the awful morass of suffering in which she continually lived.
Traveling through this earth as if it were a wasteland…knowing that only one thing matters, love and the pursuit of love as we journey to heaven. “I will be Love in the heart of the Church,” she said. “Love will be my vocation.”
All these recollections speak to me and draw me in; they help me to make sense of an otherwise senseless life; pain has meaning when it is shared with Christ, for Christ. Suffering has value when it is accepted for a higher purpose; only for purification on the road to heaven; making our souls ready for eternity.
July 21, 2011
Dear Friends of Lighthouse,
Thank you for your interest and support of Lighthouse ministries.
Presently, we are still providing a residence for selected persons if they are a good candidate, highly motivated in rebuilding their lives and in working toward maturity and recovery.
I also provide counseling and spiritual direction for many people who would otherwise not be able to afford these services.
In the past six months, we have had a number of residents who have come to us in dire straits, without other supports; these residents were not able to pay rent for several months at a time.
As a result, Lighthouse has depleted its capital fund and we are in great need of some replenishment.
As you may know, we do not receive any state or federal grants, and we depend solely on Divine Providence.
Both Lois and I are volunteers, and we simply want to be able to continue to provide services to the poor and needy who come to us. Because we have not been taking any money in through rents, we have depleted our funds, in the last six months, down three thousand dollars.
If you can give us a one-time gift to replenish our capital, this would be greatly appreciated. We would also appreciate sponsorship, for prospective residents who have no means of support, at $100 a month to cover their rent.
Sincerely, best wishes in Christ
Lindy Morelli
Lighthouse In Scranton Inc
P O Box 99, Scranton PA 18504
(John chapter 9. The man born Blind.)
What do we most need from God when we are in a troubling situation? When we are perplexed; when someone is annoying or hurting us; when we feel stuck, trapped or hopeless?
We pray for spiritual sight, (or for insight) (inner sight) so that we can see as Christ sees; so that we can have wisdom to know how to deal with every situation, every difficulty and every person.
Sometimes we are blinded by our own limited point of view, our own perspective, our own hurt etc.
We must ask God for healing; we must not condemn ourselves; God knows we are needy; that we cannot always see clearly.
God help me to see with your eyes.
Questions for Reflection:
1.What situation persons, etc etc are troubling to me today? What does it feel like to be dealing with these situations at present?
2. What is stopping me from being able to see this person or situation more clearly and peacefully? Is it hurt? Is it my own perspective? Is it something within me that needs to be healed or change?
3. What do I need to ask God for? Healing? Spiritual sight? Wisdom?
4. Please fill in your own comments after some reflection.
Bread, good wholesome bread,
Coming from the gracious earth,
Wheat and water, salt and grain—To Feed and nourish us.
Mixing kneading, rising loaf,
Baking, breaking sharing all;Warmth and laughter, love and beauty
For the hungry heart.
Bread, o come down,
Day by day,
Love of life, to strengthen us;
“When you run, you won’t grow weary,
Walking, never faint”…
Dear Dominic,
I wrote this poem for you to thank you for the bread.
Hope all is well for you!
Please keep me in your prayers.
God bless.
Love,
Lindy
You came walking toward me on troubled seas,
But I did not know it was You.
You come to me, wounded, hidden;
But I could not see you, find you.
Helpless, in your degradation,
pleading and waiting for me.
Death…so final.
I have lost you.
Emptiness; nothingness prevails.
A new season
Breathe on me.
New life, bread and wine.
“Let’s have breakfast…”
“It is I!
Don’t be afraid…
I am with you;
Recreating you… with power;
Living in you,
Your life…in Me.
You came walking toward me on troubled seas,
But I did not know it was You.
You come to me, wounded, hidden;
But I could not see you, find you.
Helpless, in your degradation,
pleading and waiting for me.
Death…so final.
I have lost you.
Emptiness; nothingness prevails.
A new season
Breathe on me.
New life, bread and wine.
“Let’s have breakfast…”
“It is I!
Don’t be afraid…
I am with you;
Recreating you… with power;
Living in you,
Your life…in Me.
In the depths of my misery, I wait for you, my God; I long for you; and look for you; delight in you and hope in you…my God.
“From my youth, I have borne your trials…like a deaf person, I did not speak, I did not open my mouth…”
Give me the grace of surrender, Lord, in the depths of my solitude, my misery, my pain.
Every day you pour out goodness, blessings of rain on my thirsty empty soul.
In the midst of this deadly silence, you showed me an orchid, strong and stalwart; I marveled at the strength of it stalk; its leaves, its blooms; its strong constitution; the strength and stalwartness that permeated its being.
You are that strength, my God.
You are that beauty; that resilient beauty that illuminates it, that makes it glisten and shine.
O, Therese, you who said you were not an orchid, not a rose, not a lily…you best understand my soul, you who are a little helpless flower, blown apart by the wind…If I disintegrate, I will fall to pieces in God…o, Therese, you understand this…yet, o God, all I have is yours; every breath, every song, every tear, every prayer and praise.
in you I rejoice and sing praise; in you, my soul hopes and I am helped…
“Love is patient and kind…”
There are so many examples of this kind of love that surround me. Looking at each person in my life, and the kindness each shows to me each day—
How many times during a day to I need someone to be kind? To listen, to show interest, to understand, to forbear?
How many times do I need them to be patient, with my faults? With my fumblings? With my failures?
“Love bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things endures all things..”
When I think of the examples of love that surround me, of people who show this kind of love…people who hope in the face of disappointments, people who believe in the face of doubt and pain;
Those who trust and hope, when all is gloomy;
People who endure with trust and love…
I pray that on this Valentine’s Day, I can learn from the examples around me, and grow in Christ’s love myself.
Thank you for being a shining example of true love for me and for all those you meet.
Happy Valentine’s day.
