"Lend me your heart"
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Mother Teresa’s words rattle around in my head today as I bustle around preparing for our Thanksgiving feast...
“Lend me your heart.”
She spoke these intimate words to Mary. Having just renewed my Marian Consecration, I’m leaning into them.
Last Thanksgiving was the strangest one ever... until this year. A loved one was suffering in the hospital and we didn’t know if he would be coming home.
We were divided and a little unmoored and worried. But we rallied and made a meal and consoled each other with “Wait until next year... when we are all together again!”
So here I sit in grief and gratitude because nothing seems to be as it should be. Separated again. For different reasons. And the injustice threatens to unseat gratitude...
But doesn’t quite win.
Oh, beautiful Mother Mary... lend me your Immaculate Heart so that I may see with fullness of gratitude the promises of your Son. Oh, Sacred Heart of Jesus, transform my complaints into songs of praise! Eucharisteo!
Today is a national holiday but also a day of holiness... a day of beginning and of revelation...
The key ingredient to my physical healing is gratitude.
The rope that pulls me out of doubt is gratitude.
The glue of my marriage is gratitude.
The secret to peaceful motherhood is gratitude.
Gratitude rooted in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ who takes away the sins of the world and gives us hope and joy beyond measure. So...
When I’m finished nursing my hurts, I’ll dry my eyes and step out into a day of goodness. And I’ll start the song of thanksgiving which is an anthem of revival. “Thank you, Jesus, for...”
I am a child again and the world is new. And I will give thanks today without ceasing even if it comes with tears.
This sweet Sacred Heart ring is from Jessica @telosart . A concrete and pretty reminder of everything good. If you’re shopping small, please visit her shop. She is not only talented but loves the Lord deeply.
Happy Thanksgiving ❤️ Deo Gratias! Mary, lend me your heart.