tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post905114336140606443..comments2023-12-21T14:13:00.537-04:00Comments on The Blog of Bee: A Gentle Reminder?The Blog of Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-27340574732478308792015-07-13T19:33:32.246-04:002015-07-13T19:33:32.246-04:00I am presently linking my blogs to s blog page on...I am presently linking my blogs to s blog page on Pintetest and have just read this and all the wonderful comments. I need to go down on my knees and give thanks for yet another reminder. Spirituality not doing terribly well at the moment. I have said many times that when working for the Church if one is not careful, one can become spiritually dry. Going to Mass once a week is all very well but Holy Spirit top ups are essential!The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-4900047493390888092014-11-25T15:29:15.254-04:002014-11-25T15:29:15.254-04:00The picture is no longer rolled up waiting to be f...The picture is no longer rolled up waiting to be framed!! It was beautifully framed for me as a gift by a friend who sadly is no longer a friend. It is on a wall in my home. I have photos of it either on FaceBook somewhere or Pinterest! I'll look for them!<br /><br />It did my soul good to read this blog after so long. Thank you for sending me back here Janet - another gentle reminder methinks from a gentle messenger!The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-87903382173448591792014-11-25T11:43:18.536-04:002014-11-25T11:43:18.536-04:00November 25, 2014. ( forward another year ) Updat...November 25, 2014. ( forward another year ) Update?Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110309662317165529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-36075242977309802442013-11-28T20:35:20.921-04:002013-11-28T20:35:20.921-04:0029 November 2013. An update if this post is read ...29 November 2013. An update if this post is read again.<br /><br />Three weeks ago I was talking to a distressed couple outside my office. There was a priest known to me, standing a little way from me but as I gathered a few minutes later, near enough to hear what I was saying. The couple left and the priest began to walk away. After a few strides he turned and came back to me. "Barbara you have a gentle spirit. I can hear it in your voice. You remind me of Pope <br />Francis in spirit and you know who he took his name from don't you?". !! Another gentle reminder! Thank goodness this man is not giving up on me!The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-46549906971818791932011-05-22T20:48:40.424-04:002011-05-22T20:48:40.424-04:00Yes Jacqui it's a prayer to have around!
For ...Yes Jacqui it's a prayer to have around!<br /><br />For me, it's a matter of listening. One of my favourite lines is "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46) - works every time. Brings a gentle peace.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-35050526585255427312011-05-19T12:52:48.485-04:002011-05-19T12:52:48.485-04:00Finally got back to this after my first read throu...Finally got back to this after my first read through to read again and this time comment. I have always liked the Prayer of St. Francis. It has gotten me through some dark times. Thank you for putting it in the comments. <br /><br />I do wonder at times just what it takes to get our attention and if our higher power gets frustrated with us. Thanks for being a gentle reminder yet again.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-55190294573706912032011-05-16T17:17:01.342-04:002011-05-16T17:17:01.342-04:00Hello Margaret - how nice of you to come and take ...Hello Margaret - how nice of you to come and take the time to read my story. Thank you for your sincere comments and yes I agree that St Francis's prayer is a healing prayer. I used to have it on the wall by my desk and then had the place decorated and never put it back up. Now I will. Yes I know Americans and the Kennedys - they always fascinated me too!) but I didn't know about the book so I'll have to go looking. St Anthony is high on my list too! Having a devotion to Mary Magdalene is lovely and I live the Feats Day celebration. I am always fascinated by the fact that Jesus appeared to her before anyone else after the Resurrection. Women were very much part of His ministry and I believe their roles were played down in the Gospels as indeed they would have been at that time. Thank you for the blessings - returned with gratitude.<br /><br />bkm - I do believe miracles take place on a daily basis and sometimes we are so caught up in every day life that we miss them. I hadn't realized until reading comments here and elsewhere that so many of us have a special regard and perhaps even a relationship with this saint. That can't be bad. I can understand how much we rely on our special saint in times of disturbance in our lives - the secret us not to let go when all is going well! It happens!trouble. Blessings tenfold back to you and I probably will - it doesn't matter if no one reads it - I'll know I did it!<br /><br />Lydia, you amaze me - I shared something that I didn't for one moment think would have received the response it has and I find it so touching that you cared enough to worry that you may have missed it. You were meant to read it for whatever reason...........I love your ICMs - you too have been blessed. <br /><br />Thank you Tess - glad you liked it - whilst I do write personal things (Our House Series which is supposed to take a humorous look at life in our home!) I rarely write like this but your Mag pushed me into it!<br /><br />Thank you Kathe.<br /><br />My thanks to you and appreciation of you all comes from deep within my being - keep up your relationships with this remarkable saint and treasure any thing you have relating to him - statue, framed picture, a gold medal and know that we can all be a channel of whatever has been chosen for you. It's recognizing it.<br /><br />Now without wanting to go over the top I'm going to put up a picture in my side bar. A daily reminder........The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-12646794399620551082011-05-16T11:29:39.835-04:002011-05-16T11:29:39.835-04:00Bee- what a lovely and thoughtful post.Bee- what a lovely and thoughtful post.Kathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-91482075593333978462011-05-16T07:38:44.196-04:002011-05-16T07:38:44.196-04:00Beautiful post, Bee. I love these personal kinds o...Beautiful post, Bee. I love these personal kinds of signs and wonders. I have a vintage gold St. Francis medal that I wear to remind me to be a channel of His peace.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-10302841253321500642011-05-16T04:05:25.908-04:002011-05-16T04:05:25.908-04:00This is one of those post that, after I have read ...This is one of those post that, after I have read it, I worry <em>What if I had missed this one?...</em>. It is a strange panic, but a gratitude nevertheless, and then I calm down and know I was meant to read it so would not have missed it anyway!<br /><br />After my mother died in 2000 I had so many signs as greetings from her that I named them ICMs for Ironies and Cosmic Messages. You certainly are receiving them from/about St. Francis and I am glad you have renewed your attention to them. You've been blessed...Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-85085546418030525822011-05-15T23:48:03.256-04:002011-05-15T23:48:03.256-04:00Oh Bee..this a beautiful write of the many miracle...Oh Bee..this a beautiful write of the many miracles that are around us everyday throughout our life if we are open to them....I always loved Francis and studying the lifes of the saints...sometimes it was all that got me through life....write your book...blessings...bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-60445175280069095102011-05-15T15:17:58.588-04:002011-05-15T15:17:58.588-04:00Dear Bee~ I believe this story is true rather than...Dear Bee~ I believe this story is true rather than a vignette created to illustrate the life of St. Francis. Your faith shines through not only here but in your entire blog: the caring and serving of others, a spirituality from your devotion that would allow communications to come to your heart, mind, spirit. <br />I was very moved by this intimate narrative. I believe your priest friend was accurate in matching your spirit with St. Francis's. I have the framed Prayer of Saint Francis in my studio which is so healing in difficult times. I also have the children's book of St. Francis of Assisi by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. which I adore (you know Americans and the Kennedys!)<br />The saint I have been turning to recently is St. Anthony. I pray to him for an item, a word, a name... that has slipped my mind. He always answers me. I also have a devotion to Mary Magdalene... have even initiated a special woman's Mass on her Feast Day, July 22. Wish you could join us! Blessings, MargaretMargaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-10888838557313389392011-05-15T13:37:14.413-04:002011-05-15T13:37:14.413-04:00Yes Helen, I will.
Ladycat, yes the Poor Clare...Yes Helen, I will.<br /><br />Ladycat, yes the Poor Clare's as the Order was known when I was growing up.<br />There is another religious order affiliated with St Francis - Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother based in st Lucia and here in Trinidad(www.ssmfranciscans.org/franciscanintitute.cfm) and if you visit that site you will see pictures of people I know.<br /><br />Glad you think it thought provoking vb<br /><br />I agree Kathy...........but every now and again one nees to be reminded.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-79122754532742884392011-05-14T22:57:12.027-04:002011-05-14T22:57:12.027-04:00There are no coincidences...There are no coincidences...Kathy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593849691667606991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-39477913341915398652011-05-14T22:42:53.118-04:002011-05-14T22:42:53.118-04:00Gentle, but persistent, no. An enjoyable and thoug...Gentle, but persistent, no. An enjoyable and thought provoking read. VbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-91146437968497581632011-05-14T12:28:26.306-04:002011-05-14T12:28:26.306-04:00I love dear St. Francis and have had a devotion to...I love dear St. Francis and have had a devotion to him for some time. We have several statues of him in our home. I like his devotion to animals and his very wise words. Are you familiar with St. Clare of Assisi? She was one of the first followers of St. Farncis.<br />btw...good to see you on facebook : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-9573990268045438452011-05-13T19:30:57.894-04:002011-05-13T19:30:57.894-04:00Heed those gentle reminders ...........Heed those gentle reminders ...........Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-80111751840413216182011-05-13T18:10:32.170-04:002011-05-13T18:10:32.170-04:00I think I feel the need Star. That time was a par...I think I feel the need Star. That time was a particularly difficult time. No I haven't seen the film but will look for it. Thank you for recommending it. I see it's a Zeffirelli.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-88837772308754479982011-05-13T18:06:27.473-04:002011-05-13T18:06:27.473-04:00Gentle reminders are good Shers! I love the Ssre...Gentle reminders are good Shers! I love the Ssrenity Prayer too but it's not St Francis. It's Reinhold Niebuhr. Maybe you're thinking of 'Make Me a Channel of Your Peace'.<br /><br />Make me a channel of your peace<br />Where there is hatred let me bring your love<br />Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord<br />And where there's doubt, true faith in you<br /><br />Oh, Master grant that I may never seek<br />So much to be consoled as to console<br />To be understood as to understand<br />To be loved as to love with all my soul<br /><br />Make me a channel of your peace<br />Where there's despair in life, let me bring<br />hope<br />Where there is darkness, only light<br />And where there's sadness, ever joy<br /><br />Make me a channel of your peace<br />It is in pardoning that we are pardoned<br />In giving to all men that we receive<br />And in dying that we're born to eternal<br />lifeThe Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4890866550699482561.post-14902583820210533892011-05-13T17:48:09.698-04:002011-05-13T17:48:09.698-04:00I always carry that prayer in my purse. It's b...I always carry that prayer in my purse. It's been in there for years and years and is getting very dog-eared, but I love it and I love St. Francis. I enjoyed your post and hope you take the advice given and pray to St. F. more if you feel the need.<br />Have you ever seen the film 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon'? If not, I would recommend it to you.Stella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.com