March 25, 2012 - 5th Sunday of Lent

As our Lenten journey continues, let us also see our knitting as our own personal journey...each stitch, each row draws us ever closer to the completion of our shawl and ever closer to God.  

"When you give of yourself, you receive more than you give"...Antoine De Saint-Exupery

March 20, 2012

My apologies...the blog was not posted Sunday,  but I thought this quote would be appropriate for our knitting ministry and our continuing journey through Lent...Happy first day of spring to our knitters and wrappers!

 "Happy are they who make daily progress and who consider not what they did yesterday but what advance they can make today."

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Today's readings focus on anger and forgiveness and how to respond and react in humility and love. I thought this poem would be a wonderful way to begin your knitting this week.
               Dwell on the Gladness

Life is too short to dwell on my sorrows
to harbor my grudges in bitter tomorrows
Life is too short to dwell on my pain
to play and replay some vengeful refrain
Life is too sweet to waste precious minutes
in nursing resentment, self-righteousness in it
Then, let me not dwell on life's sorrow and sadness
Oh Lord, let me think of life's blessings, with gladness.
                                      by Nancy Neff Dostie
                                      from "Keepsakes"the Salesian Collection

Sunday, March 4, 2012

This is such a lovely poem...perfect for our ministry and what we share with others

We leave His mark on each kind deed
that we bestow on those in need
We leave His mark when we show we care
for a lonely soul who has known despair

We leave His mark on each bright day
that we have chosen to pave the way
We sing the praises of heaven above
as we spread the joys of hope and love
    by Catherine Janssen
   (from Keepsakes, The Salesian Collection)

Sunday, February 26,2012

The First Sunday of Lent...from today's responsorial psalm:
"Make known to me your way Lord, teach me your paths"

Is your ministry part of God's plan and path for your life? As you walk with Jesus during these days of Lent, ask Him to guide your needles and hands, so you may continue to knit and bring comfort to others with your shawls.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

"Blessed is the one who has regard for the lowly and the poor" Psalms 41:2-3

When you take up  your knitting in these last days before Lent, reflect on the following: "Giving is a joy, if we do it in the right spirit. It all depends on whether we think of it as "what can I spare" or as "what can I share?"
                        Esther Burkholder...Quiet Whispers from God's Heart

Sunday, February 5, 2012

"This is the exactly the place God means me to be, in the place I am capable of filling; there is no mistake. My life is in  the proper setting"
Anna Robertson Brown

This is a lovely thought...as you knit, reflect on it, know that you are doing exactly what God wants you to do at that moment.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

A little humor to brighten up a cold winter day..keep those needles clicking!
                                         
                                                 A Knitter's Prayer   
 God grant me the serenity to accept the yarn I cannot return  the courage to change the yarn I can and the receipt to know the difference

                                                       

the celebration continues!

Marti bows before the Queen