Your memory of what happened is not what happened. Your memory is your impression, your interpretation of what happened, and what it means to you.
Each memory can and does change, each time you remember it. It never was fully objective to begin with, and becomes less so as time goes on.
Your memory is not an unalterable police car dash cam recording. It is a dynamic tool with which your past guides your future.
You cannot change the objective reality of what happened to you, or by you, or around you. Yet you can choose precisely how you remember it, what it now means, what you learn from it, what you do with it.
The story of your life is yours to write, now, to make sense of, to pull together into an inspiring, empowering narrative. Whatever your past has been, you can project it through the lens of now into a positive, fulfilling future.
Today is the turning point in the story of your life. Today, let everything you remember push you toward the brightest, most meaningful life you can imagine.
— Ralph Marston
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Are you stuck, unable to make any progress? Perhaps your desire to move forward is too narrowly focused.
Widen your field of vision until you can see more workable possibilities. Let go of some of the particulars of your goal while holding firm to its essence.
Yes, certainly, focus on achieving what you desire. But don’t become so narrowly and exclusively focused on your desire that you render yourself incapable of working toward it.
For example, a larger home might make a major positive difference in your family’s quality of life. But it doesn’t have to be on a specific street or even in one particular neighborhood.
If you’re stuck, your best possibilities are likely to be found among the ones you’ve never considered. But you’ve locked those possibilities out of your mind because of certain details about your goal that don’t even matter that much.
Put your persistence to work, rather than allowing stubbornness to hold you back. Widen your goal enough to open a clear and achievable path to it that you can begin to travel right now.
— Ralph Marston
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SISTERS OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SHRINE
21281 CHARDON RD.
EUCLID, OHIO 44117
216-481-8232
Dear Friends, December, 2018
So far Mary has given us the good advice telling us to allow God into our hearts and not to be afraid. Mary did both of those things well. Her actions showed us how to use her advice. Mary was a woman of action. She says very little in scripture, but after Christ, she has the most influence. She did not need words. She gave us, as any good Mother would, the perfect example of living God’s Word. Take some time to read the Christmas story in Luke 2: 1-20 and Matthew 2: 1-12. A lot of action is happening. In addition to the Holy Family the other characters in the story are the animals, the shepherds and the three Kings. All very different from one another. How did the Holy Family greet each of these visitors? We don’t know what they said, but they showed respect and hospitality. No one was better than the other. Mary’s advice, her example to us: all are called to visit her Son, Jesus. As we prepare our homes for our Christmas visitors, yes, even our in-laws or nosy neighbor, let us be as kind and welcoming as was Mary. Sometimes that gets lost in all the Christmas “stuff.” We don’t have to use words, just our hearts.
Remember the Giving Tuesday Nov. 27th. Campaign! Don’t forget to come visit us and that December 2nd is the French Toast Breakfast after the 8:00AM Mass. It helps to pay the light bill. We also get to see you!
If you can help us to prepare our Chapel by donating for flowers that would help us out too. We will also begin our Christmas novena for your intentions. See the flyer below for both activities.
Come to our 10:00 PM Christmas Eve Mass on Monday, Dec. 24th or 8:00 AM Mass Tuesday, Christmas morning! Masses from Dec. 25th up to and including January 1st will be at 8:00 AM. Pray for us as we pray for all of you.
Thank you and God bless you and all your loved ones,
Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity
CHRISTMAS NOVENA PRAYER
PRAYER TO ST. ANDREW
Hail and blessed be the hour and the moment in which Jesus Christ was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe Oh my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ and of his Blessed Mother Mary. Amen.
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