Saint Bracelet Sale this Week Only!

I forgot to mention on here that we currently have a sale on saint bracelets, wood and acrylic, of 10% off this week. (Through the 19th of June.)  Just remember to use code -Bracelet- at checkout to receive the coupon. Also registered members of the website receive free shipping on all purchases automatically and members of our FB family save as well.  In order to receive free shipping as a FB friend you must have the coupon code, which can be accessed by becoming a friend only. So LIKE us today and get the code.

Did you ever have one of those days when you were feeling a bit down? My foot is killing me (hopefully not in the literal sense) and I am 99.9% confident that I have a hairline stress fracture on the side of it. I should just bite the bullet and go to the emergency room to get an x-ray but I am so not in the mood to do that. I am tired, the dog got into the garbage again, I ran out of ink for the printer so nothing is being mailed today. It is just a blah day. So what do you do on your blah days?  I grabbed my Bible and read through some of my most favorite books. One of them is Peter 2. It has highlighted and underlined passages throughout but one passage just jumped out at me today -

Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.

It is short, sweet and to the point and I just love that about that line. Give it all up to God, all the worries, all the sufferings, joys, sorrows and yes even the pain of the foot (among other areas), but while I am doing that I might as well offer it all up to him on behalf of someone else. Anyone can do that. This morning I had 2 people reach out to me for products, but they also told me their troubles. Lord I offer my aches and pains to you today; please let them ease the sufferings of these women. Amen.

Look what I found in my backyard now! My tiger lily plants are blooming. Now who can be a bit down when you are reminded of his beauty and love every day?

Have a blessed day!

Mare

Venerable Fr. Solanus Casey

I just watched the most delightful show on EWTN about Venerable Fr. Solanus Casey. Those of you that have seen my blog know how near and dear the man is to my heart. I had never heard of him before in my life, yet I had a dream about him a few years ago and this has left me with an indelible bond with him.

This incredibly humble man was responsible for hundreds of physical cures and hundreds more conversions during his lifetime and people still make a pilgrimage to his burial spot in Detroit today to ask for special blessings and healings. I did recall reading that his body was exhumed in 1987 and found to be 95% incorrupt, even though the casket was partially filled with water. His skin was smooth, clear and beautiful even though he had skin cancer in his later years. The doctor declared the body to be remarkable. He was then placed into a steel coffin.

He died 40 years after his first mass was said to the exact day and hour. Healings are continuing to be attributed to him today. In fact, the church has received hundreds of purported miracles. Fr. Casey was declared as Venerable in 1995 by Rome. No wonder why it's taking them so long to move ahead on beatifying him.

What I didn't know was that he lost two of his sisters to diptheria back when they were little. They were named Martha and Mary Ann. Silly, I know, but I think it's kinda cool that his sisters and I share different variations of the same name. Go ahead - call me crazy. It won't be the first time I've been called that.

What can I say? I just love the man. Please visit the Fr. Solanus Casey Guild site and let's get this man beatified!

Peace!

Mare