My yoke is easy and burden light.How true is this, when the trails of the world tire me I return to the Mass and pray with thanksgiving that our God is great indeed. Fr Ford today(Pt Chevalier) in his homily said the old yokemen used to carve away the yoke when the bulluck used to suffer from rubbing and a heavy load. A good allegory of the way God has of giving us the ease of His peace. I pray for this peace.

Well I'm Auckland and living in beautiful Point Chevalier. It's rather strange being in Auckland and living in a little beach suburb I am just getting my spiritual bearings and so far it seems as though this is God's will- as I am moving closer to Him, spiritually.
Of course this does not mean that disaster and illness will not happen so don't stop praying for me!
A couple of nights ago I had terrible stomach pains and cried out to Mary and Jesus for help, did I learn anything from this experience? Well life is short and I should not be concerned with trivial things like suffering and my eventual death but should only be thinking and praying and blessing God and His creation. This brings great joy and a higher level of consciousness which in turn brings the peace of Jesus Christ to me.