Dedicated Disciple of the Cross -DDC
Fr Conrad shares time with orphans and destitutes
Fr Conrad shares time with orphans and destitutes
Fr Conrad
shares a thot
Plea to God my Saviour- Jer 20:7-13
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived;
thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!"
For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,"
There is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side!
"Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall.
"Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him."
But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
O Lord of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind,
let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.
Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
Thought of the week
Forgive Them, and Let It Go!
'Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.' Matthew 5:44
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Saint of DDC
DDC PATRON Saint….
ST. ANTHONY THE ABBOT
Anthony born to a wealthy
family in 251 AD. One day he
felt the Lords call when
hearing Matt 19:21: "If you
wish to be perfect, go, sell
you have and give the money
to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.",. He went home and gifted his land and sold his belongings and gave the money to the needy, saving only what he thought necessary to maintain his sister who also joined a convent.
Anthony, at 21 became a hermit and retired to a solitary place and occupied himself with manual labor, prayer, and religious reading. He soon became a model of humility, piety, and self-discipline.
Notwithstanding his stringent discipline, he always maintained that “Perfection consisted not in the mortification of the flesh but in love of God.”
He taught his monks to have eternity always present to their minds and to perform every act with all the fervor of their souls, as if it were to be their last.
He lived to an age of 105yrs.
