Random 5 Friday: My Random 5

 Random 5 Friday

February 28, 2014

1. I am grateful for the successful gall bladder surgery 

on my daughter this past Tuesday. 

2. I am proud of my granddaughter who showed such thoughtfulness 

in providing these services for her mother- she (and her sister)

cleaned her home; Charley also cooked meals to be served in the days 

following her hospital release, and

provided transportation to and from the hospital.

3. I welcome the sunshine and its ability to bring cheer 

to my psyche in spite of the frigid temperatures 

keeping me inside except for only the most necessary outings.  

4. I have started Jonathan Keller’s book Victims on my Kindle.  

One of my friends also received the same book, 

so we’re reading it for our March book club meeting.

5. I am sifting through my spiritual needs 

in order to choose 

what I will do for my Lenten sacrifice.  

One of the devotionals I will use is Lent with the Saints.  

I also ordered 

The Ignatius Workout for Lent: 40 Days of Prayer, Reflection & Action, 

but it has not been shipped yet.  

So I am wondering if it will arrive 

in time for the beginning of Lent.

Here's hoping it does!

linking to

Random 5 Friday

at Nancy Claeys' 

A Rural Journal

Prayer to God: Trust

A Christmas gift from two granddaughters

 is aiding me on my Lenten path this year.  

They had checked my wish list on Amazon.com 

and saw that my number one wish 

was to have a year's subscription

to the Magnificat magazine 

published by St. Anthony Messenger Press.

Having an interest in the lives of saints,

I ordered Lent with the Saints: Daily Reflections

by Greg Friedman, O.F.M.

Today's reading and suggestion...

(Reflect, then write a petition 

for some special need.)

led to my composing a prayer.

Lord, I ask that my trust in you
grow and bloom
as does the cactus in the desert.
My thirst for faith in you
to be quenched alone
by your Word.