The Grace of God has saved you.

 

Last week, I couldn’t help but think of how full Mary was with the grace of God and how one might ignore or put off the grace God kindly bestows and maybe that was because we celebrated the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Lady or it was because of the prayer ‘Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with Thee.’ A part of me finds it difficult to live life with grace but that doesn’t mean I am not generous, respectful, or act with compassion or strive to have the energy that is led by the Holy Spirit. What I have realized is God’s grace empowers us all to do the impossible to help us find confidence in our lives, the way we live and the way we think and if we consider our 28 days of true love with God, we are affirming that we are lavished in love, a victor, radiant, transformed, chosen, and accepted and all these are the grace of God. If this is the case, why do I continuously ignore it? Why am I running when all God wants from me is to spend time in silence and solitude to help me live life to the fullest with joy and happiness?

I have started watching a TV show on Netflix called Derry Girls and it is really good, funny and something I can relate too when I think back to growing up in the 90s, which includes family life, religion, music and school. I also stumbled across a video on YouTube of Sister Clare Crockett who was from Derry sadly though she passed away she was playing her guitar and singing when the house where she was staying collapsed due to the Ecuador earthquake in 2016. A few things I took away from Sister Clare Crockett and one being that we shouldn’t put off the grace God has for us it really is all or nothing and as Ephesians 2:8 suggests, ‘For it is by grace you have been saved.’ We receive grace through the body and blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross, our baptism, our Eucharist and confirmation.  Grace is the power that God willingly gives us to help us do what we could never do on our own.

So, for the month of October, I want to share some verses from scripture that tell us about the Grace of God this might help us to understand the true meaning of Grace and help us to share grace with others because it is when we share grace, we are in fact giving unconditional love. So, make sure to mark it in your calendars.

May God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope

Written and created by My Mother Rose.