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| This camper was abandoned on the new land we just purchased. It is a mess! everything in it is broken or rotted but the shell is sound. We decided to give it away to anyone who wants to fix it up. Yes, we did it....we purchased land. I am trusting the future to God, (and all the finances). It is nice to think that we own this 98 acres in the middle of Maine's Amish Community. |
It is my prayer that we,Tim and I, as a married couple, draw closer together with this land. I would LOVE to live "off the grid", (off of public utilities, no electric companies) and use only solar. I have always wanted...no kidding, since I was 6 or 7 years old, "land", a "camp", A FRESH WATER FARM....but it has not happened. So my hopes and dreams of being debt free and living on a farm have not come true. I am getting older, by the minute and was concerned that if we did not buy now....we would never do it!
So we did it....I will have pictures soon.
It is not pretty land, it has been selectively harvested and the harvesters left a mess of branches, small trees everywhere as you will see.
I ask you to say a prayer of thanksgiving to God for this blessing...pray for me to let go of my dreams and hopes....
Feast of the Archangels:
The three Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are the only angels named in Sacred Scripture and all three have important roles in the history of salvation.
Saint Michael is the "Prince of the Heavenly Host," the leader of all the angels. His name is Hebrew for "Who is like God?" and was the battle cry of the good angels against Lucifer and his followers when they rebelled against God. He is mentioned four times in the Bible, in Daniel 10 and 12, in the letter of Jude, and in Revelation.
Michael, whose forces cast down Lucifer and the evil spirits into Hell, is invoked for protection against Satan and all evil. Pope Leo XIII, in 1899, having had a prophetic vision of the evil that would be inflicted upon the Church and the world in the 20th century, instituted a prayer asking for Saint Michael's protection to be said at the end of every Mass.
Christian tradition recognizes four offices of Saint Michael: (i) to fight against Satan (ii) to rescue the souls of the faithful from the power of the enemy, especially at the hour of death. (iii) to be the champion of God's people, (iv) to call away from earth and bring men's souls to judgment.
"I am Gabriel, who stand before God." (Luke 1, 19)
Saint Gabriel, whose name means "God's strength," is mentioned four times in the Bible. Most significant are Gabriel's two mentions in the New Testament: to announce the birth of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias, and the at Incarnation of the Word in the womb of Mary.
Christian tradition suggests that it is he who appeared to St. Joseph and to the shepherds, and also that it was he who "strengthened" Jesus during his agony in the garden of Gethsemane.
"I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord" (Tob 12:15)
Saint Raphael, whose name means "God has healed" because of his healing of Tobias' blindness in the Book of Tobit. Tobit is the only book in which he is mentioned. His office is generally accepted by tradition to be that of healing and acts of mercy.
Raphael is also identified with the angel in John 5:1-4 who descended upon the pond and bestowed healing powers upon it so that the first to enter it after it moved would be healed of whatever infirmity he was suffering.
JMJ~ Tina
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