tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57321011378397041082024-02-21T03:51:16.837+08:00Medley Minute with Fr SamA Roman Catholic Priest Shares a MomentFr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1089125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-87470325801709525302020-03-27T12:35:00.001+08:002020-03-27T12:35:27.702+08:00I’ve encountered many people these days struggling with depression and anxiety. These are normal, healthy reactions to the upheaval of their world. What is not healthy is to become anxious about being anxious or to be become depressed about being depressed. The difference is one healthy mental vitamin A - ACCEPTANCE. It’s ok that you feel bad. That’s alright. Don’t worry about being worried. It’s normal to feel like you’re going a little crazy when the world is going a little crazy. That’s why we need to stop, drop, and pray. Prayer is founded on ACCEPTANCE. Mary said, “Fiat” or “Let it be done unto me according to Thy Word.” Jesus taught us how to pray, “Thy Will be done”. When you accept reality the way it is you also are able to accept yourself for being the way you are and find it ok to be not ok. God is with you when you’re not ok and that’s why EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK. I invite you. Right now. Stop. Pray. Take one moment to acknowledge that God, who is infinite Love and Mercy, Loves you right exactly where you are right now. Allow God to be with you and give you peace and acceptance. Then get up and choose joy. Choose joy not because it’s all figured out, but because God is with you now and he’s going to help you get through this. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/91190784_619339865581411_860117872175056434_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=QWYLsiRbVTUAX_qBs10&oh=1404508820bfb6d65af07bb698f0736d&oe=5EA51733' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-36210013972865566302020-03-26T02:33:00.001+08:002020-03-26T02:33:33.552+08:00I’m discovering more places where I like to hear confessions by appointment on our fair grounds.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/91380705_225627632136369_6429757318142444909_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=cHUAZoShVfUAX_QmR4R&oh=6a1c084a47d7a0f2adeff42e16bf5b27&oe=5EA4D9BC' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-43225746995491639322020-03-25T20:33:00.005+08:002020-03-25T20:33:37.613+08:00You can either look at the beauty that is around you or get consumed by that which consumes beauty.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/91328487_1263408333863705_1766915484004559967_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=-oJsWkPfDDwAX8mIL8b&oh=26d7d8cafe67f061c035f5afe906ae2f&oe=5EA6495A' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-35132133235034960412020-03-25T20:33:00.003+08:002020-03-25T20:33:36.397+08:00Prayer changes things more than anything else.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/90504540_2506737199641792_1284239890177232989_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=9doZGTjUYQUAX-IKbm1&oh=795f9dc21aaf5edaa1d45af00b0b9da8&oe=5EA333DB' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-76517745275561409812019-12-22T06:12:00.001+08:002019-12-22T06:12:15.403+08:00Basil-ly pho sure an excellent meal<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/75629085_818703961886571_3053373736047469423_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=RUWHjw5j9BQAX_v_Rsq&oh=5837f675cdb60682dc9a09c44919f980&oe=5EB42EC2' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-50663504476012199772019-08-14T04:46:00.001+08:002019-08-14T04:46:17.850+08:00All the rest and refreshment you need flows from the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ. Why do you seek water from cisterns that are dry when you can have living water? Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will give you rest.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/be196b37d82e0f8ca29ccddb1d8a530d/5DCA9D88/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/66767140_686304125170745_6025529337027501471_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-36298222229229280122019-06-08T00:38:00.001+08:002019-06-08T00:38:16.743+08:00Please pray for the soul of dear friend who suffered with depression and last night took his own life. He wrote me last Thanksgiving, offering me a place to go when I am away from my family: “I want you to count me as your friend. You are my friend, and, anything you need, please ask. I would like you to feel free to call me anytime just to chat. My house is always open to you. Just text or call. Besides your job as a priest. I enjoy a lot my time with you. I guess I just wanted to tell you that I’m here for you my friend.”<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/e9615d45a350134258ed62be96ea31ca/5D994893/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/62432342_308086286740317_8308428561855006468_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-84419274706427934182019-06-01T23:58:00.001+08:002019-06-01T23:58:09.597+08:00Today we pruned our roses. For a while they will look like ugly stubble and smell like manure fertilizer. Life is like that. We clipped off each flower but in time three more will take its place. In order to be beautiful you first have to go through the stink of ugliness. Be patient. God is working. “Every branch that does bear fruit God prunes, that it may bear more fruit” John 15:2<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/a876265dc0e93c718f3986a366a1216b/5D99F6AA/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/60834509_129019614957054_5092873382352609497_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-67624233154984484192019-05-10T01:47:00.001+08:002019-05-10T01:47:26.645+08:00“This one has a chalice!” said the man at the X-ray machine at the airport. All five security guards suddenly looked up at me in terror. The head guard, with a trembling voice, said, “sir, may I ask you to come to our back room. We have a few questions for you.” “I don’t understand, it’s just a chalice! It’s not a bomb.” Just a chalice? Not dangerous? I reviewed in my mind the words I just said. Wait a minute! There is nothing more dangerous, nothing more likely to change the face of the earth, to rock the world, than the blood of Christ outpoured. It most certainly is a weapon. It is the source, summit, and center of accessing and diffusing across all time and space THE HOLY LOVE OF GOD!!! “Excuse me?” I was momentarily awakened out of my interior sermon. The guard was asking me where and when I got it. Suddenly I realized they weren’t stopping me because they thought I was dangerous but because they thought I might be stealing precious artifacts, although my chalice is only three years old and obviously not ancient. There had been some precious artifacts stolen recently in Peru, and the ministry of culture had a most wanted list with pictures of things stolen. Mine was not on the list. Nonetheless I have to say I was tempted when they asked me my name to say, “Me? My name is Fr Samuel Medley, but they call me Indiana Jones!” They took some pictures, asked more questions, and eventually told me I could go. But wow, what a homily my heart told me in the meantime. Never under estimate the Blood of the Lamb.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/8fc48fcdf66209c3fbf3fb388110a3d9/5D5FC856/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/59464860_137544230663532_26537684177762848_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-92146840639043473792019-05-06T03:33:00.001+08:002019-05-06T03:33:49.948+08:00So blessed to meet old friends and new from Family Missions Company posted in Northern Peru but happened to be visiting Lima for the weekend.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/9e577a6055c9785ea88df1f7a267d37b/5D628309/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/59485189_2308809619374797_2669165921012976075_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-73876901889316222422019-04-28T22:51:00.001+08:002019-04-28T22:51:29.693+08:00Jesus to St Faustina: “Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.” (Diary, No. 300) “I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.” (Diary, No. 341) “This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of my tender mercies.” (Diary, No. 420)<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/44a0d1c138359c0423c0e2c3b98d1c46/5D7270B2/t51.2885-15/e35/58409860_133039721186206_3033522613521291417_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-25261956436474354342019-04-06T10:01:00.001+08:002019-04-06T10:01:44.022+08:00Happy Lent! Pretend your fast is a steak! #humorhelpsthemedicinegodown<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/a479591a5d7a1c804d34d4db3e017f31/5D2EF69B/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/55894867_802626920110661_8626166840000068027_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-62265831994645302522019-03-29T03:34:00.001+08:002019-03-29T03:34:05.624+08:00Growing in holiness and holes: got my holey shirt and holy St Joseph socks.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/d87134a6cecfde67e7f0497b05eb1174/5D15A57A/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/53544446_274208260179584_3373943654996059462_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-13551128365482748372019-03-26T05:41:00.001+08:002019-03-26T05:41:29.912+08:00Congratulations to this young couple who got engaged right here under the Blue Dome of our Marian Prayer Gardens this Saturday. Our prayers go with you.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/502d681c3f88eaed7ca0736d5f519a72/5D4DAC7E/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/54446698_2595571577125478_364770893369805155_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-29779263110122424062019-03-17T02:33:00.001+08:002019-03-17T02:33:46.598+08:00Mighty Women: Fr Sam Medley, our director, just finished serving as retreat master for these amazing consecrated women from the Apostles of the Interior Life. Book your retreat with us. There are accommodations, sumptuous cuisine, and priests for offering Mass, confession, spiritual direction, and giving reflections. Contact us for more information.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/853d94ca64a6abe9e5a24738cd015cd4/5D244468/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/52445561_927381397432381_3842894292875983563_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-28410095374877466282019-03-08T08:56:00.001+08:002019-03-08T08:56:14.745+08:00Always seek the blessing of the poor Today a beggar prayed over me and gave me his blessing. What a grace to receive the blessing of a poor man. I have always felt that even if I give some meager charity to those in need that their prayers for me would unlock the floodgates of the Lord, and thereby obtain blessings I could not with my own weak petitions. In these moments I feel the words of Tobit 12:9, “for almsgiving saves from death, and purges all sin.” Alms works away at the miserly selfishness lurking in our hearts, opens new paths of purity and truth, cleanses us of ‘entitled’ grumblings, and inspires deep in our hearts joyful gratitude at the gift of Life. It is not only prayer and fasting that casts out demons, but heartfelt almsgiving that saves us from the fires and hardened curses of hell.<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/2343d834a657980980a281ca90540216/5D23484A/t51.2885-15/e35/52723493_558191864666929_3019609154704184054_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Fr Samuel Medley SOLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289914296641313145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732101137839704108.post-61780545215183105982019-03-08T01:26:00.001+08:002019-03-08T01:26:19.526+08:00God Our Loving Father uses Lent to take us by the hand and guide us back to the right path. For each of these respond: Lord, guide us back to you+ When we use good and healthy pleasures too much that they become dominant or excessive... When we seek comfort from passing things forgetting our eternal destination... When we seek our own pursuits, forsaking the needs of the poor members of our family or community... When instead of merely keeping up with friends and family, we spend too much time on social media, forgetting prayer... When instead of just enjoying a show for evening relaxation we binge watch, keeping us from living life or needful rest... When things don't go our way and instead of waiting patiently we react with irritation or guile... When legitimate authority in our life directs us toward the common good yet we rebel or resist correction... When we turn from gratitude and joy to slump into complaining or self-pity... When we lose sight of God's hand failing to trust him, lapsing into vain anxiety and worry... When we forget God is in charge and needlessly brood over human politics and divisive rancor... When the Holy Spirit inspires us to intercede for others yet we procrastinate in obstinacy... O God Our Loving Father, guide us always in your merciful path, help us to trust in your ways and always seek your face, that when this earthly life is over we may rejoice with you in eternal life, through Christ Our Lord. Mary Mother of Jesus be a mother to us now+<img src='https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/e88425992d70e4236341e0b9fbb4afd0/5D1F8990/t51.2885-15/e35/52035797_817383361941891_2995326023109329505_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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