The Laborers Are Few
September 5, 2022
On this Labor Day, many give thanks for the ability to earn a living. Others work within the capacity given
On this Labor Day, many give thanks for the ability to earn a living. Others work within the capacity given
Today is the forty-seventh time that I can give thanks to God for the gift of my wife and the
Today Madeline and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. In her honor I share with you two songs. The first one
Mother of Sweet Sorrow – Lyrics You held him in your arms in Bethlehem wrapped in swaddling clothes. Laid him
At Your Father’s Side – Lyrics Refrain: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Our lives are fleeting, so return to
The laborers are few but the harvest is plenty. We beg the Lord of the harvest to send us out,
Lord make me an instrument of Your peace, peace beyond all understanding. Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Come from afar to follow a star. Men of great wisdom bearing great gifts. Drawn by a single-hearted purpose, seeking
You held him in your arms in Bethlehem wrapped in swaddling clothes; laid Him in a manger and heard the
Most Holy Trinity, we soon begin the Lenten Season desiring to know you more clearly, love you more fully, and serve you more readily. Stir up the hearts of our lay faithful to hunger for a deeper relationship with each Person of the Trinity, and especially the One to whom they feel most distant. Mother Mary we ask your intercession in the spiritual battle for souls, that Satan’s strategy would be thwarted so that the truth about the power of prayer would be proclaimed and embraced during the Mission Week, and many more lay men and women would AWAKE & PRAY to join the people of the remnant. Amen.
