Prayer Time with George and Anna

I am still learning to be a good mother each day.  I am always trying to find out what is best for my children. It is important that we protect not only their bodies but also that we protect their souls from evil inclinations.  In fact protecting their souls is graver responsibility.  How do I do this is something that I am learning each day.  I have always had prayer time with George.  Since past two months I have been trying to work out a schedule.  We start off our day with the morning prayer which I use from the Divine Office.  I add songs and music to make it more interesting and lively for George.  He is a three year old and he does not sit through the whole time but I know he is watching and learning everything that I do at that time. Little Anna joins us by watching us.

He gets involved when I ask him to say a Hail Mary, or when he tells me who all does he want to pray for? He sings the songs with me sometimes or he dances to the songs.  I sometimes bring the guitar and the lit toy box he uses as his drums.  This time of prayer brings a lot of peace into my heart and helps me to carry out my chores for the day peacefully. That is why this prayer time is so important to me.

We also have another prayer time we are trying to bring into our daily routines which is offering the Mercy Chaplet at 3:00pm.  George was very good initially and we tried to have a candle lit at the picture of Divine Mercy Jesus and we begin with a song.  Few weeks later George started to get irritated and tired or he would just become very cranky.  The holy spirit made me think of this Divine Mercy Chaplet video which I watched a while ago.  One day I thought of playing the video and singing along with it instead of praying the chaplet by myself.  Surprisingly George loved this idea and each day when I tell him its time for Mercy Chaplet he runs to me telling me about the video and we watch and sing along together.  It is beautiful.  I think these prayer times together with George and Anna are really bringing a joy and peace into our family.

Here is the Mercy Chaplet video I use for the prayer time:

George's Birthday

My Georguu...I cannot believe you have turned 3.  Where did all this time go?  I still remember holding you in my arms and just making my first eye contacts with you.  You were beautiful.  I had to wait long 18 hours in labor for you to finally come out.  It was worth the wait.  Since then my life has been filled with you and just you.  You just bring so much joy into everyone's life.  Your precious smile, your big huge eyes, your tiny little fingers playing pappa's guitar, you singing with your lovely cute voice and the many more things cannot be forgotten.  How much I will miss these days when you grow up?  You are the best gift God brought into my life and I cannot imagine a day without you.

I love and enjoy reading you books, singing you songs, giving you bath everyday, playing hide and seek with you, putting you to sleep and to be right next you while you sleep. Even though you are so little you teach me to be a better person each day.  I hope and pray that I will be able to raise you up to be a strong man of Faith and to be a Saint one day.  I love you so much my Georgu and I want you to know how blessed I am to be your mother.  I love you...

Lord I need You....

I have been wanting to start a blog for a couple of months now.  I am not a writer.  In fact, each time I write an email to a group of people I go to my husband to proof read it and correct any mistakes I made.  Now you know how bad I am at writing.  I hope I will overcome my fear of writing as I begin this new venture.  

I thought of having a blog to log my experiences of married life and motherhood. 

Today I heard my husband singing the song by the popular Catholic singer Matt Maher  "Lord I Need You". I have heard this song several times before but today it really reminded me how much this song is relevant in my life. Especially these days with children around and not having much time for myself, it is very easy to slip into those frustrating moments where I lose patience, kindness, love etc.  Being a wife and mother if I lose it, then the children and the husband lose it too.  These are the moments that the lyrics of this song make full sense to me.  How much I need Him,  every second, every minute,  every hour.  How I need to cry out to him for his help, our only help, our one defense and righteousness. He is the only one who can bring the Perfect Beauty in any marriage.  

Here are the lyrics:

Lord, I come, I confess
Bowing here I find my rest
Without You I fall apart
You're the One that guides my heart

Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You

Where sin runs deep Your grace is more
Where grace is found is where You are
And where You are, Lord, I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You

Teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You
Jesus, You're my hope and stay

Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You

You're my one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You