{"id":880,"date":"2019-10-03T17:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/?p=880"},"modified":"2019-10-03T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:44:25","slug":"spiritual-director-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Director &#8211; September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May\nGod, the source of our hope, fill your hearts with peace as you believe in\nHim.&nbsp; <em>Romans\n15:13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nall have those times in our lives when things just seem to be in turmoil, or we\nare preoccupied over some conflict or task that seems to use up too much of our\nenergy.&nbsp; In a fast-paced world, where\ntaking time to slow down isn\u2019t in keeping with meeting the demands of the day,\nturmoil and conflict can take hold of our daily agendas.&nbsp; It is in these times when we need an example\nof a disciple at peace, a witness of trust.&nbsp;\nWe have such an example in Mary.&nbsp;\nHer heart was filled with peace as she put her total trust in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSecond Vatican Council teaches us that Mary, \u201cWhile leading an ordinary life\namong men, one filled with family concerns and labors, she was always, and\nconstantly united to her Son, and cooperated singularly with the work of the\nSavior in a manner altogether special.\u201d (<em>Decree\non the Apostolate of the Laity, No 4.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthis Marian month of October, we turn to Our Lady of the Rosary for her\nconstant help and source of peace.&nbsp; The\nrosary gives us a quick study on the Gospel of Christ, and a reminder of who\nbrought God\u2019s saving grace to the world.&nbsp;\nIn her life she was at peace in her unwavering care and devotion to her\nSon, even at the foot of the cross\u2014<strong><em>without question, that\u2019s peace in time of\nturmoil and conflict<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em>&nbsp; Let us never cease asking for her\nintercession to the one who is the Prince of Peace.&nbsp; There\u2019s Palanca in every bead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De\nColores!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deacon\nWayne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May God, the source of our hope, fill your hearts with peace as you believe in Him.&nbsp; Romans 15:13 We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellevillecursillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}