"I Will Make of You a Great Nation"

These Words, God Spoke to Abram when he was 75 years old! Such a promise would seem foolhardy, if not Impossible in this day and age, especially at such an Advanced age. Yet, Abram gathered "All he had" and In Faith, set out for the land of the Canaanites.

These Words are most certainly spoken to each one of us as well, for no matter how long we have been on this Earth, it is Never too Late to Accomplish Great Things, in The Name of Our Lord and God.

When Contemplating the situation of many of our Elderly, there is often found the "Feeling" that life is Over, or at least coming to an end, and coupled with our Human Frailty, it is an easy trap to fall into, thus The Clergy often fail to Challenge our Beloved Seniors to The Greatness of thier Calling. But, Nothing could be Farther from The Truth!

Though one may no longer be able to Preach "Words of Faith" to Others, Thier "Inner Words," in other words, Thier "Prayer," is actually More Powerful than it has Ever been before Due to the Thier Years of Experience in Loving God and Neighbor. Thus, thier Voices are Even more Beautiful and Powerful before The Throne of God, especially when we call to mind The Words of Jesus, "Ask and You WILL Recieve."

Perhaps, through bodily Weakness, one is unable to travel the Missions, bringing Souls To Christ, but The Very DESIRE to do so is Rewarded by God, and The Graces Merited by that very Desire, will reach to the far ends of the earth.

As St Padre Pio said while walking past a Hospital in Assisi;

"How much Suffering is Wasted!"

We must Understand that, Before God, what we accomplish is not as important as our "Desire" for Good, and that those who, though they may not be able to do the things that they once did in thier Youth, one must remember that it has been "God's Work" all along, and therefore we must Never Limit our Capacity for Achieving Great Things for The Glory of God, by our "Seeming" Inabilities.

And Instead of feeling Powerless, I must Embrace my Cross, realizing that in It I have the Power, when United to God, to bring Countless Souls to Christ.

So Powerful is our Will, that if only Five people in the world would give themselves Completely and Unconditionally to Christ in Loving Abandonment To The Divine Will, the World would, in its entirety, Come to Christ.

Therefore let those of us who have been told "falsely," that our "Productive" life is over due to our situation, Rise up and Prove them all Wrong, by Consecrating our Weakness, our Sickness, our Lonliness, our Inabilities, and even the Humiliations that we suffer at the hands of others, up to God, for The Salvation of Souls and The Greater Glory of God, both in Time and Eternity!

God Bless You