Monday, June 30, 2014
Prayer of a Single Parent
It is late, Lord, and yet I sit here, trying to rally strength for tomorrow. I feel burdened as a single parent. The pressure of juggling work, home, school, and sitter schedules leaves little time. Somewhere in the middle I am lost, a wheel with a hundred spokes, each pulling me and demanding comfort, support, and attention. I am weighed down with guilt about the job I am doing. Refusing demands for materials things is difficult, but refusing for my time is worse. Give me the courage to persist in this difficult task of parenting. Make me realistic in what I expect of myself and others. Nurture me and love me, Lord. Let me know You are with me in all my stumblings, in all my days. Bring me and my loved ones through these hard times so that we may find happiness and peace. Amen.
Prayer for the Gift of Child
God our Father, all parenthood comes from you. Allow us to share in that power which is yours alone, and let us see in the child you send us as a living sign of your presence in our home. Bless our love and make it fruitful so that a new voice may join ours to praise you, a new heart to love you, and a new life to bear witness to you. Amen.
Prayer for Financial Difficulties
Dear Lord, I have been taught that money is not what is most important, yet money is often a problem in my life. These latest financial difficulties are particularly hard. Help me to use money wisely - to resist buying what I do not need and to stop comparing my possessions with those of others. Grant me what I need in this life, so that I may care for myself and those dear to me, with enough to share with those less fortunate. Amen
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Saint of Today: Blessed Raymond Lull 26th June
Saint of Today: Blessed Raymond Lull
Raymond was born in about the year 1232 in Palma, the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, in a very wealthy and noble Lull family. He was well educated and became a tutor of King James-II of Aragon. He married Blanca Picany, a relative of King James-II of Majorca in 1257 and they had two children. He then became the administrative head of the Royal Household of King James-II of Majorca.
br /> One day when he was sitting on his bed, he saw Jesus Christ on the cross, suspended in the mid-air on his right side. This kind of vision came to him five times. Due to these visions he got a change of mind and decided to live a religious life. He entered the Third Order of St. Francis and resigned his position in the Royal Household. He then left his family also and lived a life of hermit in solitude at the Mount Randa for about nine years.
He learned Arabic from a Muslim slave in order to preach among the Muslims and to convert them to Christianity. He visited many countries in Europe, met kings and princes and pressed them to establish colleges to teach and prepare future missionaries. In 1285 he went to North Africa, preached Gospel in various places but was expelled from Tunis. He went to North Africa many times but returned with little success and confessed that Muslims can be converted to Christianity only by prayer and not by military force. He then as a last time went to North Africa in 1314 but he was stoned by the Muslims in the city of Bougie. But some merchants took him before he died to Majorca where Raymond died at Palma on June 29, 1315. He wrote more than 300 works in Latin and Arabic about theology, logic, philosophy and also poetry and fiction.
He was beatified by pope Pius-IX in the year 1847
Raymond was born in about the year 1232 in Palma, the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, in a very wealthy and noble Lull family. He was well educated and became a tutor of King James-II of Aragon. He married Blanca Picany, a relative of King James-II of Majorca in 1257 and they had two children. He then became the administrative head of the Royal Household of King James-II of Majorca.
br /> One day when he was sitting on his bed, he saw Jesus Christ on the cross, suspended in the mid-air on his right side. This kind of vision came to him five times. Due to these visions he got a change of mind and decided to live a religious life. He entered the Third Order of St. Francis and resigned his position in the Royal Household. He then left his family also and lived a life of hermit in solitude at the Mount Randa for about nine years.
He learned Arabic from a Muslim slave in order to preach among the Muslims and to convert them to Christianity. He visited many countries in Europe, met kings and princes and pressed them to establish colleges to teach and prepare future missionaries. In 1285 he went to North Africa, preached Gospel in various places but was expelled from Tunis. He went to North Africa many times but returned with little success and confessed that Muslims can be converted to Christianity only by prayer and not by military force. He then as a last time went to North Africa in 1314 but he was stoned by the Muslims in the city of Bougie. But some merchants took him before he died to Majorca where Raymond died at Palma on June 29, 1315. He wrote more than 300 works in Latin and Arabic about theology, logic, philosophy and also poetry and fiction.
He was beatified by pope Pius-IX in the year 1847
Sunday, June 15, 2014
1.3a God Approaches Us Men
7) Why God have to show himself in order for us to be able to know what he is like?
Man can know by reason that God exists, but not what God is really like. Yet because God would very much like to be known, he has revealed himself.
God did not have to reveal himself to us. But he did it -out of love. Just as in human love one can know something about the beloved person only if he opens his heart to us, so too we know something about God's inmost thoughts only because the eternal and mysterious God has opened himself to us out of love. From creation on, through the patriarchs and the prophets down to the definitive--- REVELATION in his Son Jesus Christ, God has spoken again and again to mankind. In him he has poured out his heart to us and made his inmost being visible for us.
8) How does God reveal himself in the Old Testament?
God shows himself in the Old Testament as God, who created the world out of love and remains faithful to men even when they have fallen away from him into sin.
God makes it possible t experience him into history: With Noah he establishes a covenant to save all living things. He calls Abraham so as to make him "the father of a multitude of nations" (Gen 17:5b) and to bless "all the families of the earth" in him (Gen 12:3b).
The people Israel, sprung from Abraham, becomes his special possession. To Moses he introduces himself by name. His mysterious name ---YHWH, usually transcribed Yahweh, means "I AM WHO I AM" (Ex 3:14). He frees Israel from slavery in Egypt, establishes a covenant with them on Sinai, and through Moses gives them the law. Again and again, God sends prophets to his people to call them to conversion and to the renewal of the covenant.
The prophets proclaim that God will establish a new and everlasting covenant, which will bring about a radical renewal and definitive redemption. This covenant will be open to all human beings.
9) What does God show us about himself when he sends his Son to us?
God shows us in Jesus Christ the full depth of his merciful love.
Through Jesus Christ the invisible God becomes visible. He becomes a man like us. This shows us how far God's love goes: He bears our whole burden. He walks every path with us. He is there in our abandonment, our sufferings, our fear of death. He is there when we can go no farther, so as to open up for us the door leading into life.
10) With Jesus Christ, has everything been said, or does revelation continue even after him?
In Jesus Christ, God himself came to earth. He is God's last Word. By listening to him, all men of all times can know who God is and what is necessary for their salvation.
With Gospel of Jesus Christ, the --- REVELATION of God is perfect and complete. To make it comprehensible to us, the Holy Spirit leads us ever deeper into the truth. God's light breaks so forcefully into the lives of many individuals that they "see the heavens opened" (Acts 7:56). That is how great places of pilgrimage such as Guadalupe in Mexico or Lourdes in France came about. The "private revelations" of visionaries cannot improve on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. No one is obliged to believe in them. But they can help us understand the Gospel better. Their authenticity is tested by the --- CHURCH.
Man can know by reason that God exists, but not what God is really like. Yet because God would very much like to be known, he has revealed himself.
God did not have to reveal himself to us. But he did it -out of love. Just as in human love one can know something about the beloved person only if he opens his heart to us, so too we know something about God's inmost thoughts only because the eternal and mysterious God has opened himself to us out of love. From creation on, through the patriarchs and the prophets down to the definitive--- REVELATION in his Son Jesus Christ, God has spoken again and again to mankind. In him he has poured out his heart to us and made his inmost being visible for us.
8) How does God reveal himself in the Old Testament?
God shows himself in the Old Testament as God, who created the world out of love and remains faithful to men even when they have fallen away from him into sin.
God makes it possible t experience him into history: With Noah he establishes a covenant to save all living things. He calls Abraham so as to make him "the father of a multitude of nations" (Gen 17:5b) and to bless "all the families of the earth" in him (Gen 12:3b).
The people Israel, sprung from Abraham, becomes his special possession. To Moses he introduces himself by name. His mysterious name ---YHWH, usually transcribed Yahweh, means "I AM WHO I AM" (Ex 3:14). He frees Israel from slavery in Egypt, establishes a covenant with them on Sinai, and through Moses gives them the law. Again and again, God sends prophets to his people to call them to conversion and to the renewal of the covenant.
The prophets proclaim that God will establish a new and everlasting covenant, which will bring about a radical renewal and definitive redemption. This covenant will be open to all human beings.
9) What does God show us about himself when he sends his Son to us?
God shows us in Jesus Christ the full depth of his merciful love.
Through Jesus Christ the invisible God becomes visible. He becomes a man like us. This shows us how far God's love goes: He bears our whole burden. He walks every path with us. He is there in our abandonment, our sufferings, our fear of death. He is there when we can go no farther, so as to open up for us the door leading into life.
10) With Jesus Christ, has everything been said, or does revelation continue even after him?
In Jesus Christ, God himself came to earth. He is God's last Word. By listening to him, all men of all times can know who God is and what is necessary for their salvation.
With Gospel of Jesus Christ, the --- REVELATION of God is perfect and complete. To make it comprehensible to us, the Holy Spirit leads us ever deeper into the truth. God's light breaks so forcefully into the lives of many individuals that they "see the heavens opened" (Acts 7:56). That is how great places of pilgrimage such as Guadalupe in Mexico or Lourdes in France came about. The "private revelations" of visionaries cannot improve on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. No one is obliged to believe in them. But they can help us understand the Gospel better. Their authenticity is tested by the --- CHURCH.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
1.2 Man is Receptive to God
3) Q: Why do we seek God?
God placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him. St.Augustine says, "you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." We call this longing for God - (Religion).
It is natural for man to seek God. All of our striving for truth and happiness is ultimately a search for the one who supports us absolutely, satisfies us absolutely, and employs us absolutely in his service. A person is not completely himself until he has found God. " Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it" (ST.Edith Stein)
4) Q: Can we know the existence of God by our reason?
Yes. Human can know God with certainty.
The world cannot have its origin and its destination within itself. In everything that exists, there is more than we see. The order, the beauty, and the development of the world point beyond themselves toward God. Evry man is receptive to what is true, good and beautiful. He hears within himself the voice of conscience, which urges him to what is good and warns him against what is evil. Anyone who follows this path reasonably finds God.
5)Q: Why do people deny that God exists, if they can know him by reason?
To know the invisible God is a great challenge for human kind. Many are scared off by it. Another reason why some do not want to know God is because they would then have to change their life. Anyone who says that the question about God is meaningless because it cannot be answered is making things too easy for himself.
6) Q: Can we grasp God at all in concepts? Is it possible to speak about him meaningfully?
In order to express something about God, we use imperfect images and limited notions. And so everything we say about God is subject to the reservation that our language is not equal to God's greatness. Therefore we must constantly purify and improve our speech about God.
God placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him. St.Augustine says, "you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." We call this longing for God - (Religion).
It is natural for man to seek God. All of our striving for truth and happiness is ultimately a search for the one who supports us absolutely, satisfies us absolutely, and employs us absolutely in his service. A person is not completely himself until he has found God. " Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it" (ST.Edith Stein)
4) Q: Can we know the existence of God by our reason?
Yes. Human can know God with certainty.
The world cannot have its origin and its destination within itself. In everything that exists, there is more than we see. The order, the beauty, and the development of the world point beyond themselves toward God. Evry man is receptive to what is true, good and beautiful. He hears within himself the voice of conscience, which urges him to what is good and warns him against what is evil. Anyone who follows this path reasonably finds God.
5)Q: Why do people deny that God exists, if they can know him by reason?
To know the invisible God is a great challenge for human kind. Many are scared off by it. Another reason why some do not want to know God is because they would then have to change their life. Anyone who says that the question about God is meaningless because it cannot be answered is making things too easy for himself.
6) Q: Can we grasp God at all in concepts? Is it possible to speak about him meaningfully?
In order to express something about God, we use imperfect images and limited notions. And so everything we say about God is subject to the reservation that our language is not equal to God's greatness. Therefore we must constantly purify and improve our speech about God.
1.1 Why we are able to believe?
1) Q: For what purpose are we here on earth?
A: We are here on earth in order to know, and to love God, to do good according to his Will, and to go someday to heaven (1-3,358)
To be human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents. We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth is at home, and we are expected in his everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our Creator is near; often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin, delivers us from all evil, and leads us erringly into true life. He is "the way, and then truth, and the life" (Jn 14:6).
2) Q: Why did God create us?
A: God created us out of free and unselfish love. (1-3)
When a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with others. He gets this from his Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the "surplus" of his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.
Veronica's Reflection:
As a kid as young as 8 years old, I had been looking for answer to the question no.1 ' What is our purpose of life? Why are we on here on earth? What is life? What life is all about? Is it life supposed to be growing up study, work, get married, get kids and so forth? I believe a lot of people are asking the same questions. I cant believe that this is the first answer I got when I open the Catechism book. For all my life looking for the answer, I finally found the answer! We came from God and we are here on earth to serve God. Now I am able to tell my own kids or other kids where did they come from and what is their purpose of life.
From there, I started to find what does it mean to serve God. One may not understand that serving is receiving. I found so much goodness in serving God, our God is very kind and loving. He created us out of love and share His goodness. This is really true. He loves me so much that he always watching over me my whole life, keeping me safe and keep on calling me. Thank God for his faithfulness to me to wait for me for years to know him.
A: We are here on earth in order to know, and to love God, to do good according to his Will, and to go someday to heaven (1-3,358)
To be human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents. We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth is at home, and we are expected in his everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our Creator is near; often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin, delivers us from all evil, and leads us erringly into true life. He is "the way, and then truth, and the life" (Jn 14:6).
2) Q: Why did God create us?
A: God created us out of free and unselfish love. (1-3)
When a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with others. He gets this from his Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the "surplus" of his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.
Veronica's Reflection:
As a kid as young as 8 years old, I had been looking for answer to the question no.1 ' What is our purpose of life? Why are we on here on earth? What is life? What life is all about? Is it life supposed to be growing up study, work, get married, get kids and so forth? I believe a lot of people are asking the same questions. I cant believe that this is the first answer I got when I open the Catechism book. For all my life looking for the answer, I finally found the answer! We came from God and we are here on earth to serve God. Now I am able to tell my own kids or other kids where did they come from and what is their purpose of life.
From there, I started to find what does it mean to serve God. One may not understand that serving is receiving. I found so much goodness in serving God, our God is very kind and loving. He created us out of love and share His goodness. This is really true. He loves me so much that he always watching over me my whole life, keeping me safe and keep on calling me. Thank God for his faithfulness to me to wait for me for years to know him.
Are all people called to Marriage?
Not everyone is called to marriage? Even people who live alone can have fulfillment in life. To many of them Jesus shows a special way, he invites them to remain unmarried "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:12). (1618-1620).
Many people who live alone suffer from loneliness, which they perceive only as a lack and disadvantage. Yet a person who does not have to care for a spouse or a family also enjoys freedom and independence and has time to do meaningful and important things that a married person would never get to. Maybe it is God's will that he should care for people whom no one else cares. Not uncommonly God even calls such a person to be especially close to him. This is the case when one senses a desire to renounce marriage "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven".
Of course a Christian vocation can never mean despising marriage or sexuality. Voluntary celibacy can be practiced only in love and out of love, as a powerful sign that God is more important than anything else.The unmarried person renounces a sexual relationship but not love; full of longing he goes out to meet Christ the bridegroom who is coming (Mt 25:6).
Therefore, matrimony is not an obligation for everyone, especially since God calls some men and women to follow the Lord Jesus in a life of virginity or of celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. These renounce the great good of Matrimony to concentrate on the things of the Lord and seek to please him. They become a sign of the absolute supremacy of Christ's love and of the ardent expectation of his glorious return.
Many people who live alone suffer from loneliness, which they perceive only as a lack and disadvantage. Yet a person who does not have to care for a spouse or a family also enjoys freedom and independence and has time to do meaningful and important things that a married person would never get to. Maybe it is God's will that he should care for people whom no one else cares. Not uncommonly God even calls such a person to be especially close to him. This is the case when one senses a desire to renounce marriage "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven".
Of course a Christian vocation can never mean despising marriage or sexuality. Voluntary celibacy can be practiced only in love and out of love, as a powerful sign that God is more important than anything else.The unmarried person renounces a sexual relationship but not love; full of longing he goes out to meet Christ the bridegroom who is coming (Mt 25:6).
Therefore, matrimony is not an obligation for everyone, especially since God calls some men and women to follow the Lord Jesus in a life of virginity or of celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. These renounce the great good of Matrimony to concentrate on the things of the Lord and seek to please him. They become a sign of the absolute supremacy of Christ's love and of the ardent expectation of his glorious return.
Why is Marriage Indissoluble?
Jesus not only restored the original order of a sacrament, giving spouses a special grace to live out their marriage as a symbol of Christ's love for this bride the Church: "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loves the Church" (Ephesians 5:25).
Marriage is triply indissoluble:
1) First, because the essence of love is mutual self-giving without reservation;
2) Second, because it is an image of God's unconditional faithfulness to his creation;
3) Third, because it represents Christ's devotion to his Church, even unto death on the Cross.
At the time when 50% of marriages in many places end in divorce, every marriage that lasts is a great sign - ultimately a sign for God. On this earth, where so much is relative, people ought to believe in God, who alone is absolute. That is why everything that is not relative is so important; someone who speaks the truth absolutely or is absolutely loyal.
Absolute fidelity in marriage is not so much a human achievement as it is a testimony to the faithfulness of God, who is there even when we betray or forget him in so many ways. To be married in the Church means to rely more on God's help than on one's own resources of love.
Because of original sin, which caused a rupture in the God-given communion between man and woman, the union of marriage is very often threatened by discord and infidelity. However, God in his infinite mercy gives to man and woman the grace to bring the union of their lives into accord with the original divine plan.
Marriage is triply indissoluble:
1) First, because the essence of love is mutual self-giving without reservation;
2) Second, because it is an image of God's unconditional faithfulness to his creation;
3) Third, because it represents Christ's devotion to his Church, even unto death on the Cross.
At the time when 50% of marriages in many places end in divorce, every marriage that lasts is a great sign - ultimately a sign for God. On this earth, where so much is relative, people ought to believe in God, who alone is absolute. That is why everything that is not relative is so important; someone who speaks the truth absolutely or is absolutely loyal.
Absolute fidelity in marriage is not so much a human achievement as it is a testimony to the faithfulness of God, who is there even when we betray or forget him in so many ways. To be married in the Church means to rely more on God's help than on one's own resources of love.
Because of original sin, which caused a rupture in the God-given communion between man and woman, the union of marriage is very often threatened by discord and infidelity. However, God in his infinite mercy gives to man and woman the grace to bring the union of their lives into accord with the original divine plan.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
BFP on Mother's Day! How I get conceived this month?
Thanks be to God and Praise God Alleluia!
Finally, I have BFP after trying to conceive for 2 years plus. No words can express my feelings. I have tried so many things to improve my fertility, from charting to supplements and even acupuncture but every month just ended with disappoinment. I know and I understand how does it feels like when everyone asking when are you planning for a family or how painful it is to see our others getting pregnant in just months after wedding. 2 years plus might not be long but the disappinment for over 30 cycles are really exhausted.
I have been sharing my good news to some of my friends and family and I realised that there are really a lot of couples facing the same problems. To get pregnant is not really easy, imagine the precious egg just live up to 24 hours on each cycle.
I wish to share what I did differently this cycle. The only thing that I did differently is consume the milk powder from the Milk Grotto. Two of my lovely church member brought back this Holy milk powder from Bethlehem for both my husband and I to consume. This is actually the rock powder from a place called Milk grotto in Bethlehem. It is said to have helped thousands of couples to conceived. It is called milk powder because, the whole cave turned into white after a drop of milk of our Holy Mother Mary when she is nursing baby Jesus at that time. This place now has become one of the famous pilgrimage spot in Holy Land. There is also petitions box for prayer request. Thanks to my church member who remembered me and put both my husband and my name there for prayer. I believed the prayer has helped me to conceived. Thank you mama Mary for your intercession, my prayers answered immediately!
Both my husband and I consume the milk powder right after they reached home and it is about a week since they went to the Milk Grotto. Another week, I got a BFP when I tested on Mothers day! I thought it would be another disaapointing month because I feel the menstrual cramps for few days like I used before. I even cried on few days before I tested because I thought I didnt conceived on that month. We are supposed to follow the charting of the BOM NFP method which I observed that our best time to conceived is the day of Easter. Well we missed it but managed to did it after Easter. I really thought that this month is the impossible month as my husband was preparing for his baptism on Easter Vigil. Well, maybe things come when it is least expected as what people said.
I would also like to share some of the tips to boost the fertility or increase the chance of getting pregnant.
1) Understand your body
Highly recommend BOM (Billings Ovulation Method). The rythm method that we used to calculated based on average cycle are not so accurate. I suggest every couple must attend this one day course. In Catholic course, every couple will need to attend this course as one of the lesson in the mariage course. I missed this and I also tried for this method, the third month I conceived. This method can be used for irregular cycles and accuracy for the estimation of ovulation is >90%. This method gives you a simple science explanation on how our reproductive system works and both you and your husband are able to understand more. You can find the nearest catholic church and ask the office about this, they have BOM teachers and it's free. Or you can locate the nearest hospital, some country does provide this course.
2) Take supplements and vitamins for both husband and wife
For Her: Folic Acid, Royal Jelly, calcium
For Him: Folic Acid, Zinc, calcium
Royal Jelly is highly recommended because it helps to improve the quantity and quality of teh cervical mucus. Cervical mucus can help the sperms to swim and needed for the sperm to stay longer.
3) Go for a holiday and relax
I have not tried this coz I ahve been too busy but I believed this helped our hormones and body system system to function well
4) Pray and meditate
We must have faith and trust in God. You have done your best, God has a plan for you. Maybe it is not the best time for you to have a child or second child, third child. God knows what is best for us. However, we must not stop asking, instead we must thank Him and praise Him for everything we have.
I hope my blog gives a little help to those who trying to conceive. I wish your prayers will be answered soon. I pray for all of you everyday. Those who wish can giive me both your hudband and your name, so that I can pray specifically for you and lift up your name in my prayers.
God bless you.
Finally, I have BFP after trying to conceive for 2 years plus. No words can express my feelings. I have tried so many things to improve my fertility, from charting to supplements and even acupuncture but every month just ended with disappoinment. I know and I understand how does it feels like when everyone asking when are you planning for a family or how painful it is to see our others getting pregnant in just months after wedding. 2 years plus might not be long but the disappinment for over 30 cycles are really exhausted.
I have been sharing my good news to some of my friends and family and I realised that there are really a lot of couples facing the same problems. To get pregnant is not really easy, imagine the precious egg just live up to 24 hours on each cycle.
I wish to share what I did differently this cycle. The only thing that I did differently is consume the milk powder from the Milk Grotto. Two of my lovely church member brought back this Holy milk powder from Bethlehem for both my husband and I to consume. This is actually the rock powder from a place called Milk grotto in Bethlehem. It is said to have helped thousands of couples to conceived. It is called milk powder because, the whole cave turned into white after a drop of milk of our Holy Mother Mary when she is nursing baby Jesus at that time. This place now has become one of the famous pilgrimage spot in Holy Land. There is also petitions box for prayer request. Thanks to my church member who remembered me and put both my husband and my name there for prayer. I believed the prayer has helped me to conceived. Thank you mama Mary for your intercession, my prayers answered immediately!
Both my husband and I consume the milk powder right after they reached home and it is about a week since they went to the Milk Grotto. Another week, I got a BFP when I tested on Mothers day! I thought it would be another disaapointing month because I feel the menstrual cramps for few days like I used before. I even cried on few days before I tested because I thought I didnt conceived on that month. We are supposed to follow the charting of the BOM NFP method which I observed that our best time to conceived is the day of Easter. Well we missed it but managed to did it after Easter. I really thought that this month is the impossible month as my husband was preparing for his baptism on Easter Vigil. Well, maybe things come when it is least expected as what people said.
I would also like to share some of the tips to boost the fertility or increase the chance of getting pregnant.
1) Understand your body
Highly recommend BOM (Billings Ovulation Method). The rythm method that we used to calculated based on average cycle are not so accurate. I suggest every couple must attend this one day course. In Catholic course, every couple will need to attend this course as one of the lesson in the mariage course. I missed this and I also tried for this method, the third month I conceived. This method can be used for irregular cycles and accuracy for the estimation of ovulation is >90%. This method gives you a simple science explanation on how our reproductive system works and both you and your husband are able to understand more. You can find the nearest catholic church and ask the office about this, they have BOM teachers and it's free. Or you can locate the nearest hospital, some country does provide this course.
2) Take supplements and vitamins for both husband and wife
For Her: Folic Acid, Royal Jelly, calcium
For Him: Folic Acid, Zinc, calcium
Royal Jelly is highly recommended because it helps to improve the quantity and quality of teh cervical mucus. Cervical mucus can help the sperms to swim and needed for the sperm to stay longer.
3) Go for a holiday and relax
I have not tried this coz I ahve been too busy but I believed this helped our hormones and body system system to function well
4) Pray and meditate
We must have faith and trust in God. You have done your best, God has a plan for you. Maybe it is not the best time for you to have a child or second child, third child. God knows what is best for us. However, we must not stop asking, instead we must thank Him and praise Him for everything we have.
I hope my blog gives a little help to those who trying to conceive. I wish your prayers will be answered soon. I pray for all of you everyday. Those who wish can giive me both your hudband and your name, so that I can pray specifically for you and lift up your name in my prayers.
God bless you.
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