Monday...we begin the work

Greetings from Honduras.

We awoke early to the 4:50 am bell for the beginning of the day, and to pray the Divine Office of the Liturgy of the Hours at 5:00. (our consolation to the early start is that Honduras is two hours behind Atlanta so it’s kind of like starting at 7:00 and we go to bed by 9:00 pm) and then had an hour of personal prayer. 

The work team which consists of Tom and Paul, along with three Brothers, Douglas, their neighbor who has helped us with a number of construction projects over the years and some of his workers, went to Mass at the Poor Clares convent, who are cloisters nuns in their barrio (neighborhood). After that, they went to a house to repair the roof (a tree fell on it). Once there, they decided to completely replace the whole roof.

              Paul, Tom and Douglas

The three “M’s” (Meghan, Marcia and Mary), with Patti and Fr. Francis Mary and two Sisters of the Missionary of Charity (Mother Teresa’s order) went to a mountain village to their church, St John the Baptist for Mass. 

               Mass with Fr Francis

Meghan, Fr Francis, the two Sisters, Marcia and Mary

The Missionary of Charity Sisters do catechesis every Saturday there. The Sisters had prepared the people so do a novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The families were now going to do an enthronement of the Sacred Heart of  Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. So we went house to house with the families. We sang songs, prayed, did the enthronement, and then Fr. Francis Mary blessed each of the houses. 

                  Fr Francis Mary praying

Fr Francis blessing the outside of the home

It was beautiful to see the people, who live so simply, have such a devotion to Christ and to the Blessed Mother. We spent about three hours doing this. The photos show the humble homes of the people and we wonder why we spend so much time worrying about useless things.

Blessing rosaries that the Rosary Guild at Mary Our Queen made. Each person in each home received a rosary

In the later afternoon, Fr. Francis Mary took us to the Missionary of Charity home. They take care of about 20 men who have no one to help them and about 20 children and women who are HIV positive. We spent the afternoon talking and playing with the children.    

   

After our Holy Hour, we had dinner cooked by Paul and Fr Gregorio and then Br Mark Mary gave us a talk on the understanding of the human soul.

Br Mark Mary (on the left) giving his talk

Thank you for all of your prayers and your support. We are very grateful for your support.Our days are full but we are being blessed by the opportunity to be here. We have remembered all of you in our prayers.

God bless from Honduras.

The Honduras Mission Team