California State Fair

         I went to the California State Fair yesterday. It was really fun. Since we didn't feel like wasting $40 every time we went on one ride, we did all the free stuff. For example: we went to a cooking show and explored all the exhibits for animals, plants, art, and other cool things. We saw a motorcycle show where the guys did back flips on their motorcycles after they went up a huge jump and landed on another ramp. It was scary watching those people! I mean, there have been accidents with these types of things, and I am not a person who wants to witness one. Next we saw some Chinese acrobats. Those people are really strong and muscular. One guy stacked up about fifteen chairs and the top one was tilted. He did a one-handed handstand on the top of that contraption!
        The main reason we were at the fair is to see the 8:00pm concert that we bought tickets for. This concert was Britt Nicole, one of my ultimate favorite artists. She's a Christian pop singer/songwriter. She's really into her faith. She kept saying things like: "With God, you can do anything." and "Give your troubles to Jesus." and things like that. It was an amazing concert. I really liked it.
         Here's a song that she sang last night. She said she wrote this song for her mother. Her mother always had dreams and things she wanted to accomplish in life, but her responsibilities of being a good wife, mother, and keep the house and all that made her feel like she couldn't follow her dreams. This song is called Walk on the Water:  Click here to listen

Devotion to the Drops of Blood Lost by our Lord

Devotion to the Drops of Blood Lost by our Lord Jesus Christ on His Way to Calvary 
 

St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, with St. Matilda and St. Bridget, wishing to know something of the Passion of Jesus Christ, offered fervent and special prayers. upon which Our Lord revealed to them:

To all the faithful who shall recite for 3 years, each day, 2 Our Fathers, 2 Hail Marys and 2 Glory Bes in honor of the drops of Blood I lost, I will concede the following 5 graces:

1st: The plenary indulgence and remittance of your sins.
2nd: You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
3rd: If you should die before completing the said 3 years, for you it will be the same as if you had completed them.
4th: It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith.
5th: I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives, until the fourth generation.

Blessed by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII in Rome, April 5, 1890.