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December 16th, 2007 the third Sunday of Advent.
( Last weeks opening prayer ended with "Next week Lord,
I'm going to ask you to show us how to prepare the gift and
how to wrap it up for You. Thank You Jesus for Your love and
constant mercy.)
If we have prayed and asked, and You have shown us what
we are to give You, now is the time for us to start to prepare
how to do that.
First, we have to be willing, that is the tissue paper to place
around the gift.
Then we need to go to confession, and confess that sin, and
that becomes the box that we are going to put the present in.
Coming to adoration, and sitting with You for an hour, is the
gift wrap that we will put on the outside of the box to make it
more beautiful.
Then extra going to mass, and communion during the week
is the bow and ribbon.
If we do this we have gained so much more than we are giving.
We have gained the privledge to have sat with You, then the
privledge of receiving Your most precious Body and Blood,
filling us with the peace to really let go and let You be the
Lord of our lives.
Jesus, grace us to start a new era of time.
Let this be the era of the time of You.
Let us really see the love that You have for us, and the care
in which You protect and guide us.
Let this Christmas really be a new beginning is this journey
of life. Amen and Amen.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday COMING UP ROSES
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"They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning
will flee." —Isaiah 35:10
In the Catholic community, we call today "Gaudete Sunday,"
meaning "Rejoice Sunday." We rejoice because the Lord's
Christmas coming is near. Our priests wear rose vestments
today to express our exuberant joy. We are flushed with joy
because the world's dire circumstances are overshadowed by
God's presence. In the shadow of His wings, we shout for joy
(Ps 63:8). We rejoice not in the circumstances but in the
Lord of the circumstances (Phil 4:4). We rejoice because
God is with us (Is 7:14; Mt 1:23).
Jesus is the same today as yesterday (Heb 13:8). "The blind
recover their sight, cripples walk, lepers are cured, the deaf
hear, dead men are raised to life, and the poor have the good
news preached to them" (Mt 11:5). "Despite the increase of
sin, grace has far surpassed it" (Rm 5:20). Therefore, "be
patient," my brothers and sisters, "until the coming of the
Lord" (Jas 5:7). "You may for a time have to suffer the
distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which
is more precious than the passing splendor of fire-tried gold,
may by its genuineness lead to praise, glory, and honor when
Jesus Christ appears" (1 Pt 1:6-7).
Monday MEET YOUR FOLKS
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"Listen to Israel, your father." —Genesis 49:2
Tuesday THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
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"Joseph her husband, an upright man unwilling to expose her
to the law, decided to divorce her quietly." —Matthew 1:19
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please pray for Bea Swartz as she struggles with collapsed
lung. Also for consolations to come to the Wakcher family
during Bea's last few days with her family.
(S. A., United States, 12/15/2007 8:08:26 PM)
Please pray for Andrea's family. She was shot and killed on
Dec. 14th. Please pray for her family and friends.Please pray
for a Christmas miracle for our family finances. Please pray
for the stop of hate in the world.
(
Anonymous, 12/15/2007 4:49:51 PM)
PLEASE Pray for the smooth transfer of our visa and job from
one company to another as we are going through a crusial
phase. God bless you all.
(J & S R., Kuwait, 12/15/2007 1:47:09 PM)
Pray for my wife's mood swings; that she learns to accept our
son and me the way we are, as we accept her, and so that
she stops arguing, screaming and fighting with us. For healing
of her knee, back, and emotions. For patience so that we
continue to accept her and continue to love her regardless of
her impatience with us.
(Juan, 12/15/2007 1:18:32 PM)
PLEASE PRAY FOR VALERIE MANCUSO. MAY HER
SURGERY BE A SUCCESS WITH THE HELP OF THE
BLESSED MOTHER. HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE THE SURGEONS
HANDS DURING SURGERY. M.
(M. S., PUNTA GORDA, FL., United States, 12/15/2007 1:05:40 PM)
PLEASE PRAY FOR TONY GUARINO. MAY ALL HIS TEST
COME BACK IN HIS FAVOR.BLESSED MOTHER BLESS
HIM THE HOLY SPIRIT WATCH OVER HIM M.
(M. S., PUNTA GORDA, FL. United States, 12/15/2007 12:53:35 PM)
Dear holy mother of God, I need your help and miracle in
very urgent. I am 44 yrs old and I am handicaped person
and I am struggling in financially in very badly and hard time.
Dear holy mother of God please help me to get an immediate
financial help from my sponser Mr.Alawi even I have send 9
emails to him but till now no reply at all. I have to pay my room
rent for 4 months and for food , I am struggling in so badly in
here. Dear holy mother of God please i need your miracle to
get an immediate financial help from my sponser Mr.Alawi.
Thank you holy mother of God, With kind Regards, J.
(J. B., Muscat., Muscat, Oman, 12/15/2007 12:48:41 PM)
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Small Christian Communities
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communities by raising up leaders who will form communities
PM's Small Christian Community Network
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Small Christian Community Resources
Introduction to Small Christian Community
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Pope Benedict XVI
Wednesday General Audience
Communion is the key to the mystery of the Church,
teaches the Holy Father
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11246
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2007 / 10:20 am (CNA).- As the faithful
listened to Pope Benedict's next installment in his series of
teachings on the saints of the early Church today, they heard
about St. Paulinus of Nola. This saint, the Pope said, teaches
Christians about the Church as "a sacrament of intimate union
with God and of the unity of the whole human race."
Hailing from Italy, St. Paulinus rose to become the governor of
the Campania region in southern Italy at a young age. In that
role he stood out for his wisdom and humility, while his
contact with "the simple and intense faith" of the people
marked the start of his own path to conversion, which was
not without difficulties and trials," the Holy Father related.
"The meeting with Christ was the finishing point of an arduous
journey," during which a series of .............
Catholic News Agency, December 12th, 2007
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com
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Pope Benedict XVI, Shepherd of Truth
Notable quotations from Pope Benedict XVI and official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THE EUCHARIST AND WITNESS
NOT GIVEN ENOUGH
The more ardent the love for the Eucharist is in the hearts of
the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the
goal of all mission: to bring Christ to others... Anyone who has
not shared the truth of love with his brothers and sisters has
not yet given enough.(86)
"CONVINCING WITNESSES"
The Christian laity ... should cultivate a desire that the
Eucharist have an ever deeper effect on their daily lives,
making them convincing witnesses in the workplace and in
society at large. (79)
(Source: Apostolic exhortation, Sacramentum Caritatis, February 22, 2007)
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PM Ministry List
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Word Gifts Ministry
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2007 RETREATS
Online Registration
2008 RETREATS
Jan 25 - 26
Co-Workers Retreat (held in Cincinnati Area)
Calling all Co-workers ~ and those thinking about becoming
a co-worker for PM ~ Come and be inspired, refreshed,
rejuvenated, and re-energized in your ministry work!
Feb 22 - 23
Living In Reality (held in Cincinnati Area)
Many people, even Christians, are not in touch with reality
because of sin and our secular humanistic culture. During
this retreat, we will focus on four basic timeless realities
revealed by Christ, then center on repentance and total
commitment to Jesus. The retreat will conclude with how to
build a lifestyle in the Spirit through family relationships.
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" Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Matthew 10:-8
Do you have an inspirational story to share with our brothers
and sisters regarding walking with Christ?
Could I tell your story or someone's you know next week?
Pray on it.
Until then, "May God Bless you and all you care for."
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