November 27th, First Sunday of Advent
Jesus our new Church year has started, help us to make this year the best year of our lives.
Let us live it as if this was our first year, our only year, our last year.
Let us focus more and more on You, and less and less on the problems around us.
Let us realize that all things work to good for those who love You.
Let us receive Your gift of peace, and help us keep it firmly in our hearts.
Let us do good to those we live with and let us truly love everyone.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday "MARY" ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
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"Let us live honorably as in daylight; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual excess and
lust, not in quarreling and jealousy." -Romans 13:13
Happy new Church year! Happy Advent! Today, we begin to prepare for Christ's Christmas coming. We
believe that Christmas is not just a memory but a reality. We believe that Jesus comes to us and
is born in our lives in a real way each Christmas. Since Christmas is a spiritual birth, Advent
is a spiritual pregnancy. Since Christmas is realizing not any birth, but Christ's birth, Advent
is not just a spiritual pregnancy, but a Marian pregnancy.
We know only three things about Mary's pregnancy. At its beginning, Mary traveled to visit her
relative Elizabeth. This was a difficult visit because of her physical suffering as a newly
pregnant woman hastening on foot into the hill country (Lk 1:39) and also because of the risk she
took. If Elizabeth would have considered Mary an adulteress, Mary could have been killed.
Nevertheless, Mary went on this difficult visit, and Elizabeth and her baby, John, were filled
with the Holy Spirit (Lk 1:41).
At the end of her pregnancy, Mary endured another difficult journey. In submission to the Roman
government, she went to Bethlehem with Joseph to register in the census (Lk 2:4-5). Mary again
underwent what her Son would later call the "cross." Finally, just before Mary gave birth, she
was refused a place to stay and had to give birth in a stable (see Lk 2:7).
To have a real Christmas and not a spiritual miscarriage, we must take up at least the three
crosses which Mary bore - the crosses of self-sacrifice, submission, and forgiveness. "Mary"
Christmas is for those who have a "Mary" Advent.
Prayer: Father, may I "put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the desires of
the flesh" (Rm 13:14).
Promise: "All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: 'Come, let us
climb the Lord's mountain.' "-Is 2:2-3
Praise: Praise you, Jesus, "my Lord and my God!" (Jn 20:28)
Monday CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
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"The fruit of the earth will be honor...when the Lord...purges Jerusalem's blood from her
midst." -Isaiah 4:2, 4
Tuesday THE WOOD OF DEATH LEADS TO LIFE
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"A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse." -Isaiah 11:1
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Brochures
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· Who Am I in Christ?
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"He who seeks only himself brings himself to ruin, whereas he who brings
himself to nought for Me discovers who he is." -Matthew 10:39
We must know who we are before we .....................................
· Mother Mary
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MARY-WHO IS SHE IN GOD'S PLAN?
"When the designated time had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman." -Galatians 4:4
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· Conversion Conversations
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· The Secret of Confession
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· An Isaiah Advent
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December 1 Isaiah 1-5
December 2 Isaiah 6-8
December 3 Isaiah 9-12
· Leading Your Loved Ones to Christ
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· Thankful to be Catholic
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· The Secret of Fasting
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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I ask for your prayers on the protection of my job. I have enemies at work and I don't understand
why. I don't get out of my office to prevent from people hating me but they still do. I am now
the lead but the lead before me placed bad things in the head of my administration. Please I have
done nothing but everything by the rules of our main office. Yet I am still be treated like I am
doing something wrong. Please get my enemies for away from me and let me work peacefully. Let
them let me work my job and stop causing me problems. Please I love my job and I'm trying my best
to take care of it. Please pray for me to keep my job and to only be my decision when to look for
a new one. Please. I can't lose my job. I have bills to pay and mouths to feed. I need your
prayer help.
(Elizabeth, , 11/26/2016 3:17:30 PM)
For the spiritual, physical and emotional safety of EB.
(Carol, Arizona , , 11/26/2016 2:53:26 PM)
Success over my nursing council examination
(Ojo F., Ibadan , Oyo, Nigeria, 11/26/2016 2:46:51 PM)
Please pray for Sanny who is possessed by the evil spirit & the whole family is at mess.
(M.f, , 11/26/2016 1:37:04 PM)
Please pray for MIB whose birthday is today. For wisdom, understanding, piety and every grace and
blessing. For Mum to forgive sibling and end this cold war situation between the two. For M to be
given the grace to make a good confession and receive the graces and blessings that it brings.
For Paddy who is feeling very low and weak with no support from siblings, God's grace and
strength. For the team doing my repair work to stay safe/blessed/protected and finish the job
perfectly within the stipulated period and without any adverse effect on our health. Thank you
each and every prayer warrior for your unfailing prayer support.
(J, , 11/26/2016 12:57:41 PM)
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MP3 4 You
The internet ministry for PM is highlighting our downloadable tapes online. The Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are featured as well as covering the entire New Testament thru Revelation.
Also available, many MP3 formatted Audio tapes of most epistles in the bible and numerous 15
minute Bible studies by Fr. Al Lauer.
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Small Christian Communities
We believe the Lord is calling us to build hundreds of more 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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"Unless the Lord Build the House..." - Psalm 127:
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Building Small Christian Communities (Team Manual)
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Building Small Christian Communities (Guide Book)
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Bible Telephone Line
The Bible Telephone Line (BTL) has been in operation for 24 years. Begun by Fr. Al in 1991, it now
continues with one deacon of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and two lay teachers trained by
Presentation Ministries. The BTL provides callers with a short teaching on the readings for the
daily Mass. It is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Callers may also leave a short prayer
request which will be shared on the line with the other callers the next day on a separate line.
THE BTL RECENTLY WENT TO A SINGLE NUMBER FOR THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
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Pope Francis, Shepherd of Truth
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
THANKFULNESS AND GRATITUDE
LEARNING FROM THE SCORNED
Significantly, Naaman and the Samaritans were two foreigners. How many foreigners, including
people of other religions, give us an example of values that we sometimes forget or put
aside! Those living beside us, who may be scorned and sidelined because they are foreigners,
can instead teach us how to walk on the path that the Lord wishes.
FAITH OVERCOMES DIFFICULTIES
The Mother of God, together with Joseph her spouse, knew what it was to live far from home.
She too was long a foreigner in Egypt, far from her relatives and friends. Yet her faith was
able to overcome the difficulties. Let us cling to this simple faith of the Holy Mother of
God; let us ask her that we may always come back to Jesus and express our thanks for the many
benefits we have received from His mercy.
THANKSGIVING IS IMPORTANT
To be able to offer thanks, to be able to praise the Lord for what He has done for us: this
is important!
(Source: Homily, Marian Jubilee, October 9, 2016)
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2016 RETREATS
Online Registration
2016 RETREATS
· Men's Day of Renewal: Set the Captives Free (Dec 3)
· Praying with the Church: The Liturgy of the Hours (Dec 9-11)
· Discipleship, Redemptive Suffering, and Mary (Feb 17-18)
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