December 31st Holy family
Jesus, as we end this year, let us see the power of love that exists in the human family that
should be like your Holy Family.
We all have our faults and failings, but they can be given to You, so that we can be free to
love those who gave us life and took care of us as children.
Let us see that our parents did the best they could where they were at.
And let us pray for them to come and find the love that You have for all families.
Jesus, help all children, especially those who had difficult childhoods, and give them the
grace to forgive.
Let this next year be a year of peace and love and forgivness.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday THE REAL THING
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"He came to the temple now, inspired by the Spirit, and when the parents brought in the Child
Jesus to perform for Him the customary ritual of the law, he took Him in his arms and blessed God."
-Luke 2:27-28
Some orthodox Jews have the custom of using the birth of a baby boy as an occasion to discourse on
the coming of the Messiah. An older relative traditionally starts the conversation with the
question: "Could this baby be the Messiah?" Then various relatives wax eloquently about the coming
and the glories of the Messiah.
Some people may have thought that Simeon and Anna were only engaging in this traditional
conversation when they were talking about the Child Jesus "to all who looked forward to the
deliverance of Jerusalem" (Lk 2:38). Simeon and Anna may have then even more vehemently insisted
that Jesus was "a revealing Light to the Gentiles, the Glory"of Israel (Lk 2:32). However, people
may have thought this was part of the game. Then Simeon and Anna would have tried to tell them this
wasn't a ritual, but the real thing. This Baby was the Messiah!
We face a similar situation in our day. When we proclaim Jesus as Messiah and Lord, people think
this is merely the religious game and the standard church-talk. Yet we, like Simeon and Anna, must
be filled with the Holy Spirit and proclaim that this is the real thing. Jesus is the Messiah.
Christmas is real. God has become a man. We are saved. Jesus is Lord and God.
Prayer: Father, may our family life be so holy that it shouts that Jesus is the Messiah.
Promise: "He remembers forever His covenant which He made binding for a thousand generations."
-Ps 105:8
Praise: Praise God our "Father from Whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its' name"
(Eph 3:14-15).
Monday ABBA'S DAUGHTER
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"God has sent forth into our hearts the Spirit of His Son Which cries out 'Abba!' ('Father!')"
-Galatians 4:6
Tuesday LIARS
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"Tell us who you are." -John 1:22
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Who Am I in Christ?
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please pray that I will be content with my life and not be constantly asking for prayer and
asking God for things that are inconsistant with HIs will for me. Pray that I will try to
help myself work on things that I can control.
(Steve G., Acworth, Georgia, , 12/30/2017 7:55:10 PM)
Father, we ask that You go before EB and surround her with Your Love and Angels. Protect her
from any breakdown, flat tires, bad traffic, bad weather, any delays, or evil and bring her
home safely. Thank You God, Amen.
(Carol, Arizona , , 12/30/2017 5:35:37 PM)
God Almighty I pray for peace unity understanding wisdom salvation, deliverance from poverty,
ancient alters, ancestral alters, promises,oath,and convent, premature death, infertility,
barrenness, hardluck bad dreams, evil illnesses, and for you to bless us with long live good
health, fruitful womb and children, financial open doors, financial break through, divine
connections,favours,and promotion in my office in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus Amen.
(Egodigwe I.L. and family, Nsukka, Enugu State/southeast, Nigeria, 12/30/2017 12:58:53 PM)
Pray that Matthew James Guthrie is healed of his addictions to drugs and to alcohol. Pray
that a protective hedge is placed around Matthew protecting him emotionally, physically, and
spiritually from those who would provide him with drugs and alcohol, or support his use of
drugs or alcohol including the married woman he is in a codependent relationship with.
Alienate him from those people and from her, divide him from those people and from her. Fill
Matthew with the holy spirit and remove from all of the lies, denials, justifications, and
bindings keeping him in that relationship with another mans wife while his own family
receives no support or contact from him. Pray for him to be healed and for him to heed Gods
call for him to return to his family to honor his parents, and their wisdom, to support his
daughter, to support his family, and to fulfill his promises to his family and to God to be
an honorable and god fearing man and to support his family.
(Misty J. S., Bedford, IN, United States, 12/30/2017 12:52:59 PM)
Lord God, please dont test me for what I cannot endure because I am yours and your only
begotten son for my and mine salvation. Abba Father, I love you, Holy Trinity please be my
refuge. In to thy hands I give myself and fully surrender without certainty and errors of
being a human especially myself, my wife and our son.
(Anonymous, , 12/30/2017 12:07:20 PM)
John, a 24 yr old, was just diagnosed with end stage kidney failure. Please pray that his
kidney function returns. Thank you.
(Denise L., Stamford, CT, United States, 12/30/2017 11:48:55 AM)
Please pray that God may expose every wolf, demon and lie in Jessica, Vicky and Priscilla
Boisvert's life, home and false churches they belong to, and that they may convert to
catholicism. In Jesus name amen.
(Dany B., Herouxville, Quebec, Canada, 12/30/2017 10:34:18 AM)
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Bible Telephone Line
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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.
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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
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
"MENTALITY OF FEAR"
For they exist in the service of a mentality of fear that affects not only the parties in
conflict but the entire human race.
"FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY"
International relations cannot be held captive to military force, mutual intimidation, and the
parading of stockpiles of arms. Weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons,
create nothing but a false sense of security. They cannot constitute the basis for peaceful
coexistence between members of the human family, which must rather be inspired by an ethics of
solidarity...
"THE NEW NAME OF PEACE"
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio of Pope
Paul VI. That Encyclical, in developing the Christian concept of the person, set forth the
notion of integral human development and proposed it as "the new name of peace".
(Source: Address to participants in the international symposium, "Prospects for a World
Free of Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Development" 11/10/2017)
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2018 RETREATS
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· How Do I Seek the Kingdom of God? (Feb 16-17)
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