December 16th Third Sunday of Advent
Jesus, as we get closer to the greatest moment in all of history, Your birth.
Let us stop all the Christmas preparation, and come and just sit with You in adoration.
Let us just sit before the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings and let us just be in awe of the fact,
that You are really present in the Most Blessed Eucharist.
You love us so much that You want us to eat the Bread of Life, and slowly become truly Christ to
others.
Let us see in the breaking of the Bread, the love, the help and the healing that You always give us.
Let us become new creations in, to and through You.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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One Bread, One Body
This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday WHEN DADDY SINGS
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"Sing joyfully." -Zephaniah 3:14
The Lord, through St. Paul, commands and graces us to rejoice in Him always (Phil 4:4). No matter how
many problems we have, no matter how bad we feel - the fact that we are "in the Lord" dwarfs everything
else. How can we let a little cloud or two eclipse the Son?
When we fix our eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:2), the Son of God (Mk 1:1), He will reveal to us our heavenly
Father (Lk 10:22; Jn 14:6), Who is the Source of our joy. Jesus and the Holy Spirit will show us our
Abba (see Gal 4:6) rejoicing over each one of us with gladness and renewing us in His love (Zep 3:17).
We will see the reality that God Himself, our Abba, is at this moment singing joyfully because of us,
His adopted children (Rm 8:15; Zep 3:17).
Abba's joyous singing is quite contagious - especially for His children. In the presence of Abba, we
find ourselves breaking out into song and singing our parts in the Trinitarian musical. Our everlasting
songs of joy drown out our passing sorrows. We "rejoice in the Lord always! I say it again. Rejoice!"
(Phil 4:4)
Prayer: Father, may I "rejoice with inexpressible joy touched with glory" (1 Pt 1:8).
Promise: "He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire." -Lk 3:16
Praise: "I rejoice heartily in the Lord, in my God is the joy of my soul" (Is 61:10).
Monday INTERRUPTING THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
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"A family record of Jesus Christ..." -Matthew 1:1
Tuesday JOSEPH, AN EXPERT ON CHRISTMAS
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"Joseph, son of David, have no fear about taking Mary as your wife. It is by the Holy Spirit that she
has conceived this Child. She is to have a Son and you are to name Him Jesus." -Matthew 1:20-21
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PM Internet Prayer Requests
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Please no diabetes. (Anonymous, , 12/15/2018 11:19:52 AM)
Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for being with the choir team of mothers helping them secure second
place glorifying your nativity. Thank you Mamma Mary, St. Joseph, Guardian Angels, Patron Saints,
All saints and angels for interceding. Amen
(Anonymous, , 12/15/2018 10:52:20 AM)
Prayers for my sister who has serious illness , possible congestive heart failure, a hernia that has
moved her organs up through her diaphragm to behind her heart, a collapsed lung, and swollen ankles.
Doctors keep putting off operations, please lord open the doors to get her operated on sooner than
later. Praying to discern Gods will and possible calling to lead the prayer Ministry at our parish.
(Anonymous , Roanoke , Va, United States, 12/15/2018 10:10:06 AM)
Fear is useless. LORD please look kindly on the petitions posted and all the requests said silently
in our hearts. LORD thank you for this new day You created. Please LORD guide me through it to have
a Christian day. May all praise and all thanksgiving be yours LORD.
(Jim, Wisconsin, , 12/15/2018 9:26:13 AM)
Thank you Lord for another week. Father I pray for my family, help to understand your word,I pray
your word will stay with us and help us to forgive each other, especially Ed and George. I pray for
my daughter and G that you will be with them.In Jesus name we pray Amen.
(Naa, , 12/15/2018 3:55:00 AM)
I pray the lord continues to care for me in those ways it helps me. Amen
(Anonymous, , 12/14/2018 10:16:44 PM)
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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
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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
END HUNGER
DON'T BE INDIFFERENT
... These are some reflections I wish to share with those men and women who do not allow themselves
to succumb to indifference; who hear the cry of those who do not have the minimum needed to lead a
dignified life.
THE CHURCH AND THE POOR
For her part, the Catholic Church, in the exercise of the mission with which her divine Founder has
entrusted her, struggles daily throughout the world against hunger and malnutrition in multiple ways
and through her various structures and associations, remembering that those who suffer from misery are
not different from us. They share our flesh and blood. They deserve ... a friendly hand to help and
support them, in such a way that no one is left behind, so that in our world fraternal solidarity may
boast its own identity card and citizenship, beyond any flashy slogans void of substance.
"HOPES OF MILLIONS"
The annual celebration of World Food Day emphasizes ... the needs, yearnings and hopes of millions of
persons who lack bread each day. Increasingly, there are more people who sadly make up part of that
great number of human beings who have nothing, or almost nothing to eat. It should be the opposite and
yet recent statistics are a painful proof of how international solidarity appears to be cooling.
(Source: Message for World Food Day 2018, issued 10/16/2018)
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