December 23rd Fourth Sunday of Advent
Oh! Christ, You are about to come again as the babe in the manger.
Please help us to realize that You, as a baby, are all loving and all forgiving.
That all of our sins can and should be washed away, so that this year we can end on a
note of praise and peace.
We can never truly have peace unless we are truly washed clean in Your Blood.
Jesus, thank You so much for Your becoming like us in everything but sin.
Let us be excited that You love us so much that You died that we might have eternal
life.
Let us, this joyous season, lift our voices in praise and glory to You.
Let us be freed from the bondage of sin and soar like the angels in loving 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 BODY LANGUAGE
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"We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." -Hebrews 10:10
At the Christmas liturgies, in hundreds of nations, billions of people will look at statues or pictures
of the body of Baby Jesus. Moreover, hundreds of millions of people always carry with them crucifixes
depicting the crucified body of Jesus. There is something awesome and mysterious about the body of Jesus.
When the body of Jesus was just beginning to be formed shortly after Mary conceived Him, Mary took Jesus'
body "into the hill country to a town of Judah, where she entered Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit" (Lk 1:39-41). The first days of the presence of Jesus' body on earth resulted in an explosion by
the Holy Spirit.
Several months later, wise men saw the body of Baby Jesus and were compelled to give Him gold,
frankincense, and myrrh (Mt 2:11).
Several years later, thousands of people touched "just the tassel" of the cloak clothing Jesus' body, and
"all who touched Him got well" (see Mk 6:56).
Today, we can touch the body of Christ in even more powerful and intimate ways by loving the Body of
Christ, the Church (see Eph 5:25ff), and especially by receiving the Body of Christ in Holy Communion.
That is why the season beginning Tuesday is called "Christmas," for at Mass we touch Christ's Body.
"Mary Christ-Mass"! Like Mary, receive the Body of Christ in your body.
Prayer: Father, when I go to Communion and hear the words "Body of Christ," may I never be the same.
Promise: "A body You have prepared for Me." -Heb 10:5
Praise: "O Emmanuel, King and Lawgiver, Desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free,
Lord our God."
Monday MAKE IT SNAPPY
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"Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, uttered this prophecy." -Luke 1:67
Tuesday THE MESSENGER FROM HEAVEN
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"How beautiful...are the feet of Him Who brings glad tidings." -Isaiah 52:7
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For all prayers posted. May our hearts be turned towards The Joy of Our Lord and The Joy of Our
Blessed Mother as Christmas approaches.
(Anonymous, , 12/22/2018 7:40:43 AM)
Thank you Lord for another day.Father I thank you that they approved the file.Lord I pray for your
traveling mercies and thank you for taking care of me the whole year in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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Please pray for me that I may be healed from the lump on my neck and from my lungs problem and from
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O Holy Trinity Holy God, I pray for the conversion of Chuck Hughes and Shiny Norbert. Amen.
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
END HUNGER
"EFFECTIVE HELP"
The poor expect from us an effective help that takes them out of their misery... In this twenty-first
century that has seen considerable advances in the field of technology, science, communications and
infrastructure, we ought to feel shame for not having achieved the same advances in humanity and
solidarity, and so satisfy the primary needs of the most disadvantaged.
"WE MUST DO BETTER"
We are all called to go further. We can and we must do better for the helpless. We must move to
concrete action, so that the scourge of hunger disappears completely.
WE CAN DO IT
We do indeed have the adequate means and framework so that beautiful words and good wishes may become
an action plan of substance that leads effectively to the eradication of hunger in our world. To this
end we need joint efforts, upright hearts, and persistent concern to firmly and resolutely make the
other's problems one's own.
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