January 5th The Epiphany
Jesus, this Sunday we celebrate Your manifestation among us to the whole world.
Please help us to truly realize that "God is with us" should really be taken personally and realize
that You are truly with us.
Loving and helping and bringing us slowly into Your everlasting kingdom.
Help us to live lives that give glory and honor to You.
Help us bring others into Your church through the loving care that we show to them by our life style.
Let them see You in us.
Amen and Amen.
Thank You Lord, for loving us totally.
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This weeks readings and reflections
Sunday WHEN THE STAR FADES...
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"We observed His star at its rising..." -Matthew 2:2
In their homeland, the Magi saw a great star at its rising. Greatly impressed, they set out on their journey
to follow the star to greet the newborn King to Whom they believed the star pointed. After they had traveled
for a time, they could no longer see the star. They were past the point of no return, and were not sure where
God was now leading them. But the Magi did not give up on God's leading; they did not quit and return back
home. Instead, they did the reasonable thing; they consulted the nearby leader, King Herod of Israel. Though
Herod harbored ill will, he unwittingly sent them to the right place, Bethlehem, when his advisors consulted
the Hebrew Scriptures. As the Magi set out in blind faith for Bethlehem, suddenly the star re-appeared. It's
no wonder the Magi "were overjoyed at seeing the star" (Mt 2:10). God's guidance for their journey had resumed.
Have you ever started on a journey of faith in response to the clear prompting of God? You commit yourself to
the journey, burn your bridges behind you (see 1 Kgs 19:19-21), and then it seems like God's divine guidance
completely vanishes. This is a pattern that many have experienced in their lives of faith. This might be a
test from God, "the Tester of our Hearts" (1 Thes 2:4).
If you're in this situation, the Magi are a model for you. Persevere in trust, as they did, and believe that
God will guide you at the proper time. "Walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor 5:7). "Commit to the Lord your way;
trust in Him, and He will act" (Ps 37:5).
Prayer: Jesus, like the Magi, I give You the gift of my life. I will follow You wherever You lead. "In my life,
Lord, be glorified."
Promise: "In Christ Jesus the Gentiles are now co-heirs with the Jews, members of the same body." -Eph 3:6
Praise: "The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world"
(see Catechism of the Catholic Church, 528). Alleluia!
Monday A CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS
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"Every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God, while every spirit that fails
to acknowledge Him does not belong to God. Such is the spirit of the antichrist which, as you have heard, is
to come; in fact, it is in the world already." -1 John 4:2-3
Tuesday DO I LOVE?
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"Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God but that He has loved us and has sent His Son as an
Offering for our sins." -1 John 4:10
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Mary Mother of divine mercy have mercy on her and on the family now and always
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Pray for a holy night of watchful vigilance, in anticipation of the Spirit of God to descend, so His Holy
Love will remain and protect the soul interior-ly and exterior-ly Armored ( and enamored) in God's Holy Love
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Notable quotations from Pope Francis and official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
END HUNGER
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.
"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.
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