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hofelina · « **Reply #1360 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:14:26 AM »

Seek God in All Things Minute Meditations
The one thing we should never do is believe God will only help us when we help ourselves. We are not on our own. We each have a Coworker with us every step of the way.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1361 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:34:12 PM »

Stand Tall Minute Meditations
If being able to stand depended on us, we would all certainly fall into the hands of the enemy of our salvation at the very first gust of wind. Let us always trust in divine mercy, and we will always increasingly experience how good the Lord is.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1362 on:** November 17, 2011, 02:38:33 PM »

Intimate Exchange Minute Meditations
We speak and listen, just as God listens and responds. Prayer is that intimate exchange between lover and beloved, the one we talk with like a best friend. God is the one to whom we direct our hopes and dreams and concerns for the world.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1363 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:35:13 PM »

Moving Forward Minute Meditations
If, despite your vigilance and goodwill, you do not succeed in doing good either in part or altogether, humble yourself profoundly before God but without discouragement. Determine to be more careful in the future, ask for divine assistance, and move forward.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1364 on:** November 19, 2011, 01:53:05 PM »

Gardens of Peace Minute Meditations
God of family and hearth, teach us how to embody your dream for the world. May our homes and families be gardens of peace, an echo of the promise of your heavenly reign. Amen.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1365 on:** November 20, 2011, 07:23:14 AM »

Service to Others Minute Meditations
God of the poor, we hear of your care through the ages. You welcome all to your heavenly banquet. Your Son offers us the Bread of eternal life. May we receive it with gratitude and pledge our service to others. Amen.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1366 on:** November 21, 2011, 02:43:17 PM »

Our Foundation Minute Meditations
God, who is our rock and our foundation, root us in you. May the storms of life not shake our inmost calm, which comes through the life and peace of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1367 on:** November 22, 2011, 02:40:21 PM »

Community of Justice Minute Meditations
God of immigrants, walk with all those who leave their home to find freedom and security. Help us form a wise community of justice to welcome your Sonâ€™s healing word. Amen.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1368 on:** November 23, 2011, 02:20:01 PM »

Treasure Map Minute Meditations
Catholicism is a treasure map: It may be old, but it still leads to treasure. Letâ€™s rediscover it together, and help others to do the same.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1369 on:** November 24, 2011, 04:36:04 AM »

Keep Awake! Minute Meditations
God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you as I wait to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1370 on:** November 25, 2011, 06:18:03 AM »

Becoming Better Minute Meditations
When we approach any problem in the right way we become better-versions-of-ourselves. This is true for individuals, but it is also true for marriages, families, business, nations, and the Church.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1371 on:** November 26, 2011, 03:55:28 PM »

Bring the Church to Others Minute Meditations
There are a great many people who think the problem with the world today is that people donâ€™t come to Church. They think the challenge is to bring people to Church, but the real challenge is to bring the Church to the people.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1372 on:** November 27, 2011, 04:55:57 PM »

Step it Up a Notch Minute Meditations
If you and I are not part of the solution, we are part of the problem.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1373 on:** November 28, 2011, 03:03:00 PM »

Welcome Jesus! Minute Meditations
Whether itâ€™s on Christmas Eve, at Midnight Mass, or Christmas Day itself, the celebration of the Eucharist will best remind you of just how miraculous it is that Christ came to be with us on Christmas and continues to be with us at Mass.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1374 on:** November 29, 2011, 02:41:36 PM »

The Perfect Gift Minute Meditations
If you didnâ€™t find the gift you wanted under the tree this year, go to Mass. Jesus has a better one for you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1375 on:** November 30, 2011, 02:29:57 PM »

Giving to Others Minute Meditations
This Christmas, remember the heroism of your parents who labor to offer a bit of magic and mystery to their children in celebration of Christâ€™s birth. Ask yourself how you can be more saintlyâ€”and Santa-lyâ€”this year.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1376 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:16:59 PM »

Humble Yourself Minute Meditations
If you possess these three qualities, you cannot be evil: first, if, for Godâ€™s sake, you bear in peace all tribulation that comes your way; second, if you humble yourself in everything you do and receive; third, if you love faithfully those things that cannot be seen with fleshly eyes.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1377 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:05:23 AM »

Irony in Action Minute Meditations
The trouble with many people is that they hate what they should love and love what they should hate.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1378 on:** December 03, 2011, 02:19:19 PM »

What Makes You Holy? Minute Meditations
Holy contrition, holy humility, holy charity, holy devotion, and holy joy make you holy and good.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1379 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:49:50 PM »

Glory Be to our Lord Minute Meditations
Highest, all powerful, good Lord, Yours is the praise, the glory and the honor, and every blessing. They belong to You alone, and no one is worthy to speak Your Name.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1380 on:** December 05, 2011, 05:46:55 AM »

Hierarchy of Love Minute Meditations
God did not need to create. He is self-sufficient. Yet in the super-abundance of his love he created a cosmos of angels to reflect that love and accomplish that love. Love is the reason for the hierarchy. The greater love serves and lifts up the lesser.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1381 on:** December 06, 2011, 02:31:04 PM »

Heavenly Guidance Minute Meditations
Our guardian angelâ€™s task is to get us to heavenâ€”not to keep us or our loved ones from suffering or death. After all, suffering is perhaps the principal means of our spiritual growth on earth, and death is our final portal to God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1382 on:** December 07, 2011, 02:56:09 PM »

Devotion to Angels Minute Meditations
If we sincerely want to do the right thing, angels can help us. So we should cultivate a devotion to the guardian angels. Theyâ€™re powerful spiritual beings who want us to succeed at being good. They want us to end up in heaven.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1383 on:** December 08, 2011, 01:35:20 PM »

Angel Eyes Minute Meditations
Just remembering that our guardian angels are always there is a good way to keep ourselves on the right path. We tend to behave better when we know someoneâ€™s watching. And our angels are always watching.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1384 on:** December 09, 2011, 07:13:24 AM »

Spirituality 101 Minute Meditations
What Jesus asks of us is basic: total dependence on the mercy and love of God, our careful parent. Otherwise, we lose our dignity and freedom, becoming alienated.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1385 on:** December 10, 2011, 03:22:08 PM »

Hidden in Plain Sight Minute Meditations
We often miss the prophets in our midst. A few signals might point them out: they disrupt our cozy routines, present new ideas we find unsettling and ask us to reach beyond our comfort zones.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1386 on:** January 09, 2012, 02:53:30 PM »

Stop and Listen Minute Meditations
Today, simply stop a moment and try to see at least one way in which God is reaching out to you. Then see if you can reach back to him.

â€” from Wholly Mary

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hofelina · « **Reply #1387 on:** January 23, 2012, 12:01:46 AM »

In Memory of Jesus Minute Meditations
When we celebrate the Eucharist, we are invited to enter into that eternal act, aligning our wills with the Fatherâ€™s will as Jesus did. Thus we become one with Christ and share in his sacrificial act.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1388 on:** January 26, 2012, 11:18:09 AM »

Lord,

Have mercy on us and for our actions this day that is against your will
Teach us to remember you in our words, thought and action.
Forgive us , Lord, for our failings , and empower us with the Grace
to be better and more like you in this walk of life.

We ask and pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, AMEN.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1389 on:** January 26, 2012, 01:28:18 PM »

The Lord said to him:

"Will you come and follow me if i but call your name? Will you go where you don't know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown? Will you let my NAME be known? Will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?

Will you leave yourself behind if i but call your name? Will you care for cruel and kind and never be same? Will you risk the hostile stare? Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?

Will you let the blinded see if but I call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen? And admit to what I mean in you and you in me....?"

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hofelina · « **Reply #1390 on:** January 26, 2012, 02:47:11 PM »

The Anointed Ones Minute Meditations
As â€œChristâ€ means â€œanointed,â€ we call ourselves â€œChristiansâ€ because we are the anointed ones, the â€œoiled people,â€ so to speak. The sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist initiate us into the â€œoiledâ€ community, the community anointed to continue the vocation of the Messiah, the Christ.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1391 on:** January 27, 2012, 03:10:55 PM »

Sanctifying Grace Minute Meditations
We know that sin cannot be removed except by grace. Godâ€™s grace fills us with redemption and salvation. This grace, this presence of God in us, is the Holy Spirit.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1392 on:** January 29, 2012, 04:41:59 PM »

Living the Good Life Minute Meditations
The virtuous life isnâ€™t just the good life; itâ€™s the best life, the life you were made for.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1393 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:25:51 PM »

Living With Fortitude Minute Meditations
There are heroes out there every day, living in the grace of fortitude. We used to call it white martyrdom, and their names were legion in the twentieth century. They were the quiet heroes who refused to abandon the faith when the knock came at the door late at night.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1394 on:** February 01, 2012, 02:04:07 PM »

Encounters with Grace Minute Meditations
We are bound by the sacraments, but God is not bound. Jesus does not sit on his hands refusing to work in our lives till we ask him to be our personal Savior any more than he is helpless to act unless we are baptized. Our very ability to seek him is already fruit of his grace.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1395 on:** February 02, 2012, 03:02:57 PM »

1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.

2] Why is a Car's WINDSHIELD so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.

3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.

5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!

6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.

8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"

9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, It takes away today's PEACE.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1396 on:** February 02, 2012, 03:03:12 PM »

Feed the Hungry Minute Meditations
Feeding the hungry means more than feeding the belly. Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1397 on:** February 03, 2012, 02:54:09 PM »

Thirsting for God Minute Meditations
To give drink to the thirsty is now, as it was then, a supreme work of mercy in that it involves giving the living water of the Spirit to those who cry out for him.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1398 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:28:00 PM »

Awesome Example Minute Meditations
Dear Lord, help me to be open to the needs of my family in every way. Let me see clearly that my role is in getting them all to heaven through my example and love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1399 on:** February 06, 2012, 02:37:32 PM »

A Motherâ€™s Love Minute Meditations
Whether our domestic church is a huge, beautifully decorated house, a modest apartment, or even a hut in a developing country, a motherâ€™s love there at its heart will help her spouse and children to survive and grow in the blessedness of their family.

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