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hofelina · « **Reply #240 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:41:04 PM »

Teach Me

Your word, O Lord, is spirit and life. Teach me your ways that I may walk in them faithfully.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #241 on:** March 19, 2009, 04:03:58 AM »

Treasure your time here on earth and make the most of it.
Â´Â´ Touch other people's lives and lend helping hands whenever possible.``

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #242 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:53:22 AM »

Ellen, thank you very much for your postings. You put more color to this thread and they are all inspiring. YouÂ´re a wonderful Bol-anon.

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hofelina · « **Reply #243 on:** March 20, 2009, 03:30:52 PM »

Praise God!

You alone are God. You alone do we adore. Praise be to you, Lord of heaven and earth!

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #244 on:** March 21, 2009, 07:05:46 AM »

Spirit of God, you live among us in every person we meet.
Help me listen today to you alive in my family, my co-workers,
people I meet at the store or on the street.
Help me discover you, God with us.

+JLY

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fdaray · « **Reply #245 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:53:52 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hx-iRGt5TU

Let us praise God with Visayan Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfILZl6mKA4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzuLNE5SsAo

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hofelina · « **Reply #246 on:** March 21, 2009, 08:14:53 PM »

Thanks Ondoy Felix for these wodnerful songs of praises.

Lord, Have Mercy

O, God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Give me the power to see myself as others see me, and as you see me.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #247 on:** March 21, 2009, 09:24:22 PM »

A Servantâ€™s Heart

Read Joshua 23:1 through 24:33

Miss Maggie smiled as she confessed: â€œI donâ€™t know who I am without my apron. I feel undressed until I get my apron on.â€ It didnâ€™t matter to Maggie that knee-length, bibbed aprons went out of style with the Number Eight wood-burning stove she had learned to cook on seventy-five years ago. Her lifelong ministry as a steward of pots and pans began as a child when she helped her ailing mother cook for a large family.

Although their areas of ministry were quite different the apron-ladyâ€™s commitment to serve the Lord by serving others mirrors that of Joshua, the servant-leader of the conquest of Canaan. Even though the Canaanites were never completely driven out, Joshua served the Lord faithfully and accomplished his commission with a great deal of success. Perhaps the greatest tribute paid to him is expressed in the humble phrase: He was â€œthe servant of the Lordâ€ (Joshua 24:29).

To serve othersâ€”whether in great or small waysâ€”reflects Godâ€™s love. Every job, no matter how ordinary, has its reward when it is done as unto the Lord. So, if you see something that needs doing, donâ€™t wait to be askedâ€”just do it.

Thought for Today: The whole idea of Christian servanthood is about serving Christ by serving others.

+JLY

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grazie7y · « **Reply #248 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:37:05 AM »

So true! Thanks, Ellen, for sharing this to us!

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #249 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:08:25 PM »

â€œMost of us think of Lent as a time for giving up something. The church directs us to give up meat on Fridays and to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. These minimal penances are forms of self-denialâ€”ways of saying no to ourselves by foregoing our usual fare. The other side of Lent is doing more, or saying yes. Lent is the churchâ€™s invitation to go forward, to move ahead, to grow in faith and devotion. The season prepares us to celebrate with greater intensity and love the death and resurrection of Jesus.â€

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #250 on:** March 23, 2009, 05:21:13 AM »

Prayer for Today

Oh, my dear God, surely I will find you along the way since you are in every single cell, giving life and love.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #251 on:** March 23, 2009, 04:59:12 PM »

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it,
and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 (Read all of Mark 11)

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #252 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:14:13 AM »

The season of Lent is an opportunity to grow closer to God and contemplate the great love God shows us through Jesus Christ. My prayer this Lent is that I use this season to break myself of the habit of routine and use this extraordinary season to meditate on the influence of God in my life. I pray that I can recognize the opportunity Jesus extends to me every day and use the gifts given to me to bring life and abundance to my daily routine.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #253 on:** March 24, 2009, 04:11:20 PM »

Give me strength to purify my heart,
to control my desires,
and so to serve You in freedom.
Teach me how to live
in this passing world with my heart set
on the world that will never end.

I ask for the grace
to master my sinfulness
and conquer my pride.
I want to show to those in need
Your goodness to me by being kind to all. Amen

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #254 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:48:01 AM »

Naming God

Yes, we need to name God, yet, at the same time, we can calmly assert that human naming always fails to encompass Mystery in its fullness.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #255 on:** March 25, 2009, 07:01:48 AM »

Prayer

You know, Jesus, that is the way we would like to deal with our problems; we would like to take out of our life the ones we really don't like. We would like to rid our life of crosses we feel are too heavy to carry. But we can't, can we? If the cross is to be a sign of our love for you, then we must be willing to accept any cross that we are called upon to bear. Jesus, help me today to carry my crosses. Please comfort me because without your presence and your comfort, I don't think I'll be able to make it.

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #256 on:** March 25, 2009, 07:39:03 PM »

Connections

When you acknowledge a thirst for God, does this Sacred Presence connect you with all living things?

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #257 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:34:08 AM »

Eternal Father, I offer You the Wounds of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, to heal the wounds of our souls.

My Jesus, pardon and mercy, through the merits of Your Holy Wounds.

We pray that God will help us not only to hold this nail in our hands, but let it change our lives.
May the nail pierce into our own hearts so as to strip away all that is sinful so that His holiness can take over our lives.
We pray this In the name of Jesus - our Saviour whose body was pierced for love of us. AMEN.

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #258 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:28:38 AM »

Always Seeking

Our thirsting for God is never over because Holy Mystery has more fullness of life than we can ever hold and because our human longing never ends.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #259 on:** March 26, 2009, 02:50:29 PM »

Be yourself.
You are unique.
No comparison is possible.
Each of us develops into a unique individual
who enters into unique transactions with the world as it exists for him.

Begin to talk to Jesus about the piece of scripture you have just read. What part of it strikes a chord in you? Perhaps the words of a friend - or some story you have heard recently- will slowly rise to the surface of your consciousness. If so, does the story throw light on what the scripture passage may be trying to say to you?

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #260 on:** March 27, 2009, 06:33:10 AM »

Always Seeking

Our thirsting for God is never over because Holy Mystery has more fullness of life than we can ever hold and because our human longing never ends.

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hofelina · « **Reply #261 on:** March 28, 2009, 04:09:33 AM »

Evergreen

Whether you are in a time of suffering or joy, interior war or peace, feeling weak or courageous--your thirst and God are with you.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #262 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:33:24 AM »

Today's Verse

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:8 NIV

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #263 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:39:18 PM »

A Lenten Prayer

When I give to others, remind me dear Lord, that it is just a return for what you have given me.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #264 on:** March 30, 2009, 05:55:30 AM »

Perhaps during the Lenten season we should stop praying for others as if we were virtuous enough to do so. Perhaps we should take off our righteous robes just long enough during these 40 days to put ashes on our own heads, to come before God with a new humility that is willing to confess, "Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner." Maybe we should be willing to prostrate ourselves before God and plead, "Lord, in my hand no price I bring; simply to the cross I cling." That might put us in a position to hear God in ways that we have not heard Him in a long time. And it may be the beginning of a healing for which we have so longed.

O Lord, begin with me. Here. Now.

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #265 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:04:12 AM »

Fasting

When I fast, give me to know what it means to be without, so that I will also know what it means to be filled with you only.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #266 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:36:49 AM »

There is Hope in the CROSS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_AqncMT7RQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cukierski.net%2Findex.shtml&feature=player_embedded

try to watch this and meditate some minutes ! it helps ... us Â´Â´PEACE`` be with you !

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #267 on:** April 03, 2009, 04:51:22 AM »

Look for Jesus

Help me to see the face of your Son in the least of us, even when it is difficult.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #268 on:** April 03, 2009, 05:44:23 AM »

Meditation: Genesis 17:3-9

3    Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,
4    "Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
5    No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6    I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.
7    And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
8    And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
9    And God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #269 on:** April 04, 2009, 01:38:49 AM »

Guard Me

Be by my side and at my back when I get weary, weak and lazy and want to go another way or even to turn around.

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hofelina · « **Reply #270 on:** April 05, 2009, 05:09:09 AM »

Keep Me Strong

Keep me strong to endure all that you have blessed me with.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #271 on:** April 05, 2009, 03:25:32 PM »

Lord, forgive those who talk ill and harshly about me, and my friends.
I forgive them, Lord. I will bless them, bless them Lord.

For you, who came down from heaven to earth to be my salvation.
You who endured the weight of the whole word for us.
That I may show some semblance of some of your goodness and graces.

Thank You for saving me, Lord.
Forgive those who talk ill about me, and my friends, Lord.
Let their minds and hearts be at peace.

I ask this, in Jesus' Name.
AMEN.

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #272 on:** April 05, 2009, 09:25:55 PM »

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #273 on:** April 08, 2009, 12:13:49 AM »

What Would Jesus Do?

Judas kept the money bags and that seemed to get him in trouble. Consider your use of money today. Are you overly consumptive? Do you share with the poor?

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #274 on:** April 08, 2009, 04:35:31 AM »

Godâ€™s thoughts,

â€œFor My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways,â€ declares the LORD. â€œFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughtsâ€ (Isa. 55:8-9).

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #275 on:** April 09, 2009, 02:37:36 PM »

Spiritual Bouquet: He who is faithful in the little things is faithful also in much. St. Luke 16:10

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #276 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:44:56 PM »

The Gifts of God
Think of God's gifts in broader terms, not simply the material goods or security you may enjoy.
These are gifts, too:

* Your faith, hope, love, and joy
* Your family love and relationships with others
* Your intelligence, talents, and skills
* Your imagination, compassion, and vision
* Creation in all its splendor

+JLY

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hofelina · « **Reply #277 on:** April 11, 2009, 02:42:05 AM »

Fast and Pray

Fast and pray today, Good Friday. During the hours of the crucifixion keep silence.

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hofelina · « **Reply #278 on:** April 11, 2009, 02:42:29 AM »

Easter Fire

Decorate an Easter candle the center of your table. Alleluia! Jesus is risen!

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Bad Godesberg · « **Reply #279 on:** April 12, 2009, 06:57:13 AM »

â€œWho his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.â€ (1 Peter 2:24)

+JLY

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