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hofelina · « **Reply #960 on:** September 24, 2010, 02:19:54 PM »

Conquering Pain

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.

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hofelina · « **Reply #961 on:** September 26, 2010, 02:38:47 PM »

God's Great Mercy

God sent his Son into the world to save us and to redeem us from sin. Knowing that we would sin, he gave us a sacrament to forgive sin.

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hofelina · « **Reply #962 on:** September 27, 2010, 01:29:27 PM »

The Greatest Sacrament

The first and greatest sacrament that we receive is the Sacrament of Baptism. In this sacrament God adopts us and snatches us from the darkness of original sin.

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hofelina · « **Reply #963 on:** September 28, 2010, 02:13:26 PM »

Sacraments Bring Us Life

The sacraments are veins that flow with life. At every stage of our spiritual journey, they bring us life: supernatural life, the life of grace, which makes us holy.

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hofelina · « **Reply #964 on:** September 29, 2010, 02:13:38 PM »

Sins Hurt Ourselves

By sin we canâ€™t hurt God. Christ is risen now, and he canâ€™t suffer anymore. By sin we hurt each other.

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hofelina · « **Reply #965 on:** September 30, 2010, 01:51:30 PM »

Faith in Christ's Presence

In the sacraments Christ guarantees his presence. This doesnâ€™t depend on feelings; it depends on faith. On each step of our journey, he meets us with the needs we have.

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hofelina · « **Reply #966 on:** October 01, 2010, 02:19:19 PM »

Lord, Heal Us on Our Journey

Many people forget that meeting with Jesus to ask for healing of sickness of soul will also bring great healing to the body and the mind. Jesus knew that, and thatâ€™s why he gave us the sacrament: to heal us on our journey.

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hofelina · « **Reply #967 on:** October 02, 2010, 02:35:00 PM »

God Forgives, Then Forgets

The tremendous truth about our God is that when he forgives, he forgets. It is hard for us to understand such great mercy.

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hofelina · « **Reply #968 on:** October 03, 2010, 01:51:38 PM »

Our Spiritual Food

We need food on our journey. Jesus knew that we would need spiritual food too. So what did he do? He instituted the Blessed Eucharist.

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hofelina · « **Reply #969 on:** October 04, 2010, 05:07:37 PM »

Centered Prayer

Prayer centered on relationship with Christ, the Word of God incarnate, cannot help but change the life of the believer and the way one lives.

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hofelina · « **Reply #970 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:45:16 PM »

Father, We Adore You!

Loving Father, we thank you, we praise you, and we adore you for your love shown to us in Jesus our Savior. We thank you for the many beautiful ways you call us to come to you, the source of life.

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hofelina · « **Reply #971 on:** October 06, 2010, 01:14:57 PM »

Overcoming Sin

Christ heals us and gives us the strength we need to go out and fight sin in the world. The Eucharist gives us this strength.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #972 on:** October 06, 2010, 01:18:20 PM »

Amen, Manay.

Even when times are hard, always count on the Eucharist to strengthen us again..

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hofelina · « **Reply #973 on:** October 07, 2010, 02:20:51 PM »

Faith in Christ's Power

The Sacrament of the Sick is not just for people who are dying. Itâ€™s for people who are alive. As with every encounter with Christ, we need to have a living, expectant faith in the power of Jesus to heal us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #974 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:07:35 PM »

The Church is the Family of God

We live in a family, the family of God, which is the Church. It has given us everything that we need for our inner journey. Let us ask the lord to heal us if there is something that prevents us from being happy people of God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #975 on:** October 09, 2010, 02:56:32 PM »

Mary's Intervention

You are so inextricably tied to Christ, Blessed Mother, that we cannot help but beg and desire your prayers and to thank you profusely for hastening them to your Son's throne.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #976 on:** October 09, 2010, 03:11:19 PM »

Amen, Mother Mary Intercede for us who have recourse to you...

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hofelina · « **Reply #977 on:** October 10, 2010, 04:05:11 PM »

The Role of Mary

Mary, your life and your calling are almost beyond my comprehension. How blessed and holy you are! Faithless no longer, I want to find him through you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #978 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:21:33 PM »

Bond of Love

O Blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain which unites us to God, bond of love which unites us to the angels, tower of salvation against the assaults of Hell, safe port in our universal shipwreck, we will never abandon you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #979 on:** October 12, 2010, 05:20:35 AM »

The Work of the Holy Spirit

I cannot fully grasp the breathtaking work of the Holy Spirit--in Mary's life or mine. But I know that he is real; he is at work in me.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #980 on:** October 13, 2010, 07:05:04 AM »

I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death;
I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life
to press on to that other country and to help others to do the same.
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #981 on:** October 13, 2010, 07:08:54 AM »

But of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth:
the Blessed Sacrament ... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity,
and the true way of all your loves on earth...
- JRR Tolkien

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hofelina · « **Reply #982 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:44:58 PM »

Mary's Humility

By her words and her silence the Virgin Mary stands before us as a model for our pilgrim way.

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hofelina · « **Reply #983 on:** October 14, 2010, 02:26:49 PM »

The Power of the Rosary

Some people do not like to take the medicine that would heal them, and call it nonsense. The rosary is exactly that medicine which cures an amazing deal of nonsense.

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hofelina · « **Reply #984 on:** October 15, 2010, 02:39:36 PM »

Greatest Honor

To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor one can possibly possess, for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.

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hofelina · « **Reply #985 on:** October 16, 2010, 07:11:17 AM »

The Face of Christ

To recite the rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ. Help me find time today, Lord, to sit in silence and contemplate your face. Mary, pray with me and for me.

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hofelina · « **Reply #986 on:** October 17, 2010, 03:33:00 PM »

Contemplation in Christ

No one has ever devoted himself to the contemplation of the face of Christ as faithfully as Mary. With Mary by my side, let me contemplate the face of Christ--in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in Adoration, in every person I meet.

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hofelina · « **Reply #987 on:** October 18, 2010, 09:00:46 AM »

Our Bodies are Gifts

Just as the body reveals the person, and as our bodies were made to be gifts to others by marriage or celibate virginity, so am I called to die to myself and live now completely and forever for others.

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hofelina · « **Reply #988 on:** October 22, 2010, 05:47:28 AM »

The Real Man

The real man is not massively muscular and well-groomed; he is bloody and weak on a cross.

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hofelina · « **Reply #989 on:** October 22, 2010, 03:12:01 PM »

Sacraments of Persons

We are not to be afraid of, disregard, or elevate our bodies; rather we our to embrace them for what they are: â€œsacraments of persons." Our bodies reveal our inner life; our bodies reveal us, just as Jesus in his own incarnate body revealed himself.

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hofelina · « **Reply #990 on:** October 23, 2010, 03:42:09 PM »

Inner Reflections

This is one aspect of what it means to be a body-person: I should never allow the spiritual dimension of my lifeâ€”my interior selfâ€”to be split or unhinged from my bodily actions.

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hofelina · « **Reply #991 on:** October 24, 2010, 03:43:48 PM »

Finding God in Others

We are immersed in relationships and if we desire to follow the path of Jesus, we have to develop the capacity to see God in ourselves and othersâ€”all others, at all times.

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hofelina · « **Reply #992 on:** October 25, 2010, 02:49:58 PM »

Religious Practices

Religious practices give voice to spirituality, and spirituality gives meaning to our rites and rituals. Spirituality without religion is empty belief, and religion without spirituality is uninspiring.

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hofelina · « **Reply #993 on:** October 26, 2010, 06:53:45 AM »

Seeing God in Others

We must bend down to see God. We will find him there in the frailty of our humanity, among the poor, the sick, the lame and the blind. Yes, God is there and will always be there until the end of time.

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hofelina · « **Reply #994 on:** October 27, 2010, 01:26:55 PM »

Vessels Of Love

God needs human skin to live in the universe, vessels of passionate love. We have the capacity for God; we are made in Godâ€™s image.

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hofelina · « **Reply #995 on:** October 28, 2010, 02:31:01 PM »

Love and Justice

A firm intention aligns us with the labor of God in Godâ€™s birthing of love and justice. God does this birthing repeatedly; we can participate and be changed in the process.

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hofelina · « **Reply #996 on:** October 29, 2010, 02:20:35 PM »

Sacred Moments

Giving voice to concrete intention is a way to make ourselves conscious that, with Godâ€™s companionship, we can transform ordinary activities into sacred moments.

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hofelina · « **Reply #997 on:** October 30, 2010, 05:39:23 PM »

Change For the Better

In all cases we experience some shift in consciousness, some change in the way we see the world, ourselves and God. This is the point at which an authentic change of direction may begin, a change for the better, what Christians refer to as conversion.

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hofelina · « **Reply #998 on:** October 31, 2010, 04:27:33 PM »

A Chance to Start Over

Each day is a new beginning. A day to have wounds healed. A day to believe. A day to welcome home parts of ourselves that we have refused to embrace.

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hofelina · « **Reply #999 on:** November 01, 2010, 04:08:21 PM »

The Joy of Suffering

It is difficult to find a saint or a mystic whose life has not been touched significantly by disability or illness.

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