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hofelina · « **Reply #1100 on:** February 11, 2011, 07:04:04 AM »

God's Fidelity

What causes us to complain that God has lost interest in us often depends on our strange ability to close our ears to his word, to shut our eyes to his enticing beauty, to padlock the entrance to our hearts so we cannot receive his love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1101 on:** February 12, 2011, 05:51:03 AM »

God's Promise

God painted a rainbow in the sky to assure us he would always love us without reserve. That visual aid teaches us about Godâ€™s faithfulness and invites us to practice fidelity in return.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1102 on:** February 13, 2011, 05:08:16 PM »

God's Loyalty

God â€œburns upâ€ with the passion of loyalty to his friends. And every human being on earth is Godâ€™s friend to whom he pledges fidelity.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1103 on:** February 14, 2011, 03:16:39 PM »

The Balm of Forgiveness

The best cure for betrayal is a healing love from the heart of the betrayed. The effective healing of the hurt inflicted by the unfaithful arises from the balm of forgiveness in the soul of the innocent partner.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1104 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:46:25 PM »

Loving Fidelity

Loving fidelity is the healing response to thoughtless infidelity. Loving forgiveness is the cure for heartless rejection.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1105 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:36:08 PM »

Renewal of Love

There is always a healing balm in God, ready to soothe and renew a love relationship that has died.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1106 on:** February 17, 2011, 02:55:54 PM »

Live In Me, Oh God

You are the desiring of God. God desires through you and longs for life and love through you and in you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1107 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:37:14 PM »

Transform Me, Oh Lord

Jesus has come to transform people, not to exclude them. He has come for the seeming losers, and not to create a country club for the supposed winners.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1108 on:** February 19, 2011, 04:46:39 PM »

Joyous Certainty

Forgiveness is not some churchy technique or formula. Forgiveness is constant from Godâ€™s side, which should become a calm, joyous certainty on our side.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1109 on:** February 20, 2011, 04:42:47 PM »

Seconding the Motion

God is always much better than the most loving person you can imagine, Jesus is saying. It is not that we pray and God answers. It is that our praying is already God answering within us and through us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1110 on:** February 21, 2011, 06:42:32 AM »

Unconditional Love

You are to love with the same kind of love that God loves you, which is total unconditional love. This is the summit and goal of all Jesusâ€™ moral teaching, and we cannot possibly follow it apart from divine union. The egocentric or separate self is incapable of this kind of love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1111 on:** February 22, 2011, 03:15:29 PM »

Mirror God's Blessings

Receive Godâ€™s compassion and you will be able to be compassionate. Do not receive negative judgment from God, and you will not be judgmental yourself. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Give and it shall be given to you

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hofelina · « **Reply #1112 on:** February 23, 2011, 03:22:18 PM »

Patience

Humble God, make us like you. You do not lord it over us, but wait patiently for us to change. May we do the same with our brothers and sisters on the journey.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1113 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:02:48 AM »

Bask in God's Graces

Good God, the creator of light and darkness, You who move the sun and the stars, move us into the place of light, a light so large that it will absorb all the darkness.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1114 on:** February 24, 2011, 11:59:05 PM »

Lord, help to clear our minds this day, and to fix our thoughts on our responsibilities to this day. May we be able to perform accordingly to the gifts you have given us, and with absolution in your promises in our life. May we always be confident and justified in you, always. Amen.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1115 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:01:03 AM »

Lord, please have mercy on the dying, the dead, and those who are ill. Make all of us an instrument of your greater glory. Provide for us o Lord, and may we all provide for one another. In brotherly love and unity. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1116 on:** February 25, 2011, 02:20:56 PM »

God's Great Mercy

God of Compassion, Mother and Father of all Mercies, do not let us shame ourselvesâ€”or the wonder of your nameâ€”by living outside of the wondrous loop of your forgiveness and mercy.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1117 on:** February 26, 2011, 03:52:01 PM »

Imitating God

God of all names and all love, give us hearts to include all that you are willing to include, to forgive all that you so easily forgive, and to join you in doing something truly "new" on this earth.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1118 on:** February 27, 2011, 05:12:01 PM »

Overcoming Evil

Warrior God, Crucified Christ, teach me how evil is really overcome. Do not let me be part of the problem, but the beginning myself of the answer.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1119 on:** February 28, 2011, 07:15:10 AM »

Keep Me Humble

God of all Light and Truth, just make sure that I am not a blind man or woman. Keep me humble and honest, and that will be more than enough work for you.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1120 on:** March 01, 2011, 03:00:25 PM »

Thriving Spirituality

The key to unfolding a deeper way of living is a thriving spirituality. This is the path that gives us some answers and brings us to fulfillment.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1121 on:** March 02, 2011, 03:37:27 PM »

Authentic Christianity

The human person is both spirit and body, and while certain spiritualities have emphasized one over the other, authentic Christianity sees the body as a needed expression of the spirit, and the spirit as a life-giving reality in relation to the body.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1122 on:** March 03, 2011, 03:38:18 PM »

Give Yourself to God

If weâ€™re still breathing, God is giving us the time we need to truly be given over to him.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1123 on:** March 04, 2011, 02:26:37 PM »

You Complete Me

Jesus shows us how to be fully human. All deity and all human, he shows us that a truly complete person is one who is in a life-giving relationship with God and others.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1124 on:** March 05, 2011, 04:55:13 PM »

Christ In Us

Christ in us does not negate our unique personality, nor does he eliminate our singular contribution to the human experience. The opposite is true: Christ in us enables us to be the fullest and most authentic versions of ourselves.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1125 on:** March 06, 2011, 03:34:54 PM »

Humility

Brokenness enables us to truly be humble, which in turn enables us to look for help. Christ said that the meek shall inherit the earth and that he came to call sinners, not the righteous.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1126 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:56:47 PM »

Straight & Narrow Path

Only the Lord can enable us to do battle successfully; only he can bind up our wounds and heal our battle scars. True joy and peace are on the straight and narrow path that Jesus shows us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1127 on:** March 08, 2011, 02:54:57 PM »

Emptiness

Emptiness given to Christ becomes life-giving; emptiness without Christ leads to despair and hopelessness. Emptiness given to Christ allows us to finally be filled!

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hofelina · « **Reply #1128 on:** March 09, 2011, 02:48:45 PM »

Loving Sacrifices

Being conscious of our weakness, frailty, and vulnerability allows us to reach out to God in prayer, to express our love for him through sacrifice, and to spend ourselves for others in love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1129 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:08:14 AM »

Selfless Love

In looking on the one we love, we actually begin to see ourselves in new and healthier ways and are freed from the constraints of self-interest.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1130 on:** March 11, 2011, 03:17:41 PM »

Deeper Appreciation

Fasting symbolizes our ever deepening hunger for God and ensures that our sights stay fixed on eternal life and makes us appreciate more fully all the goods of the earth and the goodness in one another.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1131 on:** March 12, 2011, 03:19:12 PM »

Giving Alms

While giving alms may sometimes require contributing what has been earned through human labor, the gift of oneself is of greater value. After all, the debt incurred by sin wasnâ€™t paid in the currency of the world but in the flesh of Christ.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1132 on:** March 13, 2011, 05:14:13 PM »

Bending Our Will

Lent is a time when we can shatter the deceptions of Satan by holding fast to the righteousness of Christ. Lent is a time for seeing that all of creation is good for guiding us to a greater knowledge of God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1133 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:49:16 PM »

Genuine Prayer

Ongoing conversation with God opens us towards others without force, resentment, or the expectation of reward, while being attentive and responsive to others carries us right back to God. At the final judgment many will be shocked to learn that every facet of their lives had become prayer.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1134 on:** March 15, 2011, 03:17:25 PM »

The Greatest Wonder

In Christ God speaks to each one of us, not at us. Jesus is the definitive sign and greatest wonder that has ever come forth from God, because he brings us into perpetual conversation with God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1135 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:39:37 PM »

God's Redemptive

As Jesus went about the three years of his public ministry, doing the bidding of God, he was announcing something unimagined and unexpected. In him God â€œrepented of the evil that he had threatened.â€ God wants no one to perish but wants everyone to return to him and live.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1136 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:54:57 PM »

The Church Community

The Church reminds us that we are not orphans but members of Godâ€™s family. Through her maternal care and wise instruction, she builds up strength within us. She relentlessly reminds us that we are the handiwork of God and that he will never forsake us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1137 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:15:00 PM »

Centering Prayer

Centering our lives on the gravitational pull of Christ makes us open and responsive to others. There is no hesitation in trying to do whatever we can for someone, even if all we can do is pray.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1138 on:** March 19, 2011, 04:11:55 PM »

Expand My Heart

It is only charity that can expand my heart. O Jesus, since this sweet flame consumes it, I run with joy in the way of your NEW commandment.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1139 on:** March 20, 2011, 04:28:49 PM »

Shining Light

The light of the Transfiguration isn't exclusively for Peter, James, and John but for all men and women, that we might no longer be afraid of our fragile, fallen humanity but might get up and go where the Lord is leading us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1140 on:** March 21, 2011, 03:19:01 PM »

God Forgives!

God does not judge, nor does he condemn; God forgives! The proof of this is in the full measure of good gifts that he has poured into our laps through Jesus his Son.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1141 on:** March 22, 2011, 03:36:58 PM »

The Perfect Prayer

Letâ€™s not overlook the Eucharist as Christianityâ€™s most perfect prayer and primary pathway leading us as a body of believersâ€”and as individualsâ€”into union with God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1142 on:** March 23, 2011, 02:50:23 PM »

Dependence on God

Like Christ himself, we should not hesitate to recognize our dependence on God and pray for our daily needs and, of course, those of our neighbor.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1143 on:** March 24, 2011, 03:14:53 PM »

Gift of Love

Leading a good moral life is not the cause of Godâ€™s loving me, but the consequence of Godâ€™s loving me. Godâ€™s gift of love comes before my task of responding to it, and not the other way around.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1144 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:16:35 PM »

Singing Praises

Jesus, I need your help to reach my final fulfillment in your Kingdom. Stay with me to the endâ€”until I can join in singing your praises with all those saved by your love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1145 on:** March 26, 2011, 03:02:46 PM »

Supernatural Intimacy

We have direct access to God because the Father and Son have made a home in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. We have a supernatural intimacy with the Trinity.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1146 on:** March 27, 2011, 03:02:11 PM »

Supernatural Ability

We have the supernatural ability to overcome the self-indulgence that leads us to serious personal problems. With the Holy Spiritâ€™s aid, we can say no to the temptations that lure us into serious wrongdoing.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1147 on:** March 29, 2011, 02:20:22 PM »

Opening to Christ

That Christ takes the initiative in establishing a personal relationship with us does not mean that we must remain passive. We donâ€™t need to do much, but we can do some things to open ourselves to him and prepare ourselves to encounter him in the sacraments.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1148 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:59:26 PM »

The Grace of God

Grace can arrive like a trombone blast or glide in unannounced, unnoticed, and unprayed for. It is Godâ€™s greatest indication that he loves us and wants us to be united with him in every facet of our lives.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1149 on:** March 30, 2011, 02:56:11 PM »

The Grace of God

Grace can arrive like a trombone blast or glide in unannounced, unnoticed, and unprayed for. It is Godâ€™s greatest indication that he loves us and wants us to be united with him in every facet of our lives.

Yes, indeed, Manay. Thank You Manay for sharing this beautiful one.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1150 on:** March 31, 2011, 02:38:36 PM »

Burning Love

Sufferings, adversities, failures and suspicions that have come my way are splinters that keep alive the fire of my love for you, O Jesus. â€“Sr. Faustina

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hofelina · « **Reply #1151 on:** April 01, 2011, 04:54:40 PM »

Guide Me, Jesus

Lord, I open my heart and mind to you. Speak, just as you spoke to your adrift apostles during their slow-motion awakening to your booming reality. With your voice directing my path, I have a wayâ€”your way.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1152 on:** April 02, 2011, 03:01:26 PM »

Acceptance

Acceptance of even the worst of crosses would lead to unanticipated, wonderful experiences of Godâ€™s loving goodness. He suggested that we fully embrace our pain, present it at the foot of Christâ€™s cross, and pray daily for a patient acceptance of his divine will.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1153 on:** April 03, 2011, 04:34:32 PM »

Jesusâ€™ Promise

As we notice where our hearts are most deeply drawn while pondering our lifeâ€™s direction, we may be able to hear and believe Jesusâ€™ ultimate promise: â€œBehold, I am with you always, until the end of the ageâ€ (Matthew 28:20b).

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hofelina · « **Reply #1154 on:** April 04, 2011, 02:19:55 PM »

We Are One Body

When we gather for Eucharist, and for other communal prayers, our prayer takes on a different character. Now the prayer must bear the burden of expressing common faith in a way which will help to unite everyone gathered.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1155 on:** April 05, 2011, 01:43:30 PM »

Sacrificial Gift

When Jesus instituted the Eucharist at a meal, the Last Supper, he forever linked a basic human activityâ€”eating and drinkingâ€”with the sacrificial gift of himself. This sacrifice is his love, poured out for us on the cross.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1156 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:17:36 PM »

Faith in Action

I continue to walk this journey of my faith, firmly believing that itâ€™s like any journey or trip. Itâ€™s a journey during which Iâ€™ll get lost at times, but keep going because I know the destination is worth it.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1157 on:** April 07, 2011, 04:25:41 AM »

Word Became Flesh

Two thousand years ago the invisible love that is God became visible by vesting himself with the flesh of a virgin and dying on a cross for the incredible reason that he loves each and every one of us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1158 on:** April 08, 2011, 03:07:09 PM »

Our Mission

Evangelization is a mission for all Christians, the highest expression of Christian love. It is a faith-filled response to the fact that the whole value of any human life depends upon hearing and putting into practice the Good News.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1159 on:** April 09, 2011, 03:00:00 PM »

Teachers of Love

The fact that Christianity is a religion of love makes every evangelizer the teller of a love story, the singer of a love song. By example as well as by words, evangelizers must be teachers of love.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1160 on:** April 10, 2011, 11:41:16 PM »

Go Quickly!

With so many in the world still waiting to be evangelized, we have to run hard and run to win, looking forward to the finish line, looking forward to meeting in glory, spending eternity with the church made perfect by the blood of the Lamb.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1161 on:** April 11, 2011, 01:59:20 PM »

Godâ€™s Will

When we surrender to Godâ€™s will, we start a journey to peace, contentment and holiness. But first, we must surrender.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1162 on:** April 12, 2011, 01:09:39 PM »

Living in the Present

We cannot control or predict what God has ready for us. Itâ€™s far better to enjoy each chapter of our lives than to look back on past happiness or long for an unlikely future.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1163 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:04:33 PM »

We are Unique

We are each a prism of Godâ€™s light; each soul brings color and dimension that no other soul can create.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1164 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:17:01 PM »

Setting an Example

Lord, send us forth now as your anointed ones to live our vocations as beacons of light. May our lives light the way for all those we meet.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1165 on:** April 15, 2011, 01:55:03 PM »

The Gospel of Life

In the name of God: respect, protect, love and serve life, every human life! Only in this direction will you find justice, development, true freedom, peace and happiness!

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hofelina · « **Reply #1166 on:** April 16, 2011, 01:28:05 PM »

Evangelizing Others

Jesus sends you out with the powerful message of his paschal mystery, with the truth of his cross and resurrection. That is all he gives you, and that is all you need.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1167 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:54:09 PM »

Salt of the Earth

Look to Jesus, the living One, and repeat what the Apostles asked: â€œLord, teach us how to pray.â€ Prayer will be the salt that gives flavor to your lives, and leads you to him, humanityâ€™s true light.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1168 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:47:12 PM »

Overcoming Fear

Jesus, help us to overcome our fear and discover that you are our loving Redeemer, full of Godâ€™s power and love, the model for humanity and the key to our meaning as human beings.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1169 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:20:33 PM »

True Reverence

The person who puts God before all else truly possesses a proper fear of God, that is, a true reverence and appreciation of the one who created all things.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1170 on:** April 20, 2011, 01:52:38 PM »

Open Our Hearts

Oh, Jesus Lord, risen from the dead and no longer under deathâ€™s power, we hear you knocking at the doors of our hearts. Help us open our hearts to your immense loveâ€”a powerful love which drives out all fear.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1171 on:** April 21, 2011, 01:59:37 PM »

The Ultimate Sacrifice

At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross through the centuries until he should come again and in this way to entrust to his beloved Bride, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1172 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:33:27 PM »

Growing Stronger

Oh God, giver of life and healer of hearts, when we are faced with suffering or illness, help us to see such challenges, not as times of disgrace, but rather as times of grace and potential growth.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1173 on:** April 23, 2011, 03:43:54 PM »

Staying Focused

We ask you, gracious God, to help us to become more aware of the gift of your presence. Keep us from getting so caught up in our activitiesâ€”or in our rush to accomplish thingsâ€”that we lose sight of the immensity of your love and care for us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1174 on:** April 25, 2011, 05:48:31 AM »

Always Room

Whether your faith is newly minted, slightly out of practice, or decades old, your faithâ€”our faithâ€”is the only ticket you need to the family banquet. Join us for Mass: Thereâ€™s always room at this table.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1175 on:** April 25, 2011, 03:12:42 PM »

United in Christ

As many grapes are brought together and crushed to make the wineâ€”as many grains of wheat are ground into flour to make the one breadâ€”so we, although many, become one Body when we eat the one Bread.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1176 on:** April 26, 2011, 02:04:39 PM »

Finding God

If Christianity is going to have any real influence on my life it must touch me in the ordinary and the routine. At Mass we use ordinary things: eating and drinking, standing and sitting, shaking hands and keeping quiet. In this ordinary stuff, I find God.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1177 on:** April 27, 2011, 01:26:11 PM »

Staying Focused

Our belongings should not bog us down and make slaves of us. We should be surrounded with beauty, with things reminding us we are Godâ€™s children.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1178 on:** April 28, 2011, 02:42:47 PM »

Free Your Mind

What affects our minds affects our spirits. God wants us to be as free as possible to love one another and to be creative, to fulfill our destinies as Godâ€™s children.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1179 on:** April 29, 2011, 01:40:06 PM »

New Way to Live

Itâ€™s no fun to wander around in confusion, stumbling over piles of debris, working long hours and carrying heavy burdens of worry and non-forgiveness. Itâ€™s time we learned a new way to liveâ€”Godâ€™s way.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1180 on:** April 30, 2011, 02:13:22 PM »

Clear the Clutter

Our lives today can be incredibly confusing and chaotic. Our culture does not help us, but our faith does. God wants so much more for us.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1181 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:16:37 PM »

Running the Race

I could never go back to whom I had been in the past, so I stretched out my new legs and have been running the race ever since. Iâ€™ve fallen more times than I would like to admit, but the sacraments sustain me.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1182 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:47:38 PM »

Priesthood Icon

If someone were to ask me for an image of the priesthood, I would describe John Paul II as he sat that day with his suffering and crippled body underneath Christ crucified. He is the priest whom I want to emulate.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1183 on:** May 03, 2011, 01:43:35 PM »

God's Representative

Whoever has been given the privilege of standing before John Paul the Great knows that they were in the presence of a holy mystic, a beloved son of God who represented the Lord faithfully during his own early pilgrimage.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1184 on:** May 04, 2011, 01:02:01 PM »

Gifts For Us

Blessed indeed is every soul who lived during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, for we received his love, wisdom and guidance, and now we reap the benefits of his intercession from Heaven.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1185 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:34:20 PM »

The Living Sign

The community of Jesusâ€”and all the small communities that make up his churchâ€”is the living sign in the world of Godâ€™s power, his forgiveness, and his action.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1186 on:** May 06, 2011, 02:27:34 PM »

Healing Our Hearts

The sacrament of reconciliation presents us today with the task of healing and transforming our own individual hearts, as well as cooperating in Jesusâ€™ mission of healing and transforming the sinful and unfinished condition of the world.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1187 on:** May 07, 2011, 02:53:22 PM »

Growing in Grace

Sin, in a sense, is basically ingratitude: our lack of response to the generosity of the loving Creator. The Creator calls us to life, growth, and wholeness.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1188 on:** May 08, 2011, 03:07:13 PM »

Becoming Whole

When we confess our sinfulness in the sacrament of reconciliation, our word of sorrow meets Godâ€™s word of forgiveness and that meeting blossoms into shalom, wholeness, peace.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1189 on:** May 09, 2011, 01:21:30 PM »

Be Beautiful

Not only are we beautiful when we are good, but being good engenders a deeper sensitivity to beauty in all its forms.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1190 on:** May 10, 2011, 12:38:34 PM »

In the Moment

Do we miss the â€œdancingâ€ times because we are worrying about the â€œmourningâ€ times that may or may not happen? Letâ€™s not miss the dance because we are not paying attention to the present.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1191 on:** May 11, 2011, 01:58:02 PM »

Finding God at Work

As disciples of Jesus, all of us are called to bring Gospel values of peace, justice, and love not only into our homes, but also into the workplace.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1192 on:** May 12, 2011, 12:36:39 PM »

True Love Story

If there really is only one love story, then the journey into God, alone and together, is well worth the effort and sacrifices demanded of such a wonderful and mysterious adventure.

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hofelina · « **Reply #1193 on:** May 13, 2011, 02:09:04 PM »

Handmaid of the Lord

Maryâ€™s motherhood is manifested in a particular way in the places where she meets us: her dwelling places, places in which a special presence of the mother is felt. Maryâ€™s spiritual motherhood is therefore a sharing in the power of the Holy Spirit of â€œthe giver of life.â€

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hofelina · « **Reply #1194 on:** May 14, 2011, 12:12:20 PM »

Sustaining Faith

Faith is a decision that each person must make for herself, but community is what sustains faith.

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grazie7y · « **Reply #1195 on:** May 18, 2011, 06:06:38 AM »

Heaven Awaits Us

Weâ€™re all wanderersâ€”they are, and you are, just as I amâ€”and we all want to go home, even when we donâ€™t know thereâ€™s a home waiting for us.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1196 on:** May 18, 2011, 06:39:50 AM »

Lord Have Mercy

Lord, may you look inside us, our deep conviction of the faith, and not on the outward sinful body. Merciful Blood of Jesus, wash all our iniquities so that we may be made worth of thy promises....

In thy most holy name, we pray, the name above all other names. The Name of Jesus Christ who is Lord of All.

Amen.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1197 on:** May 18, 2011, 06:41:08 AM »

Heaven Awaits Us

Weâ€™re all wanderersâ€”they are, and you are, just as I amâ€”and we all want to go home, even when we donâ€™t know thereâ€™s a home waiting for us.

Amen.

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grazie7y · « **Reply #1198 on:** May 20, 2011, 04:02:51 AM »

Changing For the Better

The more I changed, the more I became myself. God was, and still is, finishing up his creation.

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grazie7y · « **Reply #1199 on:** May 24, 2011, 12:29:58 AM »

Learn to Discern

Once weâ€™ve made the choice to get out of our comfort zones and be instruments of faith and justice, God takes over. We must learn to discernâ€”to listen in prayer to the Spiritâ€™s instructions.

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