Author Topic: Minute Meditations (Read 158854 times)

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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