Minute Meditations

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Priorities   

If birth is so important that it marks a major touchstone every year, shouldn't our rebirth in Christ at baptism be even more important? 

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Staying Close   

We sustain our love by growing older in close company with the object of our love. This is true of marriage, and of our life of faith. 


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have a nice weekend, Folks!

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Our Choice   

God leaves us free to accept or reject his love. We make that choice every day, building on the choice we made the day before. 

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Spiritual Maturity   

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures, humiliations. 

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Courtesy of hofelina.  Thanks a lot, Tita Tess, for sharing us Minute Meditations. 


Surrender                              
   

Before, going to church was just taken for granted for me. God shows some reminders that he needs me because I almost forgot him maybe because I was busy on my job and time was so hectic. I encountered such a heavy problems that I remember him and I was depressed on that time until I surrender him I went to church every Sunday and I found out that my burdens were lessen. Amazing...power of God!

In my own ways... he's always in my heart.

[hofelina]

Elusive Virtue   

The more we pursue humilityâ€"and the more we seem to acquire itâ€"the more we take pride in our accomplishment

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Relating to God   

We need a God that we can relate to at the human level. That is the gift of Jesus, a God enfleshed in our form. 

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Special Connection   

The Holy Spirit is our high-speed connection to the Father and the Son. In an instant the Spirit will inspire, lead, guide us. 

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Jesus' Hands   

When you reach out and touch someone, help someone, your hands are the hands of Christ still at work on earth. 


Have a nice weekend Folks!

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God's View   

When God looks at us he sees all the promise and talents he has given us. If only we could see ourselves as our heavenly Father does! 

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God's Creation   

We are more than we appear. We see our sins; God sees our Spirit. We need to have faith in ourselves as God's creation. 

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Power of Prayer    

We do not need to feel helpless when the world overwhelms us, since we do not pray alone. 

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Love Is With You   

Pray for the faith to believe that the one you love is still and will always be part of you deep inside your heart. 

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I am with you   

Even when life is a black abyss, we must have faith, because God has promised, “I am with you.” 

[bugsay]

Thanks...

[magbalantay]

The only difference between a sinner and a saint is that, the saint has a past and the sinner has a future. Let's not hate the sinner but the sin!

[magbalantay]

......If someone tries to pull you down, it goes to show that you're on top of them....so CHEER UP! INSECURITY LIES IN AN UGLY HEART OF AN EMPTY BRAIN.....:}}}

[hofelina]

Breath of Love   

We must hold close to God in faith, a faith that comes to life through the breath of love, however faint that breath may seem. 

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Jesus is our Happiness   

Jesus, don’t let me turn away from you.  Don’t let me go away sad. 

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Building the Road Home   

The day rushes at me, with all its hopes and its trials, out of which he will build the road that will lead me on my journey. 

[magbalantay]

........" Be not too ready to believe everything you hear, and do not repeat everything you hear. Lest in this way you lose a friend and gain an enemy."

[magbalantay]

HEAVEN AND HELL.......
                               they are not about merits but a personal option in life.

HEAVEN AND HELL..........
                             are situations in which we are already involved today---
                                    It is we to know the consequences and
                                        it's only we who can have the will power
                                             to create a better place for us.

[hofelina]

In God's Hands   

My God, I love you. I am in your hand. Take my life, and make me what you will me to be. 

[wardiflex]

God please guide me in everything that i'm goin' to do..protect me also

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Cheerful Acceptance   

I belong to a peopleâ€"God’s people, the Churchâ€"where there are witnesses to this great peace and cheerful acceptance of suffering. 

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Christian Virtues   

The practice of prayer develops into a habit, and out of this habitual prayer God forms in us and with us the Christian virtues, especially humility and courage. 

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God's Compassion   

Jesus is God drawn close to our wounded humanity, so close that he takes it upon himselfâ€"not merely in some general way but in a way that encompasses each one of us. 

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Thanks Be to God   

I thank you for all that you have provided--my joys and moments of triumph; my family and loved ones; all that is yet to be. 

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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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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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Holy Family Life   

God entered history through a family in order to make family life holy and show us how to live in our homes. 

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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. 

[magbalantay]

   ON FORGIVENESS    

        If anyone wrongs you, exercise forgiveness and patiently dismiss the matter. For if you take the wrong to heart, you hurt no one but yourself.

       Never go to sleep without considering how you have spent the day just past and what you have accomplished for good or evil.

[hofelina]

Never go to sleep without considering how you have spent the day just past and what you have accomplished for good or evil.

I remember this lines as a motto of an American Indian, it is like retracing your footsteps everyday so as to be a better human when awaking for the next day.

[hofelina]

Nourish His Word   

Let God, through His Spirit, plant the seed of His Word in your heart. Then give it the water and the nourishment it needs. 

[magbalantay]

Never go to sleep without considering how you have spent the day just past and what you have accomplished for good or evil.

I remember this lines as a motto of an American Indian, it is like retracing your footsteps everyday so as to be a better human when awaking for the next day.

    Mau jud pra minus-minusan ning atong mga negative vibes. Hinaut unta mau sad ni ang buhaton sa atong mga kandidato karon oi. Please let us pray for them, maski sa atong hunahuna murag hopeless na jud ang Pinas! Prayers are still powerful....."AS LONG AS WE ALL PRAY TOGETHER AS ONE NATION, THERE'S HOPE."

[hofelina]

Jesus loves to be present in the festive, joyful moments of our lives.

And remember to go to His mother in all your needs. She desires to help because God has given her that role, and Jesus listens to her requests even when His timetable seems to be different. 

[hubag bohol]

    Mau jud pra minus-minusan ning atong mga negative vibes. Hinaut unta mau sad ni ang buhaton sa atong mga kandidato karon oi. Please let us pray for them, maski sa atong hunahuna murag hopeless na jud ang Pinas! Prayers are still powerful....."AS LONG AS WE ALL PRAY TOGETHER AS ONE NATION, THERE'S HOPE."

Salamat, Bay Magbal. The country needs optimists like you.

[magbalantay]

Salamat, Bay Magbal. The country needs optimists like you.

    Magpositive and wishful thinking na lang jud ta. Whether we like it or not, it's our country. Lisud italikod jud. Bisan pa seguro asa ta manglangyaw ug manarbaho sa gawas, inig katiguwang nato, balik gihapon ta sa atong yutang natawhan. ...THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME! I know we can still make our country a better and beautiful place to live.   Kanus-a ni mahitabo? Sa dili madugay Kita ra jud ang makatubag aning pangutanaha.

[ms da binsi]

ug sa Secret pa;

...and the earth will give it to you. Ato daw sugdan tanan nga mag positive thinking ra prehas ni Magbalantay. I know it will work.

[magbalantay]

ug sa Secret pa;

...and the earth will give it to you. Ato daw sugdan tanan nga mag positive thinking ra prehas ni Magbalantay. I know it will work.

     Thanks mdb. LET'S DO IT GUYS!

[hofelina]

Exercise your Faith   

In baptism and confirmation you were given many graces: Faith is a huge one, but you have to activate it and use it, or it grows weak for lack of exercise. 

[hofelina]

Draw closer to God    

Remember that the truth is a personâ€"Jesus. Our goal is not just to get good information but to draw closer and closer to Him. Then when we speak, by the power of His Spirit, we can convey the love God has for those who are confused. 

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God, Give me Patience   

When we get frustrated with people who will not listen, we have to consider what Jesus would doâ€"pray! 

[magbalantay]

God, Give me Patience   

When we get frustrated with people who will not listen, we have to consider what Jesus would doâ€"pray! 

  If people would not listen, don't give up! continue to listen.....pray......listen...pray.....listen until it bleeds ;

[miss bohol]

Very inspiring words here. Thanks for posting.

[hofelina]

This is done on daily basis to inspire you spiritually,  Inday Gwapa.

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Pray for Compassion   

Ask Jesus for His heart of compassion even in the face of sin and stubbornness. Only He can change the hearts and minds of those we are trying to reach. 

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Truth Will Set You Free   

Make sure that Jesus Christ is at the center of your life, your relationships, your home, your work, and your recreation. Then offer yourself to be used to bring to others the only truth that can set people free! 

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The Way of the Cross   

In one way or another, holiness is always the way of the cross. 

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The Will of God   

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will. 

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Jesus, Guide Me   

Christ does not give a mission without supplying the means to accomplish it. 

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Humility

truth in self-understanding and truth in action. Viewing ourselves truthfully, with sober judgment, means seeing ourselves the way God sees us (Psalm 139:1-4). A truly humble person regards oneself neither smaller nor larger than one truly is. A humble person does not want to wear a mask or put on a facade in order to look good to others. Such a person is not swayed by accidentals, such as fame, reputation, success, or failure. Do you know the joy of Christ-like humility and simplicity of heart?

[chicogon]

ON FORGIVENESS    

If anyone wrongs you, exercise forgiveness and patiently dismiss the matter. For if you take the wrong to heart, you hurt no one but yourself.

Never go to sleep without considering how you have spent the day just past and what you have accomplished for good or evil.

Amen jud ko aning bahina... however easy or hard to do. Simple truth.

[Lorenzo]

Amen jud ko aning bahina... however easy or hard to do. Simple truth.

Well said, Father.

[hofelina]

God is the Artist   

It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. 

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Life's Challenges    

Christ said his coming would bring not peace but a sword.  The Gospels offer no support for us if we fantasize about a sunlit holiness that knows no problems. 

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Rooted in Tradition   

We can go confidently into the future and accept the change that growth demands only if we have firm roots in the past, in a living tradition. 

[magbalantay]

Amen jud ko aning bahina... however easy or hard to do. Simple truth.

     Korek! Easy ra jud ni sultihon, pro ug naa na ta sa kasuko, lami jud issinggit....BUNO!

[hofelina]

God's Eternal Presence   

God does not come to our rescue at isolated, “special” moments. God is supporting the super-cruisers as well as children’s toy boats. 

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Strive For Virtue   

Resolve never to give up praying and striving for virtue, no matter how many times you fall. 

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Footprints   

During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you. 

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Renewed Faith   

My faith may get a little tattered and ragged at the edges, but then he touches me ever so gently and with faith aglow and joy in my soulâ€"gently I take up my cross and go through. 

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The Work of our Lifetime   

The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read it and then study it prayerfully. 

[Lorenzo]

The Work of our Lifetime   

The family is the great catechism God has given the world. The work of our lifetime is to learn how to read it and then study it prayerfully. 

Amen!

[hofelina]

Rebirth in Christ   

If birth is so important that it marks a major touchstone every year, shouldn’t our rebirth in Christ be even more important? 

[hofelina]

Minute Meditations
Life of Faith   

We sustain our love by growing older in close company with the object of our love. This is true of marriage, and it’s true of our life of faith. 

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Open Your Heart

How important it is to avoid being upset by the trials and troubles of this life, for these things always tend to contract the heart rather than opening it up to trust God.

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Freedom to Choose   

God leaves us free to accept or reject his love, and we make that choice every day, building on the choice we made the day before. 

[hofelina]

Spiritual Growth   

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures and humiliations. 

[hofelina]

Humility   

Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue itâ€"and the more we seem to acquire itâ€"the more we take pride in our accomplishment, and we find ourselves back at square one. 

[hofelina]

Serve God With All Your Heart   

I recommend to you to have a firm and general proposal to always serve God with all your heart; do not worry about tomorrow. 

[chicogon]

Somebody shared this with me today...

A Heart at Peace

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones"
(Proverbs 14:30, NIV)

Did you know the best thing you can do for health is to set your heart at peace with God? Peace is such a powerful position. It is a position of life and strength. Peace literally means "to set at one again." In other words, we have peace when our minds and hearts are in alignment with the Word of God.

It's so easy to let the pressures and distractions of life pull our thoughts away from the Father. It doesn't take long before we are so focused on earthly things that we feel overwhelmed and all stressed out. But, we weren't meant to live anxious about life, we were meant to live in peace.

Today, choose to keep your heart at peace by staying focused on God the Father. Give life to your body by staying in agreement with Him. Let His peace guard your heart so that you can be equipped to live the abundant life He has promised to you!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word which is life to my soul. I praise You because You are the Prince of Peace and give peace to my heart and mind. I choose to stay focused on You today. Thank You for guiding my every step. In Jesus' Name. Amen

[hofelina]

Pleasing God   

To love God as He commands is to give of ourselves to please Him without conditions. 

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Spiritual Fruit   

The fruits are the last things to appear on a tree, so it will take you time to develop these as you grow in the spiritual life. â€"St. Thomas Aquinas 

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Surrender For Love   

To love someone often means to surrender our will to their good, and that is where the cross begins

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Complete Trust   

The more numerous your enemies become, the more you ought to abandon yourself with complete trust in the Lord. He will always sustain you with his powerful arm so that you may not stumble. 

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Mortify Our Selfish Spirit   

Let us take care to mortify our selfish spirit which puffs us up, makes us impulsive, and leads to aridity of the soul. 

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Seek His Guidance   

Raise your mind to the Lord and implore him to guide your mind himself, to speak to your heart and move your will. 

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Desire of Imitation   

Each day we must think on the life of the One we intend to take as our model. From reflection is born esteem for his acts, and from esteem springs the desire of imitation. 

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Hope in God   

Do not anticipate the problems of this life with apprehension, but rather with a perfect hope that God, to whom you belong, will free you from them accordingly.

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Meditation   

Meditation is a means to rise to God, but not an end. The final purpose of meditation is the love of God and one’s neighbor. 

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Purification of the Soul   

The more you are afflicted the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to shine in the heavenly palace. 

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Talents are Gifts   

Wonderful Creator, you have gifted me with many talents. So often I see those talents as “mine” and use them for my own purposes. Help me recognize that you have given me these gifts for a deeper purpose. 

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Unexpected Encounters   

Jesus, Living Water, help me trust the surprising and unexpected ways that I encounter you. My thirst brings me to desert places where you are the stranger at the well. 

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Redemptive Love   

Give me the grace both to recognize that only your redemptive love will fulfill my deepest thirst and to open myself to that love. In my thirst I turn to you. 

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Trust God's Plan for Us   

God takes us outside of our comfort zone, outside the scope of our acquired wisdom, and asks us to trust Him because He has a plan to use us for the building of His kingdom. 

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Hear the Gospel Message   

Every Christian needs to turn away from what the world says is most important for our happiness and to turn toward what the Gospel says is most important. 

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Serving Christ    

When we are serving and we are doing it for Christ, we need to be able to see His face in those we are serving. 

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The Call to Love Others   

The call to love can’t be answered by loving a project, or your work, or even a community from a general perspective. It needs to be answered by loving a person. 

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God's Great Mercy   

The only way to break through lifelong patterns of unforgiveness is to take timeâ€"daily for a whileâ€"and reflect on all God has forgiven you. 

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Holy Spirit, Lead Me   

Come, Holy Spirit, teach me, lead me. Give me your courage, your wisdom, your peace. With these I will be wealthy beyond price. 

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Thank You God!   

The highest compliment we can pay God is to tell Him we are eternally grateful for what He has done in creating and saving us and that we want to become like Him following the path He has marked out for us. 


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Have a nice weekend folks!

[hofelina]

Love from the Heart    

It is only from the depth of the heart that a real relationship with Jesus can arise. 

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Seeing Him Through You   

The ordinary way I encounter Jesus today is through encountering members of his Church. 

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We Are Not Alone   

As Jesus commended himself into his Father’s hands at the cross, so the Church is in the hands of Jesus. He is with us, and He holds us; we are not alone. 

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We Are All One   

We are members of one body, we follow Christ in and through our unity, and so we receive the same correction and the same fatherly direction. We are on the road together. 

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The Nature of His Love   

The very things that we are most ashamed of are the things that lead us to Jesus. That He loves me in my weakness is what makes me marvel at the nature of His love. 

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Trust in His Love   

The victor will not be the one who relies on his own power but the one who entrusts himself completely to the love of Jesus Christ and who accepts His tender pity. 

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His Immense Tenderness   

It is not my strength but rather my weakness that draws me to Him. To deny my own weakness is to deny His expressions of tenderness toward me.