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Morning Offering given
Jesus let me live for you
Jesus let me die for you
Jesus I am thine in life and in death
Village waking
Coffee good
St Callistus I‘s from (slave to pope) renowed compassion and forgiveness are qualities we should strive for. Compassionate Father, help me to learn fro my own misfortunes to shower mercy on others.
Pray on Paper
I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it is each month to receive one of these envelopes
Meditations for Each Day, pg. 412, The Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
in Gethsemane it was not His body which was lacerated by scourges and nails, but His soul which experienced the agonizing vision of the sins and ingratitude of the human race. We have all been called to ascend to Heaven with Jesus and Mary. Let us remember, however, that only the innocent and the repentant can be admitted into Paradise. Do we carry the daily cross which God has entrusted to us and accept the burden with perfect resignation to His Holy Will? We must belong altogether to Him, love only Him, and work only for Him.
Scripture Readings for Day 14 of Overcoming Fear
Romans 8:31 * What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?x
2 Samuel 22:29 You are my lamp, O LORD! My God brightens the darkness about me.
I have been blest to wake another day. One must keep reminding themselves that waking to another day is a blessing from God for we are not assured another day; We are not even assured to complete the day after waking. Check out these verses; Proverbs 27:1, James 4:14, Matthew 24:42-44, and 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6. In today’s world we make the assumptions that there will always be another day. We forget we are not immortal, that death comes to all. The thing we are assured of is eternal life if we make the choice to live for Christ and do what is asked for in making that choice. Baptism, leaving behind the old self and becoming new in Christ, confessing sin and making effort to avoid sin, placing God above earthly things; the list goes on. It is not enough to just believe and continue on with your previous life. Change must happen. We must take up our cross each and every day, rain or shine, convenient or inconvenient, humbling or exalting.
Know you are prayed for.
