A new Beginning!
And he that sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." (Rev 21:5)
Trusting in your intercession and protection Mother, we begin this new Year 2009 - Pray for us now and especially at the hour of our death!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 31st
Thank you Lord for a wonderful year!
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 28th
The Fifth Commandment.
He who honors his father atones for sins;
he stores up riches who reveres his mother.
He who honors his father is gladdened by children, and when he prays he is heard.
He who reveres his father will live a long life; he obeys the LORD who brings comfort to his mother. (Sirach 3:3-6)
'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you." (Deuteronomy 5:16)
Feast of the Holy Innocents - Let us pray against all abortions today!
Daily Bread - Dec 27th
We know... for we have touched him!
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and touched with our hands
concerns the Word of life
for the life was made visible;
we have seen it and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life
that was with the Father and was made visible to us
what we have seen and heard
we proclaim now to you,
so that you too may have fellowship with us;
for our fellowship is with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We are writing this so that our joy may be complete. (1 John 1:1-4)
St. John the Apostle - Pray for us that we may be filled with Christ's love!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 26th
For Christ Alone!
But he, filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked up intently to heaven
and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
and he said,
“Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God.”
But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears,
and rushed upon him together.
They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him.
The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice,
"Lord, do not hold this sin against them";
and when he said this, he fell asleep. (Acts 7:55-60)
St. Stephen - Pray for us!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 25th
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 24th - SELF-CONTROL
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - Self-Control.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 23rd - GENTLENESS
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - GENTLENESS
"Don't you know that I could call on my Father for help, and at once he would send me more than twelve armies of angels?" (Matt 26:53)
Jesus - meek and humble of heart, teach us to be like you!
Daily Bread - Dec 22nd - FAITHFULNESS
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - Faithfulness.
"If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself." (2 Timothy 2:13)
faith⋅ful [feyth-fuhl]
1. strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
2. true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
3. steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant: faithful friends.
4. reliable, trusted, or believed.
Daily Bread - Dec 21st - GOODNESS
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - GOODNESS.
"The goodness of God endures continually." (Psalms 52:7)
The state or quality of being good; Moral excellence; virtue; feeling of kindness & generosity.
Daily Bread - Dec 20th - KINDNESS
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - Kindness.
"He did this through Christ Jesus out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come." (Ephesians 2:7)
Kindness does not necessarily mean nice. One can be kind and not nice. Nice is defined as being agreeable. In contrast, kindness is acting for the good of people regardless of what they do. Kindness is goodness in action, sweetness of disposition, gentleness in dealing with others, benevolence, kindness, affability.
The word describes the ability to act for the welfare of those taxing your patience. The Holy Spirit removes abrasive qualities from the character of one under His control.
Daily Bread - Dec 19th - PATIENCE
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - Patience.
"Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. See how farmers wait for their precious crops to grow. They wait patiently for fall and spring rains." (James 5:7)
Patience means lenience, forbearance, fortitude, patient endurance, longsuffering, constancy, perseverance, continuance, bearing up, steadfastness, holding out, endurance.
St. Monica, who patiently prayed for St. Augustine's conversion - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Dec 18th - PEACE
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - PEACE!
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27)
Peace is the result of resting in a relationship with God. Peace is a tranquility, a state of rest, that comes from seeking after God, or, the opposite of chaos.
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict." -Anonymous
Daily Bread - Dec 17th - JOY
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - JOY!
"You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy" Psalm 30:11
Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10)
Joy is more than happiness, which is temporal and conditional. Happiness is an emotion dependent on personal feelings. Joy is the unconditional state of mind that accompanies fellowship with God. It is characterized by great wellbeing.
Daily Bread - Dec 16th - LOVE
Fruits of the Holy Spirit - LOVE!
"Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." (1 Cor. 13:4-8a).
SACRED HEART OF JESUS, burning with LOVE for humanity - inflame our hearts with love for thee!
Daily Bread - Dec 15th
Speak Up! Act Now!!
"I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." (Rev 3:15-16)
"All that it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 14th
Trapped!
But these people are robbed and looted. They are all trapped in pits and hidden in prisons. They have become prey with no one to rescue them. They have become loot with no one to say, "Give it back." (Isaiah 42:22)
Please read this blog and website for regular Orissa Updates. It is updated by Mr. Shaji, a person who went to Orissa to get first hand updates.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 13th
Jesus Still loves you!
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
St. Lucy - Pray for us!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 12th
Lamb of God!
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." (Rev 4: 10-11)
Daily Bread - Dec 11th
In Christ Alone... NOTHING ELSE!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)
Daily Bread - Dec 10th
He is able to do much more than I could ever dream!
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The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands.
Daily Bread - Dec 9th
"If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)
"I took you from looking after sheep in the fields and made you the ruler of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have defeated all your enemies as you advanced, I will make you as famous as the greatest leaders of the world." (2 Samuel 8:8-9)
Daily Bread - Dec 8th
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Daily Bread - Dec 7th
The Covenant!
"I will give you many descendants and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, So that you will be a blessing." (Gen 12:2)
St Ambrose - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Dec 6th
Then God's peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)
Friday, November 28, 2008
Daily Bread - Dec 5th
With Jesus!
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple. (Psalms 27:4)
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life’s refuge;
of whom should I be afraid? (Psalms 27:1)
Daily Bread - Dec 4th
The Wise Man.
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” (Matt 7:24-27)
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. (Matt 7:21)
St. John Damascene - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Dec 3rd
"My heart is moved with pity for the crowd..." (Matt 15:32)
Great crowds came to him,
having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute,
and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he cured them. (Matt 15:31)
The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking,
the deformed made whole,
the lame walking,
and the blind able to see,
and they glorified the God of Israel. (Matt 15:30)
St. Francis Xavier - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Dec 2nd
Lamb upon the Throne!
“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” (Luke 10:23-24)
"The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A Spirit of counsel and of strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD." (Isaiah 11:1-5)
Daily Bread - Dec 1st
Come into our hearts Lord Jesus!
(First Sunday of the year in the Church's calendar)
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed." (Matthew 8:8)
“Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
That he may instruct us in his ways,
and we may walk in his paths." (Isaiah 2:3)
Blessed John of Vercelli - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Nov 30th
Be Alert!
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man traveling abroad.
He leaves home and places his servants in charge,
each with his own work,
and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore;
you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,
whether in the evening, or at midnight,
or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’” (Mark 13:33-37)
At Andrew - Pray for us
Daily Bread - Nov 29th
Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!
"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth."(Luke 21:34-35)
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." (Luke 21:36)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Daily Bread - Nov 28th
Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with judgment.
I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God,
and who had not worshiped the beast or its image
nor had accepted its mark on their foreheads or hands.
They came to life and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Rev 20:4)
St. James of the Marche - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Nov 27th
A time for Thanks!
May he grant you joy of heart and may peace abide among you; May his goodness toward us endure in Israel to deliver us in our days. (Sirach 50:23-24)
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” (Luke 17:17-18)
St. Francesco Antonio - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Nov 26th
Worldly Wealth!
These things that I once considered valuable, I now consider worthless for Christ! (Philippians 3:7)
And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places. (Luke 16:9)
St. Catherine of Alexandria - Pray for us!
Daily Bread - Nov 25th
The more you give, the more you get!
Give food to the hungry and clothes to people in need. If you are prosperous, give generously, and do it gladly! (Tobit 4:16)
Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7)
St. Columban - Pray for us!
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