Daily Bread

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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)