THE LORD IS NEAR We have arrived at the final Sunday of Advent. As it is always, some of us have come to this day prepared and ready; some of us have come in disarray and a near state of panic. We have tried to be spiritually prepared for Christmas. We lit the Advent wreath […]
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JOYFUL WAITING INTRODUCTION We are at the half way mark in our preparation to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is good to look into our lives and check out what has been our progress and preparation to receive Jesus this Christmas. Advent is a joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord Jesus
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Prepare the Way of the Lord! Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6 As we enter deeper into Advent the call is to keep hoping in the Lord and believing that God will come and change our lives. What prevents us from discovering and finding God is often our refusal to look beyond the present
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TAKE HEED AND BE PREPARED! Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thes 3:12–4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36; As the year comes to an end we are beginning a new season, the season of Advent. Advent is a season of hope, a season of renewal. It is not a penitential season like Lent but a season of expectation and waiting.
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ECHARISTIC ADORATION CHRIST THE KING SOLEMNITY Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O SALUTARIS The King of kings is here among us. Let us pay our deepest adoration and love to Him. The One who has made us not just brothers and sisters, not just prince and princess, but made us heir of the Kingdom of
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The Last Days of Hope Year B (Mk 13:24-32) Everything comes to an end Since the age of 10, I have been in boarding schools. One of the exciting times in such schools is towards the end of term when there would be an opportunity to return home. There would be that mathematical genius whose
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God Prefers Generosity from the Heart There are two ways of being generous: the way of the scribes, and the way of the widow. The scribes were the experts in interpreting the Law of Moses, and the Law of Moses was the core of Jewish culture. And so the people of ancient Israel respected and
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Three Dimensional Spirituality A conviction that deep contemplative prayer facilitates a three-dimensional spirituality (3D spirituality). I realized that at the core of Christianity is a way of life that integrates a wholesome relationship with the self, the other, and God. This is the secret, not only to recovery from addiction, but to wellbeing itself. And
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Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me (Mk 10: 47) The gospel story of this Sunday has many meaningful aspects for meditation. In the reflection below I focus on this powerful prayer: “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me”, which is also referred to as the “Jesus Prayer”. The devotion of using this
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The Power of Suffering and Service Pleasure, Possessions and Power We are created to be happy. Our pursuit of happiness revolves around, and often misled by, the three P-wants: Pleasure, Possession, and Power. Pleasure is the ability to enjoy positive mental and physical states. Possession is the endowment to have access to the fundamental needs
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