Tuesday, December 30, 2014

MY HOPE


In Christ alone, my hope is found.
In Mary, His mother, my requests land on fertile ground.

With her love, for all her Son’s people
She brings to Him, the pleas of all the feeble.

She brings to Him our requests that find favor
And asks that He grant them for all who labor

Here on earth seeking heaven’s gates
Guarded by Peter, founder of the Church, Earth seems to hate.

In MARY alone I find Jesus Christ, incarnate.
In MARY’S womb alone I find God made flesh.
In MARY’S heart alone I find the sword of Simeon’s prophecy.
In MARY’S soul alone, I find the Mother and Nurturer and Bearer and Lover of Jesus Christ, who is GOD.
I’d say there is much hope to be found in Mary, because God willed Himself to be found in Her from all eternity, and She said yes.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

HATRED FOR SIN

Jesus, let my hate of sin not be from fear of hell but love of you.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

HAPPY CHRISTMAS



LIKE THE SHEPHERDS OF BETLEHEM, LET US ADORE HIM AND GIVE HIM OUR HEARTS SO THAT HE MAY SET UP HIS ABODE IN THEM.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

CHRISTMAS EVE

theraccolta:

Immaculate Mary, refuge of sinners, pray for us!

MARY IMMACULATE, MOTHER OF JESUS, HELP US WALK THE WAY THAT LEADS US TO YOUR SON.

DO YOU BELEIVE THAT HER SON'S COMING INTO THE WORLD CHANGED EVERTHING, AND STILL DOES?

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

LEST WE FORGET

“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Matt 5:13-16)
Art: Yongsung Kim, tumblr

You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Matt 5:13-16)

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

PRAYERS

If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more;
 and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them

A SECOND THOUGHT FOR CHRISTMAS


Our King does not have a crown of gold; He has a crown of thorns. He is born in a manger in a lowly place on the edge of an Empire of which He is the Ruler.
Infact He is the ruler of the whole universe.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Enter into yourself, O my soul, and seriously weigh what it means to lose God.
St. Anthony Mary Claret

Monday, December 8, 2014

MARY IMMACULATE


Such was Mary, that her life is an example for all. Have then before your eyes, as an image, the virginity and life of Mary from whom as from a mirror shines forth the brightness of chastity and the form of virtue.

St. Ambrose, (De Virginib. L. ii., c. ii.)

Sunday, December 7, 2014

LAST JUDGEMENT

theraccolta:

"For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.” 
- 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17

"For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17

Thursday, December 4, 2014

SEVER THOSE TIES

BURN YOUR SHIPS
"When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico in 1519, he discovered that he was up against a powerful empire. With 600 men and a few horses and canons he was to face the Aztecs, a vast empire whose capital was larger than any city in Spain, and whose bloody religious festivals saw tens of thousands of human lives sacrificed in a weekend.
His men were justifiably terrified. They wanted to hop back in their ships and sail home.
So Cortés burned the ships.    
Amazingly, they somehow prevailed against the Empire, but only after there was really no possibility of turning back. 
We need to have this same mentality when faced with the temptation to go back to the old life. Are there sins that still hold allure to you? You need to sever those ties! If you find yourself looking back with fondness for some sin, say a prayer that God will give you grace to strengthen your resolve, that you may walk in the light of life.”
- Josh Canning, Canadian Catholic
Song: Burn the Ships - Steven Curtis Chapman
BURN YOUR SHIPS

"When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés 

arrived on the shores of Mexico in 1519, he 

discovered that he was up against a powerful 

empire. With 600 men and a few horses and 

canons he was to face the Aztecs, a vast empire

 whose capital was larger than any city in Spain,

 and whose  religious festivals saw tens of 

thousands of human lives sacrificed in a weekend.


His men were justifiably terrified. They wanted to

 hop back in their ships and sail home.


So Cortés burned the ships.    


 There was really no possibility of turning back. 


We need to have this same mentality when faced 

with the temptation to go back to the old life. Are 

there sins that still hold allure to you? You need to

sever those ties! If you find yourself looking back 

with fondness for some sin, say a prayer that God 

will give you grace to strengthen your resolve, that

you may walk in the light of life.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

GENUFLECTION

Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before whom you kneel.

Monday, December 1, 2014

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED THESE DAYS


If you happen to be eating  in a restaurant, do you feel ashamed to say your prayer before setting down to eat?