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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INDecember, 2011
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In the beginning
December 31st, 201108:17 AM ETScripture: In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God . . . John 1:1 Prayer: I remember reciting this verse through verse 18 at each mass. For me it was so familiar that I might have know the selection by heart but never tried to say the words without the prompt from the missal. That rhythm offered by John catch... -
Humor and gentleness
December 30th, 201107:06 AM ETScripture: My child, support your father in his old age, do not grieve him during his life. Even if his mind should fail, show him sympathy, do not despise him in your health and strength; for kindness to a father will not be forgotten, but will serve as reparation for your sins. Ecclesiasticus 3:12-14 Prayer: These verses recall for me the last y... -
The true light is already shining
December 29th, 201111:43 AM ETScripture: Yet, in another way, I am writing a new commandment –this is true for you just as much as it is for him—for darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 1 John 2:8 Prayer: The sun was so bright this morning, the ocean blue, and the waves steady collapsing onto the sand—and then two trips (one unanticipated) to N... -
God has saved you for a purpose
December 28th, 201102:54 AM ETScripture: This is what we have heard from him and are declaring to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 1 John 1:5 Prayer: So we are not presented with a puzzle to solve—God is light and the light of my life. All is made clear. Response: It should not be so startling, but sometimes it does seem so. Reflect on this simple ... -
Seen with our own eyes
December 27th, 201106:59 AM ETScripture: Something which has existed since the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have watched and touched with our own hands, the Word of life—this is our theme.1 John 1:1 Prayer: Extraordinary witness! Help me to stay still—startled by what John is saying. May the theme seize my attention and hea... -
Lead me and guide me
December 26th, 201108:13 AM ETScripture: You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me! Psalm 31:3 Prayer: It's as if the journey begins anew after yesterday's celebration. The wind on the beach from the northeast was biting cold and sustained; the sunrise rose from a low cloud bank further southeast, it seemed in North Caroline. Let me shed the nostalgi... -
Yahweh's Redeemed
December 25th, 201108:10 AM ETScripture: This is what Yahweh has proclaimed to the remotest part of the earth; say to the daughter of Zion, "Look, your salvation is coming; with him comes his reward, his achievement precedes him!" They will be called "the Holy People", "Yahweh's Redeemed", while you will be called "Sought-after", "City-not-forsaken." Isaiah 62:11-12 Prayer: Su... -
Guide our feet in the way of peace
December 24th, 201105:46 AM ETScripture: "In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace." Luke1:78-79 Prayer: How these verses apply as I sit in darkness awaiting the sunrise! Guide my steps today in your light. Response: These verses a... -
You lift up my soul.
December 23rd, 201108:01 AM ETScripture: To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths. Psalms 25:1, 4 Prayer: In the quiet before dawn, bring me your peace. Response: In a season marked by a frenzy of activity, be still; hear the wind outside your window, the deep silence, the simplicity and peace offered in this moment. And in this... -
My heart exults in the Lord
December 22nd, 201108:34 AM ETScripture: My heart exults in the Lord, my Savior. The bows of the warriors are broken, while the tottering gird on strength. The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry, hunger no more. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes. The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave... -
Who me?
December 21st, 201108:54 AM ETScripture: On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, Zion, do not be discouraged! The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior, who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, who will sing joyfully because of you, as on festival days. I will remove disaster from among you, so that no one may recount your... -
Fulfilled in their proper time
December 19th, 201107:03 AM ETScripture: And the angel said to him (Zechariah)in reply, "I am Gabriel, who stand before God. I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news. But now you will be speechless and unable to talk until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time." Luke 1:19-20 P... -
I will be a father to him
December 18th, 201108:33 AM ETScripture: When your days have been completed and you (David) rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom. He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. If he does wr... -
Is this to be the one?
December 17th, 201110:51 AM ETScripture: Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations." Matthew 1:17 Prayer: Allow me to hear your word despite the little sleep I had last night meeting commitments to deliver my son to... -
May God be gracious
December 16th, 201106:30 AM ETScripture: May God be gracious to us and bless us; may his face shine upon us. Psalms 67:2 Prayer: May I take this blessing into my heart and day. Response: It is sometimes the shortest verses that prompt you to pause. Whether on a mountain top, standing before an expansive ocean, in a shopping mall swirling with holiday shoppers, alone in the ba... -
Hallelujah, praise God.
December 15th, 201106:33 AM ETScripture: Though the mountains fall away and the hills be shaken, my love shall never fall away from you, nor my covenant of peace be shaken, say the Lord, who had mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10 Prayer: The hour to awaken came too early for me this morning. Oh, what I would not give to return to sleep. Yet, I also see this time as precious to be list... -
Go and tell John
December 14th, 201106:56 AM ETScripture: And (Jesus) said to them in reply, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me." Luke 7:22-23 Prayer: Lord, help me to see and hear th... -
What is your opinion?
December 13th, 201112:08 PM ETScripture: "What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir,' but did not go. "Which of the two did his father's will?"... -
My soul proclaims
December 12th, 201106:55 AM ETScripture: And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior." Luke 1:46-47 Prayer: This simple, straightforward declaration of two short verses calls me to worship and to cast aside all anxieties—yes all anxieties. Response: It isn't even worth the trouble to list the anxieties that jostle da... -
The true light
December 11th, 201108:30 AM ETScripture: A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. John 1:6-9 Scripture: This morning the sunrise was momentarily shielded by a cloud bank ... -
Rise and do not be afraid
December 10th, 201108:44 AM ETScripture: While (Peter) was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them,* then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and do not be af... -
Yields its fruit in its season
December 09th, 201112:54 PM ETScripture: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all ... -
With God nothing will be impossible
December 08th, 201108:42 AM ETScripture: And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God noth... -
With wings like eagles
December 07th, 201106:56 AM ETScripture: He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint .Isaiah 40:29-31 ... -
Behold your God!
December 06th, 201106:32 AM ETScripture: Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" Isaiah 40:9 Prayer: I can just make out the dim outline of the homes along the canal as the hint of dawn emerges from the darkness. I a... -
We have seen strange things
December 05th, 201109:54 AM ETScripture: But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and we... -
The death shall hear, the blind shall see.
December 02nd, 201110:29 AM ETScripture: Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall ex... -
The floods came
December 01st, 201111:30 AM ETScripture: "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock." Matthew 7: 24-25 Prayer: Sitting in Panera's with the swirl of...
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