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[gloriajean]

Greetings my friends! Tomorrow, Sunday, is the first Sunday of Advent already! Wow! It'll be a nice Sunday Mass tomorrow - with the blessing and lighting of the Advent Wreath. Looking forward to it. Last night I had a wonderful visit over the phone with my best friend in High School - she married a man quite a bit older than she is, and they have a daughter who has MS and wheelchair bound, which they both take care of her now. Mary Claire was married but he divorced her when she got sick. Their son has a disease that he cannot have any salt at all or he gets sick. He's not married. So if you would, please pray for this family, Arlie and her family. She needs a lot of help! The only way out of her house is to go to the grocery store and she would love to go visit her sister in our hometown, who's husband has pancreatic cancer. Our friend, Angie, is calling her parish for some help, and for someone to come and give them Communion. It was so nice to talk to her, and she'll call again when she has time. Today I had a nice visit with Angie on the phone, and my sister, Deil! Phone calls are blessings and so are emails. Bought some Christmas cards today and so plan to do cards tomorrow afternoon. Got the tree up - it's really big!!! Not decorated yet though. I'm going to thank you all in advance for your prayers for Arlie and her family.

Avoid using the words 'If only...' and 'I should have...'. These can

destroy

your peace of mind and even your health. Lord, help me to stop punishing

myself for past mistakes and live in the peace of the present.

Scripture for the day:

"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will

find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who

asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who

knocks, the door will be opened." ~Luke 11:9-10

Meditation for the day:

"Behold, I shall stand at the door and knock. If any person hear my

voice and open the door, I will come in and remain with that person

and that person with me." The knocking of God's spirit, asking God to

come into our lives, is due to no merit of ours, though it is in

response to the longing of our hearts. We can keep a listening ear,

an ear bent to catch the sound of the gentle knocking at the door of

our heart by the spirit of God. Then we can open the door of our

hearts and let God's spirit come in.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may let God's spirit come into my heart. I pray that it

may fill me with an abiding peace.

Prayer For The Future

Lord, open our heart to receive Your Holy Spirit.

Teach us to await His coming, just as You did for Mary on the day of the

Annunciation, and again on Pentecost - the birthday of the Church - when she

was transformed into our Mother.

Show the new generation that Your Son Jesus Christ remains always and

forever the one and only Savior of the world.

Help us proclaim in a loud and bold voice that He is "the way, the truth and

the life."

The way that leads us to our final destiny.

The truth that illuminates our passage through the darkness of life and the

world.

The life that enriches us with profound peace.

Allow Your disciples, at the dawn of the third millennium, to speed up their

steps towards obeying Your command to be "one" in unity with the Father, the

Son and the Holy Spirit. May we approach the Lord, united, radiant with His

light, without somber faces, so that the whole world may know and recognize

Jesus Christ living in His disciples.

Recipe for Miracles

Ingredients:

1 part of knowing who you are

1 part of knowing who you aren't

1 part of knowing what you want

1 part of knowing who you wish to be

1 part of knowing what you already have

1 part of choosing wisely from what you have

1 part of loving and thanking for ALL you have

Instructions:

Combine ingredients together gently and carefully, using

faith and vision. Mix together with strong belief of the

outcome until finely blended.

Use thoughts, words and actions for best results.

Bake until Blessed.

Give thanks again

Yield: Unlimited service

IT'S ONLY A QUARTER!

Author Unknown

Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after

he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home to the

downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had

accidentally given him a quarter too much change.

As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, you better give

the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it. Then he thought, "Oh,

forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little

amount? Anyway the bus company already gets too much fare; they will

never miss it. Accept it as a gift from God and keep quiet."

When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, then he handed

the quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too much

change."

The driver with a smile, replied, "Aren't you the new preacher in

town? I have been thinking lately about going to worship somewhere. I

just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change."

When my friend stepped off the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest

light pole, and held on, and said, "O God, I almost sold your Son for

a quarter."

Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read.

"Life"

By Bl. Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is costly, care for it.

Life is wealth, keep it.

Life is love, enjoy it.

Life is mystery, know it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.