Author: Jesus - My Great Master

LOVE-CHRISTMAS

“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.” –John 1:14 At Christmas, we do not celebrate primarily that God became a human being but that God, a human Being, was born. At His birth, Jesus moved from the womb of Mary to the outside world. This made it possible for people to relate to Him in a personal way. Jesus was then able to be held, kissed, touched, seen, and heard. He was also able to be hit, hurt, rejected, and crucified. The change from being in the womb to living in the outside world is dangerous. That’s...

Wish you merry Christmas

We wish you merry Christmas. Christmas Eve Prayer Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace. “May the forgiving spirit of Him to whom we dedicate this season prevail again on earth. May hunger disappear and terrorists cease their senseless...

Today, we pray for those facing intense trials

Lord Jesus, our Saviour, we need You now as we are struggling in the crucible of suffering. Lord, touch and bless each of us who are being tested through loss of people and things, illness, family problems, bondages, calamities, crisis situations, financial crunch, stress and fear. We wash all these away by the power of Your precious blood. Give us the grace to be patient in suffering and courage to own up when we are at fault. May Your love bring us healing and peace, plus assurance, right now, this Advent season. Return everything we have lost, our peace first,...

THE CHURCH’S MORNING PRAYER

“Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel because He has visited and ransomed His people.” –Luke 1:68 Many hundreds of thousands of priests and religious have promised under pain of sin to pray each morning today’s Gospel reading, Zechariah’s canticle, as part of praying the Liturgy of the Hours. I promised to do this decades ago, and by God’s grace I have kept my promise. The Church so emphasizes Zechariah’s prophecy because: It is a prophecy, and prophets are part of the foundation of the Church (Eph 2:20). Zechariah prayed this prayer when he was “filled with the Holy...

Today, we pray for those struggling in their vocations

Lord Jesus, we pray today for Your children who are unhappy with the vocations they have chosen or been made to chose for their lives. May we be able to pray fervently and re-asses our choices – career, religious life, family status and singlehood. We desire to glorify Your purpose and perfect will in our lives, Jesus. So help us have the courage to make bold changes or major corrections if required, before its too late. May it really be a calling and not something to merely do with our lives. Give us Your strength, peace and joy when we...