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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS LOVE, PEACE, & JOY FOR CHRISTMAS

The best Christmas present is not the one that you want to receive in your relationship, it is the one inside of you waiting to be given to your husband, wife, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Many people make intense Christmas efforts to find the perfect material gift while already having the most precious Christmas gift of all already in their possession. That gift is the Christmas gift of love, you do not have to outwardly search for it, you only need to present it. It is easier to act your way into love, than it is to wait on your feelings...

A 7th Grader’s Miracles

When I was only 18 months old, I was diagnosed with lead poisoning. I was supposed to end up in the hospital in a wheelchair. My parents told me that the day I was brought into the hospital, my face was yellow and I wouldn’t stop crying. The doctor said it was permanent. But in just one month, I went back to the doctor, and he said the lead poisoning was completely gone. My parents had prayed for me throughout the whole month, hoping it would go away. My dad always drank. My older brother and I always got scared...

Palm Sunday

  Palm Sunday represents the day that Jesus entered into Jerusalem for the last time, before his crusification later on that week… and exactly ONE week before his resurrection. It is called “Palm Sunday”, because the people rejoiced when they saw Jesus entering into Jerusalem… and they celebrated by cutting down the branches of palm trees… and laying them down on the road for their King (Jesus), to ride over as He came in on a donkey. (Matthew 21:1-11)

Bible reveals truth about human suffering and death

Suffering, whether physical, spiritual or psychological, is often an opportunity when many question the existence of God, or at the very least whom this God is who allows suffering, in particular the suffering of the innocent. God, throughout the Old Testament, helps us to understand what he will fully reveal in the New Testament regarding suffering. We now know that God the Father has sent the Son to give us the Holy Spirit through the sacraments, one of which is referred to as anointing of the sick. “Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits?...

Prayer While Visiting The Most Blessed Sacrament. By St. Alphonsus Liguori

Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar: I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You...