Jan 2nd: Christmas Season - Reflection & Liturgy
1 John 2:22-28 / John 1:19-28
Some priests
question John: “Are you
the Messiah, Elijah, or a prophet?”
Dec 30- Jan 4: Daily Reflections
Dec 30 Monday (St. Egwin)
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-egwin :
Luke 2:36-40, There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of
Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her
husband seven years from her virginity, 37 and as a widow till she was
eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and
prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks
to God and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of
Jerusalem. 39 And when they had performed everything according to the law of
the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40 And
the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was
upon him. USCCB video: https://youtu.be/j2NFFlcgSh0?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DAAsw34PxZGDqnI_bBKNWa9
Dec 31st: Reflections and Liturgy
*31st December
2019, Tuesday*, Seventh Day within Octave of Christmas
1 John 2:18-21 / John 1:1-18
*Antichrists
have appeared: They came from our ranks*
30th December: Reflection and Liturgy
30th December 2019, Monday, Sixth Day
within Octave of Christmas.
1 John 2:12-17 / Luke 2:36-40
1 John 2:12-17 / Luke 2:36-40
Shun
the world’s attractions: The world passes; God alone remains.
Photographer David Crocket of KOMO-TV, Seattle, was
caught at the foot of Mt. St. Helens when it exploded on May 18, 1980. He was
nearly buried in the falling ash. Ten hours later he was miraculously spotted,
picked up by a helicopter, and rushed to a hospital. After the ordeal Crocket
wrote in Guideposts: “During
those ten hours I saw a mountain fall apart.
I saw a forest disappear. . . .I saw that God is the only one who is immovable.
. . .I feel somehow that I’m being allowed to start over . . .whatever is in
his master plan for me.”
New Year
A New Year Prayer
Holy Father,
God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.
We praise You for Your unequalled greatness.
Billy Graham's Prayer for the New Year
Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of Your presence and Your guidance as we face the future.
28th Dec: Holy Innocents
28th December 2019, Saturday, Holy Innocents, Martyrs
1 John 1:5 - 2:2 / Matthew 2:13-18
I have
been redeemed: Jesus’ blood purifies us.
There’s a story about a man who dove into a raging
river to rescue a drowning boy. Miraculously, the man survived; even more
miraculously, the boy was saved. After the boy had recovered from the ordeal,
he said to the man, “Thank you, sir, for saving me from the river.” The man put
his hand on the boy’s shoulder and said, “That’s okay, son! Just make sure your
life was worth saving.” What that man said to the boy, Jesus could say to each
one of us here.
St. John, The Evangelist
27th December 2019, Friday, St. John, Evangelist
1 John
1:1-4 / John 20:2-8
Eternal
life becomes visible: We touched him with our hands.
Cyril Egan wrote a poem called “A Kind of Prayer.” It’s
about a person who’s looking for something. Everywhere he goes, he searches, searches,
searches. One day someone asks him what he’s searching for. He responds, “I’m
looking for God.” Then he adds quickly: “Don’t tell me I’ll find him in my
heart (Though in a sense that’s true); And don’t tell me I’ll find him in my
fellow man (Though in a sense that’s true, too). What I’m looking for is a God
making a five-sense breakthrough to humanity.”
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