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.”
St. Stephen - Reflections and Liturgy
St. Stephen, First Martyr Wednesday, 26th
December 2019
Acts
6:8-10; 7:54-59 . Matthew 10:17-22
Martyrdom of Stephen: They
rushed at him and stoned him.
Holy Family - Stories and Illustrations
Collection from Fr. Tony Kadavil and Others
# 1: Grandparents are a treasure: Pope
Francis said that as a child, he heard a story of a family with a mother,
father, many children and a grandfather. The grandfather, suffering from
Parkinson’s illness, would drop food on the dining table, and smear it all over
his face when he ate. His son considered it disgusting. Hence, one day he
bought a small table and set it off to the side of the dining hall so the
grandfather could eat, make a mess and not disturb the rest of the family.
Advent 4th Week-Christmas week: Dec 23-31: Daily Reflections
Dec 23 Monday: (St. John of Canty, Priest)
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-john-kanty/ Luke 1:57-66: 57 Now the time
came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son. 58 And her
neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and
they rejoiced with her. 59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the
child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his
mother said, “Not so; he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “None
of your kindred is called by this name.” 62 And they made signs to his father,
inquiring what he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing tablet,
and wrote,
Advent: December 23
GOD IS GRACIOUS
Introduction
Indeed, “God is gracious.” This is the meaning of the name John. We are told today about the birth of the forerunner of Jesus, John the Baptist. We remember the coming of the Savior and how a special messenger of God had to prepare the hearts of people for the coming of the Savior. But our Savior, Jesus, came long ago. How much are we living as people who are saved? How much do we enter into God’s plan to save our world? How much do we prepare Jesus’ coming into the hearts of people today?
Introduction
Indeed, “God is gracious.” This is the meaning of the name John. We are told today about the birth of the forerunner of Jesus, John the Baptist. We remember the coming of the Savior and how a special messenger of God had to prepare the hearts of people for the coming of the Savior. But our Savior, Jesus, came long ago. How much are we living as people who are saved? How much do we enter into God’s plan to save our world? How much do we prepare Jesus’ coming into the hearts of people today?
Advent: December 20 - Liturgy
Friday December 20, 2019
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
Introduction
The two beautiful texts of today correspond to each other as promise and fulfillment of the promise. The child to be born of a young maiden as a sign of Israel’s salvation probably spoke directly of a son to be born to a king; yet, in later tradition and particularly in the Christian understanding, the text came to be understood as a messianic prophecy, which was fulfilled in Mary and the child born from her.
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
Introduction
The two beautiful texts of today correspond to each other as promise and fulfillment of the promise. The child to be born of a young maiden as a sign of Israel’s salvation probably spoke directly of a son to be born to a king; yet, in later tradition and particularly in the Christian understanding, the text came to be understood as a messianic prophecy, which was fulfilled in Mary and the child born from her.
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