"Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; for all that is in the w orld - the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in rich es - comes not from the Father but from the world. And the world and its de sire are passing away, bu those who do the will of God live forever." ~ i>1 John 2:15-17
Functioning on a material plane alone can take us a way from God. We can also try to function on a spiritual plane. Functioning on a spiritual plane as well as on a material plane can make life what it should be. All material activities are valueless in themselves alone. But a ll activities, seemingly trivial or of seemingly great moment, are all al ike if directed by God's guidance. We can try to obey God as we would expec t faithful, willing servants to carry out directions. ~ Fr. Pat Umberger Pray that the flow of God's spirit may come to us through many channe ls. Pray that we may function on a spiritual pla...
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"He who has ears, let him hear." ~ Matthew 11:15
Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks," the Native American Kateri Tekakwitha , was born near modern-day New York State. When Kateri was four, she was stricken with smallpox which left her with a pock-mocked face and partial b lindness. Kateri became skilled at decorating leather moccasins and clothin g, but her relatives treated her like a slave. When Jesuit missionaries vi sited here village, she was too shy to ask for religious instruction. One of the priests, noticing her piety, spoke to her about Jesus. Kateri was delighted, and she was later baptized. Because she thereafter refused to w ork on Sundays, her relatives accused her of laziness and disrespect, and treated here severely. This, and the harsh penances she practiced, serio usly affected her health, but she responded to every difficulty with love and patience as she grew in grace and virtue. Helped by other sympathetic I ndians, she escaped to a Catholic settlement near Montrea...
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
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"Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, an d you shall honor me." ~ Psalm 50:15
The only survivor of a ship wreck was washed up on a small uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but no ne seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his fe w possessions.
But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arr ived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sk y. The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. Early the next da y, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching t he island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. They replied, "We saw your smoke signal." ~ Author unknown
Recall a time when you were discou...
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St. Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO - Dwyer Hall
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Officers and Directors meeting at 6:00 PM, Rosary beginning at 6:30 PM, dinner and the meeting to follow around 7:30 PM in Dwyer Hall.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Sp irit dwells in you?" ~ 1 Corinthians 3:16
God' spirit is all aro und us all day long. We have no thoughts, no plans, no impulses, no emot ions that God does not know about. We can hide nothing from God. We need no t make your conduct conform only to that of the world and need not depend o n the approval or disapproval of others. God sees in secret, but rewards o penly. If we are in harmony with God, doing our best to live the way we be lieve God wants us to live, we can be at peace. ~ Fr. Pat Umberger
Pray that we may always feel God's presence. Pray that we may realize this presence constantly all through the day.
Paul tells the Corin thians as a church they are God's temple. How is our Council a dwelling pla ce for God's Spirit?
"I never yet heave known the Spirit of God t o work where the LORD's people were divided." ~ D. L. Moody
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"Moses, however, said to the LORD, "If you please, LORD , I have never been eloquent, neither in the past, nor recently, nor now that you have spoken to your servant; but I am slow of speech and tongue. " ~ Exodus 4:10
Daniel Harrington is a biblical scholar. When as ked where he finds God, he said:
"I stutter... As a young boy I rea d in a newspaper that Moses stuttered. I looked it up in the Bible, and su re enough in Exodus 4:10, Moses says to God: '...I am slow of speech and s low of tongue.' "
But Harrington found much more that this. H e found the story of God's self-revelation to Moses and of God's commission ing of Moses to speak that self-revelation to the world. Harrington ended, "I found God in the Bible, and I have continued to do so ever since." The n he added this caution:
"The encounter with God through the Bible c annot be programmed or forced... God takes the initiative in this relations hip and leads us where he wants us to go." ~ James Ma...
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St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest
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6:00am-7:00am
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO 80138, USA
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Hot breakfast at 5:45 am followed by discussion. Please join
us. For more information contact Brad Riddell at 303-548-
6184 or Bill Was serman at 954-817-5706.
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"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to d o good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." ~ Ephesians 2:10
When was the last time you kissed a child's boo-boos? Have you ever listened to a friend as they complained about their job? When your wi fe has had a rough day, do you rub her back, buy her favorite ice cream, suggest a movie out together? Do you have a reputation for being someone w ho can be counted on when things go wrong? If you answered yes, congratula tions! You've been practicing a spiritual work of mercy. The work of mercy we practice by kissing cuts or bringing home peach swirl is "Comforting the afflicted." Sometimes we think we have to volunteer our summers in Ethiopi a to help the afflicted. But when we think of mercy that way, we are setti ng ourselves up to feel guilty because we're not Mother Teresa.
When you think about it, though, neither was Jesus. When he comforted the aff licted, he didn't take-off for India; he went d...
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Our Lady of the Visitation, 34201 Co Rd 33, Kiowa, CO 80117, U SA