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Proverbs 1:7

Verse:

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” - Proverbs 1:7

Prayer For A Humble Fear of God

God, we pray that our hearts would learn how to rightfully fear you. We bow before you, acknowledging you as Lord and Savior of lives, praising you for your might, your sovereignty, your power, your strength, your mercy, and your justice. We thank you for your unending love even when we are undeserving. We stand in awe of you. We surrender our hearts to you. We put you first, Lord. Amen.

Sources:

Original version of the prayer: (This article can be found on BibleStudyTools.com) https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/your-daily-prayer/a-prayer-for-a-humble-fear-of-god-your-daily-prayer-june-27-2017.html

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Saint Lucy

Daily Saints

Saint Lucy, also known as Lucia of Syracuse, was a Christian martyr. She was born to a rich and noble family.

She was also one of the best known virgin martyrs, she had consecrated her virginity to God, and aimed to distribute her dowry to help the poor. According to accounts of Saint Lucy’s life, news that the patrimony and jewels were being distributed came to Lucy’s betrothed, who denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Syracuse. Paschasius ordered her to burn a sacrifice to the emperor’s image. When she refused, Paschasius sentenced her to be defiled in a brothel. Some said that when the guards came to take her away, they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. Bundles of wood were then heaped about her and set on fire, but would not burn.

Finally, she met her death by the sword thrust into her throat. Saint Lucy is venerated on her feast day, December 13. In Sweden, St. Lucia’s Day marks the beginning of the Christmas celebration. The festival is meant to bring hope and light during the darkest time of the year.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Lucy

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=75

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

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Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Prayer To Delight In The Lord

Lord, my Rock and Redeemer, thank you that you are my strength and my song, you fill my heart with joy. You have said that if I delight myself in you, you will give me the desires of my heart. Help me to be mindful of everything you have done for me. Everything I have is a gift from you. You are the God of peace, the great shepherd of the sheep. May you equip me with everything good that I may do your will. Work in me, that I may be pleasing in your sight. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Sources:

Original version of the prayer: https://connectusfund.org/11-short-prayers-of-gratitude-to-god-for-blessings

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

Daily Saints

Our Lady of Guadalupe, also referred to as the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe or the Virgin of Guadalupe, is associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, and a venerated image on a cloak enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The symbolism of Our Lady’s dress is obvious to over eight million Native Mexicans, whom all speak different languages. She is brighter than the sun, more powerful than any Aztec god, yet she is not a god herself, and she prays to one greater than her. Her gown is adorned with stars in the correct position as in the night sky, and the gold fringe of her cloak mirrors the surrounding countryside. Millions of natives will convert at the news of what has happened. Millions more will make pilgrimages over the next five centuries to see the miraculous tilma, and to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. Great miracles continue to occur, even today.

Pope Leo XIII granted the image a decree of canonical coronation on 8 February 1887 and was pontifically crowned on 12 October 1895.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=456

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe

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Third Sunday of Advent

Gosples & Readings

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Is 35:1-6a, 10

The desert and the parched land will exult;
the steppe will rejoice and bloom.
They will bloom with abundant flowers,
and rejoice with joyful song.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to them,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God.
Strengthen the hands that are feeble,
make firm the knees that are weak,
say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!
Here is your God,
he comes with vindication;
with divine recompense
he comes to save you.
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,
the ears of the deaf be cleared;
then will the lame leap like a stag,
then the tongue of the mute will sing.

Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return
and enter Zion singing,
crowned with everlasting joy;
they will meet with joy and gladness,
sorrow and mourning will flee.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9,9-10

Response– Lord, come and save us

The LORD God keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.
R– Lord, come and save us

The LORD gives sight to the blind;
the LORD raises up those who were bowed down.
The LORD loves the just;
the LORD protects strangers.
R– Lord, come and save us

The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations.
R– Lord, come and save us

Second Reading: Jas 5:7-10

Be patient, brothers and sisters,
until the coming of the Lord.
See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,
being patient with it
until it receives the early and the late rains.
You too must be patient.
Make your hearts firm,
because the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another,
that you may not be judged.
Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.
Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters,
the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Alleluia: 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)

Alleluia, alleluia. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. Alleluia, alleluia!

Gospel: Matthew 11: 2-11

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

When John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the Christ,
he sent his disciples to Jesus with this question,
"Are you the one who is to come,
or should we look for another?"
Jesus said to them in reply,
"Go and tell John what you hear and see:
the blind regain their sight,
the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear,
the dead are raised,
and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me."

As they were going off,
Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John,
"What did you go out to the desert to see?
A reed swayed by the wind?
Then what did you go out to see?
Someone dressed in fine clothing?
Those who wear fine clothing are in royal palaces.
Then why did you go out? To see a prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
This is the one about whom it is written:
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way before you.
Amen, I say to you,
among those born of women
there has been none greater than John the Baptist;
yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."

The Readings and Gospel were sourced from:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121122.cfm

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Deuteronomy 4:40

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time” - Deuteronomy 4:40

Prayer For Thanksgiving for the Past and Present

Thank You, God, for the food we are about to eat, for those who are here to share these blessings, for the generosity of our hosts that make this possible. Bless those who are here and those who are in our hearts, and all those who are not as fortunate on this day. Amen.

Sources:

Original version of the prayer: https://www.womansday.com/life/g23705728/best-thanksgiving-prayer/

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Blessed Melchior of Saint Augustine

Daily Saints

Blessed Melchior entered the Augistinian Order and received the Recollect habit at the young age of 18. In 1621, he left and set sail to the Philippines for his missionary work.

After his ordination in Mexico, they arrived at the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Manila. One of his duties in the Philippines was to preach to the people. In 1632, Blessed Melchior went to Japan to care for the Christians who were being persecuted there. However, he was reported to the Japanese officials by some of the people who helped transport him to Japan.

He was tortured and persecuted along with the other Christians. He died on December 11, 1632 when he was burned at the stake. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 26, 1989.

Sources:

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7531

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Romans 2:12

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.” - Romans 2:12

Prayer For Sound Reasoning

Lord, it is so often difficult to remember the wonderful gifts You have given us. Of these gifts, a sound and sober mind is so easy to overlook. Sometimes the most wonderful gifts You give us are the ones we so easily take for granted. Father, give me gratitude for your gifts. Enlighten my mind through Your Holy Spirit. Quicken me by Your word and give me mental stability and wisdom to gain understanding in my life. Help me to reason well, that I might remain steadfast in Your word and will. For You live and reign with the Son and Holy Spirit, now and evermore. Amen.

Sources:

Original version of the prayer: https://connectusfund.org/11-powerful-prayers-for-judgment

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Pope Saint Gregory III

Daily Saints

A priest when elected pope by acclamation, he was the last pope to seek approval of his election from the imperial exarch in Ravenna. His pontificate was one of the most critical in papal history. He was immediately confronted with the Iconoclastic Controversy, begun when his predecessor St. Gregory II condemned the Byzantine emperor Leo III’s destruction of religious images. Gregory denounced the Iconoclasts at a Roman council in 731. A comparatively peaceful period followed, during which he encouraged the Christianizing of the German tribes and appointed (732) St. Boniface, organizer of the Frankish church, as metropolitan of Germany. When in 739 the Lombards sacked the exarchate of Ravenna and threatened Rome, Gregory appealed to the Franks for aid. This unprecedented act began a relationship between the Franks and the Holy See that secured the papacy when Frankish power rose.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gregory-III

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Isaiah 52:7

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion,“Your God reigns!”” - Isaiah 52:7

Prayer For Salvation

Lord, I admit I am a sinner. I need and want Your forgiveness. I accept Your death as the penalty for my sin, and recognize that Your mercy and grace is a gift You offer to me because of Your great love, not based on anything I have done. Cleanse me and make me Your child. By faith I receive You into my heart as the Son of God and as Savior and Lord of my life. From now on, help me live for You, with You in control. In Your precious name, Amen.

Sources:

Original version of the prayer: https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/the-sinners-prayer-4-examples.html

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Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Is 35:1-6a, 10

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9,9-10

Second Reading: Jas 5:7-10

Alleluia: 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)

Gospel: Matthew 11: 2-11

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Prayer For Thanksgiving for the Past and Present

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Prayer For Sound Reasoning

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Prayer For Salvation

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