Like a sleeping bumble bee, soothed and shielded by the gentle rose – resting in your own safe haven until your body is ready to rise back up again. …
Like a sleeping bumble bee, soothed and shielded by the gentle rose
The unwanted experiences in your life – even the most traumatic ones – are just small fractions of all the pieces that make up of your life. You are …
All that darkness in your life, made your heart shine even brighter
Make a straight way!
I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord! John 1:23
Happy Gaudete Sunday! We celebrate Advent Joy today, yet we celebrate it in a time of much suffering and pain. The Pandemic of 2020 has taken a great toll on us. We need to have this joy that today offers.
St. John the Baptist had an internal Joy that situations could not conquer. This Joy was found in doing God’s Will in his life. This Joy awaited the coming of Jesus and he wanted to share that Joy with others. He encouraged people two thousand years ago to clear up their lives that they could be ready for Jesus. St. John does the same for us today!
Yes, we may be sad with the present situations in our lives and in the world, but St. John calls us not to stay in that sadness. Rather to turn it over to Jesus who will help us have the internal Joy that St. John had.
Happy Third Sunday of Advent!
Pax.
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God!
Isaiah 40:1
We need Advent! This time of the Pandemic of 2020, we are experiencing Advent in a much different way, yet the Almighty wants to bring comfort to us in the pain that much of the world is experiencing right now.
Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill made low.
Isaiah 40:4
The Almighty with destroy everything that keeps the Almighty’s Presence from us. The Birth of Jesus is not only a historical event, it is a reality of our lives in the here and now! Jesus desires to be born in our lives right now!
Prepare the way of the Lord!
Mark 1:3
We must be able to receive the gift of Jesus in whatever struggles we may be going through and we know that this year is full of struggles. We may have the fear of losing everything. This is legitimate but when we stay in fear we are lost. If we prepare our lives to receive Jesus, we can move forward in Trust and help change our situation. There is hope!
May we be the Beloved Community that Jesus came and is coming to create! May we be one!
Happy Second Sunday of Advent!
Pax.
From a friend:
Embrace whose you are. You were fearfully and wonderfully made – on purpose with a purpose. God will NEVER leave you nor forsake. Because of His unconditional love, we are given grace and mercy – which is sufficient. Trust and believe in Him. You matter and you are loved. Blessings
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We begin the New Liturgical Year 2021 and our lives have been changed in ways never expected. We had to worship in ways very different from the past. We worshiped using a computer screen, a tablet or smartphone. When we could enter the Church building, we has to wear face coverings and keep six feet apart. Yet with these challenges, we still worshiped.
Liturgy is life! For believers prayer is the center of our being. From this center arises our actions. This First Sunday of Advent, we are reminded to stay alert. Alertness has saved our lives at all times, especially during the Pandemic of 2020. To be ready for our Lord’s return, we must be conscious of ourselves and our surroundings. In being prepared to receive the Lord we save our lives!
May this Advent help us to be prepared for whatever comes our way!
Pax
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Lord, when did we see you hungry?
Matthew 25:37
We conclude the Year of the Liturgy 2020 Sunday 21 November 2020. It has been a difficult year in many ways. The Pandemic of 2020 has created a time that we had to approach life differently. Yet we are here to talk about it. This year has given us the opportunity to experience our lives, and our faith in ways that required safe practices and creativity.
However one thing remains the same, Jesus Christ is King and expects us to love one another as He loves us!
As our High Holy Days approach, even in this new reality that we are living in, we must live as people who follow Christ the King! As we have been doing during this Year of 2020, we must utilize safe behaviors and still love one another.
We are called to be the Sheep of Jesus!
Let us encouraged one another in love and may all people see what Kingdom we are citizens of!
Reign OverLet Jesus Reign over us and may how we live bring His Kingdom more present in our World today!
Well done good and faithful servant…Come and share in your Master’s joy!
Matthew 25:23
Amen! What a wonderful grace to be told this by the Master!
The requirement for this reward is a life where the talents given us by the Almighty are used to the fullest extent possible.
As we come to the end of the Liturgical Year 2020, we are reminded of what is expected of us! We are to use our gifts to make a better world. Our talents are the means in which we bring love to the situations we are in. “Do the next right thing!” May we use our gifts in Righteousness!
We are all accountable to the Master; may we use our talents for the greater honor of the One who made us!
We are with you in the struggle!
Pax.
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Therefore stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Matthew 25:13
We must take Scripture personally! Jesus wants us to apply it to how we live. When we do this, we will find an inner peace that will allow us to get through anything.
The Parable of the Virgins is about us and the Bridegroom, Jesus. The Wedding is our final Union with Jesus for all eternity. This union is the purpose Jesus came to be with us. We must be ready to be received by Him at any moment. We never can be sure when Jesus will come to us and bring us to our true home with Him forever. We must have oil for our lamps.
We must keep our lamps full of this oil! This oil is given to us when we live in Love. Live Love! We cannot wait! Love one another today and be ready for the Bridegroom, Jesus!
As the Wise Virgins had each other for support, may we find support in one another.
Pax.
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The Souls of the just are in the hands of God.
Wisdom 3:1
We believe in life and in a God that wants us to be alive with God forever. God sent Jesus to bring us back to God forever. Because of our situation in the World we became separated from the Divine and Jesus gave us the way back to the Divine, that is, to follow the Way, the Truth and the Life, Jesus Himself.
These are they who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
Rev 7:14
We are washed clean in the Blood of Jesus! Our part is to surrender our will to His Will and He will take over!
It is the desire of our community, Our Lady of Mount Caritas, that everyone will be numbered in those who are washed clean in the Blood of Jesus and be with God forever. This is our intention for you at Holy Mass.
We also pray for those who have gone before us for the month of November. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, Rest In Peace!
Pax.
Hermitage of Peace 