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ADVENT WEEK 2

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    Highlights for Second Week of Advent 1. Renounce False Security: Identify areas of false security in your life and consciously choose to place your trust in God. Recognize that worldly possessions and power are fleeting, but God's love and grace endure. False security could be an attachment to money, pleasure, position, and friends. Do these replace God in your life? 2. Fill in the Valleys: Confront your fears, doubts, and discouragements with faith, courage, and hope. Trust that God can lift you from these low points in your life. 3. Practice Compassion and Mercy: Cultivate compassion, humility, and mercy in your interactions with others. Show love and kindness to those you encounter, even in challenging situations.   4. Repent and Trust: Embrace repentance as an ongoing process of turning away from sin and toward God. Trust that God will provide you with the strength and wisdom to lead a life aligned with His purpose. Preparing Our Hearts for the Lord's Coming: D...

Advent Guide

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  Adventus Waiting on The Lord: Daily Advent Spiritual Journey In this first week of Advent, we begin a season of anticipation and preparation for the coming of the Lord. Advent, from the Latin word "adventus," means arrival or the coming time. It is a time when we remember three essential ways Christ comes to us: in history, mystery, and glory. In history, we see Christ's first coming when God became man in the birth of Jesus. He became one like us in all things, so we will become like him. In His unfailing love and mercy, he has come to visit us to free us from the power of darkness and guide us into his peace. In today's first reading from the book of Isaiah, 64:1,3-8 we hear about God's mercy towards His people, despite their sins. It is a reminder of God's love and grace manifested through Christ's birth. In the gospels, we encounter Jesus of history and when we ponder his words and deeds we come to fellowship and communion with him. He becomes real a...

Happy 50th Birthday Fr. Patrick

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  Watch & Share Golden Praise @50 : A Virtual Festival of Worship
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