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• No Such Thing as Irreversible Damage in Christ

  
  

  No Such Thing as Irreversible Damage in Christ

   Victory is not so much conquering but reversal. With the temptations, we are never alone. With Christ, there is no such thing as irreversible damage.  

• For Those in Bible Study

  A Brief Reflection

  For those involved in Bible Study - Part One

   

  Bible study is accessible to everyone, is encouraged and  is not difficult to read or understand in most cases.

  
  

  Bible study is like medicine , good for the soul.  However , every medicine comes with a caution on the label.

  Good to know what the caution is. 

  Keep in mind, the Bible is not the whole Christ.  Christ is the Word of God speaking to us through the Bible and the people of God(the Living Tradition, succession of the Apostles).  We must always be in touch with the whole Christ when we read the Bible. There are other areas of caution that may be good to know.

    If you read the bible on your own or in a bible group, maybe this little five minute message can help.

• Coping Mechanism

  
  
  3rd Sunday of Advent
  
  

  Coping Mechanism

   

  Is 35:1-10, Jas 5:7-10, Mt 11:2-11

   

  Most of life, physical or spiritual, is coping.

  Life is 80% coping and 20% overcoming.

  People with chronic illness teach us how to help each other cope.

• Where is the Mother, There is Healing

  
  
  Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  

  Where is the Mother, there is healing.

   

  Mary is blessed with original freedom and so is Eve.  What happened?

  May Mother help us find original freedom again, freedom for the Word, freedom for the other, freedom to love.

   

• Beautiful

  
  
  Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
  
  In the bible, the king is majestic,  beautiful.
  
  How does beauty saves us,
  
  How is Christ the king, majestic on the cross?
  
  If Christ rules over our hearts, what beautiful thing happens inside us?
  
  Are we being carried away by a kingdom of false beauty  or carried along by the kingdom of true beauty?
  
  1 Pt:  It was not any cleverly invented myths that we were repeating when we brought you the knowledge of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; we had seen his majesty for ourselves. He was honoured and glorified by God the Father, when the Sublime Glory itself spoke to him and said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour.’ We heard this ourselves, spoken from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

   

• Humble Me

  
  
  22nd Sunday Ordinary Time

  Anthony of the desert lived in a cave. He was attacked by all kinds of demons. When asked how he got rid of them, he said, " humility, humility, humility."

  We all have our "demons" to drive out with humility.

  But, we might have the wrong idea of what humility is...