During this final week before the feast of the Birth of Christ, think about what you might do to make your celebration of this feast much more meaningful and spiritual. You have it within your power to do this. Perhaps … Continue reading
Category Archives: A Prayer A Day for St. Philip’s Fast
With so many people in our society homeless and hungry, find a way to provide some help and support for them. If you know of a program that feeds the homeless, make a contribution to their work. Then, in addition … Continue reading
Do you know someone who might be in a nursing home or shut-in? This week you could try to actually visit a person who is in such a condition. In addition to your visit, why not bring them something that … Continue reading
Spiritual growth requires that we not only pray and fast but begin to make our faith real by integrating real, Christ-like behaviors into our lives. This week’s suggestion is: CALL OR VISIT SOMEONE WHO IS ALONE AND, PERHAPS IN NEED … Continue reading
How do we make our preparation for these winter feasts real? While prayer is the first act we can do, we can also make our preparation much more concrete by voluntarily offering gifts of love and support to others. Try … Continue reading
Help me, O Lord, to now prepare myself for the second great manifestation of Your incarnation, namely Your baptism by John in the Jordan. I know that one of the revelations of this feast is that You are Father, Son … Continue reading
Help me, O Lord, on this third day of the celebration of Your birth as a human, to open my heart and mind to the true meaning of this great feast and truly instill within me the feelings of gratitude … Continue reading
Almighty God, Who in the feast that we have just celebrated manifested Yourself as joined to the human race, I ask You to help me celebrate this feast in a manner that will strengthen my belief in Your great love. … Continue reading
On this day, O Heavenly Father, I declare with a loud voice the prayer of my Church and say: Your nativity, O Christ our God, has shed the light of knowledge upon the world. Through it, those who had been … Continue reading
Almighty Father, our forty-day time of preparation as come to an end. It is now time for our celebration of that most wondrous event, Your coming into our world and becoming incarnate as a human. I stand in awe before … Continue reading