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...................................Prayer...................................
We greet you, Immaculate Mother
of God!
Accept our prayer and, as
Mother, deign to bring the Church in Rome and throughout the world
into that fullness of time towards which the universe has been
advancing since the day your divine Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ came
into the world.
He is the Beginning and the
End, the Alpha and the Omega, the King of the ages, the First-born
of all creation, the First and the Last.
In Him all is definitively
fulfilled;
in Him, every reality grows to the full stature desired by God in
His mysterious plan of love.
We greet you, Virgin most
prudent!
We greet you, Mother most
clement! Pray for us, intercede for us, Immaculate Virgin, our
merciful and powerful Mother, Mary!
Amen.
Pope John Paul II
8 December 1997
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...Holiday Thoughts
We've had our first
snowfall of the season with more expected tomorrow. It's so
very
peaceful to look out the back and see the
snow
blanketing the ground. The view across the creek is gorgeous with
the
trees all draped in white. At night, the white lights from the
golf course add to the fairy effect.
Ducks and geese huddle together on our float, conserving warmth.
I'm slowly
checking things off of my
"to do" list. We had our annual family portrait taken,
Christmas cards have been sent, the outside lights and
nativity are up and our
tree is decorated. I've almost finished with the inside
decorating but I still have a lot of shopping left to do and of course,
cookies to bake!
I love cold,
snowy evenings. I like to surf or
play on my
computer, huddled under my electric throw. I recently
ran across a website,
TeachingMom.com. It's a great Christian homeschooling website
with an
Advent Calendar, packed full of innovative ideas for the holidays.
We recently
purchased one of those freestanding, gel fuel burning fireplaces and I
must admit that my favorite place to be on cold evenings is with my
husband and/or kids huddled under my
down comforter with a good holiday magazine or book, listening to
and watching the fire crackle and pop.
Today is the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation.
Stay warm!
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