Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Pax vobis*

Eternal God, this joyful day is radiant with the brilliance of Your one true light.

May that light illuminate our hearts and shine in our words and deeds.

May the hope, the peace, the joy, and the love represented by the birth in Bethlehem fill our lives and become part of all that we say and do.

May we share the divine life of Your Son, Jesus Christ, even as He humbled Himself to share our humanity.

Bless us all today. Let us be thankful for our families. We are thankful for Your most recent gift to us, Liliana Noelle. We especially thank You, Eternal Father for the one, true gift of Christmas, Your Son.

Merry Christmas, Everyone!!!!!
*Pax Vobis--Peace be with all of you.

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".