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Episode #54: In this special episode, Terry Modica interviews Bill Snyder, author of a book of Advent meditations, called A Contemplative Las Posadas, based on the novenario that's celebrated in Hispanic cultures. Las Posadas is Spanish for lodging, which in this case refers to the inn in the story of the nativity of Jesus. Traditionally, people go from house to house asking for lodging, re-enacting Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem. They begin on December 16th at dusk, dressed up as angels and shepherds. Two are dressed as Mary and Joseph. Finally, on December 24th, they are welcomed into the house and everyone celebrates. Bill has turned this into a novena of reflections on the nine themes of Las Posadas. His book can be used in private meditation or it can be used by groups who take it from house to house or on a pilgrimage within the church, like the Stations of the Cross.

To get your copy of the book, go to patchworkheart.ecwid.com/A-Contemplative-Las-Posadas-p143956207 or order it from Amazon at https://smile.amazon.com/Contemplative-Las-Posadas-Bill-Snyder-ebook/dp/B07VP76M9Z/.

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Join us for a reflection on preparing our hearts for Jesus, and giving gratitude for when we see God in our midst. Fathers Ricardo and Phillip guide us through Sunday’s Gospel for December 15, 2019.

Join us for a discussion with one of our favorite financial planners, John Kennedy of Candor Path Financial Services. John will share ideas with us about how to get your finances in shape for 2020.

The Compass Catholic blog has more ideas for you to consider.

Trump is revealing to us through the #impeachment hearings, that love under the guise of care for neighbor, while denying God, is truly care of self.

 

Babel (the Internet), can create the idea in some that they can do better than God.

 

#psychology #journey #law #nlp #makeadifference #integrity

 

St. Paul teaches in 1 Cor 13:

 

❤️Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated (verse 4).

 

❤️ Love not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury (verse 5).

 

❤️Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth (verse 6).

 

❤️Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (verse 7).

 

❤️Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing (verse 8 ).

 

⚜️For we know partially and we prophesy partially (verse 9).

 

⚜️but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away (verse 10).

 

⚜️When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things (verse 11).

 

⚜️ At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known (verse 12).

 

⚜️So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love (verse 13).

Actually, lots can be known about the historical Jesus, and Christains can give confident rebuttals to those who claim Jesus is just a myth. Trent defends Jesus from the mythicists.

Growing up in a blue collar family, having a new coat for winter was truly a welcomed gift.  That is one of the reasons I remember my Aunt Jay so fondly.  Each year she would scrimp and save from her 90-cent an hour job at the dry cleaners to buy winter coats for my cousins, Diane, Steven, and Susan, and my sister Angie and me. In this podcast, Tony discusses sacrifices and a new coat.

Scripture: Give and gifts will be given to you, a good measure, packed together shaken down and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.  Luke 6:38

Reflections: Was there someone in your life who sacrificed for you?  How did it make you feel when you realized how much love was involved?  Have you ever been the “angel” for someone?

Today, I shared a quote from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) that may help us during this Advent season.  I, also, provide a little commentary on that quote to help us tap the depth of the Spirit our sister in Carmel is trying to take us into during our pilgrimage.

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What happens when the historical St. Nicholas meets the mythical Santa Claus?  Listen and find out.

Don't blow all your goals in the month of December waiting for January to arrive. Anchor yourself to what's important now!Read more at http://coffeeandpearls.libsyn.com/podcast/why-you-should-set-goals-in-december#lvlfJJqJgEUFut8H.99