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In this Five Minutes with Tony, Tony offers seven spiritual resolutions for your new year.  We are either on one of two trajectories, growing in our relationship with God, or frankly, we are growing away from God (toward the devil).  As we are reminded in the book of Romans; we are either moving toward darkness or moving toward the light.

I walked in darkness most of my life and struggled to walk in the light and truth with God. Listen for some inspiration on your journey to go toward His Light.  If you need help on your journey, go to https://www.kendravonesh.com/faith-coaching

The readings for this feast speak to us about Biblical Family Values.

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The Head Football Coach at Perquimans County High School in North Carolina. He was a successful NCAA head football coach for 21 years, being named conference coach of the year seven times and being inducted into the Hall of Fame at four different universities. As a student-athlete he was the MVP of the Northern Michigan University national championship team, which was the first team in any sport to ever go from a zero and ten won-lost record to national champions the next year.

Mediocrity is the result of lowered expectations when anything better is viewed as impossible. Excellence is achieved by striving for the impossible.

This year’s Christmas season is not laden with the expectations of extended family celebrations, festive Christmas meals, and open doors to visitors come to share the joy of the days of rest and peace that fill the Christmas season.

Pandemic loss and grief weigh upon these Christmas days and bring shadows to our hearts.

Maybe we feel empty. Like the world has stopped. Worry for the future seeps into the celebration of God-with-us who was born among us…. And…where is he for me? Now?

Your heart’s cry, whatever it may be, let it blend with the wail of the Infant King that midnight at his birth.

Sr Kathryn Hermes, FSP, author of Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach and Reclaim Regret: How God Heals Life's Disappointments

Today, I am pondering over something I read from Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen.

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Ever wonder how you can bring Jesus into your family or into the world? It is pretty simple, listen in to hear how!

The apparitions of Mary at Fatima have changed the complexion of the Church and the world.  What were they about, and why are they important?