Do you feel like the holiday season is already sweeping you downstream before Thanksgiving is here? This is a family activity I do with my kids to slow down and focus our hearts on the blessings God has already given us.

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Day to day can be difficult enough, but when our routines are disrupted or our family falls ill, the opportunity can be taken as a grace, a purification to love more perfectly.

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Again, the disciples are overwhelmed, dumbfounded, and stunned hearing the news of the resurrected Christ and later when he is taken up to heaven leaving them staring up at the sky!  But God sends his messengers to help humanity remembering what Jesus had foretold and invites them to participate in the God's salvific mission by living in the realities of Heaven.

The Resurrection (Lk 24:1-12)

The Ascension (Acts 2:6-12)

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In the Gospel of Matthew Peter, James and John accompanied Jesus to the top of a mountain and Jesus was transfigured before them. Not entirely sure what to do, Peter offers to build tents for Jesus, Moses and Elijah. During his proposal however, God spoke over the scene frightening the disciples. And yet, Jesus says do not be afraid. We are not dumb, but we are limited in our humanity, and God meets us in his kind, loving and compassionate tempo to draw us to himself.

Matthew 17:1-8

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Mark 8: 14-21 Follows Jesus and the disciples across the sea after feeding thousands who attended Jesus' sermons. Yet after witnessing a miracle on such a grand scale, the disciples thought they were short on food with one loaf of bread in the boat.

Lets see how Jesus helps his stunned disciples and how he sticks by our side helping us grow to understand all things concerning God.

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All we have is the "Love of Jesus." And sometimes everything we have known goes out the window! We can be well educated, thoughtful, talkative, but all that can come to a halt into silence. The more often that happens, the better. So let us think about and only about the love that Jesus has for us. 

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In Psalm 63, David's soul sings praise to and of God's goodness, and reminds himself of God's promises made. But his environment was not that way; he was hiding in the wilderness! 

Lets take a look at how we can be the masters of our hearts, minds, bodies and souls by actively turning to God, acknowledging who he is and be an active participant of praising his goodness so that we may be a conduit of his peace to others.

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We all have things hidden in the deep caresses of our souls; burdens, sin, hurt, concerns, worry, unforgiveness. And what a price we are paying caring it. Lets take a look at what God has instore for us if we participate in a 'yes' to allow God to shed light into those dark places.

References:

Definition of Carriage: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carriage

Daily Readings of Tuesday, 28th Week of Ordinary time: (Rom 1:16-25; Heb 4:12; Luke 11:37-41)

"Anima Christi" attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola 

"Blood of Christ, Inebriate Me" article by Jimmy Betsill, cantor of St. Mary's Cathedral Cheyenne, WY https://stmarycathedral.com/news/blood-of-christ-inebriate-me#:~:text=Every%20time%20that%20we%20partake,be%20exhilarated%20or%20extremely%20happiness

Suggested Composition: "Anima Christi" by Marco Frisina.

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Oh trusting the process! But what if God is silent? What happens in the silence? God is paving the way for you to trust him, glorifying himself and through your life in a way that brings beauty, joy, and fruit to all those around you.

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We have so many rich resources available to us. But remember God likes to keep it simple for us. Here are a few ideas from where we started to where we are now in how we make God available to our family. Approachable, conceivable and implementable.

Part 1: How we make God available to our children in the home.

Part 2: How we spend our time to make God available to our children.

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