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Every year in late September - October, Turkey Vultures gather at a staging point in East Sooke Park off of Beechy Head to start their migration across the straits to Olympic Mountains and points south. There were hundreds in the air but this one, sitting in classic vulture pose, high up amidst the white bones of dead trees, seemed iconic.
The Golden Purifier (CATHARTES AURA) is a very powerful totem. If you have a Vulture as a spirit guide or totem, it can show you how to use energy powerfully and efficiently. It glides effortlessly on the winds, soaring to extraordinary heights while using little or no energy, making it a very powerful totem. Regardless of the less than good image, the vulture is typically granted by most, think about it: Unlike the needs of nearly all other living creatures, vultures do not kill. Their prey either dies or something else kills it and it is never another bird.
Truly a most noble attribute for any living entity, flora or fauna.
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"Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang beriman itu (yang sempurna imannya) ialah mereka yang apabila disebut nama Allah (dan sifat-sifatNya) gementarlah hati mereka; dan apabila dibacakan kepada mereka ayat-ayatNya, menjadikan mereka bertambah iman dan kepada Tuhan mereka jualah mereka berserah. Iaitu orang-orang yang mendirikan sembahyang dan yang mendermakan sebahagian dari apa yang Kami kurniakan kepada mereka. Merekalah orang-orang yang beriman dengan sebenar-benarnya; mereka akan mendapat pangkat-pangkat yang tinggi di sisi Tuhan mereka dan keampunan serta limpah kurnia yang mulia (di Syurga)."
"For, Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts; and when they hear His signs rehearsed, find their faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord. Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts We have given them for sustenance. Such in truth are the believers; they have grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance."
(Surah Al-Anfal : 2-4)
Location : Pengkalan Balak, Masjid Tanah, Melaka, Malaysia
Tech details: Vertorama of 2 exposures using ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), one for the sky & one for the foreground. No tonemapped HDR.
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Date: 11/18/12
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With the dust that accumulates in our homes over the winter from our heating systems it can make you feel dry, sore and stuffy in the nose. And, when you have an allergy to dust it can be even worse. Today I decided to purify the air in this area. I got this today and I'm hoping it will help keep some of that dust down too! This has an Ultra-Hepa Filter and a Carbon Filter.
A Sunrise that can purify a Soul_by_Subrata Paul (Full HD 1920X1080)
It is my second time-lapse.
Location: Sajek, Rangamati,Bangladesh
Multiple shots Combined (251 shots) with the help of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, After Effect, Premier Pro..
Music Courtesy: Game of Throne Theme (instrumental)
Youtube Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkLwX6JWOA&feature=youtu.be
Concentration #4 (I had to make a new theme) People are often affected by their environment, adjusting to the harshness and evil that they see. However, some who are burden with external problems can still revert back to their brighter selves. I made the tiles a bit brighter to enhance their definition
12×17 colored pencil on black paper.
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries, cartoon Paris, woven Southern Netherlands), 1495–1505, wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, 368.3 x 378.5 cm (The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Scriptures present us with a variety of visible images which signify the presence and action of the Holy Spirit. These signs include wind, fire, breath, and rivers of living waters. You and I have been called to experience the adventure of life in and with the Holy Spirit. We all need the Fire of the Holy Spirit in our lives. In fact, Ephesians 5:18 urges us to constantly be filled with the Spirit. If you are in a place of hunger for more, you will be blessed by this teaching entitled Fire of the Holy Spirit.
Signs of fire in Scripture signify in a special way God’s holy presence, power, and glory, as well as the purification and cleansing action of the Holy Spirit. Some examples include:
• The Burning Bush – Exodus 3
• The Pillar of Fire in the wilderness – Exodus 13:21-22
• The Consuming Fire on Mount Carmel – 1 Kings 18:17-40
• The Burning Coal that purified the lips of Isaiah the Prophet – Isaiah 6:6-7
• The Tongues of Fire at Pentecost – Acts 2:1-4
• God’s Consuming Fire in the new heavenly Jerusalem – Hebrews 12:22,28
The role of the Holy Spirit is not an ‘optional extra’ for Christians; He is the very essence of our relationship with the Father and the means to accomplish what we have been called to do. We have generations of people that don’t know what it means to experience the Holy Spirit, and that in itself is heart-breaking. However, ordinary people filled with Fire can make all the difference.
I feel it is right to show you this life changing teaching and pray that the principles expressed in the teaching will take root in your life. For over four decades we as a ministry have seen the Holy Spirit radically transform people’s lives, bodies, relationships and circumstances. We’ve seen millions set on Fire from above and we want to see that same Fire released in your life.
FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.”
So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. ”But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” Exodus 3:1-4 & 10-12
YOUR WILDERNESS IN LIFE – THE PERFECT CONDITIONS TO CATCH FIRE
The first thing I want you to notice is the location where Moses encountered the Fire of God. I want you to notice that it doesn’t say that when Moses encountered the Fire he was lying next to a lush green pasture next to a cool bubbling brook of water surrounded by lilies. It doesn’t say that he encountered the Fire of God sitting in a 5-star resort getting massages. The Bible says that when Moses encountered the Fire of God he was in the desert.
In fact, let me take it one step further, the Bible actually says that Moses was on the backside of the desert when he encountered the Fire of God. Now, how many of you know that the desert is a dry place, the desert is a thirsty place, the desert is a lonely place. Yet, this is the place where God chose to reveal himself to Moses through this burning bush of fire.
We all go through times of difficulty, we all face trials. Maybe as you sit and read this teaching you don’t feel the presence of God, maybe you’re going through the most challenging wilderness experience you’ve ever experienced. I have good news for you; the dryer a piece of wood is, the quicker it catches on fire.
When the Lord Jesus began his public ministry, the first thing that John the Baptist said about him was:
“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16).
What does it mean to be baptized with the fire of God's Spirit?
When the Holy Spirit comes he sets our hearts on fire with the love of Jesus Christ. Paul the Apostle tells us that,
“God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Romans 5:5).
When we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, and pray for the Holy Spirit to be fully released in our lives, what happens – what does the Holy Spirit do?
• The Holy Spirit opens our ears to hear God’s voice – the Spirit enables God’s Word to come alive in us so that God’s word becomes a living and life-changing Word that is sharper than any two-edged sword – Paul the Apostle calls the Word of God the Sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6).
• The Spirit opens our eyes to give us vision of what God is doing today in the Church, the world, and our personal lives. “Without vision the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18)
• The Spirit opens our minds to give us knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of God and his ways (Isaiah 11:2). Jesus said the Holy Spirit will teach us the truth and help us remember all that Christ has taught (John 14:26; 16:13).
• The Spirit opens our tongues to praise God and to speak his word with faith, conviction, and boldness and to encourage the fainthearted, the hopeless, and the weak.
• The Spirit anoints our hands to bring blessing, healing, comfort, and help to others.
• The Spirit equips our feet with speed and haste to bring the good news of the Gospel to every neighbor near and far.
• The Holy Spirit purifies our hearts and minds and sets us on fire with the love of Christ.
When Jesus began his ministry, he was led by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the good news of the kingdom to every village, town, and region of Israel. The Spirit gave force or power to every word Jesus spoke. The Spirit revealed the thoughts and intention s of people’s hearts to Jesus. The Spirit empowered Jesus to perform signs and wonders and miracles, and power to free people from Satan’s oppression in their lives.
We are Christ’s body – members of his church on the earth. Jesus calls us to do the same works he did and he equips us with spiritual gifts to carry on the work which he began.
Saint Theresa of Avila (1515-1582) wrote:
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit today
Why is God pouring out his Holy Spirit today, with signs, healings, and spiritual gifts? I believe one reason is that the Gospel and the Christian people are under unprecedented attack today. We need spiritual power to counter this attack and to proclaim the Gospel in the joy and power of the Holy Spirit. The charismatic renewal is a key part of God’s work to renew, restore, and equip God’s people to stand strong in faith and courage, to persevere with unwavering hope, and to be on fire with the love of Christ. Our task is to make Jesus known and loved by all who will receive him and the good news of salvation he brings.
Our role in the charismatic renewal movement
We are first foremost disciples of Jesus – disciples who are personally committed to the Lord Jesus, to follow him and obey him and to submit to his word for our lives.
The Lord Jesus calls us to be servants just as he came "not to be served, but to serve." As his servants who use their gifts, talents, and time to generously and selflessly serve others to help them grow in faith, hope, and love. We use our gifts, not to build up ourselves, but to build up the body of Christ and to advance his mission in the world.
The charismatic renewal is a sign of what God is bringing about through the gift of being baptized in the Holy Spirit. It is a visible public sign of the Lord’s work of renewal in bringing people into a revitalized relationship with God and a sign of the unity he desires for all of his people. The Spirit unites, Satan divides. A true sign and fruit of charismatic renewal is love for our church – our church leaders and members, and for all believers who are brothers and sisters in Christ. A sign can’t do everything – but it can point to God and to the work of the Holy Spirit to renew the churches and to bring God’s people into greater unity and love for one another.
Some traps or pitfalls we must avoid
We don’t lead or serve to draw attention to ourselves, to gain esteem, praise, or applause. We serve in humility like John the Baptist who said, “He [Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). Our reward comes from our Master Jesus Christ. He suffered abuse, mistreatment, and even rejection, and yet he loved his own to the very end (John 13:1), even those who rejected him and those who nailed him to the cross. Paul the Apostle said, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).
THE FIRE COMES FIRST
The next thing I want you to notice about this story. This encounter Moses had was the precursor to Moses being sent to Pharaoh, and once Moses went to Pharaoh the greatest story of God’s deliverance and God’s supernatural power that has been recorded, possibly in history, began to unfold. It all started right there at that burning bush; and I see a principle here that is enduring. Before God sends you to Pharaoh, before God sends you to your destiny, before God sends you to do that thing that you were made to do, He is first going to send you to the Fire.
The Fire comes first, that encounter with the presence of God comes first. When Jesus was about to go to heaven He looked down at His disciples and He said I want you to go to Jerusalem, and what? Wait. I want you to go and wait. Now, think about this for a moment. These 12 men were the most experienced and educated and qualified men in things pertaining to Jesus Christ of anybody that has ever walked the earth. Who else got to spend 3 ½ years, every day and every night with Jesus? These men had a PhD in the Jesus Christ school of ministry. If they were alive today, I am sure that every denomination in the world would give them honorary credentials and I’m pretty sure that every Christian University would give them an honorary Doctorate. If ever anybody was qualified to go and preach about Jesus, it was those men. Yet, Jesus looked them square in the eye and said you’re not ready, go to Jerusalem and wait.
What did He say to wait for? It was the promise of the Father. Do you know what the promise of the Father was? It was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Jesus knew that those men, if they were really going to be able to make a difference in the world, they were going to need the power of the Holy Ghost.
I’m convinced that when it comes to the infilling of the Holy Spirit, one of the main ingredients, if not the main ingredient is hunger. Just hunger! You can have what you want, you can have as much of God as you desire. Do you want Him today? Are you hungry for Him today?
LASTING FIRE OF THE SPIRIT
In Exodus 3:3 when Moses saw the bush he turned aside to see why the bush wasn’t burnt. I want you to notice that it was not the fact that there was a burning bush that impressed Moses so much. A lot of people don’t understand this, they think that it was some unusual sight, some unusual phenomenon and that was the reason Moses thought it was so interesting.
The Bible doesn’t say that Moses was interested because a bush was burning. In fact, there are indeed bushes in the wilderness that spontaneously combust. I’m sure that Moses had seen plenty of them, he had lived there for 40 years. He was interested because a bush kept on burning. I imagine it happened like this. Maybe one day Moses was walking through the wilderness with his sheep, following behind him and he passed this particular spot and looked over to his left side and there he saw the burning bush and he thought to himself, very interesting, one of those burning bushes and he kept going. On his way home that night with the sheep still following behind, he passed that spot and he looked and he saw it was still burning, he said wow, that is the toughest wilderness bush I have ever seen in my whole life and he kept walking.
The next week, Moses was on his way back on that trail again and when he came to that spot he looked and he said I could have sworn that was the same tree that was burning this time last week, but that’s impossible all these bushes look the same, and he kept walking. That night on his way home he saw it again and it was still burning. By this point Moses was starting to get curious, maybe he took some rocks piled them on the path and he said next week when I come back on this way I’m going to check that bush and see what’s happened to it. So he went home.
The next week as he was passing he saw that pile of rocks on the path, it reminded him. Oh yes, that bush was burning here and when he approached it he looked to his left side. Surprise, surprise, the bush was still burning. Maybe, it was at that point that Moses decided to turn aside to see what was going on with this bush.
I remember, when I was first filled with the Holy Spirit as a teenager. Well my friend, that was over 20 years ago now, and I have good news for you. I’m burning brighter today than I was back then and I believe 20 years from now, I will be burning brighter than I am today. The Fire of the Holy Ghost never goes out! Somebody said, ‘How do you keep the Fire burning?’ That’s the wrong way round, the Fire keeps me burning.
The Lord saw that Moses turned aside, that’s when the Lord spoke to him. People ask me all the time about how I hear God’s voice? Notice that the burning bush didn’t start shouting to Moses as he was walking by on the path taking care of his sheep.
The Holy Spirit is patient; He can wait for a long time. What is He waiting for? He’s waiting for you to turn aside and listen. People ask me, why is it that I don’t hear the voice of God? I think most of the time the answer is very simple, you are not listening. If you don’t believe me, let me ask you a question, a little diagnostic. When was the last time you sat in a room for 20 minutes quietly, without the television on, without the radio on, without praise and worship music on, without your mobile phone, without Facebook, without e-mail, you turned everything off and you sat there and said Holy Spirit I have no other agenda, I’m just here to listen, I’m not even here to talk, I’m not here to fill your ears with all of my needs, I’m just here to listen? When was the last time you did that?
DISTINGUISHED BY THE SPIRIT
So Moses turned aside and the Lord spoke to him. Now, I don’t know how many bushes there are in the wilderness, I assume there are a lot. One thing I do know is that there was only one bush in the wilderness that caught Moses’ attention. It was the one bush that was burning with the presence of the living God.
What is the world looking for? Are they looking for us to build nicer buildings? Are they looking for us to have more eloquent preachers? Are they looking for us to have better music? Or better marketing programmes? What is it they want? What we think is relevant to the world is completely irrelevant. We have just begun to become like them, sound like them and act like them, we never confront them, we never offend them, we think that we will win them by looking like them. The church has thought that we can convince the world that they need what we have, by looking, just like they look.
I tell you what we need, Elijah the Prophet discovered it thousands of years ago, when the people of Israel were serving their false God named Baal. Elijah stood up and he said today we have got to make a choice. I say it to you, we have got to make a choice. If Baal is god serve him, if money is your god then serve it, if popularity and acceptance is your god give your life to that, if partying and pleasure is god then live for that, but if Jehovah is God, Elijah said, then serve Him! This was the test, Elijah knew his God and he knew that the authentic God would be able to demonstrate His power.
Elijah said, ‘meet me on top of the mountain, bring all of your 700 prophets and I will stand there as one lonely man representing Jehovah, and we will find out whose God is the true God. The prophets of Baal began to dance and sing, try to call down the fire, Elijah was falling asleep. Not even a puff of smoke from Baal’s alter. After a while Elijah stood up, he said, ‘guys I hate to interrupt it looks like you’re having lots of fun. Don’t worry, maybe Baal is locked in the bathroom - it’s okay. I understand how it is, these gods are unpredictable. Maybe he’s gone on vacation.’ Then Elijah said, ‘Gentlemen before it gets too late, before the sun goes down let me pray. I don’t need a long time, I don’t need to scream and shout, I don’t need to cut myself, all I need to do is speak to God because He’s living.’
Elijah prayed, ‘Lord hear me, let these people know that you are God and that You’ve turned their hearts back to you in the fire.’ The Bible says fire fell from heaven, it consumed the sacrifice and the wood and the stones, it even lit up the water in the trench. Our God is a consuming fire! The world is not looking for pyrotechnics, they are not looking for Rock-n-Roll music, they are not looking for great entertainment. What they are looking for is the reality, the demonstration of the power of God and when they see it they will fall on their faces as the children of Israel did and begin to declare the Lord, He is God.
WHAT ARE YOU BURNING FOR?
This burns in me, we need revival in this nation. We have generations of people that don’t know what it means to experience the Holy Ghost, and it breaks my heart.
Some of us are way too dignified. Often caring too much about what people think or about how we look. If you care more about how you look than receiving the Holy Ghost then you are not hungry, that’s all I can say. A hungry man doesn’t give a flying leap what anybody else thinks. A hungry man has one agenda, to get that food and when you’re hungry for the Holy Ghost everything else in your life will come second to that. You will desire Him more than the air you breathe, you will desire Him more than the food you eat, you will desire Him more than your dignity, you will desire Him more than your reputation, you will desire Him more than your ministry, you will desire Him more than anything!
It is true that people will look at you and look down their nose and say it’s one of those crazy Pentecostals. Oh my friend, don’t worry, I’ll tell you what you do, let that unbelieving sceptic go to a football game. You follow that unbelieving mocker down to the stadium and watch as their team score the goal that wins the game in overtime. Then you will make a discovery, everybody burns! Some people burn for sports, some people burn for money, some people burn for popularity and power and sex and style and fashion. But everybody burns for something. The difference between us and them is that we burn for something that matters!
Yours in the harvest,
Evangelist Daniel Kolenda
pilgrims bathing 'n drying on ghat of 'sipra' river, a tributary of narmada. kindly press L to view on black.
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from a friend’s email on Holy Thursday:
"If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you
ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do." (John 13:14-15)
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your loving kindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my
transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51)
In celebrating the sacrifice of the Lamb, we are united to the
heavenly liturgy and become part of that great multitude which cries
out: Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the
Lamb! (Rev 7:10). The Eucharist is truly a glimpse of heaven appearing
on earth. It is a glorious ray of the heavenly Jerusalem which pierces
the clouds of our history and lights up our journey (Pope John Paul
II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 19).
O Sacrament Most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be every moment Thine!
This is He [Jesus in the Holy Eucharist] who is the Passover of our
salvation . . . . This is He who on the cross was not broken, and in
the earth did not decay, but from the dead rose again, and raised up
man from the depths of the tomb (Melito of Sardis, Second Century
Monk).
Eucharistic Prayer
Most Holy Trinity, I adore you!
My God, my God, I love You in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Most Sorrowful, Ever Immaculate Heart of Mary, your Son suffered agony
at the thought of God's Will. He surrendered to the Will of the
Father, and an angel came to comfort Him. Pray for us to accept the
Crosses in our lives as God's Will, and to realize that we too will be
given the comfort and grace to carry them.
Invocation to the Holy Angels
Dear heavenly angels, all who reside in Heaven and assist us on
earth, guide us. Minister to the needs of all mankind. Be for us a
liaison between God and man. Protect the tabernacles of the world as
you protect our hearts as well, against the attacks of the evil one.
Dear angels, take all our needs and petitions to Heaven and lay them
on the Divine Altar of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Amen.
"COULD YOU NOT SPEND ONE HOUR WITH ME?"
Twelve Reasons From The Teachings Of The Church For Wanting To Spend
One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
1. You are greatly needed! "The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration."
(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
2. This is a personal invitation to you from Jesus. "Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love." (Pope John Paul II,
Dominicae Canae)
3. Jesus is counting on you because the Eucharist is the center of
life. "Every member of the Church must be vigilant in seeing that the
sacrament of Love shall be at the center of the life of the people of
God so that through all the manifestations of worship due Him shall be given back "love for love" and truly become the life of our souls."
(Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
4. Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will repair for evils
of the world and bring about peace on earth. "Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Jesus and ready to make reparation for the great evils of the world. Let your adoration
never cease." (Pope John Paul II, Dominicai Cenae)
5. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because you are
the most important person in the world to Him! "Christ is reserved in our churches as the spiritual center of the
heart of the community, the universal Church and all humanity, since
within the veil of the species, Christ is contained, the Invisible
Heart of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all
hearts, by Him all things are and of whom we exist." (Pope Paul IV,
Mysterium Fidei)
6. Jesus wants you to do more than to go to Mass on Sunday.
"Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal
worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may
be complete." (Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
7. You grow spiritually with each moment you spend with Jesus!
"Our essential commitment in life is to preserve and advance
constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to grow
spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist." (Pope John Paul II,
Redeemer of Man)
8. The best time you spend on earth is with Jesus, your Best Friend,
in the Blessed Sacrament!
"How great is the value of conversation with Christ in the Blessed
Sacrament, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more
efficacious for advancing along the road of holiness!" (Pope Paul VI,
Mysterium Fidei)
9. Just as you can't be exposed to the sun without receiving its rays,
neither can you come to Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament without
receiving the Divine Rays of His Grace, His Love, His Peace.
"Christ is truly the Emmanuel, that is, God with us, day and night,
His is in our midst. He dwells with us full of grace and truth. He
restores morality, nourishes virtue, consoles the afflicted,
strengthens the weak." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
10. If Jesus were actually visible in church, everyone would run to
welcome Him, but He remains hidden in the Sacred Host under the
appearance of Bread, because He is calling us to faith, that we many
come to Him in humility.
"The Blessed Sacrament is the "Living Heart" of each of our churches
and it is our very sweet duty to honor and adore the Blessed Host,
which our eyes see, the Incarnate Word, Whom they cannon see." (Pope
Paul VI, Credo of the People of God)
11. With transforming mercy, Jesus makes our heart one with His.
"He proposes His own example to those who come to Him, that all may
learn to be like Himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to seek not
their own interest but those of God." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
12. If the Pope himself would give you a special invitation to visit
him in the Vatican, this honor would be nothing in comparison to the
honor and dignity that Jesus Himself bestows upon you with the
Invitation of spending one hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"The Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people the
incomparable dignity." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
________________
EXPLORE # 241 on Monday, March 24, 2008
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries, cartoon Paris, woven Southern Netherlands), 1495–1505, wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, 368.3 x 378.5 cm (The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries, cartoon Paris, woven Southern Netherlands), 1495–1505, wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, 368.3 x 378.5 cm (The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.
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