Merry CHRISTmas to Free Republic!!

12-04-10 | By Billie

[Brad’s Gramma]

Merry CHRISTmas to Logan’s Prayer Warriors!!! Thanks for all of your prayers this year..!!!

[BykrBayb]

Merry Christmas to you!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Merry CHRISTmas to Trussell’s Pray-ers with a big THANK YOU for letting me hi-jack her ping list and more importantly....for your prayers!!

[al baby]

Mary Christmas

[Brad’s Gramma]

Backatcha, al baby!

Now go shopping. You have my address. ;) :)

[Zuben Elgenubi]

you beat me to it, al baby. Snowing in Cincinati Ohio, 3-4 inches today.

[narses]

“Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church’s year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart’s memory so that it can discern the star of hope.…

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.”

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Seek That Which Is Above,1986

“The feast of Saint Andrew invites us to ponder his response to Christ’s call: “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. At once they left their nets…” (Mt. 4:19-20). With his brother Peter, Andrew immediately left his fishing nets to catch souls for the Kingdom.

Are we hesitating to respond to Christ this Advent because we are waiting for just the right moment, those perfect circumstances that will allow us to be just as quick as Andrew? Sadly, we may discover that while we were waiting for that illusive moment, we failed to be attentive to the here and now invitations of everyday life, missing opportunities to respond with the generosity of a true follower of Christ.”

St. Andrew—Nov. 30 . . . . . . . . . . Priscilla Marck, THE MAGNIFICAT Advent Collection, p. 18

[Brad’s Gramma]

Are we hesitating to respond to Christ this Advent because we are waiting for just the right moment, those perfect circumstances that will allow us to be just as quick as Andrew?

I should hope not because that moment may slip right past us without us even noticing.

Thank you, narses. Have a Merry CHRISTmas ...!!!

[bray]

Mary CHRISTmas

[Brad’s Gramma]

:)

Loveya,BykrBabyb....have a Merry Christmas!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

I am sensing a conspiracy here. LOL!

bray...Merry CHRISTmas to you, too..!!!

[narses]

Thank you! May the Advent Season draw each of us ever closer to Our Lord, He who is to come and Redeem mankind.

[Brad’s Gramma]

You know that Flash Mob YouTube from the mall in Canada?

I just checked, it has over 9,000,000 views......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE&feature=share

Heh

[Fawnn]

Merry MERRY Merry Christmas
and may God bless us everyone!

[PROCON]

Merry Christmas, Gramma!!

I'm doing most of my shopping on-line this year...it's warmer that way..:=)

[Brad’s Gramma]

I have no money so I’m just going to smile at people this year.

Ha!

Merry CHRISTmas, PROCON!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you, Fawnn!!!

Merry CHRISTmas to you and your ping list!!

[Fawnn]

I pinged you, those I know in the Canteen, and even dug out my old FR Ways & Means Committee ping list and hit some of those. ;)

Merry CHRISTmas backatcha!

[Brad’s Gramma]

So....you pinged the world.

Gotcha. :)