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CatholicMom: Something Wonderful is About to Happen

Something wonderful is about to happen to you. Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart. Are you ready for His joyful coming? Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. (Luke 12:35) He wants to give you something amazing, and He’s trying to get your attention. With all the secular signs of Christmas in the streets and malls and on the Internet, it’s refreshing to walk into a church and see the purple banners and the Advent candles surrounded by a wreath of greenery. Do you sense the coming of something magnificent?

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Got Joy? Latest posts 12-6-19

Kendra Von Esh’s personal observations make her story come alive as the Lord guides her from Reconciliation to spiritual direction to Catholic radio. Purchase Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies paperback and get the Kindle version free. Fr. Bob Hilz: Every day of our life is nearer to our personal judgment at the end of our life on earth. Advent gives us time to adjust our life schedule. It is “winter cleaning” not spring cleaning which is for Lent. 

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Got Joy? Latest posts 11-29-19

Our family tradition for Thanksgiving grace is sung to the tune of “Edelweiss” from the Sound of Music. The Von Trapp family at the festival performed the forbidden national anthem, Edelweiss, as they prepared to escape the country.
If you think the last thing you want to talk about at a Thanksgiving dinner or a Christmas Eve gathering is evangelization, I’ve got good news for you! ‘Tis the season for evangelization!
Jesus is not dead and still in a tomb in Jerusalem. He is alive and gloriously reigning in heaven and in our lives if we are responding to his love for us

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Featured Favorite: Thanksgiving Blessings

Edelweiss Grace

Our family tradition for Thanksgiving grace is sung to the tune of  “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music. At the festival, the Von Trapp family performed the forbidden national anthem as they prepared to escape the country.

Bless our friends,
Bless our food,
Come, O Lord, and sit with us.
Make our talk glow with peace
Come with your love to surround us.
Friendship and peace may it bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Bless our friends, bless our food.
Bless our dear land forever.

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CatholicMom: ‘Tis the season for evangelizing

If you think the last thing you want to talk about at a Thanksgiving dinner or a Christmas Eve gathering is evangelization, I’ve got good news for you! ‘Tis the season for evangelization! As the year winds down, it provides the perfect time to honor God for all he has done for you in 2019. Telling the Good News of God’s mercy and love is called evangelizing. And the most effective way to evangelize, according to Saint John Paul II, is through your personal witness. That’s what you have available to you all the time wherever you are.

The celebrations during this season are good settings to share your faith. Why? Because most people are relaxed. They haven’t seen you for a while. They are both curious to hear stories about you and ready to tell of their adventures and accomplishments. But they may not be expecting a story about a miracle, healing or encounter with God.

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Got Joy? Latest posts 11-22-19

This week on JoyAlive.net enjoy Sale on Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story Kindle version for .99 Saturday, Nov 30; reviewed by Maria Gallagher on CatholicMom.com “The blueprint for building the Kingdom of God, one heartfelt story at a time”; Fr. Bob on Blessed Hope, “The Holy Spirit gives us hope and clear insight through confusion. May his guidance lead us through our life difficulties to get to heavenly glory.”