October 2008
4th and 5th Jr. High Confirmation Retreat St. Michael Garden City, SC
18th RCIA Retreat St. Michael Garden City, SC
29th St. Michael Garden City, SC Filipino Prayer Group
November 2008
9th Precious Blood Pawleys Island,SC - Youth Group
2009 Booking Dates
January 2009
7th RCIA St. Michael - Sacraments
27th St. Andrew Catholic Church CYO Myrtle Beach,SC
February 2009
March 2009
13th - 15th DYC Diocese of Charleston, SC White Oak Conference Center - Workshop "My BFF Jesus" developing and maintaining a relationship with Jesus+
Monday, December 22, 2008
3rd Sunday of Advent 2008 - Rejoice like the folks in Narnia! Jesus is on the MOVE+
God is Good – All the time
God is so very Good – Always and Forever
Today is a day of rejoicing! Today we are closer to the day our Savior became one of us – took on our humanity and shared His divinity with us. Today we celebrate because we know the prophecies are about to become reality. Today we know that our God will enter our world soon and free us from the bonds of Death, the bonds of Sin, and create in us a Spirit of Life and Light.
The readings all talk about rejoicing, prophesies coming true, accepting the will of God with the innocent faith of a child, and most of all HOPE!
Let me tell you a story from long ago. Picture this, WWII London – Your family seeks the safety of a shelter to escape the bombing of London. In the following days you and your siblings are sent off on a train to an unknown place far from the city with someone you do not know. Your mother tells you it will be fine and off you go into the unknown not having any idea of what the future holds.
This is the story of four children, two sons of Adam, and two daughters of Eve. Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy Sound familiar? Lucy is the youngest, a sweet innocent little girl about 9 or 10.
Lucy found her way to the land of Narnia through a wardrobe cabinet in the upstairs spare room. The older ones don’t believe her at first until they all find themselves in this strange land. It is covered in snow, frozen, and dimly lit. They hear of an evil witch who claimed the throne of Narnia as Queen. She keeps it frozen and dead. Kind of like what was happening in the days before Christ. The sin of the world keeps it dim, cold and frozen.
The people await the true King of Narnia, a lion named Aslan, who will defeat the evil in the world and bring warmth, light, and life back to the world.
In Narnia the prophecies talk about the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve arriving and joining with the true King of Narnia, Aslan. Aslan is a beautiful, regal, strong lion – which reminded me of the biblical passage from Revelations, “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” – a symbol of Jesus.
In this story, the prophecies say that evil will be destroyed when the sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve come together – which is what happened when Jesus came to earth – he is fully human and fully divine.
The inhabitants of Narnia have been waiting for this day for 100 years. They are joyful that the prophesy is finally coming true. As the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve hear Aslan’s name for the first time , each of them feels something different. Peter feels brave; Susan, a sensation of a delicious smell or beautiful music; and Lucy has the feeling of the Holidays, like Christmas.
Santa Claus has even been absent from Narnia – but he returns in the movie and gives the children gifts. He asks them to use the gifts for the greater good of the people of the kingdom of Narnia. They accept the gifts and the challenge to use them for the greater good of the Kingdom.
Like the children in the story God gives us all gifts to use for the greater good, for the Kingdom Heaven. We are called to identify these gifts and accept the mission given to us by our Lord, to follow in His footsteps and lead each other into his divine Light. We are called to accept His will with the innocent childlike faith of our mother Mary and say “YES” Lord your will be done.
You know we all have a GPS. You know that that thing that tells us where we are and how to get where we are going. Well, God gave us all a spiritual GPS, God’s Path of Salvation. Through Christ our Savior we find the correct path home, to God’s Kingdom forever. He shows us the direct way to get to Him and all we have to do is follow His path.
In the movie, the people rejoiced when the “sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve” appeared in Narnia, because their appearance meant that the prophecy was about to come true.
We rejoice today, because in about a week we celebrate the birth of Jesus – who was ALSO the fulfillment of a prophecy to lead us from the dark cold winter of sin into the warm light of God. We celebrate his birth on Christmas and joyfully await his return. Rejoice and welcome Christ into your lives.
God is so very Good – Always and Forever
Today is a day of rejoicing! Today we are closer to the day our Savior became one of us – took on our humanity and shared His divinity with us. Today we celebrate because we know the prophecies are about to become reality. Today we know that our God will enter our world soon and free us from the bonds of Death, the bonds of Sin, and create in us a Spirit of Life and Light.
The readings all talk about rejoicing, prophesies coming true, accepting the will of God with the innocent faith of a child, and most of all HOPE!
Let me tell you a story from long ago. Picture this, WWII London – Your family seeks the safety of a shelter to escape the bombing of London. In the following days you and your siblings are sent off on a train to an unknown place far from the city with someone you do not know. Your mother tells you it will be fine and off you go into the unknown not having any idea of what the future holds.
This is the story of four children, two sons of Adam, and two daughters of Eve. Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy Sound familiar? Lucy is the youngest, a sweet innocent little girl about 9 or 10.
Lucy found her way to the land of Narnia through a wardrobe cabinet in the upstairs spare room. The older ones don’t believe her at first until they all find themselves in this strange land. It is covered in snow, frozen, and dimly lit. They hear of an evil witch who claimed the throne of Narnia as Queen. She keeps it frozen and dead. Kind of like what was happening in the days before Christ. The sin of the world keeps it dim, cold and frozen.
The people await the true King of Narnia, a lion named Aslan, who will defeat the evil in the world and bring warmth, light, and life back to the world.
In Narnia the prophecies talk about the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve arriving and joining with the true King of Narnia, Aslan. Aslan is a beautiful, regal, strong lion – which reminded me of the biblical passage from Revelations, “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” – a symbol of Jesus.
In this story, the prophecies say that evil will be destroyed when the sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve come together – which is what happened when Jesus came to earth – he is fully human and fully divine.
The inhabitants of Narnia have been waiting for this day for 100 years. They are joyful that the prophesy is finally coming true. As the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve hear Aslan’s name for the first time , each of them feels something different. Peter feels brave; Susan, a sensation of a delicious smell or beautiful music; and Lucy has the feeling of the Holidays, like Christmas.
Santa Claus has even been absent from Narnia – but he returns in the movie and gives the children gifts. He asks them to use the gifts for the greater good of the people of the kingdom of Narnia. They accept the gifts and the challenge to use them for the greater good of the Kingdom.
Like the children in the story God gives us all gifts to use for the greater good, for the Kingdom Heaven. We are called to identify these gifts and accept the mission given to us by our Lord, to follow in His footsteps and lead each other into his divine Light. We are called to accept His will with the innocent childlike faith of our mother Mary and say “YES” Lord your will be done.
You know we all have a GPS. You know that that thing that tells us where we are and how to get where we are going. Well, God gave us all a spiritual GPS, God’s Path of Salvation. Through Christ our Savior we find the correct path home, to God’s Kingdom forever. He shows us the direct way to get to Him and all we have to do is follow His path.
In the movie, the people rejoiced when the “sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve” appeared in Narnia, because their appearance meant that the prophecy was about to come true.
We rejoice today, because in about a week we celebrate the birth of Jesus – who was ALSO the fulfillment of a prophecy to lead us from the dark cold winter of sin into the warm light of God. We celebrate his birth on Christmas and joyfully await his return. Rejoice and welcome Christ into your lives.
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