Today’s Blessing Prayer: Saturday greetings and blessings to all. I hope this finds you not too busy with last minute shopping or preparations. For those who will be traveling during these next few days please be safe and if you can give yourselves a little extra time. I hope your Saturday has started off well.
As for today’s blessing I once again call upon spirits Mary and Elizabeth to focus us and remind us throughout this day that God is always with us. Loving God bless us all this day with the echoes of Elizabeth’s words to Mary, “How does it happen that the mother of my Lord, should come to me?” Make these words our own today, O God, for by your blessing of creation we all carry around in us the gift of your presence. May the story of Mary and Elizabeth remind us of your presence in our lives and give us the strength to give your gift to everyone we encounter today and always. May God bless us all today. Have a great Saturday everyone! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer: Loving God, like Elizabeth in today’s Gospel we pause in gratitude for the many visits that Mary has made to our lives. We give thanks for those visits as they were made present by our own mothers. With the gift of life, our mothers carried us in their wombs and gave us life. Like Mary and Elizabeth, they tenderly, patiently cared for us and taught us to walk and talk. They read to us and made us laugh. No one delighted in our successes more; no one could comfort us better in our failures. We are grateful as we remember the gift of Mary during our journey to Christmas, for how our mothers, nurtured us and mentored us, and even disciplined us.
In the spirit of Mary and Elizabeth, please bless our mothers and all mothers, Lord, whether they are living or deceased. Comfort them, help them to have loving hearts and to continue to love and give of themselves to others. Strengthen them when they are down and give them hope when they are discouraged. Most of all, God, during the seasons of Advent and Christmas, give all mothers the graces they most need and desire. We pray this, grateful for the gifts of Mary and Elizabeth and all mothers in the name of Jesus, our Savior. Amen! Today’s Blessing Prayer: Friday greetings and blessing to all! I hope your Friday is starting off well.
In the spirit of Mary’s “yes” that is proclaimed in the Gospel today I offer my blessing prayer – Loving God, bless us this day with the confidence, the faith, the trust and the hope to always respond with a “yes” to your invitation to live life. Help us to be people of joy, of peace and of commitment. Grace us with the strength to move beyond negativity of this world and see the possible in the impossible. Protected us today, in our travels, our endeavors, in our busyness and gifted us with many experiences of your love. Loving God bless us all this day and always. Amen. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O Key of David, O royal Power of Israel, come, and in the spirit of your handmaid, our mother Mary, we pray - Behold your servants, O God – May what you ask of us be lived out by us according to your word, your invitation, your will. Today God, we say “yes” to you! Amen. (Adapted from Mary’s Prayer to the angel Gabriel)
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Wednesday greetings and blessings to all. We find ourselves in the midst of the last week before Christmas. I am sure the coming days will be busy. I hope as today begins you are not too stressed and will be able to enjoy the gift of a new day and the true spirit of Advent.
Most of my ministry responsibilities are done for the year except for various weekday and weekend masses from now to the first of the year and anything else that might come up in the next 10 days or so. I hope that these last days of Advent will give you a chance to get things done and thus be ready to celebrate the gift of Christmas at home or wherever you will travel to. May this Christmas truly be a blessed and holy one for all! It is in the spirit of the “O Antiphons” that I offer my daily blessing – O Root of Jesse's stem, bless us this day with the confidence, the faith, the trust and the hope to always respond with a “yes” to your invitation to live life. Help us to be people of joy, of peace and of commitment. Grace us with the strength to move beyond negativity of this world and see the possible in the impossible. Protected us today, in our travels, our endeavors, in our busyness and gift us with many experiences of your love. Loving God bless us all this day and always. Amen. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God, graciously reveal your love to the world today. May we embrace with integrity of faith the gift of your life and help make the impossible, possible. Help us and our world to find peace. Help us and our world to value all life. Help us and our world to find your presence within us today. O God be with us today! Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Wednesday greetings and blessings to all today. I hope your Christmas busyness is done so that you will be able to enjoy the days ahead!
Before I offer a blessing for today, I would just like to say Happy Birthday to my oldest niece and goddaughter, Alice. Alice, may you have a wonderful day and a year filled with many new experiences and blessings. Much love your Uncle Paul! In the spirit of our readings today I pray that God will bless us with a spirit of wisdom so that we can understand the “dream” that God has for us and that we will be blessed with the grace to live out that dream! May God gift us with compassion and generosity today so that we might bring Emmanuel, God with us, wherever we go and to whomever we meet. May we always be a family, a Church, a faith community bound together by a dream of mercy, justice, forgiveness, reconciliation and love. Blessing to all today and always! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: O sacred Lord of ancient Israel, come, fill our hearts with the light of your Holy Spirit so that we might not be afraid of your word, your invitation to live. Give us the humility to hold fast to your will and thus allow Christ to be born with in us today and every day. For we believe nothing is impossible for You our loving God! Amen!
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Tuesday greetings and blessings to all. I hope your Tuesday is starting off well.
Today we begin the “O Antiphons” which can be found as our Gospel Acclamation at mass or during evening prayer of the Church as the acclamation for the Canticle of Mary and we are a week away from beginning our celebration of Christmas. So, you might say that we have begun the downhill roll to Christmas and the New Year! My prayer of blessing today is that God’s blessing will be upon all of us. O God of Mercy enliven us with your Wisdom and touch our spirits with your grace, so to enable us to bring the Good News in word and deed wherever we go and to whomever we meet. O loving God bless us, so all our travels are safe, and through your Wisdom help us to live this day in your presence and rest this night in your peace. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer: Loving God, creator of all the times and seasons of our lives. Grace us with a faith this day that is grounded in the wisdom characters of our lives who have made it possible for us to be the women and men we are today. Gift us with the wisdom to remember the stories of our life and help us to life the story of today and make you presence once again. Amen!
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