God is good! It is great to see how much progress has been made in the past two days towards our goal of $24,100 – as I am writing this, we are over $17,400 committed almost 75% of the way there!!
There’s a couple of days left, so now is the time to donate (http://kck.st/2nEbHlr), pray, and share if you haven’t yet.
I wanted to mention there’s a special perk for people who back the project will get (along with our awesome Monthly contributors who donate at Patreon.)
Starting next week, you’ll get a simple weekly reflection in the weeks leading up to Advent. Remember though this a special perk for those who donate.
Donate today at http://kck.st/2nEbHlr
God bless,
Andy
Don’t forget to give and be a part of our Advent and Lent project before Sat, Oct 26, at 9:44 PM.
Reflect: Christmas Day has passed, but the Christmas Octave has only just begun! That is one of the beautiful parts of our Catholic faith — Christmas is never just one day, but a whole season during which we can encounter God every day! This is good news for those of us who’s Christmas Day may have flown by in holiday chaos. Sometimes it is hard to make time to enter into the mystery and beauty of Christ’s nativity, but during the octave of Christmas we have more opportunities to do just that! Take advantage of this season. Ask Jesus to be “born in a new way” in your life, and take time to encounter Him each day!
Reflect: It’s Christmas Day! Jesus is coming. And He comes to reveal the Father who loves us and calls us His beloved children. “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (Jn 10:10). And what is the fullness of life but to be fully loved? Let’s come to the Christ Child tonight, and let Him look upon us with the gaze of the Father who says, “You are precious in my eyes, and glorious, and I love you.”
Reflect: “From the fear of being asked to give more than I have, Deliver me Jesus.”In our hearts this prayer evokes a longing for freedom and yet also expresses the doubt that trusting in Jesus might leave us wanting. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI says, “If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide.” How do we value this ‘friendship with God’? This Advent may we dare to enter into this friendship and therein discover the freedom of loving and being loved.