Phatmass Advent Novena - Day 4 - Dec 10, 2012

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PHATMASS ADVENT NOVENA

December 7 through December 15, 2012

 

Day 4 - December 10

 

Here comes the Baby Jesus!

 

 

 

THE BABY JESUS IS COMING TO VISIT!

 

 

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Pray for their intentions!

 

 

A SPIRITUAL VIDEO TO WATCH:

 

Each day you will find a video link to help you pray and enter into the Season more fully. Use them if you find them helpful.

 

Advent Week 2 - Waiting

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNp2nw8twc

 

 

PRAYER TIME:

 

Spend a few moments in prayer just remembering Who is coming…. and thinking about what YOU want/need to do to prepare for Him!

 

 

Reflections on the Incarnation….

 

A poetic rosary for the Advent and Christmas seasons taken from St. John of the Cross'

The Romances - on the Gospel In Principio erat Verbum, (Regarding the Most Blessed Trinity)

and the Holy Scriptures

 

(Collected works of St. John of the Cross, Trans. Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD, ICS Publications, 1991)

 

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4...............Grateful for the Bride You Gave Me

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1

I am very grateful, Father

The Son answered /

I will show My brightness

To the bride You give me

 

....................John of the Cross, Romances, 3:3

 

2

So that by it she may see

How great My Father is, /

And how I have received

My being from Your being

 

....................John of the Cross, Romances, 3:4

 

 

3

I will hold her in My arms

And she will burn with Your love /

And with eternal delight

She will exalt Your goodness

 

....................John of the Cross, Romances, 3:5

 

 

4

Let it be done, then, said the Father

For Your love has deserved it; /
And by these words

The world was created.

 

....................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:1

 

 

5

A palace for the bride

Made with great wisdom

And divided into rooms,

One above, the other below. /
The lower was furnished

With infinite variety,

While the higher was made beautiful

With marvelous jewels.

 

...................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:2-3

 

 

6

That the bride might know

The Bridegroom she had, /
The orders of angels

Were placed in the higher.

 

...................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:4

 

 

7

But man was given

The lower place /
For he was, in his being,

A lesser thing..

 

...................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:5

 

 

8

And though beings and places

Were divided in this way; /
Yet all form one

Who is called the Bride;

For love of the same Bridegroom

Made one bride of them.

 

...................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:6-7a

 

 

9

Those higher ones possessed

The Bridegroom in gladness, /
The lower in hope, founded 

On the faith which He infused in them....

 

...................John of the Cross, Romances, 4:8a

 

 

10

Faith is the realization of what is hoped for /
and evidence of things not seen.

 

...................Gebrews 11:1

 

 

A Virtue to develop for today: Wating in Patience for Jesus

Advent is a season of waiting and watching.

We recall Jesus' coming as a man... we watch for Him in our everyday lives... and we await His return in Glory.

Let us stay focused on Jesus, the One who will set us free from all that binds us.

 

 

A practical way to work on these virtues….

* Refocus your attention, patiently waiting for Jesus to come into your heart.
* If appropriate, share with others how you find Jesus in your everyday life

* Reassure and encourage people who are frightened by the 'end of the world' predictions.

* Do a hidden kindness for someone, and remember that it is actually Jesus that you serve

 

 

A FUN VIDEO TO WATCH:

 

Yes, I know it is a bit early.... but we have been waiting VERY patiently.... ;)

 

Animaniacs - Little Drummer Warners

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtbLtiIj0Q

 

 

 

 

May the Virgin and her Loving Child bless all of us!!!!

 

 

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