This Advent, show that Jesus is present in our own lives ....

Embrace the spirit of giving, think about how blessed are we and therefore we should be aware of the people in need around us. Let them feel the joy and love.

Giving to others is one way Christians can live their faith especially in the current season of advent. Please be as generous, James 2:17 ".... faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."

Some of the many ways we can give;

1. give your time to serve others. (volunteer to serve the community and church)
2. provide for the needy. (food, clothings, shelter, donations and others)
3. a simple random act of kindness.

�And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.� (Colossians 3:17)

In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, �It is more blessed to give than to receive.� (Acts 20:35)

O Blessed St. Jude, Pray and Intercede to the Lord for me, help me in my present and urgent petition

St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and kinsman of Jesus Christ. St. Jude, patron of hopeless causes, desperate causes and things  despaired of. St.Jude, faithful intercessor of all Who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depths of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power To come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. Pray for me, who is so miserable; pray for me, that I may finally receive the consolations and the succour of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly St. Jude, please assist me in these difficult financial circumstances. I urgently need to the amount of money in order to settle my debts and the season of Christmas is just around the corner, where extra expenditure will come. I beg you to shine the light on the resources that I need to help meet my debts and satisfy my pressing obligations, and that I may bless God with the Elect throughout Eternity.

I promise, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour, to always honour you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you by publishing this request. Amen.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be Adored, Glorified, Loved and Preserved throughout the world, now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, please pray for me. Saint Jude, Worker of Miracles, please pray for me. Saint Jude, Helper of the Hopeless, please pray for me. Amen.

St. Jude, 

Pray for me 

and all those who invoke your aid.

Past, Present & Future

ACCEPT you PAST without regrets.

Handle you PRESENT with CONFIDENCE.

And FACE your FUTURE without FEAR.

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The longer you live in the past, 

the less future you have to enjoy.

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No amount of guilt can change the past 

and no amount of worrying can change the future.

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If you are depressed, you are living in the past. 

If you are anxious, you are living the future. 

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

~ Lao Tzu ~

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Yesterday is history. 

Tomorrow is a mystery. 

Today is a gift. 

That�s why we call it the present.

~ Bil Keane ~

Mother of Mercy, present this prayer of mine to JESUS

O Mother of Mercy, 

present this prayer of mine 

to thy divine Son; 

I make it in all humility. 

My afflictions sorely press upon me. 

I cast myself at thy feet 

before this thy picture, 

which reminds me that thou 

hast carried the divine Infant 

in thy virginal arms. 

AMEN.

Mother of Perpetual Help,

with the greatest confidence we kneel before you.

We implore your help in the problems of our daily lives. Trials and sorrows often depress us;

misfortunes and privations bring misery into our lives;

everywhere we meet the cross.

Comforter of the Afflicted, beg your Son Jesus

to strengthen us as we bear our burdens

and to free us from our sufferings.

Or if it be the will of God 

that we should suffer still longer,

help us endure all with love and patience.

May we follow the example of your Son,

and through him, with him, and in him

commend ourselves to the care of our heavenly Father. AMEN.

Mother of Perpetual Help, 

if thou but intercede for me, 

your Son will not refuse 

to hear my prayer 

and grant my petition, 

according to the multitude 

of His tender mercies. 

Recommend me especially 

to thy divine Son, 

that I may have the grace 

to live with piety and recollection, 

to thine and to thy Son�s 

greater honor and glory, 

and to my own 

spiritual benefit and consolation. 

AMEN.