tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post7613545227247415707..comments2024-03-28T16:38:25.884-07:00Comments on Celebrate the Psalms: Psalm for Sunday, December 20, 2015Editor @ Parishworld.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351018547370080019noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-35705930167333278012015-12-18T17:52:32.901-08:002015-12-18T17:52:32.901-08:00This is the season of reflection and preparation. ...This is the season of reflection and preparation. We need to refresh and renew ourselves. We need to be properly grateful, and thank God for all our many blessings. If we live in the US of A, we all have much to be thankful for. May God continue to bless all of us. Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-31400489240356342532015-12-17T19:41:50.495-08:002015-12-17T19:41:50.495-08:00Whenever I feel distant from God and feel that I ...Whenever I feel distant from God and feel that I have gone astray, I examine myself to see what sins block me from seeing His shining face.<br /><br />Last Monday I went to our parish's Community Penance Service for individual confession. I humbly admitted my sins and asked for God's forgiveness. All of sudden I felt warm and tears welled up in my eyes. I allowed the Holy Spirit to convict me of my sins so that Jesus could cleanse my sins.<br /> <br />At the same time peace and joy overflowed within me, and I had a feeling of being contented all over because I was in the presence of our merciful God. I experienced how it feels for my sins to be forgiven by God's Grace.<br /><br />I felt like a new person - a better person. I started to read God's Word again before bed time. I want to restart my fellowship with Him by reading his Word and by saying his prayers. God restores me as one of his people when I turn to Him.<br /> Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176231645022543980.post-85796227662108157172015-12-16T17:51:46.210-08:002015-12-16T17:51:46.210-08:00My dependence on the Lord is 24/7. It is my sinful...My dependence on the Lord is 24/7. It is my sinful nature that is in the way and blocks the way. So, due to my weakness I try to plead the Lord 24/7 not to abandon me for I am weak and fragile. <br /><br />Tony Cnoreply@blogger.com