INSPIRING QUOTE - on TRUST

"Don't trust to hold God's hand; let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding, and you the trusting." ~ Hammer William

EASTER PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father,

We thank you for the awesome gift of your Son who gave so freely and lovingly to ensure our hope of salvation.

We thank you for the gift of forgiveness and for sending your beloved Son to be our pathway into life everlasting.

We praise you for the unconditional love you give us everyday – especially on those days when we fall and stumble.

We thank you for always being there to pick us up, drag us or carry us along the pathway to you and toward eternal life.

We thank you for the gift of your grace – the gift of our faith. Without it we know we would be lost.

We praise you for the gift of our seven sacraments where we most deeply feel your grace and amazing love for us. Help us to always fully experience the depth of your love every time we celebrate each beautiful sacrament you’ve given us.

We thank you for each moment you give us here on earth and pray we use these precious moments to draw closer to you; to do your will.

With this bright new day as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, let it be also a resurrection for us - a new beginning to our own life in Christ.

We pray in the name of your beloved Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.

Amen.

~ Melissa Knoblett-Aman ~

PARING PILIPINO

LET US ALSO REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS ALL OUR MISSIONARY FILIPINO PRIESTS, THAT THEY WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO BE HIS MINISTERS AND STEWARDS OF HIS MYSTERIES, MAY ALL BE FOUND FAITHFUL IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MINISTRY WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED! AND TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MORE VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD.

PRIESTLY HANDS, PRIESTLY VOICE

LET US REMEMBER IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY ALL THE PRIESTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO OFFICIATED THE SACRAMENTS FOR US, THAT THEY REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THEIR PROMISES DURING THEIR ORDINATION, SERVE WITH ALL FIDELITY AND ZEAL IN SHEPHERDING GOD'S PEOPLE, AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL THAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED TO THEIR CARE!

INSPIRING QUOTE - on SERVANT LEADERSHIP

"Life is a place of service. Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." 

~ Leo Tolstoy ~

INSPIRING QUOTE - on GOD

"One who believes in God can see God in the symbol of a wooden cross. One who knows God sees God in the wood and not the cross." 

 ~ Author Unknown ~