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Diary of Saint Maria Faustina of Kowalska No. 83: “Write this: before I come as the Just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy. Before the Day of Justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: …” “All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the Sign of the Cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights …

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2012 National March for Life in Washington D.C. – Catholic News Agency. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaFFXnLwXgA&sns=em

http://mydivinemercy.blogspot.com.au/p/how-to-pray-divine-mercy-chaplet.html

• Deny that you are a sinner. 
• Pretend that religion is for the ignorant and the superstitious but not for the truly learned such as yourself. 
• Insist that the sole purpose of religion is social service. 
• Judge religion by whether or not it is accepted by the important people of the world. Avoid all contemplation, self-examination, and inquiry into the moral state of your soul.” 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen (God Love You)

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Isn’t the above video just beautiful – angelic voices! See the faces of little children – so pure and innocent. Jesus says ‘Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven’ and ‘let the little children come unto me’.

Christmas is just 2 days away! And its come so fast this  year.  Perhaps because I haven’t been able to think about anything else these past few months, except to cope with the millions of things to deal with in my life.  How to keep focused on Jesus in the midst of trial and suffering is a hard thing to do, but with persistence and holding on to your faith with daily – sometimes hourly prayer, calling on His Holy Name, He is there at your side giving you His comfort. I know there are people throughout the world – families going through life struggles, without jobs, homes, food, sickness, broken homes, despair, wars, disasters. But we have Hope in Christ – never forget that.

I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and may Jesus the Light of the World and our Eternal Salvation be born in your heart and give you His Grace and His Peace! Jesus is our Hope – walk with Him!

Love & God’s Blessings

Mary