tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89449864188383601452024-03-06T08:19:52.149+04:00CFC Middle EastGrateful hearts to a Faithful God!CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.comBlogger519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-46971409723264678522016-08-21T01:00:00.000+04:002016-08-21T01:00:19.510+04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Being Christian involves joining one's own life, in all its aspects, to the person of Jesus and, through Him, to the Father. -Pope Francis</span></span></i></span></div>
<br />CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-16652291860505123352016-08-14T01:00:00.000+04:002016-08-14T01:00:04.309+04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As Christians, we cannot be self-centered, but must always be open to others and for others.</span></span></i></span></div>
<br />CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-3696207214367955242016-08-07T01:00:00.000+04:002016-08-10T13:26:18.251+04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To be with Jesus forever is the sum of all happiness.</span></span></i></span></div>
<br />CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-1246068459584236742016-07-31T07:00:00.000+04:002016-07-31T07:00:15.640+04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">God speaks to those who are quiet before Him.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Knowing about God is fascinating, knowing God personally is life-changing.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Godly mothers not only bring you up, they bring you to God.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To tune in to God's voice we must tune out this world's noise.</span></span></i></span></div>
<br />CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-29502931756204357892016-07-10T17:10:00.001+04:002016-07-10T17:10:09.624+04:00<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Listen to understand, and then speak with love.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Daily work takes on eternal value when it is done for God.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Repentance restores and renews our intimacy with the Lord.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Witnessing is not just something a Christian says, but what he is.</span></span></i></span><br />
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CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-78128906411471228302016-06-26T14:09:00.003+04:002016-06-26T14:09:58.852+04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we forget about ourselves, we do things others will remember.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The richest legacy a parent can leave a child is a godly example.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Love is the only light which can constantly illuminate a world grown dim. -Pope Francis</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People who follow Christ lead others in the right direction.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can expect to enjoy God's presence when you honor Him with your life.</span></span></i></span></div>
<br />CFC Middle Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18263592005576117331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944986418838360145.post-21679430488086664032016-05-30T09:43:00.001+04:002016-05-30T09:43:27.955+04:00God Doesn't Make Us Settle for Less<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>I had been offered an opportunity to go back to the
Philippines where I studied spiritual direction under Fr. Thomas Green at San
Jose Seminary inside the Ateneo de Manila Campus. But I knew I couldn't. Bishop
Welsh wouldn't let me do retreat work even in our own diocese, all the more he
wouldn't free me to go to the Philippines.</span></span></span></span></div>
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new Bishop, The Most Reverend Edward Cullen. I was then pastor of St. Peter and Paul church in Lehighton,
Pennsylvania. The bishop came to my parish to do a confirmation. I said,
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>"All my life I felt like I've been called to give
retreats,” I said. "I have an opportunity to do that in a foreign country
— in the Philippines. Is there any chance you would consider letting me go?”</span></span></span></span></div>
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so shocked that I said, "Five years.” He said, "OK,” adding, "I
wish more of our younger priests would come and ask me to serve in foreign
countries because then they would get a better perspective on the universal
church.” His mindset was, "If I'm generous with my priests with the
universal Church, nothing but good blessings can come back to the diocese.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>So off I went, 24 years after I first wanted to go down this
road. Looking back, if I had done retreat work from the very beginning — if
Bishop Welsh said to me, "In 10 years you're free. Go do retreat work;” if
the artery had stayed open as I was desperately praying for — I never would
have gone to the Philippines.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>God didn't let me settle for less than what He wanted to
give me. But in order for me to get to the point at which He would give me the
Philippines, I had to go through a little Good Friday of my own. Because most
of the people that I would meet and minister to in the Philippines were either
on the cross or directly beneath it. How can I help them if I hadn't gone
through a crisis of my own? The poet Edwin McNeill Poteat said:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span>He cannot heal who has not suffered much, <br />
For only a sufferer sorrow understands;<br />
They will not come for healing at our touch <br />
Who have not seen the scars upon our hands.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>When the timing of your prayer is not right, God says,
"slow.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>God doesn't love you any less than He loves me. And He has
also something in mind for you that will make you happier than you will ever
be. But sometimes, because of your emotions and needs, you don't immediately
see that.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>How special are you?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>No one in the history of the world has ever been like you.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>No one in the history of the world will ever be like you. No
one has your fingerprints.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>You have a mission and a purpose in life that cannot be
fulfilled by the Pope or the bishops or any of your friends and neighbors, but
that can only be fulfilled for God by you. Why? Because no one walks exactly
where you walk each day or encounters the same people.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>That's why you need to meditate often on the experiences of
your life. Ponder the way in which God works in your life and you will find
great joy.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>This excerpt is taken from CLOSER: Pray Your Way to Intimacy
with God by Fr. Bob McConaghy.</span></i></span><span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As God adds years to your life, ask Him to add life to your years.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Living without trust in God is like driving in the fog.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:17</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gratitude is the memory of a glad heart.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Little is much when God is in it.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we forget about ourselves, we do things others will remember.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord Himself, is the Rock eternal. -Isaiah 26:4</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever the season of life, attitude makes all the difference.</span></span></i></span></div>
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