At morning prayer Joseph and Maria announced that it was the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and then each child was gifted a their name placard made by their mom... Hector with his gift with the nativity looking on and baby Jesus snuggled into his manger filled with soft hay placed there by the good deeds of the kids during advent or the sacrifices they made for one another.
These words from the first reading... I John 2
"Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure,
as he is pure..."
Patrick's night to get prayed over by the family - "Come Holy Spirit!"
This from Nancy yesterday speaking about Evangelizing her children... whom she is most responsible in this life to evangelize and share the Faith/Truth/Purity and all that they need to truly take to heart!
Last night while picking our 14 patron saints of 2020 and dreaming about all that the year might yield, my husband and I returned to this idea of evangelization, and how as parents we are called to evangelize our kids first and foremost!
When I think about evangelization I usually think about talking to other adults our defending the Faith in argument. And that’s a part of evangelization, but so is raising holy kids, learning about the Faith with them, going to mass and adoration together.
A few months ago I realized that this is the calling of 🌱Catholic Sprouts🌱: To Help Parents Evangelize Their Children!
So, let’s do this! Let’s evangelize our kids! They are the future and evangelizing then is the best thing we can do for our church!
Evie likes pink we all decided!
The special unique one that Gus made last winter with grandma!
Always take 3!
Wearing Aunt Nancy's creation - St Therese on Therese.
May we always love our roots in family and the Saints! Jesus, your name is filled with all we need!
"Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
January 3
At every Mass, before the priest begins the Eucharistic prayer,
we pray:“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
St Paul proclaims: "God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him
the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - Phil 2:9-11
"There are two things that make it easy for souls to adore Our Lord in the Sacrament of His Love: they can seek His Human Face, though it be veiled by the appearance of the Sacred Host; and they can call upon Him by His Human Name.
These are the two things that people crave in a relationship: knowledge of a face and of a name. From these, one experiences the heart of the other, and so a relationship becomes a communion, an exchange in which one finds fulfillment, that is, joy and a response to one's love in the other. ...
Come close to Him, then, who has made Himself so close to us. ...
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