Psalm 146:7-8 (seeing Christ in others)

Welcome God every morning before your work by taking ~5 min to read this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (life-devotions.blogspot.com), which has snippets from Living Faith (livingfaith.com). All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 3:17

The Lord secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets captives free; The Lord gives sight to the blind. Psalm 146:7-8

Living Faith snippets: "What you do to them [the poor], you do to God. The way you look at them is the way you look at God." by Archbishop Oscar Romero

Rich's comments: Mother Teresa said, "How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live?" Mother Teresa said that the key to loving others is prayer. This makes sense, because prayer brings us closer to God, and it is difficult to see God in others if you don't know God. Opening our hearts to God removes the filters from our eyes allowing us to see Him in our neighbors. Lord, we pray that we receive the grace to see Your presence in others, for we are all one body in You. Amen.

ProLife news: http://www.lifesitenews.com/

Our Prayers: Prayer to End Abortion, chastity, our enemies, our troops, natural disasters, depression/ despair, prisoners, ProLife politicians, loss of loved ones, lack of faith, Joe Castle (medical concern), Joe Hourigan (special intention)
* NEW: family of William James Hopkins (7-year old), who died Nov 11th from leukemia
* Let's pray for courage to build relationships and talk about ProLife. Let's pray that We The People of America (beacon on the hill) will shine Christ's Light and build a culture of Life.

Feast Day: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American citizen to become canonized as a saint. She founded schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the U.S. and saw them flourish in the aid of Italian immigrants and children. (http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=278)

Faith Quote: "Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace." by Mother Teresa

Through Christ Our Lord,
Rich
Romans 12:12

* Today's Bible readings at www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml. Reflection on readings at http://www.daily-meditations.org/index2.html
* Prayer: Prayer connects us with God's will & His miracles, thereby changing us & helping others. Wayne Watson lyrics, “When God's people pray, there is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven, and miracles you can't explain await!” 'If you pray that God will move a mountain and He doesn’t, assume Christ wants you to climb it instead & see Him.'
* Fasting: Let's fast from things that takes our eyes off Jesus (selfishness, bitterness, being so critical, impatience, judgment, gossip, excessive video games, etc) and take on things that fix our eyes on Jesus (selflessness, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, patience, understanding, caring, helping, listening).
* Defend the unborn: 'Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die' (Prov 24:11). 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' (Jer 1:5). 'It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might lie as you wish' Blessed Mother Teresa.
* Evangelization: Let's make room for unbelievers (be a friend, make a friend, lead friend to Christ) and perpetual re-evangelization of self and those near us, by way of daily prayer (relationship) and following Christ's example of selfless love, mercy, and service.
Let's joyfully live out the Good News and gladly tell others about it (Mark 16:15)!