Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. (Psalm 143:8)

Every day brings new challenges for us to overcome, yet it also brings a promise of something better. As we start the day, we pray for guidance and peace as we journey through our daily paths. What are my expectations for today? Do I include God in my plans? VERBUM DEI PRAYER BUDDIES

"Get the road ready for the Lord, make a straight path for him to travel" (Luke 3:1-6)

How do we prepare this season of Advent?
Today Jesus is inviting us to show everyone the true essence of Christmas. By giving our hearts to the people around us is the best preparation for the coming of the child Jesus.
The love we give this season is the best gift we can give to Him.
This love is not limited to our loved ones but also to the people we see everywhere.
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"What must I do to have eternal life?" (Mark 10:17-30)

What is eternal life? Traditionally, it has been defined as life after death. But God refers to it as the gift of his own life. Eternal life is God. Have you also asked yourself, 'what must I do to have Him in my life?' The quality of how we have lived our lives is one of the greatest gifts we can give to God. As one body of Christ, may we all share the same desire to fully invest our lives in the quality of love and to be the giver of eternal life to others as well.
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But if we hope for what we don't see, we wait for in patience. (Romans 8:22-27)

Hope that is seen isn't hope at all. Our way is rough and long but the Holy Trinity accompanies us!
We just need a kind of perseverance that "keeps us going" despite of the many faces of our circumstances. Where there is strong desire, then we can wait for it in patience... That's true hope!
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Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what GOd requires, the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. (Matthew 5:10)

God only requires us to do things that make us live our life to its fulness, living and working for eternal life. The Trinity will strengthen our faith and will guide us to be resilient to any persecution and become recipient of the kingdom in heaven.
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If anyone wants to come with me, he told them, he must forget himself, carry his cross and follow me.
(Mark 8:34)

Only the children of God can be a bearer of Christ's cross. Only the children of God can recognise who he is. To follow him requires strong and pure heart because to carry the cross without Christ is meaningless, lifeless. Today, he invites us to embrace, love and not to give up the cross of our following as He did.
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"You do not belong to yourselves but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory." (1Corinthians 6:18-20)

God reminds us again today of His true love by sending His son who died for us to redeem us from our fleshly desires. Let us live with the Holy Trinity daily so we will be constantly reminded of how precious and expensive our lives are.
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Jesus answered, "The knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom has been given to you, but not to them." (Matthew 13:10-17)

We are very fortunate that the Holy Trinity made themselves so close to us by establishing their kingdom in us so that we can be in constant companionship with them. He calls us to reveal their love to others. Do you realize how fortunate you are?
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"...I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?..."(Luke 6:6-11)

Today, Jesus is showing us the ultimate lesson to love and freedom.
Sometimes we are too bounded by our traditions that it interferes in our desire to do good. We are too hinged to a structured world that we tend to follow what is normal even if we know it is not right. Jesus has freed us that. Be free!
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