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Saturday, December 4, 2010

God is Gracious

Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

The LORD builds up; he gathers the outcasts.
He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.

Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

-- Psalms 147: 1 - 6

Prayer

O most sweet Jesus, who came into this world to give to all souls the life of your grace, and who, to preserve and increase it in them, willed to be the daily remedy of their weakness and the food for each day, we humbly beseech you, by your heart so burning with love for us, to pour your divine Spirit upon all souls in order that those who have the misfortune to be in the state of mortal sin may, returning to you, find the life of grace that they have lost. Through this same Holy Spirit, may those who are already living by this divine life devoutly approach your divine table every day when it is possible, sot that, receiving each day in Holy Communion the antidote of their daily venial sins and each day sustaining in themselves the life of your grace and thus ever purifying themselves the more, they may finaly come to a happy life with you. Amen.

-- Pope St. Pius X

A servant of Jesus Christ, set apart for the gospel of God concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1: 1 - 7).

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:15).

Quotes

If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men. -- St. Rose of Lima

It is only by sacrifice and suffering, offered as penance, that you will be able, by the grace of God, to convert sinners. -- St. John Vianney

Do not get what you deserve but trust and claim the scandalous grace of God. Put yourself under His mercy, grace and generosity. For sure, He will give you much more than what you deserve. -- Feast Talk on Scandalous Grace

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

God is Gracious

Grace Bestowed in Abundance