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Here are this week’s must-reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ \u201cIt\u2019s not so much about what we\u2019re doing as it\u2019s about who we\u2019re doing it with.<\/em><\/strong> Staying awake to the presence of God is ultimately just staying in the presence of God.<\/strong>.. He wants us to spend time with Him so that we know his voice and so we can be attuned and alert to His presence and spirit so that when it moves in the tiniest and most minuscule ways we can respond.\u201d\u00a0— Matt Maher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ “God wants to use everything in the holiday season to call your heart to praise and worship Him.” (Mallory Smyth<\/a>) That includes all the hustle & bustle in this season — the decorating, or baking, or wrapping. “These things don’t have to be an impediment to our faith (though of course, sometimes they are), but it can be an invitation to worship right where we are.” A chance to recognize His presence in each of these moments. \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+ “The whole of our life must be an “advent” — a vigilant awaiting of the final coming of Christ.” — St. John Paul II<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ \u201cThe Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.\u201d \u2013 Henri Nouwen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ “The household of Jesus, Mary and Joseph became a \u2018home away from home\u2019 for the eternal Son of God. It was an outpost of heaven, an image of the Trinity in the world. ‘We may say,’ said St. Francis de Sales, ‘that the Holy Family was a trinity on earth which in a certain way represented the Blessed Trinity itself.’\u201d — Scott Hahn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ “My priest, who is from Kenya, in his homily yesterday said to us, \u201cIn my country there is a proverbial saying which goes: Don\u2019t pray for the rains until you\u2019ve cultivated the fields.\u201d The point of the saying is that you need to prepare first in order to receive the blessings you ask for well. A perfect saying for Advent.” — The Catholic Pilgrim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ “May our lives, and the way that we love, always point to Jesus… (like St. John the Baptist).” — HT Diocese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ \u201cThe secret of Joy is Christ in me – not me in a different set of circumstances.\u201d Elisabeth Elliot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ \u201cOur guardian angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to (ask for their prayers).\u201d — St. John Vianney<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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