Advent Resources 2016

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Prayer for our Nation

God our Father,

Giver of Life, Mercy, Love, and Blessings, we entrust the United States of America to Your loving care.

You are the rock on which this nation was founded.

You alone are the true source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Reclaim this land for Your glory and dwell among Your people.

Send Your Spirit to touch the hearts of our nation's leaders.

Open their minds to the great worth of human life and the responsibilities that accompany human and religious freedom.

Remind Your people that true happiness is rooted in seeking and doing Your will.

Through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, Patroness of our land, grant us the courage to embrace the "Culture of Life" and may there be respect for the individual person, the sacredness of each person’s life, and their God-given dignity through all the stages of life.

Lead us into a new millennium of life, love, compassion, and mercy.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Prayers of the Faithful and For Our Nation

We have elected a new President and our Nation needs Prayers to be Healed and United. Please join us this Wednesday Evening to Pray for our Sick, our President and Vice-President Elect, and our Nation to be united under God!

Be a Faithful Citizen - Prepare to Vote on Election Day

Prepare for Election Day

Be a Faithful Citizen Prepare to Vote on Election Day As Catholics, we are part of a community with profound teachings that help us consider challenges in public life, contribute to greater justice and peace for all people, and evaluate policy positions, party platforms, and candidates’ promises and actions in light of the Gospel in order to help build a better world. In that spirit, we have compiled a series of resources to help to educate you about some of the topics of import to Catholics. The Diocese of Harrisburg neither supports nor opposes any candidate for public office. Frequently Asked Election Questions Know the Positions of the 2016 Presidential Candidates 2016 Presidential Candidates - en Español Survey of Pennsylvania Statewide Candidates Know the Positions of the U.S. Senate Candidates Complete Survey Responses of Senator Toomey (Candidate McGinty did not respond to the PCC survey) Survey of candidates by The Catholic Witness Find your polling place by clicking here. These resources and more can be found at: www.Hbgdiocese.org/vote Diocese of Harrisburg  • www.HbgDiocese.org

Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy & Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy

POPE FRANCIS WANTS US TO KNOW ABOUT THE JUBILEE YEAR

Click Here to Learn about the Jubilee Year

In this Year of Mercy, 
we have been called to embrace and live
the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy"

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26th Sunday in OT Homily

- Mercy is Compassionate Love in Action!

FORMED - Feature for the Month of June

June is the month of 
The Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

Open your hearts into Insights of His Love
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Lectio: Eucharist // Promo from Formed on Vimeo.

Daniels’s Recommendation:

“The Lectio Eucharist series was one of my favorite ones. He made a comment at the beginning that once he taught this to his friends and family, things started to line up in their lives. And a lot of things just started to make sense for me. It helped me understand God in a much more profound and meaningful way. 

Starting at the Garden of Eden and with Adam and Eve through the Cross to today. It highlighted that it is always His plan to bring us back into Union with Him, which it was like in the Garden of Eden. How much He loved the Jews, and  used them in redemptive history to point to the Eucharist.

And the Lectio Prayer one is great too.  I hadn't read my bible in a while because I was afraid of interpreting it wrong.  I used to read it all the time as a Protestant and think that I could understand it.  But not I know that I need the guidance of the Catholic Church.  But also that that God is always there for us, and speaks to us through His word.  We just have to read and listen. And respond in prayer.  He is always there for us in His Word which is great to think of.”

Submitted by Daniel Shemonski, Nursing Student at York College.

Also Considering The Following:

SESSION 7: WORD MADE FLESH, TRUE BREAD OF HEAVEN

The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist

SESSION 2: THE EUCHARISTSOURCE & SUMMIT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE

Under Audio's Adult Faith Formation

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Pope Francis Wants Us to Know About the Jubilee Year

Click Here to Learn about the Jubilee Year