Fall 2013 - Episode 10: BIBLE- Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

Highlighted Saints

Our Blessed Mother. God has chosen Mary to lead us to Jesus.

Mary was an Ephesians woman, she silently withstood Joseph's initial plans to quietly relinquish her. She placed herself, heavy with child, upon a lowly donkey and let her husband lead her across rough terrain. And when her husband couldn't secure a room at the inn, she dutifully accepted what he had to give to her, a stable and a manger instead of the private room and a cradle. Then again, she would pick up and take her newborn to unfamiliar territory when Joseph said they must flee.

Mary relied on God for all things, trusted in His Word and placed herself totally at His disposal. Like a chalice, she was the open vessel into which God poured His own lifeblood. She was receptive to God's Will, not grasping or wanting, but receiving. Her identity was reflective. Her fulfillment found in mirroring her Creator and in shining the light of her Son.

Janet's Homework Assignment

1) Make a commitment to reading Scripture daily through the Magnificat or Word among Us www.magnificat.net or www.wau.org.
2) Pray about starting a Bible Study
3) Visit CSS web site cssprogram.net
4) Read Cardinal Ratzinger's Letter to Bishops On the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the world

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