Happy Christmas!
CHRISTMAS DAY comes around every year but please remember that Our Heavenly Father is the real FATHER CHRISTMAS and the evergreen Christmas Tree with the Presents underneath is a symbol of the TREE of LIFE which is the CROSS of Jesus because He gives us the Incredible PRESENT of ETERNAL LIFE. The green Christmas wreath or "Bough of Holly" can symbolise our hope for the unfading wreath of Eternal Life! Millions of houses will have Christmas Trees this year but how many people actually realise what the evergreen Christmas Tree means? The Cross that Jesus died on is the Tree of Life for us because on the Cross Jesus saved us and won Eternal Life for us. Why not put a Crucifix on your tree this year to remind yourself and your kids that Christmas is all about Jesus and God our Heavenly Father Christmas! Santa Claus is nothing compared to our Heavenly Father Christmas! All the presents under the Christmas Tree are nothing compared to the Present of Eternal Life in our Heavenly Winter Wonderland which Jesus bought for us on the Tree of the Cross on Good Friday! Santa Claus is nothing compared to the Reality of God!
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FISH
All the oceans are not in the little fish!
No; the little fish is in the Ocean!
So also God is not just somewhere in Creation!
Creation is somewhere in God! (like a tiny drop of water in the ocean!!!)
BUT 2000 years ago it was as if the Oceans entered a little Fish because God became the man Jesus Christ!
Then 33 years later at three o'clock on Good Friday an OCEAN of MERCY BURST from HIS HEART on the CROSS when He died for the WHOLE WORLD!
The early Christians (who were very persecuted) used the symbol of a "Fish" as a symbol of their Christianity (for example on their gravestones) because the Greek word for "Fish" is "ICHTHUS" and the letters of this word can be used to say "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Saviour" : Iesous (Jesus) CHristos (Christ) THeou (God) Uiou (Son) Soter (Saviour).
Fish do not go with the Flow! (Only dead ones do!)
REAL Christians swim against the Tide or the river of the world!
They are ProLife, ProGoodness and PROGOD!!! and some still do not eat meat but instead eat Fish on Good Friday! and others do this on all Fridays of the year! The first Apostles were Fishermen of "Men" and the Church is like a big Fishing Boat which is steered by Peter's successor the Pope, trawling the waves of the World for souls. Hop onboard if you are not Catholic!!! Every day at Catholic Mass or Eucharist it is as if the Ocean becomes a Fish because Jesus the GodMan becomes present under the appearance of Bread and Wine on the Altar.
One God
We know there is ONLY ONE God in existence because HE is so BIG so there is no room in all eternal existence for any other Gods! HE is the source and support of all existence
NEW EVANGELISATION
The "NEW EVANGELISATION" is about a PERSON, It is about JESUS the "DIVINE MERCY"
Saint Faustina wrote in her Diary one day: "Jesus looked at me and said, Souls perish in spite of My bitter Passion. I am giving them the last hope of salvation; that is, the Feast of My Mercy. If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all eternity. Secretary of My mercy, write, tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near." (© Diary of St Faustina, 965) Jesus complained to St Faustina one day ( See her Diary paragraph no: 1396 ) " Oh, if sinners knew My Mercy they would not perish in such great numbers."
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