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Isn't interesting that Christ would send St. Joseph to the world before his return

First Wednesday feast of saint  Nicholas   Matthew, Chapter 15, verse 32 32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for FEAR they may collapse on the way.”   This chapter of Matthew records the feeding of the four thousand. Some would say that God has no fear but here we see that Christ was afraid for the welfare of the multitude. He knows our needs and is concerned about them. After all, “I am the good shepherd… I know my sheep, and mine know me.” (John 10:14)   Christ knows that even if our hearts desires are in the right place and we have perfect self-control we must acknowledge the legitimate needs of the body. We are both spirit and body; the perfection of the creator, which the fallen angels despise. We must care for both, because both are the gift of God.   Christ says, “They have been wi...

·          Today is National Pawn Day; go Christmas shopping.   Prayer Is prayer still considered relevant in the third millennium? Our schools do not allow prayer. Nor do most schools follow the traditional invocation before a graduation event.  In the 1992 case Lee v. Weisman the court ruled that having prayers violated the establishment clause of the US Constitution and that schools have no business sponsoring prayer  (Julie P. Samuels, Contributing Writer Updated June 2007 by Scott Felsenthal) . The US Government is prohibited by the US Constitution from encouraging and from discouraging prayer. Prayer is personal communication between man and his or her God. You have a right to communicate with your God and no government can stop God from communicating with you. Prayer is deeply personal and for some and the life of prayer is not a burdensome task but is refreshing and gives the mind calm; the heart gratitude; the eyes the visi...