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Happy Holy New Year

Posted: January 1, 2025 by CatholicJules in Personal Thoughts & Reflections
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A new beginning, an opportunity for new life in Christ. May you and your family be fully reconciled with the Lord our God. May all of you remain steadfast in His love, protection and anointing. So that all of us shall glorify the Lord by our lives this 2025. Happy New Year! Love Julian and family. ♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️

On Today’s Gospel

Posted: January 1, 2025 by CatholicJules in Personal Thoughts & Reflections
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Just as our Blessed Mother cherished and reflected on the power, blessings, grace, and will of God revealed to her, we too should do the same as we begin this New Year, seeking her loving, maternal intercession.

And we shall pray daily this trinitarian Blessing found in today’s first reading for and upon one another. For we are all sons and daughters of God our Heavenly Father, sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Mary, the Holy Mother of God pray for us…

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First reading

Numbers 6:22-27

They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them

The Lord spoke to Moses and said, ‘Say this to Aaron and his sons: “This is how you are to bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them:

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the Lord let his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace.”

This is how they are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.’

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Second reading

Galatians 4:4-7 ·

God sent his Son, born of a woman

When the appointed time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law, to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons. The proof that you are sons is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts: the Spirit that cries, ‘Abba, Father’, and it is this that makes you a son, you are not a slave anymore; and if God has made you son, then he has made you heir.

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Gospel

Luke 2:16-21

The shepherds hurried to Bethlehem and found the baby lying in the manger

The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds had to say. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; it was exactly as they had been told.

    When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.