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Take time to reflect on the areas in your life where God is calling you to a deeper love & greater sacrifice. How can you respond more fully to this call, following the example of St. Raymond Nonnatus?

Pursue God As Christians, we should always pursue righteousness. The honor and glorification of God should be at the center of everything we do. When we pursue His righteousness and unfailing love, this verse says that we will find life, righteousness, and honor. So by seeking those things of God, we will find them in ourselves. If we seek His righteousness, we will in turn be righteous and long for righteousness. If we seek His unfailing love, we will find life because we will know how to show kindness and love toward others. We will find honor when we lead a righteous and loving lifestyle. These things should persuade us to always seek them out in all we do. When we are with others we should seek these things. When we are alone with God we should seek them as well. In all we do, we should seek the One who gives us life, righteousness, and honor.

Loving my university and the focus on Biblical principles.

2 Peter 1:5-7 So devote yourselves to lavishly supplementing your faith with goodness, and to goodness add understanding, and to understanding add the strength of self-control, and to self-control add patient endurance, and to patient endurance add godliness, and to godliness add mercy toward your brothers and sisters, and to mercy toward others add unending love.

Are you a light for others? ?? Let's be intentional in creating an environment that points those around us to Jesus ?? Through our words, actions, and love, we can reflect His grace and truth. Together, let's make a positive impact and guide others to His amazing love. Shine bright and lead the way to Jesus! ??Watch the full sermon here: https://lnkd.in/eFGbcbbh

Check out our latest short devotional on following the Lord. https://lnkd.in/eXdyvfa2

*Faith Love and Hope* Paul writes - Since we belong to the day, let’s be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. (1Th 5:8) To be a light to the world, we need to: 1)Have faith that God loves us and has our backs in every situation. 2) We need to love like the Father who gave His only begotten Son. 3) And have the hope that Jesus is coming back to take us home. Like a lantern needs oil, a wick and a glass globe to light a room, having faith, love and hope will result in an inner peace that would light a dark and dying world. 1 Cor 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2 Peter 1:5-7

I agree that burnout is a real concern; it’s something anyone can face when they’re continually giving of themselves without sufficient rest or boundaries. However, I don’t believe that giving more to others automatically causes a loss of self-esteem. For someone with a strong sense of self-worth, giving can be an extension of their values and inner strength rather than a threat to their self-esteem. People who are secure in themselves often find fulfillment in supporting others. They don’t necessarily see it as diminishing their own value or identity but rather as a way to live out their principles and connect with others meaningfully. Self-esteem, when it’s truly rooted in one’s understanding of their own worth, isn’t something that easily falters just from giving. Instead, it can actually strengthen through the sense of purpose and satisfaction that comes from helping.

In all the hustle and bustle, sometimes the real message of Christmas – namely, the amazing love of Jesus – gets lost in the shuffle. Here are 5 tips to not only make Christmas Mass smoother for you and your family, but also to make it a whole lot more meaningful too!