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[ Jesus Comforts His Disciples ] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s [Abba's] house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare …
"While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them." (Luke 2:6-7; emphasis mine) A Christmas letter from the Meissners... Dear friends and …
"My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." (Isaiah 32:18) Author/Julie Behold, the Lord comes to save us. *O come, let us worship Him! (invitatory) As I read the scripture passages from my Treasury of Daily Prayer today, these words from Isaiah were like fresh water to my …
"By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not …
Author/Julie "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. Brothers and sisters, pray for us." (1 Thessalonians 5:23-25) In these beginning stages …
Author/Julie Today I would love to share with you a beautiful devotion published by the organization through which I am currently being trained to receive certification as a spiritual director--Leadership Transformations, Inc. You can subscribe to receive this devotion at the beginning of each month through their website. Today, let's enjoy it together and notice what God …
Continuing to ponder The Annunciation (see https://abbashousetexas.com/2016/12/01/may-it-be-done-unto-me/)--the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would bear the Savior, and her response--and the soul-stirring painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, what do you wonder? I wonder what Mary was doing when Gabriel appeared to her. I wonder if she was in the middle of prayer, asking God …
An Advent devotion for December 1st *Behold, the Lord comes to save us. O come, let us worship Him. (Advent Invitatory from Treasury of Daily Prayer) The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off …
Today I write this blog in memory of a man I never knew, but of whose legacy I have learned from reading his book Mercy Without Borders and the Houston Catholic Worker newsletter we regularly receive from Casa Juan Diego as we seek to pour own own lives into a very similar work as that …
"By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in …
Abba's House 