Kevin Elphick

Living on the Water's Edge....

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Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne into the Virgin’s womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in lowliness, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar.
~ St. Francis of Assisi

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Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne into the Virgin’s womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in lowliness, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar.
~ St. Francis of Assisi

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Come and stay with us, O God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
~Antiphon 1, Office of Readings, Trinity Sunday

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"Social Doctrine becomes a theology of communion in history, a history in which the Word made flesh continues to be present through dialogue, memory and prophecy."
~Pope Leo, Magnifica Humanitas

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Playing before him all the while, Playing over the whole of his Earth, having my delight among human beings. ~Proverbs 8

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I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and useful knowledge I have.
The LORD begot me, the beginning of his works, the forerunner of his deeds of long ago. When he fixed the foundations of the Earth,
then was I beside him as Artisan;
I was his delight day by day...

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St. Joan of Arc
“Asked if she knew that she was in God’s grace, she replied: ‘If I am not, may it please God to put me in it; if I am, may it please God to keep me there.'”

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Expounding on the Scripture verse, "Enter into joy," he further explains of St. Joseph that "This holy man possesses an inward joy, but also that it surrounds him and engulfs him like an infinite abyss." Joy then is characteristic of and central to life of the Holy Family.

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Saint Bernardino of Siena
St. Bernardino was one of the earliest authors to advocate devotion to the Holy Family. Regarding St. Joseph, he wrote: "In him, the Old Testament finds its fitting close."

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"All Creation will be freed; all peoples will know the glory and freedom of God's Children, Alleluia."
~Antiphon 2, Matins for Seventh Sunday of Easter

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In turn they were to recount them to their children,
that they too might put their confidence in God,
And not forget God’s deeds..."
~Psalm 78: 5-7

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The Holy Family of Jesus
"God made a decree in Jacob,
established a Law in Israel,
Which he commanded our Ancestors,
they were to teach their Children;
That the next Generation might come to know,
children yet to be born.

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Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven. Let our hearts ascend also. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above. For just as he remained with us even after his Ascension, so we too are already in Heaven

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"And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.”
~ John 12:32

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I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord. I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice. - JN 14:18

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"Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Joachim and Anne, come to our aid.
R. Blessed Trinity, one God, have mercy on us."

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"The Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating."
~Acts 11:12

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"And they saw our Lord Jesus Christ emerge from the tomb, all radiant and beautiful and shining and covered with flowers from the soles of his sacred feet to the top of his very royal and divine head."
~Mother Juana de la Cruz

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Saint Kateri died Wednesday of Holy Week, April 17, 1680. Canada observes her Feast Day today.
I am leaving you. I am about to die. Always remember what we have done together since we knew each other. Take courage. I will love you in Heaven. I will pray for you. I will assist you

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One Body which is brought to maturity by the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Christ was born of the Holy Spirit and, since it was fitting that He should fulfill all justice...

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We should receive the Body of Christ in the form of bread because, as there are many grains of wheat in the flour from which bread is made, by mixing it with water and baking it with fire, so also, we know that many members make up the One Body of Christ
~St Gaudentius of Brescia