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I’m pro-life for a myriad of logical, scientific, and spiritual reasons. Each “argument” for abortion strengthens my resolve that abortion is the greatest human rights violation and misogynistic act. #WhyWeMarch #StandForLife #MarchForLifeNational #MarchForLifeWestCoast #MarchForLifeInternational @EWTNProLife #ProLife #MarchForLife #MarchForLife2020 #Pro-lifeGeneration #ProLifeIsProWoman #ProLifeEmpowersWomen https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tspITHqwZ/?igshid=lgu85w7hru6p

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And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.  … And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth; she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. --- Revelations 12:1-6 Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. There is so much to this miraculous event and image that volumes have been written about it. She is the patroness of the Unborn and Mexico. She has been declared the Empress of the Americas. It is with this miraculous image that the Aztecs abandoned human sacrifice and turned to the once and for all sacrifice of Christ. It is under this banner the international pro-life movement is empowered and making great strides to defeat the culture of death today. I went with the original image that St. Juan Diego and the bishop first saw on the peasant’s tilma. I surrounded it with roses to imitate Mary when she arranged them on the tilma so that when it opened up a heavenly message gently fell before their eyes. Today I am asking for the powerful intercession of Mary under this title to combat the current corruption in the Church and how it is fueling the culture of death. I am doing a day of reparation. I am full of hope that Christ’s healing will come to both the Church and the culture. ---Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. ---Ven. Bishop Fulton Sheen, pray for us! #OLOG #OurLadyOfGuadalupe #ChristTheKing #Revelations12 #tilma #roses #Mary #PatronessOfTheUnborn #EmpressOfTheAmericas #ProLife #ChristsHealing #VenBishopSheen https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-xcirn4tP/?igshid=jha4td55inqj

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—- We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.——— Hebrews 2:1 https://www.instagram.com/p/B571fVUn-tR/?igshid=ksh3797ey7yn

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— Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name. —— 3 John 1:13. #3JohnOne #PeaceToYou #Pangur #MisterP https://www.instagram.com/p/B55wuB_n82y/?igshid=1myefdhn4j5d6

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Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is a dogma that recognizes the importance that Mary plays in salvation history. Under this title, she is the patroness of the United States. Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. —In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari′ah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;
for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on those who fear him
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm,
he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,
he has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and exalted those of low degree;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent empty away.
He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
as he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his posterity forever.” ---Luke 1:39-55 #FeastOfTheImmaculateConception #ImmaculateConception #PatronessOfTheUnitedStates #AveMaria #Magnificat #HailMary #BlessedAmongWomen #December8 #Luke1 https://www.instagram.com/p/B50y8HgHh1h/?igshid=a944nia61g5l

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… Bless the Lord, winter cold and summer heat, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever. … — Daniel 3:23 #HydrangeaInWinter #WinterHydrangea #Daniel3 #Winter #BlessTheLord https://www.instagram.com/p/B5mYtV5nYOz/?igshid=c8nxqyvk9f6t

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I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. — Isaiah 44:22 #DogsAtPlay #PlayingInSnow #Mist #Isaiah44 #DivineMercy #GodsMercy https://www.instagram.com/p/B5mYH1bHbTL/?igshid=f765mefldu6x

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I recently install a security doorbell. I love it. A nice perk it takes pretty pictures. The is the first snowstorm for the season - the night into day. “In the beginning when God created[a] the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God[b] swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.”—- Genesis 1:1-8 #Genesis1 #JesusITrustInYou #SnowStorm #NightIntoDay #GodSaidItWasGood https://www.instagram.com/p/B5emC-wHrH3/?igshid=1icyw5gumh2yu

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Feast of Christ the King & Thanksgiving 7. It has long been a common custom to give to Christ the metaphorical title of "King," because of the high degree of perfection whereby he excels all creatures. So he is said to reign "in the hearts of men," both by reason of the keenness of his intellect and the extent of his knowledge, and also because he is very truth, and it is from him that truth must be obediently received by all mankind. He reigns, too, in the wills of men, for in him the human will was perfectly and entirely obedient to the Holy Will of God, and further by his grace and inspiration he so subjects our free-will as to incite us to the most noble endeavors. He is King of hearts, too, by reason of his "charity which exceedeth all knowledge." And his mercy and kindness which draw all men to him, for never has it been known, nor will it ever be, that man be loved so much and so universally as Jesus Christ. But if we ponder this matter more deeply, we cannot but see that the title and the power of King belongs to Christ as man in the strict and proper sense too. For it is only as man that he may be said to have received from the Father "power and glory and a kingdom," since the Word of God, as consubstantial with the Father, has all things in common with him, and therefore has necessarily supreme and absolute dominion over all things created. — QUAS PRIMAS, Pope Pius XI, December 11, 1925 I wanted to post this Sunday for the feast but didn’t get the chance. I decided to post today because Eucharist is from the Greek meaning ”thanksgiving.” Jesus is our king by way of His thanksgiving sacrifice. Have a blest holiday. Jesus, I trust in You*Lord, have mercy*Christ, have mercy*Lord, graciously hear us*Come Holy Spirit*Mary, the Immaculate Conception, pray for us*Dear St. Joseph, pray for us*The Church Triumphant, pray for us*The Church Suffering, pray for us*St. Michael and the angels, watch over & protect us #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist  #Procession #Hosanna #QuasPrimas #PopePiusXI #HolyWillofGod #WordOfGod #AbsoluteDominionOverAllThingsCreated #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZvBKQHYHO/?igshid=1i6br5h43djhi

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Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 18 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” —- John 6-53-58 This is from John’s Bread of Life Discourse. Even though Jesus ascended into heaven to take His rightful place at the throne of God, He left us Himself in a tangible way - the Eucharist. It is a personal relationship with Christ. It is the Real Presence of Christ. It is Christ among us. It is the source and summit of our faith. It is food for our souls. We are tangible people. We fill ourselves up with Christ then go out to the world and bring it Christ’s peace. We proclaim His presence and His kingship. In the Eucharist, we behold the man, we behold our king, we behold our God. Jesus, I trust in You*Lord, have mercy*Christ, have mercy*Lord, graciously hear us*Come Holy Spirit*Mary, the Immaculate Conception, pray for us*Dear St. Joseph, pray for us*The Church Triumphant, pray for us*The Church Suffering, pray for us*St. Michael and the angels, watch over & protect us #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #Hebrews1 #John6  #BreadOfHeaven #Eucharist #Thanksgiving #EternalLife https://www.instagram.com/p/B5MySFOHb3P/?igshid=uhbjwosxtg1k

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double novena Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 17 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”--- Acts 1:9-11 There are Jesus Christ’s disciples looking upon our Lord as He ascended to His rightful place - the throne in Heaven.  It is the judgement seat.  He is a merciful and just king.  He is a king that sacrificed all for us. The disciples were not blinded but stared in awe.  It is seems they were in a spiritual ecstasy upon seeing Jesus in such glory. From this mountain, they would stay together for nine days and pray.  The Holy Spirit would then come upon them to give them the strength to go out to the world and preach all that Jesus taught them and proclaim all that that they saw.  Jesus Christ is King of All Nations. Jesus, I trust in You*Lord, have mercy*Christ, have mercy*Lord, graciously hear us*Come Holy Spirit*Mary, the Immaculate Conception, pray for us*Dear St. Joseph, pray for us*The Church Triumphant, pray for us*The Church Suffering, pray for us*St. Michael and the angels, watch over & protect us #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #Acts1  #TheAscensionofOurLord #Discipleship #Witnesses #TheGreatCommission #LiftedUpIntoHeaven #SeatedAtTheRightHandOfGod https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Mx-fzHwuv/?igshid=i88lae6ewekf

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Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 16 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”” --- John 20:19-23 I selected this text because it continues with the Resurrection and includes the role the disciples played in witnessing it. However, “Peace be with you.” keeps jumping out at me. I wonder what that felt like for the disciples.  Three days ago, their rabbi was submitted to a violent and torturous death.  Moreover, there were two earthquakes in the time since. And now, on the other side of the door, the Romans and Temple guards were hunting for the body of Jesus and searching out His followers.  When they see Him, the risen Lord says “Peace.” He breathed on them the Holy Spirit.  What a contradiction to this world. “Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!” (Psalm 46:10) Jesus, I trust in You*Lord, have mercy*Christ, have mercy*Lord, graciously hear us*Come Holy Spirit*Mary, the Immaculate Conception, pray for us*Dear St. Joseph, pray for us*The Church Triumphant, pray for us*The Church Suffering, pray for us*St. Michael and the angels, watch over & protect us #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #John20  #TheResurrection #Discipleship #Witnesses #PeaceBeWithYou #Psalm46 #BeStillAndKnowThatIAmGod https://www.instagram.com/p/B5KATlanzMT/?igshid=1iu4bnkaxtfh6

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Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 15 Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Mag′dalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre.  And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.  His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.  And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. ��But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.  He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.  Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Lo, I have told you.”  So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.  And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Hail!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.  Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”” --- Matthew 28:1-10 When He died, there was an earthquake. When He rose from the dead, there was an earthquake. They were earth shattering moments in time. The Resurrection is the promise of a life in Christ the King. The Resurrection is the crowning glory of Jesus Christ the King. Jesus, I trust in You*Lord, have mercy*Christ, have mercy*Lord, graciously hear us*Come Holy Spirit*Mary, the Immaculate Conception, pray for us*Dear St. Joseph, pray for us*The Church Triumphant, pray for us*The Church Suffering, pray for us*St. Michael and the angels, watch over & protect us #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #Matthew28  #TheResurrection #TheMarys #Witnesses #DoNotBeAfraid #NoliMeTangere https://www.instagram.com/p/B5HaTFonzhA/?igshid=1rrn612o7qz6f

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Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 14 —- “They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin ...”—-Isaiah 53:9-10 What follows Good Friday is Holy Saturday - Jesus’ body is lying in the tomb. The Via Dolorosa can manifest so much emotion within us. I appreciate and commemorate the solemn Entombment between the Death and the Resurrection. It is a necessary time. Waiting is a necessary experience. It is while waiting we can practice stillness to know God as well as strengthen our faith that He will provide. #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKng #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #TheTombOfChrist #TheTomb #Isaiah53 #BeStillAndKnowThatIAmGod #GodWillProvide https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ECogjH5No/?igshid=1kfmt4kvhce5e

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Christ the King Double Novena for request & thanksgiving - Day 13 —- “… And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.  And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.  And the people stood by, watching; but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”  The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar, and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”  There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.” One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”  But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?  And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”  And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingly power.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” It was now about the sixth hour, ...  Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.  Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”  And all the multitudes who assembled to see the sight, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.  And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things. … The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid; … On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.“ - Luke 23:26-56 ---Jesus, I trust in You * Lord, have mercy * Christ, have mercy * Lord, graciously hear us * Come Holy Spirit — #ChristtheKing #FeastofChristtheKing #JesusisKing #JesusChrist #SundayNovember24 #novena #doublenovena #TheWayOfTheCross #EternalSacrifice #TheCrossOfChrist https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Cb_0LHw7X/?igshid=18zx89b2awind