23 Dec
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4th Week of Advent
Mal. 3:1-4,23-24
Ps. 24(25): 4-5,8-9,10,14
Lk. 1:57-66
(Ps Wk IV)
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"To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers." This is one of the graces which the prophet Malachi sees as the results of the coming of the Messiah. As I write this reflection, four United Nations conferences have come to an end in Mexico. The purpose of these conferences was to plot the destruction of the family and to ensure that young people would be enslaved to promiscuity and pornography, and almost certainly to sexual slavery as a result of that promiscuity. The evil that these conferences have been plotting is diametrically opposite that grace which Malachi proclaims, and can be summed up as: turning the hearts of children against their parents. We have seen during the last century how various Marxist-inspired movements set out to destroy the family and indeed all good human relationships by encouraging everyone to spy on everyone else and denounce them. The United Nations conferences are even more evil as their objective is not merely political but often times immoral too!



God our Father in Heaven, Your Son Jesus was born within a loving human family and through His family life, He initiated the work of our redemption. Grant that the evil plans to destroy family life may be frustrated and that Christian love may prevail in place of evil.

DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That our experience of suffering may help us better understand the pain of the many people who are alone, sick, or aged, and stir us to generous help.
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