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The Prayer Room: Praying for America, FR, and all who need it
Various | 11/8/06 | Knitting a Conundrum

Posted on 11/09/2006 6:49:58 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Psalm 127:1
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At this time, when feelings run high, the world seems crazy, and anger seems to be the one thing the peoples of the world have in common, I invite you, my fellow FReepers, to join me in prayers and meditation for guidance, God's help and for our fellow man, for America, our troops,  and all our own needs.


Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare
By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

William Bradbury

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

Psalm 46: 1-3


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I am doing a special Christmas meditation at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1758160/posts?page=1

It is going to be rather Catholic in flavor, but all are welcome to come celebrate with me as we remember the birth of our Lord!


901 posted on 12/24/2006 3:53:43 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

To paraphrase a famous quote, *Everyone's catholic on Christmas Eve.* "Little c" Thank you!

Rte66/types with gauze


902 posted on 12/24/2006 4:43:05 PM PST by Rte66
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Correction: *Misa de Gallo* - and I get to hear it in English again this year. (We don't always get it.)

*Long lay the world in sin and error pining, till He appeared and the soul felt its worth ...
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn ...
Fall on your knees!
Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night, divine ...
O night, when Christ was born ...*

Gaudeamus!


903 posted on 12/24/2006 5:59:19 PM PST by Rte66
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I see thee, little child in your mother's lap.
In you the impossible has come to be,
Creator enters creation and takes a nap
As mother you did make sings lullaby to thee.


904 posted on 12/24/2006 6:51:18 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder.

And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."


"...and shall call His name JESUS."



(Isaiah 9:6; Luke 1:31)






905 posted on 12/24/2006 7:59:55 PM PST by Cedar
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Amen, Knitting A Conundrum.


906 posted on 12/24/2006 8:17:15 PM PST by syriacus (30,000 US deaths in Korea in 2 1/2 years under Truman (Jul, 1950 - Dec, 1952))
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BTTT


907 posted on 12/25/2006 3:02:06 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BTTT


908 posted on 12/25/2006 3:03:51 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BTTT


909 posted on 12/25/2006 3:04:08 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Kitty Mittens

Thank you so much my darling! Merry Christmas.


910 posted on 12/25/2006 3:43:28 AM PST by .30Carbine
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
ONE EYE ON THE SECOND COMING

Eternal Dominion

Hoof beats heard from far away Crashing hard into the fray. Conquering ones do ride upon Swords are drawn, now comes the dawn.

See the hordes of hell disperse Their faces twisted and perverse. "We'll fight," they scream "we'll fight and win!" While looking up their fate is grim.

Array of countless horsemen seek The promise made unto the meek. The victory has been foretold, The end comes swiftly, sure and bold.

Avenger Savior, Avenger Strong Who led this righteous warring throng Is crowned the King forever more. The story told long years before.

911 posted on 12/25/2006 4:17:10 AM PST by PrepareToLeave (Fight on Christian soldiers!)
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Incarnation

Little babe,
this night your head rests on borrowed hay,
no place of your own,
no welcome from the learned
and pious,
the rich or powerful,
no room in the inn,
no room in the heart,
ignored.

Tonight, the angels sing of Heaven's joy,
not to the kings and nobles,
men of power and means and might,
but to the shepherds,
outcasts in the fields,
unloved,
poor,
untrusted,
ignored.

O Beloved child,
darling of your mother,
miracle of God,
how soon the night will come
when your head, cold and abused,
lies in a borrowed tomb,
no place of your own,
rejected by the learned
and the pious,
brought to death's door by the powerful,
those with no room in their hearts
for your truth,
for your light,
they think you extinguished.

That morning to come,
Heaven will sing
as death's doors are shattered,
and you will smile first
not on the kings and the leaders,
the rich and powerful,
but the outcasts,
the woman who wailed
in her loss,
the disciple who turned his back in fear,
unloved by the world,
untrusted,
ignored.

O the foolishness of God,
So much wiser than the world,
caught in the cry of a child,
the empty tomb,
the unloved now beloved,
the ignored remembered,
the untrusted transformed forever.

Gloria in excelsis Deo!


912 posted on 12/25/2006 6:48:43 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BTTT


913 posted on 12/25/2006 7:07:54 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: E.G.C.

Luk 2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
Luk 2:2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luk 2:3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
Luk 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Luk 2:5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Luk 2:6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
Luk 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Luk 2:8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luk 2:9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
Luk 2:10 And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people.
Luk 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luk 2:12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."
Luk 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
Luk 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"
Luk 2:15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
Luk 2:16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
Luk 2:17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
Luk 2:18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
Luk 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luk 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
............
Mic 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
..........

Blessed are you, Oh LORD our God, King of the Universe, Eternal One.

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.


914 posted on 12/25/2006 8:40:09 AM PST by bperiwinkle7 ( In the beginning was the WORD,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
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To: bperiwinkle7

AMEN!!!!!!!


915 posted on 12/25/2006 9:08:56 AM PST by E.G.C.
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Christmas - Readings during the Day

Old Testament - Isaiah 52:7-10
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns." Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has bared His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Epistle - Hebrews 1:1-6
In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by a Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom also He created the world. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of His nature, upholding the universe by His word of power. When He had made purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name He has obtained is more excellent than theirs.

For to what angel did God ever say,
"Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to Him a father, and He shall be to me a son"? And again, when He brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship Him."

Gospel - John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 [omitted verses in brackets]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

[There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through Him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world knew Him not. He came to His own home, and His own people received Him not. But to all who received Him, who believed in His name, He gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. [(John bore witness to Him, and cried, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for He was before me.'") And from His fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.]


916 posted on 12/25/2006 12:03:50 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Lord,
tonight I sit
at the foot of the feedbox Mary laid you in,
having no other bed for you,
her precious son,
treasure beyond compare,
a loving God's gift
to a coldhearted, often indifferent
and aching world,
the most precious thing ever gifted,
and even in your coming,
mostly ignored.

O Lord,
how small you are
as your mother picks you up
with all the love a mother can offer,
you,
master and king,
creator of all that was created,
held in the loving hands
of part of your creation.

Unbound by space and time
and matter and energy,
you chose to be bound
and born into one frail newborn body,
all for love,
to be made small
so you could lift us up
into that life
beyond our imagining.

Tonight, I sit at the foot of your manger, Lord,
and wonder at the paradox,
of the creator entering the creation,
of the maker of all being fed by his mother,
of how the fabric of space and time
were forever changed
as you came to us
as Emmanuel,
to be God With Us,
one of us,
to heal us,
restore us,
and call us home.


917 posted on 12/25/2006 12:07:55 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BTTT


918 posted on 12/25/2006 12:08:30 PM PST by E.G.C.
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To: E.G.C.; All

God bless us, every one!


919 posted on 12/25/2006 8:13:37 PM PST by Rte66
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Praise God, kayak is home for Christmas - and posting on FR:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753772/posts?page=462#462


920 posted on 12/25/2006 9:23:51 PM PST by Rte66
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