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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Keep Christ in Christmas Activities With a Teenager

"I’m participating in the KEEP CHRIST in CHRISTMAS Blog Link-Up 2013, hosted by

Monica at Equipping Catholic Families

Erika at Raising Little Saints

Tina at Truly Rich Mom

Laura at Day By Day In Our World

Sarah at On The Way Home 2

Chris at Campfires and Cleats

Birgit at Designs By Birgit

Since I am a mom of a teenager, I need to keep our activities age appropriate so he can grow in a more meaningful way with Our Lord.

So, the fun crafts and activities that I enjoy, are not so fun for him any longer.

So, what does a mom who has a teenager do?

Include him in the adult activities of our church.

I'm fortunate to belong to a diverse parish which has many prayer and worship activities

in a few cultures.

Here is what we will be doing:

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We will join in the "Caminata Rosario" walking rosary for Our Lady of Guadalupe.

We will participate in our Christmas Novena evening services.

For nine days, we will go to evening prayer service hosted by our different ministry groups.

Some nights it will be conducted in English, other nights it will be in Spanish,

some nights in Tagalog and others in Polish.

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We will go to our Penance Service.

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We will go to our Parish Christmas Concert.

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One evening, we will attend Simbang Gabi

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and the next evening ~ Las Posadas.

We will have a busy week of faith and culture enriching activities to prepare for the birth of Jesus.

May God bless my son and draw him closer to him,

as he participates and walks with the members of our parish.

"I’m participating in the KEEP CHRIST in CHRISTMAS Blog Link-Up 2013

sponsored by the Catholic Bloggers Network.

Be sure to visit as many links as possible, listed at the bottom of this post.

I would love to hear of other ideas on how to have a meaningful Advent for teenagers.

Here are the others who have joined up in the Keep Christ in Christmas Linkup. Please pop over and visit them as you can. I've learned a lot of great teaching tools by visiting the bloggers below.

Equipping Catholic Families: Keep Christ in Christmas

Simply Homeschool Living Advent Series 12/1 - 12/25

Fifth of Five Keeping Christ in Christmas - Blog Link-up 2013

Coffee Moments with Sam The Light of Hope

Hand-Maid With Love: CHRISTmas Presence: Keep Christ in Christmas 2013 Edition

Open Window Making hay while the Advent wreath shines

Faith Filled Freebies: Keep Christ in Christmas

Written by the Finger of God: Not Christmas as Usual

On the Way Home: Keep Christ in Christmas

Sue Elvis Writes: Bring Christ to Others

Mommy Bares All Why Celebrate Christmas Even After #YolandaPH

Advent Blessings,

Noreen

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
May everyone's day be filled with joy, love and peace!

Blessings,

Noreen

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

"I’m participating in the Keeping Christ in Christmas Blog Carnival, hosted by Raising Little Saints, Truly Rich Mom and Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families. We'll be sharing different ways, tips, stories and real-life experiences that will help us focus on Jesus as the Reason for the Christmas season. Please scroll down to the end of the post to see the list of carnival entries.”

This week in mass, our priest talked with passion about "Keeping Christ in Christmas" and had

a simple suggestion of doing just that.

He said "Love one another as God loves you."

That was the message of Jesus when he walked this earth speaking of love.

It's just as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago.

Our world would be vastly different if we obeyed the words of Jesus.

All we have to do is look around our homes, our neighborhoods, our communities and our nation to realize that we all fail in this mission.

We all fall short.

Miserably short.

The good news is, that Jesus knew it would be difficult for man, therefore,

he preached repentance "for the kingdom of God is at hand".
We have a loving and merciful God.

So, how can we keep Christ in Christmas?

By loving others.

Our family & friends.

Our neighbors & acquaintances.

Our co-workers & bosses.

Our enemies and strangers.

If we became a nation of people who loved as God has asked us to do,

violence would drastically diminish,

unwanted babies would be born and taken care of,

children would feel safe from bullying,

very few would be homeless,

poverty and hunger would decrease,

the need for war would not exist,

feelings of jealousy, anger and rage would dissipate,

feelings of loneliness, depression and hopelessness would disappear.

Love, we are called to love.
To keep Christ in Christmas we need to stop loving ourselves so much
and do a better job at loving others.

Remember to check out the other links for this great link up hosted by
Tina from the Philippines, Monica from Canada, and Erika from USA!

Thank you ladies for bringing us all together to celebrate the only reason for Christmas~
the birth of our newborn King!

Go and visit these other great posts about Keeping Christ in Christmas!

http://joyfilledfamily.blogspot.com/2012/12/christ-in-christmas.html

Monday, December 26, 2011

A Christmas Story

I saw this sweet video of children re-enacting the story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus and wanted to share it. I love the young child's voice who is narrating the story!