Holiness on the Holy day...

Prayer for Holiness

"O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who, by the will of the Father, with the cooperation

of the Holy Spirit, have by Your death given life to the world, deliver me by this Your Most

Sacred Body and Blood from all sins and from every evil. Make me always cling to Your

commandments, and never permit me to be separated from You.

Who with the same God the Father and the Holy Spirit, live and reign, God, world without end. Amen. "

Let us pray today to make this a better, more caring, and holier country and world by becoming better more caring, and holier ourselves.


We may be, and are, of many faiths, but the important word here is faith and the good that we can get from each other's sharing of that faith....

from

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

This is not a household (actually this is a yard hint) hint day, but I thought it might be a good thing to share this with everyone else. Yesterday I got very zealous and went out to mow the back yard which feels like forty acres when you are mowing and moving hoses, bitten up plant containers (Tinka thinks EVERYTHING yard related is a toy) and dog Frisbees out of the way.

When the mower wouldn't start (it was hot and tired too) after I filled it again with gasoline, I decided that weed pulling was a good option. Since this has happened to me three times now (never before now), I think it is God trying to get a message to me and share it with others. Please consider wearing clear goggles (available at most dollar stores) or some sort of glasses when weed pulling.

Two times I have yanked weeds up and had dirt fly into my left eye...then this third time into my right eye....unless you like dirt in your eye or rinsing it out repeatedly, this may not be for you!! Of course, if you have monkey arms, you might not be endangered...as for me I think I only have monkey brains.

WE definitely need at least a gentle smile on the Lord's day......

Q: How do babies get their belly buttons?

A: When God finishes making little babies, He lines them all up in a row. Then he walks along in front of them. He pokes each one in the tummy with His finger and says, “You’re done…you’re done…you’re done…”

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The following was overheard at a recent 'high society' party:"My ancestry goes back all the way to Alexander the Great," said Christine. She then turned to Miriam and asked, "How far back does your family go?" "I don't know," replied Miriam, "All of our records were lost in the flood."

Church Signs

1) Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!

2) Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins.

3) Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!

4) An ad for a Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads, "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets.

5) When the restaurant next to the Church put out a big sign that said, "Open Sundays," the church reciprocated with its own message: "We are open on Sundays, too."

6) Have trouble sleeping? We have sermons -- come hear one!

7) Come in and pray today. Beat the Christmas rush!

8) Sign broken. Message inside this Sunday.

9) Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world. 1

0) If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.

~~~Thank You Lord for all the people in our lives to help guide us to leading holier lives...may we listen and grow.