This Post could be titled, "I'll be Home for Christmas." It's like going to the GP for your checkup and your GP says everything is just fine, you have a good health report. And then your GP says, at your age, you probably should have Life Insurance to take care of your family.
Catholics have a wonderful prayer they pray each and every Sunday. We joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1995. We just felt we needed back, to our Church of England roots, as we moved near Houston. We have always loved the Protestant Churches, praying for the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Meaningful. The holiness of the Catholic Church is always beautiful.
And the prayer is this:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
The remarkable thing to remember about this prayer, Catholic Priests go to numerous bedsides to give Last Rites. Last Rites for many faiths encompass several Sacraments, including Penance (confession of sins), Viaticum (Holy Communion given as food for the journey to eternal life) and the Anointing of the Sick. And Catholic Priests will tell you, Catholics have the best deaths. Covered in prayer. Biblically, I think we all know this is true. Prayers, covered and asked, are answered.
Let's consider the prayer of John 21. A tiff and some demands for answers over Breakfast the Triumphant and Risen Lord Jesus provides. The prayers of Mary and Martha after Lazarus died, the grief and rather abrupt conversation. The manner in which the Disciples asked Jesus to learn how to pray. Give us. Those prayers are exactly as Jesus said to pray.
Luke 11:5-13
5 And He said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him:
‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’
And he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’?
8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Sam Kinison with Rodney Dangerfield
Samuel Burl Kinison was born in Yakima, Washington, on December 8, 1953, the son of Marie Florence (née Morrow) and Samuel Earl Kinison, a Pentecostal preacher. Kinison began his career in Houston, Texas, where he performed in small clubs. His big break came on HBO's Rodney Dangerfield's Ninth Annual Young Comedians Special in August 1985, when the New York Times gave him a spectacular review. Wikipedia gives Kinison an armload list of magnificent events, films, TV and Late Night TV.
When Kinison was 38 years old, he was in a car crash, six days after his honeymoon. On April 4, 1992, Kinison married Souiri at the Candlelight Chapel in Las Vegas. They honeymooned in Hawaii for five days before returning home to Los Angeles to prepare for more of Kinison's spectacular career.
After the crash, Kinison appeared fine, with only minor visible facial wounds. He got out of his vehicle, his wife had minor injuries, and sat down on the side of the road. Kinison reportedly said to no one in particular as his last words: "I don't want to die. I don't want to die.", then paused, asked, "But why?", and after another pause said, "Okay, okay, okay." A friend who was with him at the time later recalled, "Whatever voice was talking to him gave him the right answer and he just relaxed with it." Then he soon died from internal injuries.
Ozzy Osbourne:
Apparently when Sam had the accident, I heard he got out of the car and looked up to the heavens and said, 'I don't want to die,' and then just said, 'Oh, okay,' and laid down and died. It sounds crazy and will probably offend a lot of my fans, but I believe there's a higher power. Some people may think Sam Kinison's in one place, but I know where he is. He's upstairs; he's next to God.
We can wonder what is the best gift
to give
and receive for Christmas.
The Best Gift for Christmas
Is Salvation in Jesus Christ.
If you believe with your heart Jesus is the Son of God
and confess with your mouth,
you will be saved.
The Best Gift
is God's Only Son
asking us to
Live
Live
Love
Have Joy
with Him
in His Kingdom Forever.
Let the ALLELUIA
Continue FOREVER AND EVER!
Abba, Father,
We come together to pray
and ask You to be present,
hear this prayer, please,
in Jesus Christ.
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well, in Jesus Christ.
Jesus, Son of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Help us to find and bring
to become
more Heaven
to this earth.
Your Plan, Your way,
Your Son is best.
Establish us on your path,
help keep us near You
and on the path.
Your Wonderful Plan.
You Include All in Your Plan.
Encourage us in Love
Encourage us with Your Joy.
Jesus, teach us to follow You
more closely in Your Word.
Correct us in Your Love
to remain with You.
Help us when the path isn't seen
Protect us to remain with You.
Your Love is
where I want to be.
Help us with our needs
today
and You will help us tomorrow as well.
Bless Israel with peace,
Bless families with living, loving hearts,
Reawaken God being first.
Bless this Nation.
Bless the Nations who need You.
In Jesus,
Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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