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December 21, 2013

December 22nd Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 6 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries 
for December 22nd are Sorrowful.

 

                December 21, 2013

                R. Commitment

                Christ gave His all for His Father's Plan

 

   


 

                R. What brings unity with Christ is commitment to God's will –

                    "...Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

                This person focuses on the job to do –

                The person surrendering to God and
                    giving himself to his vocation –
                    is happy
                    is working to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom


                Eve ate the fruit –
                    She disobeyed God –
                    Disobedience is pride –

                A person is not constant who disobeys –
                    they play a game of saving themselves –
                    for what?


                Handmaid comes from the Greek word meaning
                    "slave" –
                    Mary was the perfect handmaid of the Lord –

                Mary knew suffering –
                    She said "Yes"

                Jesus speaks –

                    a wishy-washy person is serving satan –
                    If God wants something from you –
                        why don't you give it –

                    Why do you hold out, when God is calling
                        you to do something –

                    Loving and serving with your whole heart,
                        your whole soul and your whole being –

 

Prayer for Union with Jesus

Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

    I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.

    I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

    When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.

-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994

   

                R. You can see the Annunciation and see how
                    Mary responded to the angel –
 


 

                R. The 2 Hearts –

                    Mary and Jesus did the will of God –
                    Joseph had a dream –
                    Joseph did the will of God – 

   

The Seven Sorrows of Mary

1) The prophecy of Simeon.   

   (2) The flight into Egypt.
(3) The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple.  
   (4) Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross.
(5) Jesus dies on the cross.      
   (6) Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in Mary’s arms.
(7) The burial of Jesus.        

 

                December 21, 2013

                Today's Readings

Song of Songs 2: 8-14

I hear my love. 
See how he comes 
leaping on the mountains, 
bounding over the hills. 
My love is like a gazelle, 
like a young stag. 

See where he stands 
behind our wall. 
He looks in at the window, 
he peers through the opening. 

My love lifts up his voice, 
he says to me, 
‘Come then, my beloved, 
my lovely one, come.
For see, winter is past,
the rains are over and gone.

‘Flowers are appearing on the earth.
The season of glad songs has come,
the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land.
The fig tree is forming its first figs 
and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. 
Come then, my beloved, 
my lovely one, come.

‘My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock,
in the coverts of the cliff,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet
and your face is lovely.’

 

Psalm 33: 2-3, 11-12, 20-21

Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, 
play for him on the ten–stringed lyre. 
Sing to him a new song, 
make sweet music for your cry of victory.

but Yahweh's own plan stands firm for ever,
his heart's counsel from age to age.
How blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh,
the people he has chosen as his heritage.

We are waiting for Yahweh; 
he is our help and our shield, 
for in him our heart rejoices, 
in his holy name we trust. 

 

Luke 1: 39-45  

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’ Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’

 

                Sing: Night Is Over

                R. Justice and Peace will kiss –

                Original justice was hurt in the Garden –

                God must be first in our lives –

                We cannot look at our neighbor with pride, envy,
                    anger, jealousy, etc. –

                We must be just

                I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You, my God –

                The Song of Songs is a bride waiting for the groom –
                    It is us – our soul wanting Jesus to be the
                        bridegroom of our soul.

                These are the count-down days before Christmas.

                December 17th was the first of these count-down
                    days –

                We read the genealogy of Jesus on earth –

                We see Samson who was born to a barren woman –

                We see the House of David and how the
                    Kings came from the house of David –

                Mary shows us how she is always doing
                    the will of God –

                Mary doesn't count the sacrifice –
                    Mary in obedience does what God
                        wants –

                Mary and Joseph believed what God told them –
                    they didn't wait, they did God's
                    will – they served God –

                We are so blessed with strong families –
                    some people don't even have families that
                    love them –

                We have so much to thank God for our gifts –

                Jesus loves us so much, He came to be
                    with us –
                    to show us how to live –
                    to show us the way to happiness –

                He gave Himself completely –

                He did God's will –

                We pray for those who feel unloved that
                    they will know Jesus' love –

                God is with us.

                Emmanuel –

                We are loved so much –

                The Era of the Two Hearts –
                The Era of love –
    


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                R. God loves us so much –
 

Luke 1: 46-55

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
    from their thrones
        and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
    sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
    of Israel his servant,
        mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
    he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
    and to his descendants for ever.

 

 

 

                R. It is right and just we adore and love God
                    who loves us so much –

                Mary: Oh the Sweetness of heaven!

                Oh God loves you so much!

                Serve Him - do His will because
                    it is just and you love Him –

                Don't hold back –

                Be a "slave" of Jesus –

                Love Him,

                Believe Him

                Adore Him

                Hope in Him –

                Give – Surrender – in love to the
                    will of God

                He who opposes God's will makes his own
                    misery –

                Eve was prideful

                She held back what God asked her to give –

                "Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All –
                    how can I love Thee as I ought?"

                Jesus loves us so very much –

                Jesus is with us –

                Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist –

                I eat His Body, I drink His Blood –

                Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, the Light of the World –

                I smelled the roses all through Saturday Mass and
                    afterward –

 

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Isaiah 7: 10-14

Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said: 

Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, 
either in the depths of Sheol 
    or in the heights above. 

    But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.’
    He then said: 

    Listen now, House of David: 
    are you not satisfied 
        with trying human patience 
    that you should try 
        my God’s patience too? 
    The Lord will give you a sign in any case: 
    It is this: the young woman is with child 
    and will give birth to a son 
    whom she will call Immanuel.

 

Psalm 24: 1-6

To Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, 
the world and all who live there; 
it is he who laid its foundations on the seas, 
on the flowing waters fixed it firm. 

Who shall go up to the mountain of Yahweh? 
Who shall take a stand in his holy place? 

The clean of hands and pure of heart, 
whose heart is not set on vanities, 
who does not swear an oath in order to deceive. 

Such a one will receive blessing from Yahweh, 
saving justice from the God of his salvation. 
Such is the people that seeks him, 
that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.                Pause

   

Romans 1: 1-7

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the service of the gospel that God promised long ago through his prophets in the holy scriptures.

    This is the gospel concerning his Son who, in terms of human nature was born a descendant of David and who, in terms of the Spirit and of holiness, was designated Son of God in power by resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have received grace and our apostolic mission of winning the obedience of faith among all the nations for the honour of his name. You are among these, and by his call you belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, God's beloved in Rome, called to be his holy people. Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Matthew 1: 18-24

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:

Look! the virgin is with child
    and will give birth to a son
whom they will call Immanuel,

a name which means ‘God–is–with–us’. When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home; he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.

  

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 19, 2010

INTRODUCTION: (Isaiah 7,10-14; Romans 1,1-7; Matthew 1, 18-24) Conflict in the Middle East is not a new thing. Our first reading takes us back 700 years before Christ. It was as complicated a political situation as it is today. There are four kings you have to keep track of. Tiglath-pileser III was king over the Assyrians. (You won't be quizzed on that name.) The Assyrians were the dominant power in the Middle East. They were an especially cruel and powerful nation whose capital was located in what is today northern Iraq. There was a king of Jerusalem, named Ahaz, who ruled the southern part of the Holy Land, and a king in Samaria who ruled the northern part of the Holy Land. Further north was the king in Damascus. The two northern kings wanted King Ahaz in Jerusalem to join them in an alliance to go to war against the Assyrians. Ahaz refused, so the two northern kings were going to attack Jerusalem, and replace Ahaz with someone who would cooperate with them. Ahaz decided to call on Assyria for protection. This is where our first reading comes in - an extremely important passage in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Isaiah warned Ahaz not to get involved with Assyria for they were too powerful. He promised, "God would keep the king and Jerusalem safe." The other two kings would soon be destroyed. Ahaz did not have enough faith in God. Isaiah tried to offer Ahaz a sign. Ahaz protested, but Isaiah offered one anyway. For Ahaz the sign would be that he would soon have a son to succeed him as king. He had no offspring at this time for he had sacrificed his only son to the Canaanite God, Moloch. Ahaz' son would be called by the symbolic name Emmanuel for he would be a sign that God was with his people. It is a good possibility that the son Ahaz eventually had was Hezekiah who turned out to be a good leader and a king who was faithful to God. St. Matthew saw in this promise of Isaiah a greater depth of meaning. He saw that Jesus fulfilled this promise perfectly by being born of a virgin and by being a sign to us that God is with us.

HOMILY: A mother tells the story of her five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son watching the Christmas story on TV. As she was preparing dinner she heard her littlest one ask his older sister, "What is a virgin?" The mother said, "As my mind raced to come up with an answer, her five-year-old daughter answered it, 'It's a lady who eats all her vegetables." (The Joyful Noiseletter, December, 1999)

One afternoon after hearing the Divine Praises at benediction, a family were leaving church and their little third-grade son asked his parents, "What's a most chased spouse?" The mother replied: "A chaste spouse is someone's husband or wife who is good and pure and holy. Why do you ask?" "Our prayers in church called St. Joseph Mary's most chaste spouse," he said. Mom asked, "What do you think it means?" A little embarrassed the boy answered, "Well, I thought it meant that all the girls chased after him, but Mary got him in the end." (The Joyful Noiseletter, December, 1998)

St. Luke's version of the angel's annunciation to Mary is very popular. Our one stained glass window pictures the scene and there are many, many famous paintings of the event. I can't remember ever having seen one picture that depicts today's gospel from St. Matthew of the annunciation to St. Joseph. Luke's annunciation has a much greater poetic beauty, but Matthew's annunciation to Joseph has a message of its own. Matthew's account reveals some of the anxiety Joseph experienced before Jesus was born, and perhaps, as a result Mary had some anxieties as well. We will soon sing: Silent Night, Holy Night, all is calm, all is bright. Even with angels singing and kings arriving, all was not calm or bright. In the Jewish tradition, marriage was a two-step process. First there was a formal exchange of consent before witnesses. The second step was at a later time (usually about a year later) when the groom took the bride to his home. Even before they came to live together, legally they were married. The gospels do not tell us what emotions Mary may have gone through after the visit of the angel. St. Luke stresses the joy she felt in the beautiful hymn, the Magnificat. But she may have experienced some fear too, knowing now she was going to have a child but not by the man she was committed to. Would Joseph accept her? If she were to be judged as sinful according to Deuteronomy (22,20-21), the penalty would be execution by stoning. So many particulars we do not know, but we do know, especially with this story about Joseph, there must have been some anxious moments. I can't imagine that Mary would not have confided in Joseph, but we don't know what Joseph thought about the situation. Saints and theologians and scripture scholars have differed on what might have motivated Joseph to divorce her. He planned on doing it quietly which means he was not going to call for a public trial. Was he afraid that he was not worthy of the honor of being married to Mary and of being the legal father of this holy child she was bearing? Or was he afraid, being a righteous man as Matthew describes him, that he was breaking the law of God by accepting her into his home. All we know is that it must have been a troubling time. But a vision put Joseph at peace and obediently, like Mary did when the angel appeared to her, he did what the angel asked him to do. As in Luke's gospel, the angel that appeared to Joseph affirmed that Mary conceived miraculously through the Holy Spirit and her son would be God with us. This is an important theme in Matthew that in Jesus God is with us. It opens Matthew's gospel and it ends Matthew's gospel when Jesus tells his apostles before his ascension "behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

One other lesson Joseph can teach us. He had an important job to do and it didn't get him much credit or recognition. Is it enough satisfaction just to know we've done our job and we've done it well without anyone praising us for it? If we can say "yes" to that, that's all that's important. When we think of Joseph today, we might think of all the wonderful people in our society and in our lives who, without a lot of fanfare, make good things happen and be grateful for them and grateful to God for giving them to us. I am certainly grateful for all the great and wonderful people who are here at St. Boniface and there are a lot of you. Amen.

 

 

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Guiding Light homily series - Reflect on the Word - Cycle B —  The Word leaves an impression on our souls. In my thoughts and reflections are born a more tangible understanding of these eternal concepts presented in the Gospels and the readings. Anyone can read a sentence, but not anyone can absorb it's true meaning. Truth, in this day and age, is almost a matter of opinion or individual entitlement. We believe that Christ's truth is our Roman Catholic Church. We, as priests, champion it's teachings; we are ambassadors for the Pope and Christ to those faces looking at us. We are the light by which our congregation reads to reflect upon real truth and we do it hand in hand. $15

Guiding Light - Steadfast to the Son
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle A of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

Guiding Light homily series - Steadfast to the Son - Cycle A — The sunflower is a great example of how we should be steadfastly guided by light. What a powerful thought that this exceptional plant is not stuck in one pose day in and day out, yet adaptable and magnetized to the sun. We feel the same about our Son. Our heads turns to face Christ as each day presents its challenges to find light. We join together like plants in a field and soak up the Son through the pulpit. We are a warm circle of strength using the wind of our breath to carry our priests' words, Christ's words, to new rich soil. $15

Guiding Light - Feed My Soul
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle C of the Liturgical Year
$ 10.00 plus postage

Guiding Light - Feed My Soul
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle C of the Liturgical Year
$ 15.00 plus postage

Guiding Light - Feed My Soul - Cycle C — In a world rapidly advancing and encouraging personal gain, we are faced with modern problems. There is a challenge to find time in our busy schedules for Sunday Mass or a family meal. We are able to research, shop, bank and even work without hearing one human voice. It is no wonder that we may often feel disconnected and famished at our week's end. In Fr. Joe's third book of homilies from Cycle C, we are reminded of the charity that Christ intended us to show each other. We have a calling to turn the other cheek and be the Good Samaritan to others. We are rewarded with the Father's kingdom and love when we are not worthy. We are not left alone or hungry. $15

Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word
Inspiring Homilies Covering Cycle B of the Liturgical Year
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Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word - Cycle B — At times we may feel that our path to Christ is a bit "out of focus". Like the disciples in the Book of Mark, this ordinary life clouds our vision of Christ's Divinity. We may doubt the practicality or possibility of applying His teachings and example to our modern life. Cycle B's homilies are a "guiding light" to help us realize Jesus' Messianic greatness and His promise of better things to come. $15

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts
Inspiring Homilies covering partial year of Cycle A by Fr. Joe Robinson
$ 10.00 plus postage

Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts. - Cycle A (partial) — Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a tremendous honor Fr. Joe has allowed us to share these great gifts with you – for greater holiness and knowing more and more about God. $10

Fr. Edward J. Carter

Books written by the founder of Shepherds of Christ Ministries

Response to God's Love
–.God Himself is the Ultimate Mystery
$ 10.00  plus postage

Response to God’s Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10

Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 1
Selected Writings on Spirituality—for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 10.00  plus postage

Shepherds of Christ - Selected Writings on Spirituality for all People as Published in Shepherds of Christ Newsletter for Priests. Contains 12 issues of the newsletter from July/August 1994 to May/June 1996. $15

Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 2
Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimatur
$ 12.00  plus postage

Shepherds of Christ - Volume 2: by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13-29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 - Issue 5, 1999) $15

Shepherds of Christ Spirituality Newsletters 3
Selected Writings on Spirituality — for All People Editor: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00  plus postage

Shepherds of Christ - Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carter’s tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10

Tell My People
Messages from Jesus and Mary Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest  
$ 10.00  plus postage

Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.) — One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life — From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a book—and here is that book." $10

Spirituality Handbook
Shepherds of Christ Associates Spirituality Handbook - A Way of Spiritual Life
Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J. Imprimi Potest

$ 3.00  plus postage

Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 20he Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3

The Spirituality of Fatima
Fatima: The Setting, The Message, The Spirituality of Consecration
$ 5.00  plus postage

The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5

  Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual
  Shepherds of Christ Associates Prayers
  Author: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.

  $ .50
 plus postage

Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual. The Shepherds of Christ has prayer chapters all over the world praying for the priests, the Church and the world. These prayers that Father Carter compiled in the summer of 1994 began this worldwide network of prayer. Currently the prayers are in eight languages with the Church’s Imprimatur. We have prayed daily for the priests, the Church, and the world since 1994. Associates are called to join prayer Chapters and help us circulate the newsletter centered on spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and helping to renew the Church through greater holiness. Please form a Prayer Chapter & order a Prayer Manual.

 

 

Shepherds of Christ 6:20 Prayers CD
Holy Spirit Novena, Associates Prayer Manual and the Rosary Led by: Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J.
$ 10.00  plus postage

 

Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 1
Audio CD - Read by Father Edward J. Carter
$ 10.00  plus postage

Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #1 - CD. - Christ is Our Strength - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. It is so beautiful. "This brief passage contains one of the greatest lessons of the spiritual life. As we progress along our spiritual journey, we become increasingly aware of how weak we are in our-selves, but how strong we are in Christ. To experience our weakness involves suffering. The degree and kind of suffering can vary. The suffering can include the experience of the classical dark night of the spirit as described by St. John of the Cross. One of the main purposes of the dark night is to make a person keenly aware of his or her helplessness without God." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10

Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 2
Audio CD - Read by Father Edward J. Carter
$ 10.00
 plus postage

Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #2 - CD. - Suffering: A Source of Life - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. Fr. Carter knew suffering that year. His voice is so powerful as he read each Newsletter from his heart and soul. "Every man has his own share in the redemption. Each one is also called to share in that suffering through which the redemption was accomplished. He is called to share in that suffering through which all human suffering has also been redeemed. In bringing about the redemption through suffering, Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the redemption. Thus each man in his suffering can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ–." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10

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Imitation of Two Hearts
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Lucia's Vision
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IH-Mary
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IH-Ivory
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SH-Jesus
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SH-Blessing
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Sorrow M
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Inf.-Prague
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OL-Lourdes
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OL-Mt. Carmel
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I Heart
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I Heart - Ivory
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OL-Grace
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SH-Jesus
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PV-Fatima
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St. Joseph - 18

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 St. Joseph

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 St. Jude

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 St. Padre Pio

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 St. Therese

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 St. Philomena 16"

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 St. Padre Pio - standing 12"

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 St. Rita 12"

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 Divine Mercy

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 St. Claire 12"

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 Pieta - Color

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 Pieta - Marble

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 Limpias 8"

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 Our Lady of Guadalupe w/glass 28"

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 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel w/glass 24"

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 Immaculate Heart of Mary w/glass

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 Immaculate Heart - Ivory w/glass

 24"

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 Infant of Prague w/glass

 24"

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 Our Lady of Grace w/glass

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 Our Lady of Lourdes w/glass  

 24"

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 Sacred Heart of Jesus w/glass

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 Sacred Heart -Blessing w/glass

 24"

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 Sorrowful Mother w/glass

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 Immaculate Heart - Ivory w/glass 18"

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 Sacred Heart of Jesus w/glass 18"

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 Our Lady of Lourdes w/glass   18"

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 Our Lady of Grace w/glass 18"

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 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel w/glass

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 Our Lady of Guadalupe w/glass 12"

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 Fatima w/glass

11"

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 Fatima w/glass

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 Pilgrim Virgin w/glass

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