Wishing you a very Blessed Christmas
and
a wonderful New Year.
Since my last update I have given 5 parish
missions and a number of talks,
in Ashford and Athlone in Ireland,
in Petersbough, Hoddington, Brentwood
and St Helens England,
as well as speaking to over 6000 young
people in schools,
and running a school retreat.
Sometimes I am too lazy or selfish,
to really put myself out for
Christ and his will.
I often think of the words of
Saint Mother Teresa,
"Give until it hurts”
and we will receive great joy when
we do this.
The greatest healing,
freedom, Peace and Happiness
I have received,
has all come though giving.
I meet lots of people who want to be
happy in life, or feel they need healing,
and when they start to give and help others,
they are happy, at peace and healed.
Jesus tells us it is though giving
that we receive and the more we give,
the more he can bless our lives.
At this time of Christmas Jesus shows
us the gift of giving. As he gives
himself as a helpless baby,
he holds nothing back, it is just total
self giving for the salvation of the world.
As we know, our world at
this moment needs so much saving.
In Ireland where
I live they want to change the constitution
so that they can kill unborn children,
Mother Teresa always fought for life.
And St John Paul 2nd said
a country that kills
its children, lose God.
The pain and darkness I see in
the different parts of the world as
I travel is overwhelming at times,
but Gods love and light are always more.
Where there is sin,
Grace abounds a 1000 times more.
I feel that this is the time for us to say
“Enough!".
We are people of light and people of Christ.
As I walked out of the Holocaust
museum in
Jerusalem, I read , The only thing evil
needs to succeed is a few good
people to stay silent.
The silence in our world today is
deafening.
We need to say “Enough!"
and start working for
Christ and his Holy church,
not just by giving, but by giving till it hurts.
Each one of us is born for
heroic virtue, and so as we
wait to receive Jesus this Christmas,
the one who gives us everything, all he has,
his Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity,
Let us in return say, I give you my life,
I give you everything,
USE ME AS YOU WILL, for your Glory.
I will not remain silent,
I will speak up for you my God.
May each of us open our Hearts
to all the Graces and Blessings our
wonderful God wants to give us at
Christmas time.
We should never be afraid,
as we are assured that
God's Mercy is always bigger than
our weakness.
Know you are in my heart and prayers.
Please pray for me over the
next months, as I will be
giving talks and missions
in New York, Phoenix,
Tampa, Austin, Houston,
L.os Angeles., Baltimore,
Alabama, Glasgow and Belfast.
Merry Christmas and may
God bless you in his deepest love.
John Pridmore
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