Stewards for Christ

A Prayer Ministry of Faith and Hope

Welcome!

Welcome to: STEWARDS FOR CHRIST. My goal here is to share my walk of faith with you and others. A journey to know Christ; weave daily prayer into our lives and get closer to God. Yes, it is a personal journey. A path at times we travel alone yet yearn for accompaniment with others. This is when the action of the term Synod comes in…journeying together.

As His child and a Prayer Warrior, we must pray for one another, for the world and our needs. Times are troubling, and those weak in faith, unsure, those forgotten need our prayers. Let us share our walk of Faith with them.

Many of you look to this page for the Devotional to the Prescious Blood of Jesus Christ. It will remain. Please continue to pray it throughout the year. Many souls will benefit from all your prayerful efforts.

Our mission…to save souls for Jesus Christ. He wants us to seek him. We need to seek him.

May God’s peace and blessings be with you always. Guadalupe Irma

A NECESSAY DEVOTION

Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Devotion

Thank you for praying this great devotional during the month of July with me. Please pray it forward.

How to pray this devotion How To Pray PB Jesus Christ Devotional — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

July 1-9 Novena Honor of Nine Choir of Angels

Great Month July: July 1-9 Novena — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

July 13-15 Novena in Honor of the Most Holy Trinity

Great Month July: July 13-15 Novena — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

July 20-31 Novena for the New Israel

Great Month July: July 20-31 Novena — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

THE PROMISES OF OUR LORD The Promises of Our Lord — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Additional prayers to this great devotion:

The Holy Rosary The Holy Rosary — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Chaplet of the Precious Blood Chaplet Of The Precious Blood — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Litany of the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Litany Precious Blood Jesus Christ — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Consecration to the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Consecration Precious Blood Jesus Christ — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Consolation Prayers Consolation Prayers — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

Adoration Prayers Adoration Prayers — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

The Anguished Appeals The Anguished Appeals — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

The Mystical Prayers of our Lord Jesus Christ Mystical Prayers — THE GREAT MONTH OF JULY (guadalupeirma.com)

May God bless you.

Advent Candle-pray for Peace

FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT: Waiting for Hope

SCRIPTURE:

LITANY:

Leader: Our response is “O God, we place our hope in you.” God of our mothers and fathers. R

Leader: Give life to people who are weary; fill us with hope in You. R

Leader: Healer of souls, renew our joy in you. Turn to us again, O God of Hosts. R

Leader: Make your dwelling among us, Giver of Life; Hear our cries; we call out to you in hope. R

Leader: We anxiously hope for the joy you alone can bring us. R

Light the first Advent Candle

PRAYER

God of light, as we wait through the long winter nights for the birth of Christ, help us to keep watch. Help us to tend the tiny flame of hope. Make us alert until your gift of joy arrives. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Reference: PrayersForLightingAdventCandles.pdf (stmaryalexandria.org)

Week 1-First Sunday of Advent. Light one Purple/Violet Candle—Peace

Entrance Antiphon (Ps 25 (24):1-3: To you, I lift up my soul, O my God. In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame. Nor let my enemies exult over me; and let none who hope in you be put to shame.

First Sunday of Advent | USCCB

Canticle of Mary: Remember then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not watchful, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you. (Rv 3:3)

Monday of the First Week of Advent | USCCB

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent | USCCB

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent | USCCB

Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church | USCCB

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary | USCCB

Saturday of the First Week of Advent | USCCB

REFLECTION

Let’s strive to learn to listen to the voice of God this Advent Season. This Penitential Season

First Reading:

Responsorial Psalm:

++Now you try it. Read it 2-3x times and see what key words or phrases jump out at you. What do you think?

Second Reading:

Gospel:

Like Lent, Advent is a season of preparation and anticipation for the coming birth of Jesus Christ. A penitential season to forego our sins. The Lenten season brings fasting, preparation and repentance for the resurrected Christ. Well, Advent is not too far off. The difference, we will watch grow into his ministry for our salvation.

We pray and prepare to clean our spiritual house of our sins to greet the Child Jesus.

Today’s Gospel is quite black and white. Be on your guard. Be spiritually ready. Take time to exercise the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation. Reconcile with God. For we truly know not when He comes. And the last word,

“Watch!”