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   "MISSION POSSIBLE"   
   ~By Monique Nicole Fox~   
      
   I don't dream   
   Impossible dreams   
   Only that which is attainable   
   By myself or with the help of others as a team   
      
   I dream of things within my reach   
   I can do anything the   
   angels tell me thru God's word they teach   
   I'll accomplish them one by one   
   And I'll be happy, peachy peach   
      
      
   ~Mark 9:23~   
   Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him   
   that believeth.   
      
      
   You Hold the Keys   
      
   "I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them...they are fallen under my   
   feet."   
   (Psalm 18:37-38)   
      
   If you've been standing around wringing your hands and worrying about what   
   the devil is doing, it's time you made a switch. It's time you put that   
   devil under your feet!   
      
   Jesus has already given you all the power and authority you need to do it.   
   He's given you the keys of the kingdom. He's promised you that whatever you   
   declare locked on earth is locked in heaven and whatever you declare   
   unlocked on earth is unlocked in the heavenlies (Matt. 16:19). That means   
   you can speak the Word and bind wicked spirits. You can speak the Word and   
   loose the angelic forces of God to work in your behalf.   
      
   What's more, you've been given the power of attorney that enables you to use   
   the mighty Name of Jesus. A Name that's above every other name. A Name which   
   will cause every knee to bow--in heaven, in earth, and under the earth!   
   (Phil. 2:9-10).   
      
   So don't waste time worrying about the devil. Take authority over him. Bind   
   the evil spirits that try to destroy your home, your church, and your   
   nation. Loose God's Word in the earth and enforce it with the Name of Jesus.   
      
   You hold the keys. Learn to use them and before long the devil will be   
   wringing his hands worrying about you!   
      
      
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   August 6th - The Transfiguration of Our Lord   
      
   (32AD)   
      
   Our divine Redeemer, being in Galilee the summer before His sacred Passion,   
   took with Him Saint Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, Saint James and Saint   
   John, and led them to the heights of a solitary mountain. Tradition assures   
   us that this was Mount Tabor, which is exceedingly high and beautiful, and   
   in those days was covered with green trees and shrubs. It rises alone in the   
   midst of a vast plain of Galilee.   
      
   It is here that the God-Man appeared in His glory. While Jesus prayed, He   
   permitted the glory which was always due to His sacred humanity - and of   
   which for our sake, not to alarm us, He deprived it - to diffuse its   
   brilliance over His whole body. His face was transfigured and shone as the   
   sun, and His garments became white as snow. Moses and Elias were seen in His   
   company by the three apostles on this occasion, and were heard discoursing   
   with Him of the death which He was to suffer in Jerusalem. The three were   
   wondrously delighted with this glorious vision, and Saint Peter cried out to   
   Christ, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three tents, one   
   for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elias."   
      
   While Saint Peter was speaking, suddenly there came a bright cloud from   
   heaven, emblem of the presence of God's majesty, and from out of this cloud   
   was heard a voice which said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well   
   pleased; hear Him." By these words, God made known that in Christ they must   
   recognize the One He had foretold to Moses, saying: "I will raise up from   
   among them a Prophet like you; I will put My words in His mouth, and He will   
   tell them all I command Him. If anyone does not want to hear the words that   
   this Prophet will speak in My Name, it is to Me that he will have to answer   
   for it." (Deut. 18:18-19) When the Jews asked John the Baptist if he was the   
   Prophet, this was the Expected One they referred to. The apostles understood   
   perfectly now what these words meant; the prophecy was known to all who   
   listened to the Scriptures read each week in their synagogues. Hearing this   
   voice, they were nonetheless seized with a sudden fear, and fell upon the   
   ground; but Jesus, going to them, touched them, and bade them rise. They   
   immediately did so, and saw no one but Jesus standing there in His ordinary   
   state. This vision happened during the night. As they went down the mountain   
   early the next morning, Jesus forbade them to tell anyone what they had   
   seen, before He had risen from the dead.   
      
   Reflection: From the contemplation of this glorious mystery we ought to   
   conceive a true idea of future happiness. If this idea enters our souls, we   
   will think nothing of the difficulties or labors we meet with here, but will   
   regard with great indifference all the goods and evils of this life,   
   provided we obtain our portion in the kingdom of God's glory.   
      
   Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on   
   Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea   
   (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Humility is the mother of many virtues.  From it spring obedience, holy   
   fear, reverence, patience, modesty, mildness, and peace; for, whoever is   
   humble easily obeys all, fears to offend any, maintains peace with all,   
   shows himself affable to all, is submissive to all, does not offend or   
   displease any, and does not feel the insults which may be inflicted upon   
   him.  He lives happy and contented, and in great peace.   
   -St. Thomas of Villanova   
      
   Bible Quote   
   16. And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure   
   their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they   
   have received their reward. 17. But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head,   
   and wash thy face; 18. That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy   
   Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay   
   thee.  (Matthew 6:16-18)   
      
      
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   Novena To the Immaculate Heart of Mary   
      
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, full of love for God and mankind,   
   and of compassion for sinners, I consecrate myself entirely to thee.   
   I entrust to thee the salvation of my soul. May my heart be ever   
   united with thine, so that I may hate sin, love God, and my   
   neighbor, and reach eternal life together with those whom I love.   
   Mediatrix of All Graces and Mother of Mercy, remember   
   the infinite treasure which thy Divine Son has merited by His   
   sufferings and which He has confided to thee for us, thy children.   
   Filled with confidence in thy motherly Heart, which I venerate   
   and love, I come to thee with my pressing needs.   
   Through the merits of thy loving Heart, and for the sake of   
   the Sacred Heart of Jesus, obtain for me the favor I ask:   
   [Mention your request.]   
      
   Dearest Mother, if what I ask for should not be according to   
   God's Will, pray that I may receive that which will be of greater   
   benefit to my soul. May I experience the kindness of thy   
      
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