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If those who are praying with us will make a small monthly donation,

and we reach a total of $500,000, then he will match it with another 500,000 to make 1 million.

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A small monthly gift from a lot of people

One million hearts for Jesus

Wouldn't that be a great gift to give him this

Christmas?

Welcome to our daily Rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the

Holy Spirit. Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Today is the feast of St. John Damasine. He's actually one of my favorites, but they all kind of are.

Born of a Catholic family in Damascus Syria in the year 675, John grew up under Muslim civil rule. His father was the

chief financial officer for the Muslim ruler and later John became the chief

counselor of Caliph Abdul Malik. However in the year 726, the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople, Leo the 3rd, issued a law that all sacred images and icons of Jesus, Mary, and the Saints had to be destroyed.

As soon as word of this got to John, he began writing and distributing pamphlets to convince the people to ignore

the unjust law. He explained to them that we need sacred images and icons because they remind us of the

presence of God and the help of Mary and the Saints. Crucifixes, pictures, statues, icons, these are vital reminders that God is with us and that

he's caring for us. And when we remove all of these visible reminders of God's presence from our lives,

then we quickly forget about God and we forget his promise to care for all our needs.

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