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SATURDAY – St. Crispina, Martyr of Africa, 304

In the book of Jude, we are reminded that there are those who seek to proffer a false Gospel. We who know better are to be strong in faith, disciplined, looking for mercy – ready to offer compassion or a sudden jolt of Truth when necessary. As the Advent season tarries on and more and more people seeking to dilute the power of this season by making it about Happy Holidays and White Christmases, we should take counsel from Jude and also be encouraged by the saint who is remembered this day  Saint Crispina  who suffered during the Diocletian persecution. She was born at Thagara  (near  Tunisian town of Taoura)Died by beheading Crispina belonged to a distinguished family and was a wealthy matron with children. At the time of the persecution she was brought before the proconsul Anullinus; on being ordered to sacrifice to the gods she declared she honored only one God.

PRAYER:  Lord, Lord, strengthen my faith and flood me with your light. Help me to brighten the lives of those whom I find most dark, with a bright faith and shining hope that comes from preparing the way for your coming. Amen

Activity – Make a Jesse tree for your home. Create ornaments that trace Jesus' royal line by making symbols for some of the people found in the Hebrew testament. Instead of hanging all the ornaments on the tree at one time, you may want to hang one on every few days that remain in Advent

Ancient Wisdom/Present Grace :  “Let us charge into the good fight with joy and love without being  afraid of our enemies. Though unseen themselves, they can look at  the face of our soul, and if they see it altered by fear, they  take up arms against us all the more fiercely.. So let us take up spiritual arms  against them courageously. No one will fight with a resolute 
fighter.” — St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 1

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