Verbum Dei Caro Factum Est!!! (Jn 1:14)

'Betlehem':

Hebrew בית לחם, "Beit Lehem",

meaning: "house of bread"

"I am the living bread

which has come from heaven"

John 6:51

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“God will provide himself

the lamb for the sacrifice.”
Gen 22:8

There was no punctuation in the original texts.

It referred not just to the offering on Abraham's Altar...

The next day John saw Jesus

coming towards him and said,

"There is

the Lamb of God,

who takes away

the sin of the world."

John 1:29

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Then the angel told me, Write:

Happy are those invited

to the Lamb's Supper.

Rev 19:9

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Rajt tfajjel ċkejken
Iħares fiss lejn Kristu
Dar lejja w qalli:
Ħares ftit ħabib tiegħi
Dak Ġesu!

Rajt Tarbija ċkejkna
Mgewżra u f’maxtura
Kif jista jkun għidt f’qalbi
Li dan Ġesu hu Alla?

Ġesu ħares lejja
U bħal donnu sema talbi
Tbissem u qalli:
Jiena Hu ċkejken tiegħi!

Ħallejt is-sema biex niġi fostkom
Ħallejt dar Missieri biex ngħix f’djarkom
Iżda dan għamiltu mhux illum biss
Ngħamlu kuljum fl-Ewkaristija!

Fl-Ewkaristija Jiena niġi kuljum!
Biex miegħek jien inkun!
Irridek tilqgħani f’qalbek!
Jekk jista’ jkun KULJUM!!!!!!

Welcome to Malta!!! ;-)

Whilst many, many, many tourists complain about the state of our roads and streets we Maltese seem to be rather passive about them. We have gotten used to them I guess. Sure we grumble... sometimes loads… about them …but it has become a way of life…

We are constantly subjected to road works and repairs. So we just grumble but in a way we’re ok …we’re really SOOOOO very used to it all! (See I’m writing about it in an almost jokingly manner!!!) …as funny as it sounds it’s probably just a characteristic of Malta… (we even have jokes and songs about “malta roads”!!!)

Anyhow…

Just a few days before Advent two years ago, some wise guy in the road works department decided that our street was next...

I’ve sarcastically referred to him as “wise guy” but HONESTLY I loved the fact that our road was supposedly* to be repaired at this time… (*roadworks take aaaaggggeeeessss here!)

Yep that's it! LOL!!

So as you can see: we had some decorations …stars and lights...

…but the road?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? Hopeless!!!!!

It was virtually IMPOSSIBLE for me as Catholic not to remember God’s words each time I stepped out [of] the door or went home:

A voice cries,
“In the wilderness prepare the way for Yahweh.
Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley will be raised up;
Every mountain and hill will be laid low.
The stumble blocks shall become level
And the rugged places smooth.”

Isiah 40: 3,4

What does that mean?
Well those who are interested might like to reflect a little and find out for themselves ;-)

But one thing I do know:

Let ME truly

prepare the way of the Lord in my heart!

…that He may truly be welcome :-)