MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST
MY CHRISTMAS “SHOPPING” LIST
1. I WILL MAIL ONLY CHRISTMAS CARDS THAT BEAR A CHRISTIAN SCENE AND MESSAGE.
2. I WILL USE ONLY CHRISTMAS STAMPS IN MY MAIL.
3. I WILL CALL, EMAIL, IM, OR WRITE TO WHOM I HAVE NOT REACHED DURING 2007.
4. I WILL PRAY FOR THOSE INCARCERATED, FIGHTING IN ANY WAR, AND FOR THOSE WHOSE LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN CURTAILED BY DICTATORSHIPS AND TOTALITARIAN REGIMES.
5. I WILL REMEMBER DURING MY ATTENDANCE TO A CHRISTMAS MASS OR WORSHIP SERVICE THE MANY BABIES BEING ABORTED OR WHO ARE CONDEMNED TO BE ABORTED, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.
6. I WILL TRY TO BRING TOGETHER MEMBERS OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS THAT HAVE DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM EACH OTHER.
7. I WILL SALUTE SAYING “MERRY CHRISTMAS” TO THE VARIOUS PEOPLE I MAY DEAL WITH DURING LENT AND CHRISTMAS SEASONS.
8. I WILL DISPLAY IN MY FRONT YARD AT LEAST ONE CHRISTMAS SCENE (PREFERABLY THE NATIVITY) AMONG OTHER SEASONAL DECORATIONS.
9. I WILL ASK JESUS FOR THE STRENGTH TO FORGIVE THAT SOMEBODY WHOSE BEHAVIOR IS SO HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT.
10. I WILL NOT ABANDON THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ANY PHYSICAL MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL HANDICAP.
11. I WILL CONTRIBUTE A PERCERTAGE OF MY NET INCOME TO MY CHURCH AND CHARITIES, AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO JESUS.
I2. I WILL DISPLAY A NATIVITY SCENE, NO MATTER THE SIZE OR QUALITY, IN MY HOME, AND, IF POSSIBLE, AT MY PLACE OF WORK.
13. I WILL TRY TO BRING MY FAMILY MEMBERS TO A CLOSER IMITATION OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH: JOSEPH, MARY AND JESUS.
14. I WILL GIFT A BIBLE TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS NONE.
15. I WILL THANK JESUS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS RECEIVED DURING 2007.
16. I WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN CHRISTMAS.
17. I WILL ASK GOD FOR THE GRACE OF COMPASSION TOWARDS THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM AIDS, CANCER, OR ANY INCURABLE ILLNESS.
18. I WILL TRY TO SEED PEACE INSTEAD OF HATE.
19. I WILL PRAY FOR OUR ARMED FORCES AND FOR OUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE IN DANGER.
20. I WILL TRY TO IMITATE JESUS WHO IS HUMBLE AT HEART.
