The Jesse Tree is long been a family history of Jesus and a perfect compliment to Advent

Outline of the Gifts that are received at Confirmation.

If you want a life of peace, joy, happiness, and abundance, then it's time to let go of the past. When you're holding onto the past, your hands aren't free to accept the things God wants you to have in life. Let go of the past and move forward into the life you deserve.

Do you know who your patron saint is? Do you know how to find out who to call upon to intercede for you when you have lost your keys or when you are trying to get a poem published? Patron saints are meant to plead with the Lord on your behalf for virtually anything that is important to you--causes, countries, regions, professions, and so forth.

How you decorate your home says alot about you. Homes with religious decor is an outward sign of faith.

Almost everyday we receive invitations or solicitations to some event, celebration, vacation spot or activity. Each of these requires effort. Some are pleasurable, others are not, but all involve labor. Some are so busy coming and going that they have little time to rest.

Too often we settle in our comfort zones. It doesn't matter what area of life it is, career, education, or spiritual. Our comfort zones are in a way, zones of death. The way of life is transformation.

Jesse Tree and Advent help families reflect on the history of Jesus as the look forward to His birth.

Will the world come to an end in the year 2012, according to interpretations of the Mayan Calendar predictions? Why did New Testament writers affirm the world would end in their day?

No-one can see the kingdom of God unless. No-one can enter the kingdom of God unless. Jesus uses these two very different verbs to show us how to build our faith in Him. Without such understanding we have no foundation.