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Postage stamps at Christmas time.

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Each year, parishioners at St Joseph’s are reminded to purchase ‘Christian Religious postage stamps…’ as soon as the stamps are on sale. Below is a direct quote from the Bulletin:-

‘CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS CHRISTMAS POSTAGE STAMPS are on sale at Post Offices, but you have to ask… Be clear and insistent in asking for the distinctly Christian Religious Christmas stamps (as there are other Christmas stamps which are not Christian). This is something important in which Christians should unite, to thwart the ‘creeping secularism” which will otherwise soon state that “there is no call for them”. Bring this to the attention  of your Christian friends, neighbours and work colleagues. Buy more than you need for your Christmas cards, and keep using them into the New Year as a small but demonstrative part of the New Evangelization.’
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Below, are the two images produced for Christian Religious stamps at Christmas in the UK.

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Below,  the Australian version of the Christian postage stamp 2014

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….and stamps from Canada 2014

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Have you seen the 2014 Religious Christian postage stamps where you come from?

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Seek God in Prayer and the Sacraments.

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Quiet consideration of the Mother of God and her Son, Jesus.

One perfect gift for Christmas sorted…

This version of ‘Mary did you know’ is so uplifting. I’m definitely buying this one to add to my collection of this song.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will make a blind man see?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the mute will speak, the praises of the lamb.

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding is the great I am.

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by 1catholicsalmon on November 18, 2014  •  Permalink
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‘It makes my heart sing, to see you out and about’.

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On a regular visit to the local Poundland on the  High Street in New Malden, I had the good fortune to bump into about 10-12 of these special ladies who were there doing what seemed to a big shop for a very specific reason.

As always I readily walked over and introduced myself as a parishioner of St Joseph’s New Malden, and promptly found out that they too reside in New Malden. Imagine my glee at finding out this ‘little’ tidbit of information. I have lived here for many years and didn’t know they lived in our community too.

To Religious everywhere, but especially to those who reside in New Malden, ‘I’d love to bump into you more often on the High Street or at Mass.  It makes my heart sing to see you out and about’.

I always I get really excited when I see a Religious, as they wear their faith on ‘their sleeves’ so to speak.There can be no doubt as to Who they live for, serve and adore. Not only do they stand out in the crowd as having made the decision to respond to God’s call, but they live out their vocation with a tangible sense of joy. It’s impossible to chat with a Nun and ignore the Joy that exudes from her every pore.

While these young Sisters were vibrantly chatting away about the purchases, my heart swelled with pride at the knowledge that they represent the reality of the Lord tangibly, within our over-shadowed and grey culture. I feel an immediate sense of camaraderie in that we belong to the same family: The Universal Catholic Family of Jesus himself.

We must pray for those who are called to this vocation to remain faithful to God’s calling, always. Their presence in our midst is too important not to.

I did ask to which Denomination they belong, but in all the excitement I didn’t write it down, and that’s fatal.

They wear a wooden Cross with ‘Jesu’ carved into it.  Does anyone know which Denomination they may belong to?

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