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Daily Jolt
May 19th, 2013
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made. — Jean Giraudoux
If you’re having trouble in your prayer practice, fake it until you make it; you’ll be surprised how it works.
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December 6th, 2009
anonymous
Refrain from unnecessary talk today and use the quiet time to reflect on what you really want to accomplish this Christmas season.…
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December 5th, 2009
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (pastor, theologian, 1906-1945)
What is keeping you from being free? Reflect on how much of your prison is of your own making.…
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December 4th, 2009
Eat one meal today and take time to savor it.…
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December 3rd, 2009
Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer the question: Is there anything in your life you would die for? Why?…
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December 2nd, 2009
George Harrison
Recall a moment in your life when you’ve found peace. How can you recapture that today?…
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December 1st, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci
Choose not to complain today.…
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November 30th, 2009
Charles Dickens
Make a plan today to volunteer with children before Christmas.…
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November 29th, 2009
G.M. Trevelyan (English historian, 1876-1962)
Consider what God is waiting for you to do.…
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December 24th, 2008
Misa del Gallo
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Advent Fast Fact
In Spanish, Midnight Mass is often referred to as Misa del Gallo (“Rooster’s Mass”).
Filipino custom is to go to mass at the crack of dawn — 4 or 5 a.m. — for nine straight days, December 16 through December 24.
Today’s Prize is: Sirius Men’s T-shirt + Sirius-XM Hat
To win today’s prize: Give us your name and email address along with the email address of one friend you’d like to introduce to BustedHalo.com® using the form below by 3 a.m. EST tonight.
(We will, in turn, send them one email asking them to register for our Busted Halo® weekly email updates. We do not SPAM people nor do we share our email lists with any third…
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December 23rd, 2008
Making it comfy
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Advent Fast Fact
In France, children would add one piece of straw each day to the manger, to create a comfy sleeping place for Jesus.
When they did this, they also would be expected to offer a prayer or good deed for the day.
Today’s Prize is: Sirius-XM Hat + Sirius Swag — Combination of various items (subject to availability) — Sirius pens, paperweights, key chains and mouse pads.
To win today’s prize: Give us your name and email address along with the email address of one friend you’d like to introduce to BustedHalo.com® using the form below by 3 a.m. EST tonight.
(We will, in turn, send them one email asking them to register for our Busted Halo® weekly…
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December 22nd, 2008
Where Do Candy Canes Come From?
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Advent Fast Fact
Q. True or False: Candy canes were originally made by a candy maker in the shape of a “J” with red stripes to represent the “stripes” of Jesus’ scourging?
A. False. Candy canes have very little religious origins other than the following: Straight white candy sticks and cookies were often used throughout the Christmas season, and placed on Christmas trees when Europeans started using Christmas trees.
Around 1670, at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, restless youngsters were attending ceremonies near the Christmas living creche scene. The choirmaster persuaded craftsmen to make sticks of candy bent at the end to represent shepherds’…
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December 21st, 2008
Benjamin Franklin
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OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the Sirius Sportster 5 Satellite Radio with car and home installation kits as well as a free six-month subscription to Sirius Satellite Radio is:
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Keep coming back every day until Advent is over for daily prizes of books, t-shirts and Sirius swag, as well as opportunities for reflection, for action, for learning and for Charitable giving.
Advent Quotable
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
— Benjamin Franklin
Today’s Prize is: Sirius-XM Hat + Sirius Swag — Combination of various items (subject to availability) — Sirius pens, paperweights, key chains and mouse pads.
To win today’s prize: Give us your…
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December 19th, 2008
Latkes
Advent Eating…
We unite with our Jewish brothers and sisters in anticipation of this weekend’s start of Hanukkah.
A great Jewish tradition is to make latkes (potato pancakes fried in oil) to commemorate that a small jar of oil, discovered at the cleansing of the Temple, miraculously kept the Temple light burning for eight days until additional oil was found.
From Arthur Schwartz, The Food Maven, foodmaven.com:
Traditional Potato Latkes
There are two basic schools of thought on potato pancakes. Either the potatoes are grated very fine on a box grater (or chopped fine with the metal blade of the food processor) and result in pancakes that are thin and crisp-edged. Or, the potatoes are grated on the…
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December 18th, 2008
Calabrian pifferari
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Advent Fast Fact
During Advent in Italy, Calabrian pifferari — bagpipers — play before shrines of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
This is based on a traditional Italian belief that when the shepherds came to the manger in Bethlehem they played music to pay homage to the infant Jesus.
Today’s Prize is: Dr. Christine B. Whelan’s new book, “Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to True Love” + a Sirius Women’s T-shirt
This Friday, December 19, we will choose the winner of our grand prize: a Sirius Sportster 5 Satellite Radio with car and home installation kits as well as a free six-month (6) subscription to Sirius Satellite Radio (a value of…
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December 17th, 2008
Children with torches
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Advent Fast Fact
In Normandy, during Advent children would run through the fields and orchards with torches and set fire to bundles of straw, to drive out vermin that would damage the crops.
Today’s Prize is: My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ
This Friday, December 19, we will choose the winner of our grand prize: a Sirius Sportster 5 Satellite Radio with car and home installation kits as well as a free six-month (6) subscription to Sirius Satellite Radio (a value of over $200). Remember, all entries received for a daily prize through 3 a.m. EST December 20th will be eligible to win our random drawing for our grand prize. There is no limit to the number of times you can enter…
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December 16th, 2008
A Sign of Relief
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Surprising others this Christmas…
Like coffee? Know someone else who does? Buy a pound of fair-trade, organic, shade-grown coffee to support Contemplatives in Action, a New Orleans-based urban ministry and retreat experience.
“A Sign of Relief Blend” coffee benefits people in New Orleans still recovering from recent storms, as well as roasters from Americus, GA (Café Campesino) and coffee farmers in Mexico, Sumatra, Indonesia and Nicaragua.
To purchase pounds of coffee for New Orleans churches and communities and for purchases of 5lbs. or more, call 504-376-5856 or email info@contemplativesinaction.org.
For other orders, go to cafecampesino.com.…
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December 15th, 2008
Harry Reasoner
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Advent Quotable
So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take.
— Harry Reasoner
Today’s Prize is: Sirius Women’s T-shirt + Sirius Swag — Combination of various items (subject to availability) — Sirius pens, paperweights, key chains and mouse pads.
This Friday, December 19, we will choose the winner of our grand prize: a Sirius Sportster 5 Satellite Radio with car and home installation kits as well as a free six-month (6) subscription to Sirius Satellite Radio (a value of over $200). Remember, all entries received for a daily prize through…
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December 14th, 2008
Gaudate Sunday
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Advent Fast Fact
On the third Sunday of Advent — also known as “Gaudete Sunday” or “Rejoice Sunday” — the rose-pink candle is lit and the priest’s vestments are the same rose hue.
This Sunday begins a more joyous phase, as our waiting for the newborn Savior is nearly over.
Today’s Prize is: Sirius-XM Hat + Sirius Swag — Combination of various items (subject to availability) — Sirius pens, paperweights, key chains and mouse pads.
To win today’s prize: Give us your name and email address along with the email address of one friend you’d like to introduce to BustedHalo.com® using the form below by 3 a.m.…
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December 13th, 2008
The Advent Images
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Advent Fast Fact
In England, an old Advent custom called for poor women to carry around the “Advent images” — two dolls dressed to represent Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. A halfpenny was expected from anyone who encountered them. For those who refused, bad luck was to menace their household. And if you were not visited by the doll-bearers before Christmas Eve, a similar streak of bad luck was to befall you.
Today’s Prize is: Halo Store Grab Bag — Choose any book, DVD, or CD from our Halo Store (May include: Googling God, Mary and Me, Beautiful Mess (Bill McGarvey CD), Yoga Prayer DVD, or Isaac Hecker: An American Saint or Magnificat Christmas Season prayer…
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December 12th, 2008
A Child, a Child, shivers in the cold...
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Surprising others this Christmas…
“A Child, a Child, shivers in the cold”(from the Christmas carol “Do You Hear What I Hear?”)
Our Savior faced a cold night in a barn on that first Christmas; he was wrapped in swaddling clothes to keep warm and placed in a feeding trough for animals. There are children today who face similarly harsh winters and BustedHalo® prayerfully asks that you keep in mind the innocent victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — children who are in refugee camps and poor neighborhoods. Operation Iraqi Children is one organization helping kids and they have an urgent need for blankets, backpacks, shoes and tarps.…
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