LENTEN READINGS CHRIST IS THE WAY TO THE LIGHT, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE (St. Augustine, Treatise of St. John) The Lord tells us: I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. In these few words he gives a command and makes…
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CHRISTIANS, WE ARE CALLED TO GIVE GOOD EXAMPLE. WE ARE CALLED TO BE “OTHER CHRISTS, CHRIST HIMSELF.”
CHRISTIANS, WE ARE CALLED TO GIVE GOOD EXAMPLE. WE ARE CALLED TO BE “OTHER CHRISTS, CHRIST HIMSELF.” St. Paul exhorts us: “I therefore…beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called (Eph 4:1).” We too must behave worthily, in accordance with our vocation, following imitating our Lord’s example….
POPE FRANCIS: THANK JESUS FOR HIS LOVE AND ASK FOR THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW HIM.
POPE FRANCIS: THANK JESUS FOR HIS LOVE AND ASK FOR THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW HIM In his Oct. 3, 2017 morning homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reminded us: “Let us take some time, the Pope said, to think about Jesus who loved us so much, who walked alone towards the cross: think about Him…
POPE FRANCIS: THE TEMPTATION OF FOLLOWING CHRIST WITHOUT THE CROSS.
POPE FRANCIS: THE TEMPTATION OF FOLLOWING CHRIST WITHOUT THE CROSS. Below you have the ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave at St. Peter’s Square yesterday, Sept. 3, 2017. SEE AS WELL: MORTIFICATION: WHAT IS IT, WHY IT IS NECESSARY IN CHRISTIAN LIFE, AND WHAT ARE ITS FRUITS in http://wp.me/p6k7Mv-2Lp +++ Before the Angelus…
22nd Sunday O.T (A) JESUS REMINDS US OF THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO REACH HEAVEN.
22nd Sunday O.T (A) JESUS REMINDS US OF THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO REACH HEAVEN. OUTLINE Summary of ideas of today’s Sunday readings Self-renouncement and carry Christ’s Cross. Losing one’s life for Christ’s sake in order to gain it. How to lose one’s life? God’s will be done, and not ours. 1. Summary of ideas of…
FOLLOWING CHRIST DEMANDS SELF-RENUNCIATION. Summary vid + full text.
ON THE NECESSITY OF INTERIOR STRUGGLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST: Make It a Habit to Say “NO” to Yourself for Love of God “And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me…
2nd Sunday O.T.(A). JESUS, THE LAMB OF GOD
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BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Jesus, who was without sin, accepted to be numbered among sinners. AV summary & text.
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POPE FRANCIS’ BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT: Come to Me, Take my Yoke, Learn from Me Audiovisual summary and text.
POPE FRANCIS’ BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT: Come to Me, Take my Yoke, Learn from Me Audiovisual summary and text. Dear brethren in Christ: are you tired, wearied, overburdenened by life’s difficulties? Let us second Our Lord’s words: “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give…
21st Sunday O.T. C. JESUS IS THE NARROW GATE WHICH LEADS TO SALVATION.
21st Sunday O.T. C. JESUS IS THE NARROW GATE WHICH LEADS TO SALVATION. Dear brethren in Christ, this Sunday’s Gospel invites us to reflect on the theme of salvation and the narrow gate. Pope Francis, in his Angelus speech (Aug. 25, 2013) said: “Jesus is going up from Galilee to the city of Jerusalem, and…
INTERIOR STRUGGLE: Let us follow Christ struggling against everything in our life which separates us from Him.
LET US FOLLOW CHRIST. LET US OVERCOME EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE WHICH SEPARATES US FROM GOD. Dear brethren in Christ, if we are to follow Christ faithfully, we need to struggle against everything which separates us from the love of God no matter what it takes with the help of His grace. God knows…
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