GOD CALLS US ALL TO HOLINESS AND HE WILL GIVE US THE GRACE… Pope Francis recently reminded us in Gaudete et exultate of our divince vocation to holiness. Yes, you and I as well, for “This is God’s will, your sanctification.” As such, we must not be afraid of holiness, but rather desire and strive…
Category: Vocation to Holiness and Apostolate
2nd Sunday O.T. Year B: “HERE I AM LORD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL.”
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B HERE I AM LORD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (Ps 39). OUTLINE Divine vocation: universal and particular. Summary of ideas of today’s readings Putting our part to discern our specific vocation and help others to do so as well. Generosity and coherence between our vocation and our…
HOLY, NOT EERIE! NOVEMBER, A CALL TO HOLINESS.
NOVEMBER, A CALL TO HOLINESS. The month of November, aside from being the month dedicated to offer suffrages for the faithful departed, and for the holy souls in purgatory, has a more transcendent significance. It is not only the month when we are reminded of our earthly life’s fleeting state, the reality of death, of…
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO HOLINESS?
THE FIRST STEP TO HOLINESS? TO WANT IT! “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love….
BE HOLY, FOR I, YOUR GOD, AM HOLY (Lev 20:26, 1 Pet 1:16)
BE HOLY, FOR I, YOUR GOD, AM HOLY (Lev 20:26, 1 Pet 1:16) God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary, material and secular activities of human life. He waits for us every day, in the laboratory, in the operating theatre, in the army barracks, in the university chair, in the…
THE HOPE OF BEING SAINTS: HOLINESS IS NOT JUST FOR A FEW…”THIS IS GOD’S WILL, YOUR SANCTIFICATION (1Thes 4:3).”
WITH GOD’S GRACE, WE MUST WANT TO BECOME HOLY… For without ardently wanting to reach the goal to which God calls us, one will not put the means which leads to that goal.
5th Sunday O.T. (A). SALT OF THE EARTH, LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AV reflection.
5th Sunday, O.T. (A): SALT OF THE EARTH, LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AV reflection. Cordially inviting you to visit and like our FB page in http://www.facebook.com/CatholicsstrivingforHoliness so we can have a wider apostolic reach and thus help more people in their Christian life. Thanks! Fr. Rolly A SEE AS WELL: TEXT IN https://wordpress.com/post/catholicsstrivingforholiness.com/7679 AUDIO CREDIT:…
WHO IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN? Love Christ. Follow Christ. Imitate Christ.
WHO IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN? Dear brethren in Christ, during this season, it would be good to examine ourselves if are we striving daily out of love for God to follow the footsteps and imitate Our Lord Jesus Christ so that we may be his true and faithful followers: real Christians, not only by name,…
POPE FRANCIS: AIM WITH DETERMINATION FOR HOLINESS!
POPE FRANCIS: AIM WITH DETERMINATION FOR HOLINESS! Dear brethren in Christ, Pope Francis wants us to respond to God’s call to holiness with determination for it is what would bring authentic happiness for God, for each one of us and for the society. Let us allow ourselves to be conquered by God’s grace, love…
“CHRIST IS NOT SO MUCH INTERESTED IN HOW OFTEN IN YOUR LIVES YOU STUMBLE AND FALL, AS IN HOW OFTEN YOU PICK YOURSELVES UP AGAIN.”
THE SAINTS HAVE FALLEN AS WELL, BUT THEY STOOD UP AND BEGAN AGAIN! THIS IS WHAT JESUS WANTS FROM EACH ONE OF US. A beautiful and encouraging quote from our beloved Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Fr. Rolly Arjonillo, priest of Opus Dei, CATHOLICS STRIVING FOR HOLINESS. -Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicsstrivingforHoliness/ -website: http://www.catholicsstrivingforholiness.com -YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDJHftL07idfLDs9vK6LcA -Blogger: https://catholicsstrivingforholiness.blogspot.com/…
OCT. 6: ST. JOSEMARIA. ANNIVERSARY OF CANONIZATION What did the Popes say about St. Josemaria?
OCT. 6: ST. JOSEMARIA. ANNIVERSARY OF CANONIZATION What did the Popes say about St. Josemaria? Dear friends, today marks the anniversary of the canonization of St. Josemaria (Oct. 6, 2002). Laus Deo! Below you can find comments written by St. John Paul II, Blessed Paul VI and Pope John Paul I on St. Josemaria taken…
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