JANUARY 1: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Dear friends, only a few hours remain and I would like to take advantage and greet you: HAPPY 2019! A lot of people say with the proverb “New Year, new life”. Nevertheless, as St. Josemaria wrote: “I don’t believe in the proverb that says: ‘a New Year, a new life.’…
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FORWARD, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS! CLING TO GOD’S MERCY!
FORWARD, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS! CLING TO GOD’S MERCY! “Forward, no matter what happens! Cling tightly to Our Lord’s hand and remember that God does not lose battles. If you should stray from him for any reason, react with the humility that will lead you to begin again and again; to play the role of…
26th Sunday O.T. (A). IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO RETURN TO GOD.
26th Sunday O.T. (A). IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO RETURN TO GOD. OUTLINE 1. SUMMARY OF IDEAS OF TODAYS’ SUNDAY READINGS (FULL READINGS IN http://wp.me/p6k7Mv-2R8 ) 2. WE ARE ALL SINNERS AND WE MUST LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD WHO CALLS US TO CONVERSION. 3. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS. IT IS NEVER TOO…
MAY CHRIST BE OUR LIFE. MAY WE ALLOW HIM TO WORK IN US. Summary vid + full text.
MAY CHRIST BE OUR LIFE. MAY WE ALLOW HIS GRACE TO WORK IN US. Dear brethren in Christ, below you have encouraging and consoling words taken from Pope Benedict XVI’s Address to the Youth during the prayer vigil on Sept. 24, 2011 in Freiburg. Words which would do us a lot of good if we…
WHEN WE STUMBLE, LET’S GET UP WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART IN CONFESSION.
WHEN WE STUMBLE, LET’S GET UP WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART IN CONFESSION. Dear brethren in Christ, we were reminded by Pope Francis in during his Angelus Address on March 6, 2016, of the loving tenderness of Our Merciful God who awaits for us to return to Him to forgive and embrace us…
JANUARY 1: HAPPY NEW YEAR! New Year, new struggle, new life. AV greeting & text
JANUARY 1: HAPPY NEW YEAR! New Year, new struggle, new life AV greeting & text Dear friends, in the next few days, 2017 is about to commence and I would like to take advantage and greet you and your loved ones a HAPPY 2019! A lot of people say with the popular saying,…
“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/…
24th Sunday OT C. THE PARABLES OF MERCY. Never despair! God, who is rich in mercy, forgives the sinner and rejoices in his conversion. Audiovisual summary and text.
24th Sunday OT C. THE PARABLES OF MERCY. Never despair! God, who is rich in mercy, forgives the sinner and rejoices in his conversion. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday liturgy reminds us that Our Father God is rich in love mercy, always ready to forgive and rejoices in our conversion. In the 1st…
FIVE INSPIRING LIFE LESSONS FROM THE RIO 2016 OLYMPICS
FIVE GREAT LESSONS FROM SOME RIO OLYMPIC ATHLETES Dear brethren in Christ, after the two-week long Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we have witnessed an international event offers us great inspiring lessons useful in our daily life as Catholics striving for holiness. We could learn from the following lessons and apply them in our…
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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