Lenten readings: IN PRAISE OF CHARITY (St. Leo the Great) In John’s gospel the Lord says: By this love you have for one another, everyone will know you are my disciples. In a letter by John we read: My dear people, let us love one another since love comes from God and everyone who loves is begotten…
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Humility, the foundation of all virtues, especially of charity, and its fruits.
Humility, the foundation of all virtues, especially of charity, and its fruits. Humility is at the root of all the virtues, and without it none of them can be developed. Without humility everything else is like a huge heap of hay which we have piled up, but which with the first gust of wind is…
BEHAVE AS LOVERS OF GOD.
BEHAVE AS LOVERS OF GOD. “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and your whole mind.” And St Augustine comments: “What is left of your heart for loving yourself? What is left of your soul, of your mind? He says ‘the whole.’ He who made you requires…
DO IT FOR JESUS!
THE LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR WHICH GOD ASKS OF US MUST BE DONE OUT OF LOVE FOR JESUS. Christianity cannot be reduced to a kind of agency for “doing good”. It is not a mere philanthropy, though noble in itself. It is much more than that. Service of our neighbour acquires supernatural value when it…
32nd Sunday O.T. (A): BE WISE. BE VIGILANT.
32nd Sunday O.T. (A) BE WISE. BE VIGILANT. OUTLINE Be wise. Stay awake. Be vigilant with the light of faith and the oil of charity. 1. Be wise. We are approaching the end of the liturgical year and the Mass readings are guiding us towards the end of the history of the world and the…
23rd Sunday O.T. (A) FRATERNAL CORRECTION AND THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SALVATION OF OTHERS.
23rd Sunday O.T. (A) FRATERNAL CORRECTION AND THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SALVATION OF OTHERS. OUTLINE Summary of ideas of today’s Sunday readings Ask Our Lord to want what He wants: souls Fraternal correction: one of the means to bring souls closer to God. 1. Summary of ideas of today’s Sunday readings Today’s Sunday…
Advent: GOD WANTS US TO BE HAPPY, BUT FOR THIS WE MUST FORGET OURSELF.
Advent: GOD WANTS US TO BE HAPPY! LET US MAKE ROOM FOR CHRIST IN OUR LIFE BY STRIVING DAILY TO FORGET OURSELVES. Dear brethren in Christ, in our post on the Gaudete or Rejoice Sunday (https://wp.me/p6k7Mv-1J8 ), we mentioned that authentic happiness here on earth is the result of three inseparable elements: Union with God:…
POPE FRANCIS: “THE TASK WHICH THE LORD GIVES US IS THE VOCATION TO CHARITY.”
POPE FRANCIS: “THE TASK WHICH THE LORD GIVES US IS THE VOCATION TO CHARITY.” Dear brethren in Christ, below you have excerpts of Pope Francis’ beautiful homily during the canonization of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta reminding us of our vocation to charity through works of mercy in which we serve Our Lord Jesus Christ…
LET’S PRAY FOR THE FRUITS OF THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED TERESA DE CALCUTTA. Video summary and full text.
LET’S PRAY FOR THE FRUITS OF THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED TERESA DE CALCUTTA. Video summary and full text. On Sept 4, 2016, Pope Francis will canonize (that is, proclaim as saint) Blessed Teresa de Calcutta and from then on will be inscribed in the list of saints of the Catholic Church. A petite, humble…
Catholics Striving for Holiness (OLD) 