THE FINAL JUDGMENT “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.” With the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King this coming Sunday, we are now in the final days before the end of the liturgical year. During the liturgical year, the Church commemorated the events of the History…
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ON THE NECESSITY OF INTERIOR STRUGGLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST: Make It a Habit to Say “NO” to Yourself for Love of God.
ON THE NECESSITY OF INTERIOR STRUGGLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST: “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” As I read today’s Gospel, I thought it convenient to make a post on the following words of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said to his…
POPE FRANCIS’ INTERVENTIONS AT THE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES (Philadephia, Sept 26-27, 2015)
POPE FRANCIS’ INTERVENTIONS AT THE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES (Philadephia, Sept 26-27, 2015) Dear friends, below you have the two interventions of Pope Francis in the 2-day World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. The first is an improvised address because the Pope chose not to follow his prepared text; whereas the second, the Pope following…
Sept. 23: HAPPY FEAST DAY OF ST. PIO PIETRELCINA! 216 Spiritual quotes from Padre Pio for your meditation.
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Sept. 23. St. PIO OF PIETRELCINA (Padre Pio), Priest, Capuchin, Franciscan friar. His Sufferings. Video summary and St. John Paul II’s Homily During His Canonization (2002).
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POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE ON THE 24TH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK. What is the Christian attitude towards illness?
POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE ON THE 24TH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK What is the Christian attitude towards physical illness? Dear friends, in the previous posts, we have tackled the topic on our vocation as Christians to follow Christ faithfully and the necessity of lovingly taking up his Cross daily. One of the crosses which Our…
POPE FRANCIS ON FOLLOWING CHRIST: Being a disciple of Jesus means to take up one’s cross and accompany him in an uncomfortable path which leads to true freedom and full life with God.
POPE FRANCIS ON FOLLOWING CHRIST: Being a disciple of Jesus means to take up one’s cross and accompany him in an uncomfortable path which leads to true freedom and full life with God. Dear friends, in his Angelus speech last Sept. 13, Pope Francis, after recounting some Gospel passages of the corresponding Sunday Mass, reminded…
Sept. 15: OUR LADY OF SORROWS. “O sweet Mother! Font of love, touch my spirit from above, make my heart with yours accord. Make me feel as you have felt; make my soul to glow and melt with the love of Christ, my Lord (from ‘Stabat Mater’).”
Sept. 15: Our Lady of Sorrows Today’s feast has its origin in that Christian devotion which associates Our Lady with the Passion of her Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Pope Pius VII extended this devotion to the whole Church and, in 1912, St. Pius X fixed the feast on this day, within the octave of…
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time: RECEIVING JESUS IN THE HOLY COMMUNION IS A COMMITMENT TO LIVE HIS LIFE, TO LIVE IN HIM AND FOR HIM.
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time: THE LOGIC OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST. RECEIVING JESUS IN THE HOLY COMMUNION IS A COMMITMENT TO LIVE HIS LIFE, TO LIVE IN HIM AND FOR HIM. OUTLINE THE EUCHARIST AS A PLEDGE OF ETERNAL LIFE AND A GUARANTEE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS OUR SPIRITUAL…
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