BEATITUDES EXPLAINED 9: REJOICE AND BE GLAD FOR YOUR REWARD IS GREAT IN HEAVEN. “The Beatitudes are the conditions Jesus lays down for entering the Kingdom of heaven. This verse, in a way summing up the preceding ones, is an invitation to everyone to put this teaching into practice. The Christian life, then, is no…
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ON HEAVEN (2): THE CONSOLATIONS OF HUMAN LOVE… WHAT WOULD GOD’S ETERNAL LOVE BE LIKE IN HEAVEN?
ON HEAVEN (2): THE CONSOLATIONS OF HUMAN LOVE… WHAT WOULD GOD’S ETERNAL LOVE BE LIKE IN HEAVEN? In a homily given to grade 4 students a few days back, I asked them: “Who among you wants to be happy?” Without any hint of doubt, all of them raised their hands. Then again I asked: “What…
ON HEAVEN (1): NEVER-ENDING LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
ON HEAVEN (1): NEVER-ENDING LOVE AND HAPPINESS OUTLINE WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY. WHERE TO FIND THIS ETERNAL HAPPINESS THEN AND WHO CAN QUENCH THIS INFINITE THIRST FOR ETERNAL HAPPINESS IN OUR HEART THEN? OTHER POINTS OF THE CATECHISM ON HEAVEN: 1. WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY. One doesn’t have…
POPE FRANCIS ON HOLY COMMUNION: “To nourish ourselves from that ‘Bread of life’ means being in tune with the heart of Christ, to assimilate His choices, His thoughts, His behavior.”
POPE FRANCIS ON HOLY COMMUNION: “To nourish ourselves from that ‘Bread of life’ means being in tune with the heart of Christ, to assimilate His choices, His thoughts, His behavior” (Angelus, Aug. 16, 2015) Dear friends, as a follow-up for our 20th Sunday of Ordinary time post, here are the inspiring words of Pope Francis…
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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