22nd Sunday O.T (A) JESUS REMINDS US OF THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO REACH HEAVEN. OUTLINE Summary of ideas of today’s Sunday readings Self-renouncement and carry Christ’s Cross. Losing one’s life for Christ’s sake in order to gain it. How to lose one’s life? God’s will be done, and not ours. 1. Summary of ideas of…
Tag: Following of Christ
FIGHT SLOTH. STRUGGLE AGAINST LAZINESS.
FIGHT SLOTH. STRUGGLE AGAINST LAZINESS. Sloth or laziness, is a capital sin which perhaps, is the easiest path to go to hell. The reason? One does not have to exert effort to do evil actions and to omit good actions. From sloth arise a lot of evils: spiritual indolence, impurity, disobedience, indifference, irresponsibility, anger, despair,…
FOLLOWING CHRIST DEMANDS SELF-RENUNCIATION. Summary vid + full text.
ON THE NECESSITY OF INTERIOR STRUGGLE TO FOLLOW CHRIST: Make It a Habit to Say “NO” to Yourself for Love of God “And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me…
BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Jesus, who was without sin, accepted to be numbered among sinners. AV summary & text.
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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,…
14th Sunday O.T. (C). INTERIOR JOY AND PEACE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD’S GRACE, APOSTOLATE AND INTERIOR STRUGGLE.
14th Sunday O.T. (C). INTERIOR JOY AND PEACE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD’S GRACE, APOSTOLATE AND INTERIOR STRUGGLE. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday readings underline a very important idea in our Christian life: INTERIOR JOY AND PEACE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD’S GRACE, OF BRINGING SOULS CLOSER TO CHRIST AND ONE’S INTERIOR STRUGGLE. In the…
VIRGIN MOST FAITHFUL, PRAY FOR US!
VIRGIN MOST FAITHFUL, PRAY FOR US! We need your daily maternal guidance so that we may always be faithful to Christ and His Church. If ever, due to our frailties, we go astray, help us return quickly to the right path which leads us to your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Mother, we pray to…
12th Sunday O.T. (C). CHRISTIANS: LIVE FOR CHRIST! LIVE CHRIST’S LIFE. “FAITHALONE” (Solafide) WITHOUT WORKS IS NOT BIBLICAL.
12th Sunday O.T. (C) A CHRISTIAN LIVES FOR CHRIST AND LIVES CHRIST’S LIFE. “FAITH ALONE” WITHOUT WORKS IS NOT BIBLICAL. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday liturgy underlines a very important idea: THE CHRISTIAN IS THE ONE WHO LIVES FOR CHRIST THE MESSIAH AND LIVES CHRIST’S LIFE. In the Gospel (Lk 9:18-24), we…
POPE FRANCIS’ EASTER 2016 TWEETS.
POPE FRANCIS’ EASTER 2016 TWEETS: 03/27/2016 “Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!” 03/26/2016 “To live Easter means to enter into the mystery of Jesus who died and rose for us.” Kindly like our FB page in http://www.fb.com/CatholicsstrivingforHoliness or sign-up to our website,www.catholicsstrivingforholiness.com, so…
EASTER SUNDAY: CHRIST’S LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH! A Blessed and Joyous Easter to All!
EASTER SUNDAY: CHRIST’S LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH! A Blessed and Joyous Easter to All! “The Lord is truly risen, alleluia. To him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia (Entrance Antiphon, Easter Sunday,Mass during the day).” St. Augustine once said that it is not difficult to believe that Our…
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