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:…
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“LORD, RESCUE ME FROM MYSELF (St. Josemaria).”
“LORD, RESCUE ME FROM MYSELF (St. Josemaria).” Dear brethren in Christ, our life till the end will be a struggle to correspond to God’s grace so that He could work and form the image of Jesus Christ in our soul, in our life. We need to ask His indispensable help to overcome our worst enemy:…
Pope Francis: “Forgive as God forgives to the utmost.” LENT: A TIME TO FORGIVE AND FORGET.
Pope Francis: “Forgive as God forgives to the utmost.” LENT: A TIME TO FORGIVE AND FORGET. In his Tuesday, Marcy 1, 2016 Mass homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reminded us that Lent is a privileged time to “PREPARE OUR HEARTS TO RECEIVE GOD’S FORGIVENESS – BUT LET US RECEIVE IT AND THEN DO THE…
POPE FRANCIS On Spirit of Service, Humility and Sacrifice
Pope Francis On the Spirit of Service, Humility and Sacrifice Dear friends, the Church rejoices with the canonization of its new saints, Blesseds Vincenzo Grossi, Maria dell’Immacolata Concezione, Ludovico Martin and Maria Azelia Guérin during the Mass yesterday October 18, 2015 in St. Peter’s Square. During the homily Pope Francis centered his thoughts on Jesus’…
DO PERFECT MARRIAGES EXIST?
DO PERFECT MARRIAGES EXIST? I’m inclined to think otherwise, in so far as the subjects are concerned, because we human beings are imperfect and so thus all human relationships… All marriages face difficulties, ups and downs, trials and problems,… “plates fly” in some marriages, as Pope Francis put it, simply because marriage consists of two…
PopeinUS : REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS! KEEP MOVING FORWARD TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL Homily, Canonization of Fr. Junipero (Sept. 23, 2015)
PopeinUS : REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS! KEEP MOVING FORWARD TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL Homily, Canonization of St. Junipero Dear friends, during the canonization of Father Junipero Serra, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful to “rejoice in the Lord always!”, overcoming our tendency towards self-enclosure which leads to apathy. Rather, imitating the example of the St….
25th Sunday O.T. (B): TO LEAD IS TO SERVE “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and servant of all (Mk 9:35).”
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) JESUS’ AMAZING LOVE IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. LIVE IN LOVE!
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) JESUS’ AMAZING LOVE IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. LIVE IN LOVE! “This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that…
“REMAIN IN MY LOVE…LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I LOVE YOU (Jn 15: 9.12).” Christ’s love: A love that totally gives itself in concrete deeds and a love that forgives.
“REMAIN IN MY LOVE…LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I LOVE YOU (Jn 15: 9.12).” LOVE THAT GIVES AND A LOVE THAT FORGIVES. In a post I uploaded several weeks ago in my Facebook page, someone commented in a seemingly incredulous and pessimistic tone: “Imitate Christ’s virtues?…Really?” Well, in the Gospel, Our Lord Jesus Christ reminds us…
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