HAVE WE ASKED OUR LORD WHAT HE WANTS FROM US, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS SEASON OF LENT? Lent is not a season of sadness but rather of joy which stems from self-giving and sacrifice, especially when it comes to doing what Jesus wants from each one of us. Let us be daring and generous to discern…
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STRIVE TO PLEASE GOD IN EVERYTHING.
STRIVE TO PLEASE GOD IN EVERYTHING. “Grant, Almighty God, that with our thoughts always on the things of the Spirit, we may please you in all that we say and do.” Collect prayer, 7th Sunday O.T. Jesus spent his whole life on earth fulfilling God’s will. My food, he told his disciples, is to do…
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO HOLINESS?
THE FIRST STEP TO HOLINESS? TO WANT IT! “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love….
JESUS, MAY I ALWAYS WANT WHAT YOU WANT.
JESUS, MAY I ALWAYS WANT WHAT YOU WANT. Loving God entails identifying our will with His Most Divine Will. May we want what He wants in everyting even if it might cost us our wealth, honor, material possessions…life. For this to be a reality, we need to deny ourselves many times during the day to…
6th Sunday of Easter (A). GOD SEEKS TO BE WITH US ALWAYS: THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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GOD CALLS US TO CONVERSION. LET US RETURN TO HIM.
GOD CALLS US TO CONVERSION. LET US RETURN TO HIM. God desires the conversion of sinners-our conversion- and promises life to those who turn their back from their evil ways. As the prophet Ezechiel 18:21-28 recounts: “Thus says the Lord God: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,…
ON FAITH AND PRAYER: WHAT TO DO WHEN OUR PRAYERS SEEM TO BE UNANSWERED?
WHAT TO DO WHEN OUR PRAYERS SEEM TO BE UNANSWERED? “I have been praying for a long time for an intention, a good one at that, but it seems that God does not listen to me,” a comment which is frequent to hear from people in the confessional and spiritual direction…What to do then? Follow…
DROWN EVIL WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD.
DROWN EVIL WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD! We find evil within us (our inclination to sin) and around us (injustices, eroticized society, violence, corruption, wars and the list goes on…and sometimes, without knowing it, evil seeps into us inadvertently such that it affects our mindset influenced by what the majority does. What to do then?…
POPE FRANCIS. CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A CONTINUOUS DESIRE TO RESPOND TO OUR LORD, “HERE I AM, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL!”
POPE FRANCIS. CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A CONTINUOUS DESIRE TO RESPOND TO OUR LORD, “HERE I AM, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL!” (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday explained that doing God’s will doesn’t necessarily mean never getting angry with the Lord. Speaking during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta the Pope told the…
THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT: ST. JOSEPH’S FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. AV Summary & text
THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT: ST. JOSEPH’S FAITH AND OBEDIENCE AV Summary & text “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to…
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