MAY CHRIST BE OUR LIFE. MAY WE ALLOW HIS GRACE TO WORK IN US. Dear brethren in Christ, below you have encouraging and consoling words taken from Pope Benedict XVI’s Address to the Youth during the prayer vigil on Sept. 24, 2011 in Freiburg. Words which would do us a lot of good if we…
Tag: Interior Struggle
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…
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,…
WHEN WE STUMBLE, LET’S GET UP WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART IN CONFESSION.
WHEN WE STUMBLE, LET’S GET UP WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART IN CONFESSION. Dear brethren in Christ, we were reminded by Pope Francis in during his Angelus Address on March 6, 2016, of the loving tenderness of Our Merciful God who awaits for us to return to Him to forgive and embrace us…
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?…
5th Sunday O.T. (A). SALT OF THE EARTH, LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AV reflection.
5th Sunday, O.T. (A): SALT OF THE EARTH, LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AV reflection. Cordially inviting you to visit and like our FB page in http://www.facebook.com/CatholicsstrivingforHoliness so we can have a wider apostolic reach and thus help more people in their Christian life. Thanks! Fr. Rolly A SEE AS WELL: TEXT IN https://wordpress.com/post/catholicsstrivingforholiness.com/7679 AUDIO CREDIT:…
5th Sunday O.T. (A) YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
5th Sunday O.T. (A) YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD SEE AUDIOVID in https://catholicsstrivingforholiness.com/2017/02/03/5th-sunday-o-t-a-salt-of-the-earth-light-of-the-world-av-reflection/ In today’s Gospel Christ tells us that we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt…
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