DAILY GOSPEL: GOD IS NEVER OUTDONE IN GENEROSITY. Tuesday, 8th week Ordinary Time (Mk 10:28-31). Mk 10:28–31 Peter began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father…
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Nov. 17 ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. Edifying example of love for the poor and detachment from worldly goods.
Nov. 17 ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY. Edifying example of love for the poor and detachment from worldly goods. St. Elisabeth (1207-1231) of Hungary was the daughter of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania, and at age four was brought to the court of the rulers of Thuringia in central Germany, to become a…
BACK TO THE ESSENTIAL: LOVE GOD, LIVE FOR HIM AND OTHERS.
BACK TO WHAT IS TRULY ESSENTIAL: LIVE FOR AND LOVE GOD AND OTHERS, AND DETACH OURSELVES FROM THE MUNDANE AND MATERIAL. Dear brethren in Christ, as we prepare ourselves for Christmas, let us ask ourselves if we really liVe for the most essential goal in our life: to live for, with and in God…
MUST READ: POPE FRANCIS’ BEAUTIFUL HOMILY, JUBILEE MASS FOR THE HOMELESS AND POOR.
POPE FRANCIS’ BEAUTIFUL HOMILY DURING THE JUBILEE MASS FOR THE HOMELESS AND POOR. “For you… the sun of justice shall rise, with healing in its wings” (Mal 4:2). The words of the Prophet Malachi, which we heard in the first reading, shed light on today’s Jubilee. They come to us from the last page of…
Oct. 4: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Audiovisual summary and text
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ON CHRISTMAS: GOD’S HUMILITY, POVERTY, SELF-ABASEMENT & IMMENSE LOVE FOR US.
ON CHRISTMAS: GOD’S HUMILITY, POVERTY, SELF-ABASEMENT & IMMENSE LOVE FOR US “Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for…
POPE FRANCIS ON THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS
POPE FRANCIS ON THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS Dear friends, here is a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave yesterday, Dec, 20, 2015 before and after praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Caps and bold letters mine. * * * Dear brothers and sisters, The Gospel for this…
POPE FRANCIS ON THE CHURCH: SHE MUST BE HUMBLE, POOR & TRUSTING IN THE LORD.
POPE FRANCIS ON THE CHURCH: SHE MUST BE HUMBLE, POOR & TRUSTING IN THE LORD Dear friends, in yesterday’s (Dec. 15, 2015) Santa Marta morning Mass homily, Pope Francis insisted that the Church’s mission is in following the Beatitudes, and that it must be humble, poor & trusting in the Lord. Nevertheless, this would only…
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