Tag: Spirit of penance
ST. AUGUSTINE ON PENANCE: EXAMPLES AND BENEFITS OF OFFERING SACRIFICES TO GOD.
ST. AUGUSTINE ON PENANCE: EXAMPLES AND BENEFITS OF OFFERING SACRIFICES TO GOD. Lent is a time for conversion and growth in one’s intimacy with God. Spurred by a humble and contrite heart, we are invited to put into practice the means to take advantage of this time of grace and salvation: prayer, sacraments, works of…
2nd Sunday of Advent ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, A MODEL OF PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST.
2nd Sunday of Advent ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, A MODEL OF PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday liturgy presents to us St. John the Baptist, as a model of for us to live the Advent season. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” It was of…