THE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS THROUGH VIRTUE FORMATION. “Formation in the virtues requires struggle, overcoming one’s own inclination when this is opposed to good acts. This is the part of truth that is contained in the reductionist, “voluntaristic” concept of virtue referred to earlier. But virtue doesn’t consist in the capacity to…
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August 16. St. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY. Short bio + Divine Office 2nd reading.
August 16. St. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY. Short bio + Divine Office 2nd reading. St. Stephen (969-1038) greatly expanded Hungarian control over the Carpathian Basin during his lifetime, broadly established Christianity in the region. He ruled with great wisdom and was outstanding for his justice and piety. He is generally regarded as the founder of the…
Jan. 31: ST. JOHN BOSCO, PRIEST. Prayer vid + 2nd Reading (Divine Office)
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FIVE INSPIRING LIFE LESSONS FROM THE RIO 2016 OLYMPICS
FIVE GREAT LESSONS FROM SOME RIO OLYMPIC ATHLETES Dear brethren in Christ, after the two-week long Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we have witnessed an international event offers us great inspiring lessons useful in our daily life as Catholics striving for holiness. We could learn from the following lessons and apply them in our…
August 1: ST. ALPHONSUS MARIA LIGUORI. Doctor of the Church. Founder of the Redemptorists. Patron of Moral Theologians.
August 1: ST. ALPHONSUS MARIA LIGUORI “By giving us his Son, whom He did not spare precisely so that He might spare us, He bestowed on us at once every good: grace, love and heaven.” Dear brethren in Christ, below you have the 2nd Reading of the Liturgy of the Hours for today’s Memorial of…
POPE FRANCIS’ 9 IDEAS IN “AMORIS LAETITIA” TOWARDS A BETTER EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
POPE FRANCIS’ 9 IDEAS IN “AMORIS LAETITIA” TOWARDS A BETTER MORAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN Dear parents, below you have Pope Francis’ 9 important quotes taken from his Apostolic Exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia,” nn. 259-267. It is an outline I made of the said paragraphs which will surely help you have a quick glance of these…
PARENTS: EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN IN VIRTUES SO THEY COULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR FREEDOM!
PARENTS: EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN IN VIRTUES SO THEY COULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR FREEDOM! Dear brethren in Christ, VIRTUES, that is, stable good habits, are necessary if we are to make good use of our freedom, that is, we to choose what is morally good, and thus make one not only a good person…
DON’T BE AN INGRATE. THANK OUR LORD DAILY!
DON’T BE AN INGRATE. THANK OUR LORD DAILY! Dear friends, are we grateful to God who is the source of all gifts, graces and benefits? Do we thank Him everyday? In a recent homily, Pope Francis said: “Look to the Lord, who is never outdone in generosity. We receive so…
MAN UP! TAME YOUR TEMPER. CONQUER YOUR LAZINESS. STOP COMPLAINING.
MAN UP! TAME YOUR TEMPER. CONQUER YOUR LAZINESS. STOP COMPLAINING. Uncontrolled anger, exasperating laziness, non-stop finger-pointing, frequent irritable moaning…some characteristics of a weak-willed person, slave of one’s passions and thereby resulting not only to childishness, immature and irresponsible personality but graver evils at that: vengeance, violence, egotism, lust, impurity, pride, desperation… The remedy, nevertheless,…
January 28 St. Thomas Aquinas. CHRIST ON THE CROSS EXEMPLIFIES EVERY VIRTUE.
January 28 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Dear friends, today we celebrate the memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274). St. Thomas received his education at the Abbey of Monte Cassino and at the University of Naples. In 1244 he joined the Dominican Order. Considered one of the greatest philosophers and theologians…
POPE FRANCIS IN UGANDA “TEACHERS, CATECHISTS: YOURS IS A HOLY WORK!”
POPE FRANCIS IN UGANDA “CATECHISTS: YOURS IS A HOLY WORK!” Dear friends: Here is a Vatican translation of the address Pope Francis gave on the evening of Nov. 27, 2015, to a meeting of catechists and teachers in Uganda, taken from zenit.org. The meeting was held at the site of the first martyrdoms…
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