Tag: Vocation to Holiness and Apostolate
3rd Sunday of Easter (B): JESUS COUNTS ON US TO MAKE HIM KNOWN TO OTHERS AND BRING HIM SOULS.
3rd Sunday of Easter (B): JESUS COUNTS ON US TO MAKE HIM KNOWN TO OTHERS AND BRING HIM SOULS. OUTLINE In Jesus’ name shall the conversion and forgiveness of sins will be preached. As Christians, we have a mission to evangelize, to make Jesus known to others and bring them to Him. The fact that…
2nd Sunday O.T. Year B: “HERE I AM LORD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL.”
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B HERE I AM LORD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (Ps 39). OUTLINE Divine vocation: universal and particular. Summary of ideas of today’s readings Putting our part to discern our specific vocation and help others to do so as well. Generosity and coherence between our vocation and our…
BE HOLY, FOR I, YOUR GOD, AM HOLY (Lev 20:26, 1 Pet 1:16)
BE HOLY, FOR I, YOUR GOD, AM HOLY (Lev 20:26, 1 Pet 1:16) God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary, material and secular activities of human life. He waits for us every day, in the laboratory, in the operating theatre, in the army barracks, in the university chair, in the…
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTIANS, BEARERS AND AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST.
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTIANS, BEARERS AND AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis used his remarks ahead of the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer to reflect on the essential characteristics of Christian missionary discipleship, which he identified as being bound to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being bearers of Him – ambassadors of Christ, as St. Paul…
POPE FRANCIS: AIM WITH DETERMINATION FOR HOLINESS!
POPE FRANCIS: AIM WITH DETERMINATION FOR HOLINESS! Dear brethren in Christ, Pope Francis wants us to respond to God’s call to holiness with determination for it is what would bring authentic happiness for God, for each one of us and for the society. Let us allow ourselves to be conquered by God’s grace, love…
OCT. 6: ST. JOSEMARIA. ANNIVERSARY OF CANONIZATION What did the Popes say about St. Josemaria?
OCT. 6: ST. JOSEMARIA. ANNIVERSARY OF CANONIZATION What did the Popes say about St. Josemaria? Dear friends, today marks the anniversary of the canonization of St. Josemaria (Oct. 6, 2002). Laus Deo! Below you can find comments written by St. John Paul II, Blessed Paul VI and Pope John Paul I on St. Josemaria taken…
POPE FRANCIS ON VOCATION: WHEN JESUS CALLS US…
POPE FRANCIS ON VOCATION: WHEN JESUS CALLS US… Dear brethren in Christ, all of us have a vocation, a calling from God: the vocation to holiness and apostolate, being instruments of God’s love and mercy. However, God calls some people to a particular vocation, whether as a priest, religious or lay apostolic celibate, or as a…
HOLINESS IS MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS DONE WITH GREAT LOVE FOR GOD AND FOR OTHERS.
HOLINESS IS MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS DONE WITH GREAT LOVE FOR GOD AND FOR OTHERS. Many people have the wrong notion that holiness consists in carrying out extraordinary things in this life. Quite the contrary: Our Lord wants us to know that He seeks our love in the little things of each day. We…
13th Sunday O.T. (C). GOD’S CALL AND OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
13th Sunday O.T. (C) GOD’S CALL AND OUR CORRESPONDENCE DIVINE VOCATION AND GENEROUS PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE: these are the two main ideas highlighted by the 13th Sunday liturgical readings. JESUS INVITES US TO FOLLOW HIM AND THIS INVOLVES TREADING ALONG THE PATH OF RENUNCIATION. Following Him is much more than a euphoric moment: it is…
Catholics Striving for Holiness (OLD) 