Below you have St. Jerome’s commentary on the following passage from Ecclesiastes: THE VANITY OF RICHES Ecclesiastes 5:9-6:8 (NRSVCE) 9 But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.[a] 10 The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain….
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8th Sunday O.T. (A). SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM FIRST. TRUST IN HIM AND IN HIS LOVING PROVIDENCE.
8th Sunday O.T. (A). Put your hope and trust in God and His Providence and not in worldly things. In whom do we trust, God and His Providence, or money and the things of this world? This is the question which our Mother Church desires us to consider in today’s Sunday liturgy. How often do…
POPE FRANCIS: WHICH TO CHOOSE, JESUS OR WORLDLINESS?
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO RESPOND WITH PRUDENCE AGAINST WORLDLINESS. Dear brethren in Christ, during today’s Angelus, Pope Francis encouraged us to serve only one master: Jesus. For this, we need to choose his with Christian astuteness and prudence over worldliness, dishonesty, and corruption. Below you ha a ZENIT translation of his address given today…
25th Sunday O.T. Year C. THE UNJUST STEWARD. “You cannot serve both God and wealth.”
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18th Sunday O.T. (C). SEEK WHAT IS ABOVE WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED. BE RICH IN WHAT MATTERS TO GOD.
18th Sunday O.T. (C) SEEK WHAT IS ABOVE WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED. BE RICH IN WHAT MATTERS TO GOD. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday liturgy invites us to reflect on OUR LIFE PRIORITIES. The world and our life on earth are fleeting realities (1st reading) such that we must not put our hope…
Pope Francis’ TOP 8 IDEAS IN HIS MESSAGE TO FAMILIES (Chiapaneca, Mexico).
Pope Francis’ TOP 8 IDEAS IN HIS MESSAGE TO FAMILIES (Chiapaneca, Mexico) Beloved brethren in Christ, below you have the Vatican provided translation with the off-the-cuff remarks of Pope Francis in brackets, courtesy of zenit.org, in his message to the families at Chiapaneca, Mexico. I added titles to highlight Pope Francis’ 8 most important ideas…
Pope Francis’ Homily (Ecatapec, Mexico) THE THREE TEMPTATIONS WHICH CORRODE CHRISTIAN LIFE: WEALTH, VANITY AND PRIDE.
Pope Francis’ Homily (Ecatapec, Mexico) THE THREE TEMPTATIONS WHICH CORRODE CHRISTIAN LIFE: WEALTH, VANITY AND PRIDE. Beloved brethren in Christ, below you’ll find Pope Francis’ homily in Ecatapec, Mexico. In his homily, Pope Francis warned us of the three temptations which corrode and destroy our Christian life: wealth, vanity and pride. He encouraged us to…
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…
28th Sunday of O.T. (B). The RICH YOUNG MAN: Attachment to Wealth is an Obstacle to Heaven
28th Sunday of O.T. (B) The RICH YOUNG MAN: Attachment to Wealth is an Obstacle to Heaven Today’s Sunday liturgy reminds us the importance to put our heart, our head, our desires and ambitions in what really matters in the end: TO BE RICH BEFORE GOD AND NOT BEFORE MEN. Wealth, riches, money, in themselves,…
