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Monthly Archives: January 2014
To Matters of the Day
St. John of Avila noted in a letter: Say in your heart, “I am being led captive to death; what is this world to me? I am going to God; I do not wish to entangle myself in earthly things.” … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Bear Fruit, Captive to Death, Concerns of Life, Contemplating the Christ, Contemplating the Holy Spirit, Contemplating the Jesus, Contemplating the Lord, Divert Attention from God, Drawing Nearer to God, Earthly Things, Going to God, Life Should Consist, Matters of the Day, Nearer to God, Service to God, St John Avila, This World, Will
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To Man’s Image and Likeness
Man was created in God’s image and likeness, not in a bodily image and likeness of God, for God does not have a bodily form. Rather, man was created in the image and likeness of God’s essence. Hence, man is … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Bodily Image of God, Creating Life, From Conception to Natural Death, God’s Bodily Form, God’s Essence, God’s Image, God’s Likeness, God’s Likeness of Being, Heart of Man, Likeness of God, Man’s Essence, Proclaiming Truth, Renunciation of Human Essence, Seek Truth, Sustaining Life
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To a Humble Heart
The Lord hears and responds to the call of a humble heart. Call on Him with confidence and courage. The Lord seeks and desires a heart free of self and the world, for a heart burdened with self and the world … Continue reading
To Live and Practice Our Faith
Jeremiah gives a beautiful description of how to live and practice our faith: Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Glory in Glory, Glory in his Riches, Glory in Knowledge, Glory in Might, Glory in Power, Glory in Wealth, Glory in Wisdom, How to Live Our Faith, How to Practice Our Faith, Jeremiah, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Justice, Know God, Know the Lord, Lord Delights, Practice Justice, Practice Righteousness, Practice Steadfast Love, Psalms 106:3, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Psalms 49:9, Righteousness, Steadfast Love, Understand God, Understand the Lord
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To Humility, Generosity and Confidence
St. Francis de Sales teaches that humility is more than us lacking trust in ourselves. On the contrary, humility is an expression of our confidence in God and His generosity. For in humility we can echo words of St. Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Eucharist
Tagged Blessed Mother, Confidence, Generosity, Humility, Lack of Trust, Luke 1:28, Philippians 4:13, St. Francis De Sales, St. Paul, Trust
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To Human Freedom
Freedom brings us glory or ignominy. Our freedom is rooted in reason and will. Through freedom is the power to rise above all creatures on earth or to dwell amongst the lowest of earth’s creatures. The power of freedom resides … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Choice, Freedom, Glory, Goodness, Greater Good, Human Experience, Justice, Life Shaped by Choice, Reason and Will, Truth
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Petitions Offered in Prayer
According to St. Francis de Sales in his Sermons on Prayer, petitions offered in prayer are between meditation and contemplation prayer. He contends that petitions are made to God in prayer when “we become confident enough to ask for and … Continue reading
To My Rock, Fortress, and Deliver
The Psalmist frequently refers to the Lord as my rock, fortress and deliver. Throughout 1 and 2 Samuel, Kings and Chronicles when the Lord is called on by Judah He supports, protects, and defends her from peril. However, when Judah … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle Powers, Battle Principalities, God Defends, God Honors Our Choice, God Protects, God Supports, God Withdrawals, Individuals, Judah, My Deliver, My Fortress, My Rock, Nations, Powers and Principalities of this World, Psalmist, Psalms, Seek the Lord with Lord with Entire Mind Body and Soul
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To Love and Truth 