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Thirst
Our hearts rejoice in beauty, rest in love, and find comfort in mercy and goodness. We long to hold these within our heart, to draw of them more deeply. We thirst for them and from whence they come, Our Father … Continue reading
To Our Human Dignity
This coming Wednesday we will celebrate the birth of Christ, the embodiment of God in human flesh. God, the maker of all things visible and invisible will take on a human body, that which after the angles is most like … Continue reading
Pope Leo XIII on Marriage and Family
Pope Leo XIII provided some important teachings in his Encyclical Rerum Novarum (“of new things” or “condition of labor”) on the natural origin of marriage and family life, an area in which he warns civil government intrusion would be “a … Continue reading
How Do the Righteous Live
The Old and New Testaments teach that the righteous person lives by faith, freely committing their entire self to God, seeking only to know and do God’s will. God’s reply to the plea of the Old Testament Prophet Habakkuk is, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Eternal Salvation, Habakkuk, Habakkuk 2:4, Hebrews 10:38, Live by Faith, Righteous Life, Righteous Life Lived in Faith, Righteousness, Righteousness is Not Achieved in a Singular Act, Surrender to God, Surrendering to God, To Know and Do God’s Will
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Live the Faith
Faith is more than a personal relationship with God; faith is a personal relationship with God and His people. Jesus preached a faith where “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Faith, God and His People, Great First Commandment, Living Faith, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Luke 10:25-28, Mark 12:28-34, Matthew 22:34-39, Matthew 25:35-36, Personal Relationship with God, The Law and the Prophets, These Two Commandments
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Out of Evil God Brings Forth Good
A portion of life, to a greater or lesser extent, consists of stress and discomfort, misery and disappointment. Some argue and posit that the present of these, which they construe as evils, within our life proves there is no God. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Augustine, Catholic, Catholicism, Charity, Christian., Christianity, Disappointment, Discomfort, Enchiridion, Evil, Faith, From Evil Good, Goodness, Hope, Misery, Omnipotent, Stress, Suma Theologica, There is No God, Thomas Aquinas
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Cultural Pork
Sometimes an event will linger with me throughout the day, into the next. Yesterday, I had such an event. It was the Old Testament reading at mass, 2 Maccabees. The passage was about a prominent scribe, Eleazar, who Syrians agents … Continue reading
To Prophetic Redux
The pattern of the prophetic messages of the Old Testament was: covenant has been broken, better repent; no repentance, prepare for judgment; and, after judgment, restoration and hope. Culturally, are we in this cycle? If we are, where are we … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Covenant, Culture, Dark Period, Hope, Judgment, Love, Prodigal Son, Remnant, The Prophets, Truth
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To Family Life
The activities of family life can be overwhelming. Man was created not to be overwhelmed by family life, but to be overwhelmed by God’s love and to embrace family life in union with God. God instituted the family as a … Continue reading
To Competence
Discipleship has its required competencies. Four important competencies of discipleship are: prayer, thirst for knowledge of God, selflessness, and sharing faith, hope and love in Christ Jesus. The great saints — Augustine, Dominic, Aquinas, Therese of Lisiuex, Theresa of Avila, … Continue reading
To Love and Truth 