My dear brethren, let us set time aside to get to know Christ. Know your bible and thereby know Christ. Receive Christin in the Eucharist and thereby permit Christ to live in you.
People need positive affirmation to open themselves to greater possibilities; they can also get shattered at negative comments, gossips, and fault-finding. Let's be committed to being constructive with people in their presence and behind their backs.
We are all responsible for ensuring that our words, actions, and attitudes produce a peaceful environment. All of us are called to establish and maintain peace, and it does not depend on the place and time in which we live. Our nations, families, and societies need stable and just foundations of peace if they are to endure. Hence, let’s be mindful of our conduct and let the manner of it reflects peace before, during, and after the upcoming elections.
When we make promises, we are expected to honor them. We call promises that are not followed through EMPTY, and no one appreciates empty words. Our words do not have the power of inducement or effect by themselves; it is the human will to act on the basis of the words that cause the words to hold true for our families, friends, colleagues, or an organization without amounting to broken promises. And what is even more excellent is that in dealing with others, let them discover that the help we give them is more than we promise and what we need from others is less than we said.
Our words do not have the power of inducement or effect by themselves; it is the human will to act on the basis of the words that cause the words to hold true for our families, friends, colleagues, or an organization without amounting to broken promises. And what is even more excellent is that in dealing with others, let them discover that the help we give them is more than we promise and what we need from others is less than we said.
It was Friedrich Schiller again, who said, "Live with your century, but do not be its creature." There is only one Creator who transcends time, culture, and age. It is God.
God takes a lot into account in providence; as the bible says, "He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts, without man's ever discovering, from beginning to end, the work which God has done.
What could be attractive about a simple preacher in the street to many people who flocked to see and follow him? That was what perplexed Herod when he heard about Jesus. Herod expected loyalty from the people; they should show him reverence and go to him
Hope gives real strength to the Christian. St Paul names it along with faith and love as the three powerful life sources for the present and the future. Never lose hope. Anticipate a good future and live today in preparation for it through prayer and walk into the actual future just like today.
Pope Francis recently commented that "Gossip is a plague worse than COVID," urging that we make significant efforts to desist from this shortcoming. I will add that gossip is an "influenza" because we easily engage in it anywhere and anytime. All gossip stands in the way of compassion, which is a healing remedy that every human being needs massive doses of it.
God is seeking us, and I know that he will find every one of us. We can let him live inside us in the Eucharist. Many Catholic Christians keep seeking the Lord. And each weekend, as we come to our parish church to attend the Mass, Christ becomes available to us.
Many Catholic Christians keep seeking the Lord. And each weekend, as we come to our parish church to attend the Mass, Christ becomes available to us. We receive him, and we go and give Him to others. We are go-givers.
Each day, as we go through our tragedies and bitter experiences, Jesus stands by our side. He shows his face to us so that we may look at him and find hope. He extends his hands to reach us to say to us, “I notice all that you are going through, and I am here for you.”. I love you and care about you.”
The Christian life is about one thing, living for the Lord. St Paul is explicit on this idea, "None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's, he says.
If there is an ultimate end of our being Christian disciples here on earth, it is to become trees of life whose fruits are desirable because they give life to all who eat them. We do this considering what Jesus did for us, coming to give his life for the life of the world.
So that we also do not run aimlessly and be disqualified from the reward that comes from knowing Jesus Christ, it is necessary that we authentically live the gospel and not deceive ourselves.
God's common sense is like bright rays of sunshine behind the gloomy clouds. Some things happen to us that contradict our expectations and wishes. But when these happen, it is essential to look beyond the contractions and hope that they will end up serving us well. God is always in control of circumstances and events. He will turn them to our good.
Mindsets matter when we can't specify everything required to effectively practice our faith or choose the experiences that should be faced in life. So, we are expected to make decisions and modify our behaviors under changing conditions.
Fitting our lives into God's plan enables us to bring all our potentials to use to benefit others as Mary did. She lived a holy life so that she could receive the Holy Spirit as a spouse and contain the son of God in her body, as a living human tabernacle. St Paul reminds us that "all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose" (Rom 8: 28).