FAITHLINK: Voters in a State of Sin Should Not Vote
Month: November 2016
FAITHLINK: “In Election, Let’s Pray to Do God’s Will”
FAITH LINK: #CATHOLIC #MASS: Solemnity of All #Saints 11.1.16 – Video, Scripture, Links
“Lord, this is the People that longs to see Your Face.”… “… I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb … ‘Salvation comes from our #God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.'” … “See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the Children of God.” … “Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of Righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
FAITHWATCH: Gospel Commentary by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church “I had a vision of a great mulititude… from every nation, race, people and tongue… standing before the Throne”- DailyGospel.org
“Made strong by the teachings [of Scripture] let us go forward without trembling towards our redeemer, Jesus …. Let us go forward without trembling to the Congregation of the Saints, to that great Concourse of the Just. We will be going to our fathers: those who taught us the Faith. Even if we lack works, may our Faith help us …. Now, Father, stretch out your hands again and again to welcome these poor ones, open wide your arms, make space in your breast to receive yet more …. God’s Brightness alone will shine out for God will be the Light of all things, that True Light who enlightens everyone will shine forth for all ….”
Click here for Gospel Commentary by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church “I had a vision of a great mulititude… from every nation, race, people and tongue… standing before the throne”- DailyGospel.org
FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings – Solemnity of All Saints 11.1.16 – USCCB/NABRV
… “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.”
FAITHWATCH: “Some Thoughts on the Feast of All Saints” – Archdiocese of Washington
“… Beatitude is a work of God and results when we yield to His saving work in us. We are blessed when we accept and yield to the work that God alone can do. With this understanding, we see the beatitudes not as a prescription of what we must do per se, but as a description of what a human being is like whom Jesus Christ is transforming into a saint! And this transformation is a growing, stable, deep, and serene beatitude and holiness. … today’s feast of all saints does not merely point to the completed saints in Heaven, but to us who would be saints, not just someday in the future but beginning now and in increasing degree. At the end there will be saints and ain’ts. Which do you choose?”
Click here for Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington: “Some Thoughts on the Feast of All Saints”