Category: Christian Life

CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[Saint John Paul II on the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Merciful Father -] General Audience, Sept. 8, 2019” – VaticanVa

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“… God’s Forgiveness is revealed through Jesus’ Words and Deeds. In pardoning sins, Jesus shows the Face of God the Merciful Father. … The high point of this revelation can be considered the sublime parable … usually called ‘the prodigal son’ … which should be called ‘the Merciful Father’ … God’s Attitude is presented in terms that are truly overwhelming

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Bite Your Tongue! A Homily for the 8th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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“… What we say reveals a great deal about us—more than we imagine. Speech is among our greatest gifts, yet self-mastery in speech is among the rarest. Some of the most common sins we commit are related to speech: gossip, idle chatter, lies, exaggeration, harsh attack, and uncharitable remarks. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Lectio Divina: 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (C)” – Carmelites

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Cross Atop Rocky Cliff

“Lord Jesus, send Your Spirit to help us to read the scriptures with the same mind that You read them to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. … Create silence in us so that we may listen to Your voice in creation and in the scriptures, in events and in people, above all in the poor and suffering. May

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “A Summary of Our Salvation – A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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” … Let’s see what the Lord and the Church have to teach us. … I. Our Humility … II. Our Hardship … III. Our Head … IV. Our Healing … Jesus initiated … a process whereby His Truth and Grace would be proclaimed and those who accepted these gifts would be able to come to greater and more lasting

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “‘He was speaking about the temple of His Body’ – Saint Augustine Sermon Morin No. 3, 4; PLS 2, 664” – DailyGospel

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“… Why, then, did [God] build, or cause to be built, a temple? To prefigure Christ’s Body. … The True Temple, the Lord’s Body, also fell but has been Raised Up again, and raised up in such a way it will fall no more .… [O]ur bodies, joined to Christ our Head [] … together form … God’s temple. Together

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Road to Hell Is Paved with Indifference” – Msgr. Charles Pope/ Archdiocese of Washington

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Cross Atop Rocky Cliff

“… some people … resist, disbelieve, or even hate God … [or] engage[] in serious sins [yet] there are even more who have simply fallen into indifference and drifted away from God and the things of Heaven. … What makes this sort of rejection of God’s invitation so pernicious … Many today who live very secular lives, giving little or

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CATHOLIC FAITH: The Beatitudes

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Artistic Drawing of Jesus Preaching in Sermon on the Mount

[from Matthew 5:2-12] “… [Jesus] began to teach them, saying: ‘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

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Wisdom and Riches: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time” – St. Paul Center

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Artistic Drawing of Jesus Preaching in Sermon on the Mount

“… The Wisdom of God is not precepts, but a person—Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Wisdom whose Spirit was granted to Solomon in today’s First Reading. Jesus is the Word of God spoken of in today’s Epistle. And Jesus, as He reveals Himself to the rich man today, is God. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “What Does Heaven Cost? A Homily for the 28th Sunday of the Year” – Msgr. Charles Pope/ Archdiocese of Washington

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“The Sunday Gospel invites us to wrestle with these fundamental, essential, focal questions: ‘What does Heaven cost?’ and ‘Am I willing to pay it?’ …”

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