Category: Christian Life
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Do Not Be Anxious: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
“… #Jesus confronts us with our most common fears. We are anxious mostly about how we will meet our material needs—for food and drink; for clothing; for security for tomorrow. … It is a question of priorities and goals. What are we living for? Where is #God in our lives? Jesus insists that we need only to have faith in
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “#PopeFrancis: Preach #Gospel with courage, prayer, and humility” – NewsVa
“Courage prayer, and humility: these are the traits that distinguish the great ‘heralds’ who have helped the Church to grow in the world, who have contributed to its missionary character. …”
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “‘What I say to you is: offer no resistance to injury’ – On the Virtue of Patience” – Saint Cyprian, DailyGospel
“‘Bear with one another lovingly and make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force.’ (cf. Eph 4:2f.) It is not possible to maintain unity or peace if the brothers don’t make every effort to remain tolerant of one another and to keep the bond of harmony, which comes
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Key to #Parish Life: Hello and welcome” – CNS/Catholic Philly
#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Cycle of Hatred and Retribution Ends with Me – A Homily for the 7th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope
“In today’s #Gospel the Lord is teaching us, by His grace, to break the cycle of hatred and retribution. When someone harms me I may well become angry, and in my anger seek to get back at the offender. If I do that, though, then Satan has earned a second victory and brought the anger and retribution to a higher
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily, Seventh Sunday of the Year, Feb. 23, 2014” – Fr. Boniface, St. Anselm’s Abbey
“… As a result of the law of love, #Jesus asks his #disciples not to return evil for evil but to return evil with good. When you think about it, if we return evil for evil, we are drawn into a vicious snare that intensifies and multiplies evil. The #Christian is to be the messenger of #God and to bring
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “National Marriage Week is February 7-14” – USCCB
#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “#Marriage can transform both the culture and the world — if we do it right Marriage is a full-time vocation” – OSV Newsweekly/Cardinal Francis George
“… In their concern and care for each other and for their families, husbands and wives show the world, in a particular way, how to live according to the Great Commandment, with all one’s heart, mind and strength. It requires of them a great deal of realism and a large dose of forgiveness. It brings joy, often tempered by sorrows.
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “#PopeFrancis: #Christ came to help us fulfil the commandments’ substance” – CNA
“… ‘He manifests the Law’s original purposes and He fulfils its authentic aspects – and He does all this by His preaching and even more by offering Himself on the Cross.’ …”
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