Tag: life
He is a Saint (part I)
One John Paul II Priest Recalls the Influence of John Paul the Great Allow me to quickly describe to you my personal experience with the newly beatified pope, whom I was allowed to meet at a general audience when I was 18 years old. As he walked through the middle aisle of the audience hall… Read More ›
Our sin is a happy fault
By falling we have the chance to plumb the mysteries of the divine mercy. Indeed our sin is a happy fault, as the deacon sings during the Easter vigil: 0 felix culpal But this is sin admitted, accepted and confessed, not sin hidden, denied and forced underground. God does not forgive grudgingly; showing mercy is… Read More ›
Falling is a test
After this [God] allows us to fall harder and more grievously than ever we did before — as it seems to us. And then we think (because we are not all wise) that what we had begun has come to nothing. But it is not so. It is necessary for us to fall and it… Read More ›
Search the Scriptures
Search the Scriptures. For you are not mistaken in thinking that you find life in them, you who seek nothing else in them but Christ, to whom the Scriptures bear witness. Blessed indeed are they who search his testimonies, seek them out with all their heart. Your testimonies are wonderful, Lord, therefore my soul has… Read More ›
Moral relativism paves way for Satanism
Rome, Italy, Apr 11, 2011 / 05:55 pm (CNA).- A society dominated by moral relativism “fosters the spread of Satanism,” an expert recently explained. Carlo Climati told CNA on April 5 that Satanism “destroys those universal values that are written in the hearts of each human being.” It creates “a society that is turned on… Read More ›
Caring
Coldness protects the heart, though in the end it imprisons, for pain and love waltz together as the years wind down and life takes it toll. Is it not glorious, wonderful beyond all telling, that we can love, our hearts expanding, until yes they break and the tears flow. Some fear this, yet what would… Read More ›
You are responsible for finding yourself
First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling. We can help one another to find the meaning of life no doubt. But in the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and… Read More ›
A Choice to Go
I may be a fairly good sailor at this point in my life but there were times when, like Peter, I had to be humbled. One time I was sailing a Sunfish in Michigan. I had trouble controlling the wind which was building and the sailboat and I ended up in shallow water. I had… Read More ›
The Touch
In the world are many things, some pleasant, others very repulsive; There is human warmth, and demonic cold heartedness, and some who are indifferent; Empathy and compassion exist along side hearts and minds armored, dead to the pain of others. Those who flee from pain and then others who love to inflict it; Good mothers,… Read More ›
Religion’s Influence Waning in America
The Christian Post: Seven in 10 Americans say religion as a whole is losing its influence on American life. This is a near-record high percentage since Gallup began asking the question more than 50 years ago. The highest recorded percentage of Americans who said religion was losing influence was in 1970, when 75 percent said… Read More ›