Tag: mercy
Stretch (prt 3)
The letters in the New Testament were written to deal with certain problems within the different communities of the early church, yet people insist that if it is not in the scriptures then it can’t be part of Christianity. So for many, the sacraments are thrown out and each is left to their own devices… Read More ›
Enigma
I am such an enigma when trying to understand who I am and why I react the way I do. I often find myself being very harsh towards others, at least in my heart. At the same time I am aware that I either do the same thing, or perhaps something worse in my everyday… Read More ›
Abba Macarius and the Talking Skull
Abba Macarius said, ‘Walking in the desert one day, I found the skull of a dead man, lying on the ground. As I was moving it with my stick, the skull spoke to me. I said to it, “Who are you?” The skull replied, “I was high priest of the idols and of the pagans… Read More ›
Common to the point of blandness
I was reading yesterday, a book written by a Priest about the NDE experience and the Christian path. I won’t go into the book, but as I was reading it, the reality of my being in the latter part of my life was very strong. It does not matter that I ‘may’ have thirty years… Read More ›
There is nothing impossible
There is nothing impossible unto those who believe; lively and unshaken faith can accomplish great miracles in the twinkling of an eye. Besides, even without our sincere and firm faith, miracles are accomplished, such as the miracles of the sacraments; for God’s Mystery is always accomplished, even though we were incredulous or unbelieving at the time of its celebration. “Shall their… Read More ›
Looking upward or downward
(Mercy Sunday 2013) Trust is about looking upward and not downward. What do I mean by that? Perhaps the main struggle that is faced in the spiritual life is not in the many moral situations what we face, for we all fail, at times we fail in grievous ways, though they may not be thought… Read More ›
Pain and mercy
Pain and mercy I often wonder why it is so easy to write about pain, sorrow, struggle, and strife. I know that there is much of the above in the world, and I would suppose most of us, if perhaps not all, are often part of this drama, that makes up the pain of the… Read More ›
Vatican-Produced Documentary Reveals Francis’ 1st Words After Election
Vatican City, March 27, 2013 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves “I am a great sinner. Trusting in the mercy and patience of God, in suffering, I accept.” Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, director of the Vatican Television Center (CTV), revealed those words as the first uttered by Pope Francis when accepting his election as the Supreme Roman… Read More ›
Deeper into hope
Deeper into hope Christ Jesus body lay in darkness, surrounded by the cold and nothingness of death. Its grip hard and heavy; seeking to bring Jesus into death’s kingdom, the cessation of hope, love, warmth and true life, is death’s scepter, despair all it has to offer. So now it is a period of waiting,… Read More ›
Only the man who has had to face despair. . .
Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness. A life that… Read More ›