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The Hope of Christ should be ours too »
The Hope of Christ should be ours too. Life is filled with struggle and strife. Yet, problems are not inherently bad. They serve a function, just as every aspect of our existence does. It is often said that trials come to be simply that: trials, a testing of our loyalty, our faith, and our hope in God.
The True Depths of Christian Love »
The first most fundamental question posed to us through this Scripture is this: Do you wish to come after Jesus? Unless this question is answered first, the rest of what Jesus says will have no effect upon us. So let’s look at that question.
Lent as we all know is a time we are given the opportunity to refrain from our sinful ways and return to God. We choose lifestyles which are not in line with Gods commandment, the most important of which is to “Love your God above all things.” We have failed, we worship and hunger for materialism, above our God, above Heaven.
Three Temptations of a Christian Leader »
Too often, I looked at being relevant, popular and powerful as ingredients of an effective ministry. The truth, however, is that these are not vocations, but temptations. Jesus asks us to move from concern for relevance to a life of prayer, from worries about popularity to communal and mutual ministry, and from a leadership built on power to a leadership in which we critically discern where God is leading us and our people.
How to take the next steps into Catholic Adulthood? »
In today’s society, it can sometimes seem impossible for young people to live the teachings of Jesus Christ. Mixed messages are everywhere, telling young people the best way to find success, love, and happiness. But to be a follower of Christ is to live by an example that is different than that of our consumer society.
Fear is an essential human emotion, so it surely must have its proper place. Aristotle "Courage: in all circumstances the ability to judge rightly about the nature and extent of dangers." Yet there are different kinds of fear, or ways of fearing, and it is hard to know how to fear well. It is especially difficult to think clearly about this when much of the fear that we experience probably needs to be set aside, or in any case transformed or redirected.
Saint Josephine Bakhita »
Feast Day: February 8
Patron Saint Of: Sudan
Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and her uncle was a tribal chief. Due to her family lineage, she grew up happy and relatively prosperous, saying that as a child, she did not know suffering.
Catholics Must Fast More Intensely This Lent»
The Norbertine Canons of St. Michael's Abbey have created this digital Lenten retreat so that you can journey through this holy season alongside them. If you want to have one of your best Lenten seasons yet, join us in our Lenten Program "The Great Fast" - https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-join
When Your Faith Is Put to the Test - Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon»
Friends, we come now to the Second Sunday of Lent, and we’re on both dangerous and very holy ground with the first reading from the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. The ancient Israelites referred to it as the “Akedah,” which means the “binding”: Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God’s command.
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