The theme of the Jubilee year as pronounced by Pope Francis was Mercy.
To appreciate the theme, one needs to think through the reason why God Almighty, The Omnipotent will send His only Begotten Son to the land of man – The earth. He surely ha looked at man and felt merciful to the extent of sending the Ultimate help to man to save him/her from damnation which he truly deserves.
Looking around us today, we see that man enjoys all that could bring him to damnation. An unfaithful spouse, a deceitful friend, an unappreciative child, a difficult parent and so on and so forth.
But God says “Mercy!” Mercy is that which will make one to pray for that who is faltering. A sincere prayer that God should come to the aid of that person, readiness to hold on, and bearing with that person’s inadequacies will inform how we react when the person is at his or her folly.
We become hopeful. We are no more listening to the other views prompting us not to allow peace. We then put away our pride, and show more confidence in our being in control of the situation. Then we start handling the situations more maturely. We are no longer thinking of our self but of God winning the battle of life once again.
I know God been ever faithful will bounce in, take up the battle and make us victorious. Our seemingly hopeless relative, friend or situation will turn out remorseful and become what we have been praying for.
Put pride away, think mercy, show mercy and our families, our world would become more peaceful and all we have lost will be restored. Be a winner in Christ.
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation this past Saturday. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the priest for me. I needed to unburden myself of the numerous venial sins I had committed since I last participated in this Sacrament.
Purest Gold: God's Refining Fire in our Lives »
After salvation, many young Christians wonder if there's anything more to their newfound faith than just the security blanket of "being a Christian." Time and time again, God shows himself as a "refiner," and our lives are as gold. God started leading me in this study to understand what He was doing in my life, as well as in the lives of others.
Picking up my pen to write this column, I couldn’t imagine how time flies. Since the last publication of this column I have gone through a lot, especially the loss of my dear mother to whom I dedicate this article. Not only her, but seems I lost a whole generation of my close family.
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Spiritual Development for our Youth »
Most of us youth in today's fast moving world are easily thrown off by difficulties and worries.
The theme of conversion is a thread that runs all through Lent, but conversion takes on different aspects throughout the phases of Lent. The first two and a half weeks focused on the interior turning of hearts; the liturgy urges the faithful to reflect and examine consciences thoroughly.
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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