“The aim of all those who live in God is to please our Lord Jesus Christ and become reconciled with God the Father through receiving the Holy Spirit, thus securing their salvation, for in this consists the salvation of every soul. If this aim and this activity is lacking, all other labour is useless and all other striving is in vain. Every path of life which does not lead to this is without profit.”
St. Simeon the New Theologian, “Writings from the Philokalia”
I simply cannot believe we have done this eight times, but we have, and in four years we’ll be doing …
There is a greater poverty than physical poverty: spiritual poverty. Innumerable have been the stories of irreligious people who, upon …
“Seeing all kinds of memes on the money raised (700 million USD)to fix Notre Dame cathedral, usually with starving children underneath to imply that the money is better spent on the poor.
Of course 4.9 billion is being spent on the new football stadium in Los Angeles. Don’t see memes about that.
Or the 10s of billions spent on Olympic venues that now sit empty and deteriorating. Don’t see memes on that.
See lots of ads for Avengers Endgame which is projected to bring in over 800 million. Don’t see memes about that.
I could go on and on…but when the memes on the trillions spent on entertainment start coming up…we’ll talk.
Btw…the Catholic Church is the single largest charitable institution on the planet.
Building churches and helping the poor is not an either/or proposition. The Church has been doing both for two millennia.” ~Father Bill Peckman
My best friend wrote this. See why we get along so well? I especially love the end. We thank military …
I have been feverishly trying to finish this dress. It’s simply scrumptious, and you will see the end product very …
“Some believe that the history of the Church is marked by structural reforms. I am sure that it is the saints who change history. The structures follow afterwards, and do nothing other than perpetuate the what the saints brought about.
We need saints who dare to see all things through the eyes of faith, who dare to be enlightened by the light of God.”
-Cardinal Sarah
We made it to Mass this morning, and upon returning home, all hell broke loose; “Death By A Thousand Annoyances” I call it. I’ve been through this before. It means I’m on the right track! We’ll be back there again tomorrow.
What a blessing to have heard this during Holy Mass. If I come across a better recording, I’ll share it …
Yesterday was the Feast of St. Joseph, and our church parish celebrated this long-revered saint in a special way. Last …
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