Are you seeking holiness? Part Two To grow in holiness begins with the realization that it is the will of God that we are holy as He is Holy. Our response to this...
"When we look critically at the many thoughts and feelings that fill our minds and hearts, we may come to the horrifying discovery that we often choose death instead of life, curse instead...
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, Jesus gives some reflections on the role and life of a disciple. "If anyone comes to me without hating his father...
I have to be more vigilant in taking captive my thoughts, especially those what are not pleasing to you, those that are not thoughts of love. they are valueless. If I do not...
Novena for the Nativity of Our Lady August 31-September 8 Day One: August 31 V. O God, come to my assistance R. O Lord, make haste to help me Glory be to the...
John the Baptist said: "He (Jesus) must increase and I must decrease." Commenting on this, Pope Benedict XVI said: "We will know God to the extent that we are set free from ourselves."...
"If the Lord has permitted you to have some trial, bear it willingly and with gratitude, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it. If the...
Are you seeking holiness? Part One It is the will of God that we become holy. "God chose us in Christ Jesus, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without...
"Often we are preoccupied with the question "How can we be witnesses in the Name of Jesus? What are we supposed to say or do to make people accept the love that God...
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been...
“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.” (St. Rose of Lima) By embracing the cross in his humanity, Jesus experienced the resurrection in his...
"In looking at the analogy between Christ's Ascension and Mary's Assumption, we can conclude that Mary, in dependence on Christ, is the Queen who possesses and exercises over the universe a sovereignty granted...
“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desires and his disposition live and reign there. All our...
Men of God: Spiritual Leadership
By spiritaflame 10:01 AM Men of GodAs the man and father of the family, are you the spiritual leader in your home? Jerry Drace says that 90 to 95 percent of the men who are in church on Sunday...
"Human relationships easily become possessive. Our hearts so much desire to be loved that we are inclined to cling to the person who offers us love, affection, friendship, care, or support. Once we...
"And yet you hear people complaining about this present day and age because things were so much better in former times. I wonder what would happen if they could be taken back to...
Reflections on Scripture Twenty-first Sunday of the Year Gospel C
By spiritaflame 12:33 PM Reading ReflectionsJesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" Jesus focuses the question not on...
To be holy as you, Lord, are holy is my real vocation in life. All other callings and desires are secondary. To grow in holiness is to grow in love. To grow in...
"But God was pleased that Mary should in all things resemble Jesus; and as the Son died, it was becoming that the Mother should also die; because, moreover, He wished to give the...
"There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words nor on study. It depends upon the simple raising of our...
"We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal...
Men of God August 10, 2016
By spiritaflame 10:39 AM Men of GodI am beginning, today, a blog just for Men of God, who desire to be the man God wants you to be. Hope you will enjoy the reflections. At times, I will be...
Throughout my journey, Lord, I experience the mysterious paradox of death and life. To live, I must die. It begins at natural birth and ends in eternal birth. To live outside the womb,...
Reflections on the Scripture Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Gospel C
By spiritaflame 11:55 AM Reading ReflectionsJesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! What is this "fire" Jesus is referring to? It is a...
“The nation... doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.” (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) How true this is today more so than previous times! We are to be...
“I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.”(St. Dominic) Many of the saints have come to this same...
Novena to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Aug 6-14) Majestic Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Angels, you received from God the power and command to crush the head of Satan....
