Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to...
"Your mortification should be your diligence in doing your duties and in putting up with the annoyances of others." (St John Bosco) Often we look for or fear the many extreme mortifications of...
"We are all wounded people. Who wounds us? Often those whom we love and those who love us. When we feel rejected, abandoned, abused, manipulated, or violated, it is mostly by people very...
Homily Fourth Sunday of the Year A
By spiritaflame 1:34 PM HomilyPeople throughout time have fought battles and wars, killed and given their lives in the continual struggle for independence. Within each person there is a need to be free and self-governed. From the...
"Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment...
"I admonish you, Timothy, to stir into flame the grace of God, which is in you....For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of...
"Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (St Paul,...
"Have patience with all things--but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are a perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no...
Reflection onj Scripture Fourth Sunday Ordinary Gospel A
By spiritaflame 11:06 AM Reading ReflectionsWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. Matthew lists nine "beatitudes"; Luke only includes four. He began to teach...
"Often we want to be somewhere other than where we are, or even to be someone other than who we are. We tend to compare ourselves constantly with others and wonder why we...
What is the hope that we are called as Christians to embrace? Pope Francis says this about hope. "Christian hope is not optimism, it is not the ability to look at the bright...
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is "an encounter, an encounter with the good God who always forgives, who forgives all, who knows how to celebrate when He forgives, and who forgets your sins when...
Homily: Third Sunday of the Year A
By spiritaflame 11:42 AM HomilyHomily: Third Sunday of the Year A Gospel: There is a story told of a little boy who was hurrying to school. He was late as usual. As he ran along, he talked...
"Pray for the grace to desire to follow God's will, then pray for the grace to know God's will and, once you know it, pray for the grace to go forth with God's...
Reflections on Scripture Third Sunday Ordinary Gospel A
By spiritaflame 10:23 AM Reading ReflectionsWhen Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. Jesus had gone down to the Jordan in Judea where John was baptizing. Now, he returns to Galilee to begin his...
"When the holy Abba Anthony lived in the desert he was beset by accidie, and attacked by many sinful thoughts. He said to God, 'Lord, I wand to be saved but these thoughts...
"Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or night when we are not thinking. You might say our thinking is "unceasing."...
Someone has said: "There is no saint without a past nor a sinner without a future." All of us are sinners. We are not proud of it. Yet what we boast of is...
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"Choices make the difference. Two people are in the same accident and severely wounded. They did not choose to be in the accident. It happened to them. But one of them chose to...
"A Christian is a man, or a woman, of joy: a man and a woman with joy in their heart. There is no Christian without joy!...The Christian identity card is joy, the Gospel's...
"The soul of one who loves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, and is always in the mood for singing." (John of the Cross) Too often we let the troubles of...
"Today, let us do honor to Christ's baptism and celebrate this feast in holiness. Be cleansed entirely and continue to be cleansed. Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation...
"Joy and sorrow are never separated. When our hearts rejoice at a spectacular view, we may miss our friends who cannot see it, and when we are overwhelmed with grief, we may discover...
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“Everyone who breathes, high and low, educated and ignorant, young and old, man and woman, has a mission, has a work. We are not sent into this world for nothing; we are not...
"And what was the first rule of our dear Savior's life? You know it was to do his Father's will. Well, then, the first end I propose in our daily work is to...
"God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name, so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those...
"I have learned from Jesus Christ Himself what charity is, and how we ought to practice it; for He says: 'By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you...
