Thomas a’Kempis said: “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” L. Tolstoy also said: “Everybody thinks...
One of the hardest virtue for us as struggling sinners to fully embrace in our lives is that of obedience. From the first disobedience of Adam and Eve to our own disobedience to...
One of the blessings of living a life in Christ is that of seeing God face to face. There is an inner yearning in us to gaze on the face of God. Moses...
Homily: Seventeenth Sunday Year A Reading 1: What is the heart of this reading? The unselfishness of Solomon. He did not ask for riches, for longer life or victory over his enemies....
What makes the difference between the saints and the average person is the love they had for God. Eventually, God became the all in all in their lives. They loved God even more...
Reflection on the Scriptures Seventeenth Sunday Gospel A Priceless treasure
By spiritaflame 11:05 AMSeventeenth Sunday Gospel AJesus said: "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that...
Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan in his, The Road of Hope: A Gospel from Prison, said: “How long must we be engaged in renewal? Constantly! We are always in need of beginning...
"In order to be capable of leading a full life, man must stand in a certain relationship to God and obey certain rules. And the capacity for true happiness and joyful living is...
Thought of the Day July 19, 2023 Trust
By spiritaflame 11:10 AMA group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps in search of new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty...
Sixteenth Sunday Gospel AJesus proposed another parable to them. "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came...
"If we do not oppose evil, we feed it tacitly. It is necessary to intervene where evil spreads; because evil spreads where there are no daring Christians who oppose with good, 'walking in...
We must fix our eyes, "not on the things that are seen but on the things that are unseen, for the things that are seen are for a time, but the things that...
“Once when the Brethren asked whether it were his will that the clerks that had been already received into the Order should devote themselves unto the study of Holy Scripture, Francis made answer:...
"Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we make it such, or is better than...
You may have heard that there are no accidents or coincidences in life. What may appear to us to be such are in reality part of God's plan to purify us, strengthen us,...
Fifteenth Sunday Gospel AOn that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down,...
" If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole bodies. It is the same with ships: even though they are so large and driven...
“To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone.” (Pope Francis)How often have we heard that? How often have we felt that it is unrealistic for me? ...
"It is thus immediately obvious that the true basis of Christian obedience is not an idea of obedience, but an act of obedience; it is not a principle ('the inferior must be subject...
Homily: Fourteenth Sunday Year A Reading 1: This prophetic word was fulfilled on Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered into Jerusalem. He did so on a donkey. This was the way a conquering...
Psalms 41:2 As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and...
Reflections on the Scriptures Fourteenth Sunday Gospel Year A Who are you yoke to?
By spiritaflame 11:33 AMFourteenth Sunday Gospel A Let me put this passage in context. Jesus in the verses prior to these talked about how many rejected John the Baptist because his message was hard. And...
Imagine this happening to you. Would you run or stay... One Sunday morning during service, a 2,000 member congregation was surprised to see two men enter, both covered from head to toe...
“When Thomas saw and touched, why was he told: You have believed because you have seen me? Because what he saw and what he believed were different things. God cannot be seen by...
