In Christian tradition, pride is a more fundamental sin than the other capital sins, and thus is described as the queen, mother and principle of all other vices and sins.
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BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (166): What is the purpose of morality?
In the previous two parts, we have basically spoken about what God has done and is doing for us. Now it’s time to ask, “What should we do for God?”
“Walking the path of prayer with Jesus”
Scripture scholar Brant Pitre in his recent book Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus, gives us guidelines for a Christian spiritual life. He starts with the maxim that the path of prayer is not only informative but transformative.
The attractiveness of domestic liturgy
It is very appropriate that the liturgy of the Church has a constant implication in domestic prayer. In this way, parents prepare their children for the celebration of great solemnities and extend the spiritual atmosphere of holy feasts and times into family life.
HEROES OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE EAST: The hardships of the missionary life (5)
When Father João de Brito arrived in a community, he faced intense work: he received hundreds of people whose confessions he heard, to whom he gave advice or taught doctrine.
HEROES OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE EAST: Brito and the penitent life of the swamis (4)
Fr João Brito’s mystical experience, paying more attention to the evangelical challenge than to the specificity of earthly life, made him bold and indifferent to the rich, but brought him closer to the populations.
What can I do this Lent?
Here are some tips on how we can benefit from the time of Lent.
A way of purification towards Easter
“If we look at the gospel now, what does Jesus do in the desert? He’s not just a new Israel out in the wilderness, he’s also a new Adam so whereas Adam was tempted in the garden of paradise, now Jesus the new Adam is tempted in the desert. Because that’s what our sin has done, it turns the paradise of creation into a desert. And just like Adam was tempted by the devil in the book of Genesis, now Jesus is tempted by the devil in the desert. And just as Adam had three temptations: lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, pride of life, so now the devil hits Jesus with the same three temptations. But unlike Adam, Jesus conquers it.”
Fortes’ unlikely journey of faith
“My family on my mother’s side was deeply Catholic, in particular my grandmother. My grandmother went to church every day. She made us trust God. And returning to the Church was something I was looking forward to doing.”
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (165) What about people who remain single?
“Conjugal love which finds its expression in continence for the kingdom of heaven must lead in its normal development to paternity or maternity in a spiritual sense…” (In other words, the person who lives this form of celibacy must engender spiritual daughters and sons in some way because offspring are the fruit of love.)