Lord, I do long to have my soul purified by You. I do desire holiness of life. Help me to begin this process here and now so that I can begin to experience the joy and freedom You have in store for me. Jesus, I trust in You.
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Colvert’s zeal comes from his mother’s upbringing. He was the last of her eleven children. “She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain — it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
A vision that led to reconciliation
The two shepherds Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat were uneducated, illiterate, did not practice much of their Catholic faith or prayed much before the visions. For example, Melanie did not even know the full words of the Our Father.
Et et or aut aut?
Today we hear frequently about “inclusiveness”. I understand that the word is a variant of the term “welcome”: of different ideas, cultural positions, traditions, etc. A bit like “looking for what unites and not what divides”. Even priests speak of “inclusiveness,” for example with regard to ecumenism and dialogue with other religions. I ask myself: To what extent? Is it possible to put together completely opposite ideas?
In My Image
Today we will talk about Blessed Osanna Andreasi (1449-1505), not one of the best-known figures in the Catholic world. Mantovana, who was from a noble family, refused to marry in order to enter the contemplative life. Despite this, she too was called to practical government responsibilities as regent of the Duchy of Mantua.
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Is the priesthood for everyone?
Bishop D. Stephen Lee to preside at closing Mass of the Year of St Joseph
May the “Year of Saint Joseph,” which ends on coming December 8, not “end,” but serve as an impetus for greater devotion and experience of the Catholic faith on the part of the faithful together with such a high saint, the earthly father of Jesus. If the child God and his Mother, by Divine Will, lived under the care and protection of St Joseph, so let us also seek greater intimacy with him in our lives. May St Joseph grant us this grace, for our journey in faith under his care, for his Glory and Glory of the Holy Church and God the Father.
What is it that made John the Baptist great?
Lord, thank You for the gift of St. John the Baptist. May his witness of humility inspire me in my Christian walk. Help me, Lord, to always point others to You rather than to myself. Jesus, I trust in You.
Saint Teresa’s Castle Of Diamonds
When I informed a brother Dominican and friend that I had begun my 21 days quarantine (September 11 – October 2, 2021) at Pousada Marina Infante Hotel, he advised me: “Make a retreat; it is convenient for you.” Certainly, it would be convenient, but I was not then in the mood. Nevertheless, I had decided earlier that it would be three weeks of introspection and peace. Besides my usual duties as a Dominican, a book I read helped me much.
Humanity at a crossroads
I think I have already talked previously about the notion of “paradigm,” the idea used in science that denotes the coordinates of a stable system and its changes. The notion of “paradigm shift” was popularized by Thomas Kuhn in 1962, with his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. A paradigm shift signals a transition from one system to another.