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Tag Archives: Christ
Spiritual Minute: Love Is Just And Justice Is Loving
We Christians too often identify the justice of God with the justice of damnation. The reality is that the penalty of damnation originates in the soul of a person who decides to rebel against God. The cause of damnation is … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Minute
Tagged Christ, Christian, damnation, Divine grace, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, heaven, hell, justice and love, Love of God, Pain, purgation, Purgatory, rain, Suffering, sunset
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Spiritual Minute: What Would You Die For?
The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians. Our Lord tells us that if we are like to him that we will suffer as he suffered. That doesn’t necessarily mean that we will die but we should be ready … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Minute
Tagged Christ, Christian, God, Jesu, Love, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Suffering
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Love Alone: Christian Spiritual Reflection #2 (Ash Wednesday)
“We could ensure that these many pious offerings be more pleasing to God if we take time to originate them from the source, the wellspring of his love.” This post is a follow up on the very first post I … Continue reading
Posted in Practicing Love, Word Art
Tagged Ash Wednesday, Christ, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Eucharist, God, Lent, Love of God, Rosary
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Retiring? WWWHHHAAATTT!
My first reaction to the Pope’s renunciation was that of total shock. I was listening to Catholic Radio in my car on the Guadalupe Network (910AM) in Fort Worth, and a guest was on speaking about a University of Dallas Pilgrimage to … Continue reading
Posted in Post Conciliar Church
Tagged Annunciation, Christ, Church, God, Jesus, Mary, Pope, Rome
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The Gospel of Failure
The below link will take you to Father Sam’s blog, and to his latest post on the Gospel of Failure. It is a very beautiful and encouraging reflection. Father Sam’s Blog
Posted in Reblogged
Tagged Christ, Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, Gospel, Government, Jesu, Religion and Spirituality
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Receive Total Power!
Mark Twain described one of his characters as “having the quiet confidence of a Christian with four aces.” My brother sent around this quote to the family email chain, and it elicited the following response from me. I rather enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged Christ, Christian, God, Gospel, LOL, Mark Twain, Neo, Thomas Aquinas
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Love Alone: Christian Spiritual Reflection #1
What is the most important thing for our spiritual health, our life? What will lead us most precipitously into the loving heart of Christ? In the abstract the answer may be obvious to many, but the more important question has … Continue reading
Posted in Practicing Love
Tagged Christ, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Love God, Passion (emotion), Rosary
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