In Ephesians 6, Paul gives us two contrasts in the fight that we need to focus on.First, Paul tells us that people are not our fight. Second, comes when we read verses 12 and 13 together. In verse 12, Paul says that “we wrestle not,” and th
In today's gospel we find a story of a man whose son was dying. I think this is every parent’s deepest fear—that somehow, someday, in an accident or by illness or through some other means our children will be taken from us. Nothing seems more u
For some, the Rosary can become a merely mechanical action, something to be rushed through as a duty. Since the grace of any sacramental is dependent upon the attitude of the person using it, devout and thoughtful use of the Rosary is a prerequ
If Jesus had not come to earth, there would be no forgiveness on earth, and if he had not conferred on the apostles this ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:18), we would have no forgiveness today. But we can thank God that Christ did indeed
Mary is truly our Mother of tender compassion, our "Mother of Mercy." Let us look at four ways in which Mary can be truly called the merciful Mother of Christians, and of every soul searching for God.
What lies beyond that border-line of creation's beginning, when God was all? What was "before the foundation of the world?" What took place when the Deity was Absolute, and unrelated to the non-existent universe?
There are things we go through that need the help of other people. This means that in relationships, we find weight bearers to help us carry what we could not and cannot carry by ourselves. God makes it that way so that we can’t do Christianity
If we walk in the Spirit, the world should know us by our walk. The apostle Paul said walking is a weapon. It’s how we fight. When we walk by the Spirit, we will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
In one of his sermons, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I imagine that the first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But by the very nature of his concern, the Good Samaritan re
So at the beginning of Acts, with the creation of the early church, Jesus was equipping them with something for the worst times Christianity would face. He was also equipping them with something for the worst times Christianity would face. He w
C.S. Lewis said, “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” That was most likely true for Saint Maria Goretti and her mother Assunta.
There are many temporal dangers of unchecked anger, such as depression, drug or alcohol abuse, or physical illness like heart disease. However, I want to focus on the spiritual and eternal danger we face if we don’t fight anger.
When Peter writes to the Christians under heavy persecution from Nero, he does not talk about getting rid of Nero and his government but of getting rid of stuff within each of us individually. While people are trying to get rid of politicians,
Christ could easily have erased His wounds from His body. He could have removed all those marks of His suffering when He rose from the grave. But He did not. Instead, there were the nail wounds in His hands and feet, and there was the gaping wo
“Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise” Galatians 4:28. God gives us the promise and He does this out of love. God is always faithful even when we aren’t.
There may be joy found in several fields of activity. Some find it in sport, some in music, some in their profession, and some even in Christian work. But the purest joy in the universe is to be found only in fellowship with the Father
Hebrews 11 tells of the prophet Enoch, who so pleased God and walked so intimately with him, he never died. Enoch is an example for us as we learn to walk with God.
We tend to pick and choose when we want our light to shine and when we don’t. But imagine for a moment, what would happen in other areas of our lives if we decided that sometimes we wanted the light to shine and other times not.