There is nary anything easy about persevering in faith. Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower, writes of her bitter struggle to keep the faith: “I try to live by faith, even though it affords me no consolation. I have made more acts of faith during the past year than in all the rest of my...
Lord God, grant that I may live my life in the absolute delight of your divine friendship.
Prayer is indispensable to the spiritual life. We even can say it’s very breath. We cannot live the Christian faith without praying regularly. Being Christian means being a person who prays. On our part effort and commitment is required to pray. Although though prayer is something that can be learned and must be learned, it...
We are excited to launch a new website with highest hopes it will be blessed by God to bring people closer to Him. Redesigned especially for more frlendly use with mobile devices, our site is meant to provide viewers with parish information and spur deepening spiritual formation. May God be praised! Please share with us...
As Christmas draws ever near, let us help each other keep our sights set squarely on Jesus and come to encounter the Living God who eagerly awaits us.
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Every event each day is given to us as an opportunity to grow in grace and draw closer to Jesus. In times of temptation, Jesus is present asking us to grasp this chance of imitating Him by following His counsels. Throughout Advent, let difficulties become opportunities to attain greater union with our blessed Lord. He...
First the Magi see a star. They recognize God’s light and then they set out after it. And it’s not easy. However, the difficulties ahead of them on their journey will remain only what they are – difficulties; that is, they will not morph into excuses why their journey to Jesus has to end or...
During His exchange with Pilate in today’s Gospel, Jesus exclaims, “For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth” (John 18:37). Whenever it’s experienced and understood, truth exerts a powerful influence upon the hearts of people. Roman discipline conquered the world through the force of arms....
Even though we are wholly incapable of paying our debts to God according to justice, we always will do well to try to supply for them by expressing our gratitude. The poorest beggar who has nothing to return for alms received, always can display kindness by showing gratitude to someone who helps them. Before God...
