Modesty in dress is the virtue of temperance and moderation as a means to control the passions. However, modesty in the church also becomes an act of justice, giving God what He is due by our reverence (1 Timothy 2:9-10) as well as that due to our brothers and sisters in the pew.
One minute, multitudes of people are celebrating Jesus as He enters Jerusalem. In short time, they turn into an angry mob. This is what hate looks like.
This second article in the series on aging focuses on the dynamic of a wife caring for an aging or dying husband.
When a loved one receives a disturbing diagnosis or shows cognitive impairment, our first reaction can be denial of the change it will bring to our life, especially the change in that relationship.
Jesus’ birth is one of the most important events in all of salvation history. Sacred art, including our nativity sets, exist to depict this sacred, solemn event. It specifically is a depiction of the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. It is a pronouncement that the Messiah has come. As society has lost touch with its God, so too we Catholics have lost touch with the Sacred…
Small children, in their innocence, do things out of love not fear, and that’s how God wants us to be with Him …
I recently read that in the U.S., 10,000 people daily will reach age 65 (retirement age). This begs the question: How prepared am ‘I’ to accept aging?
In 2013, I had a student who at the time directed a regional UN branch in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a time of great upheaval and violence. His job was to negotiate peace. In my student’s experience, a mere four men got 3000+ armed rebels to not only lay down their arms but to also integrate back into the national army. People of faith can do much, much, more.
Throughout this past century, Satan carried out his evil plan of disseminating his serpents throughout the world. At the same time, God has given us leaders who preach and teach us of the calling to which He has commanded: the universal call to holiness. It is time to answer the call.
The grace of the present moment, sometimes referred to as the sacrament of the present moment, is recognizing that every moment bears the will of God and so we should endeavor to live that moment as a blessing to Him. When we do so, we live in the grace of that moment, in His Spirit who is sanctifying us. This is what He created us for, to live in His love. So why is it so difficult?