Every Christian must be thoroughly convinced that his spiritual life can in no way be viewed as the quiet unfolding of an inconsequential life without any problems; rather it must be viewed as the scene of a constant and sometimes painful battle, which will not end...
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The Mass is Not a Pleasant Social Gathering
Nothing could better obstruct the confrontation of man with God than the notion that we "go unto the altar of God" as we would go to a pleasant, relaxing social gathering.
Pope Benedict XVI on the Disintegration of Liturgy
I am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy.
To Married Couples: “Live Together In The Forgiveness Of Your Sins”
God gives you Christ as the foundation of your marriage. ‘Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God’ (Romans 15:7). In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a...
“God makes your marriage indissoluble”: A Letter to a Married Couple from Prison
God makes your marriage indissoluble. ‘What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder’ (Matthew 19:6). God joins you together in marriage; it is His act, not yours. Do not confound your love for one another with God. God makes your marriage...
How Will Society Be Judged? St. Pope John Paul II
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
St. John Paul II – The Church Should Stand Beside The Poor
Those who are more influential because they have greater share of goods and common services should feel responsible for the weaker and be ready to share with them all they possess... the Church feels called to take her stand beside the poor, to discern the justice of...
Though The World Is Dangerous, St. Ambrose Says The Church Will Stand Firm
The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it, therefore, remains unmoved. The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it....
St. Ambrose Gives Us Advice On How To Organize Our Closets
If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.- St. Ambrose https://catholic-link.org/the-best-catholic-gifts-for-2021-giveaways/ *Amazon Affiliate links help the ministry of Catholic-Link at no...
The Church’s Desire For The Poor
The Church's desire is that the poor should rise above poverty and wretchedness, and should better their condition in life, and for this, it strives.
Pope Francis on Digital Communication
The digital world can be an environment rich in humanity; a network not of wires but of people
Friendship Brings Out The Best In Us
The inner life of another that is know to God alone becomes to a much less degree open to to us through friendship. It partially fills the desire of our incomplete, lonely hearts for completeness in another. Friendship brings out the best part in a person through...
God Sends Us Friends To Help When We Struggle
God sends us friends to be our firm support in the whirlpool of struggle. In the company of friends we will find strength to attain our sublime ideal.St. Maximilian Kolbe *Amazon Affiliate links help our ministry at no additional cost to you! Thank you!
St. Edith Stein On A Woman’s Profession
Every profession in which woman’s soul comes into its own and which can be formed by woman’s soul is an authentic woman’s profession.
St. Bernadette Shares How To Spend Your Time
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her...
Pope Francis Shares The Secret For Being Set Free From Sin, Sorrow, And Lonliness
The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness.
“Not a Single Word is Lost During Prayer, If It Comes From the Heart”
Remember that not a single word is lost during prayer, if you say it from your heart; God hears each word, and weighs it in a balance. Sometimes it seems to us that our words only strike the air in vain, and sound as the voice of one crying in the wilderness. No, no;...
Detachment: “Nothing else matters to me anymore, nothing has any value for me but Jesus”
Jesus does not want us to be attached to possessions, to human honors, to creatures. He asks humility. But His love and His generosity make this detachment less difficult and less cruel to our nature. Nothing else matters to me anymore, nothing has any value for me...
There is your brother, naked, crying, and you worry about an attractive floor covering.
There is your brother, naked, crying, and you stand there confused over the choice of an attractive floor covering.
“It is necessary to confess our sins to those to whom the dispensation of God’s mysteries has been entrusted.”
It is necessary to confess our sins to those to whom the dispensation of God’s mysteries has been entrusted. Those doing penance of old are found to have done it before the saints. It is written in the Gospel that they confessed their sins to John the Baptist; but in...
“For prisoners, baptism is ransom, forgiveness of debts, the death of sin…”
For prisoners, baptism is ransom, forgiveness of debts, the death of sin, regeneration of the soul, a resplendent garment, an unbreakable seal, a chariot to heaven, a royal protector, a gift of adoption
Mother Teresa’s Beautiful Prayer of Total Surrender: “You are Free Then”
Jesus said, 'I have chosen you. I have called yo by name.' Everyday you have to say, 'Yes.' Total surrender. To be where He wants you to be. If He puts you in the street, if you everything is taken from you and suddenly you find yourself in the street, to accept to be...
Pope Francis’ Critique of Gender-Changing Technologies: “Utopia of Neutral”
The recently-advanced hypothesis of reopening the way for the dignity of the person by radically neutralising sexual difference and, therefore, the understanding between man and woman, is not right. Instead of counteracting the negative interpretations of sexual...
Why We Must Stop Looking At Our Actions If We Want To Find Ourselves
The soul that projects itself entirely into activity, and seeks itself outside itself in the work of its own will is like a madman who sleeps on the sidewalk in front of his house instead of living inside where it is quiet and warm. The soul that throws itself...
We Must Discover Who We Are and Not Just What We Do
1. We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. We must find our real...