Here [in the spiritual realm] birth is not the result of intervention from outside, as happens with bodily creatures who reproduce in an external way. Spiritual birth is the result of free choice and we are thus, in a sense, our own parents, creating ourselves as we...
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“A life without eternity is unworthy of the name of life.”
A life without eternity is unworthy of the name of life. Only eternal life is true.
“Communion with God is life, and separation from God is death”
For communion with God is life, and separation from God is death.
A Time is Coming When People Will Go Mad and Common Sense Will Fade
A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they meet someone who is not mad, they will turn to him and say, “you are out of your mind,” just because he is not like them.
We are Here for Only an Instant. Everything Slips Away!
After so many sufferings, diseases, troubles and pains, let us return humbly to that One Being. Let us enter into that city whose inhabitants share in Being itself.
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Discovering One’s Vocation: It’s not only knowing what God Wants, but doing it!
The fundamental objective of the formation of the lay faithful is an ever-clearer discovery of one’s vocation and the ever-greater willingness to live it so as to fulfill one’s mission.
The Vocation of the Artist: Creative Intuition that Deepens in Christ’s Incarnation
”With this Letter, I turn to you, the artists of the world, to assure you of my esteem and to help consolidate a more constructive partnership between art and the Church. Mine is an invitation to rediscover the depth of the spiritual and religious dimension which has...
Lord, I ask your pardon, I have sinned again.
Lord, I ask your pardon, I have sinned again. This, alas, is what I am capable of doing on my own! But I abandon myself with confidence to your mercy and your pardon, I thank you for not allowing me to sin even more grievously. I abandon myself to You with confidence...
The Prayer That Gives Jesus And Mary More Glory Than Any Other
When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer.
Why Did Jesus Not Marry? He Had His Own Bride: The Church
Further, they do not know the reason why the Lord did not marry. In the first place he had his own bride, the Church.
Short Story about Masks: They Promise to Make You Feel Free, But Are You?
I wept, but the mask did not let the tears escape; they ran down inside over my cheeks and dried at once and ran again and dried. And at last I knelt before them, as no human being ever knelt; I knelt, and lifted up my hands, and implored them: “Take me out, if you...
The Gift of Marriage Is From God | Wisdom From JPII
Love that leads to marriage is a gift from God and a great act of faith toward other human beings.
The Differences Between A Career And A Vocation
While a career is a mode of making a living and contributing to the earthly welfare of the human community, a vocation is a call from the Divine Persons to a way of life. It is a beckoning, an invitation to give oneself totally to another person in accordance with the...
Is God vindictive? Why inflict pain and suffering on those who follow him?
Day by day, I learned to experience in some measure the power of God as manifested in the mystery of the passion. Pain and suffering comprised the sacrifice needed in the passion for saving souls. A similar sacrifice had to be undertaken by all those called to the...
The Christian Life Is A Combat, A War Without Mercy
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...
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/ [soliloquy id="46949"] *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.