Have you believed what God has spoken to you? Evidence that you have believed is demonstrated by you taking the blessing that He has given you and sharing it with others, as Mary took to Elizabeth. Evidence is demonstrated by trusting in His Word with reckless abandon. What God told you He will do for you, He will fulfill and you will be blessed, if you just simply believe – truly believe what was spoken to you by the Lord.

There many other things that can be said about Divine consolations, especially about the reasons why God decides to give them to us in the first place, but I believe that the most essential treatment that needs to be made here concerns how we ought to respond to them. I say that because Divine consolations will come to many us for whatever reason God deigns, but it is how we respond to them is what is most crucial to know.

Today’s Gospel reading at Mass comes from John 2:1-11, and it concerns the Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee that Mary, Jesus, and His disciples attended. Like all of the Gospel of John this section is jam packed with theological implications and spiritual light.

Have you believed what God has spoken to you? Evidence that you have believed is demonstrated by you taking the blessing that He has given you and sharing it with others, as Mary took to Elizabeth. Evidence is demonstrated by trusting in His Word with reckless abandon. What God told you He will do for you, He will fulfill and you will be blessed, if you just simply believe – truly believe what was spoken to you by the Lord.

CATgear has been around since 2000 I had never heard of it. It’s not just a clothing company – it’s a ministry. According to Dominic it’s been their goal from the beginning to help our high school students better understand their faith specifically with Mary and the Rosary.

The Ark of the Old Covenant contained the Decalogue (which is the Law/Word), a Pot of Manna (which was the bread from Heaven that sustained the life of the Hebrews during the Exodus), and Aaron’s Rod (which budded and convicted those who were grumbling against Moses). The Ark of the New Covenant, who is the Virgin Mary, contained Jesus (the Word of God and the Bread of Life – the new Manna from Heaven), and the Holy Spirit (which is Truth that convicts us).

Today’s Gospel Reading at the Sunday Mass comes from Luke 1:46-56: Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: [...]

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- – – An excerpt from Chapter Sixteen (‘The Fourteeth Didactic Mystery’) of my book Cooperating with God: Life with the Cross – Matthew 27:62- 28:15 The next day, the one following the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate [...]

God sets a father in honor over his children;a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.Whoever honors his father atones for sins,and preserves himself from them.When he prays, he is heard;he stores up riches who reveres his mother.Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,and, [...]

Today’s Gospel Reading at Mass comes from Luke 18:1-8: Jesus told his disciples a parableabout the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.He said, “There was a judge in a certain townwho neither feared God nor respected any human being.And a widow in [...]

Today’s Gospel Reading comes from Luke 11:5-13 Jesus said to his disciples:“Suppose one of you has a friendto whom he goes at midnight and says,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journeyand I have [...]