Sometimes our human expressions of love are actually expressions of human hate. We must always remember that true love always desires the best for the other, and a love that doesn’t desire Heaven for other is a love that is desires something less for other.
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Paul’s Exhortation on Living in the Spirit (Reflection on Mass Readings)
Today’s Second Reading at the Sunday Mass comes from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24: Brothers and sisters: Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain what is good. Refrain from [...]
Justification is a Process (Reflection on the Readings at Mass)
Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined [...]
The Grace Found in Sitting Down (Reflection on Mass Readings)
Today’s Gospel Reading comes from Matthew 15:29-37, and it is about the Jesus feeding the ‘four thousand’ after he had fed the ‘five thousand’: At that time:Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee,went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great crowds came to him,having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the [...]
A Thought on Keeping Good Company (Reflection on Mass Readings)
Today’s Second Reading at Mass comes from 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12: Brothers and sisters:You know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and daywe worked, so as not to burden any [...]
If Jesus were my Facebook Friend (Reflection on Mass Readings)
I noticed a few days ago that the social-media website ‘Facebook’ has a new featured called “See Friendship”. This little gadget appears beneath comments posted on your ‘Wall’ by your Facebook ‘Friends’. When you click on it – it shows you photos that you two may have taken together, public Facebook conversations between the both [...]
On the Benefits of Abandonment and Suffering (Reflection Readings at Mass)
Today’s Second Reading at Mass comes from Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18: Beloved:I am already being poured out like a libation,and the time of my departure is at hand.I have competed well; I have finished the race;I have kept the faith.From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me,which the Lord, the just judge,will award to me [...]
On the Benefits of Persistent Prayer (Reflection Readings at Mass)
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 that town used to come to him and say,‘Render a [...]
Concerning Gossip
I recently spoke with a woman who hated the fact that she always seemed to get caught up in gossiping about other people. Because she is in the entertainment industry and usually around people who have no interest in becoming saints, she finds herself in bad company that is doing their best to corrupt her [...]
A Short Treatment on Evils of Self-Complacency (Reflection on Readings at Mass)
The readings from today’s Mass (Amos6:1a, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; and Luke 16:19-31) are addressing the issue of self-complacency. Self-complacency is the feeling of self-satisfaction and contentment. And because those who are self-complacent believe that they have ‘arrived’ at a safe place, it lends them to being dangerously unaware of approaching dangers, temptations, and sin. [...]
On Love without Limits (Reflection on Readings at Mass)
Todays first reading at Mass comes from Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters:I, a prisoner for the Lord,urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,with all humility and gentleness, with patience,bearing with one another through love,striving to preserve the unity of the Spiritthrough the bond of peace:one Body and [...]
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