The lowest and highest of Jesus' brothers are called to love God.
Dear Liturgists, Should deacons used the orans posture when saying the Our Father at Mass?
Tell the church. In stories and probably in life, dispute are often settled by a rabbi. Do disputing Catholics ever go to their pastor to settle an argument?
In his homily this morning, Fr. Julian A. Davies, OFM, said, “A watchman would tell you, “If you die in mortal sin, you go to Hell.”
Come into my Father’s blessing and inherit the kingdom I have prepared for you from the beginning of creation. Sc. 78, Matthew 25:34
One needn’t become divinized to have eternal life. [Sc. 71, Mark 10:19]]
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From *Erasmus of Rotterdam* by Stefan Zweig @waisberg
People who are far from God’s kingdom in life will be far from God’s kingdom in death.
London eye and light, two photos sent to us by someone visiting there.
The gates of hell shall not prevail. Matthew 16:18
Those of us who believe in Jesus should not for a moment consider what would make us believe that the gates of hell have prevailed. The Jews lost their First Temple and then lost their Second Temple and now have no Temple, but there are still Jews.
Not art appreciation, but more important.
We ought to read in such a manner that we appropriate from what we have read the moral lesson that lies hidden behind it. —Georg Brandes
For those of us who are not practitioners, the most important thing we can get from a work of art is a moral lesson. This is true even if we and others get different lessons, and even if the work or the artist’s intention isn’t explicitly moral and the moral lesson is, as Brandes writes, “hidden”. And indeed, in most works of art, the moral lesson is not a moral but a vision.
The Church must find a place to stand to move the world.
That many people believe, rightly or wrongly, that the election was stolen makes the belief a political issue that should be discussed, not squelched.
The people were told … The way of the world … Sc. 31, The Sermon on the Mount
Jesus builds on morals that were accepted (mores).
“each other” Gospel Scenes
“each other” Bryan A. Garner
On Numbers 5:15. twitter.com/LeoTheLes…
Just as an unattractive person gladly receives the love of an attractive person and becomes more attractive, so we gladly receive the love of God and become more lovable.