Category Archives: Discipleship
Mercy And Forgiveness
It has been a year since Pope Francis became pope. And what a year it has been. He has inspired us with his words and wisdom. He has touched the world and changed many through his actions. One of his … Continue reading
Being Good Is Doing Good
For a long time, I understood being good as avoiding doing bad and evil things: thou shall not steal; thou shall not kill; thou shall not commit adultery; thou shall not bear false witness. I am not a thief nor … Continue reading
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Salvation Even For Tax Collectors
Taxes are an essential element when people live together in communities. They are as old as history and as certain as death. They are necessary to pay for common needs and services of the community as well as to provide … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Encounter, Sin
Tagged Grace
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Authentic Fasting
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I am more than just my physical body. Science has pretty much documented our bodily functions, including how thoughts are created in the human brain. But science stops there. How … Continue reading
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Tagged Discipline, Doing good
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My Lenten Journey
In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Franics reminded us that “Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive … Continue reading
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The Fullness of Life
Life is good and it is great to be alive. Man’s deepest yearning is to remain alive, to live life in its fullness, to live forever. Man’s greatest fears are those that would deny him this fullness of life. Like … Continue reading
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Tagged Grace, joy, Suffering
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Learning from My Emptiness
What can I learn when I am in a state of neediness and desolation? Nature abhors a vacuum. Whenever there is a vacuum, nature tends to fill it with just about anything to remove the emptiness. Often, I try to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Choice, Healing
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God’s Mysterious Presence in My Life
My faith is not a faith that can move mountains nor can it drive away evil spirits. Often, I am faced with mountains of obstacles and problems. I will them to go away but they wont. There are times I … Continue reading
Good Pope Francis
Today is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Appropriately, it is also the start of the Consistory where the new 19 Cardinals will be officially made cardinals. The rites will be done with the traditional pomp and splendor. … Continue reading
Let Go and Let God
If I were to buy my life, what can I buy it with? I was born with nothing at all. So what currency can I use to buy me a life? I have had many joys and pleasures. But these … Continue reading