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Jun 30, 2022 · It can be done with a word of kindness or a gesture. Click to tweet: Every day when we wake up, our mission should be: “Today I will make a special point to reach out to others.” #catholicmom. I think God is asking that we all lead others with our heart. This is the path to sainthood. I do not mean to oversimplify this idea of our purpose.
Mar 3, 2024 · (2 Peter 1:4). We are perfected in charity, by grace and through faith. Every Christian, no matter what our state in life or particular vocation, is called to this holiness. God's Divine Life, and its dynamic work within us, is meant change us into the new men and women that Jesus Christ has capacitated us to become.
- Deacon Keith Fournier
Jun 18, 2024 · St. Ignatius of Loyola portrayed in the Great Upper Church. “Let us work as if success depends on us alone, but with the heartfelt convictions that we are doing nothing and God everything.”. – St. Ignatius of Loyola. “Without work, it’s impossible to have fun.”. – St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Purposeful living begins with a God-given burden. When we’ve yielded our life to Christ, we want to serve Him; we’re reading our Bible and praying earnestly for His will in our lives. We become like plowed and fertile fields waiting for the seed of His heart to drop into the furrows of our soul. The Lord will place a burden in our heart, and it wil...
Just as Nehemiah was burdened to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls, God places certain burdens on our heart. He puts within our restless spirit a desire to do something for Him. Perhaps it’s leading a Bible study at a nursing home. Maybe it’s periodic mission trips. It could be a job or task in your local church or an opportunity in your family or communit...
When we feel a burden in our heart and a desire to do something about it, we should respond by committing our entire being to the purpose God places within us. We need to “press toward the goal” (Philippians 3:14). That’s what Nehemiah did. After he prayed and staked out his plan, he tackled it with a determination that wouldn’t be denied. When the...
Of course, our work is a step of faith taken in total dependence on God for His enabling. Someone once said, “Ask God to give you a dream so large that it’s doomed to fail unless He is in it.” Not all of us have an equal measure of faith, but whatever we do must be done by faith. Read through Nehemiah and notice how some of his prayers were lengthy...
It’s been said that “a goal without a plan is just a wish.” Every vision must have specifics. Nehemiah evaluated every phase of the wall’s reconstruction. He knew every square yard. He assigned a job to everyone. He oversaw the work like a trained foreman. Nothing was left to chance, and no detail was overlooked. When we seek to implement the visio...
Oct 31, 2013 · The great second century bishop, Irenaeus of Lyons, once said that “the glory of God is man fully alive.”. First and foremost, this refers to Jesus Christ. Jesus shows us what it looks like ...
Apr 27, 2023 · With his 2017 document Maiorem hac dilectionem (“Greater love than this”), Pope Francis by motu proprio (papal prerogative) added a new fourth path to sainthood: oblatio vitae, the giving up of one’s life out of love for another, derived from the Scripture passage “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
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Sep 28, 2021 · 1. What does it mean to be a saint? To be a saint is synonymous with being blessed, blissful, happy. Sanctity is the gift of God that fulfills all human aspirations; it is the fullness of the Christian life that consists in being united to Christ, learning to live as children of God with the grace of the Holy Spirit and living the perfection of ...
