“When we trust in God He will transform us into the person we know we should be.” It has been said that mankind has only ever had one problem; we want to be like God. Which is another way of saying we have trust issues. The Catechism tells us thatContinue Reading
“A Christian always looks at the present and the future, not the past. We do not forget the past but use it as a guide for our future.” The Past Fools Us In the 2012 remake of the movie “Total Recall,” Douglas Quaid is fighting to recall who he trulyContinue Reading
“to be authentic means that an individual’s actions are consistent with their beliefs and desires in spite of external pressure” In his book “Blink,” Malcom Gladwell recounts the story of the “Getty Kouros.” In 1984 the J.Paul Getty museum unveiled its latest acquisition, a two thousand year old marble statueContinue Reading
“The gardener who intercedes on our behalf is Jesus, nourishing and working the soil of our hearts. This is the grace and mercy that He offers to us.” Napoleon’s Mercy Napoleon Bonaparte is often portrayed as a violent man, a dictator alongside the likes of Hitler and Mussolini. But thoseContinue Reading
When we are tempted, the best course of action is often to stand up to it, recognize it for what it is, and stare it down. From the Denver Post: “Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killingContinue Reading
“Sin is a rebellion against God. It is the desire to put our own wants and desires ahead of the moral law written on our hearts. It is no less than an attempt to murder God.” Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, property and businesses belonging to theContinue Reading
When we dedicate our gifts and talents to God, giving back to him the fruit of the gifts He has given us, our work is shaped by our love for God. When we offer out gifts and talents to God, He sometimes uses them in unexpected ways. The book, “ChickenContinue Reading
through baptism Jesus sets in motion God’s saving plan to renew all things according to the Divine Will Why did Jesus insist on being baptism? John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. But Jesus was without sin so why was He so persistent about being baptizedContinue Reading
“Obedience does not rob us of our freedom, rather it frees us to employ the full range of our gifts and talents in service to the Master.” French archbishop Francois Fenelon said this about obedience. “It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not constraint and contention thatContinue Reading
“As artists, are we concerned more with the Kingdom of Men, or with the Kingdom of God?” We live in two worlds, the visible and the invisible, and we have a foot in each. The visible world is of earthly kingdoms where truth is relative and fleeting. The invisible worldContinue Reading