It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, so let’s talk about true love! Jesus requires His disciples to be full of His truth and love. Our Responsorial Psalm this Sunday begins: “Blessed are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord” (Psalm 119:1). Our “Way,” Jesus, is indeed blameless. We are called to become like Him in all things. Jesus is “the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6) and love…
“Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more.” – Psalm 72:7 For the second week of Advent, let’s focus on the virtue of justice toward God. There are two forms of justice: justice toward God and justice toward neighbor. The Catechism teaches: “Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called…
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores…” – Luke 16:19-20 Recall the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16: 19-31) from our Gospel passage this Sunday. Lazarus sat at the rich man’s door begging. The rich man had to step over poor Lazarus each day when he came and…
Blessed are they…-Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes are a rule of life that can help us live a life that is truly happy and holy. It’s a picture of a life lived virtuously, full of faith in the Lord, confident hope in His promises, and love of God and neighbor. Following the Beatitudes is like a blueprint for conforming our hearts to Christ’s Sacred Heart. Christ is the exemplary image of each one of the Beatitudes.…
Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more.- Psalm 72:7 During the first week of Advent we focused on the gift of hope, which is connected in a deep way to this week’s gift: peace–pax in Latin. St. Paul taught that God is the true source of our peace: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound…
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. – Luke 21:27 Advent is here! While the days are getting shorter and darker each day, with the increasing darkness comes the promise of brighter days: “but for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays” (Malachi 4:2). Sun of Justice is one of the names of Jesus. In…
The days are getting shorter and darker each day now. But with the increasing darkness comes the promise of brighter days: “but for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays” (Mal 3:20). Sun of Justice is one of the names of Jesus. If your family does a Jesse Tree during Advent, you might remember this from the O Antiphons that are recited during Vespers in the…