Have you ever noticed that we only want change whenever we’re not satisfied with our situation? We always wish that the traffic could go faster, try to fix the flaws in the people closest to us, and endure daily grinds that leave us exhausted in the end.
Read MoreYou know, the sacraments and our faith sometimes just give me chills. When we sit back and look, we can see how they are all intertwined and how they all manifest in each other. They rely on each other and connect us to salvation. Even more so, they show us how His mercy is manifested in our salvation.
Read MoreSadly, we live in a world where faith isn’t the first priority. Sadly, we live in a world where many people think that God is a theory and the idea of Him is a hoax. Unfortunately, many people turn to blaming God, rather than turning to him. Instead of finding comfort in the Lord in our hard times, sad times and bad times, we completely turn the opposite way and run. Our world today, is in a very dark place.
Read MoreAlright ladies. It’s high time I tell you exactly who St. Faustina Kowalska is. Born Helen Kowalska, St. Faustina lived in Poland. When she was twenty, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and took on the name Sr. Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament. She received visions of Jesus throughout her life and in spite of her poor background and lack of education, she kept a diary of her life in the convent and the visions she received. She became devoted to Christ and His Divine Mercy.
Read MoreWhat exactly does “compassion” mean? According to dictionary.com, compassion is “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering
Read MoreEver saw the movie Groundhog Day? The basic premise of the movie is that a reporter named Phil relives the same day over and over again, stuck in a time loop until he finally learns to improve himself as a person. Once he finally does that, he is able to literally move onto the next day.
Read MoreYou know we are very fortunate to have the Bible at our disposal to use. We have it at our fingertips to constantly refer to and look to what the Lord has done in the past. I always like to think about Luke 18: 35-40, the story of the healing of the blind beggar
Read MoreWe’ve all had those times that we either had a song stuck in our head for what felt like weeks or loved a song so much, we would put that song on repeat for hours, or even days on end. Either way, it would take a long time for that song to get out of our heads. Today’s verses all sound similar, but they echo a wonderful refrain: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endures forever.”
Read MoreHis mercy is sure. His mercy is sure. His mercy is sure… what does this mean. We will make an everlasting covenant with the Lord, a promise of salvation. But how can we make a promise to receive something if we do nothing in return.
Read MoreI love whenever through scripture and at mass we talk about baptism and new life. I love how at Easter, when we renew our baptismal promise, we too are cleansed, through the sprinkling of the Holy water, and given new life.
Read MoreThere’s a tendency in a lot of Christians to see two different versions of God. There’s the God of the Old Testament who’s all fire and brimstone and rules and punishment. Then there’s the God of the New Testament, who loved the world so much, He sent His only Son to save sinners. But the God of the New Testament in the same God of the Old Testament. It’s not that God changed. God never changes. It’s the perception of who God is that changed over time.
Read MoreOur lives have high value and quality. We are valuable and worth something to the Lord. Before the Lord came along though, I am sorry to put it so bluntly, but we were worthless. We didn’t have high value and our qualities were poor. We were living in sin, and when we live in sin, we are dead, we have no life, and we are away from God. Sin puts us so far away from God that we can’t live with Him. And when we aren’t living with the Lord, what are we living for?
Read MoreHe knows that we aren’t perfect. He knows that we make mistakes, and he knows that we are indeed trying our best to serve him. And when we fall flat on our faces, he is merciful.
Read MoreNo matter how far you feel you’ve fallen, or how long it’s been since you last talked to that person, it is never too late to ask God for forgiveness, to forgive yourself, or to start forgiving the ones who’ve hurt you. In short, mercy and forgiveness have no expiration date.
Read MoreEveryone has their weaknesses, their vulnerable spots, the parts of their souls that are the most susceptible to temptation.
Read MoreToday’s passage is definitely soap opera worthy. Heck, give this story to the writers of Game of Thrones and you could easily see this happening on HBO: A king lusts over the wife of one of his soldiers, sleeps with her, gets her pregnant, and then kills her husband by sending him over to the front lines where he was guaranteed to die.
Read MoreLet’s take a look at a person who committed a sin that some people still haven’t forgiven. He betrayed Jesus around the hour of his death, abandoned Jesus even when he swore up and down that he would always be there for his Savior.
Read MoreWhy do we need Confession?
Even though most of us aren’t people who would commit violent crimes, we still have a tendency to sin.
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