1. “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” 2. “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be…
Have you not heard that growth is often uncomfortable, messy, and full of feelings you were not expecting. Perhaps, this is your favorite quote for change: “I’m stronger because I had to be, I’m smarter because of my mistakes, happier because of the sadness I’ve known, and now wiser because I learned.” Indeed, anyone will applaud your genuineness and could keep endorsing your paradigm of experience. Still, one thing is sure about where you are now; you must stop cursing…
Serena Sigillito said: “There are many ways to visualise the blend of personal and professional life that has come to characterise the lives of American working moms. Some call it “the swirl,” an image that emphasises the chaotic churn of to-do lists. . . . There is undeniably a tension between professional ambition and selfless maternal love. But perhaps that’s not a bad thing. Perhaps, instead, it’s an opportunity for both personal growth and cultural renewal – especially if, as…
1. “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” 2. “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.” 3. “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.” 4. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be…
Yes, since we overlook the penances that lead to communion, we know nothing of God’s will to join together or HIS all around thought about reflections of solidarity and being united in receiving God’s peace and breakthroughs. Peace sprouts on the soil of certified goodness shown distinctly in a daily existence relinquished to the most extreme and spent in the unarmed however hard and fast battle against any resistance to solidarity and helpful peace. The heart that makes the ideal…
Eberhard Arnold said: “Because we ignore the sacrifices that lead to peace, we know nothing of God’s will to unite or of his well-considered thoughts of unity. Peace blooms on the soil of genuine truthfulness that is shown only in a life sacrificed to the utmost and spent in unarmed but all-out combat against any opposition to unity and constructive peace. The heart that makes the perfect sacrifice – the mightiest power of all worlds – is the only strength…
1. “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” 2. “But with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” 3. “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of…
In John 1:29, John used the image of the sacrificial lamb, represented many times in the Old Testament. Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of every time that image is displayed. Jesus Christ is the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. Jesus Christ is the animal slaughtered in the Garden of Eden to cover the nakedness of the first sinners. Jesus Christ is the lamb God would Himself provide for Abraham as a substitute for Isaac. Jesus Christ is…
Martin Luther King Jr. said: “Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness if you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. Suppose you want to be great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s your new definition of greatness. And this morning, the thing that I like about it, by giving that definition of greatness, means that everybody can be great. Because everybody can serve. You…
Yes, Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ! Apostle Paul in his writings accentuated that Christ displaces the law of Moses as the focus of divine revelation and the way to life. Undoubtedly, no one has seen God at any time: Jesus, the Word, is the perfect declaration and or proclamation of the unseen God. The Father and the Son belong to the same family, and Jesus has declared the nature of the unseen God to humans. We don’t have…