Sunday, February 5, 2012
Awesome Example
Dear Lord, help me to be open to the needs of my family in every way. Let me see clearly that my role is in getting them all to heaven through my example and love.
from: Embracing Motherhood
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Welcome One and All
Welcoming the stranger does not stop at our parish doors. But it does start there. And if we cannot welcome the Catholic whom we have seen, how can we welcome the stranger whom we have not seen?
from: The Work of Mercy
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thirsting For God
To give drink to the thirsty is now, as it was then, a supreme work of mercy in that it involves giving the living water of the Spirit to those who cry out for him.
from: The Work of Mercy
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Feed the Hungry
Feeding the hungry means more than feeding the belly. Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
from: The Work of Mercy
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Encounters With Grace
We are bound by the sacraments, but God is not bound. Jesus does not sit on his hands refusing to work in our lives till we ask him to be our personal Savior any more than he is helpless to act unless we are baptized. Our very ability to seek him is already fruit of his grace.
from: The Work of Mercy
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Living With Fortitude
There are heroes out there every day, living in the grace of fortitude. We used to call it white martyrdom, and their names were legion in the twentieth century. They were the quiet heroes who refused to abandon the faith when the knock came at the door late at night.
from: A Guy's Guide to The Good Life
Monday, January 30, 2012
Living Prudently
Prudent men are those willing to live and die by truth. They are stand-up guys when the rest of the world is sitting down.
from: A Guy's Guide to The Good Life
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Living the Good Life
The virtuous life isn’t just the good life; it’s the best life, the life you were made for.
from: A Guy's Guide to The Good Life