Day 15

This is a Friend who will not terrify you, who will not abandon you. Hope in Him, and Heaven is yours!

-- St Joseph Cafasso

Verses That Struck Me

In today's readings the verses that struck me the most were:

First Reading : and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, - Eph 3:17

Faith Again....

Gospel : Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; - Luke 12:51

A division between those who'll accept Him and His message and those who'll reject Him.

 A Peep Into Vatican II

We all love to say that we love God. It is so easy just to say that and get the holier-than-thou feeling. The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium tell us what must be happening if we actually do love God:

"God is love, and he who abides in love, abides in God and God in Him". But, God pours out his love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, Who has been given to us; thus the first and most necessary gift is love, by which we love God above all things and our neighbor because of God. Indeed, in order that love, as good seed may grow and bring forth fruit in the soul, each one of the faithful must willingly hear the Word of God and accept His Will, and must complete what God has begun by their own actions with the help of God's grace. These actions consist in the use of the sacraments and in a special way the Eucharist, frequent participation in the sacred action of the Liturgy, application of oneself to prayer, self-abnegation, lively fraternal service and the constant exercise of all the virtues. For charity, as the bond of perfection and the fullness of the law, rules over all the means of attaining holiness and gives life to these same means. It is charity which guides us to our final end. It is the love of God and the love of one's neighbor which points out the true disciple of Christ. 42

 

 

 See See See (Catechism of the Catholic Church)

 

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Catholic Fun Trivia 

Late Pope John Paul II use to sneak out of Vatican to ski in the Italian Mountains. And you thought being a Pope was boring?

 And One More Thing...

Pope Benedict XVI has written 3 parts of a book, the third part is about to be released. What is the name of this book?

Answer of yesterday's question : Matthias