Archive for February 2009
A Reflection From Saint Jerome
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Friday, 13 February 2009
“God wishes to test you like gold in the furnace. The dross is consumed by the fire, but the pure gold remains and its value increases. It is in this manner that God acts with his good servant, who puts his hope in him and remains unshaken in times of distress. God raises him up [...]
FOCA
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Friday, 13 February 2009
Ok, here’s what I see on this “Freedom of Choice of Act” or “FOCA.”
1. The bill would create a right to abortions the government could not limit.
2. Bring about a national policy far worse that the US Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade.
3. For the first time abortions would become an entitlement the government must fund and [...]
Notes
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Saturday, 7 February 2009
My notes on Father Mark Lawlor’s “Pastor’s Reflection” from 18 Jan 2009:
The English word “Catholic” is originally from the Greek word Katholikos, which means universal or whole. The word “church” is from the Latin word Ecclesia, which in scripture refers to the gathered assembly of God.
The Catholic Church, therefore, refers to the Universal People of [...]
A Paulist Message
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Endure in faith while God refines your character.
Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance, proven character,
and proven character, hope.
~ St. Paul, Romans 5:3-4
~ Endure in faith while God refines your character ~
Know that afflictions produce the following fruits:
endurance
proven character
hope
Excerpt from the Pope
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Wednesday, 4 February 2009
An excerpt from a recent homily by Pope Benedict XVI:
The divine and universal law of creation is divine love, incarnate in Christ. However, this should not be understood in a poetic but in a real sense. Moreover, this is what Dante himself meant when, in the sublime verse that concludes the Paradiso and the entire [...]
Dear God
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Thank you for the gift of life and for this brand new day. Help me to make the most of it by doing Your will for me. Amen.
With Much Committed to Memory
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Wednesday, 4 February 2009
With the knowledge of the Old Testament, Jude and the other apostles preached with much committed to memory. They memorized it and so can I – with the help, grace and direction of the Lord our God.
Show me Thy ways Oh Lord, Teach me Thy paths, I beg of thee.
We can imitate the great Saints [...]
A Good Exercise
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Wednesday, 4 February 2009
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says.” – Rev 3:6
When you enter the church, open your eyes – give yourself time to look around. What you want to do is to look. to see – with the eyes of faith.
Saints, Statues and Icons – look beyond the wood, paint and [...]
I Need
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Somebody to save me, rescue me …
Daily Ignatian Reflection
Posted by: Jennifer Martinez on: Monday, 2 February 2009
Father you created me and put me on earth for a purpose. Jesus you died for me and call me to complete your work. Holy Spirit, you help me to carry out the work for which I was created and called. In your presence and name — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit –
I begin my reflection.
May [...]
Daily Bible Verse
- Isaiah 1:18"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
- Roger Lauder: I do hope the good Lord has kept the light shining for Stephanie Shughart God be with you always
- romeo g agravante, jr: Yes, always, the most Glorious Holy Archangel Michael come for help once we call the Most Holy Trinity. Nothing to be fear he will always guides us th
- Lilli Lee Buck: Michael came to me once in l970. He told me "I give you the sword of the spirit into your hand. Take it and fight evil."
CatholicCulture.org – What You Need to Know
- Matrimony Monday, 20 July 2009While the nature of matrimony as both a natural and supernatural institution is covered in the entry on Marriage, matrimony can also be considered primarily from the point of view of its sacramental celebration and the nature of the sacramental bond.
- Subsidiarity Tuesday, 6 January 2009The social teaching of the Church is based on the human person as the principle, subject and object of every social organization. Subsidiarity is one of the core principles of this teaching. This principle holds that human affairs are best handled at the lowest possible level, closest to the affected pesons.
- Anointing of the Sick Monday, 5 January 2009Anointing of the Sick is that sacrament which is administered to strengthen Christians who are in danger of death from sickness or old age. The Apostle James refers to this sacrament when he says, "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer […]
- Trinity Thursday, 30 October 2008It is not easy to describe the Trinity, let alone understand this great mystery of the Catholic Faith. Perhaps the most important thing we can say about the Trinity is that the one and only God is truly a dynamic and self-sufficient community of love, and is therefore the source, model and goal of all other love. Thus does God reveal Himself as Father, Son a […]
- Abortion Friday, 25 July 2008Abortion is the greatest single scourge of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, claiming far more innocent lives than any other threat, including war, poverty, starvation and natural disasters. This grave moral evil is also the centerpiece of the contemporary culture wars which divide most Western nations, particularly the United States, whic […]
- Rosary Tuesday, 22 July 2008The Rosary is one of the most widespread devotional practices in the Catholic world, and has been more often encouraged and recommended by popes through the ages than any other devotion save the Mass itself. Strongly associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, and relying on the power of her intercession with her Divine Son, the Rosary makes use of a simple str […]
- Apologetics Thursday, 24 January 2008As soon as one understands that apologetics comes from the Greek word for defense (apologetikos), the term becomes very easy to understand. Apologetics is a branch of study which aims to explain and justify Christian doctrine, demonstrating its reasonableness in the face of objections by those who do not accept it. Doing apologetics means defending the faith […]
- Modernism Thursday, 17 January 2008As the name implies, Modernism is an ideology by which religious truths, and especially Catholic teachings, are derived and interpreted in accordance with personal religious experience, under the influence of the spirit of the current age. First emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Modernism was condemned by Pope St. Pius X in 1907. It resurfa […]
