If you take nothing else away, this article’s point is that you have to voluntarily give up things to strengthen your will and prepare yourself for something you cannot or do not foresee.
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Prepare Your Heart
Let Jesus meet you where you are. Put down your guard. Make a commitment to have faith. Let the love of Christ pierce your inmost being this Christmas. Have you ever considered that what you are called to give this Christmas is the gift of yourself to the One who gave up everything for you?
Narnia and Lord of the Rings on ‘being Dangerous’
Today, we’re often afraid of that which is “dangerous.” We prefer to stick to the comfortable, recognizable. Such beliefs were not the notion of the two most famous Inklings, who used the word much more deliberately.
Leaving the Ninety-Nine
Sometimes you will feel like your world is falling apart. Sometimes you will feel that you can’t push on any further. Sometimes you will feel completely overwhelmed that you seem to be paralyzed. Don’t be afraid of these feelings.
The Value of Trials and Tribulations
God does not promise that the path will be easy, however, He does promise that He will never leave us or forsake us. Allow Him to use your trials, your uncertainty, and your fear to sanctify you. Surrender to Him and allow His abundant grace and mercy to overwhelm you.
So Many Things
We fill up our lives with so much stuff that we lose sight of what is truly important. Stuff is not limited to merely material things. Stuff can be too many extracurriculars, spending too much time at work, TV, social media, and more. Worrying about all of these things can be debilitating. Your patience growsContinue reading “So Many Things”
Third Sunday After Pentecost
We have a mission. We have a role. Being too nice and harmless can be harmful to the mission we are called to in this life. Christians are hated and persecuted. But, nevertheless, we must keep pushing. We must not stop. Jesus was hated by many but that did not stop Him and it must not stop us also.
Surface Level
It is of the utmost importance for the progression of society for there to be civil discourse between educated, mature individuals. Without this, we will begin to fall apart.
Answering a Common Objection to Christianity
“‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.’ In Christianity, we have God’s full revelation to humanity. It’s true that all religions contain some measure of truth — the amount varying with the religion. Nevertheless, if we earnestly want to follow and worship God, shouldn’t we do it in the way He prescribed?
If Jesus is indeed God, then only Christianity contains the fullness of this truth.”
Blog: Silence
For the past two weeks, the managers of this account of have been reading Shūsaku Endō’s Silence, a novel that chronicles the lives of European missionaries’ journey to a largely anti-Catholic Japan. The book is raw, haunting, and at times, saddening. Readers find not the typical hagiography of a martyred saint, but rather the frustratingContinue reading “Blog: Silence”
Catholicism Rekindled 