by SrDeniseSickinger | Jan 19, 2022 | Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Choose to Love, Fraternal Love, God's love for us, Happiness, Love, Love of God and Each Other, Sanctity, Truth
from Catholic Exchange AL SMITH Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was a man for all seasons. Over his lifetime, he spent himself for souls, transforming lives with the clear teaching of the truths of Christ and His Church through his books, radio addresses, lectures, television series, and his many newspaper columns. As a much sought-after lecturer, his topics ranged from the social concerns of the day to matters of faith and morals. With an easy and personable manner, Sheen could strike up a conversation on just about any subject, making numerous friends as well as converts. During his presentations, Archbishop Sheen would offer his trademark words of benediction, “God love you”. Sheen explained that his phrase “God love you” means God is love, God loves you, and you ought to love God in return. Along with his familiar parting phrase of “God love you”, Archbishop Sheen was known for beginning his lectures with the greeting “Friends”. This salutation had a twofold meaning: he was referring to the scripture passage “I no longer call you servants… instead, I have called you friends.” (John 15:15). And, he wanted to make friends with men and women of all faiths, in the hope of...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 11, 2021 | Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Choose to Love, Communion of Saints, Fraternal Love, God's love for us, Love of God and Each Other, Pilgrimage, Teens and Young Adults
SOURCE: https://catholicexchange.com/blessed-pier-giorgio-frassatis-apostolate-of-charity NOVEMBER 10, 2021 CHRISTINE M. WOHAR Every one of you knows that the foundation of our religion is Charity. — Pier Giorgio Frassati In the moving account of the death of Pier Giorgio Frassati written by his sister Luciana, his actions in his final hours showed the depth of his compassion for the poor and sick whom he took care of regularly. It was Friday, July 3, 1925. He would have normally gone that day to the weekly meeting of his Conference of St. Vincent de Paul. Instead, he was bedridden with a fatal diagnosis of polio and surrounded by his grieving family. Almost completely paralyzed at this point, he asked his sister to bring some items from his study and then wrote these barely legible instructions: These are the injections for Converso. The pawn ticket belongs to Sappa; I had forgotten it, renew it on my account. Unnoticed Acts of Giving Requests like these would not have come as a surprise to his friend who received this note. After all, this was how Pier Giorgio spent so much of his life — doing one unnoticed act of charity after another. Providing medicine, schoolbooks, bus tickets, food, and...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jun 8, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Amoris Laetitia, Children, Education, Events / Calendar, Family MInistry, Happiness, Health, Love, Love of God and Each Other, Teens and Young Adults
“Education in love: affectivity and sexuality. How to accompany young people” 08 June 2021 (ANS – Rome) – In the last two weeks of May and the first of June, delegates, consecrated persons and lay people from all the Provinces of the world participated in three formative sessions organized by the Youth Ministry Sector. This initiative was conceived in response to the need of the Provinces to form and share the pastoral and moral keys for the affective-sexual education of young people, thinking of educational criteria. The participation was very numerous and representative of the various realities: a total of about 580 people across three days. With great competence and skill, Professor Javier de la Torre introduced the participants to very delicate and significant issues on an educational-pastoral level, but also on a personal level. In the first meeting, the pastoral and moral keys for the affective sexual education of young people were provided. They started from a horizon in which there are insufficient models of sexuality education to arrive at principles of sexuality education that envisage a path of knowledge – as opposed to ignorance -, of openness and communication – as opposed to silence -, of attention and...
by SrMaryTerzo | May 22, 2021 | Choose to Love, Love of God and Each Other
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MAY 22, 2021 EASTER SATURDAY 7 WORD of the DAY Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, “Master, who is the one who will betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” So the word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die. But Jesus had not told him that he would not die, just “What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours?” (John 21: 20-22) How shall I live this Word? How much curiosity do we show in our daily life about those who live close to us, curiosities often disguised as interest and care for the other, but dictated by the deep and morbid need to know and to enter into the life and choices of others: “What concern is it of yours?”. How many jealousies we feel for what others do, for their...
by SrMaryTerzo | May 14, 2021 | Choose to Love, Fraternal Love, Love of God and Each Other
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MAY 14, 2021 EASTER FRIDAY 6 St. Matthew Apostle WORD of the DAY Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.” (John 15: 9-17)...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Mar 14, 2021 | Accompaniment, Confession, Love, Love of God and Each Other
Pope Francis meets with participants in an annual course on the internal forum, organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary Source: Pope Francis: Love at the heart of a good confession – Vatican...
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