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June 1, 2024Lent is a time to renew our spiritual lives so that we may walk humbly with our Lord and glorify him with our lives.Read More
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May 6, 2024The event took place on Saturday 4 May 2024 at the Basilica of Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg in the United States.Read More
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March 17, 2024Have a deep desire to see Jesus more clearly, to die to ourselves, and to follow him unconditionally.Read More
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March 3, 2024Lent is the ideal time for cleaning out the temple of our own hearts and offering to God proper divine worship by obeying the Ten Commandments.Read More
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February 25, 2024Try to listen to the voice of God! What is God speaking to me?Read More
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February 18, 2024During this season of Lent, we have to find the riches hidden in Christ through our repentance.Read More
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February 14, 2024During this season of Lent, we need to strengthen our inner lives through prayer, fasting and thanksgiving.Read More
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February 2, 2024"By the grace of God, Jeremy’s life has shown us the importance of uniting our sufferings with Christ’s and asking the Lord to redeem them (Col 1:24)", says Adrienne Weaver, a member of the Community of Grace, who enjoys spending time with her family and friends and reading the Word of God.Read More
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April 10, 2022Read More“Blessed is He who is coming as King in the Name of the Lord!” Luke 19:38
Who is this who comes to us humbly riding on the foal of a donkey? Behold, He is the Lord God, the Creator of the Universe now coming into our midst as King. Only the poor in spirit, however are able to recognise Him and praise Him. The rich, the learned and the clever turn their eyes away from Him in contempt - joy and praise are far from their minds or their hearts while encountering the person of Jesus Christ. Their minds being set on the standards of this world, they are unable to recognise the King of the Universe. -
March 31, 2022Read More“He was despised, the lowest of men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering, one from whom, as it were, we averted our gaze, despised, for whom we had no regard.” Isaiah 53:3
The Prophet Isaiah prophesied hundreds of years before the Christ was to come about the form of His appearance. These signs invite us to identify Him carefully. Unlike a handsome, majestic and magnificently attired king, the form of the Messiah would be startling - he would be the lowest of men, a man of sorrows and of much suffering. As if from the most despicable beggar on the street, the majority would turn their eyes away from him in scorn. Jesus perfectly fits into this description. -
March 30, 2022Read More“My strength is trickling away, my bones are all disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting inside me.” Psalm 22:14
The great love Jesus our Lord has for us led Him to take our weaknesses on Himself. He willed to become weak so that we might become strong. In our weakness, let us not hesitate to approach our good Lord, who waits for us to dispense the healing effects of His Passion into our souls. During this Holy Season, let us compensate for our terpidity with repentance, fervour and greater love. -
March 29, 2022Read More“The Lord guides a strong man’s steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him. When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since the Lord supports him by the hand” Psalms 37:23-24
The Scripture tells us that the Lord loves those who are strong and courageous. A strong man is the one in whom the Word of God abides and who cuts down every temptation with the strong blows of God’s Word which He uses like a divine sword. Even if such a person trips, the Lord his protector and shield, quickly raises him up with His mighty hands. -
March 28, 2022Read More“I was resolved that the only knowledge I would have... was knowledge of Jesus, and of Him as the Crucified Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
Knowledge is something everyone likes to have, because knowledge makes one powerful. People like to boast and show off their knowledge in various fields and domains. Before his conversion, Saint Paul, the Apostle of Divine Wisdom, was no different. He was a master of the Law and a very knowledgeable man, and prided himself on it. But once he met the Lord Jesus Christ, he realised that all his former knowledge was but a grain of sand, a drop of water beside the vast and eternal ocean of Divine Wisdom, presented to humanity in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Crucified and Risen Saviour of the whole human race. But there is a condition to receive the knowledge of Jesus - all those who wish to know Jesus must make a resolve: a resolve to know only about Jesus, and of Him as the Crucified Christ. -
March 27, 2022Read More“Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven..” Matthew 5:11-12
Jesus tells us three things in the above verses: the first, that we should resolutely stand for Him, the second that we should be prepared to hear all kinds of calumny spoken against us, and the third that we greatly rejoice because our reward is assured. We are indeed on the right track if we have to suffer because we stand for Jesus. -
March 26, 2022Read More“He was bearing our sins in His own body on the Cross, so that we might die to our sins and live for uprightness; through His bruises you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:25
When Adam and Eve committed the first sin, the first sacrifice was also made to make clothes of skin to cover their nakedness. For those who turn to Him, the Lord covers the nakedness caused by their sins with dazzling garments of righteousness. These garments are made from the Lamb of God, His Son Jesus Christ. -
March 25, 2022Read More“The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.”Luke 1:35 God chose the lowliest of all maidens to receive the greatest revelation He could ever give to humanity - the revelation of His Son, the mystery which as Saint Paul describes, He had kept hidden within Himself for many generations, and now had chosen to reveal to humanity. The Virgin believed and gave Her assent to God’s revelation and behold, the Word - the Son of God, became flesh and dwelt amongst us.
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March 24, 2022Read More“Each one should give as much as he has decided on his own initiative, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7
God has given us everything we have. Some may offer back to God part of their wealth or their possessions. The saints, on the other hand, give us an example in giving back everything to God, including their own lives and all their freedom - so that God free to do as He pleases in their lives, without complaint. Let us imitate them by being joyful in our offerings, because God loves those who offer their gifts to him with a smile that comes from deep within their generous and joyful heart. -
March 23, 2022Read More“He was bearing our sins in His own body on the Cross, so that we might die to our sins and live for uprightness; through His bruises you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:25
Every one of us has wounds within our inner selves. The more deeper and serious of these wounds are those caused by our sins. Such wounds make us feel disturbed, depressed, sad, dejected, lonely and uneasy. But let us never become discouraged - Jesus has carried all our sins in His own body on the Cross - so that we would die to our sins and live for uprightness. Therefore, let us come with hope into the presence of the Divine Saviour in the Blessed Sacrament, let us disclose all our wounds in His Presence. He will treat them, dress them and clothe our naked souls so that we will be completely healed. -
March 22, 2022Read More“I was resolved that the only knowledge I would have... was knowledge of Jesus, and of Him as the Crucified Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
Knowledge is something everyone likes to have, because knowledge makes one powerful. People like to boast and show off their knowledge in various fields and domains. Before his conversion, Saint Paul, the Apostle of Divine Wisdom, was no different. He was a master of the Law and a very knowledgeable man, and prided himself on it. But once he met the Lord Jesus Christ, he realised that all his former knowledge was but a grain of sand, a drop of water beside the vast and eternal ocean of Divine Wisdom, presented to humanity in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Crucified and Risen Saviour of the whole human race. But there is a condition to receive the knowledge of Jesus - all those who wish to know Jesus must make a resolve: a resolve to know only about Jesus, and of Him as the Crucified Christ. -
March 21, 2022Read More“A hard lot has been created for human beings, a heavy yoke lies on the children of Adam from the day they come out of their mother’s womb, till the day they return to the mother of them all.” Sirach 40:1
After the sin of our first parents, God has laid on all of humanity the yoke of earning their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. This heavy yoke however is made light in Christ when we accept this yoke in a spirit of penance, and in reparation for our sins. Rebelling against this yoke or trying to throw it off is of no use, we would only be getting in the way of our own sanctification.
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