We are obligated, not just encouraged, to care for the poor ourselves.
Hell is real, and it awaits those who freely choose it.
Christ identifies himself with us and with our neighbors. Act accordingly.
What is the expected behavior of the citizens of the Kingdom?
Heaven is the reward given to those who belong to God.
In the last days there will be an eternal separation.
It is important to know who Christ is.
God says to us, "All that is mine is your, even the things you don't want." We must learn to love like God.
The father does three things to reconcile his son to himself; God offers us the same.
God's love for us is ever ready to pour out, even when we are a great way off.
A day early, we are looking at the reading for the Feast of the Finding of the Head of John the Baptist.
Who am I? This question, once answered, unlocks the path to understanding our relationship to God and neighbor.
Though we are both spirit and body, we often live simply as animals and need to cultivate a desire for higher and spiritual things.
How often do we live as though there were no God? And how can we reorient our lives to repent of this?
Childlike humility will allow us to receive the kingdom because it allows us to receive the grace and mercy of God.
Take the lowest place so that when the master of the feast sees you, he may ask, "Did you not know that a higher place has been set for you? Come, take your rightful place at my side."
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
God is near to those who stand afar off. If we want God to be near us, let us too go and stand afar off.
Fasting does not earn us Heaven. No action of ours earns us Heaven. Only the mercy of God can make us heavenly beings.
You are not the exception; you are not the sinless one. You, like others, need the mercy of God. Rejoice in that.