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Thanks so much!

Laurena

thank you Joshua- I agree- the potential for damage can be enormous. Thank you for sharing too.

I started a page on Twitter and Facebook called “Holly Roadies” if you would like to give it a follow.

Thank you! So happy to hear that you find our content helpful! God bless.

May I suggest an addendum: Kathleen Beckman. She is the founder of the Foundation of for Prayer for Priests 2014. Her book and the foundation are a response from the Congregation of the Clergy’s 2007/2012 document Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priests and Spiritual Maternity. Document can be found at booksforcatholics.com (online versions exist) and book – Praying for Priests at Sophia Press or Amazon. Website is http://www.foundationforpriests.org. This was created by a seminarian and is amazing! I learn every time I visit. Our priests are walking targets for all forms of attack. Please look into these resources and PRAY often for our priests and seminarians!!! IHS, Mary J.

Like, Carmelites vs Ursulines (or combos like two Carmelites vs five sisters of St. Joseph), and let people place bets and all that. 20% of the take goes to the Church.

dear Rebecca,

thank you so much for this comment- I’m so sorry it has taken me a while to get back to you- the comment was kind of hidden on our webpage but here I am now! Your comment moved me very much and I want to thank you for taking the time to leave it. I really understand where you are coming from because I wrote this article from a very personal place- that of a depression I had a few years ago where my faith and live was stifled in my desperation to be holy. I could no longer love, because I took away any freedom I had. Now I have freedom again- freedom to make the right choices with my faith, freedom to try and fail, freedom to seek forgiveness. The Lord has been very gentle with me and brought me, like a true father, back home. Your comment has really helped me today, and please know I am praying for you as we walk this road together!

All my love back from the other side of the world too!
Ruth

All of my love from the other end of the world
Rebecca

Thank you for writing this, and sharing your thoughts and feelings. You are not alone in your struggle. Being single is not always fun, I guess neither is being in a relationship, and being single and chaste is definitely not always fun, but the fruits are worth it.

God bless you.

Hello Amanda,

Thank you for your comment on number 4, we have just fixed this. I am afraid I don’t understand your remark on number 7.

God bless!

Question 7 does not list Fr. Damian of Molokai, the given answer.

1 – take a look at kids with single parents, are you suggesting that they are ALL problematic? How about step parents? You honestly think that it’s ALWAYS better to have both Father and Mother?

2 – you are essentially degrading female in this society. And basically call them a cow or a meal plan. I can tell you a lot of Women I know is more masculine than Men mentally. But you

3 – you are generalizing Boys and Girls in general, which again contradicts your argument. What happens when a Girl have more of the Boy’s characteristic? or vice versa? d

4 – Any proof of this? You make it sounds like a fact, but it’s only a guess at most about “gay gene” in ancient Greek. Who are you or other to say what choices are acceptable and what’s not. Stop trying to play God.

5 – Another slippery slope statement, if all parties are ok with polygamy, then it’s THEIR choice. Most of these Polygamy goes to church too you know.
History does not equate to Wisdom, please don’t mix the two together. It’s been hundreds of years that they drown witches, is that practice still valid?

🙂

EDIT: There is another proverb: “Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations… Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot… Who is honorable? One who honors his
fellows.” A man cannot be any of these things without partaking in a journey and facing life’s many challenges.

Your welcome Father! During these kind of times, we must also look to seek out what is essential and to do so according to our Faith. God is alive and really does guide his Church!

Hello Natasha. We don’t own the rights to the video. The video was published on Youtube by “Alma Peregrina.” Try asking here. In any case, I doubt there would be any problem. God bless!

Erin, You are most welcome. When I contemplate on the crucifix, I ask God, “What would you not do for your love for humanity?” The crucifix reminds me of the more beautiful and awesome ‘burden’ of God’s love. With His love is His patience. With God, His hand is always extended to us every time we fall.

Madel, Thank you for sharing your experience. This is a powerful witness about allowing God to continually work on us and with us. In our relationship with God, it comforting to know that God takes the initiative. This could definitely happen in the examination of conscience, where the presence of God transforms it to become really personal – a friendly discourse with God, who calls us to holiness and perfection. May you always be a faithful witness to the beauty of this sacrament for others.

God’s reconciling work in us doesn’t happen in an instant. As a matter of fact, it can be a long and painful process. But so long as we keep our hearts open to His guidance and grace, He will always have the tender mercies to pick us up when we fall.

I’m glad you liked it, Madel. I think it’s a great inspiration for us to proclaim the Lord Jesus in every moment of our lives, even when we feel afraid.

Your welcome Clarrence! Thanks for the comment, it helps us to keep going. Thank you, too, for your prayers.

Thanks Frank! Please help us to spread the word! God Bless your Advent!

Thanks for your comment, Madel. I agree that God’s grace is certainly the best “beautifier” and that if we allow our hearts to be transformed by his love then our external appearance will reflect this. As we grow in holiness others, as you say, will perceive Christ in us. We must also remember that just as we spend time and effort transforming and perfecting our external appearance, we need to co-operate with grace in order to transform our interior… otherwise there won’t be much to reflect on the outside! I think it is also important to take care of our appearance because we don’t want other people to be so “put off” by our appearance that they don’t stick around long enough to find out what it is that makes us smile What do you think? Do you think we can do this without falling into vanity or becoming extremely worldly and fashion-conscious?

Thanks for your comment, Madel. I agree that God’s grace is certainly the best “beautifier” and that if we allow our hearts to be transformed by his love then our external appearance will reflect this. As we grow in holiness others, as you say, will perceive Christ in us. We must also remember that just as we spend time and effort transforming and perfecting our external appearance, we need to co-operate with grace in order to transform our interior… otherwise there won’t be much to reflect on the outside! I think it is also important to take care of our appearance because we don’t want other people to be so “put off” by our appearance that they don’t stick around long enough to find out what it is that makes us smile What do you think? Do you think we can do this without falling into vanity or becoming extremely worldly and fashion-conscious?

Thank you Prasad, I hope the site helps you in your apostolate! God Bless.

Yup, I totally agree!

Hey Frank, if I understand you right, your considering acts of kindness to be in a way the ¨building blocks of¨charity? In one sense I agree, in the fact that acts of kindness can lead to charity. Still, personally I would make a more clear and, perhaps, stronger distinction: charity is an act of love, but one that is fruit of having first received love, fundamentally, the love of Christ. Charity is the culmination of ¨Christian love.¨ Kindness, on the other hand, I would see as, you said, something more spontaneous, an act that arise from our natural goodness, a sort of ältruistic¨ act, perhaps because it ¨feels right¨or out of a sense of duty to help others or society in general. In summary, I would question the ¨Life Vest philosophy¨which says that ¨kindness keeps the world afloat.¨ Instead, I would say love, in the first place the love of Christ, and then our acceptance and cooperation with that love, ¨keeps the world afloat,¨and more, ¨spreads the Kingdom of God.¨ I think its a point worth making because many people have given up on the possibility of ¨charity¨ and contented themselves with just being ¨nice¨and doing ¨nice things.¨Charity is something much deeper than kindness.

First he has to muscle it, so to speak, to get the fit to work, fudging the cosmic will. Immediately his problems grow exponentially, now if he wants to make things correct he must, pull out the arrow find the red head, shoot her, find the other girl, shoot her again, then find the other guy or coerce them together (it seems as though the scrolls for cupid are time sensitive in that the two are always together at the time he receives them) and shoot him.

This shows so accurately how sin can seem to make so much sense at the time when we commit it. From our perspective although we know “technically” it isn’t right, we don’t see how it could hurt, and usually in contrast seems to be the answer to our problems. In actuality, often to late, we see that the sin was a rupture of a plan far bigger than we can imagine.

One last thought on the video is how cupid’s attitude at the beginning is exasperation and apathy (the creator made a point of portraying that). He doesn’t have any passion for his job and is rather jaded by the whole affair. Perhaps we can all relate to cupid in that our jobs for God, such as prayer, and taking time for apostolate often seem routine or unimportant… yet perhaps, if we had the vantage of Cupid, and could see where all the arrows where meant to go, if you catch my drift… we would realize just how invaluable our work for “the big man” really is.

Thank you so much for this site… I thoroughly enjoy it every time I visit, I just started my own blog actually in part to your inspiration. 🙂

God Bless you

“Sometimes, the way we say things get internalized and affect how we think and make decisions.” Very well put Madel! For this reason, we have to be critical and aware of all the catch frases and messages that we receive constantly through means of communication. At the same time, it is fundamental that we learn to speak and think as Christ does! Spending time to understand and interiorize his Word, in the Bible (I would suggest Lexio Divino) and in the Church’s teachings.

Agreed Alex. The question at the bottom of it is, “Who are we?” And while it’s also true that it would be difficult to add anthropological elements into such a short video, I think it is URGENT that we being to offer videos and content that come at it from this angle. The faith offers us a very rich understanding of the human person, and that understanding serves and can speak to everyone, whether they be Catholic or not.

Excellent point. There is a danger in the mentality presented in the video that could lead one to believe that sainthood depends on “doing something” that, as you said, is the next greatest thing. I would propose making both questions, with a slight modification. “Who does God call me to be?” And, at the same time, in order to respond to and fulfill that identity I must act; I must concretely respond to the question, “What does God ask me to do?” These are questions that are intrinsically united, and, as you said, are ones for a founder of a religious community, a businessman or woman, a plumber, an artist, or whomever.

I am glad it has helped you Trisha! It’s impressive how easy it is to get caught up in all of our activities. Still, each day we need to become more and more radical in our decision to follow Christ. That means, spending time with Him! Thankfully, He is always there waiting patiently for us to return to Him and is so very happy when we do!

One thing that’s been hard for me recently is that my work schedule has made it much harder for me to go to daily Mass, which my husband and I used to do together several times a week. There are so many ways to connect with the Lord, opportunities for prayer and even Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament nearby, but somehow the list of chores, errands, and such that need to be done take precedence.

“Be still and know I am God” is one I’ve adopted as a life verse for me. Far too often I have felt that my worth is based on what I do or say or accomplish, but when I take time to spend with God being still, I’m reminded He knows me better than anyone else and loves me unconditionally for who I am, not what I have done or will do.

Our pleasure Clark, it’s a fun video. Prayers for your music ministry!

The testimony is indeed amazing! Heath has discovered and embraced a vital truth: the meaning of suffering, revealed in love! People such as him offer the most convincing arguments to the questions of life, so polemic in our times.

I agree Madel. I think we always need to be prudent when creating and sharing things like this. Nevertheless, I think the video transmits an important part of what JPII means to so many of us and the beauty and depth of his message to the world. He was such a vibrant example of love and joy in Christ! For that reason I thought it was worth sharing.

Wonderful testimony! I find it interesting how many “Feast” days there are in the Liturgical calendar, or how a priest “celebrates” the mass. It’s our Faith that allows us to perceive the blessings all around us! A Catholic is by definition a thankful and thus joyful person!

I agree Greg, almost everything that kids are seeing aren’t Catholic, many of them, in fact, go against Faith values. As for the movie, no it is not Catholic. I apologize for not making that clear enough, next time I will do so. It also has a few negative elements as the post mentions at the end. Still, it has various elements that speak positively of the importance and nature of friendship, how to deal with suffering, and how to look at a life a little differently. In general, I would suggest this for an older teen / university age at least.

Hey Dan.
I agree it´s a serious problem. Prayers for all the work and apostolate you and NFCM are doing!

Hey Dan, I checked out the website. Thanks and prayers for the work you and all the NFCM is doing. The importance of building communities can´t be overstated. I really think it´s a key for effective apostolate.

Y mi pregutna es: Qué podría decir Lawranece Krauss si tubiera que discutir la pregunta sobre el origen del universo con el Cadenal Pell

Si existieran razonamientos logicos para defender la existencia de Dios, la religion seria llamada Ciencia.

Creo que es el método más sencillo: http://keepvid.com/ . Es una página web donde colocas el link y los descarga al disco duro. Un abrazo y mis oraciones por tu trabajo apostólico.

Así es Luis Felipe. También se aplica para ellos.