Yet even as we witness these things, our hearts can remain at peace, anchored in the unwavering promises of God. “When these things begin to take place,” Jesus told us, “straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28). What profound comfo...
I thought it might be fun to share with each other some pictures we are fond of Saint Joseph (In honor of his feast today!). To start, I'd like to share a personal favorite of mine, Joseph and the Child Jesus working on carpentry. Father and Son, byCorbert Gauthier Many paintings o...
They had been much disturbed Over the case of Jesus Of Nazareth to whom the preacher had j ust re ferred. The multitude were disposed to listen to him ; attributing to him many signs and wonders, and asking whether he is not the Messiah. It was not clear, however, that he himself ...
The Church ofSt.Josephis the last building designed by Barluzzi in the Holy Land. WikiMatrix I just managed to believe in God, I won't deny it, but I had doubts aboutSt Joseph. Literature Our Lady watchedSt Josephas he taught Jesus how to work. ...
Chevy Chase, Maryland.Where I become a disciple of Jesus, join a Korean cult, dispose of my possessions, and use my new-found enthusiasm to annoy lots of people. Proselytizing 1979 Washington DC to Easton, Maryland.Where I nonchalantly ride to Annapolis, hitch a ride with an 18-wheeler acr...
law of justice. Alma 42 tells us that if God attempts to ignore or work around justice, He will cease to be God. But because of the Atonement of Christ, we can trade the worst consequences of our sins for devotion to and a covenant relationship with Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. ...
In 1966, he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and, in 1971, he joined the faculty of Brigham Young University. Following his retirement from BYU, he presided over the London England Temple of the Church.
The Stoics wanted to practice self-mastery. They wanted to tyrannize themselves. The real point of departure is drawing a distinction between the controllable and the uncontrollable, between problems that one can change and problems that one cannot change. Nietzsche lets no one off the...
Scriptures say that Jesus was the Lamb of God who had come to take away the sins of the world to give us the approval we long for and could never find ourselves. Perhaps it would be healing for you to sit with the following verse from Saint Paul, ...
BILL MOYERS: You once took the saying of Jesus. “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your father who is in heaven, for he makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” You ...