Christians are united in Christ, and are, in a sense, one body in Him, yet they retain their distinctiveness. They are united to each other, and united to Christ. This is one of the key paradoxes of Christian living and of growing in sanctification. There are something like 54 “one an...
Bible Verses about Strength: Top Scriptures for Encouragement There are many Bible verses about strength for when you feel tired, weak, and overwhelmed by the storms of life. In the Psalms, we read the beautiful promise that: "The Lord is my rock,... ...
I’m afraid of answering machines. You know, when you are all ready to speak to someone over the phone and suddenly you’re listening to a recorded voice that says something like:Please leave a short message and we’ll get back to you. Your fear may be going to the dentist, speaking ...
“But it will be said, If the words, the sentiments, the promises of Scripture, are appealed to by the Devil and his disciples, of whom some are false apostles, some false prophets and false teachers, and all without exception heretics, what are Catholics and the sons of Mother Church to...
As Peter taught us, the scriptures are evenmorecertain than the voice of God the Father speaking from a cloud at the transfiguration! If I have those perfect words on my phone and by my bed, why would I ever even want some vain and proud man claiming to be a prophet, tell me anythin...
We like the kind and loving Jesus, but not the one that challenges us to live a life of holiness. We like the Jesus that forgives our sins, but not the one that challenges us to sin no more. We want to be loved unconditionally, but are not willing to love others in that same way...
Then I said, "Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures: I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart." Psalms 40:6-8 People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they're deceiving you. They pretend to be kind...
3.) The best comfort a Christian can get at losing a loved one is not that the deceased are looking down on a sinful hateful world or are anxious about whether a loved one will join them. This cannot be heaven to them. But instead, their death is like a quick moment of sleep in ...
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Day 13. Psalm 51:7-10 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejo...
reflections of St. Vincent of Lerins on this subject: Owing to the depth of Holy Scripture, all do not accept it in one and the same sense, but one understands its words in one way, another in another; so that it seems to be capable of as many interpretations as there are ...