Tag Archive for ‘conversion’
God has the words of eternal life
God has the words of eternal life, and the hour is coming — if only it were already here! — when the dead shall hear his voice, and those who hear him shall live, for life is in his will. And if you want to know, his will is our conversion. Listen to him then: [...]
Benedictine Spirituality: Peace in the Monastery of the Heart
Turn away from evil and do good; let peace be your quest and aim.” Over the archway of medieval monasteries were commonly carved the words Pax Intrantibus, “Peace to those who enter here.” These words were both a hope and a promise. Benedict’s vision of the peaceable kingdom was a real one. In a society [...]
Pope Benedict urges wholehearted conversion
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2011 / 07:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- All are called by God to return to him with their “whole heart,” said Pope Benedict XVI at a special celebration for Ash Wednesday. The Pope led a procession across Rome’s Aventine Hill for the first day of Lent. The celebration of the liturgy began [...]
In Christmas messages, Holy Land’s Catholic leaders call for peace on earth
Jerusalem, Israel, Dec 22, 2010 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In their annual Christmas messages, two Catholic leaders in the cradle of Christianity urged prayer and action to bring about lasting peace in the troubled region of the Holy Land. Catholic Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem of the Latins and Custodian of the Holy Land [...]
The prayerful reading of sacred Scripture and “lectio divina”
… The word of God is at the basis of all authentic Christian spirituality. The Synod Fathers thus took up the words of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum: “Let the faithful go gladly to the sacred text itself, whether in the sacred liturgy, which is full of the divine words, or in devout reading, or [...]
Pope says Church’s mission a duty of every Catholic
Vatican City, Oct 19, 2010 / 01:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI said that World Mission Sunday is an opportunity for Catholics to to reflect on the Church’s mission to bring Christ’s message and love to “every people, culture, race and nationality.” Authentic Christian mission recognizes that God’s love cross all geographical borders and [...]
Conversion
Each Oblates makes a promise to a life of continual conversion. The following is a brief examination of conscience that could be followed each evening before bed. “Concretely, my examen might include the following steps: — I begin with a moment of grateful remembrance of God’s gifts to me this day and ask for divine [...]
What has always been
I think most people get a jump start when little, projecting them out of the Garden of Eden, and suddenly finding themselves naked and vulnerable. An event happens that colors the rest of life, either for good or ill. Perhaps it is the first time we really wake up to the unfairness and cruelty that [...]
I Hate Lent
I hate Lent. Or at least I hate the culture of Lent. After all, it really is a silly season, isn’t it? What is all the talk among Catholics these days? What did you give up for Lent? And of course the answer is many things like, smoking, or candy, or using foul language. For [...]
Consolations from God
There is many a consolation to relieve the torment of a guilty conscience. God is kind and does not let us be tempted beyond our strength. Especially at the beginning of our conversion, he anoints our wounds with the oil of mercy so that the acute nature of our sickness and the difficulty of the [...]
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