August 2011
On this day of your life we believe God wants you...
Where you live makes a big difference. Every little thing in your home influences you through its colors, shapes, textures, smells. Take a look around your home, - what can you change to transform your home into a place of communion.
The Gift of Our Holy Father →
Love and Healing →
“Love and Healing” develops the theme of healing as removing that which is alien to the human being. This notion of healing is consonant with two aspects of love: affirming the self in its proper or authentic state, and restoring the wounded self to that state. Christianity owes much to the contributions of the ancient Greeks on this subject, but greatly surpasses them in its...
Don't look so alarmed. As a Christian you have the...
“Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2353
Do not let any occasion of gaining merit pass...
Saint of the Day for July 31, 2011
St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
After being injured in battle, Ignatius made a vow of chastity and lived in a cave for a year before making a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land. Upon his return, his meditations led to the creation of the Society of Jesus, now known as the Jesuits. In his later years, he suffered from poor health and blindness.
Isaiah 22:22-23 - I will place on his shoulder the...
July 2011
On this day of your life we believe God wants you...
Hold fast to your faith. Believe in goodness. Believe in God.
Proverbs 12:27 - The lazy do not roast any game,...
“By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2352
Place on your desk, in your room, in your wallet,...
Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot...
Saint of the Day for July 30, 2011
St. Peter Chrysologus (406-450)
Peter was a bishop and one of the principal adversaries of the heresy of Monophysitism. He was a famous orator and writer. About 176 of his works remain, mostly brief and concise explanations of biblical texts.
On this day of your life we believe God wants you...
If it’s been a while since you’ve planned something completely spontaneous then do something fun and silly. Dance in the rain. Open a play-dough bakery. Have a dress-up party. Enjoy yourself!
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Broken Promises Cause The World's Greatest...
Everything you add to the truth, you inevitably subtract from it. You can’t make wrong work. A lie will add to your troubles, subtract from your energy, multiply your difficulties and divide your effectiveness. It’s discouraging to think that people nowadays are more shocked by honesty than by deceit. We punish ourselves with every lie and reward ourselves with every right...
Something to think meditate on...
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God! Blessed they who dwell in your house! continually they praise you. Blessed the men whose strength you are! They go from strength to strength. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!
Matthew 13: 47 – 53 Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every...
Thought for Friday July 29
Holy is the Lord our God. Extol the LORD, our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for holy is the LORD, our God. Holy is the Lord our God.
Luke 10: 38 – 42 She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell...
Be very careful, then, how you live - not as...
“Lust is disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure. Sexual...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2351
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the...
You are curious and inquisitive, prying and nosey....
Saint of the Day for July 29, 2011
St. Martha (1st century)
Martha was the sister of Sts. Lazarus and Mary of Bethany. She was a friend of Jesus, and a hostess to him in her home.
“People should cultivate [chastity] in the way that is suited to their state of...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2349
Remember not the sins of my youth or my...
“When you feel your conscience gnawing at you for not having carried out...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva, Furrow, #105
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer....
Saint of the Day for July 27, 2011
St. Pantaleon (4th century)
The son of a rich pagan, Pantaleon was instructed in Christianity by his mother. He studied medicine and became the physician to Emperor Maximianus. He was denounced as a Christian by envious colleagues, but he resisted the temptations offered him to apostatize. He was subjected to atrocious tortures from which he was miraculously immune, and was finally...
allisonia-deactivated20110909-d asked: i don't know if i've told you this (i'm sure i have) but i absolutely love your blog. i don't have many personal catholic friends seeing as i come from a mainly protestant area, and i sometimes get things confused. i was just flipping to random pages in my Bible and i for some reason got up and logged on tumblr and found posts from proverbs by you, which i was just reading....
Thought for Monday July 25 (Better late than never...
Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing. Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the torrents in the southern desert. Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
Matthew 20: 20 – 28 Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” They said to him, “We can.”
Am I living out the...
Thought for Tuesday July 26
The Lord is kind and merciful. Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Matthew 13: 36 – 43 His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
When I hear something I don’t understand, do I ask for an explanation or just...
On this day of your life we believe God wants you...
Even though it seems like thanks and acknowledgments for good deeds are in short supply, God notices them. When you feel like giving up because gratitude eludes, remember that God is delighted in your efforts. Don’t stop showing kindness because you feel unappreciated, the author of good things appreciates you very much.
“All the baptized are called to chastity. The Christian has “put on...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2348
“You are going through a critical stage. You feel a certain vague fear and find...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva, Furrow, #512
Whoever bids other folks to do right, but gives an...
Saint of the Day for July 26, 2011
Sts. Joachim and Anne (1st century)
Joachim and Anne were the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. Little is known about them, but tradition says that Mary was given to the service of the Temple when she was just three years old.
“The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship. It shows the disciple how to...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2347
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the...
“Love Saint Joseph a lot. Love him with all your soul, because he, together with...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva, The Forge, #554
God, the Creator of all things, is so full of...
Saint of the Day for July 25, 2011
St. James the Greater (1st century)
The Apostle James was a fisherman, the brother of the apostle John, and a disciple of John the Baptist. He witnessed nearly all of the recorded miracles of Christ. After Pentecost, he preached in Samaria, Judea, and Spain. He was the first Apostle to be martyred.
Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the...
Purity: Youth Restored →
At first, Marcus felt a kind of irritated contempt for the Christians, even after he had acknowledged their harmlessness. Why could they not enjoy a debauch? What normal woman wouldn’t jump at the chance to be the concubine of a handsome young patrician? Had they set themselves in pride against ordinary pleasures, like the Cynics? But the Cynics were as bitter as gall, and these Christians...
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,...
“Charity is the form of all the virtues. Under its influence, chastity appears as...”
– Life in Christ: Catechism #2346
“What a sorry state someone is in when he has marvellous human virtues but a...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva, Furrow, #427
The faith of those who live their faith is a...
Saint of the Day for July 24, 2011
St. John Boste (16th century) After studying at Oxford, John traveled to France to became a priest. He then returned to northern England where he became the object of a massive manhunt. Betrayed, arrested, and taken to London, he was crippled on the rack and was later hanged, drawn, and quartered.
On this day of your life we believe God wants you...
Good times and bad times are part of living. It is difficult to fully appreciate joy until you have tasted sadness. Laughter is sweeter if you have experienced tears. There may be times when you feel like you’re stuck in a dry and desolate place, but an encouraging call or a hug from a friend can be an oasis; beauty in the desert. Though it may not be easy, try to remember that the trials...
Thought for Friday July 22
Lord, show us your mercy and love. Will you not instead give us life; and shall not your people rejoice in you? Show us, O LORD, your kindness, and grant us your salvation. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
John 20: 1 – 2, 11 - 20 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew,...
