God’s children should be strong because they were created in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26); and God is powerful. We say about Him “Holy is the Lord God Almighty”; therefore, they should be strong like Him. In the book of Numbers, when God ordered Moses to take a census of the people, this was …
St. Paul the Apostle said, “…forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press towards the goal.” (Phil.3 :13). By referring to what is behind St. Paul did not mean sins but righteousness; that he put his virtues behind and was pressing forward. Therefore, it justifies the …
How easy it is for one to start a spiritual life and live with God for days or weeks then relapses and regresses backward losing everything…! It is important then for the one who starts, to continue, settle and become firm. Therefore, the Lord said, “Abide in Me, and I in you.” (John15 :4). He …
Those who fast and receive no benefit from it must have fasted in a wrong way; in this case, what is to blame is not fasting itself, but the method followed. Fasting is a period of concentrated spiritual activity, a period of loving God and adhering to Him. As a result of this love, one …
In the Holy Mass, we say in the Prayer of Reconciliation “You destroyed the death which was introduced into the world by the envy of the devil.” We see that Satan envies every good and successful deed, because goodness and success are against his diabolic plan to resist the Kingdom of God on earth… either …
