The innocent do not die with the guilty… “Far be it from you to do such a thing,to make the innocent die with the guilty,so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike!” – Genesis 18:25 but The Innocent did die for the guilty… “For Christ died for sins once, the righteous …
Does anybody real appreciate life While they are still alive. Be Holy.
Sometimes, under the pretext of doing good, we rationalize not doing what is holy.
Sometimes, under the pretext of doing good, we rationalize not doing what is holy.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy
.. of how much the media will steal your interior peace. (It was stunning how much inner peace I got back when I stopped listening to, or watching, the news. If you happen to be a talk radio listener, turn it off and you will be stunned too.)
Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:48) What does God want us to be perfect at? St. Catherine of Siena, imagined of God saying this: “I ask you to love me with the same love with which I love you. But I loved you first without being loved. So you cannot …
“Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” – Edward Lorenz, Meteorologist Apply this theory to Jesus’ teaching about generosity and forgiveness. Our instinct for revenge is extremely powerful. It is too easy to take an eye-for-an-eye approach to life. But Jesus tells us to meet hostility …
Having sex is not at expression of love. Making a covenant commitment to another person is love. Expressing that covenant through commitment to create a family is love. Sex is simple a means to that end, not the end in itself.
is a covenant not a contract
