“Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away none of your energy, vitality or joy.”
Source: 10 Key Quotes from Pope Francis’ Newest Apostolic Exhortation on Holiness | ChurchPOP
“We should not think of the devil as a myth…”
Source: The Devil is Real and He’s Trying to Destroy Your Life, Pope Francis Warns | ChurchPOP
Have we forgotten that the Gospel is Good News?
Source: This Powerful Video Explains What the Church Is REALLY All About | ChurchPOP
“Gloria Dei est vivens homo.” ∼ St. Irenaeus Saint Irenaeus (130-202) wrote that the glory of God is revealed in living human beings; this idea expresses one of the most central ideas of the primitive Church and the period of the Fathers, that of deification or theosis (becoming god-like). This constant theme within the first Christian millennium …
Source: Our Secular World Needs Christian Personhood – Crisis Magazine
COMMENTARY: Humanity’s increased preoccupation with ‘dying with dignity’ is a worrisome sign for our future.
Source: When the ‘Right to Die’ Becomes the ‘Duty to Die’ | ncregister.com
St. Francis seems to be telling me that a healthy spirituality can—and perhaps should—make room to enjoy the simple pleasures and savor God’s many gifts.
Source: How to Be Kinder to Yourself | Busted Halo
And last, the rending pain of re-enactment Of all that you have done, and been; the shame Of things ill done and done to others’ harm Which once you took for exercise of virtue. ∼ T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding, in Four Quartets Author and culture critic par excellence, Mary Eberstadt, has chronicled the shift among …
Source: The New Darling of the Abortion Rights Movement – Crisis Magazine
