Life
Does anybody really appreciate life while they are still alive? Be Holy.
Be aware
Be aware of how much the media will steal your interior peace.” (It was stunning how much inner peace I got back when I stopped watching, or listening to, the news. If you happen to be a regular news watcher or talk radio listener, turn it off and you will be stunned too. Peace.)
Practice to be perfect
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
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An eye for an eye
“Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Knsas?” 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 with charity. We’ve all experienced
The purpose of sex
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 simply a means to that end, not the end in itself.
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Purpose of Spirituality
The purpose of spirituality is not to fill oneself with a feeling of peace. The purpose of spirituality is to demonstrate to other the benefits of following Christ. And if that is achieved, beatitude will happen.
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