Reflection on the Readings at Mass for the 2nd Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy. The Liturgical Sense of the Scriptures Podcast, by Catholic Author and Theologian David L. Gray.
The way to perfection is simple—to unite one’s will with God’s, putting into action the prayer “Thy will be done.” In this precious booklet, St. Alphonsus Ligouri explains the importance of conforming one’s will to God’s and how to do so, how to gain peace of mind and serenity by trusting in God, accepting what He wills for our lives and following His commands.
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Rather than only worshiping Jesus, this book teaches us how to do the one thing that Jesus called us to do: take up our Cross and follow Him to Calvary.
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Rather than learning how to avoid near occasions of sin, The Bridegroom’s Prayer teaches us how to seek near occasions of grace through reflecting on the 13 petitions of Christ Jesus in His prayer of High Intimacy to His Father before His sacrifice on the Cross (Seventeenth Chapter of John).In the first book of his
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The Liturgical Sense of the Scriptures Podcast, featuring Catholic Author David L. Gray, reflects on Palm Sunday Mass readings. The liturgy illustrates that all things, including our most valuable possessions, belong to God. This truth, echoing through the Gospels, demands our recognition of divine ownership and authority. The illusion of ownership leads to possession, contrasting with the humility taught by the liturgy. Gray urges self-reflection on our attachment to possessions and calls for a return to the acknowledgment that our whole lives should be offered to God, as modeled in the Mass.
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In his book, Chesterton argues that eugenic laws are a means of suppressing the poor, and predicts the abuse of eugenics. The book was influential enough that the British Parliament began to question eugenic legislation (Sparkes, 1999), and indeed eugenic legislation as existed in the United States was never passed in Great Britain.
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The Everlasting Man is a Christian apologetics book written by G. K. Chesterton and published in 1925. It is, to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, disputing Wells’ portrayals of human life and civilization as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book, he tries to illustrate the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization.
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Reflection on the Readings at Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year A. The Liturgical Sense of the Scriptures Podcast, by Catholic Author and Theologian David L. Gray.
Introduction to the Devout Life is a book by Saint Francis de Sales, the first edition published in 1609. It enjoyed wide popularity and was well-received in Protestant and Catholic circles.
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The Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica (transl. ’Summary of Theology’), often referred to simply as the Summa, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church. It is a compendium of all of the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church, intended to be an instructional guide for theology students, including seminarians and the literate laity.
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