"Is there anything I should know" asks the interviewer to the candidate after the completion of the vetting process and all the facebook photos have been downloaded.
There's a link there with the coming of the Lord and the desire to make a good confession.
But what to confess, when, and how do I do it.
Sample Examination of conscience, not excluding contraception, sterilization, in vitro, pornography, etc.
It was filled with the encouragement to confess at our penance service coming up in two weeks.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The good thief
It was on the good thief and how our Lord manifests his kingliness, even from the cross.
He issues a royal proclamation: Amen, I say to you, this day you shall be with me in paradise.
He demonstrates—to the last—an excellent, kingly zeal for souls: his job was moments from being accomplished, still he save the soul of this one repenting and believing from the cross.
He gives like a king: the thief repents, asks for forgiveness, and what does he get—heaven!
He issues a royal proclamation: Amen, I say to you, this day you shall be with me in paradise.
He demonstrates—to the last—an excellent, kingly zeal for souls: his job was moments from being accomplished, still he save the soul of this one repenting and believing from the cross.
He gives like a king: the thief repents, asks for forgiveness, and what does he get—heaven!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The mother and her seven sons
Choosing death before choosing sin.
Love the faith, hatred of sin, and hope in the resurrection helps us imitate the mother and her seven sons.
Read 2 Macc 7 for a vivid and graphic but certainly inspiring witness to the faith.
A catechism handy where we can learn what the Church teaches can kindle in us the love of God which conquers all things.
Hate sin at least as strongly as we hate some gross bugs.
Hope for the resurrection when Christ will raise our mortal bodies making them like his own in glory.
Love the faith, hatred of sin, and hope in the resurrection helps us imitate the mother and her seven sons.
Read 2 Macc 7 for a vivid and graphic but certainly inspiring witness to the faith.
A catechism handy where we can learn what the Church teaches can kindle in us the love of God which conquers all things.
Hate sin at least as strongly as we hate some gross bugs.
Hope for the resurrection when Christ will raise our mortal bodies making them like his own in glory.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
All Saints
I used James' running of the MCM as the backdrop.
Nate's sign "Run faster, Uncle James!" reflects the support the saints give us from heaven.
We should desire, very much to be in that number.
We've gotta fight against the temptation to give up praying for the dead. Or better, resist the thought that there's no need to pray from them. "They're already in heaven, so why should I pray for them?" "As far as I'm concerned they were good with God, they were great people. I'm not gonna trouble myself with praying from them. I'm just going to presume that they're fine and move on.
We've got to untangle this if we're gonna do the right thing for our deceased loved ones.
Nate's sign "Run faster, Uncle James!" reflects the support the saints give us from heaven.
We should desire, very much to be in that number.
We've gotta fight against the temptation to give up praying for the dead. Or better, resist the thought that there's no need to pray from them. "They're already in heaven, so why should I pray for them?" "As far as I'm concerned they were good with God, they were great people. I'm not gonna trouble myself with praying from them. I'm just going to presume that they're fine and move on.
We've got to untangle this if we're gonna do the right thing for our deceased loved ones.
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