To: Salvation
Following this teaching of the Lord, the ordinary Christian should strive to attain an integrated life--an intense life of piety and external activity, orientated towards God, practised out of love for Him and with an upright intention, which expresses itself in apostolate, in everyday work, in doing the duties of one's state in life.
Legion of Mary bump ... I'm really glad I discovered them.
15 posted on
10/05/2004 8:59:46 AM PDT by
Askel5
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Homily of the Day
Homily of the Day
Title: |
Let the Lord Show You Where the Real Joy Is! |
Author: |
Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D. |
Date: |
Tuesday, October 4, 2004 |
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Galatians 1:13-24; Luke 10:38-42
We are great worriers, every last one of us. In the course of a week, the range and quantity of things that we allow ourselves to worry just a little about, or perhaps a lot, is truly remarkable. Like the obese person who nibbles constantly without realizing it and then is astonished when the days nibbling is totaled in pounds and ounces, almost all of us would be astounded if the weight of our worries could be laid before us so graphically.
Worry steals from us the best parts of our lives, but it doesnt have to. Worry can only get a foothold if we allow it. And thats why Jesus addressed Martha so firmly in todays Gospel. Martha, he said, you are worried and upset about many things; one thing only is required.
We have the power to choose what we give our attention to. The challenge for each of us is to see and then to choose decisively whats worth giving our time and our hearts to. Dont fritter your life away with baskets and bales of what in the end amounts to nothing. Let the Lord show you the one thing only that is required.
16 posted on
10/05/2004 9:35:06 PM PDT by
Salvation
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