"THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE." Freedom, generally, is having the ability to act or change without constraint. ... A person has the freedom to do things that will not, in theory or in practice, be prevented by other forces. Outside of the human realm, freedom generally does not have this political or psychological dimension. But does it mean freedom to do as we like? To run wild and unaccountable for our actions? From the Vatican archives: ARTICLE 3 - MAN'S FREEDOM 1730. Go

“And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness.” Why do I choose to write about this? It is because in the world today no one likes to talk about hell and because people have been fooled to believe it does not exist; we just die and get buried and that’s it. Ignorance is bliss?! There are those in this category and there are those worldly ones in denial mode. Well if you know the story that the picture above depicts is true,

“Pray without ceasing” (1. Thes. 5:17) These words are so true and important that they should be engraved in your mind and in your heart so that you don’t forget them: because the decline of one’s supernatural life begins when you start neglecting prayer. You were made for prayer, and the language of the soul is prayer. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). It is the best way to express your love for God, to console and be consoled by Him. When you completely aban

Holy Communion in the hand is a Sin Well if you are like me who believe that Christ is King of all kings, our Creator and Our Lord; and love Him in return as much as we are capable of because we know His Love for us is exceedingly great. We owe him all the good that he has ever given us. Knowing what we know of His great love for us, we adore Him and how can we adore without kneeling, if not prostrating before Him, How can we also consider ourselves worthy to touch Him, grea

Spiritual Communion These are sad days as we lament how Catholics are deprived of going to church to attend Mass or even to visit the Blessed Sacrament. We are not just deprived of this right but mostly the graces that comes with this Holy Sacrament that will help us to become holy and the strength to bear the trials and tribulations in this life. We hoe and pray that priests are able to continue to offer up heir private Masses daily, and we at least have the Rosary and Ou

True Love is when Jesus died for us From chapter IV of The Love of God in Practice - by At. Alphonsus Liguori All our care and efforts are to grow in the love of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Those, who are experts in spiritual things, tell us what the signs of true love are: True love is always accompanied with a certain amount of fear: it fears only one thing, and that is to give any displeasure to God. True love is generous: it is not afraid to undertake any work, however great,

From the book: The Love of God in Practice. Chapter XIV: Love Suffers Everything. (last page) Prayer of Affections and Petitions Divine help comes for the asking, and prayer will bring us the power to do that which we cannot do of ourselves. This is the way the Saints acted: they fled to God for help, and with that help they conquered in the midst of torments and persecutions. ​Prayer of affections and petitions. My God, I know full well that without suffering, and sufferin

Saintliness and Holiness Holiness consists in: Firstly, a true and sincere contempt of oneself. Secondly, a total mortification of one’s own appetites. Thirdly, a perfect conformity to the will of God. He who is lacking in any of these three dispositions is outside the way of perfection. The will of God, rather than the glory of God, should be the end proposed in all our actions, because when we do the will of God we also promote His glory, but when we propose to ourselves t

Maundy Thursday. Jesus washing the feet of the Apostles It is Holy week and today being Maundy Thursday which commemorates Christ's Last Supper, the initiation of the Eucharist, and the institution of the priesthood. Its name of "Maundy" comes from the Latin word mandatum, meaning "command." This stems from Christ's words to the Apostles in John 13:34, "A new commandment I give unto you." After the Last Supper, Jesus went outside the Old City of Jerusalem, crossed the Kidron

Painting titled The Adulteress Before Christ (or Christ and the Sinner) If one were observant, one would see that man has the tendency to judge and criticize one another and it could be a total stranger minding his own business. We are so often judgmental and yet we can only judge from what we see and hear only. We can’t read people’s minds and hearts so our judgement is faulty. Only God knows all things and sees into the hearts and minds of men, thus He is rightfully the ju

The readings of today and the lessons are so meaningful and beneficial to all Christians and friends that I wanted to share it here; especially many of us are unable to attend Mass and may have need of spiritual food. (if you wish you could download the readings in the file below.) Finding of Jesus in the temple. From the book of Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's The Church's Year. FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. In the Introit of the Mass of this day the Church exhorts us to a joyous

Receiving Holy Communion reverently Well if you are like me who believe that Christ is King of all kings, our Creator and Our Lord; and love Him in return as much as we are capable of because we know His Love for us is exceedingly great. We owe him all the good that he has ever given us. Knowing what we know of His great love for us, we adore Him and how can we adore without kneeling, if not prostrating before Him, How can we also consider ourselves worthy to touch Him, grea

A Prayer of Affection and petition. Divine help comes for the asking, and prayer will bring us the power to do that which we cannot do of ourselves. This is the way the Saints acted: they fled to God for help, and with that help they conquered in the midst of torments and persecutions. ​Prayer of affections and petitions. My God, I know full well that without suffering, and suffering with patience, I can never reach the glory of paradise. David once said, “My patience is fro

"The Woman Caught in Adultery" painted by Isaak Asknaziy in 1879. If one were observant, one would see that man has the tendency to judge and criticize one another and it could be a total stranger minding his own business. We are so often judgmental and yet we can only judge from what we see and hear only. We can’t read people’s minds and hearts so our judgement is faulty. Only God knows all things and sees into the hearts and minds of men, thus He is rightfully the judge an

Backbiting and Calumny - Mortal Sins This subject matter is not new but there is a great need of it to be highlighted as this is occurring more belligerently than ever. We are exposed to these sins everywhere we go, as people are growing immoral in their lives, there is an abundance of evidence that we live in a society that is slowly seeing the collapse of the family structure. It is becoming increasing clear that our religious way of life which is based on truth and love i

Saintliness and Holiness Holiness consists in: Firstly, a true and sincere contempt of oneself. Secondly, a total mortification of one’s own appetites. Thirdly, a perfect conformity to the will of God. He who is lacking in any of these three dispositions is outside the way of perfection. The will of God, rather than the glory of God, should be the end proposed in all our actions, because when we do the will of God we also promote His glory, but when we propose to ourselves t

Our Lord's Agony and Consolation Trusting and having faith in God during difficult times can be incredibly hard. Often it comes to a point where one thinks of why does God allow such sufferings ? Why me Lord? But those who know their faith, well, know how and where they can seek solace. During such tribulations, we should not forget that Our Lord suffered the most during His Passion and his ignominious death on the Cross for the love of us; and how the Saints suffered as wel

Living a Catholic life is definitely not the way of life we are living as Catholics today, especially having been exposed to the fast paced digital world with all it’s many “attractive” distractions and temptations which come through the use of smartphones, etc, that we conveniently carry about with us where ever we go. I too am guilty of this. Over the past 50 years, there has been a noticeable decline in both the moral standards and the fervor associated with our Catholic

Works of mercy. In Matthew 19:16-17, Jesus explicitly affirms the importance of good deeds for attaining eternal life. When asked directly, "What good deed must I do to have eternal life?" Jesus responds, “If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” To “keep the commandments” essentially means to do good works. Every good work we could possibly do falls under one of the Ten Commandments – either love of God, or love of neighbour. Faith must have an element of love to mak

​Today being the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, the readings and the instructions given by Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine, although this has been written, translated and published a long time ago in 1880; they are gems of information I would like to share with all my Christian relations, friends and acquaintances, as they may, read with an open mind, and they may benefit from it if they are seeking truth. This I do as a Catholic to “love thy neighbour as thyself”. If you are one who