My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is time to conduct our affairs with humility, and we will be greater in heaven and find favor with God. So let us learn to be humble by depending solely on God through recognizing our own shortcomings and our limitations; by knowing more about ourselves through self- awareness and acknowledging our weaknesses. And lastly, by showing our love for God in our generosity and service to others.
You want something to remember me by. I have no memento to give you, apart from an invitation to holiness.
Therefore, because John shed his blood for the truth, he surely died for Christ.
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
One thing there was, for which I desired to remain still a little longer in this life, that I should see you a Catholic Christian before I died.
It is pleasant to hear about Jesus; more pleasant to listen to Jesus Himself speaking.
Fix your whole heart upon God, and love Him with all your strength, for without this no one can be saved or be of any worth.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us strive to enter through the narrow gate to attain the kingdom of heaven as Jesus emphasized to us in today’s gospel reading by our fidelity to the word of God through prayer, patience and perseverance, so that we can be the last who will be first, rather than the first who will become the last.
Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.
Mary has the authority over the angels and the blessed in heaven. As a reward for her great humility, God gave her the power and mission of assigning to saints the thrones made vacant by the apostate angels who fell away through pride.
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth.
Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.
But how do you know He (God) doesn’t want to say have it — the cross, I mean. I bet He’s just waiting for one of us to go and find it — Just at this moment when it’s most needed.
So like the Letter to the Hebrews tells us today, let us not abandon the struggle we face in being disciples of Christ in the world today, but let us persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, our leader and the perfecter of our faith who endured the cross and despised its shame so as to take His seat at the right of the throne of God for our redemption and salvation.
