Increase Our Faith
The apostles cried out, “… “Increase our faith.” The apostles asked Jesus for an increase in faith. They felt inadequate in their following of Jesus.
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The Value of a Life: Riches We Can’t Keep
There was a story about a tourist who visited a monastery run by the Poor Claire Sisters in a remote area in a province. She happens to know and speak to a resident sister of the monastery.
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray
The disciples must have seen our Lord praying several times and the experience must have driven them to request Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
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The Right Thing
There has always been a discussion amongst the followers of Jesus between active life and contemplative life. This tension makes us aware of a profound truth that’s important for our spiritual growth.
The Good Samaratan
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the more popular parables of the Lord. It does
not use more words but more actions.
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Saints Peter and Paul
Today, the Church celebrates two of her well-known apostles, Peter and Paul. To celebrate the Solemnity of the two apostles on the same day seems strange.
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Feeding the Five Thousand
The Ascension of the Lord is not the loss of a leader, nor the end of a promise when He said, “I will be with you until the end of time.”
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The Idea of the Holy Trinity
The Ascension of the Lord is not the loss of a leader, nor the end of a promise when He said, “I will be with you until the end of time.”
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The Ascencion of the Lord
The Ascension of the Lord is not the loss of a leader, nor the end of a promise when He said, “I will be with you until the end of time.”
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Faith, Knowledge, and Divine Truth
Jesus gives us a new commandment to “love one another.” St John reminds us that our greatest task as Christians is to love one another. It was something John himself did not always find easy to practice.
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