“Descended into Hell” — Exploring God’s silence

This article of the Apostle’s Creed is certainly by far the most controversial for many Christians, but why? At first, it is hard to believe that the Son of God who is sinless would descend into hell, which we understand it to be a place where there is only pain and suffering.
As this can be [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On Recognizing Our Sins

“Thank goodness I’m not like those people who talk during Mass…” “Thank goodness I’m blessed with so many gifts…” “Thank goodness I’m not like those women who wear immodest clothes…” “Thank goodness I’m a practicing Catholic…” “Thank goodness I’m not like one of those people who are alcoholic or drug addicts…” Have not all of [...]

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Weekly Meditation: On the Incarnation

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”
(Jn 1:14)
Do we live intentionally every instant of our lives acknowledging that God became man?
Do we want to kiss the earth every time we realize that our God walked on it?

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This Week’s Meditation: On Necessities and Superfluities

This examen is straight from Fr. Dubay’s book Happy Are You Poor. He says that we all have different needs so we “cannot know whether a need is real or illusory” for certain people, but these set of questions are at least a good start. Some may think this is a bit too rigorous… but [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On Seeking and Falling in Love

This week, I thought I would let St. Josemaría Escrivá speak for himself. One of the things that has attracted me the most to St. Josemaría has been his practical advice and spiritual practices. I especially liked this reflection on the “stages” to identify ourselves with Christ. The four stages are: 1) [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On the Trinity and Relationships

If you see charity, you see the Trinity”
St. Augustine, De Trinitate
I don’t know if I’m the only one who has struggled with the dogma of the Trinity, not because I doubt that it is true, but rather because it is hard for me to envision or to understand. As my former pastor would say [...]

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This Week’s Reflection: On Living Intentionally

“[H]ave death at all times before your eyes.”Rule of St. Benedict
This week’s meditation is on living intentionally.
When we realize the greatness of God and our life as a gift given to us by Him, we start viewing things in life in a different light. We attach less and less value to the temporal and more [...]

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