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Our experience of lifes emptiness is a universal human experience; it is not without cause or purpose, for through it God directs our attention back upon Himself, that we may have life, and have it ...

An experience of Gods personal and loving presence is the highest goal of human nature Want to know who God is? That answer will not come easily, for it involves sacrifice and death to self. There ...

With the gifts of the Holy Spirit, our human nature is elevated, which empowers us to act in ways proper only to God Fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and ...

Mary, virgin and mother, is the symbol and the most perfect realization of the Church (CCC 507). The Church indeed. . . by receiving the word of God in faith becomes herself a mother. By ...

With the eyes of faith we see beyond the world into the realm of God St. Cyril of Jerusalem wrote: Do not see in the bread and wine merely natural elements, because the Lord has expressly said ...

Self-giving directed toward the heart of Mary is the path to human flourishing "It is not self-fulfillment that truly enables people to flourish, according to the model that modern life so often ...

St. Augustine was an ardent defender of the truth and unity of the Catholic Church "We must hold fast to the Christian religion and to communion with that Church which is Catholic, and is called ...

Freedom means always choosing the good, which is a challenge in today's world that must be met with courage and resolve. Humankind is free to choose to be free to love. God has given us freedom so we ...

The regenerative and transfiguring gift of love brings with it all things Then, nearly ecstatic with supreme joy in my soul, I proclaimed: O Jesus, my love, at last I have found my calling: my call ...

The Rosary draws Christians into the depth of the sublime mysteries of the life of Jesus Christ "Good and devout souls, who walk in the light of the Holy Spirit: I do not think that you will mind my ...