Tagged: Reconciliation

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 12-4-15

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 12-4-15

Pope Francis: Christ invites us to pass to the other side – Pope: leave behind war, divisions, poverty; choose peace, reconciliation, development. How Mary shared her faith – Like Mary #SharingYourFaithStory reveals how God steered you to the path he planned for your greatest joy. Featured on NewEvangelizers.com Pray with Pope Francis for his December Intentions...

Friars Corner:  Jesus Christ sacrificed himself once for the sins of all humanity.

Friars Corner: Jesus Christ sacrificed himself once for the sins of all humanity.

1 Kings 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 The Letter to the Hebrews is a marvelous summary of our faith. Reading the introduction to this book will greatly bless your understanding of our Catholic faith, 2,000 years old. God, our Father, sent his Son in the person of Jesus Christ to show us clearly...

From Hub to Heart, via Medjugorje

At the Catholic Men’s Conference in Boston in 2010, Andy LaVallee met Jim Caviezel, not knowing he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of Christ. Jim dared Andy to go with him to Medjugorje, an obscure, poor village in Croatia. For more than thirty years, it has been alleged that the Virgin Mary has been appearing...

Heart Surgery

Heart Surgery

In this Year of Faith and especially during Lent we are encouraged to turn to God, express sorrow for our sins and open our lives to the power of God’s healing grace.  God understands how difficult it is to come to confession when we don’t have the confident assurance that his love for us is...

Bishop Ricken Offers ‘10 Ways Catholics Can Live The Year Of Faith’

Bishop Ricken Offers ‘10 Ways Catholics Can Live The Year Of Faith’

  September 24, 2012 WASHINGTON—To honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a Year of Faith, starting October 11 and ending November 24, 2013. The goal is to strengthen the faith of Catholics and draw the world...