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Category: Coronavirus

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YouTube: The Holy Spirit and Evangelization Excerpts

“The Holy Spirit meets us where we are. And that is always in our prayer life and our family relationships. That’s our priority and where he’s most interested in dealing with us.” “The Holy Spirit speaks to us in special ways where our hearts are invested. For me, it’s always been my writing. My prayer journal has developed into a dialog with him. “In retrospect, I can see how the Holy Spirit works in my life and in all our lives. It helps me to minister to people that don’t understand how He can guide us.” 

Christmas / Community / Coronavirus / Friends / Scriptures

A reason, a season. . .

Pray about the people in your life. The neighbors you drew close to because of your common needs, the ones you missed so much during the coronavirus pandemic and those you haven’t. Ask the Lord to guide you in sorting out where these people belong in your life—whether it is a neighbor you barely know, a co-worker you tolerate or a newcomer to a ministry where you serve.

Conversion / Coronavirus / Evangelization / Giveaways / Joy / Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story

Who has a story of hope?

Do you have a story of your conversion or return to the Catholic Church? A Covid-19 survival story that renewed your faith? A miraculous answer to a prayer or supernatural healing?

If you’ve ever wished you could be a more effective witness to God’s truth and love, you can learn to share YOUR Catholic faith story. You have a story only you can tell, and someone needs to hear it!

My book. Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story, Tools, Tips and Testimonies is perfect for those of us who recognize the God-moments of grace that continue to transform us into the creation God designed us to be.

Catholic family / Coronavirus / Eucharist / Fr. Bob Hilz / Jesus / Scriptures / Spiritual Warfare

Friar’s Corner: Safe haven in Jesus’ love

It seems to some of us that the coming election is critical for the survival of our country. It is almost as if we are headed into a civil war. There has been an ongoing battle between good and evil, God’s love and light and satan’s evils. Catholic Canon Law speaks about the option between two forces, choosing the lesser of two evils. We may not like many things on either side. Which one would provide the best way forward?

Catholic family / Coronavirus / Fr. Bob Hilz / Holy Spirit / Jesus / Joy / Scriptures / Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story

Friar’s Corner: God wants to raise us up

At the end of St. Paul’s Roman letter in chapter 13, he emphasizes love, the love that Jesus was all about in His gospel messages. This is what we owe to one another, sharing God’s love. Amen! This is what our family, friends, neighbors, fellow workers, others and the world long to hear and see in us, God’s love. One way you can do this is by sharing God’s transforming love in your life. Nancy Ward can show you how in her book, Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies.

Catholic family / Coronavirus / Fr. Bob Hilz / Jesus / Living Your Faith / Prayer / Scriptures

Friar’s Corner: Big Rock, little rock

Today’s Matthew 16:18 has two interpretations. One is that Peter is the rock on which the church of Jesus was built. The other is that Jesus, Himself is the Rock of our salvation. Peter is the “little rock” next to Jesus. He was obviously a stabilizing factor within the early church and today. The Catholic papacy has been something of the eye of almost every religious hurricane in the course of Christian controversy.