Tagged: 1 Corinthians
Who owns your body?
For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body. (1 Cor 6:20) Our permissive culture subtly deceives us is into believing that our bodies are our own. It gives us permission to use them to gain popularity, express our worst desires or further our careers. We seem foolish if we...
Featured Favorite: Holy Spirit Sandwich
“To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit,” promises St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:7. I was born with the natural gift of writing. The Holy Spirit expanded that writing talent into a charism he uses to glorify God. Just as he did for me, the Holy Spirit will hover...
Featured Favorite: Glorify God in Your Body
Therefore, glorify God in your body. (1 Cor 6:20) What do you see when you look at your body? God created our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit, sacramentals of procreation and means of holiness. They are fearfully and wonderfully made yet often desecrated by sin or used to tempt others. God meant for...
Friar’s Corner: Our joy is in sharing Christ’s true love
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-18; Ps 71:1-6, 15,17; 1 Corinthians 12:31 to 13:13 or 1 Cor 13:4-13; Luke 4:21-30. I have been following a line of thought in the second reading from St. Paul to the Corinthian church that he founded. We have looked at our baptismal gift (Isaiah 11:2); the 1 Corinthian gifts in 12:4-11 (the...
Prisms by Margaret Rose Realy
The upstairs windows are washed, and the glass and crystal knick-knacks on the top of the sash and sill have been wiped off. Looking out, I notice the seventy-foot maple in the neighbor’s yard is tipped in dark red. Within a week, it will flash its fall color, a glowing dark-orange. In front of the...