Tagged: angels

Featured Favorite: A Useful Weakness

Featured Favorite: A Useful Weakness

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor 12:9) Often I lament my weaknesses, wishing I could be more and do more; be stronger and more talented and capable. But that doesn’t hinder the Lord from using me when I make myself available to him. My poor swimming ability...

Friars Corner: Our greatest blessing? Closeness to Jesus!

Friars Corner: Our greatest blessing? Closeness to Jesus!

Genesis 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 (Please continue to pray daily a Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the conversion of our country back to its Jewish-Christian principles. Also continue to pray for the conversion of all terrorists and the “hot spots” of the world, especially in France and Turkey. It only takes 5...

Friar’s Corner: Faithful disciples will reign with Jesus in glory

Friar’s Corner: Faithful disciples will reign with Jesus in glory

Daniel 12:1-3; Ps 16:5, 9-11; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32 We only have one more Sunday before the end of our liturgical year. November thinks and prays for those family and friends who have passed from this life and may not yet be in heavenly glory. This week focuses us on the defeat of satan...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 4-10-15

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 4-10-15

Pope Francis: What do the angels of children tell God about us? – Pope: May the Lord judge our life by listening to what the angels of children bring to Him, those angels that always see the face of the Father in heaven. Featured Favorite: Resurrection and self-awareness – The joy of the resurrection gives...

Pope Francis: What do the angels of children tell God about us?

Pope Francis: What do the angels of children tell God about us?

Vatican City, 8 April 2015 (VIS) – During today's Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father continued with his cycle of catechesis on the family, completing his reflection on children, “the most beautiful fruit of the blessing that the Creator has bestowed on man and woman”. This week he focused on the...

Book Review: Down Right Good by Karen Kelly Boyce

Book Review: Down Right Good by Karen Kelly Boyce

The award-winning “Down Right Good” tells the poignant adventures of ten-year-old Angie who was born with Down syndrome. She develops a limited vocabulary but has the ability to see angels. She bikes around her town, delivering the weekly community tabloid, seeing the pain in the people who live at each stop. Their stories of abuse...