February 2012
3 posts
Sorry it's been a while, but here's some...
This is all about fasting and abstinence honey. This is what Catholics do on Ash Wednesday, every Friday during Lent, and especially Good Friday. It’s all for sacrifice. Jesus died for us and that is the ultimate sacrifice, so we pay our respects to this grand sacrifice by making a smaller one. This is also why we “give something up” or a lot of times do something extra during...
January 2012
5 posts
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.”
Nights like tonight...
Anyway.
So, I don’t know if you know much about Mother Theresa (I’m guessing you probably do know at least something and I can tell more about her later, but this poem is so great for if you’re ever doubting or fearing anything in your discovery process). She writes:
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you...
December 2011
8 posts
Dear Chris,
You are an answered prayer.
Love,
Cheryl
Gahh. Also, forgot:
I was thinking about this story today. Somehow today I remembered how the other day we had that conversation over Facebook about how you could see God in nature and I recalled this experience I had last year that I think you’ll appreciate.
So last year I was in my Critical Thinking class and we were studying this article about the proof of the existence of God. My teacher was an open...
So you probably have and will have SOOO many questions about faith, and more specifically the Catholic Church. I still do. I was looking around online today, and I found this website. It is a really good one to look at in terms of apologetics (that is, how Catholics defend their own faith). If you just poke around this website, I’m sure you’ll find answers to at least some of the...
Well, this hit home today.
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do...
This isn’t really a long post. In light of what happened tonight, just wanted to share one of my all-time favorite Bible quotes. And I think of you every time I hear it.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not...
Virgin Mary
Okay. So one of the beliefs that sets Catholics apart from other Christian denominations is our view of the Virgin Mary. I’m sure you’ve probably learned some stuff about her in school, but I decided to include some stuff about her in here because she has always been a huge influence in my life. Maybe you’ve seen my broken statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in my room (I had to...
