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ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1) We strive to operate on a very s…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, daily life, daily work, fasting, Featured, holiness, In the Workplace, mortification, News, Pope John Paul II, Self-control, self-mastery, temperance, virtues, Work | 0 |
In his first four Wednesday audiences, Pope St. John Paul II taught about the cardinal virtues. He was continuing what John Paul I had started before his sudden death. In his catechesis, John Paul II defined temperance quite simply: “A temp…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, courage, daily work, Featured, Fortitude, holiness, In the Workplace, News, Virtue, workplace | 0 |
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at the four cardinal virtues. We have also been looking at how those virtue are practiced in the workplace. The virtues are good habits. Therefore, we do not practice the virtues in only one sphere of our l…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Between the Sundays, cardinal virtue, daily life, Featured, holiness, In the Workplace, Justice, News, Virtue, Work | 0 |
Last week we began looking at the cardinal virtues. The practice of the other virtues hinges on the four cardinal virtues. Pre-Christian philosophers like Plato and Aristotle recognized these virtues as the foundation of a good society. What am I due? …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Between the Sundays, cardinal virtue, holiness, In the Workplace, judgment, News, prudence, Virtue, Work | 0 |
Several months ago in this column, I wrote about what a virtue is and what that looks like in every day life. As a refresher, we want to remember that a virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good (CCC 1804). The virtuous person seek…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | charity, Evangelii Gaudium, Evangelization, Faith, Featured, happiness, holiness, Jesus Christ, joy, Joy of the Gospel, Living the Faith, News, Pope Francis, Surrender & Strength, The Church | 0 |
When I give talks around the country or sometimes in correspondence with readers of my books or blog posts on Integrated Catholic Life, I am often asked what I mean when I encourage others to “be joyful” and share the “light of Christ” with others. I …
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Just about everyone has heard of Padre Pio, the Italian stigmatic whose death at age eighty-one on September 23, 1968, was even reported by the New York Times. The biographies that sell steadily year after year, including one by the author written with help from Pio’s friary, are crammed with accounts from people whose medically […]
by bcadmin | Aug 15, 2022 | Assumption of Mary, Faith, holiness, Into the Deep, Knowing the Faith, News, Spiritual Life | 0 |
She who bore Him, led Him and followed Him in all ways was perfected in Him. And so too may we hope with confidence to be perfected in Christ by His grace in this life or the life to come and to join Him, body and soul on the last day. On August 15th&#…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Chapp's Schtick, Columns, Features, Gospels, Henri de Lubac, holiness, Jesus Christ, Morality, News, Saints, The Church: Paradox and Mystery | 0 |
Having reviewed the republication of Henri de Lubac’s book The Church: Paradox and Mystery, I had to accept that space constraints prevented me from discussing at more length a part of the text that moved […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 7, 2022 | Faith, holiness, Into the Deep, Living the Faith, News, practical faith, Prayer, Spiritual Life | 0 |
The answer today, just like in times past, is the same—turn away from sin and towards God. The right path has always been surrender to the One who alone is good and loves you. For the last several years, there has been an increased interest in practica…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 15, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, daily life, Featured, holiness, honesty, human virtues, Justice, Knowing the Faith, moral virtues, News, prudence, temperance, virtues | 0 |
Picture a virtuous person. Maybe you thought of a cloistered nun in prayer. Or perhaps a saint on a holy card (probably also in prayer). If you’re honest, maybe you pictured someone who is no fun. A stuffy “prude.” We should be pictur…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 24, 2022 | Between the Sundays, holiness, Liturgy, Living the Faith, News, Ordinary Time | 0 |
This Sunday, we return to Sundays in “Ordinary Time.” Yes, I can hear you already pointing out that we have been in the season of Ordinary Time for several weeks, after celebrating the end of the Easter season on the the Sunday of Pentecost. But with t…
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