Select Page
by bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | intention, Living the Faith, News, patience, Prayer, Surrender & Strength, temptation, Virtue | 0 |
“Will-power. A very important quality. Don’t despise little things, for by the continual practice of denying yourself again and again in such things—which are never futile or trivial—with God’s grace you will add strength and resilience to your charact…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, Saint John, Saint Peter, Satan, St. Thomas Aquinas, temptation, The Dispatch, Transfiguration | 0 |
Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Devil, fasting, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, Ronald Knox, St. Ephrem the Syrian, temptation, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings for Sunday, March 6, 2022: • Dt 26:4-10 • Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 • Rom 10:8-13 • Lk 4:1-13 “The whole story of the Temptation is misconceived,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Knox, “if we […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | conversion, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, temptation | 0 |
One who is subject to temptations and yet desirous of being saved attaches himself more closely to God and is excited to greater vigilance over himself — two great means of advancing rapidly in the path of sanctity. He sees in his heart a number of enemies; he knows his own weakness; and although he […]
by bcadmin | Feb 5, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, freedom, News, Sophia Excerpts, St. John Vianney, temptation | 0 |
“I Can’t Help Acting on My Temptations, So I’m Not to Blame” Long before I entered the seminary, I was talking to a young woman and asked about her prayer life. She told me, “I have to overcome some of my sins before I go to God in prayer.” I told her she had it […]
by bcadmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Gary Zimak, Jesus, Lent, News, Satan, sin, temptation, Temptations to Sin | 0 |
When we think of Satan, the first thing that usually comes to mind is how he tempts us to sin. He typically does this by dangling something evil in front of us, hoping that we’ll take the bait. Because he is so devious, however, the temptation is often…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 29, 2020 | Featured, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Scripture, sin, Sunday Scripture Reflections, temptation | 0 |
The Temptation of Jesus in the Desert is the gospel of the first Sunday of Lent. The purple color of Lent symbolizes penance, but also royalty. As we remember how the first Adam was tempted and failed his test, we rejoice that Christ the King, the N…
Read More
Recent Comments