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Your weekly dose of
"Living the Goodness of a Catholic Man". |
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Being Witness to Jesus as the Messiah |
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From Today's Readings:
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle
You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church;
the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
* [ MT. 16:18] You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: Jesus’ church means the community that he will gather and that, like a building, will have Peter as its solid foundation. That function of Peter consists in his being witness to Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living God. |
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"What inspires a life of devotion is the inspiration we receive from the life and death of Jesus Christ – whose Incarnation – becoming flesh - in this world set him on a path of stellar devotedness that saw him give up his life so that you and I might have Life. We witness so much tragedy in life and read and hear reports that usually unravel a story of a person’s lack of devotion, infidelity, immaturity or disorientation. ...
Another way of explaining it might be our desire to be “intentional” with our lives. Success in life is spelled by being intentional with what falls to us. Married couples cannot remain faithful to each other unless they are intentional with their vows to remain true to each other in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health till death do they part. Priests cannot remain faithful to the Church unless they are intentional with their vows to remain personally sacrificial while serving people and leading others to God. Young people cannot grow to be responsible adults unless they learn early on what it means to subtract from themselves in order to add to someone or some thing else, taking to heart the wisdom received from influential adults in their lives and learning early on the importance of religious observance. ...
We need intentional living in order to navigate the mixed messages and false advice we pick up from the culture so that we can improve on the many ills that our society suffers today. Notice, the popular culture speaks to us loud and clear especially through the lives of celebrities and stars of stage and screen and sport that: ‘You should commit to nothing and no one, so that you might have everything!’ But, there are those who commit to nothing and lose everything. Christian philosophy has always set forth that life is lived best if there is some thing or some one we are willing to live for, even die for. For the Christ we love and admire did just that with us in mind. The saints and martyrs of Christianity lived in such a way."
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Frank's Photo of the Week |
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Visual inspiraton from 'God's Paint Brush'. |
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Thanks for Reading.
Make it a great week. See you back here again next Monday.
Frank J Casella, CMCS-Director
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Nurturing Catholic Men's Spirituality in Chicago Southland.
The CMCS Mission:
Catholic Men Chicago Southland (CMCS) fosters Catholic Men in personal holiness, to make Jesus Christ the center of our daily lives.
CMCS is a Catholic Apostolate of Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Executive Director, Frank J Casella
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