Love is Not Boastful
Articles, Catechesis
Precepts of the Church (CCC 2042) 1: Attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation. 2: Confess your sins at least once a year. 3: Go to Communion ... Read more
Love is Meek
Articles, Catechesis
Blessed are the meek… because “love is patient” (makrothyméi). Pope Francis links this assertion of 1 Corinthians 13 to God’s meekness and mercy: Makrothyméi… the Greek translation of ... Read more
Hungering for the Lord’s Day
Articles, Catechesis
Hungering for the Lord’s Day Holiness is a right relationship with God: “Be holy; for I the LORD am holy” (Leviticus 20:26). Our hunger and thirst for righteousness makes ... Read more
Love Is Not Envious
Articles, Family and Kids
Morality is about learning how to love, for if we can’t love we are nothing (see 1 Corinthians 13:1-3). Our Lord teaches us how to love in the Beatitudes ... Read more
Thirsting for Justice and Virtue: Commandments 1 and 3
Articles, Catechesis
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied (Matthew 5:6). In Sacred Scripture justice or righteousness are essentially religious notions, like the biblical ... Read more
Meek Love Bears All Things
Articles, Catechesis
St. Paul says: “Love bears all things” (panta stégei). Christian meekness means “more than simply putting up with evil… holding one’s peace… It implies limiting judgment, checking the ... Read more
Never Objectivize the Body
Articles, Family and Kids
God created our first parents as the pinnacle of his creation: “Then God said; Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them ... Read more
Meek Toward the Human Body
Articles, Catechesis
Respecting human life means also respecting the body, temple of God’s gift of life and of the Holy Spirit. Meekness towards our body means giving it proper nutrition and ... Read more
Meek Toward All Races
Articles, Catechesis
Racism has been polarizing our country unnecessarily because all lives matter to us as children of God! As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says so forcefully: Created in ... Read more
Meekness for All Life
Articles, Catechesis
If God loves human life into existence, it “must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being ... Read more
You Shall Not Kill
Articles, Catechesis
“Blessed are the meek… You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment” (Matthew 5:5,21). Our Lord, who is meek and humble of heart, teaches us ... Read more
Blessed Are the Meek
Articles, Catechesis
The third Beatitude is Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). Faith in God gives us an inner strength and peace to remain faithful ... Read more