No Need To Contemplate Hell?

I may think of hell as threefold: hell is torment of fire and other pains of sense in the company of demons and the damned; hell is the loss of God which is the greatest pain of hell; and hell is despair that will never end…Through pious meditation I must descend into hell while I live that I may not have to descend into it when I die.

Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.

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Don't Let The Enemies of Truth Win

But, Lord, It Is So Difficult

(Image Source- Wikimedia Commons) Jesus warned that sometimes His teachings would bring conflict to those who accepted and lived them (Luke 12: 49-53)…being true to the Gospel means I will have to stand up for what I believe even if it causes division among those with whom I live and work. Jesus, do not let my distaste for conflict keep me from supporting and living Your profound teachings. One Bread, One Body

Let Us Adore Him!

Let us adore Jesus in our hearts, who spent 30 years out of 33 in silence; who began His public life by spending 40 days in silence; who often retired alone to spend the night on a mountain in silence. He, who spoke with authority, now spends His earthly life in silence. Let us adore Jesus in the Eucharistic silence. (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta)

Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

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