Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   [Throughout the Gospels] Christ repeats several times. “Do not fear…do not be afraid”.   And at the same time, together with these appeals for fortitude resounds the exhortation: “rather fear him who can destroy both body and soul in hell” (Matt 10:28).   We are called to fortitude and at the same time, the fear of God, and this should be a fear that comes out of love, a filial fear.   And only when this fear sinks into our hearts can we be really strong with the strength of the apostles, the martyrs and the confessors.   St. John Paul II (Pope)

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) [O]ne of the most troublesome things that we have to contend with in life is crippling fear.   God’s response is the gift of the fear of the Lord by which we are overawed by a sense of His greatness and of our longing for Him. This gift makes us fear ever losing One who loves us so much. And it sets us straight: we reject anything that would imperil our relationship with God. Father Peter Cameron, O.P.   

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: Be not afraid!  Saint John Paul II

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) The devil does a great deal to incapacitate us when he sees a little fear. St. Teresa of Avila

[Here is one of those long Forgotten Truths we need to revisit and ponder] (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Let everything you do be done in fear and love of God.   Remember that one day you must die, and you do not know when.   God’s eye is on you and watches over all you do.   Gentle God, give us death rather than let us offend you.   St. Catherine of Siena

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) I want you to believe that truly nothing happens to us except by God’s will and permission – death or life, sickness or health, riches or poverty, even the wrongs done us by friends or relatives or anyone else.  Not a leaf falls from a tree without his consent.  So not only should you not fear this thing – because God gives us what we can bear, and no more – but let’s accept it with reverence, dearest sister, considering ourselves unworthy of so great a good as to put up with hardship for the Lord.                   Jesus to St. Catherine of Siena