Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[updated]
I wasn’t paying that close attention (to anyone else that is), but during the confirmation at St. John Cantius at Easter Vigil, I heard three confirmation names repeated a couple times. For the women it was St. Faustina and St. Teresa and for the men the name used at least twice was St. Augustine.
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
III. THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION
1302 It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost.
1303 From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace:
- it roots us more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
What I am about to say has been said a million times by converts. In fact, before being Catholic, it annoyed me how common and similar convert stories were. I’ll spare you the details and give you the gist. If you’ve ever read a Catholic convert’s blog before this will not be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My soul is now very light, fresh out of the box, with the scent of a newborn.
I just professed my faith and had my first confession (and absolution.) Thanks be to God!
“O loving Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, not presuming on my own merits but relying on Your mercy and goodness, approach with fear [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[Found in St. Lambert's Bulletin]
I am very worried about the situation of religious education here at St. Lambert’s and in the church in general. I suspect that we are failing to pass on the faith to the next generation. I think this for three reasons. Statistics provided by the archdiocese indicate that fewer than one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Then Elias was afraid, and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there, And he went forward, one day’s journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might [...]
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