Tag: "discipleship"

Jesus Beckons
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My Masterpiece

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Rediscover your Master.

Take Up Your Cross
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For My Name’s Sake

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God’s Honor Roll and Satan’s Radar are the same list.

What Can Screwtape Teach Us About Discipleship?
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What Can Screwtape Teach Us About Discipleship?

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“By faith man completely submits his intellect and his will to God” (Dei Verbum, 5). Our Screwtape Tendency You may be wondering how the Screwtape Letters can possibly help us in becoming better disciples. If we take the time to carefully dissect what Screwtape’s intent is with the “Patient”, we see the very thing Screwtape is […]

Failure in the Christian Life
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Failure in the Christian Life

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What is the place of failure in the Christian life? Not long ago, I spoke with a Calvinist friend who has been “barred from the table” (not allowed to partake in the Lord’s Supper) due to his personal struggles with sin.  As a Catholic, I can understand this, for we also refrain from receiving the […]

Lent: A Time to Say Yes to Following Jesus
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Lent: A Time to Say Yes to Following Jesus

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Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. (Luke 5:27-28) As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, […]

Pakistan: Christians Suffer Discrimination in Prisons
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Pakistan: Christians Suffer Discrimination in Prisons

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Christian prisoners in Pakistan’s jails are suffering severe discrimination, according to a local Catholic lawyer. Moazzam Aslam Bhatti reported his claims of anti-Christian prejudice to staff from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), who are currently visiting projects which the Catholic charity is supporting in the country. Mr. Bhatti said that Christians are marginalized […]

The Humble God
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The Humble God

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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth (Isaiah 53:7). Perhaps the most stunning revelation of Christianity is the deep humility of God.  In Jesus of […]

We Have Sufficient Grace for the Pro-life Fight
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We Have Sufficient Grace for the Pro-life Fight

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Even those to whom the truth of the Resurrection has been revealed and claim to believe in that truth still struggle in a world broken and corrupted, where might makes right, and where sometimes the immensity of evil tempts us to doubt the divine presence. We live in a world where we see through the […]