catholicismanew on March 19th, 2010

We live in times of great modern miracles. Never in the world has existed such a great speed of information. Never did one see the technical possibilities so advanced as now. Whatever thing that happens from the other side of the world is known almost at the same time through the whole planet. Just one [...]

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catholicismanew on March 15th, 2010

This refrain from the Psalms “He does not treat us as our sins demand.” This is an echo of the mercy of God for our ears. If God were to treat us as our faults demand, we would be lost, without salvation. Our faults would demand hard things upon us, if God was not merciful; but He is. Always He uses Love with us. He descended into our mercy and rescued us from the condition in which we found ourselves.

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catholicismanew on March 4th, 2010

Certainly only the one what puts in our heart the desire for happiness knows ow to make us happy. The more we draw near to God, so much more we will be happy.

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catholicismanew on February 26th, 2010

Who never finds himself behind a car so slow like a tractor, usually in the day with the most important appointment?

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catholicismanew on February 18th, 2010

To wait for something is not always good. It causes in us the feelings of anxiety and expectation. How happy is the mother waiting nine months to see the fruit of her womb to be born. She suffers, but at the arrival of the child, joy takes over and the pains of birth no longer [...]

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catholicismanew on February 17th, 2010

The twentieth century saw a focus on Catholicism in Action. Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin and the Catholic Worker movement brought to light Catholic social teaching spreading from Pope Leo’s Rerum Novarum at the end of the 19th century.
I am seeing the Twentieth First Century shape up as the century where the clash between the wisdom [...]

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