Tag Archives: holiness

Thursday, 1 de May de 2014, 1h01

Catechesis: The Virtue of Temperance

A quick query to the dictionary tells us that the virtue of temperance has something to do with moderation in food, drink and sex. St. Augustine (354-430) points out that food, drink and sex are realities that feed on human...

Tuesday, 25 de February de 2014, 1h01

In Carnaval, Flee from Sin and Seek Joy from Above

How are you going to spend the days before Lent, what many in the English and French speaking world call Mardi Gras and what the Portuguese speaking world calls Carnaval. Where are you going to go? What are you going...

Wednesday, 19 de February de 2014, 1h01

Is There a Quicker Way to be Holy?

I am learning with St. Alphonus of Liguori that “I should love the virtue that I desire as if I already have it.” for me this means a type of prophetic behavior that is going before our conversion and is...

Wednesday, 12 de February de 2014, 1h01

The Joy of the Soul Is the Life of the Human Being

Do not be let your heart be disturbed. Believe in God, Believe also in Me.” (John 14:1a) Joy from the soul, the joy of the heart, is the life of the human being. All of us want to live...

Monday, 23 de December de 2013, 1h01

The Courage to Change

We have arrived at the end of another year. In a few days, we will be celebrating the Birth of the Lord. It is a time for reflection and for a possible change of life. How did you live your...

Friday, 20 de December de 2013, 1h01

Are You Ready to Change?

The human being was not created to live stationary. Each individual has in himself the desire – some more, others less – of living new experiences of life. The changes that we suffer throughout life, are not always what we planned for ourselves,...

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