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If God has not yet compensated for the wrongs done to us during our time here on Earth, then we are guaranteed a reward of His in heaven by His most generous grace. If we spend ourselves more than we are obliged to, God will return our generosity.
Our Lord goes beyond the external practice of the law and commands what no human law has jurisdiction over. He orders our feelings and desires. He commands that we be so like him that we imitate even his inner virtue.
God has not treated us according to our sins, but has freely forgiven us in order to show how deeply he cares for us. He has given us every good thing so that he might draw our attention to himself.
The great body of Christ is striving together to live out externally the conversion that is happening inwardly, as we look forward to the great day of resurrection.
There is incredible wisdom and direction contained in the Lord's Prayer. We can know and want all that God wants for us (at least in a general way!) by examining what he tells us to include in our prayers.
This is the heart of communion: we can unite our hearts with others to such an extenet that we can truly say that we live the same life as them. As Christians, we live with God.
Today, on this Saturday after Ash Wednesday, our Lord is looking upon each one of us with mercy, loving us, inviting us to turn around and to follow him.
Through your prayers, fasting and almsgiving today, let our blessed Lord expand your heart with his love, so that the world will know that you are one of his disciples.
You are going to have to take up your cross today, the very one that God has made for you to be your own personal royal road to heaven. We can joyfully take up this cross, because our Lord has already borne it for us.
Lent is upon us. God, in his loving providence, is leading us, calling us to rid our souls of what deflects us from him.
Join us on for Advent Lessons and Carols as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ.
We are part of a growing movement--one that shows the Church at its best, and one that invties others to share in our joy. Join us!
By the grace of God and under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the house of formation at St. Michael’s Abbey has welcomed eight young men as postulants on the Feast of our Holy Father, St. Augustine.