by Lynne Marie | Jun 7, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Spirit of Forgiveness “He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them…’” The early Christians probably understood these words to refer only to receiving people into the Church by...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 7, 2025 | Daily Reflections
The Fruit of the Gifts All the Gifts bear all the Fruits. But trying to match them brings out particular facets in each: Wisdom—always desiring the end, looking for union with God—is Love. Understanding and Knowledge give Joy by clarifying what we believe...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 6, 2025 | Daily Reflections
“And be the aroma of Christ in the world” To be Christian actually means to “be Christ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 795). We are the divine-human body of Jesus, living by his divine life. If that is what we are, it should be...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 5, 2025 | Daily Reflections
“So that we might discern what is good, and acceptable to God, and perfect” Just to aim at “doing good and avoiding evil” is a sub-Christian life. Those who only try to avoid “sin” by keeping the Ten Commandments have not...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 4, 2025 | Daily Reflections
“That we may not be conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of our minds” In Baptism, we “presented our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.” Paul calls this our “spiritual (logikos)...
