When you hold a banquet, invite the poor

When you hold a banquet, invite the poor. When the time came for Chuck and Linda to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, they decided to do things a little differently.   Instead of the usual big party, they invited their family and friends to the Catholic...

Fear the Lord, your God

Fear the Lord, your God. What does it mean to fear the Lord?   Should we really be afraid of him?   Well, we should never minimize these words since they appear more than three hundred times in Scripture.   But fearing God is not the same as living in terror of him. ...

For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.

For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.  What would you do if a dear elderly aunt called to tell you she had decided to name you as the sole beneficiary in her will?   While you certainly would want her to live as long as possible, you would also realize that...

Yet is their hope full of immortality

Yet is their hope full of immortality.  Candy skulls, graves blanketed with flowers, and offerings of favorite foods:   the Mexican celebration of Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) might seem confusing at first glance.   Is it a spooky holiday full of...

I had a vision of a great multitude

I had a vision of a great multitude.  What does it take to become a saint?   The Church does a thorough examination before declaring that a person is definitively in heaven and is worthy of universal honor.   They comb through the person’s writings.   They look for...

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