Most of us go to church every Sunday. We stand, we kneel, we say the Our Father and leave. It has almost become a meaningless routine. We forget the true importance and reason for going to church. In the Old and New Testaments, there are prominent examples that reaffirm the true importance of the church in our temporary and eternal …
Importance about knowing the faith-apologetics
The word apologetics comes from the Greek word apologia giving a reason or reply about our faith. This basically means that when a topic that is faith related surfaces, you reply to it. In a modern day situation, it would be associated with a lawyer defending his client (as we defend the faith). A famous example is when St. Cyril …
Your Resurrection
I remember being there, in a crowd of many people, watching the crucifixion of a Man they called Jesus. It was weird to me how they kept yelling out to Him to save himself and he didn’t even try. I remember seeing this one lady, I’m pretty sure it was His mother because she was crying like no other women …
Bearing One’s Cross
Have you ever looked around your classroom or your workplace and noticed that only a small percentage of the people seem to be doing all the work? Have you ever noticed that an even smaller percentage of the people do a lot of work and never get credit or acknowledgement? Have you also noticed that it is the tiniest percentage …
All You Need Is Love
The phrase “I love you” has been known to be thrown around a lot! For example, your friend buys you something, “Omg I love you!”. Or when someone does something you want you would usually use the phrase “I love you” to thank them and to show your gratitude. But we usually don’t say it because we actually love them, …
Humility from the Nativity
And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7) When one imagines God, one thinks of an all-powerful, mighty God, with lightning in his fingertips and thunder as the sound of his voice. Although all of that is …