“Jesus asks us to rediscover and value the little things in life. If He is present there, what else do we need? Let us stop pining for a grandeur that is not ours to have. Littleness and the amazement of that little child: this is the message.” - Pope Francis
#BeautyThatUnites
And if we truly want to celebrate #Christmas, let us rediscover awe before a God who becomes little, who is not born in splendour, but in the poverty of a stable. To meet Him, we must go where He is. We must lower ourselves, make ourselves little.
"Following their 'liberation' people no longer made love: they had sex. Having sex does not involve any emotional tie or long-term commitment. It involves nothing more than pleasurable sensations, mutually induced. Once you see sex in this way, the moral landscape changes"
The path to happiness is the one that Saint Paul described at the end of one of his letters: “Pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit” (1 Thess 5:17-19). #Prayer#ThanksgivingDay
Lord, #change#my#fear into courage, my doubt into faith, my grudges into forgiveness, my hatred into love, my unchastity to purity, my lying into truth.
Lord, I want to burn with love for You.
#DeliverMeFromTepidity#JesusInMyHeart
Christian joy is contagious because the Gospel makes us go beyond ourselves to share the beauty of God’s love. We cannot keep Christian joy to ourselves. It multiplies once we start spreading it.
7 Ways to Make Today a Better Day:
1. Look for the good.
2. Appreciate the little things.
3. Be a helper.
4. Tell someone they matter.
5. Give more than you take.
6. Speak words of encouragement and hope (to yourself and others).
7. Believe the best is yet to come.
Addressing young people of the “Shalom” Catholic Community, Pope Francis encourages them to keep their missionary charism alive as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of their Brazilian-born Movement that aims to evangelize the young through the young.
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