
Franciscan Inspirations: Eternal Life
Without the Resurrection, there would be no Christianity. Jesus would be remembered as a wonderful man, even a prophet. But it is the Resurrection that is the ultimate proof that he is the Son of God.
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Without the Resurrection, there would be no Christianity. Jesus would be remembered as a wonderful man, even a prophet. But it is the Resurrection that is the ultimate proof that he is the Son of God.

In the book How the Irish Saved Civilization (Doubleday), Thomas Cahill talks about both green and white martyrdom. According to Cahill, Ireland was unique in that Christianity was introduced there without bloodshed (red martyrdom).

“You’ve paid a lot of money to come here tonight, ” Dolly Parton once said to an adoring London crowd, “and I want you to know that I appreciate it because I do need the money. You’d be amazed at how much money it can really take to make a person look so cheap. “

This is a country where the normal greeting is a smiling “Grüss Gott ” ( “God be with you “). The spirit of this greeting is lived out in the season celebrating the Incarnation of that goodness in Jesus Christ.

All the people over all the earth are invited to be joyful in the Lord because God is king over everything. He is enthroned over all the nations.

Lent is based on Christ’s 40-day fast in the desert, which recalls the 40 years that the Hebrew people wandered between leaving Egypt and entering the Promised Land.

Decades ago brave parents put their children on one-way flights to the United States and freedom. Learn about Operation Pedro Pan.

Our family was lucky. Or at least that’s what my parents told me. “We got out of Cuba just in time. ” First my mother, with my two siblings and me, in 1960. Then my father, shortly before the revolutionaries appropriated the family business

All reality will come to its final fulfillment in the rule of the Father through the risen Christ. Our role is to sing praise to God and proclaim His kingship.

Thanksgiving Day dinners can be challenging occasions for growth. Here are four reminders that may be useful during this holiday season, as well as year-round.