No fluff–just Jesus Christ, and Him crucified
This is a reflection on the Mass readings of the day.
“How sweet to my palate are your promises, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Ps. 119:103) Strange sometimes are the images we read in the prophets, and today’s is no exception: We have Ezekiel eating a scroll. And it is a scroll we might expect to be bitter, since its message is “lamentation and woe,” …
This is a reflection on the Mass readings of the day.
“Lavishly he gives to the poor.” (Ps. 112:9) “Lavish” is a word we usually associate with luxurious enjoyment, not giving. But the heart electrified with true supernatural charity, a virtue impossible to develop through practice but rather infused directly into the human soul from above as God’s greatest gift–such a heart gives lavishly. Some virtues, …