Sunday, April 22, 2012
Life for us
our God is alive or flesh for us to redeem our sins even though it costs the life of his son jesus chirst. So we should not waste the life of our Lord offered for us. We live according to his wishes.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Two Standards by: Horacio de la Costa, S.J
Life is a Warfare: a warfare between two standards: the Standard of Christ and the Standard of Satan. It is a warfare older than the world, for it began with the revolt of the angels. It is awarfare wide as the world; it rages in every nation, every city, in the heart of every man.
Satan desires all men to come under his Standard, and to this end lures them with riches, honors, power, all that ministers to the lust and pride of man. Christ on the contrary, invites all to fightunder His Standard. But He offers no worldly allurement; only Himself. Only Jesus; only theSon of Man; born an outcast, raised in poverty, rejected as a teacher, betrayed by His friend,crucified as a criminal. And therefore His followers shall not be confounded forever; they are certain of ultimate victory; against them, the gates of Hell cannot prevail. The powers of darkness shall splinter before their splendid battalions. Battle-scarred but resplendent, they shallenter into glory with Christ, their king .
Two armies, two Standards, two generals… and to every man there comes the imperious cry of command: Choose! Christ or Satan? Choose! Sanctity or Sin? Choose! Heaven or Hell? And in the choice he makes, is summed up the life of every man.
Satan desires all men to come under his Standard, and to this end lures them with riches, honors, power, all that ministers to the lust and pride of man. Christ on the contrary, invites all to fightunder His Standard. But He offers no worldly allurement; only Himself. Only Jesus; only theSon of Man; born an outcast, raised in poverty, rejected as a teacher, betrayed by His friend,crucified as a criminal. And therefore His followers shall not be confounded forever; they are certain of ultimate victory; against them, the gates of Hell cannot prevail. The powers of darkness shall splinter before their splendid battalions. Battle-scarred but resplendent, they shallenter into glory with Christ, their king .
Two armies, two Standards, two generals… and to every man there comes the imperious cry of command: Choose! Christ or Satan? Choose! Sanctity or Sin? Choose! Heaven or Hell? And in the choice he makes, is summed up the life of every man.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Real Need
"These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."
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