Jesus urges us to be vigilant. We must not allow ourselves to forget that He will return soon. We can be tempted to live life according to our own selfish desires, but St. Paul warns us to resist such a temptation. Drunkenness, promiscuity, and lust are all distractions from our true happiness.
Read MoreThe Holy Scriptures invite us to set our eyes on Heaven and meditate on the end of time, with St. Paul exhorting us to “toil and labour” until the Lord’s coming. As Christians, an important part of the work we do is on behalf of the preborn, the vulnerable, the weak, and frail.
Read MoreMany say that having an unplanned child, especially those born into poor, single or unloving homes, condemns both the child and the mother to a life of great difficulty. But as the first reading suggests, “Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the Lord intends?”
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