Marital fidelity
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” CS Lewis
Spousal correction
Spiritual battles
A brother questioned Abba Arsenius to hear a word of him and the old man said to him, “Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.”
Internal battles
Homily for the Feast of Christ the King
Love for Christ in the Eucharist
“The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth,” – St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Feast of Christ the King!
Authenticity
“Do you really believe what you are proclaiming? Do you live what you believe? Do you really preach what you live? The witness of life has become more than ever an essential condition for real effectiveness in preaching.” Pope St. Paul VI
St. Paul was an effective preacher and converted thousands to the Catholic faith, because he was an authentic and convinced Christian who had a very deep and a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
