God is not a feeling; He is a Trinity of Divine Persons. Seek to love Him no matter what you feel and your relationship will grow deeper than you could ever imagine. #ideacon #catholic

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Reflection 237: The Darkness of Faith Purifies our Love

Many of the great saints, including Saint Faustina, experienced an interior darkness in their relationship with God.  This is quite a mysterious experience.  As a soul grows intimately close to God there are numerous consolations and feelings of love along the...

Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy

Let’s say that your neighbor has chosen a gravely immoral lifestyle. How do you love them with the love of God? You don’t say to them “I support you in your immoral living.” Doing so is not love of God; it’s a selfish form of love that cares more about how the person will respond back to you than caring for their eternal soul. The right form of love for one who has gone astray in an objectively immoral way is to let them know you love them but do not support the choices they are making. #ideacon #catholic

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Loving in Difficult Situations

August 25, 2023 - Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - Saint Louis, King—Optional Memorial - Saint Joseph of Calasanz, Priest—Optional Memorial - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Overcoming Envy - Think about the blessings that others have been given that you have not. Sincerely look at your interior reaction to that and pray that God will grant you the gift of being able to be generous in your rejoicing in those blessings. #ideacon #catholic

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Overcoming Envy

August 23, 2023 - Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin—Optional Memorial - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Do not hesitate to choose the true riches of Heaven over the passing things of this world. #ideacon #catholic

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The Eye of a Needle

August 22, 2023- Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary—Memorial - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Are you satisfied with doing the minimum it takes to get to Heaven? #ideacon #catholic

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Perfection

August 21, 2023 - Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time - Saint Pius X, Pope—Memorial - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Today’s Gospel reflection. Do you pray with self-righteousness, as if you deserve God’s mercy? Do you tend to see God as one Who owes you something? Do you get angry with God when He doesn’t immediately answer your demands? Try to humble yourself like this woman. Beg for whatever God wants to give to you. #ideacon #catholic

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Begging for Scraps of Mercy

August 20, 2023 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Today’s Gospel reflection. A scriptural basis for infant baptism and our duty to not withhold the love of God from others. #ideacon #catholic

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All Are Welcome

August 19, 2023 - Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Saint John Eudes, Priest—Optional Memorial- Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Today’s Gospel reflection. The bottom line is that we only become who we were made to be when we live like Christ. And He lived a life that was unconditionally sacrificial and selfless.

Reflect, today, upon the high calling of love that you have been given. Can you accept this teaching of our Lord? Has an understanding of the nature of true love been granted to you by grace? #ideacon #catholic

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The Love for Holy Living

August 18, 2023 - Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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Today’s Gospel reflection. God is willing to forgive us no matter what. But forgiveness does have one price. The price is that we must also forgive others to the same extent. Consider the Our Father: “…Forgive us our trespasses AS we forgive those who trespass against us….” #ideacon #catholic

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Always and Forever Forgiving

August 17, 2023 - Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time- Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

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God is always with us unless we persist in deadly mortal sin. Thankfully there is an easy remedy to bring us back to him when we have willfully chosen to participate in a gravely sinful act. #ideacon #catholic

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Reflection 228: The Unfailing Presence of God

Is God alive in your life?  Does He live within you?  Is He present to you in the inner depths of your heart day and night?  There is only one thing that would ever cause God to leave you and that is mortal sin...

Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy